Test Stand. Batch Synchronitation.

"I am trying to implement the synchronizing techniques for my sequence. Through the document, I understood about Bacth Synchronization Step. But it was not clear that how should I use it. Can anybody guide me in this issue ? My requirement is, I have a same sequence for 4 UUTs try to access at the sequence but only one UUT should be able to access. Other sequences will wait till this time".

Hi Saretta,
Have you had a look at the example BatchUUT.seq in the folder \examples\MultiUUT\.
The has a setup that one only one step need be executed such as the "Set Chamber" step.
The step "Pulse Test", this subsequence contains a group of steps that are synchronized to run on each UUT in turn.
It also has a step where no synchronization is required, therefore all executions are run in parallel, such as the "Frequency Sweep" step.
Hope this helps
Regards
Ray Farmer
Regards
Ray Farmer

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Test Stand seq w/ dll batch file execution not working

I am using Test Stand 4.1, running a seq that calls a dll. The dll contains a batch file execution function that has not been working properly. I am not 100% sure what the function is as I do not have access to the direct code from which the dll was created. I believe I have a file, however please remember this is a guess that I am looking at the correct function/file.
This is a Pass/Fail test step that calls a batch file. The batch file runs properly without the use of Test Stand and called by the dll. In the code that I believe is running, I see there is a step that I am guessing does not run (see below for test steps). It seems as though these steps are being "stepped over" and not running, however the test does seem to be entering this function. The test reports a pass/fail status as the data is reported into a txt file. If the txt file contains the correct data, the test step reports PASS, even though the batchfile does not run.
:Note: [batchfile.bat] is the name of the batch file being called; the [ ] are not present
// Run Batch File
ChkErr(LaunchExecutableEx([batchfile.bat] ,windowState,&handle));
// Wait for batch file to complete task
do{
ProcessSystemEvents();
}while(!ExecutableHasTerminated (handle));
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Thank you
Jason_C

Thanks for the feed back. I have realized and it seems as though sometimes the CWD varies. The current working directory when the batch file does not run seems to be set to the desktop, not to the specified directory. The batch file is used to program a chip, calling the exe to run using commands. The file are speciifed by an absolute path, however the exe is not. The batch file is as below and seems to match up with a problem with the CWD. How can change though? I will have to check in the Start in field, but where can I find that property?
Thank You
--Jason
del ..\misc\mplab.txt
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Batch Sequence Shutdown Test Stand Randomly

Hi ,
I have a problem with Test Stand in one of my projects .
I'm using TS 4 & CVI 9.1 . TS is using CVI DLL .
The software is using parallel Device checking for 30 cards , at 25c , 75c and -15c ( temp ).
While checking 9-10 evrey thing works fine and well buy in 11 and so on TS crashes randomlly about 1 of 10 times at the crash the is no TS message only Windows not responding message .
My main idea was a Resource leaking at the CVI code but i checked it very carefully in addition i cant see the resource trekking in dll mode .
Is there any tool , even windows tool or some software i can use to track my memory while working with both programs !? or you have another idea ?
Thank you .
Kobi Kalif
Software Engineer

There are two possibilities for updating a local in one sequence from a subsequence which that sequence calls.
1) Pass the variable as a "By Reference" parameter to the subsequence. Then in the subsequence access it with the lookupstring Parameters.MyParameter. To add a parameter to a sequence, simply insert a variable under the Parameters group. Parameters are passed by reference by default (which is what you want). They can also be passed by value (i.e. a copy to which changes don't affect the original) by changing the setting by right-clicking on the variable and unchecking the by reference setting. Using parameters like this is very flexible and future proof. You can even call the same subsequence from multiple sequences and the subsequence doesn't have to worry about who's calling it. Also it doesn't matter what the name or location of the variable is in the caller, the subsequence just always accesses the variable as its parameter. When you specify the sequence call to call the subsequence you specify what to pass for the parameter.
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2) Another way which is less flexible is that you can use RunState.Caller.Locals.foo to access a local variable in the sequence which is calling the current sequence. This creates an interdependency between the two sequences though which can lead to code maintenance problems because someone could change the calling sequence's variables, not realizing a subsequence depended on the variables they are changing.
Hope this helps,
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Test Stand Shut Down with no reason

Hello ,
I'm using Test Stand 4.2 & LabWindows CVI 9.0 .
I'v created a program that checks 30 cards in Batch mode , using Test Stand as master that calls CVI functions from dll files i'v created .
In the program there are no error nor warnings But i have a strange problem for every 50 runs of the program I'm facing 1 Complete shut down of TS with no reason or warning .
TS simply shut down and not showing any message . This problem is very disturbing considering that full check for 30 cards using TS is Approximately 3.5 hours .
The shut down can occur at any part of the run with no repeated pattern , It can happen after 3 min or after 3 hours And by doing so the user need to restart the entire test from the start because TS
didn't produced any Report .
I'm not denying that the crash can be in the dll files written in CVI but thats in low possibility .
I'm under Win Xp and using intel core2duo L7400 and 4 MB of RAM .
Is there any option to avoid this problem ??
Thank You , Kobi .
Kobi Kalif
Software Engineer

Thank u Doug i will check it , for now i have pasted the at the bottom the event viewer application log maybe some as i suspected the problem is in the CVI DLL but i don't know what this Error means
Maybe You know ?
The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( CVI ) cannot be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is part of the event: [11:22:25.140] [FATAL] [LRemoveItem] [..\james\list.c:543] Assertion failed: 0 (itemPosition >= kEndOfList && itemPosition <= (*theList)->numItems).
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Kobi Kalif
Software Engineer

Is there a way to create a database with Test Stand?

Anyone know of a way to have Test Stand create a database? My company standard MS Office suite is Microsoft Access 2010, and TestStand does not support the .accmdb extension type(format), so I have to create new databases using old formats. I'm worried about backwards compatability down the road since good ole Microsoft doesn't seem to care about legacy formats.
I'm still a beginner with databasing, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

TestStand 2012 SP1, and we are using a modified Generic Recordset (NI). The problem we are having right now is that the Build SQL instructions are not creating the database tables the way we are configuring them from the "Statements" and "Column/Parameters" tabs under Database Options.
What is happening is when we validate the schema, and drop all schema tables, it empties all the database tables, but then when you build using the TestStand generated sql file, we get errors(shown below) we are not understanding, and we can no longer write to the database and LabVIEW throws a "Data type mismatch in criteria expression" error like this
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ADO Error: 0x80040E07
Exception occured in Microsoft JET Database Engine: Data type mismatch in criteria expression. in NI_Database_API.lvlib:Conn Execute.vi->TSData - Query Actions.vi->Retrieve Test Data.vi->ARA-63 Data Miner.vi->ARA-63 Data Miner.vi.ProxyCaller"
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> CREATE TABLE STEP_RESULT ( ID COUNTER CONSTRAINT TABLE_CONSTRAINT PRIMARY KEY, UUT_RESULT Long, STEP_PARENT Long, ORDER_NUMBER Long, STEP_NAME VarChar(255), STEP_TYPE VarChar(255), STEP_GROUP VarChar(32), STEP_INDEX Long, STEP_ID VarChar(32), STATUS VarChar(255), REPORT_TEXT VarChar(255), ERROR_CODE Long, ERROR_MESSAGE VarChar(255), CAUSED_SEQFAIL Bit, MODULE_TIME Double, TOTAL_TIME Double, NUM_LOOPS Long, NUM_PASSED Long, NUM_FAILED Long, ENDING_LOOP_INDEX Long, LOOP_INDEX Long, INTERACTIVE_EXENUM Long, CONSTRAINT STEP_RESULT_FK FOREIGN KEY (UUT_RESULT) REFERENCES UUT_RESULT (ID)) Command issued.
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> CREATE TABLE PROP_NUMERICLIMIT ( ID COUNTER CONSTRAINT TABLE_CONSTRAINT PRIMARY KEY, PROP_RESULT Long, COMP_OPERATOR VarChar(32), HIGH_LIMIT Double, LOW_LIMIT Double, UNITS VarChar(255), STATUS VarChar(255), HIGH_LIMIT_FORMATTED VarChar(255), LOW_LIMIT_FORMATTED VarChar(255), CONSTRAINT STEP_NUMERICLIMIT2_FK FOREIGN KEY (PROP_RESULT) REFERENCES PROP_RESULT (ID)) Command issued.
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How to bring a VI front panel to the front (of all open windows) when the parent VI calls a sub-VI in Test Stand.

In Test Stand when I call a sub-VI front panel, the pop-up window goes behind all the windows and the user just waits for the screen. I want the pop-up to come to the front so that the user can know what to do. I couldn't find any property that I can set which would make the called VI go to the front.

What version of TestStand are you using? Here are the TestStand palettes in LabVIEW for TestStand 2.0 and 3.1. You can also set a VI to be modal in VI Properties>Window Appearance. Select Dialog or go to Cutomize and change the Window Behavior.
Message Edited by Dennis Knutson on 03-07-2006 10:32 AM
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I want to write a program in LabView then pass the test results to teststand to check if it pass or fail without displaying the test stand program,

I want to write a program in LabView and create an execute but I want to be able to pass test results to test stand to find it the unit pass ar fail the test then save the data to a database. How would i go about it.

What's confusing is your statement that you want to do this "without display the test stand program". You can minimize the TestStand UI to the task bar but if you don't want TestStand to be running, how can TestStand evaluate the result. Explain a little more please.
In the message body of your post, you just say you want to create a LabVIEW exe and pass the results to TestStand. What I would recomend is that instead of an exe, you create a dll and use TestStand's DLL adapter to call it and return the results. TestStand will evaluate it and do the logging.

Test Stand 3.5 install problem

I'm having problems installing Test Stand 3.5 Development Edition on a WinXP SP1 machine - would anyone have any suggestions.
I'm performing a custom install and selecting all components other than "Device Drivers".
The install fails on "NI TestStand 3.5 Support Files. Part 1 of 1" with "Error 1335. The cabinet file 'Cabs.m6' required for this installation is corrupt and cannot be used. This could indicate a network error, an error reading from the CD-ROM, or a problem with this package".
If I select abort at this point the install of the support files is rolled back and the remaining components apper to install correctly. I can now run Test Stand but am missing the help files. If I rerun setup it attempts to install the support files but fails with the same error.
I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling & have copied the CD contents to the local hard disk (without any problems) and installing from there. All this is to no avail.
I've also uninstalled and reinstalled an installation on a second machine using the same install media. This install succedded with no issues.

What is the difference between the two machines - where you've had successful and unsuccessful installs?
Like you've said sometimes this is caused by a faulty read from the CD drive, or faulty media, but as you've managed the install with the same media on the machine - then its not the media, and you've already tried the copy to hard disk from the CD without any luck.
What OS is on this other (working) machine?
Do you have administrator privileges on the machine where you can't install the software? Is the .NET framework 1.1 installed (I think this is part of Windows XP SP 2) so this could be the issue - as TestStand requires the .NET framework 1.1
Also - I've attached the readme which includes information to consider before installation - and known issues with the installation - check this and see if any of these could be the issue with this machine.
I hope this helps
Regards
Hannah
NIUK & Ireland
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Is there a max number of parameters that can be passed to a C function in test stand v. 1.0.1

I have had an issue with test stand version 1.0.1 (yes, I know; it's quite old) and calling a C function thru an action step. when I call this function with 18 parameters, it seems to hang. I have called a function with 16 and it seems to work. Is this a limit of the software? I am calling the function from a windows DLL that we've created. When I try to pull the function from the dll into test stand I also get a { error...but I get that in the other function's call and it seems to work fine. Any ideas?

ok, upon re-reading what I posted I can clearly see your confusion. haha. I think there are two separate issues.
1) Are there a maximum number of parameters one can use when calling a C function from a DLL? Yes, i'm trying to call a C function from test stand.
2) when I select the "module" tab, and select which DLL contains my function, the prototype has no information associated with it (by clicking the reload prototype button). I'm not sure why, as I'm using a declspec to send the function information out of the dll, but that's another topic. So I click on the source file tab and point the window to the .cpp of my function (within the DLL's project workspace) and when it begins to parse the file, I get an error about mis-matched curly brackets and if I wish to continue, and skip the rest of the parsing.
I click "OK" and when I go back to the module tab, I am able to see all my functions, along with the parameters in the drop down menu below. I fill in all the parameters and everything looks ok; no syntax errors, or anything else seemingly suspicious. I then run my test stand code and when I get to the step which calls this function, the system hangs and cannot proceed.
Any thoughts as to what might cause these issues?

How to get the value of the global variable of test stand in labview User interface?

Hi.
Can anyone Please share examples and tell me to how access the test stand global variable using labview user interface.
Solved!
Go to Solution.

I'm not surprised that what you are doing doesn't work. The Start Execution UI Message is triggered when the user clicks a button to start an execution. Realize that most executions go through a process model. So you could be looking at the sequence context of the process model and not your client sequence file.
I recommend reading that link I posted above. UI Messages are your best bet but you cannot just piggy back on an existing UI Message like this. They may not be getting sent at the time you need them to be. The only way to ensure you get what you want is to trigger one yourself at the right time.
Regards,
jigg
CTA, CLA
teststandhelp.com
~Will work for kudos and/or BBQ~

How to call test Sequences developed by using CVI Test Execuitve toolkit in Test Stand?

There is a feature in TestSatnd which can convert CVI sequence to test Stand Sequences. But test stand is not recognising these sequences saying " not a valid CVI test sequence". Is there any version Issues, while converting these sequences to TestStand?

Hi Scott
In continuation of previous question..
As per the suggestion, when I am trying opening one sequence(.SQU) file,developed in CVI Test Executive V 1.0.1., in CVI Test Execcuitve V 2.0.1, Executive is throwing error.
The Pop Error is " Section [Sequence] missing from sequence file c:\xxx.squ"..
and when I am trying opening these sequence file in sequence editor, the tool it self is crashing.
Please suggest!!
Is there any specific tokens which we need to add in .SQU files of V 1.0.1, so that V 2.0.1 can understand them? Just to check the possibility of manual updation of .SQU files.
Regards
Amit

Vi session strategy with LV 7 in Test Stand

Hi all, Im a producing a set of vi's(LV7.1) which will be strung together in a Open Visa, Write visa ..., Read visa , Close visa, over several instruments.
I wish later to use Test Stand(3.1) to slice these routines, but I am not sure how test stand handles the session references when I break the flow.
Im thinking of a first step that initialises all instruments , then later steps that grab the session references and perform tests.
Do I need to store the sessions as varables in Test Stand?, or is there a better way?.Is there any examples that cover this topic?
thanks

I guess that a better way is NI Session Manager.
NI Session Manager is the software component (of NI TestStand) from which you obtain instrument sessions. Session Manager returns a reference to the session object with the name you specify. If the session object you specify does not yet exist, Session Manager creates it and returns a reference to the new session.
Session Manager also allows you to close all opened sessions automatically.
"Only a life lived in the service to others is worth living..." - Albert Einstein
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Is there any way I can convert a Test stand sequence and corresponding vi's to an executable?

I need some creative ideas on how I can convert a test stand sequence into an executable in the shortest possible time. I know that beats the entire purpose of using TestStand but I need to have a way to do this. Is there no other way i can accomplish this without writing a sequencer in LabVIEW and rewriting all of my code in LabVIEW??

There is no way i know or can think of to move all components from a TestStand application into a single EXE. Running TS in an application means that you should/must work highly unitized during developement and deployment.
In general:
-> Custom UI will become "The EXE" for the enduser. This involves the link for startup on desktop/start menu.
-> TS Engine, ActiveX Server, will be attached to the UI.EXE OS process when launched by the UI. Will never be part of the UI.EXE.
-> TS Compontens (e.g. process model, language files, ..). Will never be part of the UI.EXE.
-> Custom Components (e.g. modified process model components, reporting, ...). Very unlikely(never) to become part of the UI.EXE.
-> Custom Sequences. Will never be part of the UI.EXE, but extension can be changed to other than .seq.
-> Code modules called by custom sequences. Unlikely (but possible) to be part of the UI.EXE. Should be implemented and tested to run within the RTE (runtime engine) of the appropriate programming language. It is not par design, that the deployment system has the development environment of that programming language installed.
-> License information. TS requires at least the Base Deployment License installed and activated (requires NI License Manager software). RTE of modules might also include licensing and possibly activation fees.
Why is there the requirement to have a single, monolythic EXE (hard to handle!) at all? If it is about the deployment process, you know that you can provide a single MSI (Microsoft Installer) with all required components using the TestStand Deployment Utility?
hope this helps,
Norbert
CEO: What exactly is stopping us from doing this?
Expert: Geometry
Marketing Manager: Just ignore it.

How can I get Test Stand to print failues only?

Rather than getting a large report file with hundreds of passes and only one failure, how do I configure Test Stand to only print the failures to the report?

Hi,
the engine callbacks are simply a sequence that gets called when a particular thing happens (i.e. Post Step).
There's three types
SequenceFile (for steps that execute in that sequence file whether it's a client sequence file or a process model)
ProcessModel (for steps that execute in the client sequence file run under this process model, but NOT the steps in the ProcessModel)
Station (for all steps on that installation - found in the StationCallbacks.seq sequencefile)
If the engine callback appears in more than one of the three places, then the lowest one (seq file->proc model->station listed lowest to highest)is used.
In your case, you could use any of them depending on your architecture.
Personally, r
emoving from the resultlist is easier than working out whether to add to it, but that gets tricky when you have steps which loop.
If you decide to make up your own add, then the PostStepFailure is the callback sequence to use (go to edit->sequencefilecallbacks). You'll have to add a new element to the resultlist, and start fleshing it out with the result container of the step (which you still have access to as a parameter) plus the TS container.
This would go into the Runstate.Caller.Locals.ResultList[x]
Also, don't forget to disable the result collection on all the steps in the test sequence, plus all the ones in your poststepfailure callback, since you're doing your own.
I'm attaching what I've done so far as an example - not quite finished, but it's done the TS container. Just now need to do the actual result container.
I'll keep working on it but for now you can see what I'm getting at.
Hope that gives you a kick start with the callbacks bit
Sacha Emery
National Instrumen
ts (UK)
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Can I open the (.squ) sequence files using NI test stand 4.0 version?

I have the sequence files created using ATETool Kit test Executive. But I have NI 4.0 test stand. I want to open the sequence files using NI 4.0 test stand. Can i do that?

Hi,
I am not familiar with ATETool kit Test Executive, but I doubt NI TestStand will open this. As you have both, have you tried it?
TestStand does have a conversion tool for converting NI TestExecutive sequence files into TestStand sequence files.
Maybe you could write a conversion tool to make the conversion for you if you have many ATETool kit Test Executive files.
Regards
Ray Farmer
Regards
Ray Farmer

How can I pass a variable from Test Stand to CVI by reference

Hi!
I can't to pass numeric or boolean variable from Test Stand (for example: FileGlobals.StopFlag) into the step (CVI function).
Function prototype:
void __declspec(dllexport) __cdecl PC2_WaitWhileResponceAppear(tTestData *testData, tTestError *testError, int *iStopFlag).
When variable has bin changed I can't see this change from my function.
CVI 2010, Test Stand 2010
Can anybody help me?

Hey Rombar,
It is certainly possible to pass variables by reference; for example, if you go to <TestStand Directory>/Examples/Demo/C and open the computer.seq file, you can see one of the example sequences that uses CVI modules. If you click on one of these steps, you'll see that some of the parameters, such as the error information, is passed with pointers. This is a pass by reference.
To help narrow this down, it'd be good for us to figure out a few things about how the code is run. First, if you go to Configure > Adapters, select the CVI adapter and choose Configure, you can see options for this adapter. Do you have it configured to run in an external instance of CVI or as an in-process call?
Also, if you're wanting to see a change made in TestStand in your external code, this makes me think that you're wanting to run the code and then continue to execute your TestStand sequence while the code runs. How did you configure this behavior? For example, are you calling this code as a separate sequence in a new thread, or are you using another method to run this code while the sequence continues to run?
Finally, if we could see a screenshot of how you're configuring the parameters on the TestStand step, that might be helpful as well.
Daniel E.
TestStand Product Support Engineer
National Instruments

Test Stand. Batch Synchronitation.

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