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C hap ter 5 - A u toT est II Sy stem Op er ation
5 .1 I NTRO DUCT I O N
Th e 39 00 A ut oT es t II Sy st em is an o pti on al s ys te m tha t b u ilds up o n th e 39 00 's re mo te
co m m an d stru ct ure b y u sin g a Tc l int erp re te r to cr ea te an int erf ac e b e twe e n th e Te st
Se t's a uto te st a nd re m o te c om m a nd fu n ctio ns . A ut oT es t II Sy st em c om m a nd st ruc tu re
inc lu de s th e us e of 3 9 00 re m ote c om m a nd s a n d c on ve nt ion al Tc l co m m an d s.
5 .2

AUTO T ES T I I CO MM AND ST RUCT URE

5.2.1

TC L Co mm and s an d Pro gr ammin g St ru ct ur e

Tc l (T oo l C om m a nd L an gu ag e ) is a n op en -s ou rce , in te rpr ete d p ro gr am m in g la ng u ag e t ha t
pr ov ide s c om m o n fac ilitie s su ch as va ria bl es , pr oc ed ur es an d co nt rol stru ct ure s for
cre a ting co m ma n d sc rip ts. A uto T es t II a lso a llo ws the u se r to u se th e T K T oo l s et to b u ild
cu sto m u se r s cre en s. U se rs m u st be fa m ilia r w ith Tc l /T K pro g ram m in g co m m an d
str uc tur e t o u se th e A u to Te st II S ys tem .
So u rce s for info rm a tio n a bo u t T cl/T K :
Fo r in fo rm at ion on T cl c om m a nd s, ref er to
Fo r in fo rm at ion o n T cl/ TK p ro gra m m ing , r efe r to
Te ch n ica l A pp lica tio n N o te : T cl B a sic s (lo c ate d on 39 0 0 S e ries O p era tio n C D )
5.2.2

3900 R emo t e C omm and s

39 00 R e m ote P ro gra m m ing C om m a n ds ar e d oc um e n ted in th e 3 90 0 Se rie s R e m ot e
Pr og ra m m ing M an u al a n d a ss oc iat ed O pt ion (s) R em o te Pr og ram m in g M an ua ls. R efe r to
th e a pp ro pr iate re m ot e p ro gra m m in g m a nu al for pr og ra mm in g str uc tur e a n d c om m a nd s.
To u tiliz e re m o te p ro gr am m in g c om m a n ds in Au to Te st II, b eg in co m m an d line s w ith th e
Tc l p roc e du re co m m an d " rc" . R efe r t o F ig . 5- 1 f or a n ex am p le .
h ttp ://tm m l. so urc ef org e .ne t/d oc /tc l/ind e x.h tm l.
Fig . 5 -1 U se of rc in A u toT e st I I S crip t
5 - 1
h ttp ://tm m l.s ou rc efo rg e.n e t/do c /tk/ .