KR102274664B1 - Universal qar test control apparatus and method with dynamic interface message configuration - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a universal quality assurance requirement (QAR) test control apparatus with dynamic interface message configuration to eliminate dependence of a device test control apparatus on a device under test (DUT) and a method thereof. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a universal QAR test control method in a test control apparatus comprises the following processes: receiving and storing an interface message configuration definition file from a DUT to which whether QAR is satisfied is tested; generating interface message configuration information from the interface message configuration definition file; generating a user interface (UI) for issuing a test control command according to the interface message configuration information; generating a control message on the basis of the interface message configuration information; transmitting the generated control message to the DUT; and receiving a result message from the DUT in response to the generated control message.

Description

Universal QAR test control device and method through dynamic interworking message configuration {UNIVERSAL QAR TEST CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH DYNAMIC INTERFACE MESSAGE CONFIGURATION}

The present invention relates to a general-purpose QAR test control apparatus and method through dynamic interworking message configuration.

In order to test whether the equipment meets the Quality Assurance Requirement (QAR), it is necessary to establish the test environment specified in the QAR. In some cases, the function/performance can be checked by the equipment itself depending on the test item, but in some cases it is necessary to input a specific signal to the equipment by interlocking the instrument or measure the output of the equipment with a measuring instrument. These tests are often not controllable by the operator through the equipment's own interface, and furthermore, if it goes down to the part unit, the operator's control itself becomes impossible. Therefore, an equipment test control device is required for the QAR test.

The equipment test control device transmits a control command to the equipment under test through a GUI (graphical user interface) to perform the test, performs the test, and receives the test result from the equipment under test and displays it on the GUI. At this time, it is necessary to define an interlocking message between the equipment under test and the equipment test control device to control the equipment under test.

In order for the improved equipment test control device to control the equipment under test, it is necessary to change the interface control document (ICD) when configuring the interworking message between the equipment under test and the equipment test control device.

The present invention provides a device test control apparatus and method for QAR testing.

The present invention provides an apparatus and method for defining an interworking message between an equipment under test and an equipment test control apparatus.

The present invention provides an apparatus and method for QAR testing without modification of the equipment test control device.

The present invention provides an equipment test control apparatus and method for QAR testing that does not require changes to interlocking control documents.

A method according to an embodiment of the present invention, in a general-purpose QAR (Quality Assurance Requirement) test control method in a test control device, receiving and storing an interlocking message configuration definition file from a test target device to be tested whether or not the QAR is satisfied process; generating interworking message configuration information from the interworking message configuration definition file; generating a user interface (UI) for issuing a test control command according to the interworking message configuration information; generating a control message based on the interworking message configuration information; transmitting the generated control message to the equipment under test; and receiving a result message from the equipment under test in response to the generated control message.

An apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, in a general-purpose QAR (Quality Assurance Requirement) test control apparatus, receives and stores an interworking message configuration definition file from a test target device to be tested whether or not the QAR is satisfied. file storage; an interworking message configuration unit for generating interworking message configuration information from the interworking message configuration definition file; a test control device UI unit for generating a user interface (UI) for issuing a test control command according to the interworking message configuration information, and generating a control message based on the interworking message configuration information; and an interlocking message transceiver for transmitting the generated control message to the device under test, and receiving a result message from the device under test in response to the generated control message.

The present invention can eliminate the dependence of the equipment test control device on the equipment under test.

Since the present invention acquires interlocking message configuration information from the test subject equipment to be interlocked, it can be used universally without being dependent on a specific test subject equipment.

In the present invention, even if the test target equipment is changed or changed to another type of test target equipment, the equipment test control device can be used without change.

1 is a block diagram of an equipment test control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 2 is an operation flow chart of the equipment test control device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is an exemplary diagram of a control message having an ID of 1 in an interworking message definition file according to an embodiment of the present invention;
4 is an exemplary diagram of a result message having an ID of 0 of an interworking message definition file according to an embodiment of the present invention; and
5 is an exemplary diagram of a result message having an ID of 1 of an interworking message definition file according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, this is not intended to limit the technology described in the present invention to specific embodiments, and it should be understood to include various modifications, equivalents, and/or alternatives of the embodiments of the present invention. . In connection with the description of the drawings, like reference numerals may be used for like components.

In the present invention, expressions such as “have”, “may have”, “include”, or “may include” indicate the presence of a corresponding characteristic (eg, a numerical value, function, operation, or component such as a part). and does not exclude the presence of additional features.

In the present invention, expressions such as “A or B”, “at least one of A or/and B”, or “one or more of A or/and B” may include all possible combinations of the items listed together. . For example, "A or B", "at least one of A and B", or "at least one of A or B" means (1) includes at least one A, (2) includes at least one B; Or (3) it may refer to all cases including both at least one A and at least one B.

Expressions such as "first", "second", "first", or "second" used in the present invention may modify various elements, regardless of order and/or importance, and may modify one element to another. It is used only to distinguish it from the components, and does not limit the components. For example, the first user equipment and the second user equipment may represent different user equipment regardless of order or importance. For example, without departing from the scope of the rights described in the present invention, the first component may be named as the second component, and similarly, the second component may also be renamed as the first component.

A component (eg, a first component) is "coupled with/to (operatively or communicatively)" to another component (eg, a second component); When referring to "connected to", it should be understood that any of the above-described components may be directly connected to the above-described other component or may be connected through another component (eg, a third component). On the other hand, when it is said that a component (eg, a first component) is "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another component (eg, a second component), a component different from a component It may be understood that no other component (eg, a third component) exists between the elements.

The expression "configured to (or configured to)" used in the present invention depends on the context, for example, "suitable for", "having the capacity to" It can be used interchangeably with "," "designed to", "adapted to", "made to", or "capable of". The term “configured (or configured to)” may not necessarily mean only “specifically designed to” in hardware. Instead, in some circumstances, the expression “a device configured to” may mean that the device is “capable of” with other devices or parts. For example, the phrase “a processor configured (or configured to perform) A, B, and C” refers to a dedicated processor (eg, an embedded processor) for performing the operations, or by executing one or more software programs stored in a memory device. , may mean a generic-purpose processor (eg, a CPU or an application processor (AP)) capable of performing corresponding operations.

Terms used in the present invention are only used to describe specific embodiments, and may not be intended to limit the scope of other embodiments. The singular expression may include the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, may have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art described in the present invention. Among the terms used in the present invention, terms defined in general dictionary may be interpreted with the same or similar meaning as the meaning in the context of the related art, and unless explicitly defined in the present invention, ideal or excessively formal meanings is not interpreted as In some cases, even terms defined in the present invention cannot be construed to exclude embodiments of the present invention.

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a device (including parts) test control device for satisfying QAR, and in particular, a device test control device that dynamically configures and processes a device test control/result message for interworking with the equipment under test in the device test control device. it's about how

The equipment test control device performs a test by transmitting a control command to the equipment under test through the GUI, and receives the test result from the equipment under test and displays it on the GUI. In order to control the equipment under test in this way, an interlock message should be defined between the equipment under test and the equipment test control device. Here, the interlock message is divided into a control message for the equipment test control device to control the equipment under test, and a result message that informs the result after the equipment under test performs a test according to the control message. Control messages and result messages for multiple tests are each identified by a message ID. For each type of test, the control message includes a control argument, and the result message includes test result information. The details of these interlocking messages are generally defined as interlocking control documents, and message processing is implemented in both the equipment under test and the equipment test control device accordingly. When the test equipment is changed to an improvement, etc., the QAR test is also changed, and the equipment test control device used in the existing QAR test can be used only for some tests or not at all. Ultimately, in order to perform the changed QAR test, the interlocking control document must be changed, and the equipment test and control device must be newly developed accordingly. Here, the interworking control document means a document describing data definitions and protocols for interworking data between systems. A developer can develop, for example, an interface module, a data processing module, a GUI module, an external system simulator, a monitoring tool, etc. with reference to the interlocking control document.

In addition, the equipment test control device developed in this way can only be used for the relevant equipment under test and cannot be used for other types of equipment under test.

The present invention allows the equipment test control device to dynamically configure and operate an interlocking message without processing the fixed interlocking message, so that the test equipment can be changed without modification of the equipment test control device, as well as other types of test target equipment. make it available The equipment under test means the equipment to be tested whether or not it satisfies the QAR.

1 is a block diagram of an equipment test control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The equipment test control device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an interlocking message configuration definition file storage unit 110 , an interlocking message configuration unit 120 , a test control device UI (User Interface) unit 130 , and interlocking message transmission and reception. The unit 140 may be included.

The interlocking message configuration definition file storage unit 110 may store an interlocking message configuration definition file defining the interworking message configuration between the test subject equipment 300 and the equipment test control device 100 . The equipment test control apparatus 100 receives the interlocking message configuration definition file from the test target equipment 300 .

The interworking message configuration unit 120 reads the interworking message configuration definition file stored in the interworking message configuration definition file storage unit 110 to generate interworking message configuration data.

The test control device UI (User Interface) unit 130 may generate a UI for issuing a test control command according to interworking message configuration information, generate a control message according to an operator's control command, and display a received message. The test control device UI unit 130 is based on the transmission message definition information in the interlocking message configuration data, the control message list of the test control device UI unit 130 and a UI for input of a control item, which is a detailed field of each individual control message make up

The interlocking message transceiver 140 may transmit and receive an interlocking message of control/result with the test target device 300 .

The interworking message configuration definition file is configured as shown in <Table 1> to <Table 4>.

The enumeration definition of the interworking message configuration definition file is shown in <Table 1> below.

The structure definition of the interworking message configuration definition file is shown in <Table 2> below.

The transmission message definition of the interworking message configuration definition file is shown in <Table 3> below.

The received message of the interworking message configuration definition file is shown in <Table 4> below.

The primitive types mentioned above refer to the integer type, real type, and string type. For example, if described based on the C language, the integer type is int[X]_t, uint[X]_t defined in stdint (where [X] can be 8, 16, 32, 64), and the real type is The float, double, and string types correspond to char arrays.

Array or not specifies whether the corresponding field is transmitted as an array. In the case of an array, the actual message needs a field indicating the length of the array. Therefore, a field indicating the length of the array should be added to the front of the array, and the length of this field is the 'array length field size'. Similarly, the string type among primitive types has the characteristics of an array, so the array length field should be added at the beginning of the string as well. Also, the size of the array length field must be specified at the beginning of the string.

2 is an operation flowchart of the equipment test control apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The overall operation process of the present invention is shown in FIG. 2 . The operation of the equipment test control apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention is largely divided into an initialization process and a test process.

First, the equipment test control apparatus 100 performs an initialization process and a test process.

The test process may be performed several times after the initialization process. The initialization process only needs to be performed once unless the test target equipment 300 needs to be restarted.

In the initialization process, first, the equipment test control device 100 performs initial interworking with the test target equipment 300 in step 201 . In the initial interworking process, the equipment test control device 100 receives the interworking message configuration definition file from the test target equipment 300 . The equipment test control device 100 reads the interworking message configuration definition file transmitted in step 203 and generates interlocking message configuration data. In step 205, the equipment test control device 100 determines the control message list of the test control UI unit 130 based on the transmission message definition information in the interlocking message configuration data and a UI for input of a control item, which is a detailed field of each individual control message. make up

In the test process, the equipment test control device 100 establishes an environment for the test to be performed in step 207 . When the test environment is built, it becomes possible to transmit a test control message from the equipment test control device 100 to the equipment under test 300 so that the equipment under test 300 performs the test. In order to transmit the test control message, the test operator selects the test item in the GUI of the equipment test control device 100, inputs the parameters of the test, and then requests message transmission. That is, the equipment test control apparatus 100 recognizes the test items and test factors input by the operator in step 209 and generates a control message based on the interworking message configuration data in step 211 .

Then, in step 213 , the device test control device 100 transmits the control message generated in step 211 to the device under test 300 . Upon receiving the test control message, the equipment under test 300 performs the test in step 215 and transmits the result to the equipment test control device 100 as a test result message in step 217 . The equipment test control device 100 that has received the test result message finds the corresponding result message in the interlocking message configuration data in step 219 and analyzes the received test result message (recognizing the value of each field), and in step 221 the test device UI unit display the results in The operator checks the details of the received result message displayed on the GUI.

The following is a concrete example of an interworking message definition file. The json format is used for information representation.

The enumeration type is shown in <Table 5> below.

The structure type is shown in <Table 6> below.

Control messages are shown in Table 7 below. The control message can be divided into a message id, that is, a case where m_id is 0 and a case where m_id is 1.

Result messages are shown in <Table 8> and <Table 9>. Table 8 below shows a case where m_id is 0, and Table 9 below shows a case where m_id is 1.

3 is an exemplary diagram of a control message having an ID of 1 of an interworking message definition file according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in the example of the interworking message configuration definition, a message having a message ID of 0 among the control messages is a message for performing the first test, and the configuration field does not exist.

A message 300 having a control message ID of 1 is a message for performing the second test and is composed of three fields: a transmission target ID, a packet length, and a number of transmitted packets, as shown in FIG. 3 .

4 is an exemplary diagram of a result message having an ID of 0 of an interworking message definition file according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Among the result messages, a message 400 having a message ID of 0 is a result message for the first test and is composed of a result, the length of the relative name array, and the relative name field as shown in FIG. 4 . Here, since the relative name is a string type, a relative name array length field is added in front. The length of the relative name field is specified in this relative name array length.

5 is an exemplary diagram of a result message having an ID of 1 of an interworking message definition file according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A message 500 having a result message ID of 1 is a result message for the second test, and is composed of the total number of received packets, the length of the PeerRxPacket field array, and the PeerRxPacket array as shown in FIG. 5 . The length of the PeerRxPacket array is also indicated by 1 in FIG. 5, as specified in the interworking message configuration definition. As confirmed in the interworking message configuration definition file, it can be seen from FIG. 5 that PeerRxPacket is an RxPacket_t structure type and consists of detailed fields of PeerId and RxPackets, and each occupies a size of 1 or 2 bytes.

In this way, it is possible to generate a transmission control message according to the interworking message configuration definition and read the reception result message accurately.

According to the present invention, it is possible to remove the dependency of the test target equipment 300 of the equipment test control apparatus 100 by reading the interlocking message configuration definition file and dynamically composing the interlocking message. Since interlocking message configuration information is obtained from the device under test 300 to be interlocked, it can be used universally without being dependent on a specific device under test 300 . Accordingly, even if the test target equipment 300 is changed or changed to a different type of test target equipment 300 , the equipment test control device 100 can be used without change.

Embodiments of the present invention may be implemented as a module or apparatus capable of performing each of the above-described methods or each function. In this case, the module may be implemented as one configuration of software and/or hardware. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the above-described method or function may be implemented as processor-readable code on a medium in which a program is recorded. Examples of the processor-readable medium include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage device, etc., and may be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (eg, transmission over the Internet). include

Those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains to the above-described contents can be modified and modified without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments of the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea, but to explain, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be construed by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent range should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims (6)

In the general-purpose QAR (Quality Assurance Requirement) test control method in the test control device,
receiving and storing, by the test control device, an interlocking message configuration definition file defining an interlocking message configuration from the test subject equipment to be tested whether the QAR is satisfied;
generating interworking message configuration information from the interworking message configuration definition file;
A user interface (UI) for issuing a test control command based on the transmission message definition information in the interworking message configuration information, that is, a UI for inputting a control message list of the test control device UI unit and a control item that is a detailed field of each individual control message process of creating;
After establishing an environment for the test to be performed with the test target equipment, recognizing the test items and test factors input from the test operator through the GUI, and generating a control message based on the interworking message configuration information;
transmitting the generated control message to the equipment under test;
receiving, in response to the generated control message, a result message from the equipment under test that performed the test in response to receiving the control message;
The process of finding a result message in the interworking message configuration information, recognizing the value of each field of the received result message, and displaying the result on the test device UI unit;
According to claim 1,
including enumeration definitions, structure definitions, outgoing message definitions, and received message definitions in the interworking message configuration definition file,
The enum definition is:
An enumeration type name indicating a name to be specified as the type type of the detailed field of the structure definition, transmission message definition, and reception message definition definition, an enumeration type description explaining what the enumeration type represents, basic type types of the integer series except string, float, and double an enumeration type representing, and a constituent enumeration definition,
The configuration enumeration definition includes a definition string indicating the meaning of the definition value and a definition value indicating a value to be actually transmitted by replacing the definition string,
The structure definition is
a name to be specified as a type type of the detailed field of the transmission message definition and the received message definition, a structure description describing what the structure represents, and a first configuration field definition;
The first configuration field definition is,
A field name indicating a name to distinguish a field, a field description explaining what the field represents, a field type defined as a basic type and an enumerated type as the type of field value, and a field specifying the length in front of the corresponding field in the case of a character string A general-purpose QAR test control method comprising an array length field size indicating the size of this field to be added.
3. The method of claim 2,
The transmission message definition is,
a message ID that identifies the message, a message name where the user identifies the message as a string rather than an ID, a message description that describes the specific meaning of the message, and a second configuration field definition;
The second configuration field definition is,
A field name that distinguishes a field, a field description that describes what the field represents, a field type defined as one of a basic type, an enumerated type, and a structure type as a field value type, an array indicating whether an array is an array, and an array, A field that specifies the size of the array is added before the corresponding field. It contains the size of the array length field indicating the size of this field,
The received message definition is,
a message ID that identifies the message, a message name where the user identifies the message as a string rather than an ID, a message description that describes the specific meaning of the message, and a third configuration field definition;
The third configuration field definition is,
A field name that distinguishes a field, a field description that describes what the field represents, a field type defined as one of a basic type, an enumerated type, and a structure type as a field value type, an array indicating whether an array is an array, and an array, A general-purpose QAR test control method, characterized in that a field specifying the size of the array is added before the corresponding field, and the size of the array length field indicating the size of this field is included and included.
In the general-purpose QAR (Quality Assurance Requirement) test control device,
an interlocking message configuration definition file storage unit for receiving and storing an interworking message configuration definition file defining an interlocking message configuration from the test target device to be tested whether the QAR is satisfied;
an interworking message configuration unit for generating interworking message configuration information from the interworking message configuration definition file;
A user interface (UI) for issuing a test control command based on the transmission message definition information in the interworking message configuration information, that is, a UI for inputting a control message list of the test control device UI unit and a control item that is a detailed field of each individual control message After creating an environment for the test to be performed with the equipment under test, recognizing the test items and test factors input from the test operator through the GUI, and generating a control message based on the interlocking message configuration information a test control device UI unit; and
and an interlocking message transceiver for transmitting the generated control message to the device under test, and receiving a result message from the device under test that has performed a test as the control message is received in response to the generated control message and
The test control device UI unit,
The general-purpose QAR test control device, characterized in that by finding a result message in the interworking message configuration information, recognizing the value of each field of the received result message, and displaying the result.
5. The method of claim 4,
including enumeration definitions, structure definitions, outgoing message definitions, and received message definitions in the interworking message configuration definition file,
The enum definition is:
An enumeration type name indicating a name to be specified as the type type of the detailed field of the structure definition, transmission message definition, and reception message definition definition, an enumeration type description explaining what the enumeration type represents, basic type types of the integer series except string, float, and double an enumeration type representing, and a constituent enumeration definition,
The configuration enumeration definition includes a definition string indicating the meaning of the definition value and a definition value indicating a value to be actually transmitted by replacing the definition string,
The structure definition is
a name to be specified as a type type of the detailed field of the transmission message definition and the received message definition, a structure description describing what the structure represents, and a first configuration field definition;
The first configuration field definition is,
A field name indicating a name to distinguish a field, a field description explaining what the field represents, a field type defined as a basic type and an enumerated type as the type of field value, and a field specifying the length in front of the corresponding field in the case of a character string A universal QAR test control device, characterized in that it includes an array length field size indicating the size of this field to be added.
6. The method of claim 5,
The transmission message definition is,
a message ID that identifies the message, a message name where the user identifies the message as a string rather than an ID, a message description that describes the specific meaning of the message, and a second configuration field definition;
The second configuration field definition is,
A field name that distinguishes a field, a field description that describes what the field represents, a field type defined as one of a basic type, an enumerated type, and a structure type as a field value type, an array indicating whether an array is an array, and an array, A field that specifies the size of the array is added before the corresponding field. It contains the size of the array length field indicating the size of this field,
The received message definition is,
a message ID that identifies the message, a message name where the user identifies the message as a string rather than an ID, a message description that describes the specific meaning of the message, and a third configuration field definition;
The third configuration field definition is,
A field name that distinguishes a field, a field description that describes what the field represents, a field type defined as one of a basic type, an enumerated type, and a structure type as a field value type, an array indicating whether an array is an array, and an array, A field specifying the size of the array is added before the corresponding field, and the general-purpose QAR test control device, characterized in that it includes and includes the size of the array length field indicating the size of this field.

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