Escort 3016B - Manual (Page 30)

4 Use
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4. USE
This chapter describes in details the actions of every keys of the front-side keyboard.
These actions are also available with a mouse or an external keyboard type PC (see chapter
Presentation )
The details of keys and their uses are the same for each recorder ESCORT 3008B, ESCORT 3016B
and ESCORT 3004B.
If this is not true, the kind of recorder concerned will be written in the text.
4.1. Mode key
Choice of the functioning mode of the recorder:
 DIRECT mode: real-time paper-printing of the measured signals (ESCORT 3008B
only)
- use: immediate writing on paper, long-term slow acquisition
- possibilities: complex triggering of the writing, action after the end of the writing,
simultaneous recording in internal memory or on a file
 MEMORY mode: fast acquisition in internal memory of the measured signals
- use: short-term fast acquisition (transitory)
- possibilities: complex triggering of the writing, action after the end of the writing,
simultaneous recording on file
 FRAME mode: fast acquisition in internal memory of the measured signals
- use: short-term fast acquisition (transitory) for capture of non repetitive events
- possibilities: complex triggering, particularly on overrun of a pre-recorded frame
from a channel, action after the end of the writing, simultaneous recording on file
 FILE mode: fast acquisition on internal hard disk or USB key of the measured signals
- use: long-term fast acquisition (only limited by the size of the memory)
- possibilities: complex triggering, action after the end of the writing, very big
amount of data of acquisition