MT-7600 Fiber Optic Power Meter 99 Washington Street Melrose, MA 02176 Phone 781-665-1400 Toll Free 1-800-517-8431 User’s Manual Visit us at www.TestEquipmentDepot.com 1st Edition, 2011 ©2011 Copy Right by Prokit’s Industries Co., Ltd.
Overview Thank you for purchasing this instrument. To get the best use of your equipment and ensure safe operation to provide the best possible reliability, convenience and performance, please spend a few minutes to read this manual. For the absolute power measurement and relative measurement of the link loss in dB, thanks to its friendly operation interface, broad power measurement range, high precision and high performance in application makes it an ideal tool for optical fiber network.
Names of Parts 6 1. Multi-connector (ST, FC, SC three in one) 2. LCD. 3. Power ON/OFF button. 4. Function button keypad. 5. Back-light push button. 6. Battery cover Operation 1. Press the On/Off key to turn on the Power Meter 2. Press the λ key to set wavelengths that you want to measure. 3. Connect the optical net to be measured, and then reading will be displayed on the LCD screen, including Linear and nonlinear value. 4. Relative power measurement.
Appendix: Optical fiber loss measurement Step 1- Optical Reference Level Turn on optical power meter and press the λ key to select the wavelength. Turn on optical light source and select the wavelength. Wait for 1-2 minutes until it stabilize. Select a piece of patch cords, which is used to connect with the light source. The patch cords must be the same fiber type as the fiber under test. Connect the light source with the Power Meter through the source patch cords.
3. dBm: Display currently selected unit as dBm. 4. Watt mode: When watt is selected, mW, uW, nW, pW, will be displayed subject to the size of signal. 5. dB mode: When dB is displayed , difference between two signals can be measured. 6. Measurement display: Display the value of signal measured. 7. Auto-power-off: To stop the instrument turning off 40 minutes after the last key press. Button Key Pad 1. Power button: Push the yellow POWER button. The display will come on.
CARE OF YOUR INSTRUMENT 1. Always clean the mating connector tip and ferrule before mating, using approved materials. Clean the instrument using alcohol or other non solvent cleaning agents. Acetone or other active solvents may damage the case. 2. When not in use, keep connectors covered and away from dust. Dust and other particles, however, can range from tenths to hundredths of microns in diameter.
