How to Use an Optical Switch module Switching Optical Routes
Agilent 8163A/B, 8164A/B & 8166A/B Mainframes, Sixth Edition 221
How to Use an Optical Switch
module
The User Interface
The Overview Display
Figure 130 is an Overview screen taken from an 8164A/B mainframe.
Figure 130 Optical Switch module, User Interface Overview display
Here:
• Slot 0 hosts a backloadable tunable laser,
• Slot 1 hosts an Agilent 81594B 2x2 non-blocking (crossover) switch,
• Slot 2 hosts a return loss module.
The Optical Switch Details Display
To display the full user interface for the Optical Switch module, as shown
in Figure 131 , use the Cursor key to highlight the Optical Switch slot, then
press the [Details] softkey: