AFL FlexScan FS300 User manual

FlexScan®FS300 OTDR

With SmartAuto®and LinkMap®

Quick Reference Guide

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Test & Inspection

1 Power button

2 Power jack (5 VDC)

3 Charge/AC indicator

4 USB host port

5 Micro-USB function port

6 MM OTDR/Source port

7 SM OTDR/Source port

Controls, Display, Interfaces

8 VFL port

9 Power Meter port

10 Touchscreen display

11 Home button

12 Start/stop test button

13 VFL button

14 VFL indicator

Battery Charging

• Plug the included AC charger into AC outlet.

• Connect charger plug to power jack 2.

• LED 3indicates charging status as follows:

OFF - AC not connected

RED - Charging battery

GREEN - Fully charged

• FlexScan charges while operating.

Conﬁgure FlexScan to Auto-Off

• From the Home screen, select Settings menu.

• Locate and select the Auto Off Timer menu.

• From the Auto Off Timer menu, select the desired

power save option (Never, 5 min, 15 min).

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Reserved

Home Screen

The Home screen is displayed at FlexScan startup. This screen contains menus of Test and Utility modes that allow

users to set test parameters, select user preferences, manage saved test results, congure general settings and

perform other non-test functions. While in any other screen, return to Home by either pressing the Home button

or touching Back .

Test Modes and Features Summary

1 SmartAuto®OTDR (recommended): Congure and run SmartAuto OTDR test using multi-pulse

acquisition.

2 Expert OTDR: Congure and run Expert OTDR test with averaging.

3 Real Time OTDR: Congure and initiate OTDR test with real-time updates.

4 Power Meter & Source (OPM + OLS): Measure power

and loss; generate ber ID Tones; enable light source.

5 Connector Inspection: View connector inspection

results received via Bluetooth from FOCIS Flex probe.

Utility Modes and Features Summary

6 My Projects: Touch to view test results.

7 USB: Touch to enable le transfer to/from PC.

8 Last: Touch to view the most recent test results.

9 Settings: Touch to congure General Settings.

10 Menu: Touch to view Device Information screen.

11 USB: Indicates external USB memory stick detected.

12 Battery Icon: Indicates battery charge level.

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Conﬁgure and Initiate SmartAuto®OTDR Test

SmartAuto OTDR Settings Summary

1 Network Type. Touch to select one of the following:

–FTTH PON, Single-mode

–Point-to-point, Single-mode

–Point-to-point, Multimode

• If FTTH PON Aselected, congure splitters.

–Tap each expected splitter eld (located below PON

diagram - B) to display a sub-screen and congure

split ratio. Up to 3 splitters may be congured.

–If Auto Cselected– FS300 automatically detects

splitters and reports split ratio based on loss.

Note: If Auto selected, excess loss at splitter may

result in incorrect split ratio being reported.

Conﬁgure and Initiate SmartAuto®OTDR Test

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1 Fiber Type. Select one of the following:

–Multimode OMx or User

–Single-mode G.65x or User

2 Launch & Tail Cord:

–DTouch Launch Cord to congure length of

launch cord, if present.

–ETouch Tail Cord to congure length of tail

cord, if present.

–FTouch Launch Quality Check to enable/

disable. When enabled, FS300 checks OTDR

connection to launch cord or jumper cable at

start of test.

3 Pass/Fail Rule: Indicates selected LinkMap

event pass/fail rules.

–Touch to select ITU G.671, TIA-568.3-D or

User.

Note: OTDR test results evaluated against

selected or congured rules:

4 Touch to initiate SmartAuto test.

5 Touch Back () to return to Home screen.

Live Fiber Detection

To prevent service disruption on live PONs, FlexScan performs a Live

Fiber check prior to every OTDR test. If a live ber is detected,

FS300-325 models display a warning screen A

and do not allow testing.

Launch Quality Check

An optional launch quality check enables users to detect dirty,

damaged, poorly seated, or mismatched (UPC to APC) connectors.

To perform the launch quality check:

1. With the Launch Quality Check option Benabled in the OTDR or

General Settings screen, initiate an OTDR test.

2. The FlexScan will assess the loss and reectance at the OTDR’s

connection to the launch cord (ber ring) or ber under test.

3. If excess loss or reectance is detected, the OTDR displays the

‘Launch Quality is Poor’ warning screen C. From this screen the

user may chose to perform one of the following:

–Cancel a test by touching either Cancel Dor Back E.

–Clean connectors, then repeat the launch quality check by

touching Re-check F.

–Continue testing without checking and cleaning the connection by

pressing Continue G.

Note: Testing a ber with poor launch quality may produce poor test results.

OTDR Modes: Live Fiber Detection and Launch Quality Check

ED G

OTDR Test Results Views

SmartAuto®OTDR and Expert OTDR: Test results may be displayed in four views as follows:

1 LinkMap View - displays an icon-based representation of the network.

2 Event Table View - displays measurements for the currently selected Link Summary, Event, or Section.

3 Trace View - Displays OTDR trace(s),

graph scale (dB/div & m/div), A/B cursor locations, A-to-B cursor

distance, loss, reectance and loss/distance measurements.

4 Test Info View - displays summary of OTDR settings used for

this test.

To display each view touch the associated tab.

Real-time OTDR: Test results are displayed in Trace View 3only.

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Event Table View

Trace View Test Info View

LinkMap View

Testing in SmartAuto®OTDR Mode

Initiate the SmartAuto test by touching Start soft key or pressing Start/Stop button.

1. FlexScan begins testing with the Live Fiber check and if a live ber is NOT detected, proceeds to next step.

2. If the Launch Quality check is enabled, FlexScan checks loss and reectance of the OTDR connection.

3. If launch quality is good, FlexScan starts testing at both wavelengths using SmartAuto settings.

4. When testing is completed, FlexScan displays the LinkMap®screen, which is a primary display in SmartAuto

OTDR mode.

LinkMap®View Features

LinkMap is an icon-based representation of the analyzed network.

Link map thumbnail view with

proportionally spaced events

x/y or x1-x2/y, where

x = number of the selected event

x1-x2 = link section between events,

y = total events

File name: consists of cable

name and ber number, or “New

Trace” if le has not been saved

Link Length

Menu key: touch to

navigate to Save As screen

Back key: touch to return

to the previous menu

LinkMap detail view: shows

summary and rst 4 events,

or up to 5 events. White

highlighted area in thumbnail

view indicates region of ber

for which events are shown

in the detail view. Touch

an event icon to see more

details about that event.

LinkMap®View Features

LinkMap tab: when in any

other test results viewer

(Event Table View, Trace

View, Test Info View), touch

to return to LinkMap View

Details of the currently

selected Summary, Event,

or Section

Swipe or Use arrows to move

to next or previous event or

link section

Event Table tab: touch to view

measurements for the currently

selected Link Summary A, Event B,

or Section C

Trace tab - touch to display Trace

view that depends on selection:

Selection Display View

Summary Trace of entire network

Event Trace around event

Section N/A

Link Summary icon: may be

green (all events passed), red

(one or more events failed) A

Link Section between events

Info tab: touch to display

summary of OTDR settings

used for this test

Event icon: event icons may be green (pass) or red (fail).

Pass/fail is based on event loss and reectance thresholds

congured by the currently selected Pass/Fail Rule. Touch

an event icon to see details about that event.

Selection marker indicates

selected icon: Summary,

Event, or Section

Trace View Features

Touch to display Menu

function (Save As, Print to

PDF, etc.)

Loss between A and B cursor

Loss-per-distance between A

and B cursors

Maximum Reectance

between A and B cursor

OTDR traces

Launch cable (if present)

Fiber under test

Distance from A to B cursor

Touch to toggle between

Zoom and A|B Cursor

Control modes

Touch to switch to the

LinkMap view

Touch to return to the

previous screen

Trace View is accessed from any other results view

by touching the Trace tab. Trace View displays

OTDR trace(s), graph scale (dB/div & m/div), A/B cursor

locations, A-to-B cursor distance, loss, reectance and

loss/distance measurements.

Graph scale (dB/div & m/div)

• Touch the desired wavelength make it active.

• White background indicates active wavelength.

• Cursor measurements apply to active wavelength.

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