Patent ID: 8813146

Claim:
A test method, comprising: identifying one of a plurality of multimedia handling devices as an active unit under test; controlling, via a power controller, power supplied to the active unit under test; selecting a video signal including a video element associated with a corresponding region of a video frame; sending, via a test network to which the active unit under test is connected, a remote control signal instructing the active unit under test to output a multimedia content channel; accessing, via a video matrix switch, the video signal from the active unit under test; accessing a first image mask defining a first video frame region; performing a masked video check point for the video element, wherein the masked video check point compares the first video frame region of a first frame to the first video frame region of a second frame; and based on a result of the masked video check point: executing a first script in response to the masked video check point passing; and executing a second script in response to the masked video check point failing.