Working with errors

If there are errors in the network topology, we can detect them in two ways in the schematic diagram.

The first way

By running Check Errors () command from the toolbar.
After we click on the Check Errors icon (), the schema displays only fibers with errors.
Other fibers will not be displayed. Nodal elements will remain visible (Figure 1).

Figure 1

The second way

Select Errors item in Analysis tab on the Docker. By selecting Errors item, the correct fibers will be displayed in light gray color.
Fibers with errors will be displayed in vivid colors (Figure 2).

Figure 2

In whichever way we detected the errors, we further process them by first checking the type(s) of errors.
We do this by opening General tab on Fiber Info window.
The window can be opened in two ways:

• By double-clicking on selected fiber (or group of fibers).
• by right-clicking on the fiber (or group of fibers) and running Fiber Info command from the context menu.

Window: Fiber Info

In the Fiber Info window, the General tab has two frames:

• Circuit Name and
• Warnings

Circuit name

If the circuit name along the fiber circuit is not consistent (elements of one fiber circuit have different circuit names), there will be three question marks (???) in the “Circuit Name" field.
At this point, the circuit name over the entire fiber circuit can be properly defined in the way described on Fiber Circuit Name page.
In addition, “Inconsistent circuit names” message will be displayed within the “Warnings”, with a list of fiber circuit names detected along the fiber circuit.

Warnings

If there are topological errors (including errors in the fiber circuit name), they will be listed in the "Warnings".
In addition to errors of type: “Inconsistent circuit names", which can be corrected on the spot, errors are corrected by returning to the schematic diagram and taking necessary steps depending on the type of the detected errors.

Errors can be the following: