System and method for selectively displaying waveforms using graphical user interface

A system for selectively emphasizing displayed waveforms, the system comprising:

• a plurality of channels for receiving a plurality of signals and producing a corresponding plurality of waveforms, respectively;
• a processor for processing the plurality of waveforms;
• a display communicating with the processor for presenting a graphical user interface (GUI), wherein the GUI provides a plurality of graphical elements corresponding to the plurality of channels, a waveform emphasis graphical element for enabling a waveform emphasis feature, a time graphical element, and a plurality of display format graphical elements corresponding to a plurality of available display formats;
• an interface communicating with the processor for receiving commands from a user responsive to the GUI;
• and
• a memory communicating with the processor, the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
• receive through the plurality of graphical elements corresponding to the plurality of channels a selection of a plurality of select channels from the plurality of channels to be viewed on the display;
• receive through the time graphical element an indication of a cycle time;
• receive through the plurality of display format graphical elements a selection of a select display format from the plurality of available display formats in which a plurality of waveforms from the plurality of select channels are displayable on the display;
• and
• when the waveform emphasis feature is enabled, display on the display the plurality of waveforms of the corresponding plurality of select channels in the select display format by sequentially emphasizing each waveform of the plurality of waveforms as a viewable waveform for the cycle time, while de-emphasizing each remaining waveform of the plurality of waveforms in relation to the viewable waveform for the cycle time,
• wherein the plurality of available display formats comprise at least an overlay waveforms display format in which the plurality of waveforms are shown simultaneously in a single window on a same grid and at least one individual display format in which the plurality of waveforms are displayed simultaneously with corresponding separate grids.