No longer a curiosity, the hazards of electrostatic events and the prevention of such have prompted the need for test methods which yield repeatable results. Compliance Design’s ESD2000 electrostatic discharge simulator has been developed to meet the needs of those responsible for regulatory compliance with ESD standards. Utilization of the latest ESD technology and Compliance Design’s Charge Reservoir has yielded sub-nanosecond rise times for contact discharge events in strict accordance with IEC801-2, Issue 2. The base unit will supply up to 25 kilovolts to its air discharge probes and up to 9 kilovolts to each of the contact discharge probes. Compliance Design offers custom probes to model the requirements of many industry standards, all of which will operate in conjunction with a single compact base unit. To aid the user in testing for system level ESD immunity we have included a copy of an article entitled, "System Level ESD Immunity Testing*, from the Compliance Engineering 1992 Reference Guide. This article addresses such topics of interest as the evolution of the human ESD model, setting up an ESD test site, and evaluating test results. Furthermore, we suggest that a comprehensive review of the standard, IEC801-2, Issue 2 is in order to facilitate all phases of ESD testing.