JPS63145518A - Automatic test system for key processing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To shorten a key processing test time by extracting successively key codes out of a memory part and delivering these codes to a key processing part. CONSTITUTION:A controller 2 contains a key processing part 13 and a text buffer 7. When the keys are depressed on a keyboard 1 in a normal mode, the key codes stored previously in a memory part 14 are successively delivered to the part 13. The part 13 analyzes these key codes and carries out the corresponding key processing jobs. The key processing results are reflected on a text buffer 7 and the screens decided by the contents of the buffer 7 are displayed on a display 3. In such a way, the key processing test time is shortened.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an improved automatic test method for key processing.

[Conventional technology]

The conventional test method for key processing has been to have an operator actually perform key operations and visually check the results on a display.

[Problem to be solved]

A keyboard with many keys requires testing in many cases, resulting in a large number of test items. Therefore, with traditional methods, testing takes a lot of time and
For example, when hardware or firmware was modified due to specification changes, similar tests had to be repeated manually.

The present invention was created in view of this point, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic key processing test method that allows testing of key processing without spending time and effort.

[Means for solving problems]

FIG. 1 (al is a principle diagram of the first invention of the present invention. The controller 2 has a key processing section 13 and a text buffer 7. In the normal mode, the keyboard l
When the upper key is pressed, the key code of that key is passed to the key processing section 13.

The key processing unit 13 analyzes the key code and performs the corresponding key processing, and the result of the key processing is reflected in the text buffer 7. A screen determined by the contents of the text buffer 7 is displayed on the display 3. A plurality of key codes are stored in advance in the storage unit 14. When testing the device, the key codes stored in the storage section 14 are sequentially passed to the key processing section 13.

FIG. 1(b) is a diagram showing the principle of the second invention. First, a log is acquired. In the case of log acquisition, the key code input from the keyboard 1 is passed to the key processing section 13. The key processing section 13 performs key processing and reflects the result in the text buffer 7. . At this time, the key code is stored in the storage unit 14, and the text buffer 7 reflects the result of the processing based on the key code.
The contents of are stored in the storage unit 15. Such log acquisition processing is performed multiple times. After completing the log acquisition process, test the device. In the case of a test, the key code stored in the storage section 14 is passed to the key processing section 13. When the key code is received, the key processing section 13 performs key processing. After the key processing is completed, the contents of text buffer 7 and
The data is compared with the corresponding data stored in the storage unit 15.

〔Example〕

There are two main points to automate key processing tests:

(al) Creation of test data and expected results First, perform the test manually only once, and log the key press sequence and results at this time. Note that the results should be correct when the device debugging is completed.

(b) Automation of the test itself The key press sequences logged in the process of (a) are automatically executed sequentially by the device as if the keys had been pressed, and each time the sequence is compared with the logged results.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the operation when logging manually tested key sequences and results. In the figure, 1 is a keyboard, 2 is a controller, 3 is a display, and 4
is an external storage device, 5 is a key manual processing unit, 6 is a local processing unit, 7 is a text buffer, 8 is a buffer collation processing unit, 9 is a key sequence processing unit, 10 is a log processing unit,
Reference numeral 11 indicates a key sequence buffer, and reference numeral 12 indicates a result buffer.

The device shown in FIG. 2 has a local processing function in which some of the processes activated by keys on the keyboard are completed within the device. The controller 2 includes a key manual processing section 5, a local processing section 6, a text buffer 7,
It has a buffer collation processing section 8, a key sequence processing section 9, and a log processing section 10. The controller 2 is, for example, a processor, and the key manual processing section 5, local processing section 6, buffer collation processing section 8, key sequence processing section 9, log processing section 10, etc. can be realized by firmware. In the external storage device 4 there is a key sequence buffer 11 and a result buffer 12.

When the power is turned on, initial settings of the controller 2 are performed. At this time, the text buffer 7 is also set to its initial state. When a key on the keyboard 'l is pressed, the key manual processing unit 5 is activated, and the key manual processing unit 5 reads the key code of the pressed key and inputs the read key code.
Pass the code to the local processing unit 6 and start (CALL) the local processing unit 6.The local processing unit 6 analyzes the passed key code and performs the key processing corresponding to the key code. The results of the processing are reflected in the text buffer 7. The contents of text buffer 7 are displayed on display 3. When the processing by the local processing unit 6 is completed, control is returned to the key manual processing unit 5.

The key human power processing section 5 checks whether the mode is log acquisition mode or not, and if it is the log acquisition mode, starts the log processing section 10 (C
ALL) L. If it is not in log acquisition mode, the log processing unit 10 waits for the next key to be pressed. The log processing unit 10 reads the key code existing in the interval area assigned to the local processing unit 6, and inputs it to the key code. It writes the contents of the text buffer 7 to the result buffer 12 and updates the write position. When the processing by the log processing section 10 is completed, control is returned to the key manual processing section 5, and the key manual processing section 5 waits for the next key to be pressed.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the operation when automatically performing a test. When the automatic test mode is set, the key sequence processing section 9 is activated. Key sequence processing section 9
reads the first key code (expressed as key #1 in the figure), updates the read position, passes the key code to the local processing unit 6, and
Start (CALL). When the local processing section 6 completes its processing, control is returned to the key sequence processing section 9. When control is returned, the key sequence processing unit 9 activates (CALLs) the buffer collation processing unit 8. The buffer collation processing unit 8 reads the contents of the text buffer after key #1 stored in the result buffer 12, updates the read position, and compares the contents of the text buffer read from the result buffer 12 with the text buffer 7. If the two differ, a message to that effect is displayed. When the processing of the buffer collation processing section 8 is completed, control is returned to the key sequence processing section 9. When control is returned, the key sequence processing unit 9 reads the next key code from the key sequence buffer 11, updates the reading position, passes the read key code to the local processing unit 6, and performs local processing. Start section 6. Thereafter, similar processing is repeated. Note that the key processing unit 13 in FIG.
corresponds to the local processing unit 6, the storage unit 14 in FIG. 1 corresponds to the key sequence buffer 11, and the storage unit 15 in FIG.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above explanation, the present invention has remarkable effects such as (1) being able to shorten the test period for the AL equipment, (1) being able to reduce the number of man-hours, and (C) being able to prevent level down during modification. can be played.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

ff11 is a diagram showing the principle of the present invention, Figure 2 is a diagram showing the operation when logging the key sequence and result tested manually, and Figure 3 is a diagram showing the operation when automatically testing. . ! ...Keyboard, 2...Controller, 3...
Display, 4... External storage device, 5... Key manual processing section, 6... Local processing section, 7... Text buffer, 8... Buffer collation processing section, 9... Key... Sequence processing unit, lO...log processing unit, 11.
...Key sequence buffer, 12...Result buffer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Perform the processing determined by the keyboard (1) and the passed key code, and save the processing results to the text buffer (
7), a controller (2) having a key processing unit (13) that reflects the contents of a text buffer (7), and a display (3) that displays a screen determined by the contents of a text buffer (7). An automatic test method for key processing characterized in that key codes are stored in a storage section (14), and key codes are sequentially retrieved from the storage section (14) and passed to the key processing section (13); (2) a keyboard ( 1), and a controller (2) having a key processing unit (13) that performs processing determined by the passed key code and reflects the result of the processing in the text buffer (7).
and a display (3) that displays a screen determined by the contents of a text buffer (7), in which a key code input from the keyboard (1) is passed to the key processing section (13), and the key code is The key code passed to the processing unit (13) is stored in the storage unit (
14) and a text buffer (7) that reflects the results of the processing performed based on the key code.
) is stored in another storage unit (15), and the contents of the storage unit (14) are stored in another storage unit (15).
) is extracted and passed to the key processing unit (13), and a text buffer (7) is created in which the results of processing performed based on the key code are reflected.
An automatic test method for key processing, characterized in that the contents of the text buffer are compared with the contents of a corresponding text buffer stored in another storage unit (15).