Patent ID: 7603478

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for presenting routing information in a measurement system, the method comprising: receiving user input specifying a device in the measurement system; in response to the user input specifying the device, retrieving a topography description for the device, wherein the topography description indicates connectivity between a plurality of components in the device; analyzing the topography description to generate a graph representing the connectivity between the plurality of components in the device; receiving input specifying a source terminal of the device and a destination terminal of the device; in response to the input specifying the source terminal and the destination terminal, traversing the graph to automatically determine one or more routes through the device from the source terminal to the destination terminal, wherein each route specifies a path for routing a signal from the source terminal to the destination terminal through at least a subset of the components in the device, wherein the one or more routes are comprised in the device; and displaying the one or more routes on a computer display, wherein the one or more routes are useable to configure routing for the measurement system.