User manual EXFO FTB-200

[. . . ] FTB-200 Compact Modular Platform Release Notes Introduction In these release notes, you will find information to help you install and use the application on your FTB-200 Compact Modular Platform. This document also provides late-breaking or other information that supplements the user guide or the online help of the following product: Handheld Instrument Software Manager, which is used to install all the required components for the management of FTB-200 Compact Modular Platform. IMPORTANT The installation of the new system disk takes several minutes. Once installed, the components below will be updated with the most recent version available: Item Version FTB-200 Compact Modular Platform IP Testing Tools OTDR CE 3. 4. 0 2. 0. 0 2. 5. 0 For more information about FTB-200 Compact Modular Platform, refer to the online help. IMPORTANT BEFORE installing this product pack, you must: Remove the standard OTDR application from your unit (using HISM). Make sure that the version for your system disk on your unit is 3. 4. 0. 55 or later. [. . . ] All rights reserved. 21/37 Release Notes FTB-200 Compact Modular Platform 4. From the Add or Remove Programs dialog box, click EXFO Handheld Instrument Software Manager and click Change/Remove or Remove. Removing Microsoft ActiveSync You can remove Microsoft ActiveSync by using the functions found in Windows Control Panel. Note: Under Windows Vista, the synchronization tool is Mobile Device Center instead of ActiveSync. From the computer task bar, click start. From the Control Panel dialog box, double-click Add or Remove Programs. From the Add or Remove Programs dialog box, click Microsoft ActiveSync x. y (where x. y corresponds to the version number of ActiveSync) and click Change/Remove or Remove. Copyright © 2009 EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. All rights reserved. 22/37 Release Notes FTB-200 Compact Modular Platform Adding or Removing Applications with the Handheld Instrument Software Manager With the Handheld Instrument Software Manager (HISM), you can install applications on your FTB-200 Compact Modular Platform. On the taskbar, click Start, point to All Programs, then point to EXFO. From the EXFO menu, click EXFO Handheld Instrument Software Manager. Connect one end of the provided USB cable to your unit and the other to the computer. Copyright © 2009 EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. All rights reserved. 23/37 Release Notes FTB-200 Compact Modular Platform 3. From HISM, select the items you want to install on your unit and click the Install Selected Programs button. Online help is provided with HISM to help you install and remove applications. IMPORTANT Make sure that you have the latest system disk version for your unit. This ensures you that you can see and install all of the available updates. IMPORTANT To avoid problems when you install a system disk on your FTB-200, do not turn off your unit and wait until ToolBox CE is displayed. message remains displayed during the installation and that your unit restarts a few times. IMPORTANT When you attempt to remove an application from your unit, you may receive an error message indicating that the application could not close. In this case, close the application manually, then, from ToolBox CE, select Setup. Use the Remove Programs utility to remove the application. IMPORTANT If Windows opens the Found New Hardware Wizard dialog box, select Install the software automatically (recommended) option and click the Next button. From the displayed window, go to the USB Drivers folder on this CD. Go to the folder corresponding to the version of Windows that is installed on your computer (Windows 2000, Windows XP or Windows Vista). Windows will install the necessary drivers and will recognize your device automatically. Copyright © 2009 EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. All rights reserved. 24/37 Release Notes FTB-200 Compact Modular Platform Controlling Your Unit Remotely Your unit supports remote control via Virtual Network Computing (VNC). This utility enables you to control your unit from a distant computer exactly as if you had your device close at hand. [. . . ] IOR values are now displayed with 6 digits after the decimal point. Now possible to also display the graph with a black background (inverted colors). Now possible to select the attenuation and loss values that will be displayed: Two-point section attenuation A-B LSA attenuation Four-point event loss A-B LSA loss Printed reports can now include pass/fail thresholds, summary table and macrobend information. Copyright © 2009 EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. All rights reserved. 35/37 Release Notes FTB-200 Compact Modular Platform Product Release Changes FTB-200 Compact Modular Platform version 2. 1. 0 FTB-200 An upgrade of the system disk will be performed automatically if the current system disk version is earlier to 2. 0. 1. 20. [. . . ]