Would you agree, that a better description would be like "Triggers after a pattern existed for the specified amount of time?
I just went to read about the pattern trigger, because the manual made me to! I just wanted to know the delay trigger.
Hmm...
I agree with you that the manual could be better made in this regard as well.
Here too (pattern trig), you can see the effect that it has been obvious to the Usr Manual author how it works, and of course the point in question is somewhat clear to him, as well as to me and all who have enough knowledge and experience with these Siglent oscilloscope-multitools.
Because the background information that is missing from the manual is ready in the head.
In fact, it is difficult to notice the lack of it when the background information is already there when read and look manual (or write it)..
But when a new user of the device is missing it, it can complicate matters quite a lot. Here it also helps if the user has used another model from the same manufacturer, because the basic implementation is almost the same.
In fact, it would be great if, for example, Pattern trig had its operation diagram with logic symbols on the oscilloscope's display screen (Pattern trig setup using diagram), which was then connected to the setting levers and parameters, so that the timer can be clearly seen if the user can read very simple logic diagrams. It could be very clear to use. No need to open the manual. However, the screen of that SDS800XHD is a bit small.
The problem is that someone should implement it, and the implementation should also be financially viable. There are other things to do with the resources that are available, which almost always get overlooked.
Read those old HP journals and one might start to get an idea of what is missing todays and which time will never come back. There will be nothing close to the perfect The Urser Reference Manual. Not even a really good regular User Manual. Because no one is buying it. The makers make what is bought or what is believed to be bought. If that belief is then wrong, it is terminated. Reality is like that, whether it's nice or not.