A U To T E S T Ii S Ys Te M O P E R Ati O N; In Tr O D Uc T I On; Au T O Te St I I C O M Ma Nd St Ruc T Ur E - Aeroflex 3900 Series Operation Manual

In t r o du ct i on
Aut oTest II builds upon the 3900's remote command struct ure, expan ding a nd simpli fying the
funct ionalit y of the Aut oTest Syst em. 3900 A utoT est I I S ystems u se s a T c l int erpr eter to crea te a n
inte rface betw een the Test Set 's aut otest and remot e command functi ons. Aut oTest II command
stru cture includ es the use o f 39 00 r emote comma nds var iables and con vention al Tcl commands.

Au t o Te st I I C o m ma nd St ruc t ur e

T C L Co m m an d s an d P r o g r am m i n g S t r u ct u r e
Tcl ( Tool C ommand Lang uage) is an open- sour ce , inte rpr eted p rogr amming lang uage th at pr ovides
common f acilitie s such a s varia bles, proced ures and con trol str uctur es fo r cr eatin g command
script s . Aut oTest II also al lows the user to u s e the TK Tool set to b uild cu stom user scr eens.
User s must be famil iar wit h T c l / TK pro gramming command str uctur e to use the Au toTest I I S ystem.
Sou rces f or infor m ation about Tcl/ TK:
For inf ormati on on Tcl co mm an ds, r efer t o
For inf ormati on on Tcl/T K progr amming, ref er to
Techni ca l A pplicati on N ote: Tcl Basics (locat ed on 3900 Ser ies Oper ati on C D)
39 00 R em ot e Co m m an d s
3900 Remot e P rogr amming C ommands are document ed in the 3900 Ser ies R emote Pr ogra mmin g
Manual and a s so ciated Option( s) Remot e P rogr amming Man uals. Re fer to the appro priat e r emote
pro gramming manual for pro gramming str uctur e and commands. To utili ze re mo te p rogr amming
commands in Au toTest II , be gin command lines wit h t he Tcl pro ce dure command " rc" .
Ref er to Fig. 5-1 for an example.
A u to T e s t I I S y s t e m O pe r a t i on
F ig. 5 -1 Use of rc in Au toTest II Scr ipt
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