At very low PTT settings combined with very low Pleth Amplitude, real monitors lose the pleth signal entirely and display SpO2 unable to read. Simulating this signal-loss threshold is a meaningful teaching scenario.
Proposed behavior: when Pleth Amplitude falls below ~10% AND PTT is at or near maximum (450+ ms), the SpO2 channel should drop the pleth waveform, display SpO2 as ---, and trigger an SpO2 INOP alarm.
This teaches students that peripheral SpO2 measurement becomes unreliable in severe shock or profound vasoconstriction. Deferred to v1.5 - in v1 the waveform always renders if amplitude > 0%.