Operation Manual

Chapter 5: Inspect Fiber Endfaces
How to Do the FiberInspector Test
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Note
To see the buttons for the measurement axes and
core scales and to change the magnification of the
screen, you must first tap to put the screen in
still mode.
 You can use the round, horizontal, and vertical scales to
measure the size of the fiber core and cladding. You can also
measure the size of particles, scratches, and other defects on
the endface.
To show the scales, tap SCALE ON (
).
 Outer, blue ring: 250 μm
 Middle, green rings: 120 μm and 130 μm
 Inner, yellow rings: 25 μm and 62.5 μm (to change the size,
tap NEXT SCALE)
 To adjust the brightness or contrast of the image, tap , then
move the bars on the controls. To hide the controls, tap
again.
 To show the scales (), tap , then tap SCALE ON. To change
the size of the measurement ring for the fiber core, tap NEXT
SCALE.
 Manual limit selected: To give a PASS or FAIL grade to the
image, tap GRADE. See
.
Test limit selected: To see an analysis of the defects, tap
ANALYZE. See “Automatic Analysis of Scratches and Defects”
on page 90.
 To put the screen in still mode and turn off the probe, tap .
Tap to turn on the probe again.
 To give the image a grade of PASS or FAIL, tap GRADE (). If you
set the grade to FAIL, then save the image, the ID for the image
is in the list of tests to do again.