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Hand Held LCR Meter

SM6016

User Manual

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Page 1: ...Hand Held LCR Meter SM6016 User Manual ...

Page 2: ...nual supersedes all corresponding previous released material Scientific continues to improve products and reserves rights to amend part of the specifications procedures equipment at any time without notice Rev 1 12 1506 SCIENTIFIC MES TECHNIK PVT LTD B 14 Industrial Estate Pologround INDORE 452015 INDIA Tel 0731 2422330 31 32 33 E mail info scientificindia com Fax 0731 2422334 2561641 Website www ...

Page 3: ... 2 Connecting External Power Source 15 5 3 Low Battery Indication 16 5 4 Backlight Display 16 5 5 Charge Display 16 6 Operation Instruction 17 6 1 Data hold mode HOLD 17 6 2 Data Record Mode REC 17 6 3 PRI Select Mode 18 6 4 SEC Select Mode 18 6 5 Test Frequency FREQ 18 6 6 Test Electric Level 19 6 7 Tolerance Mode TOL 19 6 8 Auto LCR Mode 19 6 9 Measurement Rate RATE 20 6 10 Series parallel Equiv...

Page 4: ...ance Measurement 30 7 6 Direct Current Resistance Measurement 31 8 Remote Communication 32 8 1 Connecting Instrument to PC 32 8 2 Virtual Serial Port Configuration 32 8 3 RMT Operation 33 8 4 Command Protocols 33 9 Performance Check 40 10 Maintenance Service Warranty condition 44 ...

Page 5: ...ptional testing levels The auto range can rapidly display the measuring results and automatically choose the desirable testing parameters in accordance with components properties Its measuring accuracy is unimaginable up to 0 1 Front panel push buttons maximize the convenience of function such as FREQ LEV TOL and RATE Tolerance mode can sort components record mode aid to capture readings convenien...

Page 6: ...erface Mini USB virtual serial port Test Signal Signal Frequency 0 02 accuracy 100Hz 120Hz 1kHz 10kHz 100kHz Test Signal Level 10 accuracy 0 3 Vrms 0 6Vrms 1Vrms DCR signal 1Vdc Output Impedance 100Ω Display Display LCD primary secondary dual display Backlight Battery supply when backlight is on luminance is reduced by half 15s later and automatically turned off 30s later Powered by adapter backli...

Page 7: ...ypical based on backlight off and new fully charged Ni MH battery Charge Time and Current Max 160min Max Current 100mA Auto Power Off valid for battery powered 5min 15min 30min 60min OFF available factory default 5min General Operation Condition Temperature 0 40 Relative Humidity 90 R H Weight 350g Dimensions H x W x D 190mm x 90mm x 41mm Safety and EMC compliance IEC 61010 1 2001 IEC 61326 2 1 20...

Page 8: ...nes To ensure safe use of this instrument follow the safety guidelines listed below This meter is for indoor use altitude up to 2 000 m For short time outdoor use precautions should be taken to avoid direct sunlight water and moisture electromagnetic radiation dust and explosion The warnings and safety precautions should be read and well understood before the instrument is used Use the meter only ...

Page 9: ...ar utility arrow key 11 5 terminal test sockets direct measurement on lead components or use of test fixture 12 3 terminal test jacks for use of Banana plugs Crocodile clip Test Leads 13 Standard mini USB port for remote control 14 12VDC external power input use with an external power adapter NOTE Use 12VDC 150mA 4mm adapter Internal battery supply will be automatically cut off when supply is from...

Page 10: ...ow Black the primary function meaning that function will be set or configured upon pressing it Orange the secondary function it means that the function will be set or configured if that button is pressed and hold down for 2 seconds Blue the utility function the function will be set or configured if the UTIL button is pressed and hold down for a long time See Utility Menu section for details NOTE I...

Page 11: ...m reading indicator in the record mode 5 AUTO Automatic LCR indicator 6 Phase angle indicator for secondary display 7 D Dissipation indicator 8 Q Quality factor indicator 9 Secondary parameter display 10 Beeper tone indicator for tolerance mode 11 deg Phase angle θ units indicator 12 Ω ESR ohm units indicator 13 Percentage indicator in tolerance mode 14 kHz Frequency units indicator 15 PAL Paralle...

Page 12: ...ndicator 25 2105 Limits indicator in tolerance mode 26 FAST Fast measuring rate indicator 27 Low battery charging indicator 28 OFF Auto power off indicator 29 TOL Tolerance mode indicator 30 1V 0 6V 0 3V Display test level 4 6 Special Display Indicators Indicates short clear if you press the CLEAR button Indicates open clear if you press the CLEAR button Error indication Indicates correction open ...

Page 13: ...ke the test quite convenient However this configuration has low testing accuracy For the improvement of accuracy when using external testing leads SM6016 are designed with 5 terminal testing slots and exclusive test fixture to ensure complete external 4 terminal test and measuring accuracy NOTE 26027A 26009C and 26029C 4 terminal test fixtures are optional for SM6016 Please refer to relevant instr...

Page 14: ...ncy cases The reason is that the charging circuit will operate once the instrument is connected to external source To Install the Battery 1 Open up the back flip stand and locate the screw that tightens the battery compartment cover as indicated in Figure 6 Use a screwdriver to unscrew and remove the cover 2 Insert proper battery into compartment Note the positive and negative terminals as indicat...

Page 15: ...of the battery matches the polarity as indicated by the labels inside the compartment WARNING DO NOT connect an external power adapter when a battery is installed incorrectly or a non rechargeable battery is inserted in a rechargeable instrument Doing so will damage the instrument and avoid its warranty 2 Confirm that an appropriate power supply connects to the adapter 3 Connect the AC adapter con...

Page 16: ...serve battery power When the back light have lightened for about 15 seconds the brightness will continuously decrease and when the back light have lightened for approximate 30 seconds the back light will automatically turn off When Using External Power When the meter is powered using an external AC adapter once the back light is turned on it will stay at its maximum brightness continuously and wil...

Page 17: ...imum and average values in a range Enable Static Recording Press and hold down the REC button for a long time to enter the data recording mode The display should indicate MAX AVG MIN simultaneously which indicates the meter is in static recording mode Using Static Recording There are four different modes that can be selected in static recording Per press of the REC button in recording mode FREQ wi...

Page 18: ...lay in DCR state If it is required to display corresponding secondary parameters press the secondary button 6 4 SEC Select Mode If necessary press the SEC button to select secondary parameters Each press of the SEC button the following modes will be displayed on the screen D Dissipation factor Q Quality factor θ Phase angle and ESR Equivalent series resistance 6 5 Test Frequency FREQ SM6016 handhe...

Page 19: ...CLEAR appropriately if necessary 4 Test standard implements or components with accurate and reliable measured value 5 Once the desired measured reading is displayed press the TOL button once to store the reading as the nominal value At this point the TOL will be displayed on the screen indicating that the tolerance mode is activated A percentage mode will be shown in the secondary mode to indicate...

Page 20: ...again will disable auto LCR mode In addition this mode will not continue through changing the primary and secondary modes series parallel equivalent mode and frequency mode AUTO indicator on LCD will disappear when auto LCR mode is turned off 6 9 Measurement Rate RATE There are two selectable measurement rates in this instrument fast and slow The rate of fast measurement is about 4 5times sec and ...

Page 21: ...the beep tone auto power off timing store restore power on state view the battery voltage etc Entering Utility Menu Long press UTIL button will enter utility menu Primary display is menu option and secondary display is the current settings or parameters configured for the selected option After the entrance into utility menu the default menu item display will show bEEP Configuration and Settings Th...

Page 22: ...vailable timer settings are 5min 15min 30min 60min OFF When the primary display shows AoFF push the and arrow keys to select the timer setting The settings will be shown on the secondary display as Table 3 When AoFF is effective this timer is always counting continuously when the configured time is up the meter will make an audible beep sound continuously to remind the user of prompt auto power of...

Page 23: ...er into utility menu after measuring setup 2 Press UTIL button for a long time to enter into utility menu 3 Push the UTIL button to traverse through the utility menu until you see PuP on the primary display 4 In order to save the current meter settings for power up state into internal memory use either and button to change the settings so that the secondary display shows SEt 5 Press the UTIL butto...

Page 24: ... ineffective when saving and exiting is selected restore operation will be efficient NOTE In the case where under PuP option SEt is selected and dEF is set to yES the PuP setting has priority over the dEF setting This means the instrument will not be set back to default upon saving and exiting the utility menu Instead the power up settings will be stored and will be recalled upon the next power up...

Page 25: ...nce elements Enter Clear Mode For convenience open clear and short clear are designed to share a button By pressing the CLEAR button the meter will automatically choose either open clear or close clear Open Clear First select frequency to clear and keep test clip and test slot be open Enter into clear by the press of CLEAR and a moment later the OPEN indicator will appear on secondary display afte...

Page 26: ... test parameters and series parallel equivalent mode In accordance with developed impedance network principle the instrument performs clear operation Though the complex impedance is cleared parameter is just the element after the change of impedance 4 After a long time of continuous use the meter will be affected by the temperature environment and test fixtures test leads and contact resistance wi...

Page 27: ...ower off the meter remove external AC adapter if that is used and or remove the battery from the battery compartment Please contact after sale department of our company or appointed distributor for the change of fuse or maintenance NOTE Both element damage and none output of test signal caused by signal source fault will make FUSE alarm ...

Page 28: ...nd the instrument is disconnected from any circuit and is powered OFF NOTE To achieve optimum precision please see Clear Function for details 7 2 Inductance Measurement 1 Press the POWER button for a long time to turn on the instrument 2 Press the PRI button until L is displayed on the screen to select inductance measurement 3 Insert an inductor into test slots or connect a tested inductor through...

Page 29: ...inal test accessories 4 CAUTION BEFORE inserting a capacitor or capacitive component into the input slots or terminals be sure to fully discharge the component Some larger capacitive components may take longer to discharge In these cases please allot enough time for a full discharge If proper discharging of the component is not done correctly it will damage the input terminals of the meter 5 Press...

Page 30: ...d values NOTE The meter uses an AC signal for measurement of resistance so what the test result shows is AC resistance property instead of DC resistance property Figure 15 Resistance Measurement 7 5 Impedance Measurement 1 Press the POWER button for a long time to turn on the instrument 2 Press the PRI button until Z is displayed on the screen to select impedance measurement 3 Insert impedance res...

Page 31: ...until DCR is displayed on the screen to select direct current resistance measurement 3 Insert impedance resistor capacitor or inductor into test slots or connect tested impedance through a proper test accessory i e banana plug crocodile clip test leads test fixture or SMD test tweezers 4 Read the readings on LCD for impedance measured values ...

Page 32: ... user to install driver The following process is to cancel installation guide and directly run the setup program in the setup file 5 When completed Windows will create a virtual serial port and distribute a serial number See Windows device manager for details 6 Open the control software and use the assigned serial number to communicate with the handheld LCR meter Download the FastAccess PC communi...

Page 33: ...ton to change to Auto Fetch See the description below Auto Fetch When the meter is out of remote control it can be changed to Auto Fetch mode That is the meter will automatically send data to the interface bus upon every measurement Therefore PC will obtain data by direct reading with no need to send any commands It is quite useful in the recording of simple data Enable Disable Auto Fetch To toggl...

Page 34: ...ASC H0D LF Line Feed ASC H0A CR LF Returned Result After the meter executes a query command the return of the result will be in the following format Result CR LF CR is Carriage Return and LF Line Feed For example in inquiring measured results FETCH the format of the printed data will be shown as the following Primary measured data Secondary measured data Tolerance Result CR LF Data Types Table 5 b...

Page 35: ...le 6 Command Specifier Mark Symbol Explanation Option can be omitted Exclusive OR Defined element Comment Abbreviation upper case and lower case commands 1 There are two command formats complete format and abbreviated format In the following command description upper case commands are abbreviated commands It has the same effect of sending abbreviated and complete commands 2 Abbreviation command is...

Page 36: ...alue Description Set the test frequency Parameters 100 120 1000 10000 100000 or 100Hz 120Hz 1kHz 10kHz 100kHz Example FREQuency 100Hz Set the frequency to 100Hz FREQuency Description Query the current test frequency Return 100Hz 120Hz 1kHz 10kHz 100kHz VOLTage subsystem VOLTage value Description set the test level only effective in L C R Z Parameters are 0 3 0 6 1 or 3e 1 6e 1 1e0 Example VOLTage ...

Page 37: ...Te ON OFF Description Enable or disable tolerance mode Example CALCulate TOLerance STATe ON CALCulate TOLerance STATe Description Query the tolerance mode Return ON OFF CALCulate TOLerance NOMinal Description Query the nominal value Return NR3 or exceeding data range CALCulate TOLerance VALUe Description Query the percentage value of tolerance Return NR3 or exceeding data range CALCulate TOLerance...

Page 38: ...of recording function Return NR3 NR3 primary and secondary parameters when data exceeds limits or there is no data what returns is FETCh Subsystem FETCh Description Returns the primary secondary display value and tolerance compared result BIN no Return NR3 NR3 NR1 when the primary parameter is LCR Primary parameter secondary parameter and BIN no NR3 NR1 when the primary parameter is DCR Primary pa...

Page 39: ...ATe Query the recording state MAXimum Query the max value of recording MINimum Query the min value of recording AVERage Query the average value of recording PRESent Query the test value of recording FETCh Query the measurement result Error Codes If codes or parameters originated from bus and transmitted to the meter are fault the meter will terminate the analysis and execution codes At the same ti...

Page 40: ...g results Inductance L and Quality Factor Q Accuracy Range Display Range Le De Recommended Equivalent Mode 1000H 400 0H 1000 0H 1 00 3 digits 0 0100 Parallel 400H 40 00H 399 99H 0 35 2 digits 0 0035 Parallel 40H 4 000H 39 999H 0 25 2 digits 0 0025 Parallel 4H 400 0mH 3 9999H 0 25 2 digits 0 0025 400mH 40 00mH 399 99mH 0 25 2 digits 0 0025 Series 40mH 4 000mH 39 999 0 45 2 digits 0 0045 Series 100H...

Page 41: ... c and Dissipation D Accuracy Range Display Range Ce De Recommended Equivalent Mode 20mF 4 000mF 20 000mF 5 00 5 digits 0 0500 Series 4mF 400 0µF 3 9999 mF 1 00 3 digits 0 0100 Series 400µF 40 00µF 399 99µF 0 35 2 digits 0 0035 Series 40µF 4 000µF 39 999µF 0 25 2 digits 0 0025 Series 4µF 400 0nF 3 9999µF 0 25 2 digits 0 0025 400nF 40 00nF 399 99nF 0 25 2 digits 0 0025 Parallel 40nF 4 000nF 39 999n...

Page 42: ...ts 0 0250 Series 400nF 40 00nF 399 99nF 0 80 5 digits 0 0080 Series 40nF 4 000nF 39 999nF 0 50 2 digits 0 0050 Series 4nF 400 0pF 3 9999nF 0 50 2 digits 0 0050 400pF 40 00pF 399 99pF 0 80 2 digits 0 0080 Parallel 40pF 4 000pF 39 999pF 1 20 5 digits 0 0120 Parallel 100kHz 4pF 0 000pF 4 999pF 3 00 10 digits Parallel Impedance Z and Phase Angle θ Accuracy Range Display Range Ze θ e Recommended Equiva...

Page 43: ...ies 40Ω 4 000Ω 39 999Ω 0 80 5 digits 0 46 Series 4Ω 0 4000Ω 3 9999Ω 2 50 1 digits 1 43 Series 100kHz 0 4Ω 0 0000Ω 0 3999Ω 6 00 2 digits Series Note Accuracy of De is assessed when De 0 5 Equivalent Series Resistance Accuracy of equivalent series resistance is calculated according to the below formula Equivalent Parallel Resistance Accuracy of equivalent series resistance is calculated according to...

Page 44: ...rument should it become necessary to send back the instrument to factory for service please observe the following procedure Before dispatching the instrument please write to us giving full details of the fault noticed 1 After receipt of your communication our service department will advise you whether it is necessary to send the instrument back to us for repairs or the adjustment is possible in yo...

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