TestView TCP/UDP/COM Test Program User Manual Ver 2.1 Feb.
Revision History Revision Date Doc Version Pages Description 10/17/2007 1.0 All Written by khheo 11/25/2008 2.0 Partial File Transfer Added by hjnoh 2/19/2010 2.1 Partial Added by ghpark Copyright 2007-2008 SystemBase Co., Ltd. All rights reserved. Website http://www.sysbas.com/ Tel 82-2-855-0501 FAX 82-2-855-0580 16F Daerung Post Tower-1, Guro-dong, Seoul, Korea For any inquiries or comments, contact to tech@sysbas.
Contents TestView Contents Chapter 1. 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Features .................................................................................................................... 1-1 Software .................................................................................................................... 1-1 Hardware................................................................................................................... 1-1 Environment ...................................................
TestView Contents Chapter 6. Settings Menu ............................................................................6-1 6.1 6.2 6.3 Overview ................................................................................................................... 6-1 Macro ........................................................................................................................ 6-1 Font ...........................................................................................................
TestView Chapter 1. Overview Chapter 1. Overview TestView is a serial / socket communication test application running on Windows. It allows exact and smooth test environment for serial Multiports, embedded modules, and device servers manufactured and distributed by SystemBase Co., Ltd. 1.1 Features This application can be used to test ports for almost all Multiport and device server products manufactured and distributed by SystemBase Co., Ltd. z z z z Performance test provides numeric measures.
TestView Chapter 1. Overview 1.4 Environment y y y y y y As the number of test ports increases, more CPU power and higher memory is required. CPU : Pentium 1Ghz or better Memory : 512Mb or higher O/S : Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008/7 CD-ROM : 4X or faster Network : 10M Ethernet or faster 1.
TestView Chapter 2. Installation Chapter 2. Installation Installation process is simple and intuitive. Follow install steps provided below. 2.1 How to Install 1. You can install TestView with the installation CD or the executable file. 2. Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive to see an auto-run menu screen. Select TestView from the menu to start installation. When running with the executable file, simply run TestView_Setup.exe. 3. If successful, you will see the bottom-left window.
TestView Chapter 2. Installation 5. Select start menu folder. You can choose not to create start menu folder. 6. Choose to create a desktop icon and a Quick Launch icon. Click “Next”. 7. Click ”Install”.
TestView 8. Chapter 2. Installation Click “Finish” to complete TestView installation. 2.2 Running(2000/XP/2003) 1. If you have a desktop icon for TestView, double-click the icon to run the application. 2. Otherwise, Select “Start Æ All Programs Æ SystemBase Æ TestView Æ TestView”. 3. If successful, you will see the main window of TestView similar to the one shown below.
TestView Chapter 2. Installation 2.3 Running(Vista/2008/7) 1. It is necessary to setting following methods because of enhanced securities in windows vista/2008/7. 2. Right click “TestView” icon on the desktop, then select “Properties” 3. Select “Shortcut” tab, then click “Advanced”.
TestView 4. Chapter 2. Installation Check “Run as administrator” in “Advanced Properties” window, then click “OK” button.
TestView Chapter 3. Menu Chapter 3. Menu Since TestView has complex menu system, detailed menu description will be provided in the following chapters. This chapter is a brief outline for menu system. From TestView version 2.5, Burning menu is removed and Transfer menu is added. In this manual, previous screenshots from version 2.0, which shows Burning menu instead of Transfer menu, is still used for pages that are not related with those two menus. But from TestView 2.
TestView Chapter 4. Port Menu Chapter 4. Port Menu This chapter describes port menu in the main menu. 4.1 Com Port Open and test Com Ports. TCP/UCP ports are described in the following section. 4.1.1 Features z New windows are available to monitor incoming data to Com Ports. z Throughput is displayed. z Test data can be transferred via COM ports. 4.1.2 Opening Com Ports z Select Port Æ Com Port.
TestView Chapter 4. Port Menu 4.1.3 Open Com Port Configurations Select a beginning port number and assign quantity. Also available are baud rate, data bits, parity bits, and stop bits. (When you assign 64 ports, the system automatically detects COM ports and opens them.) Click “OK” when finished with the configuration. z “Open Com Port” Menu Description y Com Region: 4 ranges can be defined. Each range can support up to 64 ports; 256 ports can be assigned in total. y Com Options: Communication options.
TestView Chapter 4. Port Menu 4.1.4 Com Ports Window Main Menu “COM Ports” menu is presented when you open ports. The following example shows that 8 ports are opened from COM7 to COM14. Buttons affect all ports shown in this window. z Menu description y Connect : Open all or selected ports. y Disconnect : Close all or selected ports. y Setup : Change default communication options for individual ports. y Clear : Initialize all counts for all or selected ports.
TestView Chapter 4. Port Menu 4.1.6 Connect / Disconnect Button Connect option opens selected ports. All menu options are activated after the port is opened. z Use buttons to connect or disconnect all ports displayed in the window. z When you want to connect or disconnect only selected ports, refer to the screenshot below. Ports are connected in this example. 4.1.7 Setup Button The options are identical to what is available in “Open COM Port” menu.
TestView Chapter 4. Port Menu z Option description in “Com Setting” window y Com Options: Communication options. Baudrate: Transmission speed Data Bits: Data Bits setting Parity Bits: Parity Bit setting Stop Bits: Stop bit setting y Flow Control: Select flow control method. y 4.1.8 Clear Button “Clear” button clears all information recorded so far. z Before selecting “Clear” z After selecting “Clear” 4.1.9 Send Data/Stop Data Send pattern data.
TestView Chapter 4. Port Menu 4.1.10 Start Throughput/Stop Throughput Select “Start Throughput” to see Transmit/Receive throughput. Average data per second is calculated from the time start button is pressed. Select “Stop Throughput” to stop calculating. 4.1.11 Terminal Monitor incoming COM port data. The background color for COM port terminals is black. 4.1.12 Add Port Add additional ports. Refer to 4.1.3 Open Com Port Configuration for more details.
TestView Chapter 4. Port Menu 4.2 TCP/UDP Port This option allows testing TCP Server/Client and UDP protocols. 4.2.1 Opening Ports Select Port Æ TCP/UDP Port from the menu. 4.2.2 Open TCP/UDP Port Configuration Set connection type, protocols, IP Address, Start port, and Quantity. z “Open TCP/UDP Port” Options y There are four Connection Type options available. TCP Client : Connect to the remote TCP server. Set server’s IP address and the port. TCP Server : Run the TCP server with the PC.
TestView Chapter 4. Port Menu 4.2.3 TCP Client Configuration z Test tips y From the TCP client, “Connect” and “Send Data” to the server to send pattern data. Select “Start Throughput” to calculate average throughput. y Click “Terminal” to monitor incoming data. y Click “Clear” when you want to reset all information recorded so far. y Select “Data Stop” and “Disconnect” if you want to quit the connection. z Set the remote server IP address and the port number.
TestView Chapter 4. Port Menu z Click “Terminal” button to monitor test pattern data displayed in the window. 4.2.4 TCP Server Configuration z When you select TCP Server, the current IP address of the PC is automatically assigned. Enter the beginning port number in the ‘Start Port’ field. Up to 64 ports can be assigned to maximum 4 servers.
TestView Chapter 4. Port Menu z When you select ‘Connect’ in the TCP Server mode, the status changes to ‘Waiting..’. z When you connect to the server from remote sites, destination IP address and data are displayed in the terminal window. Click ‘Send Data’ to send pattern data. Incoming data is displayed in the terminal window, just as in COM port mode. The difference is in background color of the terminal; it is blue in TCP mode.
TestView Chapter 4. Port Menu 4.3 Open This option is used when restoring previous configurations to another setting. When you need to configure same settings to multiple devices, this option can be handy. z This menu opens INI configuration files. 4.4 Save This option is used when saving current configurations to a file. When you need to configure same settings to multiple devices, this option can be handy. z This menu saves settings in INI configuration file format. 4.5 Exit Terminate the program.
TestView Chapter 5. File Transfer Menu Chapter 5. File Transfer Menu 5.1 Summary You can transfer file through serial COM Ports in File Transfer Menu. Go to Menu Æ Transfer Æ File Send to open File Send window or File Receive to open File Receive window. 5.2 Menu File Transfer window looks as follows. It is divided into three categories, COM Port, Transfer Option and Transfer Status. Notice that only COM Port category is activated.
TestView Chapter 5. File Transfer Menu 5.2.1 COM Port You can configure COM Port settings in COM Port category. y y y y y y Port Number: Select port number Baud Rate: Select baud rate Parity: Select parity bits Data Bits: Select Data bits. Stop Bits: Select stop bits Flow Control: Select flow control option. 5.2.2 Transfer Option You can configure transfer options in Transfer Option category. Options are different between File Send and File Receive.
TestView Chapter 5. File Transfer Menu 5.2.3 Transfer Status Transfer Status Category displays file transfer status. y y y y y y y y y y y Status: Shows file transfer status. Elapsed Time: Shows elapsed time. Remaining Time: Shows estimated remaining time. Total Bytes: Shows total size of the file being transferred. Sent (Received) Bytes: Shows total sent (received) bytes. Remaining Bytes: Shows total bytes left to be transferred. Transfer Rate: Shows the transferred bytes rate in percentage.
TestView Chapter 5. File Transfer Menu 5.3 Transferring Files In order to transfer file through file transfer menu, you need two COM ports, one for file send and the other for file receive. Keep in mind that COM port settings and file transfer protocol should be the same for both COM ports. 5.3.1 Sending File 1. Go to Menu Æ Transfer Æ File Send and open File Send window. Configure COM Port settings and click “Connect”. 2. Specify the transfer protocol and the file to be sent.
TestView 3. Chapter 5. File Transfer Menu Click “Send” and the file sending will start. You can see that “Status” has changed to “Waiting to send…”. 5.3.2 Receiving File 1. Go to Menu Æ Transfer Æ File Receive and open File Receive window. Configure COM Port settings and click “Connect” 2. Specify the transfer protocol and the directory where the received file will be saved. You can either type manually or use “Search” button to specify the destination directory.
TestView Chapter 5. File Transfer Menu 3. Click “Receive” and the file receiving will start. You can see that “Status” has changed to “Waiting to receive…” 4. Once file sending and receiving is done correctly, file transfer will begin. 5. You can use the “Cancel” button on Transfer Status to cancel transfer.
TestView Chapter 6. Settings Menu Chapter 6. Settings Menu 6.1 Overview General options used in TestView can be set up with this menu. Macro is used to simply transmit predefined pattern data with a simple function key. Font can be changed with the Font menu. 6.2 Macro Assign pattern data to be transmitted when you press F1 to F12 keys. 6.3 Font Change fonts displayed in the terminal window.
TestView Chapter 7. Windows Menu Chapter 7. Windows Menu 7.
TestView Chapter 7. Windows Menu 7.
TestView Chapter 8. Uninstalling TestView Chapter 8. Uninstalling TestView z Start -> All Programs -> SystemBase -> TestView -> Uninstall TestView z Select ‘Yes’ from the confirmation dialog box. z Uninstall status is shown in the progress bar. z After uninstall is complete, the success message is displayed.
