Systems and methods for performing self- diagnostic optics troubleshooting techniques

A method for performing a troubleshooting technique on an optical transceiver, the method comprising:

• detecting, by a processor of a test instrument, a network error based on a bit error rate (BER) of a signal received from the optical transceiver;
• in response to detecting the network error, executing, by the processor of the test instrument, the troubleshooting technique on the optical transceiver to identify a potential cause of the network error, by setting the test instrument to each of a plurality of test settings in a predefined sequential order and executing tests on the optical transceiver, including measuring the BER of the optical transceiver, on each of the plurality of test settings in the predefined sequential order until an acceptable BER result is identified, wherein the BER result is acceptable when the measurement of the BER is higher than a BE threshold;
• in response to identifying the acceptable BER result, identifying one of the plurality of test settings that is responsible for the acceptable BER result by applying a rollback technique on all of the plurality of test settings except for a most recent test setting on which the acceptable BER result was identified;
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• in response to identifying one of the plurality of test settings that is responsible for the acceptable BER result, generating a report indicating the potential cause of the network error.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium in a test instrument storing instructions, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• detect, at a test instrument, a network error based on a bit error rate (BER) of a signal received from an optical transceiver, wherein the optical transceiver is connected to a port of the test instrument;
• in response to detecting the network error, execute, at the test instrument, a troubleshooting technique on the optical transceiver to identify a potential cause of the network error, by setting the test instrument to each of a plurality of test settings in a predefined sequential order and executing tests on the optical transceiver, including measuring the BER of the optical transceiver, on each of the plurality of test settings in the predefined sequential order until an acceptable BER result is identified, wherein the BER result is acceptable when the measurement of the BER is higher than a BER threshold;
• in response to determining the acceptable BER result, identify one of the plurality of test settings that is responsible for the acceptable BER result by applying a rollback technique on all of the plurality of test settings except for a most recent test setting on which the acceptable BER result was identified;
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• in response to identifying one of the plurality of test settings that is responsible for the acceptable BER result, generate a report identifying the potential cause of the network error.