Board Test

You can carry out a board test using the tool microDiagnostics. With the board test, you can check the overall functionality of a frame grabber board. The board test entails the performance test which you can also start separately.

To start the board test: 

  1. Open microDiagnostics (<runtime installation directory>/bin/microDiagnostics.exe).
  2. Select the board you want to test.

 

Board not listed?

 

If the frame grabber board you want to test is not listed, update the device driver for the board. How to update your device driver, see section Updating the Device Driver.

   

 

 

Firmware and Device Driver Versions

 

If you encounter problems running tests, compare the runtime requirements for firmware and device driver with your installation.

To run tests in microDiagnostics, the

  • firmware on the frame grabber board and
  • the device driver installed on your system

need to match the requirements of the runtime version you are using.

To solve the problem:

  1. Check the release notes of your runtime version for firmware and driver requirements.
  2. Which firmware is available on your frame grabber, and which device driver is installed on your system you can see in the frame grabber listing in the upper program pane of microDiagnostics:

If the versions don't match:

  1. For instructions how to flash your frame grabber with a new firmware, see Flashing.
  2. For instructions how to update your device driver, see Updating the Device Driver.

The correct, matching device driver version is as default installed on your system together with the runtime software.

   
  1. Start the board test by clicking the according icon from the toolbar, or by selecting from the menu Diagnosis->Board.

The results are displayed in the lower Window pane immediately: 

Logging

You can check the log file containing the data of all your tests:

microDiagnostics is logging all activities carried out during one session (instantiation). As you work with the program, all activities are continuously logged to file. As soon as you close microDiagnostics, the log file is discarded.

To get information out of the log file:

  1. Select category Log from the left-hand panel.
  2. Use the scroll bar to scroll the log file up and down.

 

Repeating Individual Steps

 

The board test is carrying out various tests at once. You can always re-start an individual test by clicking on the Play icon in the Control column.

Alternatively, you can re-start an individual test in loop mode by clicking on the Loop icon in the Control column. To stop the loop, click the Stop lcon in the Control column.