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AssigneeAgilent Technologies, Inc.
InventorsDouglas James Beck, Clarence Keith Griggs, Jeffrey Erickson Roeca, Jeffrey John Haeffele, Mason Bradfield Samuels
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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. Trigger primitives comprise one or more trigger branches used to form a sequence level of the trigger definition. For a selected trigger function, either the trigger function or its underlying trigger primitives are displayed in a trigger definition region of the display window for editing by the operator. Preferably, multiple such trigger functions or primitives may be selected and displayed simultaneously or sequentially to form a desired trigger definition.
An integrated trigger function display system for trigger definition development in a signal measurement system having a graphical user interface, the trigger function display system constructed and arranged to contemporaneously display in a visually-associated manner a trigger function name and an associated trigger function descriptor describing a trigger function identified by said associated trigger function name, wherein said trigger function name is displayed in a trigger name region of a display window that concurrently displays a plurality of trigger function names corresponding to a plurality of trigger functions and wherein said descriptor is displayed in a trigger descriptor region of said display window,
A trigger development system for trigger definition development in a signal measurement system having a graphical user interface, the trigger function development system constructed and arranged to contemporaneously display in a visually associated manner, said display window including a trigger function name in a trigger name display region, an associated trigger function descriptor describing a trigger function identified by said associated trigger function name in a descriptor display region, and said trigger function is displayed in a trigger definition region of said display window for editing wherein said function is generated in said trigger definition display window in response to an input from said graphical user interface,
A trigger display system for trigger definition development in a signal measurement system having a graphical user interface that includes a trigger name region having names corresponding to selectable trigger functions and a first trigger definition region including a first trigger definition comprising a plurality of selected trigger functions displayed in corresponding sequence levels, one or more of said sequence levels designated to comprise a user created trigger function wherein said user-created trigger function is configured to be a selectable trigger function and wherein selection of said user-created trigger function results in inclusion of said one or more sequence levels in a second trigger definition,
A method of providing a trigger development environment in a signal measurement system that acquires signal data in accordance with a trigger definition, the signal measurement system having a graphical user interface and a data storage unit, the method comprising the step of:
A method of creating a trigger function for use in a trigger development environment in a signal measurement system having a graphical user interface and a data storage unit, and that acquires signal data in accordance with a trigger definition, wherein said trigger function is a graphical representation of one or more trigger primitives each constructed to be translated to a form suitable to control the signal measurement systems and which define one or more trigger branches used to form a sequence level of the trigger definition, the method comprising the steps of:
A method of providing a trigger development environment in a signal measurement system, comprising the steps of:
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