JPH05151112A - Automatic check method for personal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically check the program of a personal equipment in a system where the data are transferred to a personal computer by means of the communication function of the connected personal equipment. CONSTITUTION:A series of key data produced from the various types of instructions are successively read out of the transmission file of a personal computer 1 and sent to a personal equipment 2. The equipment 2 successively carries out these received key data as the key input and sends the executing result to the computer 1. The computer stores the received result in its reception file In such conditions, the executing result already stored in the reception file is compared with the executing result presently received and stored in the reception file. So that the program loaded in the equipment 2 is automatically checked.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic check method for a personal device, and more particularly to a check method for developing a device storing a program for executing a predetermined operation such as an electronic system notebook or a word processor. It is suitable.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a so-called personal device having a display portion and a keyboard integrally and an RS-232 interface for data transfer is shown in FIG. In the figure, the ROM 50 stores a system program that should satisfy the specifications of the personal device, and the CPU 51 is configured to execute various processes according to the program.

For example, if the command is to wait for key input, the key 52 is pressed, and if the command is to display certain data, the liquid crystal is accessed through the liquid crystal driver 53 to display the data. It is displayed on the section 54. If the command is to write data to the RAM 55, the data is written to the designated address.

Generally, an application having a specification of fetching data from the key 52, storing it in the RAM 55, and displaying it has a program flow as shown in FIG. That is, when the key 52 is pressed, the content of the process is branched depending on the role of the key 52, the operation is executed, or the process of storing the data in the RAM 55 is executed, and then the result is displayed.

More specifically, if an alphanumeric key is pressed, the display is echoed back.
When the R key is pressed, the data string that has been input so far is stored in the specified memory, and when the OFF key is pressed, the process is interrupted and the power is turned off. Run. In this way, the key 52 determines the processing operation. When the operation is completed, the CPU 51 returns to the process of fetching the key by the system program and waits for the next key 52.

In order to manufacture a personal device and check the program installed in the device, the key input is performed as described above, and the result is confirmed. FIG. 8 shows the flow of the conventional checking method.
In the conventional check method, the operator performs a certain key operation, and the operator compares and confirms on the screen of the display unit 54 the result that should be originally obtained and the result actually obtained by the operator. is there.

In addition, at the time of checking, the operator prepares a check sheet in which key operations to be checked are described, performs key operations in accordance with the check sheet, and judges whether or not it is correct while observing the screen. It was necessary to repeat the procedure of performing the operation.

[0008]

However, in the conventional check method, at least one operator is monopolized for checking because the operator operates the key according to the check sheet and judges the result on the screen. There was a problem that it would end up. In addition, when a problem is found in the program and it is rechecked after correction, it is necessary to repeat the check already performed from the beginning again, which requires a great deal of time.

The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and provides an automatic checking method for a personal device which can check a program installed in the personal device in a short time without human intervention. It is a thing.

[0010]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a system for connecting a personal device having a communication function and transmitting / receiving data to / from a personal computer using the communication function, in which a series of key data in which various commands are converted into data. Are sequentially read from the transmission file of the personal computer and transmitted to the personal device, the received key data is sequentially executed as a key input in the personal device, and the execution result is transmitted to the personal computer to be a reception file. Store it, then send a series of key data to the personal device to get the execution result,
When the program is sent to the personal computer, the execution result already stored in the received file is compared with the execution result sent this time and stored in the received file to check the program installed in the personal device. This is an automatic check method for personal devices that automatically performs.

[0011]

According to the present invention, instead of the operator directly inputting a key and confirming the display result appearing on the screen, the key data corresponding to the key input is received from the personal computer connected to the personal device, By transmitting the processing result data to the personal computer, it is possible to automatically and unattendedly check the personal device.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described in detail below based on the embodiments shown in the drawings. The present invention is not limited to this. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an apparatus for carrying out the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a personal computer (hereinafter abbreviated as personal computer), 2 is a personal device such as an electronic system notebook or word processor, and both are connected by an RS-232C cable (hereinafter abbreviated as cable) 3. There is. As a result, data can be transmitted and received.

FIG. 2 shows the automatic checking method of this embodiment.
3 shows a flow of processing of a program when applied to the personal device 2. Broken line portions 10 and 11 in the figure are the characteristic portions of this embodiment. When the personal device 2 enters the automatic check mode, the program switch SW switches from the contact A to the contact B. Thereby,
The process of physically fetching the key on the contact A side and converting it into the key data is switched to the process of fetching the data from the personal computer 1 through the cable 3 and converting it into the key data.

As a result, the same data as the data input from the key can be given from the personal computer 1 without the operator pressing the key. Next, after processing the received data, the result data such as what is displayed at what position is transmitted to the personal computer 1. As a result, the result data such as the display data is transmitted to the personal computer 1 as it is.

The automatic checking method will be described in detail below with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS. The flowchart of FIG. 3 illustrates a method of entering the automatic check mode. First, as a preparation, personal computer 1 and personal device 2
And RS232C cable. Then, the personal device 2 is set to the automatic check mode. That is, by inputting a specific keyword without mistake on a specific screen, the mode is switched to the automatic check mode in which the data is finally fetched from the personal computer 1 (steps 20 to 22). If no specific keyword is input, normal processing is performed (step 23).

Next, a file in which key data to be checked is collected is set in the personal computer 1 and the program on the personal computer 1 side is executed. That is, the dedicated software on the personal computer is started by designating the file and the receiving file. In the file, data of keys to be operated for checking is written in the order of operation. Further, the above software is programmed to read one key data from a file, make it into a prescribed data structure, and transmit it to the personal device 2.

The flowchart of FIG. 4 shows a processing method of automatic checking. When the personal device 2 enters the automatic check mode by the above operation (step 3
0) By using the personal computer 1, key data can be sent from the personal computer 1 to the personal device 2 instead of the operator pressing a key (step 31).

The personal device 2 receives the key data transmitted from the personal computer 1 and processes it as a key (step 32). Then, the process is the same as when the operator presses a key, and some change appears on the screen. Specifically, the characters of the pressed key are displayed, or the screen is switched to another screen. Next, the image information as the processing result of the key data is transmitted to the personal computer 1 in a prescribed data structure (step 33).

The above-mentioned image information data is data in which each instruction for creating a screen is converted into data as it is. The specific contents of the command are "clear the screen. Display a specified character at X, Y coordinates. Display a cursor at X, Y coordinates. X1, Y1 to X2, Y coordinates.
Scroll up the character enclosed by two coordinates. Make the cursor the specified shape, such as underline, box cursor, or triangle cursor. X1, Y1 dot to X2, Y
Draw a line up to 2 dots. Draw dots on the X and Y dots. “And so on.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of transmitted / received communication data. The check of communication data is configured such that one byte of checksum is transmitted at the end of the data, ACK (normal response) and NACK (abnormal response) are received, and the process proceeds to the next step. One data used in communication is 09 (H) which is a delimiter code from the beginning of the data.
It is formed by simply adding up to, expanding the lower 1 byte to 2 bytes of ASCII code, and transmitting it, and finally ending with 0D (H) and 0A (H).

In FIG. 4, the personal computer 1 receives the result data, stores it in the memory which is a receiving file, and returns to step 31. Next, the personal computer 1 reads the next key data from the key data file and repeats the above processing until the file end is detected.

By executing the above processing, the change in the screen due to a certain series of key operations is stored in the reception file. If the program of the personal device 2 is changed due to the version upgrade of the program or the like, the above test is tried again. If the changed part does not adversely affect other parts, the same key operation should work before and after the change. That is, the reception file in which the screen change in the personal computer 1 is recorded should have exactly the same data as the result data of the previous check. Further, according to the checking method of this embodiment, if the data of the changed portion is compared, the checking of the changed portion is completed.

As described above, the personal computer 1 and the personal device 2 can continue the check operation unattended for 24 hours if they are set once as long as there is a key data file, and once the operation is started, the check operation can be performed. The time required can be easily grasped. Furthermore, by creating a key data file with various variations, it is possible to combine the check contents as necessary.

[0024]

According to the present invention, when developing a personal device in which a program that performs a predetermined operation is installed, the program can be checked automatically without human intervention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an apparatus used in the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an automatic checking method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an automatic check method of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an automatic checking method according to an embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a structure of communication data according to an embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional personal device.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a check method of a conventional example.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a check method of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Personal computer 2 Personal device 3 RS-232C cable

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A system in which a personal device having a communication function is connected and data is transmitted and received to and from the personal computer by using the communication function, a series of key data having various commands as data is transmitted by the personal computer. Are sequentially read out and transmitted to the personal device, the received key data is sequentially executed as a key input in the personal device, the execution result is transmitted to the personal computer and stored in a reception file, When a series of key data is sent to a personal device to obtain an execution result and the execution result is sent to the personal computer, the execution result already stored in the reception file and the transmission result this time stored in the reception file. By comparing it with the execution result, Automatic check method of personal devices that perform grams of check automatically.