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Quick Start Guide
3 Quick Start Guide
The following chapter is an introduction to the most impor-
tant R&S®HMO1002 resp. R&S®HMO1202 series features
and settings allowing you to use the instrument promptly.
The integrated calibrator signal output is used as the signal
source which means that the first steps will not require any
additional 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
15
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 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
Make sure to align the passive probes prior to their first use. For
more information, please refer to the probe manual. Place the
probe in the appropriate position on the ADJ. output.
DC. Briefly press the AUTOSET key once
15
.
After a few seconds, the oscilloscope will have automati-
cally 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 dis-
played time window. Turning
it CCW increases the time
base. Continue 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 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 determine the horizontal position of the sec-
tion. 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. 3.2: Screen display after connection of the probe
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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
