Inventors:
Douglas James Beck - Colorado Springs CO
Clarence Keith Griggs - Colorado Springs CO
Jeffrey Erickson Roeca - Colorado Springs CO
Jeffrey John Haeffele - Monument CO
Mason Bradfield Samuels - Colorado Springs CO
Assignee:
Agilent Technologies, Inc. - Palo Alto CA
International Classification:
G06F 314
US Classification:
345771, 345773, 345835, 345839, 345769, 702 57, 702 66, 702 67, 702 68, 702117
Abstract:
An integrated trigger function display system and methodology for trigger definition development in a signal measurement system having a graphical user interface. The system contemporaneously displays one or more trigger function names and an associated trigger function descriptor describing a trigger function identified by the associated trigger function name. The trigger name is displayed in a trigger name display region of a display window that concurrently displays a plurality of trigger function names. The descriptor is displayed in a trigger descriptor region of the display window so as to be visually-associated by the operator. A trigger definition is comprised of one or more trigger functions. Each trigger function is a graphical representation of an one or more underlying trigger primitives. A trigger primitive is a computer program statement that is translated into a form suitable for controlling the signal measurement system.