CHAPTER 3: Getting Started: Fiber Optic Networks

2 m Launch Cable

 

RX

850 nm 1300/1310 nm

TX

METHOD C

Cable under Test

Wall Plate

2 m Launch Cable

Patch Panel

TX

850 nm 1300/1310 nm

RX

 

1.Do not disconnect the launch cables that are attached to the OMNIFiber adapters.

2.Remove the middle launch cable and the connector adapters (sleeves) that were attached to the middle launch cable.

3.Connect the OMNIFiber Main to one end of the duplex link under test and the OMNIFiber Remote to the opposite end.

4.Press .

3.6.2LOOPBACK AUTOTEST USING OMNIFIBER MAIN

This configuration is used to test single fibers, reels and short cables when both ends of the fiber under test are accessible from the same location. Note: The loopback Autotest assumes that reference Method A (2 jumper method) was used to make the reference measurement.

To run a Loopback Autotest, proceed as follows:

1.Do not disconnect the black launch cable, which is attached to the TX port of the OMNIFiber adapter (it is circled in the graphic).

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Black Box TS1002A, TS1003A, TS1000A-R5 manual Method C