Method for operating an oscilloscope as well as oscilloscope

A method for operating an oscilloscope, with the following steps:

• receiving an input of an operator with regard to at least one of a waveform axis scale input value and a record length input value,
• processing the input of the operator to determine an allowable operating range based upon the input of the operator, and
• displaying the allowable operating range determined on an oscilloscope display,
• wherein the allowable operating range comprises at least one predetermined operating mode limit, and
• wherein the operating mode limit comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a decode mode limit based upon available processing power for bus decoding a measured bus signal, a zoom window limit based upon a zoom factor, a visualization limit based upon a zoom factor, a zero-blind-time limit based upon operating points being zero-blind-time capable, and combinations thereof.

An oscilloscope comprising

• a housing;
• a processor housed in the housing;
• and
• an oscilloscope display assigned to the housing,
• wherein the processor is connected with the oscilloscope display, the processor being configured to process an operator input with regard to at least one of a waveform axis scale input value or a record length input value, the processor being further configured to determine an oscilloscope operating point relative to at least one predetermined operating mode limit,
• wherein the operating mode limit comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of a decode mode limit based upon available processing power for bus decoding a measured bus signal, a zoom window limit based upon a zoom factor, a visualization limit based upon a zoom factor, a zero-blind-time limit based upon operating points being zero-blind-time capable, and combinations thereof.