• Test and troubleshoot faults in last-mile fiber optic links
• Validate installed last mile fiberoptic links for compliance to design
• Small, ruggedized housing weighs less than 1.1 pounds
• Optical power meter stabilized laser source, and visual fault locator including standard
• Easy to use single button interface with Auto Test mode

The Tempo OFL100-CBL500 is a kit that combines the OFL100-NA OTDR with an LC-500, 500m launch cable. Using the LC-500 launch cable with the OFL100 will ensure that the technician will be able to make the most accurate measurements by reducing the OTDR dead zone effects.

The convenient touchscreen and easy-to-use interface of the OFL100-NA make it simple for even newly provisioned technicians to locate loss events such as cut fibers, contaminated or damaged connectors, and excessively bent fibers. 

The OFL100 features Auto Mode allowing the technician to initiate a measurement without adjusting any test parameters. For the savvy OTDR technician, expert OTDR mode provides access to all features so they can refine measurement parameters and troubleshoot the most demanding faults. The OFL100 includes an integrated visual fault locator (VFL), stabilized light source (SLS), and optical power meter (OPM).

No need for multiple launch cables for varying network connectors. Typically the technician will use a launch cable on the input and output connectors of the fiber under test. This allows the technician to characterize the insertion and return loss of the input and output connectors of fiber link. Supports SC, LC, FC, and ST connectors (APC + UPC as appropriate). It is recommended that a one-meter patch cord is used at the OFL100 OTDR bulkhead. Please refer to the application note “Using a one-meter Jumper at the bulkhead”.

Results can be displayed using a traditional OTDR trace or linear map with user-selectable Pass/Fail analysis. All events are measured, annotated, saved and exported as an industry standard SOR file that is compliant to GR196 Telcordia standards. The SOR file can be imported into the Trace Viewing program where analysis can be performed, and test results can be saved as a PDF report.

The OPM can be used to measure absolute optical power levels as well as allow the technician to perform loss measurements on a fiber link of the device when used in tandem with the integrated stabilized laser source. Full fiber tracing is supported with tone injection and sensing.

The integrated VFL provides a safe level of red laser light to visually locate fiber faults within the OFL100 dead zone. The VFL can be used to confirm continuity of improperly labeled or not labeled fiber optic cables up to approximately 5km. The VFL output is set to ≤1mW which is a Class 2 device that is deemed to be safe by the FDA.