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Test Manager

Test Manager Overview

Accessing Test Manager

Test Manager
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Test Manager is the application for testing and debugging a SIMPL program. You
can call the Test Manager from within SIMPL Windows, or you can launch it
independently. Unless communication is over the Ethernet, a DB9 "straight through"
serial cable is required in order for Test Manager to communicate with the control
system.
The essential function performed by the Test Manager is the realtime monitoring of
signals; this is the core activity involved in debugging. Each of the three subwindows
that make up the Test Manager provides a picture of the realtime status of signals.
Test Manager can be accessed from within SIMPL Windows while working on a
program or it can be launched independent of a SIMPL Windows program.
There are two advantages to launching Test Manager independently:
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You can then make use of your old-style DOS.sig files (i.e. the Signal files
generated by the DOS Workshop compiler), which allows you to monitor the
signal activity of programs written in the DOS Workshop without having to
import them into SIMPL Windows. You thus have the ability to debug those
programs, and
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You can directly access SIMPL Windows files without opening SIMPL
Windows, for monitoring the signal activity of those programs.
Accessing Test Manager from the Tools Pull-Down Menu
Launch Test Manager from within SIMPL Windows buy selecting Tools | Test
Manager. This will launch the application, where it will immediately begin
monitoring the last saved version of your current program.
Accessing Test Manager from Button Bar
Select the Test Manager button from the SIMPL Windows button bar.
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