ACT-IR3200SW User’s Manual
The Wireless Connectivity Expert
INTRODUCTION
IR3200SW is a user interface of the ACTiSYS Handheld Tester ACT IR3200M for writing
customer test scripts and monitoring the test. It runs under Windows.
IR3200M is a FIR/MIR/SIR Handheld Tester for testing IrDA devices. It uses standard
IrDA procedures to test IrDA-compliant devices. It is not a comprehensive diagnostic or
evaluation test but should be used to aid production QA tests of IrDA devices.
IR3200M has complete hardware and software built-in and can do the customer's tests
stand-alone. It has a serial port RS-232 for customer test script editing, loading and test
process monitoring with a desktop or notebook PC. The serial communication with PC is
only receiving commands and sending result string, so that its IR speed can be as high
as 4 MBPS and the cabling will not be its bottleneck.
The design of the hardware and software in the device under test (DUT) are assumed to
have been fully debugged and tested to be IrDA-compliant. The goal of this program is
to catch as many QA problems as possible. To catch the remaining QA problems, a
more elaborate test program and disproportional amount of test time are needed. A
thorough but very time consuming test is not necessarily desirable for production QA test
and definitely beyond the scope of IR3200M/SW.
The main features of IR3200M/SW include its capability to discover an IrDA device in
range, make connection and conduct performance tests using TEST frames. The DUT
must support TEST frames, which is an suggested IrDA feature
The test process of one item will abort immediately if any error happen during discovery,
make connection or test frame transfer. It will go on with the next one to avoid being
stuck there for some possibly existing problem of DUT.
The Link Disconnect Time has been chosen to be 8 secs. This implies that if a link is
disrupted during frame transfer. The next test can be continued after the lapse of 8 secs
during which period the DUT times out and enters NDM again. However, for
performance tests, the IrDA devices may be moved out of range for a max of 8 secs for
the tests to continue. This feature has been included mainly for distance/angle testing.
When a DUT fails, there could be several reasons for it:
(1) Hardware Failure
(2) Software Failure.
Again, software failure could be because of IrDA-deviation or a bug in the IrDA stack.
These need to be investigated carefully.
PASS does not mean that the DUT is IrDA-compliant. It means there were no
preliminary QA problems. IR3200M/SW does not provide a comprehensive test of IrDA
stack.
Performance test settings are based on the DUT's capabilities. For example, a DUT that
supports max Frame Size of 1K, may not be tested for 2K. Likewise, a DUT that does
not support FIR, may not be tested for that speed.
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