CONTENTS

1.IMPORTANT INFORMATION..............................................................................................................................1.1
1.1.CAUTIONS ................................................................................................................................................................1.1
1.2.SECURITY INSTRUCTIONS .........................................................................................................................................1.1
1.3.SYMBOLS AND DEFINITIONS .....................................................................................................................................1.2
1.4.CONFORMITY AND RESTRICTIONS OF THE APPLIANCE ..............................................................................................1.2
2.PRESENTATION......................................................................................................................................................2.1
2.1.GENERAL..............................................................................................................................................................2.1
2.2.DESCRIPTION.......................................................................................................................................................2.2
2.2.1.Rear side (or top side)...................................................................................................................................2.2
2.2.2.Front side.......................................................................................................................................................2.3
2.3.THE LCD SCREEN................................................................................................................................................2.3
Description of the screen.............................................................................................................................................2.3
2.4.KEYS......................................................................................................................................................................2.4
2.5.THUMB WHEEL...................................................................................................................................................2.5
2.6.LOCKING THE KEYBOARD...............................................................................................................................2.5
2.7.USE OF A MOUSE................................................................................................................................................2.5
2.8.USE OF AN EXTERNAL KEYBOARD...............................................................................................................2.5
2.9.UPDATING THE INTERNAL SOFTWARE........................................................................................................2.6
2.10.USE OF THE SUPPORT LEG OF 8440............................................................................................................2.6
3.INITIALISATION AND PRECAUTIONS OF USE..............................................................................................3.1
3.1. ESCORT 3008B LOADING THE RECORDING PAPER....................................................................................3.1
3.1.1.Storage precautions of the records................................................................................................................3.2
3.2.POWER SUPPLY...................................................................................................................................................3.2
3.2.1.Fuse...............................................................................................................................................................3.2
3.2.2.Power up of ESCORT 3008B.........................................................................................................................3.3
3.2.3.Power up of ESCORT 3016B and ESCORT 3004B.......................................................................................3.4
3.3.CONFIGURATION ON POWER-UP....................................................................................................................3.4
3.4.CONNECTION TO THE MEASURE NETWORK...............................................................................................3.5
3.4.1.Measure of voltage.........................................................................................................................................3.5
3.4.2.Measure of temperature with a thermocouple...............................................................................................3.5
3.4.3.Measure of temperature with a PT100..........................................................................................................3.5
3.4.4.Measure of intensity.......................................................................................................................................3.6
3.4.5.Connection of the grounding.........................................................................................................................3.6
3.5.ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ..........................................................................................................................................3.7
3.6.CALIBRATION OF THE OFFSETS .................................................................................................................................3.7
3.7.FACTORY ADJUSTEMENT ..........................................................................................................................................3.8
4.USE..............................................................................................................................................................................4.1
4.1. « MODE » KEY .........................................................................................................................................................4.1
4.2. « HELP » KEY...........................................................................................................................................................4.2
4.3. « SET UP »KEY.........................................................................................................................................................4.3
4.4. « CHART » KEY ........................................................................................................................................................4.5
4.5. « CHANNELSSET UP»KEY .......................................................................................................................................4.6
4.5.1.Analogical channels.......................................................................................................................................4.6
4.5.2.Logic channels...............................................................................................................................................4.8
4.6. « CHANNELON/OFF»KEY ........................................................................................................................................4.9
4.7. « DISPLAY » KEY ...................................................................................................................................................4.10
4.7.1.Display F(t) (oscilloscope mode).................................................................................................................4.10
4.7.2.Display XY...................................................................................................................................................4.12
4.7.3.Digital display.............................................................................................................................................4.12
4.8.DIRECTION KEYS ....................................................................................................................................................4.12
4.9. « TRIGGER » KEY ...................................................................................................................................................4.13