A new life for Advantest® Test Systems...
Introduction
Owners of Advantest® T33XX, T53XX and T73XX systems know they can look forward to many more years of productive use from their test systems. With the TPx-SE from Salland Engineering you now can bring new life to these Advantest testsystems. The TPx-SE is an inexpensive enhancement to the TP test processor that brings all the advantages of a state-of-the-art PC computing environment as well as the potential for expanded capability and productivity improvements.
The TPx-SE emulates an Advantest TP processor. It supports the execution of all standard available test software without modification. The TPx-SE uses a Windows NT 4.0 (Multi-Processor) operating system. The system replaces the old terminal/text based VKT environment by a graphical Windows environment.
TPx-SE allows the addition of customer developed functions to test programs without affecting compatibility with standard Advantest TPx based systems (e.g. custom developed data log tools, remote reporting functions).
Salland Engineering has developed the TPx-SE to provide full emulation of the TPx processor. It interfaces with the optional Advansite and can be used standalone or in a PC Network environment. The TPx-SE uses fast dual Pentium processors with the Windows NT 4.0 operating system to ensure the best performance and highest reliability. One processor is almost fully dedicated to execution of the test program a second processor handles the user interface and all network-related activity, ensuring repeatable results, regardless of network activity. Users can easily switch between the native TP processor and the enhanced TPx-SE processor. This allows for easy verification/correlation of test programs as well as confirmation of diagnostic failures in accordance with Advantest Support requirements.
The TPx-SE system is designed for a Single node and Multiple nodes.
The system may run entirely standalone or with a network connection. Adding the TPx-SE system enables remote access to the test system from a remote workstation. It also offers access to remote file storage for datalog and program libraries and the ability to direct test system output to any resource on the network, for example: network capabilities for file and printer sharing.
In a multiple system environment, the TPx-SE offers a low cost networking solution. In applications where the Advansite is used to support UNIX networking, the TPx-SE can work simultaneous with the existing Advansite. This allows for the implementation of system monitoring and management functions, datalog and analysis on a remote PC and program transfer across a standard PC without disrupting the existing UNIX functionality.
Software
Key features
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