ETS Configuration

Each ETS is supplied in the form of a package containing the full environment needed to execute the ETS. In this package, all the files depending on the ETS include a basename corresponding to the generic name of the ETS. In this help the basename is replaced by the ETS string.

The Clarinet application runs the ETS by operating the Tester-profiles in User-Program behaviour. The User-Program can be applied on signalling link (ETS for ISDN, QSIG, V5, ATM, SS7) or Data Link (ETS for IP, H323, Frame Relay, X25).

Profiles in the ETS directory 

Profiles ready to be executed are automatically installed in each ETS folder. This includes the following components:

• Profile to be executed by the Tester in User program mode. Each of them includes the reference to the following files:
  • Executable files (.exe)
  • TestCases list (.tda)
  • PICS/PIXIT file (.pia)
• Optional "init" profile when the connection between the TESTER and the SUT has to be verified and initialized before running the ETS by launching some call simulation profile (especially for ISDN BRI ETS).
• Some IUT profiles for ETS checking. They allow the simulation of IUT behaviour.

Profile configuration of the Tester 

According to the ATS and the compilation options, compilation can generate:

• A single program for all the Test Cases which can be run by Test Case.
• A series of programs grouping certainTest Cases. Each ETSxxx.EXE User program executes a group of Test Cases for a STATE or for a STATE+TYPE pair.

Most of the ETS have only a single executable file automatically chaining the full series of TestCases.

The execution parameters of the User program are the following:

• Program name: name of the user program to be launched. The programs associated with the ETS-xxx can be relative to a group of Test Cases (Q931 or Q931 states for example).
• Parameters:
  • Test descriptor file.
  • PICS/PIXIT file.
  • Option to specify whether the field Length of the ASN.1 BER encoding is indefinite or has a fixed value.
  • Option enabling addition of a waiting time in seconds before the execution of the first Test Case, and between the end of execution of a Test Case and the beginning of execution of the next one.

TTCN-ETS event trace

The Clarinet-System package provides a TTCN trace during execution of an ETS.

The Protocol Event-Editor provides access to edition of TTCN events as well as protocol events. The display of TTCN events depends on the specifications of the current protocol filter.

TTCN-ETS report

At each profile execution a result report is written in an ASCII file (ETSyy.RES). For each test, the file includes the following information:

• The test launching date.
• The end-of-test date.
• The test result.

The ETSyy.RES name is associated with that of the ETSyy.EXE User program executed by the profile.

Documentation

The documentation common to all the ETS is included in the standard Clarinet Help file. The specific documentation concerning an ETS is included in each related package as files in MS-Word or PDF format.

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