With an unbeatable combination of a small pocket-sized form factor, a large high-resolution 2.8" color LCD display, and some of the lowest pricing in the industry, the WTO2-M83M OWLTrek 2M OTDR from OWL is the wise choice for cost-conscious buyers who only need to perform basic troubleshooting or restoration tasks on multimode optical fiber networks. All this from an OTDR that really is pocket-sized and fair priced, yet having comparable features and specifications to other OTDRs in its class.

In a time when it is becoming increasingly difficult to justify equipping an entire technical staff with high-end equipment, companies are even more cost-conscious than before. Outfit a majority of personnel with OWLTrek 2M multimode OTDRs, and set aside a few high-end "expert" devices for high-priority installs.

The OWLTrek 2M OTDR may be pocket-sized, but the large 2.8" high-resolution color LCD display can show even the longest traces with ease. And, for greater viewing flexibility and trace detail, OWL has implemented state-of-the-art MEMS technology that "flips" the high-resolution color LCD display between portrait and landscape mode automatically. In landscape mode, a wider viewing area means greater viewing detail.

Automatic event location is an advanced feature normally found only in expensive, high-end OTDRs. The OWLTrek 2M OTDR now brings this feature to the entry-level OTDR market. While in event location mode, the OWLTrek 2M OTDR marks events on the trace, has an event table showing the location, type, reflectance level, and loss of each event, and auto-zooms to the selected event.

The OWLTrek 2M multimode OTDR is capable of finding breaks in multimode optical fibers up to 12 miles to within +/- 6 feet. Additional splices and other loss producing events will limit end distance estimates. This is true for all OTDRs. However, passive multimode links are rarely longer than 1.25 miles long. At that short distance, OWLTrek 2M has break-finding capability of about +/- 1 meter. In fact, increased dynamic range is actually a disadvantage in almost all cases because of the increased OTDR cost (usually thousands of dollars more).