Patent ID: 7222260

Claim:
A test system for a medical system, said medical system comprising a plurality of medical system components, including a medical imaging system, and a central control unit connected to said medical system components for controlling said medical system components dependent on operating commands, said test system comprising: an interface adapted to produce a data connection to the central control unit of the medical system; a data storage containing at least one test file, said test file containing specifications for conducting a function test of the medical system, that includes a function test of said medical imaging system, said test file representing operating commands with respectively associated time values that define a temporal sequence of said operating commands for executing said test function, including defined chronological spacings between said operating commands; and a transmission device connected to said interface and having access to said test file in said data storage, said transmission device, upon retrieval of said test file from said data storage, generating a sequence of data packets respectively causing non-manual execution of said operating commands for automatically controlling the medical system components, including said medical imaging system, according to the specifications in said test file, said operating commands being coded for said central control unit, and said transmission device monitoring transfer of said sequence of data packets via said interface to said central control unit according to said temporal sequence.