Operation Manual

FiberTEK III Document 164802 Iss 3
User Manual Page 6
Chapter 1. Specifications
Operational Conditions (unless specified otherwise)
1. At 23 ±1 ºC unless otherwise specified.
2. After ten-minute warm-up time.
Testing speed
Autotest 8 seconds for each fiber / fiber pair
(i.e. twice this for a Bi-Directional test)
Input (Meter) connectors
Universal with adaptors for FC, ST, SC and LC
Output (Source) connectors
Universal with adaptors for FC, ST, SC and LC
Fiber type
9/125 μm, 50/125 μm and 62.5/125 μm
Source type and nominal wavelength
MM LED: 850 nm LED and 1300 nm LED
SM Laser: 1310 nm and 1550 nm FP laser
Source wavelengths
MM: 850 ±20 nm
1300 nm -35 to +30 nm
SM: 1310 ±20 nm
1550 nm ±30 nm
Source spectral width
MM LED: Source spectral width (Full-Width
Half-Maximum - FWHM):
35 nm at 850 nm typical
80 nm at 1300 nm typical
Source power in light source mode
MM 850 nm LED: -20 to -23 dBm nominal
With EF mode conditioner: -23 to -26 dBm
nominal
MM 1300 nm LED: -15 to -20 dBm
With EF mode conditioner: -18 to -23 dBm
SM Laser: > -7 dBm
Source power stability
850, 1300 nm LED: ±0.25 dBm over 8 hours
1310, 1550 nm Lasers: ±0.25 dBm over 8
hours
Encircled Flux Compliance
Using optional external mode conditioner,
complies withTIA-526-14-B and IEC 61280-1-4
at the end of the cable
Length measurement
MM LED: 0 – 7,500 m of 50/125 or 62.5/125
μm fiber
SM Laser: : 0 - 20,000 m 9/125 μm fiber
Length measurement accuracy
±1.5 m ±2% of length, 2 m minimum
Power meter type
InGaAs detector
Power meter calibrated wavelengths
MM: 850 nm, 1300nm
SM: 1310 nm, 1550 nm
Power measurement range
0 to -55 dBm (850 nm)
0 to –60 dBm (1300/1310 nm and 1550 nm)
Power measurement uncertainty (accuracy)
±0.25 dB at – 20 dBm, calibration performed
with an FC adaptor
Measurement linearity
 850 nm: target ±0.2 dB between 0 and -45
dBm, ± 0.25 dB below -45 dBm
 1300/1310 nm and 1550 nm: target ±0.2 dB
between 0 and -55 dBm, ± 0.2 dB below -55
dBm
Display resolution
Power/attenuation: 0.01dB or dBm
Power W: 3 digits
1.00 to 9.99 nW
10.0 to 99.9 nW
100 to 999 nW
1.00 to 9.99 uW