Test & Inspection FlexScan ® TS100 Optical Troubleshooter User’s Guide www.AFLglobal.
Table of Contents Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Apple Inc. Legal Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Labeling and Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hardware Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Controls, Display, Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Safety Information WARNING! Use of procedures or adjustments other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure. 1650 nm SM OTS/OLS/OPM port This is a CLASS I LASER output. VFL port This is a CLASS Class 3A / Class 3R LASER output.
working with optical systems. • NOTICE: Except user replaceable battery, FlexScan contains no user-serviceable parts, it must be returned to AFL or authorized agents for repair and calibration. • IMPORTANT: Proper care in handling should be taken when using any precision optical test equipment. Scratched or contaminated optical connectors can impact the performance of the instrument. It is important to keep the dust caps in place when the unit is not being used.
Labeling and Hazard Warning 1. 'Laser Radiation' label - located on the back of the TS100 unit. 2. Laser safety warning - silkscreened on the back of the TS100 unit. 1 2 3. Serial Number label - located on the back of the TS100 unit. 4. Calibration void label - located on the back of the TS100 unit. 4 3 5. FCC Transmitter label (models containing Bluetooth/Wi-Fi transceiver)- located on the bottom of the TS100 unit.
Hardware Overview Controls, Display, Interfaces 9 8 6 10 12 4 2 5 7 11 1 Ref 3 Feature Description 1 Power button Press to power FlexScan on/off. 2 Power port (5 VDC) This is interface for the AC power adapter/charger. 3 AC/Charger indicator Illuminates when AC is connected and indicates battery charging status. • RED light = rechargeable battery is charging. • GREEN light = rechargeable battery is fully charged. • Flashing RED/GREEN = Battery charging halted due to over-temperature.
Battery Charging You may charge the battery while your FlexScan is switched on or off by attaching the supplied AC charger. • Plug the included AC charger into AC outlet. • Connect charger plug to the Power port. • AC/Charger indicator will illuminate to indicate charging status as follows: – RED - Charging battery – GREEN - Fully charged – OFF - AC disconnected – Flashing RED/GREEN = Battery charging halted due to over-temperature. • FlexScan charges while operating.
User Interface Overview New Test - FlexScan’s Home Screen The New Test screen is the FlexScan’s main screen that is displayed at startup. 1 2 4 3 5 6 From the New Test screen you may perform the following setup and operations: 1. Press Home/Menu button to display the Test/Home Menu screen and select Save, Send, or configure General Settings. 2. Press Start/Stop button to enable Live Fiber check, or to start a new test, or (if test is running) to end a test. 3. Press VFL button to enable VFL mode. 4.
Test/Home Menu Screen Overview 1. Test/Home Menu screen may be accessed from the Test Results/Home screen by pressing the Home/Menu button, or from the LinkMap screen by touching the 3-bar Menu icon. While in Test Home Menu screen, you may perform the following operations: 2. Touch Save As to name and save results. 3. Touch Send To option to send results to Bluetooth-paired device. – If Send To option is grayed out, Bluetooth is either not available or disabled.
Fault Locate Setup Screen Overview 1. Fault Locate Setup screen is accessed from the Test screen by touching the TS100 Tool icon. 2. When in Fault Locate Setup screen, select a Test Setting to edit it – Network Type – Launch Cord – Pass/Fail Rules – Fiber Type 3. Press Start/Stop to initiate a test and return to Home screen. 4. Press Home/Menu or touch Back to return to Home/Test Results screen without starting a new test. 5. Touch dB/dBm icon to select Light Source & Power Meter test screen. 6.
FleXpress® Fault Locate Test Setup Network Type Touch Network Type to view/edit the network type: • FTTH PON through Splitter (Note: FTTH PON through Splitter is only available in TS100-70!) – Touch current Splitter 1 Split Ratio to change it • Point-to-Point/ PON to Splitter • Touch Back to return to Test Setup Launch Cord Touching Launch Cord option displays the Launch Cord Setup screen that allows the user to View / Edit Launch Cable Length: 1. Touch Clear to clear current launch cable length 2.
Pass/Fail Rule • Touch Pass/Fail Rule option to select ITU G.671, TIA-568.3-D, or User pass/fail rules. • Touch and hold selected Pass/Fail rule to view/edit link and event pass/fail limits. • Use left/right arrows to navigate through, view and edit pass/fail limits. Notes: 1. Splice, Connector and Splitter pass/fail limits are fixed and cannot be edited for ITU G.671 and TIA-568.3-D standards. 2. Splitter pass/fail limits can only be viewed and set in TS100-70.
Fiber Type Fiber Type settings depends on the selected Network Type option. Touch the Fiber Type field to display one of the following: • Single-mode G.65x • User-SMF options Viewing and Configuring Fiber Type G.65x Fiber Settings may be viewed but NOT changed. User Settings may be viewed and changed. To view G.65x Fiber Settings • While in the Setup screen, make sure G.65x fiber type is displayed in the Fiber Type field.
General Settings General Settings screen is accessed from the Test Results Screen, by pressing Home/Menu button and then selecting General Settings. While in the General Settings screen: • Touch the desired setting field (e.g. Language) to display a sub-menu. • Touch Left / Right Arrows to display additional General Settings screen. • Touch Back to return to the previous menu.
Bluetooth: Touch to display a sub-screen and enable Bluetooth. • Enable Bluetooth, touch the on/off control • Select Search to discover devices, then select device from list to pair Auto Off Timer: Touch to display a sub-screen and select Auto Off option: Never, 5 min, 15 min. Speaker Volume: • If disabled, touch the on/off control to turn the Speaker on. • Touch and/or touch and drag the adjustment slider right/left to increase/decrease the Speaker volume.
Live Fiber Detection and Launch Quality Check Launch Quality Check An optional launch quality check enables users to detect dirty, damaged, poorly seated, or mismatched (UPC to APC) connectors. To perform the launch quality check: • With the Launch Quality Check option enabled, initiate a new test. • The FlexScan will assess the loss and reflectance at the optical port connection to the launch cord (fiber ring) or fiber under test.
LinkMap Display and Navigation Notes: • The LinkMap Display automatically selects first fault when LinkMap first selected after test is complete. • The LinkMap Display returns to previously selected event if LinkMap previously selected for this test. When in LinkMap Display, you may perform the following operations: 1. Touch any LinkMap Icon to select it. 2. Touch Left or Right arrows to move to previous or next LinkMap event.
Light Source and Power Meter Operation Light Source Settings and Features 1. Touch Laser On/Off to enable/disable light source. RED Laser indicates that source is ON. 2. Touch Modulation field to select source modulation: Wave ID, CW, Tone (270 Hz, 330 Hz, 1 kHz, 2 kHz). – Select Wave ID mode for fastest loss measurements. While in this mode, the FlexScan source transmits wavelength information, enabling a Wave ID power meter to synchronize and measure power at received wavelength(s).
Inspecting Fibers with FOCIS Probe and FlexScan Optical connectors may be inspected using FOCIS Flex, FOCIS Duel, or FOCIS Lightning auto-focusing connector inspection probe with IEC pass/fail analysis. Captured fiber end-face images and pass/fail results are immediately displayed on the FOCIS probe display and on the paired FlexScan and may be saved in either FOCIS or FlexScan. A micro-USB port on either FOCIS or FlexScan supports fast upload of internally stored results to PC.
Pairing FlexScan with FOCIS Flex Inspection Probe To transfer fiber-end images from the FOCIS Flex inspection probe and display inspection results on FlexScan, you must Bluetooth pair your FOCIS Flex probe with FlexScan. Enable Bluetooth on FlexScan • From the Home screen, touch General Settings. • In the General Settings screen, touch Bluetooth. • Touch the Bluetooth On/Off control to enable. Enable Bluetooth on FOCIS Flex • From FOCIS probe Main Menu, select Settings, then press Select.
Configuring Auto-Send • From the Main Menu, select Settings. • Select Capture to display the Capture settings screen. • Highlight and Select Auto-Send. • Use Arrow Keys to enable Auto-Send on 1st Capture key or on 2nd Capture key. When Auto-Send is enabled, pressing Capture key from Live Image mode will initiate auto-focus (if enabled), capture image, analyze pass/fail (if enabled), then send image and pass/fail results to paired FlexScan.
File Manager Fiber test results may be stored in the FlexScan internal memory or external USB stick. Saved test results are organized into a Fiber Group sub-folder within a Project folder. The name of a saved result consists of several parameters, which are defined in the Save As screen.
Manually Saving Results • While in the Results view, touch Menu icon. • Touch Save As. • Edit Project, End1, End2, Cable and Fiber# names used to identify saved results: touch any field to edit it. Touch Done when finished. • Touch [Save To] to view, navigate and select destination memory, Project, or Fiber Group folder. Touch Back to return to Save As screen. • Touch Done to save test results. Saving to a Newly Created Folder • While in the Results view, touch Menu icon.
Viewing Saved Test Results To View Saved Test Results • From the Test screen, press the Home/Menu button and then touch My Projects. • Navigate through Project/Fiber Group/Fiber screens to locate the desired test record, then touch it to display it. – Touch up/down keys to scroll up/down through list of files. – Touch Folder Up icon to navigate up to Fiber Groups or Projects level. – Touch the Memory/USB icon to toggle between USB memory stick and internal memory card (if USB stick present).
Transferring Results to a PC via USB To transfer files from your FlexScan to a PC using a USB cable, perform the following: • Connect your FlexScan to a PC using the supplied micro-USB to USB cable. Make sure the micro-plug is fully seated in your FlexScan. • Touch the USB soft key on the Results Scree. • On your PC, open My Computer. A new removable drive named TS100 X: will appear, where ‘X:’ is the drive letter assigned to your FlexScan.
How to View Device Information FlexScan software revision, serial number, and calibration date can be viewed from the Device Information screen, which is accessed from the Test/Home Menu screen. • From any screen, press the Home/Menu button. • From the displayed Test/Home Menu, touch Info.
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