Full Path Trace

A Full Path trace displays all connected fiber facilities from start to end.

• It is bi-directional, no matter where you initiate the trace.

• You can initiate the trace at many points, including:

  • On a fiber within a cable.

  • On a fiber within a splice case.

  • On a port within a patch location or device.

To run a Full Path trace, follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the fiber facility where you want to initiate the trace.

   • This can be at the start, end, or anywhere in the middle of the fiber path.

   • It can be a fiber optic cable, a splice case, or it can be a location with ports, such as patch panel within a patch location or a device.

2. On the Main Menu > Fiber tab, click Fiber Tracing.

   

3. A Fiber Tracing pane appears and includes these tools.

   • Select Trace Location - Use this tool to click a fiber facility or fiber optic cable and initiate the trace.

   • Zoom to Extent - This zooms and pans the map to display the trace path, start to end.

   • Clear Trace - After performing a trace, this removes the current trace results.

   • Create Circuit Using Trace Results - After performing a trace, you can save the results as a circuit. See the topic Create a New Circuit.

   • Create Trace Report - After performing a trace, you can export the results to a report.

4. Before you initiate the trace, you can specify a wavelength on the Options tab.

5. In the map, click on the fiber facility where you want to initiate the trace.

6. A Trace Selector dialog appears. It shows all the available ports from which to run the trace (if you initiate the trace from a fiber optic cable or splice, it displays all the fibers). Check the box next to the port (or fiber) where you want to initiate the trace, then click OK.

   
   NOTE:

   • A Full Path trace is bi-directional so the results are the same whether you start at the front port or back port of the same number.

   • You can check multiple ports or fibers, but do so with a specific purpose. The traces are merged and presented as one result.

   • If the trace results contain multiple branches or traces, generate a trace report for information about specific loss and distance values.

     

7. See the results in the Fiber Tracing pane and the trace path is selected on the map.

8. When finished looking at the trace results, click the Clear Trace tool.