Instruction Manual

Analyzing Traces and Events

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Analyzing the Fiber on a Specific Fiber Span

Note: This function is available in Advanced mode only.

If you want to focus your fiber analysis on a specific fiber span, you can

define events (new or existing) as a span start and/or span end. You can

even define a fiber span for short fibers by placing the span start and the

span end on the same event.

Note: You can set a default span start and end, which will be applied during the

first analysis or reanalysis performed upon trace acquisition.

To set a fiber span:

1. From the main window, go to the Events tab.

2. Define the span event location by moving marker A along the trace.

3. Press Set as Span Start or Set as Span End to set the span start or

span end marker on the appropriate event in the trace display.

Changes to the span start and span end will modify the contents of the

events table. The span start becomes event 1 and its distance reference

becomes 0. Events excluded from the fiber span are grayed out in the

events table, and do not appear in the trace display. The cumulative loss is

calculated within the defined fiber span only.