Flachmann und Heggelbacher Docklight V2.2, User Manual

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Docklight V2.2 User Manual 07/2016 Copyright 2016 Flachmann und Heggelbacher GbR
Introduction
2.2 Typical Applications
Docklight is the ideal tool to support your development and testing process for serial
communication devices. Docklight may be used to
· Test the functionality or the protocol implementation of a serial device .
You may define control sequences recognized by your device, send them, log and
analyze the responses and test the device reaction.
·
Simulate a serial device .
Although rare, the possibility of a hardware fault must be considered in most systems.
Imagine you have a device that sends an error message in the case of a hardware
fault. A second device should receive this error message and perform some kind of
reaction. Using Docklight you can easily simulate the error message to be sent and
test the second device's reaction.
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Monitor the communication between two devices.
Insert Docklight into the communication link between two serial devices. Monitor and
log the serial communication in both directions. Detect faulty communication
sequences or special error conditions within the monitored communication. Take a
snapshot of the communication when such an error condition has occurred.