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The toolbar on top of the window allows performing the different operations to configure a test:
Open and Save of a test suite, Adding, or removing new or existing tests to a test suite ... The
caption on the buttons are self-explaining. It is important to mention that, when adding a new test,
a test template will be required. The test templates are files with the extension .TPL, with default
values for all the required parameters. In any case, it is usually simpler to use a pre-defined test,
modify the required values, and save it with another name.
The same operations can be carried out with a context-sensitive menu opened when right-clicking
the selected tree items.
After a test file has been selected, it is possible to transfer the settings (conditions) to the Tag
Analyzer screen (see description of the Get button in the Test Parameter section of the Tag
Analyzer screen description).
5 .1 Te s t t yp e s
There are two different types of tests attending to the test purpose:
• Characterisation tests To be performed in manual mode, the purpose of the
characterisation tests is to provide all the relevant electrical and functional test parameters.
The emphasis is put into the accuracy, so they are not optimized for speed.
• Production tests To be performed mainly in online mode, the purpose of the
production tests is to provide a way to reject all transponders not meeting a specific criteria or
performance limit. They are optimized for speed.
There are different default folders for the different type of tests. Characterisation tests are usually
under Test_Setup/Test_Characterisation, while Production tests are under
Test_Setup/Test_Production. (the SETUPDIR global constant has been defined with the path of
the Test_Setup directory). Please, note that the tests provided with the installation CD-ROM, are
generic tests. The user may need to modify them to adapt the RTS operation to their specific
requirements. It is very common, for example, to change the RF level, or the frequency for a
particular test to work with a certain type of tag.
There are two different types of tests attending to the test characteristics:
• Electrical tests Measurement of electrical characteristics of the transponder.
Resonant Frequency or Q factor are examples of Electrical tests.
• Functional tests To check the transponder operation. Reading data or Writing
information into the tag memory are examples of functional tests.
Electrical and functional test characteristics are defined by a different set of parameters. ANNEX 2
shows the detail of the parameters allowed in the different type of tests.
5 .2 Te s t A rrangement
All the test parameters can be defined in both the test suite of the individual test file. The test suite
parameters will be read first, and if the same parameter is defined again in the individual test, this
value will overwrite the previous parameter value.
It is a good practice (and the default test files included in the installable make use of this
philosophy), to use test files that are common for all the test suites, in order to minimize the
number of test files to be defined.
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