Patent ID: 8082541
Filing Date: 2011-12-20
Classification: G01R,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for managing multiple hardware test module versions, software components, and tester operating system (TOS) versions in a modular test system, wherein the modular test system comprises a system controller for controlling at least one site controller, and wherein the at least one site controller controls at least one hardware test module, comprising: installing the TOS versions compatible with the modular test system in an archive; installing vendor software components corresponding to the hardware test module versions in the archive; creating system profiles for describing vendor software components corresponding to the hardware test module versions and the TOS versions as tester independent information that does not contain information specific to a particular test system, each of the system profiles encapsulating inter-dependencies amongst the vendor software components; selecting a system profile which comprises a set of compatible vendor software components and a selected TOS for testing a particular hardware test module version for the test system; creating tester active configuration by combining the selected system profile with test-specific information; and activating the TOS on the system controller and the at least one site controller based on the created tester active configuration.