Patent ID: 8805635
Filing Date: 2014-08-12
Classification: G01R,G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for remote testing of an electronic device under test (DUT), the method comprising: establishing a communication link between a diagnostic test device and the electronic DUT; receiving a plurality of diagnostic commands at the diagnostic test device that are communicated from the electronic DUT, wherein each of the plurality of diagnostic commands are defined by at least one device diagnostic instruction (DDI) and a corresponding DDI description, wherein the DDI description in each of the diagnostic commands includes a textual description of a diagnostic test operation that the electronic DUT will perform in response to receiving an associated return device diagnostic instruction (RDDI), and wherein the RDDI corresponds to the device diagnostic instruction that is specific to the electronic DUT and that, when returned to and received by the electronic DUT, causes the electronic DUT to perform the diagnostic test operation described by the associated textual description of the diagnostic test operation in the DDI description; presenting on a display the textual description of the DDI description for each of the diagnostic commands received from the electronic DUT, wherein the presented textual description for each of the diagnostic commands are presented to a technician operating the diagnostic test device; receiving a selection of at least one of the diagnostic commands wherein the technician operating the diagnostic test device inputs their selection based on a selection of the associated textual description of the diagnostic test operation; generating a diagnostics script based upon selection of the at least one of the diagnostic commands, wherein the generated diagnostics script includes the at least one return device diagnostic instruction (RDDI) corresponding to the selected at least one diagnostic command; and transmitting the at least one RDDI from the diagnostic test device to the electronic DUT.