User Manual

MaxTester 730C PON/metro OTDR
THE HANDHELD OTDR. . . REINVENTED.
The MaxTester 700B/C Series is the first tablet-inspired OTDR line that is handy, lightweight and rugged enough for any outside
plant environment. With a 7-inch, outdoor-enhanced touchscreen–the most efficient handheld display in the industry–it delivers
an unprecedented user experience. Its intuitive Windows-like GUI ensures a fast learning curve. Plus, its new and improved
OTDR 2 environment offers icon-based functions, instant boot-up, automatic macrobend finders as well as improved auto and
real-time modes.
The MaxTester 700B/C Series is a line of genuine high-performance OTDRs from the world’s leading manufacturer. It delivers
EXFO’s tried and true OTDR quality and accuracy along with the best optical performance for right-first-time results, every time.
The amazing 12-hour battery life will never let a technician down, and the plug-and-play hardware options, like the VFL, power
meter and USB tools, make every technician’s job easier.
Most importantly, the MaxTester 700B/C Series is finally bringing the intelligent Optical Link Mapper (iOLM), an intelligent
OTDR-based application, to the handheld market. This advanced software turns even the most complex trace analysis into a
simple, one-touch task.
Ultimately, the MaxTester 700B/C Series is small enough to fit in your hand and big enough to fit all your needs!
THE ENTRY-LEVEL SOLUTION DESIGNED FOR ALL YOUR TESTING NEEDS
The MaxTester 730C PON/metro OTDR is optimized to test through optical splitters up to 1x128, ensuring complete end-to-end
FTTH characterization. The 1625-nm or 1650-nm, out-of-band, live testing port enables the efficient troubleshooting of active
networks without affecting the signal of other clients. Plus, the high dynamic range makes it suitable for metro P2P testing.
Other models available:
• MaxTester 715B short access and FTTx last-mile installation and troubleshooting
• MaxTester 720C LAN/WAN access OTDR—optimized for multimode and singlemode access network construction and troubleshooting
SECURE YOUR INVESTMENT AGAINST THEFT
Protected instruments have no value on the black market making them completely unappealing to thieves.
With our security management option, administrators can define and load a tamper-proof security profile
on the MaxTester, displaying a property message on the home screen and securing it with a user password
(permanent or renewable).
LOOKING FOR ICON-BASED MAPPING?
Linear view (included on all EXFO OTDRs)
Available on our OTDRs since 2006, the linear view simplifies the reading of an OTDR trace by displaying icons in a linear
way for each wavelength. This view converts the graph data points obtained from a traditional single pulse trace into reflective,
non-reflective or splitter icons. With applied pass/fail thresholds, it becomes easier to pinpoint faults on your link.
This improved linear view offers you the flexibility to display both the
OTDR graph and its linear view without having to perform a toggle
to analyze your fiber link.
Although this linear view simplifies OTDR interpretation of a single
pulse-width trace, the user must still set the OTDR parameters.
In addition, multiple traces must often be performed in order to
fully characterize the fiber links. See the section below to learn
about how the iOLM can perform this automatically and with more
accurate results.