Operation Manual

Creating Cable ID Lists
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Creating Cable ID Lists
Note
For information on industry standards for cable IDs, search for
cable ID standards in the online help index in LinkWare.
The Create ID List utility lets you create lists of fiber IDs and save them in the
tester's internal memory. You can also save the lists on the PC to download to
the tester later.
Creating Cable ID Lists for a DTX Tester
1
Select Utilities > DTX Utilities > Create ID List from the LinkWare menu.
2 Note the guidelines for IDs given near the top of the Create Custom ID List
dialog box.
Enter IDs as follows:
Note
LinkWare changes all letters to upper case to match the letters
available in the tester.
To add individual IDs to the list
Enter an ID in the editing box next to the Enter ID button. Click Enter ID to
add the ID to the list.
To create a sequence of IDs
Click Build Sequence. LinkWare builds an ID list by incrementing the
characters in your start ID from right to left until the end ID is reached.
To copy an ID from the list to the editing box
Click on the ID in the list.
To sort the ID list in alphanumeric order
Click the Sort check box.
To add IDs from another list file
Click Open ID List. Locate an .ids or .txt list file; then click Open. LinkWare
edits list entries that do not meet the ID guidelines.
To delete an ID from the list
Click on the ID; then click Delete ID.