Software Owner manual

Contents
Data Post-Processing Software iii
Contents
1 Introducing FastReporter ............................................................................ 1
2 Getting Started with FastReporter ............................................................. 3
Installing and Uninstalling FastReporter .................................................................................4
Starting FastReporter ..............................................................................................................5
Registering FastReporter .........................................................................................................5
Software Customization Wizard .............................................................................................9
Customizing the Main Window ............................................................................................12
Working with Two Monitors .................................................................................................16
Changing FastReporter Options ............................................................................................17
Exiting FastReporter ..............................................................................................................22
3 Working with Projects ................................................................................ 23
Creating a Project .................................................................................................................23
Adding and Removing Measurement Files ............................................................................23
Opening a Project .................................................................................................................27
Saving a Project ....................................................................................................................28
Changing General Project Properties ....................................................................................29
Changing the Distance Units ................................................................................................30
Creating Project Templates ...................................................................................................31
Renaming Project Templates .................................................................................................34
Removing Project Templates .................................................................................................34
4 Working with OTDR Files ............................................................................ 35
Accepted File Formats ...........................................................................................................35
Changing OTDR Settings .......................................................................................................36
Setting OTDR Event Table Options ........................................................................................48
Editing OTDR Event Properties ..............................................................................................53
OTDR Graphic Display Options ..............................................................................................56
OTDR Zoom Options .............................................................................................................58
Applying an OTDR Reference as a Template ..........................................................................60
Analyzing or Reanalyzing Measurements ..............................................................................64
Matching Files ......................................................................................................................65
Creating Bidirectional OTDR Files ..........................................................................................69
Batch Processing ...................................................................................................................73
Saving an OTDR File in a New File Format .............................................................................74
5 Working with OLTS Files ............................................................................. 75
Accepted File Formats ...........................................................................................................75
Changing OLTS Settings ........................................................................................................76