LAN/WAN OTDR FTB-7200D

LAN/WAN OTDR FTB-7200D

Short Dead Zones
EXFO’s FTB-7200 LAN/WAN OTDR helps you boost test productivity for inside-plant applications. Its exceptional 1 m event dead zone enables you to easily locate and characterize all events between the transmiter and the central office’s fiber distribution panel. This feature also comes in handy in metro, access and FTTH network applications, where events are usually closely spaced.

Multimode and Singlemode Flexibility
The FTB-7200D model combines singlemode and multimode functionalities, ideal for private network testing. It offers the industry’s shortest dead zones, as well as lightning-fast acquisitions. Test multimode fiber within premises, or singlemode fiber between premises—all with a single OTDR unit—and maximize your return on investment.

Delivering Higher Accuracy for Event Location
The FTB-7200D LAN/WAN OTDR locates events with pinpoint accuracy:

· Up to 128 000 sampling points for higher trace resolution

· Sampling resolution down to 4 cm, for ultra-accurate fault location

· Better linearity—down to ±0.03 dB/dB—for more accurate event characterization

An FTTx Test Solution
Part of EXFO’s series of FTTx optical test products, the FTB-7200 LAN/WAN allows for the testing of passive optical networks (PONs) at the three main wavelengths (1310, 1490 and 1550 nm) used in fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) and fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) networks. It also complies with the ITU-T G.983 and G.984 recommendation series and the IEEE 802.3ah standard.

Faster Trace Acquisition
The FTB-7200 features a highly optimized, lightning-fast trace acquisition routine: full averaging is performed in 45 seconds—four times faster than the industry standard averaging time of three minutes. When installing or troubleshooting metro networks, the FTB-72000D reduces the three-wavelength testing time for a typical 288-fiber cable from more than 43 hours to less than 11 hours, thereby minimizing testing costs.

EXFO’s OTDR Software: Boosting Productivity in the Field

Auto and Advanced Modes: Choose Your Testing Approach
Streamline data acquisition in the field and report generation back at the office with EXFO’s powerful OTDR software. Choose from two testing approaches: Auto mode or Advanced mode.

Auto Mode: One-Touch Testing
Ideal for basic, repetitive applications, the Auto mode shortens the learning curve for new OTDR users.

· Preset test parameters

· Choice of single- or dual-wavelength OTDR testing

· Convenient one-step event table

Advanced Mode: Flexibility for Experts
For complete control over your test routine, select the Advanced mode. Manually set all acquisition parameters, including the index of refraction (IOR) and helix factor. Save time and get better results by fine-tuning acquisition parameters on the fly.

General OTDR Software Features

Great Display Legibility for Outdoors Work
For installation and maintenance crews, working outdoors goes with the territory. Switch between black and white display backgrounds as needed, and enjoy great legibility, even in the brightest daylight.

Smooth Data Management
This feature combines file autonaming with subset cable and fiber incrementation.

Universal OTDR Compatibility
Based on the universal Bellcore format (.sor, Telcordia SR-4731), the software lets you access OTDR traces from various test and measurement manufacturers. You can therefore use the FTB-200 or the FTB-400 and still refer to your previously archived OTDR files.

FTB-400 Platform OTDR Software Feature

Multiple-Trace Comparison
Multiple-trace viewing lets you quickly compare traces and detect anomalies within fibers of a tube, a ribbon or even a whole cable.

FTB-200 Platform OTDR Software Features

Summary Screen
View—at a glance—the pass/fail status for each tested wavelength. What’s more, the software automatically detects macrobends, which are also displayed in the summary screen.

Linear Trace View
This feature virtually eliminates the need to analyze complex OTDR graphs. It provides a straighforward display of all events and related loss and ORL values. Easily toggle between OTDR traces and the linear view.

Fast-Track Data Post-Processing with FastReporter Software

The optional FastReporter software package provides you with the post-processing tools and functionalities you need to meet such challenges, whatever the application. Designed for off-line analysis of field-acquired data, FastReporter offers a truly intuitive graphical user interface, which contributes to boosting productivity.

Live Templating for OTDR Testing
Benefit from one-step file management at any wavelength. Keep full control by adding or removing events manually, or add/remove events automatically using a reference. Get uniform, detailed cable reports.

Powerful Batch Processing
Automate repetitive operations on large numbers of OTDR test files, and optimize your productivity. Document an entire cable in a matter of seconds. Adjust your cable parameters and detection thresholds and perform batch analysis. Open OTDR files from various vendors’ equipment and convert them to the universal Telcordia format.

Bidirectional Batch Analysis
Analyze an entire cable in just two steps. View data for all events on all fibers, and at each wavelength, on a single screen.

Flexible Reporting
Choose from various report templates, including loss and ORL, OTDR, PMD, CD and fiber characterization. Generate comprehensive cable reports in PDF, Excel or HTML format.

Time Savers from EXFO’s OTDR Viewer Software

This free software brings you key data post-processing features such as:

· Pass/warning/fail threshold setup, which helps you meet ribbon and multifiber validation specifications

· Bidirectional trace analysis, which provides more accurate, averaged loss measurements for each event

· Multifiber testing using the Template Trace mode, which dynamically compares new OTDR results with a trace you assign as a reference.

Choose the Right Fit

Choose from various models and configurations offering dynamic ranges of up to 45 dB and designed for first-class testing flexibility: singlemode modules (1310, 1383, 1490, 1550 and 1625 nm), multimode modules (850 and 1300 nm), four-wavelength multimode and singlemode modules, etc.

The FTB-7200 LAN/WAN OTDR is compatible with EXFO’s rugged, portable test platforms, the powerful FTB-400 and the compact FTB-200.

All EXFO OTDR modules come with a UPC- and APC-compatible universal interface (EUI) connector, as well as an optional visual fault locator (VFL) option, ideal for troubleshooting LAN/WAN and metro networks.