Patent ID: 8219923

Claim:
A computer-accessible memory medium that stores program instructions for automatically generating documentation, wherein the program instructions are executable to: receive input specifying functionality of a measurement system, wherein said receiving input specifying the functionality of the measurement system comprises receiving input specifying a plurality of devices of the measurement system, wherein the plurality of devices comprise a first device and a second device, wherein the input defines a specified measurement system; automatically generate documentation based on the specified measurement system, wherein the documentation comprises human readable text presented in a human language, wherein the documentation describes one or more aspects of the functionality of the specified measurement system, wherein at least one of the one or more aspects of the functionality of the specified measurement system is a system level aspect which comprises information regarding a combination of and/or interaction between the first device and the second device in the specified measurement system, wherein the system level aspect comprises human readable text presented in a human language, wherein the system level aspect comprises at least one of a maximum sampling rate of the measurement system or an overall data transfer rate of the measurement system; and store the documentation.