Patent ID: 6525525
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
A method of operating an oscilloscope comprising:(a) acquiring waveform data using a group of default acquisition parameters, (b) selecting one of a plurality of rule sets for analyzing the acquired waveform data, (c) analyzing the acquired waveform data in accordance with the selected rule set and deriving an optimized group of acquisition parameters, (d) acquiring waveform data using the optimized group of acquisition parameters, and (e) displaying the waveform data acquired using the optimized group of acquisition parameters; wherein step (b) comprises:invoking a first rule set, analyzing the acquired waveform data in accordance with the first rule set and deriving a first group of acquisition parameters, acquiring waveform data using the first group of acquisition parameters, displaying the waveform data acquired using the first group of acquisition parameters, invoking a second rule set, analyzing the acquired waveform data in accordance with the second rule set and deriving a second group of acquisition parameters, acquiring waveform data using the second group of acquisition parameters, displaying the waveform data acquired using the second group of acquisition parameters, and selecting the first rule set or the second rule set based on the displays of the waveform data acquired using the first and second groups of acquisition parameters respectively.