Automate OPC Server Testing with Visual OPCTest Validator

Tech Notes Listing

Tech Note 1
Setup Standard Test Cases using Validate Script Wizard - Data Access
Show how the Wizard generates basic OPC Data Access test setup. Explain
the Data Access test options, and analyze Wizard generated code. Create
a baseline for fully automatic test procedure.

Tech Note 2
Setup Standard Test Cases using Validate Script Wizard - Alarm & Events
Show how the Wizard generates basic OPC Alarm & Events test setup. Explain
the Alarm & Events test options, and analyze Wizard generated code. Create
a baseline for fully automatic test procedure.

Tech Note 3
Setup Standard Test Cases using Validate Script Wizard - Historical Data Access
Show how the Wizard generates basic OPC Historical Data Access test setup. Explain
the Historical Data Access test options, and analyze Wizard generated code. Create
a baseline for fully automatic test procedure.

Tech Note 4
Setup Standard Test Cases using Validate Script Wizard - Batch
Show how the Wizard generates basic OPC Batch test setup. Explain the Batch
test options, and analyze Wizard generated code. Create a baseline for fully
automatic test procedure.

Tech Note 5
Setup Standard Test Cases using Validate Script Wizard - Data eXchange
Show how the Wizard generates basic OPC Data exchange test setup. Explain
the Data exchange test options, and analyze Wizard generated code. Create
a baseline for fully automatic test procedure.

Tech Note 6
Automatic Test Procedure to Generate Report File and Email Notification
Setup fully automatic test procedure, including execution of individual standard
test cases, collecting test data, generating test report, and emailing this report.
Test procedure is done automatically during script execution.

Tech Note 7
Automatically Store Test Results in a Database
Run automatic test procedure and store any failed test case data in an external
database. Once test completes, email notification is generated including test
statistics and database information.

Tech Note 8
Read Data from OPC Server and Store It in a Spreadsheet
Setup a synchronous read from DEVICE to collect values, qualities, timestamps,
and error codes. Control the number of read commands and the time interval
between reads. Store collected read data dynamically in a spreadsheet.

Tech Note 9
Use Batch File to Automatically Execute Test Procedure
Shows how to setup a batch file to execute multiple script commands. Describe
the usage of automatic application shutdown function to close the Visual OPCTest
Validator from within a running script, allowing other batch commands to execute.

Tech Note 10
Check OPC Server For Memory Leaks
Create test loop to allocate and de-allocate OPC Data Access server resources.
Monitor memory usage and report its difference at the end of the test run. Display
test results in the ScriptOut view.

Tech Note 11
Automatically Store Test Results in a Custom XML Report File
Setup fully automatic test procedure to execute test cases and store test
data in a custom XML report. The XML report is generated programmatically
and may be changed based on specific requirements. Generated XML report
file is then emailed to the development group.