User manual
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Quick Start Guide
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Quick Start Guide
The following chapter is an introduction to the most impor-
tant R&S®HMO1002 oscilloscope 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 conn
1
on the front panel.
The display appears after a few seconds, and the oscillo-
scope is ready for operation. Press the AUTOSET key
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until a beep. This will reset the most important oscillo-
scope 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
latches 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
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.
settings. Press the top soft menu key to change the input cou-
plingtoDC.BrieypresstheAUTOSETkeyonce
15
. After a
few seconds, the oscilloscope will have automatically selected
the sensitivity, time base and trigger settings. A square wave
signal will now be shown.
3.3 Display of signal
details
With the time base knob
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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 win-
dow display: The upper sec-
tion of the window displays
the entire captured signal
whereas the lower section
shows an enlarged section.
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
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again to deactivate the zoom mode.
Fig. 3.4: Screen display after Autosetup
Fig. 3.2: Screen display after connection of the probe
Fig. 3.3: Screen display after changing to DC coupling
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Fig. 3.5: Section D of the
control panel with zoom key
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A
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Fig. 3.1:
Control
panel of
section A