A method of operating an oscilloscope includes acquiring waveform data using a group of default acquisition parameters, analyzing the acquired waveform data in accordance with a selected one of several rule sets and deriving an optimized group of acquisition parameters. The method then proceeds by acquiring...http://www.google.de/patents/US6525525?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6525525 - Oscilloscope with simplified setup procedure, and procedure for setting up oscilloscope
