Patent ID: 7017081

Claim:
A system for remotely controlling a test port of a target device, the system comprising: a network link; a host computer including: a host network interface operative to connect the host computer to the network link; an interpreter operative to translate a design file into commands; a host driver operative to assemble at least one message based on the commands, deliver the at least one message to the host network interface, receive results from the host network interface, and pass the results received from the host network interface back to the host interpreter and wherein the host driver includes an instruction queue and means for queuing instructions in the queue until an instruction requiring a reply is included in the queue; the target device including: a target network interface operative to connect the target device with the network link; and a target driver operative to receive messages from the target network interface, translate the at least one message into an operation, operate the test port in accordance with the operation, receive results from at least one device in communication with the port and deliver the results to the target network interface, for transmission to the host network interface and wherein the target driver includes a means for receiving, buffering and processing a plurality of instructions received in a batch from the host.