VC2000 INTELLECTIVE FREQUENCY COUNTER OPERATION MANUAL _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

VC2000 INTELLECTIVE FREQUENCY COUNTER OPERATION MANUAL 1. General specification 1-1. General specification VC2000 frequency counter is an intellective with multi-functions, with include frequency measurement, pulse counting, crystal measurement and so on, and has 4-step gate time, 5-range function select and 8 LED display. All functions depend on a single CPU. A crystal controlled temperature circuit provides constant compensation for temperature change. Thereby, reducing measurement errors typically caused by temperature drift. This instrument has the function of operation mode stored, due to this reason .after turning the power on, it can be operated by previous setting . To assure best operation, read this manual before operation. 1-2. Technical specification 1. Measurement (1) Input terminal This instrument has 3 input channel terminals. CH.A. high frequency terminal 50MHz-2400MHz. CH.B. low frequency terminal 10Hz-50MHz. Crystal Oscillator: crystal measuring terminal (2) Frequency measurement Step Total 5 steps, No.1-3 steps are for frequency, No.4 step is for counting and No.5 is for crystal oscillator measurement. No.1 step 50MHz-2400MHz, input from CH.A No.2 step 4MHz-50MHz, input from CH.B No.3 step 10Hz-4MHz, input from CH.B Resolution Step Function Frequency Resolution 0.1s 1.0s 5.0s 10s 1 2400MHz-1000MHz 1KHz 100Hz 100Hz 100Hz 1000MHz-100MHz 1KHz 100Hz 10Hz 10Hz Frequency measurement 100MHz-50MHz 1KHz 100Hz 10Hz 10Hz 2 50MHz-4MHz 100Hz 10Hz 1Hz 1Hz 3 4MHz-10Hz 10Hz 1Hz 0.1Hz 0.1Hz 4 Counting Max. counts 99999999 5 Crystal oscillator measurement 16MHz-3.5MHz 10Hz 1Hz 1Hz 1Hz Gate time : 0.1s 1.0s 5.0s 10s Accuracy : time base deviation frequency 1d (3) Progressive counting measurement 4 steps CH.B input terminal resolution : 1d counting frequency : 10Hz-4MHz (4) Crystal measurement 5 steps insert from crystal oscillator plug-board on the panel. Testing scope: 3.5 MHz-16MHz

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2. Input features: Input sensitivity for CH.A, 25mVrms/200mVrms Input resistance: approx. 50 Max. safety voltage : 3 V Input sensitivity for CH.B: No. 2 range: 25 mVrms/80mVrms No. 3 range: 10mVrms/30mVrms Input resistance: approx. 1M (less than 35pF) Max. safety voltage : 30V 3 Time base short -term stability : 310-9/second long-term stability : 210-5/month temperature: 210-5 /10-40 4. Display 8 digital LED display with frequency, counting, crystal oscillator, kHz ,MHz ,every range and gate time . 5. Power: breadth AC 220V/110V10%; frequency: 50Hz/60Hz 6. Temperature: 5-50 Storage and delivery : 40~ 60 7. Humidity: 10-90%R.H Storage: 5-90%R.H 8. Warm-up time: 10 minutes 9. Size: 270215100 mm Weight: approx. 1.5kg 2. Operation Specification 2-1 Requirement (1) Power : AC 220/110V10% Max. consumption is 5 W at 50Hz/60Hz. (2) Warm up: before measurement, the instrument should be warm up for 10 minutes to assure the stability of the crystal oscillator. 2-2. Panel description
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50MHz-2.4GHz

12 11 10
FREQ.

7 89
FREQUENCY COUNTER
kHz MHz
ON
USE ONLY WITH 250V FUSE

A
3V MAX

COUNT

OSC

WARNING
THIS INSTRUMENT CONTAINS NO OPERATOR SERVICEABLE PARTS,SERVICE BY QUALIFIED PERSONS ONLY

10Hz-50MHz

OFF

B
30V MAX

CRY OSC

Cry Osc Gate time Range

Run

Reset

13

1 2 3 4

15 16

17

1.Crystal oscillator key 4. Confirm key 7. Crystal oscillator indicator 10. LED display 13.CH.B terminal (10Hz-50MHz) 16.

2. Gate time key 5. Reset key 8. MHz indicator 11.Counting indicator 14. CH.A terminal (50MHz-2.4GHz) 17. Power jack

3. Range key 6. Crystal oscillator playboard 9. kHz indicator 12. Frequency indicator 15. Power switch 18. Warning

(1) Input terminal: CH.A and CH.B are on the left of panel. The input terminal on the top and left of the panel is CH.A, at the bottom one is CH.B.
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Crystal oscillator plug-board is on the bottom and left of the panel. (2) Keys: crystal oscillator key: When measuring, insert the crystal oscillator under into the play-board, and press the key simultaneously. After measuring press the key one again to stop. gate key: It is for setting different counting period on measurement, it is has 4 gate time, i,e . 0.1s, 1s, 5s, 10s. step key : 5 steps No.1: 50MHz-2400MHz range. CH.A "MHz" displays No.2: 4MHz-50MHz range. CH.B "MHz" displays No.3: 10Hz-4MHz range. CH.B "KHz" displays The above 3 steps are for frequency measurement, "frequency" indicator lights No.4: Progressive counting measurement, input from CH.B "counting indicator lights. No.5: Crystal measurement, input from CH.C (I.e., crystal oscillator plug-board), "crystal oscillator indicator lights, KHz displays. After select gate, step and pressing confirm key, the frequency counter begins to work, every time, when power on or press "RESET" key, the instrument enters into the previous working mode automatically . "return" key: When the instrument is in off normal mode, press it and return to the normal work. 3. Back panel description (see the fig 1.1) (1) AC 220/110V power plug (2) Power switch (3) Fuse socket 4. Operation steps: Firstly, connect power cord (AC 220/110V) and turn the power on, after warning up for 10 minutes, it starts to work. 4-1. Frequency measurement: Select CH.A or CH.B according to the frequency under measured. Gate time setting: The gate time has 4 steps. When pressing "gate" key, gate time displays on the LCD regular (see fig 2.1), the display value is the seconded gate time (fig2.2) 0.1s 1.0s 5.0s 10s
5.0

fig 2.1

fig. 2.2

Step setting: When pressing "step" key, the last display value on LCD is the selected step in fig 3.1, the present step. There are only 3 steps for frequency measurement, when pressing "step" key, the steps display regular as: 1 2 3 4 5
2

fig 3.1 No.4 step is for counting, No.5 is for crystal oscillator frequency, the displaying value is present step. Press "CONFIRM" key after the above 3 steps are finished, the instrument starts to operate and measures according to the setting, and displays the result. 2. Testing progressive counting Connect the testing wire to CH.B terminal. Set gate time. In this case, the gate time is for interval period. Press "step" key and step No.4 start.
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Press "confirm" key to start. 3. Crystal oscillator frequency measurement Insert the crystal under measured into CH.C, and press "crystal " key. Set gate time. Set No. 5 step. Press "confirm" to start. After finish measurement, press " crystal" key again to stop. 5. The measurement of the modern communicating tools. (1) Analog mobile phone measurement: The step can be set to "1", and the gate time can be selected according to requirement.
0.1 1

(2) 30MHz interphone emitting frequency measurement: the step can be set to No.2
0.1 2

(3) Measuring self-oscillation of BP, interphone and controlling and controlled telephone: set the step to "2" 0.1 connect one of wire of 0.5p capacitance to the red clamp of cable, and the 2 other one is to be probe to connect frequency point . (4) After finishing turn the power off and pull the plug out. 6. Note: 1.When measuring high voltage or strong RF signal by cable input, cables should be in series with large resistance to prevent damage. Wireless input of very strong signals should be measured in coarse mode to avoid damage. 2. When instrument is working abnormally, press "reset" key once or turn off power to renew the system. 3. When there is no input signal, instrument display may not zero, it's normal and has no effect on measurement or accuracy. 4. Avoid exposing the instrument to extreme temperature, damp and dust environment and extremely shock. 5. When working strong disturbing environment, the sensitivity will reduce according .To assure correct, the input signal should not be less than 200mV.

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