System for and method of performing device-oriented tests

A method of sequentially connecting one or more testing devices to I/O ports of a DUT through a switching network, so as to execute a predetermined testing procedure associated with the DUT, comprising:

• generating a switching network map defining one or more connections within the switching network necessary to implement each of a plurality of electrical paths from an input of the switching network to an output of the switching network, wherein each of the plurality of electrical paths is representative of a connection of one of the testing devices to one of the I/O ports of the DUT;
• receiving one or more commands, wherein each of the commands uniquely specifies an electrical path connecting a particular testing device to a particular I/O port of the DUT;
• and,
• for each of the one or more commands, comparing the command to the switching network map so as to identify a corresponding electrical path through the switching network, and implementing the corresponding electrical path associated the command through the switching network;
• and,
• sequentially implementing the electrical paths corresponding to the one or more commands in a predetermined order.