Patent ID: 7112969

Claim:
A system for testing a wire harness using an automated wire testing machine having a plurality of tester interface connectors, each tester interface connector comprising a bundled plurality of test points, the system comprising: an interface test adapter having a first group of a plurality of connectors and a second group of a plurality of connectors, each connector of the first group mateable with a Tester interface connector of the wire testing machine, each connector of the second group being mounted on a panel of the interface test adapter in a uniform arrangement and of a same type as all other connectors of the second group, wherein each contact of each connector of the first group is electrically coupled with a contact of a connector of the second group, and at least some of the contacts of the connectors of the first group are coupled to a plurality of contacts of connectors of the second group; and a plurality of adapter modules, each adapter module having a first connector of the same type as the connectors of the second group for mating with at least one of the connectors of the second group on the panel, each first connector of each adapter module having a mechanical interface mateable with the panel and of the same type as the mechanical interface of all other first connectors of all other adapter modules, each adapter module having a second connector mateable with a wire harness connector, and each adapter module having a cable coupling the first connector with the second connector.