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How To Measure Channel On EXFO-FTB 500 PDF

This document provides instructions for using a spectrum analyzer to check the quality of channels on an optical network. It describes how to connect the analyzer to ports on amplifiers, noting safety regulations. Users can measure the optical power and OSNR (Optical Signal to Noise Ratio) of different channels to check quality. The instructions give an example of analyzing four specific links, showing how to view results on the analyzer interface and save the output.

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How To Measure Channel On EXFO-FTB 500 PDF

This document provides instructions for using a spectrum analyzer to check the quality of channels on an optical network. It describes how to connect the analyzer to ports on amplifiers, noting safety regulations. Users can measure the optical power and OSNR (Optical Signal to Noise Ratio) of different channels to check quality. The instructions give an example of analyzing four specific links, showing how to view results on the analyzer interface and save the output.

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Contents
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Why do we use a Spectrum analyser? ............................................................... 3

2.

How to connect and regulations? ....................................................................... 3


a. How to connect? ........................................................................................................... 3
b. Regulations................................................................................................................... 4

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How to get measures? ......................................................................................... 4

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HOW TO USE SPECTRUM ANALYSER (EXFO-FTB500) TO CHECK


THE QUALITY OF CHANNEL?

This application note is intended to provide the reader with basic understanding
of optical spectrum analyzer.
1. Why do we use a Spectrum analyser?
Optical spectrum analysis is the measurement of optical power as a function of
wavelength. We need to use the spectrum analysis to check the quality of
channel in our network.
Two importants paramters are verified when using optical spectrum analyser:
the power and the OSNR (Optical Signal over Noise Ration).
2. How to connect and regulations?

a. How to connect?
We connect on this port of the amplifier
(MON Tx) because there we have the total signal.

To use the optical spectrum analyser, you need an optical jumper (SC-LC or FC-LC depends
on the nature port of the spectrum analyser) which will enable you to connect the spectrum
analyser to the port of the amplifier through which you want to check the channel (Mon Tx).
See picture below:

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Open the cover an insert the SC port


of your optical jumper

If you dont have a SC-LC optical jumper (e.g: have a FC-LC optical jumper), you can
change the port on the spectrum analyser and put the FC one. See picture below:

Push and rotate (90) in anticlockwise to


remove the port. To put another port; insert
and rotate 90 in clockwise. Take care
while doing it!

b. Regulations
For a channel,
If
where

If

is power on channel x.

3. How to get measures?


First, identify the link you want to analyse. As example, we take the four links below:
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CE0193--CE0070 (AHPHG 3/4)


CE0030CE0070 (AHPHG 2/6)
CE0213CE0070 (AHPHG 1/10)

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CE0190CE0070 (AHPHG 1/2)

For the first link (CE0193CE0070),


Turn on the device and click on Toolbox. See picture below:

Press here to
turn on the
spectrum
analyser

Click
here
After that, you will have a screen displayed like this below:

Click
here
- Then select C-band,

- Verify Preferences settings menu (leave default values).

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Select THz or nm
to be able to see
the results with
frequency or
wavelength
respectively.

After that, click on start. The device will begin to display grap on the screen as you can see
in the picture below:

You can notice that here


OSNR is greater than 14dB
and difference between each
power doesnt exceed 2 dB. In
fact the maximum difference is
0.43 dB. So the power is good
balanced.

Now you can gather this results. To save the results, click on save .
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A new window will be displayed and enables you to type the name of the file
and choose the directory where you want to save. Insert your USB key (make
sure you dont have virus!!!), register the file inside it.
For the other links, do the same (connect the optical jumper to the suitable port
on the amplifier and run the measurements.
Process completed.

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