Equipment Simulator to Improve Efficiency of Test Automation - QuEST Global

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Customer Challenge

A major component inspection equipment OEM from Europe, wanted to solve their problem of equipment availability during integration testing. All departments were vying for availability of the equipment for integration testing. Due to lack of availability of the equipment and the need to meet the delivery schedule, equipment was being shipped without complete testing by all departments

Scope

QuEST proposed to develop a feature rich equipment simulator software with high level of configurability that could

Simulate the actual behavior of the equipment to the best
Able to simulate all possible errors and alarms of hardware equipment
Incorporate maximum degree of configurability for different hardware configurations
Able to integrate to test automation scripts easily

Solution

Developed an equipment simulator with all hardware communication protocols
Programming interface provided on multiple programming languages
Performance tuning mode which simulated shorter, actual and longer response times
Intuitive user interface with animation was created that reflected the actual equipment layout
User interface was designed to be optional so that the product was not aected by demand for resources (CPU, RAM)

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Feature

Feature

Extensive configuration capabilities
Device parameters can be configured
Intuitive UI displaying animation mimicking equipment
Configure response timings to simulate hardware behavior

Benefits

Developed the equipment simulator from a one liner requirement from customer
Addressed tool availability by 60%
High configurability- simulator used for different equipment by changing configuration files
The simulator was also used for training new recruits and also for demonstration to prospective customers

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