Test sequencing method, configuration generating method, and configuration generating apparatus for testing devices according to their communication protocols

A configuration generating method for devices applied to a plurality of connecting ports and applied to at least one external device respectively connected to the connecting ports, the configuration generating method for devices comprising following steps:

• determining a communication protocol type of each of the connecting ports respectively;
• generating a sequence list according to a plurality of device data, wherein each of the device data is corresponding to a communication protocol, at least one of the device data uses a communication protocol of ccTalk protocol and is categorized in a first priority group of the sequence list, at least one of the device data uses a communication protocol of MDB protocol and is categorized in the third sequence group of the sequence list, and the other of the device data different from the at least one of the device data in the first priority group and the at least one of the device data in the third priority group is categorized in a second priority group of the sequence list, and the device data are sequenced on the sequence list according to a sequence of the first priority group, the second priority group, and the third priority group;
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• testing the at least one external device sequentially and generating a communication result according to the sequence list and the at least one device data corresponding to the communication protocol type of the at least one connecting port, and then generating a port configuration file of the at least one connecting port according to the communication result.

A configuration generating apparatus for devices, applied to at least one external device, and the configuration generating apparatus comprising:

• at least one port, respectively used to connect the at least an external device, wherein at least one port corresponds to a communication protocol type;
• a storage unit configured to store a sequence list, the sequence list comprising the plurality of device data, wherein each of the device data is corresponding to a communication protocol, at least one of the device data uses a communication protocol of ccTalk protocol and is categorized in a first priority group of the sequence list, at least one of the device data uses a communication protocol of MDB protocol and is categorized in the third sequence group of the sequence list, and a device data other than those of the first priority group and the third priority group is categorized in a second priority group of the sequence list, and the device data are sequenced on the sequence list according to a sequence of the first priority group, the second priority group, and the third priority group;
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• a controller connected to at least one connecting port and the storage unit, the controller testing the at least one external device sequentially and generating a communication result according to the sequence list and the at least one device data corresponding to the communication protocol type of the at least one connecting port, and then generating a connecting port configuration file of the at least one connecting port according to the communication result.