General Instrument Settings; Language Settings; Basic Settings; Fig. 8.1: Instrument Informations - Hameg HMS 3000 Handbuch

G e n e r a l i n s t r u m e n t s e t t i n g s

8 General instrument settings

Basic settings like language for user interface and help, mis-
cellaneous settings and interface settings can be set using
the menu which opens after pressing the SETUP key in the
GENERAL area of the control panel. Pushing the soft menu key
MENU OFF will call the next lower level.
8.1

Language settings

The HMS series provides four different languages for the menu
and help text:
German, English, French and Spanish
By pushing the soft menu key LANGUAGE the language selec-
tion is called, the language selected is active if the menu item's
background is blue.
8.2

Basic settings

8.2.1 Clock & Time
Pushing the soft menu key SET CLOCK will call the clock and
date settings menu. These settings will be used for adding a
time and date stamp on print-outs and stored files. The user
can modify the time and date with the knob. The respective soft
menu item is active if it its background is blue. The time and
date settings will be accepted by pushing ENTER.
8.2.2 SOUND
The HMS series offers the possibility to sound a warning which
can be switched on or off using SOUND. The control resp.
warning tone will be active if the respective menu item's back-
ground is blue.
8.2.3 Device Name
In this menu item you can set a name for the HMS series. By
pressing the softkey a key panel will show. You can choose the
character via the knob. The character will confirm with the enter
button (refer to chapter 6.3).
8.2.4 Device Infos
Choosing this soft menu item will call instrument information
such as serial number, software version etc.

Fig. 8.1: Instrument Informations

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Subject to change without notice
8.3

Interface settings

Selecting this soft menu item will allow to modify the settings
for:
– the Dual Interface HO720 USB/RS-232 (Baud rate, number
of stop bits, parity, handshake on/off)
– LAN Interface HO730 (IP address, sub net mask etc., see
the manual of the HO730) and
– the IEEE-488 GPIB interface HO740 (GPIB-address)
The interface desired for the communication can be selected
with the respective soft menu key. Use the soft menu item
PARAMETER to set the necessary interface parameters. More
information about the selected interface you can find on www.
hameg.com.
8.4

Printer settings

The HMS series supports printing of the screen contents on a
connected printer (USB printers with postscript).
The HMS series supports the output of the screen content on a
connected printer. The menu item PRINTER contains settings
for POSTSCRIPT and PCL printers. Pushing this softkey will
open a submenu in which you can select the paper format
and the color mode. If you choose the top menu item PAPER
FORMAT with the associated soft menu key, a window will open
which offers the selection of A4, A5, B5, B6, and Executive. Use
the universal knob to select the desired format which will then
be indicated on the softkey.
The next lower menu item COLOR MODE allows the selection
of the modes Greyscale, Color, and Inverted following the same
procedure. The Greyscale mode converts a color display to a
greyscale display which can be printed on a Black-and-White
printer. The Color Mode will print the display in color as it is
shown on the screen (black background). In the Inverted Mode
the color display will be printed in color with a white background
on a color printer in order to save toner and ink.
8.5

Reference frequency

This submenu is used to switch between the internal (TCXO) and
external reference source. The softkey INTERNAL switches to
the built in TCXO. The softkey EXTERNAL is used to select the
reference source. To improve frequency accuracy an external
10 MHz reference clock can be used.
8.6 Update (Firmware / Help)
You are invited to download the most recent firmware under
www. hameg.com. Firmware and help are packed into one
ZIP data packet. After downloading the ZIP data unpack it into
an USB stick's basic directory (refer to 9.1 USB connector).
Thereupon insert the stick into the USB port of the spectrum
analyzer and push the key SETUP in the GENERAL area of the
front panel. Here you shall find the menu item UPDATE. After
selecting this menu item a window will open which displays the
actual firmware version indicating the version number, the date
and build information.