User`s guide

3 Sample Sessions: Measuring a Trace How to Connect the Fiber
82 E6000C Mini-OTDR User’s Guide, E0302
• Print and Save the Measurement.
How to Connect the Fiber
Connecting the fiber to the Mini-OTDR is very easy. You
do not need any tools.
1 Clean the connectors. See “How to clean connectors”
on page 284.
2 Attach the required optical connector interface to the
optical output. See “Adding a Connector Interface” on
page 38.
3 Connect the fiber to this interface.
4 Turn on the Instrument.
How to Change the Refractive
Index Setting
To get the most accurate distance measurements, you
have to enter the correct refractive index of your fiber:
NOTE This example shows you how to set the Refractive Index
setting. You can set other parameters from the
Measurement Settings page in a similar way.
1 Switch on your OTDR. If you see the Applications
screen, select OTDR Mode. You see an empty trace
screen with two markers.