JDS Uniphase 4100 User manual

2100/4100 OTDR Modules

OTDR Modules for T-BERD/MTS-2000 and T-BERD/MTS-4000

Handheld Modular Test Set

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About This Guide xv

Purpose and scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Technical assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi

Recycling Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii

Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xvii

Chapter 1 Principle of Measurement 1

Principle of reflectometry measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Information yielded by the measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Validity of Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Reflectance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Principle of optical power and attenuation measurements . . . . . .4

Power measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Attenuation measurements (optical link loss) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Chapter 2 Starting up 7

Unpacking the device - Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Fitting and removing a module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

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Fitting a module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Removing a module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Universal connectors and adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Adapter types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Switching adapter type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Changing the adapter on a LA OTDR Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Cleaning universal connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Chapter 3 Activating OTDR function 13

Selecting the SmartOTDR™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Principle of the SmartOTDR™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Selecting SmartOTDR™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Selecting the OTDR Expert function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Principle of the OTDR Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Selecting OTDR Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Chapter 4 Configuring the reflectometry test 17

Configuring the unit for SmartOTDR™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Selecting the configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Modifying some parameters before the acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Configuring the test in OTDR Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Configuring the Acquisition parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Launch cable parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Configuring the Alarms parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Configuring the Measurement parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Measurement parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Detection parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Configuring the Link parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Configuring the file storage parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Configuration in Test Auto mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Saving configuration parameters in a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Loading an existing configuration file in ExpertOTDR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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Chapter 5 Launching a reflectometry test and displaying results 37

Performing OTDR acquisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Performing an acquisition in Real Time mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Principle of the Real time mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Performing acquisition in Real Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Stopping the real time acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Performing a measurement with SmartOTDR™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Performing an acquisition with OTDR Expert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Performing an acquisition from Results page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Multi-wavelength acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Actions on trace during acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Results display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45

Common functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Display of events on the trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46

Results table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Cursors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Zoom function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Shift function (OTDR Expert only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52

Display of traces in overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Traces display in double acquisition mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Advanced functions in OTDR Expert mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Automatic measurement and detection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Addition of events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Manual measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Measurements of slope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Measurement of ORL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Measurement of Reflectance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Splice measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Memorization of the position of events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Overlay trace function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Overlaying several traces stored in memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Display of traces in overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Adding traces in overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Swapping overlay traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62

Removing a trace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63

Quitting the overlay menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Reference Trace function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Use of the reference trace function in the Result page . . . . . . . . . .63

Using the reference trace function in the explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64

SLM (Smart Link Mapper) option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Show the detailed information of one event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

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Event View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Changing the type of an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

OptiPulses option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Configuring the OTDR acquisition with OptiPulses mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Results in OptiPulses mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Saving the trace(s) and generating a report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Saving results and creating a report from results page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Opening a report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Storing OTDR measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Recalling OTDR files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Chapter 6 FTTA-SLM Software option 75

Principle of FTTA-SLM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Acceptance Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Troubleshooting Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Configuring the Reflectometry test for FTTA network . . . . . . . . .78

FTTA setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Alarms parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

File parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Launching the acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Results page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Trace View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

SmartLink view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Displaying the details of an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Event View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Changing the name of an event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Saving the trace(s) and generating a report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Saving results and creating a report from results page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Opening a report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Chapter 7 Power meter and Source options of the OTDR Modules 91

Connection to the power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Configuring the Power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92

Configuring the measurement parameters of the power meter . . . . . . . . . 93

Configuring the alarm parameters of the power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Activating the Source function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

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Result page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

Result page of the Power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Table of results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Commands of the power meter parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Result page of the Source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Performing the power level measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Performing the insertion loss measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

Setting the zero value of the power meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Carrying out the reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Carrying out the side by side reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Carrying out the reference in loopback mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Measurements on the fiber under test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Storing and reloading results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

File Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Storing results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Loading results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Chapter 8 FiberComplete Modules 103

General introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Principle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Activating the function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Establishing References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Reference stage process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Loopback Referencing method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109

Side-by-Side referencing method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Configuring the units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Configuring the acquisition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Configuring the file saving for FiberComplete results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Saving the parameters from FiberComplete configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Loading a configuration file FiberComplete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Performing the tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Sending a message to the distant Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Starting the test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Results screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Cable view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Fiber View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Fault Finder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

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Saving results and generating a report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Saving results and creating a report from results page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Opening a report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

File management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

Storing results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Filenaming convention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Chapter 9 File management 127

File Setup menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Managing tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

File signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

File configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Dir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

Rules for naming files (Filenaming parameter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Name of a file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Save mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131

Auto store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Change Fiber Nbr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Fiber/Link Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Fiber ID and Fiber Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Cable Id . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132

Location A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Location B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

File export (T-BERD/MTS 4000 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Buttons on the right of the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Explorer Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Description of the explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Storage media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Storage media built into the Platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

External USB storage media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

Remote T-BERD/MTS and data transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Abbreviations for storage media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Directories and files edit function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Saving files from the Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

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Loading files and displaying traces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Simple loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Loading several traces in overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Load with configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Exporting files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Explorer/Link Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Editing function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Exporting a directory in a txt file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139

Generating pdf report(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140

Using the Merge key, with the txt/pdf files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Sending files by e-mail (T-BERD/MTS 4000 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Chapter 10 Technical specifications 143

OTDR modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Characteristics of reflectometry measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Manual Measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145

Typical specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Ranges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Class of the lasers of the OTDR modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

OTDR modules measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Technical specifications of the Power meter function on module . .

148

Technical specifications of the Source function on module . . .149

Technical specifications of the FiberComplete modules . . . . . .150

Chapter 11 Options and accessories 151

References of measurement modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

OTDR Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

FiberComplete module with OTDR function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

FiberComplete module with Fault Finder function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

User manual references . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

References of optical connectors and adapters . . . . . . . . . . . . .154

Index 157

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About This Guide

The T-BERD/MTS-2000/4000 of JDSU provides a handheld, modular

platform designed for the construction, validation and maintenance of

fiber networks.

The topics discussed in this chapter are as follows:

– “Purpose and scope” on page xvi

– “Assumptions” on page xvi

– “Technical assistance” on page xvi

– “Conventions” on page xvii

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Purpose and scope

The purpose of this guide is to help you successfully use the T-BERD/

MTS-2000/4000 features and capabilities. This guide includes task-

based instructions that describe how to install, configure, use, and trou-

bleshoot the T-BERD/MTS-2000/4000 with modules.

Assumptions

This guide is intended for novice, intermediate, and experienced users

who want to use the T-BERD/MTS-2000/4000 effectively and efficiently.

We are assuming that you have basic computer and mouse/track ball

experience and are familiar with basic telecommunication concepts and

terminology.

Technical assistance

If you need assistance or have questions related to the use of this

product, call or e-mail JDSU’s Technical Assistance Center for customer

support.

Table 1 Technical assistance centers

Region Phone Number

Americas

Talcum Products

866 228 3762

World Wide: 301 353 1550

tac@jdsu.com

Europe, Africa, and

Mid-East

+49 (0) 7121 86 1345

(Europe)

hotline.europe@jdsu.com

+33 (0) 1 30 81 50 60

(JDSU France)

support.france@jdsu.com

Asia and the Pacific

Southeast Asia, Aus-

tralia, and New Zea-

land

+852 2892 0990

(Hong Kong)

+86 10 6833 7477

(Beijing-China)

All others 866 228 3762 tac@jdsu.com

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During off-hours, you can request assistance by doing one of the

following:

– leave a voice mail message at the Technical Assistance number in

your region

– e-mail North American Technical Assistance Center, tac@jdsu.com,

or European Technical Assistance Center, support[email protected]

– submit your question using our online Technical Assistance Request

form at www.jdsu.com.

Recycling Information

JDSU recommends that customers dispose of their instruments and

peripherals in an environmentally sound manner. Potential methods

include reuse of parts or whole products and recycling of products

components, and/or materials.

Waste Electrical and electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive

In the European Union, this label indicates that this product should not

be disposed of with household waste. Il should be deposited at an appro-

priate facility to enable recovery and recycling.

Conventions

This guide uses naming conventions and symbols, as described in the

following tables.

Table 2 Typographical conventions

Description Example

User interface actions appear in

this typeface.

On the Status bar, click Start.

Buttons or switches that you

press on a unit appear in this

TYPEFACE.

Press the ON switch

Code and output messages

appear in this typeface.

All results okay

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Table 4 Symbol conventions

Text you must type exactly as

shown appears in this type-

face.

Type: a:\set.exe in the dia-

log box

Variables appear in this type-

face.

Type the new hostname.

Book references appear in this

typeface.

Refer to Newton’s Telecom

Dictionary

A vertical bar | means “or”: only

one option can appear in a sin-

gle command.

platform [a|b|e]

Square brackets [ ] indicate an

optional argument.

login [platform name]

Slanted brackets < > group

required arguments.

Table 3 Keyboard and menu conventions

Description Example

A plus sign + indicates simulta-

neous keystrokes.

Press Ctrl+s

A comma indicates consecutive

key strokes.

Press Alt+f,s

A slanted bracket indicates

choosing a submenu from

menu.

On the menu bar, click

Start > Program Files.

Table 2 Typographical conventions (Continued)

Description Example

This symbol represents a general hazard.

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Table 5 Safety definitions

This symbol represents a risk of electrical shock.

NOTE

This symbol represents a Note indicating related information or tip.

This symbol, located on the equipment or its packaging

indicates that the equipment must not be disposed of in a land-

fill site or as municipal waste, and should be disposed of

according to your national regulations.

WARNING

Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could

result in death or serious injury.

CAUTION

Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may

result in minor or moderate injury.

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