Fluke 105B User manual

92B/96B/99B/105B
ScopeMeter
Users Manual
4822 872 00724
March 1996, Rev. 4, 1/99
1996, 1999 Fluke Corporation. All rights reserved. Printed in the Netherlands
All product names are trademarks of their respective companies.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCING YOUR SCOPEMETERTEST TOOL
SCOPEMETER TEST TOOL FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
USING THE HOLSTER AND THE TILT STAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
POWERING THE SCOPEMETER TEST TOOL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
MINIMIZING SIGNAL NOISE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
CHARGING THE BATTERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
LOOKING AT ALL MEASUREMENT CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
READING THE DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
USING THE KEYS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
STEPPING THROUGH A WINDOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
USING ON-LINE INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
CHAPTER 2 GETTING STARTED
ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
SELECTING THE PROBE TYPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
POWER-ON CONFIGURATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
PERFORMING AN EASY SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
CHAPTER 3 MAKING MEASUREMENTS
MAKING CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
USING THE MEASUREMENT FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
USING A SHORTCUT TO MOST COMMONLY MEASUREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
ORDERING MEASUREMENT READINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
MEASURING FUNCTIONS NOT AVAILABLE FROM THE MEASURE MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
MEASUREMENTS MAP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12

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CHAPTER 4 USING THE DUAL DISPLAY MODE FUNCTIONS
MAKING CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
SELECTING A MAIN MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
SELECTING RANGES (MANUAL/AUTO RANGE) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
HOLDING A STABLE MEASUREMENT (TOUCH HOLD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8
DISPLAYING MINIMUM MAXIMUM READINGS WITH RELATED TRENDPLOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
SELECTING THE SCOPEMETER KEY SUBMENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
MAKING MEASUREMENTS IN METER AND EXT.mV MODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
TAKING RELATIVE READINGS (SCALING) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
CHAPTER 5 USING IN SCOPE MODE
MAKING CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
MAKING AN EASY SETUP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
CONTROLLING INPUTS A AND B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
ADJUSTING THE AMPLITUDE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
ADJUSTING THE TIME BASE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
POSITIONING THE WAVEFORM ON THE DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
ACQUIRING WAVEFORMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
SELECTING THE SCOPE SUBMENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
TRIGGERING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
USING THE MIN MAX ENVELOPE FUNCTION OF THE FLUKE 92B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
USING THE SCOPE RECORD AND MIN MAX ENVELOPE FUNCTIONS OF
THE FLUKE 96B, 99B, or 105B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
MAKING COMBINATIONS WITH INPUT A AND INPUT B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
DISPLAYING MULTIPLE WAVEFORMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
ADAPTING THE DISPLAY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27

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CHAPTER 6 USING ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES
MAKING MEASUREMENTS USING THE CURSORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2
DELETING MEMORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
SAVING TO MEMORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
RECALLING FROM MEMORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
USING WAVEFORM MATH FUNCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-11
USING A PRINTER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14
USING THE WAVEFORM GENERATOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
TESTING COMPONENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-17
SETTING THE DATE AND TIME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19
CHANGING THE RESET CONFIGURATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-20
ALTERING THE CONTINUOUS AUTO SET CONFIGURATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22
CHAPTER 7 MEASURING EXAMPLES
MEASURING TEMPERATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
MEASURING CURRENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-4
MEASURING POWER WITH MATH FUNCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
MEASURING THREE-PHASE ON A DUAL INPUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
MEASURING PHASE USING THE CURSORS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
MEASURING PULSE RESPONSE OF AN AMPLIFIER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
CHAPTER 8 USER MAINTENANCE
CLEANING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
KEEPING BATTERIES IN OPTIMAL CONDITION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
REPLACING AND DISPOSING OF BATTERIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
REPLACING FUSES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
CALIBRATING THE PROBES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5

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CHAPTER 9 APPENDIXES
APPENDIX 9A SPECIFICATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
APPENDIX 9B PARTS AND ACCESSORIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
APPENDIX 9C PM8907 INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
APPENDIX 9D WARRANTY AND SERVICE CENTERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
APPENDIX 9E TERMINOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23

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ABOUT THIS MANUAL
Chapter 1 Introducing the ScopeMeterTest Tool
This chapter introduces features and capabilities of your
ScopeMeter test tool.
Chapter 2 Getting Started
This chapter provides a 15-minute demonstration intended
for those who are not familiar with the ScopeMeter test
tool.
Chapter 3 Making Measurements
This chapter explores all measurements and specifies the
use of the direct Measure Menu key. At any time, you can
choose over 30 measurements to get an immediate
reading on the display.
Chapter 4 Using the Dual Display Mode
This chapter addresses the use of four Dual Display Mode
Functions of the ScopeMeter test tool: , , , and
. You will learn how to set up the test tool for ac and
dc voltage measurements, diode tests, resistance
measurements, and trend plotting. Chapter 5 contains all
the Scope mode information.
Chapter 5 Using the Scope Mode
This chapter explores the specific use of the test tool as a
digital storage oscilloscope. You will learn how to make,
store, and compare measurements.
Chapter 6 Using Additional Capabilities
This chapter explores the additional capabilities available
with your ScopeMeter test tool. The chapter covers
subjects, such as Scope measurements using the cursors,
saving and recalling screens, waveforms, or setups, and
making a hard copy on your printer.
Chapter 7 Measuring Examples
This chapter outlines step-by-step procedures necessary
to make some typical measurements.
Chapter 8 User Maintenance
This chapter describes the cleaning of the ScopeMeter test
tool and proper use and replacement of the battery pack.
Periodic probe calibration is also covered here.
Chapter 9 Appendixes
A. Specifications: Operating characteristics.
B. Parts and Accessories: Model numbers and replacement
codes for all parts and accessories delivered with your
ScopeMeter test tool.
C. PM8907 Power Adapter/ Battery Charger.
D. Warranty Information and Service Centers: Warranty
terms and Service Center addresses.
E. Terminology: Glossary of special terms.

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Index
The index at the end of the manual lists words
alphabetically. Consult this list to find an item quickly.
NOTE
Throughout this manual an through a model number
()
indicates that the function being discussed does not
apply to that specific model number.
UNPACKING THE SCOPEMETER TEST
TOOL KIT
The following items should be included in your ScopeMeter®
test tool kit (also see the yellow shipment card):
1. ScopeMeter test tool
2. NiCad Battery Pack (installed)
3. Protective Holster
4. Users Manual (this book)
5. Accessory Case, which includes the following:
6. Set of two Probes
7. Set of two Industrial Alligator Clips for Scope Probes
8. Multimeter Test Lead Set, which includes the following:
9. Test Leads (red and black)
10. Industrial Test Probes (red and black)
11. Industrial Alligator Clip (black)
12. Banana Adapters (red and black)
13.Power Adapter/Battery Charger
14.Probe Accessory Set, which includes the following:
15. HF Adapters (2 x black)
16. Mini Test Hooks (red and grey)
17. Trim Screwdrivers (red and grey)
18. Probe Tip to Banana Adapters (red and grey)
19. Hight Voltage Test Pins (red and grey)
20 FlukeViewSoftware with RS-232 Adapter/Cable for
communication with a computer .
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WARNING
READ "SAFETY" CAREFULLY BEFORE USING YOUR
SCOPEMETER TEST TOOL.
SAFETY
The instrument described in this manual is designed to be
used only by qualified personnel.
Safety Precautions
To use this instrument safely, it is essential that operating
and servicing personnel follow both generally accepted
safety procedures and the safety precautions specified in
this manual.
Specific warning and caution statements, where they
apply, will be found throughout the manual.
Where necessary, the warning and caution statements
and/or symbols are marked on the instrument.
A CAUTION identifies conditions and actions that may
damage the test tool.
A WARNING IDENTIFIES CONDITIONS AND ACTIONS
THAT POSE HAZARD(S) TO THE USER.
International electrical symbols used are explained below.
The terms "Isolated" or "Electrically floating" are used in
this manual to indicate a measurement in which the
ScopeMeter test tool COM (common, also called ground) is
connected to a voltage different from earth ground. The
term "Grounded" is used in this manual to indicate a
measurement in which the ScopeMeter test tool COM
(common) is connected to an earth ground potential.
The ScopeMeter test tool COM (common) inputs (red
INPUT A BNC shield, grey INPUT B BNC shield, and black
4-mm banana jack) are connected internally via self-
recovering fault protection. The input connectors have no
exposed metal and are fully insulated to protect against
electrical shock. The black 4-mm banana jack COM
(common) can be connected to a voltage above earth
ground for isolated (electrically floating) measurements
and is rated up to 600V rms above earth ground.
Caution(seeexplanationin
manual) DOUBLE INSULATION (Protection Class)
Common(Lo)inputsymbol,
equal potential Recycling symbol
High BNC input symbol DC-Direct Current
Earth AC-Alternating Current