Title :
An XML-based test system management environment
Author_Institution :
Teradyne Inc, North Reading, MA, USA
Abstract :
Test system resource management is an important aspect of test asset maintenance and configuration control. It is a key requirement in all ATS procurement activities and affects a number of disciplines from TPS developers to calibration and maintenance personal. Teradyne´s TestStudio test operating environment software provides a set of services for specifying and viewing test system contents, configuration and connectivity information stored as a series of XML files. XML offers the advantages of enhanced transportability of the data it expresses and the ease of displaying data in electronic (e.g., a web browser) or printed form. This paper discusses the details of the test system management environment, the information contained in it, the role of XML in it, and the mechanisms for utilization of the data in maintenance and configuration management reports and TPSs.
Keywords :
XML; automatic test equipment; calibration; configuration management; maintenance engineering; ATS procurement; TPS; XML files; automatic test system; calibration; data transportability; test asset configuration control; test asset maintenance; test environment database; test system connectivity information; test system management environment; test system resource management; Automatic testing; Calibration; Control systems; Environmental management; Instruments; Personnel; Procurement; Resource management; System testing; XML;
Conference_Titel :
AUTOTESTCON 2003. IEEE Systems Readiness Technology Conference. Proceedings
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7837-7
DOI :
10.1109/AUTEST.2003.1243649
