Tester control method in automatic testing system

Abstract

The invention relates to an automatic testing technology in the field of data communication, and discloses a tester control method in an automatic testing system, which furthest improves the utilization rate of a tester, fully considers the flexibility of using the tester and reduces manual intervention works in an automatic testing process as far as possible. The technical scheme is characterized by comprising the steps of: grouping ports on a physical tester, creating same grouping quantity of virtual testers for associating with all port groups, and controlling corresponding port groups on the physical tester for executing a test task by controlling the virtual testers. The invention is suitable for automatic test of a communication device.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to an automatic test technology in the field of data communication, in particular to a tester control method in an automatic test system. Background technique [0002] At present, the wide application of automated testing technology in the field of data communication has largely released the repetitive workload of testers. At the same time, automated testing technology has also made great contributions to reducing product development costs, shortening development cycles, and ensuring product quality. [0003] With the development of automated testing technology, the test content covered by automated testing has been continuously enriched and expanded, making more and more devices under test and auxiliary testing equipment used in automated testing technology. At present, a typical automated test system such as figure 1 As shown: the entire test system can be divided into two parts: the control network and the test network. The te...

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Problems solved by technology

The current situation is that PCs can no longer meet the test requirements in terms of flexibility or other performance, and it is often necessary to introduce more powerful third-party special test instruments into the test system, such as Spirent's TestCenter and Smartbits and other products

[0005] It is not easy to incorporate third-party dedicated test instruments into the automated testing of enterprises, but compatibility and cost issues need to be considered

At present, there are mainly two processing methods: 1. Directly introduce a complete set of automated testing solutions provided by test instrument suppliers. This method has the following disadvantages: the capital investment of software and auxiliary equipment is very large, and it cannot be compared with existing testing methods For system integration, either run two systems, which will increase maintenance costs, or overthrow your existing automation system and redo scripts, which will cost even more; 2. Use some control APIs (application programming interfaces) provided by test instruments Expanding on some test platforms also faces a problem, that is, the utilization rate of test instruments. A test instrument can cost tens of millions. If the test instruments cannot be effectively used, it will be a very huge task. In addition, whether the test instrument can be flexibly applied in the existing automation platform to achieve the effect of automation is also a big problem. If more manual intervention is added to the automated test process due to the introduction of the test instrument, it will be difficult for the enterprise. is also very unreasonable

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