HP E7329A Test Manager Application Programming Interface

The Telecom Protocol Test Manager Advanced Programmatic Interface (API) is a run-time environment which allows remote user control of the building, operation and execution of a broadband test campaign from a workstation.

Through the API, a user-written C-program, created with the Test Manager API library, can be executed on a workstation which is remotely connected to a tester through a TCP-IP connection. The library makes the link between the test scripts and the test execution environment (i.e. the Test Manager).

The API can accomplish this because it has components that reside on both the workstation and the BSTS (the API library and the test suite loader (TSL) for the test campaign).

The BSTS runs a background daemon that awaits instructions. It listens to the RPC port for API commands coming from the workstation. A test management program can control the execution of test suites at the same time as other instruments and switch functions.

Test Manager API resides on the Unix Workstation. It communicates with the tester through a TCP-IP connection. A Daemon on the tester awaits commands from the API and pilots execution of a test suite via Test Manager.

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Automate the execution of test campaigns while maintaining Test Manager features
Execute and control the test campaign remotely: e.g. configuration of test parameters (PICS/PIXIT/OTHER parameters), automatic/manual selection of the relevant tests
Report events before/during/after each test case, e.g. asynchronous events such as Implicit Send, requests for operator actions, and error messages
Control several test resources (testers, other applications running on the same workstation), together
Collect results (verdict, trace)

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HP E7329A Test Manager Application Programming Interface

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Tools Software CD-ROM
User's Guide
Release Notice
Test Manager GUI (on CD-ROM)
Test Manager User's Guide
Test Manager Release Notice

Requirements:
Base system requirements: HP E4200A/B HP Broadband Series Test System Form 7 Transportable Base or HP E4210A/B HP Broadband Series Test System Form 13 Mainframe Base and: HP E4214A/B UNI Signalling Test Application HP9000 Series 700 workstation with OS 9.0 or later, or SUN Sparc 5 Workstation (Solaris 2.4 or SUNOS 5.4) or higher 1 MB of disk space both on tester and workstation

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