The Agilent E6000C Mini-OTDR is a portable optical time-domain reflectometer engineered for field fiber link troubleshooting, event detection, and fault location. Operating on Rayleigh scattering and Fresnel reflection principles, this instrument delivers dynamic range up to 40 dB across measurement distances from 0 to 400 km. It supports automatic event adjustment, automatic fiber characterization, and integrated fiber break locator functionality for rapid diagnosis of splice losses, connector losses, and discontinuities.
Technical Specifications
• Measurement Principle: Optical Time-Domain Reflectometry (OTDR) based on Rayleigh scattering and Fresnel reflection
• Dynamic Range: Up to 40 dB typical
• Measurement Range: 0 km to 400 km
• Span: 0.1 km to 400 km
• Minimum Sample Spacing: 0.1 m
• Measurement Points: Up to 64,000
• Distance Accuracy: ± (offset error + scale error × distance + sampling error)
• Maximum Events Detected: 100
• Available Wavelengths: 850 nm, 1300 nm, 1310 nm, 1550 nm, 1625 nm
• Refractive Index Range: 1.00000 to 2.00000
• Length Units: km, ft, miles
• Standards Compliance: ISO 9001, Bellcore/Telcordia GR-196-CORE
– Key Features
• Non-reflective event threshold: 0.0 to 5.0 dB in 0.01 dB steps
• Reflective event threshold: −14.0 to −65.0 dB in 0.1 dB steps
• Fiber break threshold: 0.1 to 10 dB in 0.1 dB steps
• Fiber end threshold: 0.1 to 20 dB in 0.1 dB steps
• Multi-fiber testing capability
• Front connector verification
• Supports up to 4 onboard languages with 16 available on support CD
– Typical Applications
Field installation and maintenance of single-mode and multimode fiber optic networks. Suitable for rapid localization of cable breaks, splice characterization, and network commissioning workflows.
– Compatibility & Integration
Module options available for specific connector types. Distance accuracy parameters scale with user-selectable refractive index values from 1.00000 to 2.00000.
