Patent ID: 6898557

Claim:
A system for remote testing of electrical components, comprising: a remote test control station; a test bench device for testing a unit under test (UUT); a video meeting station connected to the test bench device, wherein the video meeting station comprises means for capturing visual information and sending the visual information to the remote test control station, means for audio communication with the remote test control station, and means for receiving video information from the remote test control station; a remote viewing site for monitoring a test conducted at one of the first test bench device and the second test bench device; and means for controlling test parameters by the remote test control station, wherein the test parameters are used by the test bench device to control diagnostic equipment used to test the electrical component, wherein the remote test control station comprises means for audio communication with the video meeting control station, means for receiving video information from the video meeting control station, and means for displaying diagnostic information output from the test bench device in near real-time.