RM3542A

RESISTANCE METER
EN
Operation Guide
Feb. 2019 Revised edition 1 RM3542D963-01 19-02H

Thank you for purchasing the Hioki RM3542A (RM3542-50, RM3542-51) Resistance Meter. This guide describes basic
screen operations and comparator setting procedures. Before using the instrument the first time, please read the manual.
Power On/Off Absolute or relative value Measurement judgment criteria settings
• Unlit: power off (Comparator function)
(while power is not supplied) REF% Decide by reference value and tolerance (%)
Judgment criteria
• Red light: power off ABS Decide by specified threshold values
(while power is supplied)
• Green light: power on

Numerical value
Comparator Results input and related
(COMP indicator LEDs) settings
Hi Measured value is
above the upper limit
IN Pass (meets criteria)
Lo Measured value is
below the lower limit
Measurement cable jacks Select and change display screens and settings

Screen Organization
Measurement Screen Basic Settings Screen
TRG Change trigger source (INT/EXT)
RANGE Change range (100 mΩ to 100 MΩ)
Change measurement speed (FAST/MED/
SPEED
Measurement screen operations are SLOW)
shown on the back of this sheet. 0ADJ Turn zero-adjust on/off
COMP Turn comparator on/off
LOCK Enable/disable key lock (OFF/FULL/MENU)

Detailed Settings
Screens

(MISC MEAS MEAS SETTINGS) (MISC SYSTEM SYSTEM) System Settings

Measurement Settings SET MONITOR Setting monitor function on/off
DELAY1 Adjust the delay from probing to trigger input PROBE CHECK Probe short-circuit detection function on/off
DELAY2 Adjust measurement object electrical response RETRY Retry function on/off
SCALING Configure scaling function settings VOLT LIMIT Applied voltage limiter function on/off
INT(FAST/ MED/ SLOW) Make fine adjustment of integration time TRIG EDGE (External I/O) Set trigger rising/falling edge
CONT CHECK Contact check on/off EOM (External I/O) Set EOM (end-of-measurement) signal
CONT IMP Contact Improver function settings SHIFT OUTPUT Judgment output shift function on/off
VOLT MONITOR Voltage level monitor function settings INTERFACE Communications interface settings
CURRENT MODE Current mode setting (CONT/ PULSE) ％ OUTPUT Percentage output function on/off
PRINT MODE Set printing method
(MISC DATA DATA SETTINGS) LOW POWER Low-power resistance measurement on/off
Data Memory Settings JUDGE BEEP Comparator beeper settings
AUTO MEMORY Turn Auto-Memory on/off KEY BEEP Key beeper on/off
STATISTICS Statistical calculation on/off CLOCK(Y-M-D) Set internal clock
DATA OUT Automatically output measured value LINE FREQ Set power source frequency
CONTRAST Adjust screen contrast
BACKLIGHT Adjust screen backlight
 Setting Comparator Judgment Criteria for Measured Values
Decide According to
Reference Value and Tolerance
3Change Change
numerical value: sign: Cancel:

1 2 Set reference value 4

(example 10.5Ω)

Select item Return to

REF% Mode Setting screen Measurement
screen
Set upper tolerance
(example +4.5%)

Set lower tolerance

(example -4.5%)
When setting the upper tolerance, the
lower tolerance is automatically set to
its negative equivalent. Change the
setting as needed.

Decide According to
Upper/Lower Thresholds
3 Change Cancel:
numerical value:

1 2 Set upper thresholds

(example 150 mΩ) 4

Select item Return to

ABS Mode Set lower thresholds
Setting screen Measurement
(example 50 mΩ) screen

Measurement Screen Indicators Measurement Fault (Error) Indicators

Appears only when Zero adjustment enabled +OvrRng Out of Range (over- or under-range)
0ADJ
(not recommended) The measured value is above or below
OVC Appears only when OVC is enabled
the measurement range, or open state.
Appears only when Low-power resistance
-OvrRng
LP
Measurement speed measurement enabled
FAST/MED/SLOW VL Appears only when Applied Voltage Limiter func-
tion enabled Contact Check Fault
S Appears only when the scaling function is en- C.E. Hi
Measurement range abled Indicates possible contact fault or broken
100 mΩ to100MΩ Appears only when Judgment output shift
cable.
function enabled C.E. Lo
NUM Appears only when numeric input enabled

Trigger Source F.LOCK Appears when all key operations including

comparator disabled Voltage Level Monitor Fault
INT: Internal trigger
M.LOCK Appears when all key operations except com- C.E. Volt
EXT: External trigger parator disabled Probe contact may be unstable, or electri-
RMT Appears only when under remote control cal noise ingress may be present.

No Measurement Data
------- No measurement value is present imme-
diately after power on or after changing
range. Errors with other causes can pre-
vent display of measured values.

Cancel key-lock(hold 1s)

UNLOCK (Enabled when FULL/MENU is selected as the LOCK
setting on the MENU screen)
Cancel the Remote Status
LOCAL See:Instructin manual
(9.5 Communication Methods (p.118))
Prints measured value Prints statistical data
PRINT (Enabled when PRINT is selected as the INTERFACE PRINT (Enabled when PRINT is selected as the IN-
setting on the SYSTEM screen) TERFACE setting on the SYSTEM screen)
Displays statistical calculation results Deletes the last stored measurement and
STAT (Enabled when the STATISTICS is set to ON on the UNDO calculation result
DATA screen) (executes only once)
Sets the number of measurements for Auto-Memo-
ry mode
NUMBER ALLCLR Clears all memory and calculations
(Enabled when the AUTO MEMORY is set to ON on the
DATA screen)