As a factory automation professional, you are probably familiar with how frustrating SECS message testing can be when using some of the existing SECS products on the market. These products have cumbersome user interfaces and programming environments that require more training than they should.

TESTConnect not only provides more functionality than other SECS testing software tools but also eliminates the need for programming expertise. Using the unique features of the TESTConnect explorer, you can build and test messages as well as create SECS communication conversations or scenarios.

TESTConnect provides ease of use making it suitable for process and equipment engineers as well as software engineers.

TESTConnect Components

TESTConnect provides an easy to use (click, drag & drop) method for specifying, verifying, adjusting and documenting equipment interfaces with no coding.

Using TESTConnect

• Build host-side or equipment-side emulators.
  
• Quickly characterize or troubleshoot SECS communications
  
• Validate equipment conformance to factory operation requirements
  
• Validate Host software confirmance to factory operational requirements
  
• Use message dictionary to build equipment driver
  
• Validate new software releases or upgrades before installing on production system 

Building and Testing a SECS Message Definition and Scenario without Coding

TESTConnect Competitive Advantages

• Intuitive explorer & icon based interface insures ease of use as compared to multi-windows & text based interface
  
• No programming or text scripting ensures use by other personnel, as well as software engineers
  
• Icon based SECS message defintion instead of text-based reduces risk of syntax errors
  
• Icon based Scenario scripting instead of programming reduces complexity in building emulators
  
• Runtime translation of Stream and Function to logical names reduces time and effort during testing
  
• Printing feature automatically prints SECS Message Dictionary into SEMI compliant documentation