TW449684B - An automatic testing PCMCIA card method - Google Patents

Abstract

It is an automatic testing PCMCIA card method. It first loads the control panel prime library and proceeds query and display PCMCIA module through the application interface. It uses SetwindowsHook function to load dynamic link library (DLL) and queries the address of Text Out function in PCMCIA ModuleList to catch and store data. It stores the description value of peripherals into a list and compares the description value with the data that is caught and stored in ModuleList to complete correct or wrong testing reports.

Description

4 49684 V. Description of the invention (1) [Field of the invention] The present invention is a method for testing PCMCIA cards, especially a method for automatically testing PCMC IA cards. [Background of the Invention] The PCMC IA (Persoaa1 Computer Memory Card International Association) is a memory card standard jointly developed by the United States and Japan. It is specifically responsible for formulating connection standards for peripheral devices of portable computers. PCMCIA is also designed to be converted to other interfaces, such as PCMCIA to SCSI 'PCMCIA to IDE, etc., which can allow portable computers to use a variety of interface devices of personal computers. At present, three different interfaces of PCMCIA I 'PCMCIA II and PCMCIA III have appeared in portable computers. PCMCIA III cards are twice as thick as PCMCIA II, and PCMCIA I is the thinnest. The function of PCMCIA card is mainly used to expand the capacity of portable computers, so that it can access expansion memory, network cards, modems, SCSI devices (such as high-capacity hard disks, scanners), the general PCMC IA can reach 6 The 4MB capacity is about the size of a normal credit card, with 16-bit pins and 68 pins, but the thickness varies depending on the computer used. The ability to support Plug and Play in most bandable computers' even supports Hot P 1 ug (you can use it directly without rebooting) 〇 But recently there are also portable computer manufacturers developing a new generation of card-type Interface card standard PC Card Standard, using a 32-bit bus CardBus, plus a clock of 20/3 3MHZ, provides a transfer rate of l32MBps, basically it uses the PC I bus technology to provide Notebook

pise 8 4 1-5. Description of the invention (2) The interface of the PCMCIA interface card on the computer also uses a 68-pin interface. There are three levels of communication in the peripheral equipment connection standards formulated by PCMCIA. Including driver layer, interface card service layer, and deck service layer. Any programming that can support the PCMC IA specification must define and call the functions of each layer according to this standard. The conventional PCMC IA program call method is vertical, and the user application must first call the driver layer. The driver layer then calls the interface card service layer and the socket service layer in order to communicate with the personal computer interface controller (Personal Computer).

Interface Control (PCIC) hardware layer communication. The driver layer serves drivers for various peripheral devices, such as modems, network cards, optical drives, etc. The card service layer is like the BIOS of the personal computer command, which is responsible for communicating with low-level devices, such as I / 〇 璋, I RQ setting, etc .; the role of the interface card service layer is like the operating system of the personal computer, which is responsible for communicating with Hardware-independent services and call deck service layer, but not directly communicate with the hardware interface. In each layer of the call, the interface card service layer and the deck service layer can be developed by the programmer or purchased ready-made software, but the driver layer must write the call according to the specifications of the interface card service layer and the deck service layer. Function. This is a big problem for drivers that have been developed and do not support the PCMC I A card. Because if you want to rewrite its driver to support the PCMCIA card, the programmer must learn the pCMCIA standard and be familiar with how to use the function functions called by PCMC I A, which will increase the extra manpower and time. Therefore, the specifications, types, and peripherals of the P C M C I A card,

68 4- V. Description of the invention (3) For users, a complete standardized test report is very important. It is relatively important to standardize a set of procedures for testing PCMCIA cards and to produce standardized tests. However, the way to test PCMCIA cards is relatively important. In terms of traditional methods, testing is performed manually, which not only wastes time and manpower, but also does not have a standardized test method 2 to improve efficiency and test accuracy, and it is impossible to generate relative test reports according to user requirements. [Summary of the invention] The purpose of the present invention is to propose a method for automatically testing a PCMCIA card, which can not only solve the problem of wasting time and manpower caused by the traditional method of manual testing, but also can standardize a set of testing methods to Improve efficiency and test accuracy 'and generate relative test reports based on user requirements. '' A method for automatically testing a PCMC IA card provided in the present invention. The main operation flow modules include a console library (Contr〇1 panel Ubfaq, c PL) module, a display data interception module, and a registration database. Reading module, comparison module and finally generated report module. 'First load the console main library, and use the console library application interface' to query and display the p CMCIA module; use the hook function (SetwindowsHook) to load the Dynamic Link Library (DLL) ' And in the PCMCIA module list (ModuleList), «sentence text output (TextOut) function address, to intercept and store data; store the description value of peripheral devices in a list; according to the peripheral device stored in the list Descriptive value, with the list of modules from PCMC 丨 A

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V. Description of the invention (4) The data intercepted and stored in (ModuleList) is compared for completing the correct or incorrect test report. The detailed content and technology of the present invention are described below in conjunction with the drawings: [Simplified description of the drawings] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of a functional module according to the present invention; Figure 2 is a console library (Control Panel Library (CPL) module flowchart; Figure 3 is the flowchart of the display data interception module according to the present invention; Figure 4 is the register database data reading module flow according to the present invention; and Figure 5 is the basis Comparison module flowchart of the present invention; [Symbol description] 10 Control Panel Library (CPL) module 20 Display data interception module 30 Registration library data reading module 40 Comparison module 50 Report module steps 6 0 Query console main library step 70 Load library step 80 Determine whether to load step 90 Quit test step 100 by console library application interface step 1 1 0 Query PCMCIA module

^ 49 6 0 4 — V. Description of the invention (5) Step 1 2 0 Determine whether the PCMC module is found. Step 130 Eliminate the library. Step 140 Display the PCMCIA module. Step 150 Use the hook function (SetwindowsHook) to load the dynamic chain. End the library (Dynamic Link Library, DLL) Step 160 Whether the load is successful Step 170 In the PCMCIA module list (ModuleList) 41 Query the function k address of the text output (TextOut) Step 180 Whether the text output (Text〇ut) is found Function address Step 190 Replace the standard text output (TextOut) with a custom text output (1'6} ^ 〇1 ^) Step 200 Force a window update Step 2 1 0 Capture and save data Step 2 2 0 Restore the standard text Output (TextOut) Step 230 Unhook Step 24 0 Open the peripheral device key value Step 250 Search all sub-key values Step 260 Read the description value of the peripheral device from each key value Step 270 The description of the peripheral device The value is stored in a list. Step 2 80 Read the description of the first item in the list. Step 2 9 0 Determine whether it is the same as the data intercepted and stored in step 2 0. Step 3 00 produces a correct Whether the test report Step 310 reads down the list describes a value determined in step 320 the list is empty

ί 9 6S4 V. Description of the invention (6) Step 3 3 0 Generate an erroneous test report [Detailed description of the invention] The present invention proposes a procedure for automatically testing a Pd IA card. The main operation flow is shown in Fig. 1: Contains the console library (c〇ntr〇1

Panel Library (CPL) module 10, display data interception module 20, register library data reading module 3 0, comparison module 4 0 and report module 5 0. Each module is described below as follows: Figure 2 shows the console library (c〇ntr0; [Panel

Library ‘CPL) add-on module flowchart. First start the program of the PCMCIA card 'Then query the main library of the console (step 60) to load the library (step 70)' and determine whether it is loaded (step 80), if not, exit the test ( Step 9 〇); If there is a loading library, then use the console library application interface (Step 10) to query the PCMCIA module (Step 110) 'and determine whether the PCMC IA module is found (Step 1 2 0), if no 'is found, the library is dismissed (step 13 0), and the test is exited (step 9 0); if found, the PCMCIA module is displayed (step 140) to complete the console library (CPL ) The process of adding modules. At this time, the 'Control Panel Library (CPL) module will display the interface data of a PCMC IA card. Then, the interface data of the PCMCIA card shown above is intercepted, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a display data interception module according to the present invention. Use the hook function (SetwindowsHook) to load the Dynamic Link Library (DLL) (step 150), and determine whether the load was successful (step 160) 'If it is not loaded, exit the test (step 9 0 ), If there is a load, query the text output in the PCMCIA module list (ModuleList)

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(TextOut) function address (step 17), then determine whether the function address of the text output (TeXt〇Ut) is found (step 180), if not found, = exit the test (step 90); if found, then Replace the standard text output (Text〇ut) with the self-defined text = (JextOut) (step 190) with the mandatory view @update (step 〇〇) 'Intercept and save the data (step 2 丨 〇), After the data is stored, restore the standard TextOut (step 220, 220), and release the hook function (Unh00k) (step 23)) to complete the process of displaying the data loading module. "". The next test step is to store all the description data related to the peripheral device in a list to compare whether the data intercepted and stored in step 2 丨 is the same "to achieve the purpose of automatic testing. Fig. 4 is a flowchart of a register data reading module according to the present invention. First open the peripheral device key value (step 24), then search all sub-key values (step 250), then read the description value of the peripheral device from each key value (step 260), and finally store the description value of the peripheral device In a list (step 270), the process of registering the library data reading module is completed. At this time, the entire procedure of automatically testing the PCMC IA card enters the final comparison procedure ', and Figure 5 is a flowchart of the comparison module according to the present invention. First read the description value of the first item in the list (step 280), and then determine whether it is the same as the data intercepted and stored in step 210 (step 29). If they are the same, a correct test report is generated (step 3 〇〇); if not, then read the next description value in the list (step 3 1 〇), and determine whether the list is empty (step 3 2 0), if the list is empty, an error is generated Test report (step 3 3 0), otherwise return to step 2 90 and execute the next description value

V. Comparison of invention description (8). Although the present invention is disclosed in the foregoing preferred embodiment as above, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Any person skilled in the art can make some modifications and retouching without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The scope of protection of the invention shall be determined by the scope of the attached patent application.

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Claims (1)

^ 496_2_4_ VI. Scope of patent application 1. A method for automatically testing PCMC IA card, the method includes at least the following steps: Provide a Control Panel Library (CPL) module, and use the application of the control panel library Interface to query and display the PCMCIA module; provide a display data interception module to intercept and store the text output in the PCMC ΙΑ module list (ModuleList); provide a registration library; data reading module Group to store the peripheral device description values in a list; 'I provides a comparison module, according to which the stored peripheral device description values are intercepted and stored from the PCMCIA module list (ModuleList) The text output (TextOut) is compared; and a report module is generated to display a correct or incorrect test report of the PCMCIA card. 2 · The method for automatically testing the PCMC〗 A card as described in item 1 of the scope of patent application, wherein the above-mentioned loading and storing of the text output (Text〇ut) is loaded into a dynamic link library using a hook function (SetwindowsHook) (Dynamic Link Library, DLL) is completed. 3. The method for automatically testing a pcMCIA card as described in item} of the patent application scope, wherein the above text output (TextOut) is a custom text output (TextOut) instead of the standard text output (Dextut). 4. The method for automatically testing the pCMC 丨 A card as described in item} of the patent application scope, wherein the above-mentioned peripheral device description value is read from the peripheral device key value. 5. A method for automatically testing PCMCIA cards, which is characterized by: Page 12 4 49 6 6 4 6. The scope of patent application is controlled by a Control Panel Library (CPL) module 'to query and display the pc μ c IA module, and then a display data interception module The group 'intercept and store the data in the PCMCIA module list (ModuleList)' compares the data with the data of a database data reading module to generate a report module. 6. The method for automatically testing a pCMCIA card as described in item 5 of the scope of patent application, wherein the above query and display show that the PCMC I A module is completed using the application interface of the console library. 7. The method for automatically testing a PCMC 丨 A card as described in item 5 of the scope of patent application, wherein the data in the above-mentioned PCMCIA module list (ModuleList) is a text output (Tex tOu t). 8 The method for automatically testing the pcMC IA card as described in item 7 of the scope of the patent application, wherein the above text output (Tex to) is used to load a Dynamic Link Library 'DLL using a hook function (SetwindowsHook) )carry out. 9 _ The method for automatically testing PCMC [A card] as described in item 7 of the scope of patent application, wherein the above text output (Tex tOut) is to replace the standard text output (TextOut) with a custom text output (TextOut). 10 · The method for automatically testing a P C M C I A card as described in item 5 of the scope of patent application, wherein the data of the above-mentioned register data reading module is a peripheral device profile. ; 1 1. The method for automatically testing the PCMC IA card as described in item 10 of the scope of patent application, wherein the above-mentioned peripheral device description value is read from the key value of the peripheral device 449684, Patent application scope 12 2. The method for automatically testing the PCMC IA card as described in item 5 of the patent application scope, wherein the above-mentioned report module is used to display the test report of the PCMC IA card that is correct or incorrect. Page 14