Patent ID: 8386208

Claim:
A method for determining a trigger in a test and measurement apparatus, comprising the steps of: (a) indicating one or more anomalies to be found; (b) providing a predetermined group of trigger configurations associated with the one or more anomalies stored to a non-transitory computer readable storage medium; (c) selecting one or more of the trigger configurations from the group; (d) loading a first selected trigger configuration to the test and measurement apparatus; (e) arming the test and measurement apparatus in accordance with the first loaded trigger configuration, and dwelling for a predetermined period of time; (f) determining for a first predetermined time whether a received input signal generates a trigger; (g) loading a second selected trigger configuration to the test and measurement apparatus upon the conclusion of the first predetermined time; (h) arming the test and measurement apparatus in accordance with the second loaded trigger configuration, and dwelling for a predetermined period of time; (i) determining for a second predetermined time whether the input signal generates a trigger; and (j) storing to a trigger scan setup file on a non-volatile computer readable medium of the test and measurement apparatus one or more of the first and second trigger configurations that failed to generate a trigger; (k) wherein the trigger scan setup file is employed by the test and measurement apparatus to setup a trigger for analysis of a future input signal.