User manual
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Quick Start Guide
3
Quick Start Guide
The following chapter is an introduction to the most impor-
tant R&S®HMO Compact series features and settings al-
lowing you to use the instrument promptly. The integrated
calibrator signal output is used as the signal source which
meansthattherststepswillnotrequireanyadditional
instruments.
3.1 Setting up and turning the instrument on
To optimally set up the instrument, position the handle so
that the display will be inclined slightly upwards. Plug the
power cord into the rear panel connector
1
on the front
panel. The display appears after a few seconds, and the
oscilloscope is ready for operation. Press the AUTOSET
key
15
until a beep. This will reset the most important os-
cilloscope settings to their default settings.
3.2 Connection of a probe and signal capture
Take one of the provided probes and remove the protective
cap from the tip. Apply the probe compensation box to the
BNC connector for channel 1 and turn it to the right until it lat
-
ches into place. On the right hand side of the screen, you will
see the short menu for channel 1. Press the soft menu key to
the right of each menu item to select frequently used settings.
Press the top soft menu key to change the input coupling to
3
A
5
15
16
8
11
14
9
10
6
7
12 13
4
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Fig. 3.1:
Control
panel of
section A
Make sure to align the passive probes prior to their rst use. For
more information, please refer to the probe manual. Place the
probe in the appropriate position on the ADJ. output.
DC.BrieypresstheAUTOSETkeyonce
15
.
After a few seconds, the oscilloscope will have automati-
cally selected the sensitivity, time base and trigger settings. A
square wav
e signal will now be shown.
3.3 Display of signal
details
With the time base knob
43
you can change the displayed
time window. Turning it CCW
increases the time base. Con-
tinue to turn the knob CCW
until you can read “TB:5ms”
in the upper left corner of
the screen. Press the ZOOM
key
40
. You will see the two
window display: The upper
section of the window dis-
plays the entire captured sig-
nal whereas the lower sec-
tion shows an enlarged sec-
tion. Use the time base knob
to select the zoom factor. The small knob allows you to de-
termine the horizontal position of the section. Press the
ZOOM key
40
again to deactivate the zoom mode.
Fig. 3.3: Screen display after changing to DC coupling
Fig. 3.4: Screen display after Autosetup
Fig. 3.5: Area of the control panel
containing the ZOOM knob
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D
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37
41
39
42
43
44
40
Fig. 3.2: Screen display after connection of the probe