Acoustic system quality assurance and testing

A system for testing an acoustic system including a testing device, the testing device comprising:

• an interface adapted to communicatively interface with a plurality of channels of the acoustic system;
• a switch matrix communicatively coupled with the interface and adapted to select one of the plurality of channels and receive a signal from the acoustic system via the selected one of a plurality of channels, wherein the signal includes a pattern of pulses;
• a pulse detection module communicatively coupled with the switch matrix and adapted to detect at least one pulse from the pattern pulses of the signal;
• an echo pulse synthesizer communicatively coupled with the switch matrix and pulse detection module and adapted to respond to the signal from the acoustic system by generating an echo pulse based on the detected at least one pulse wherein the echo pulse mimics a response to the detected at least one pulse for a selected acoustic probe;
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• a computational unit communicatively coupled with the interface, switch matrix, pulse detection module, and echo pulse synthesizer, wherein the computational unit is adapted match the pattern of pulses to an expected pulse pattern for the acoustic system.

A machine-readable medium having stored thereon a series of instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to test an acoustic system by:

• receiving a signal from the acoustic system at a testing device coupled with the acoustic system via one of a plurality of channels between the acoustic system and the testing device, wherein the signal includes a pattern of pulses;
• detecting at least one pulse from the pattern pulses of the signal with the testing device, wherein detecting the at least one pulse comprises matching the pattern of pulses to an expected pulse pattern for the acoustic system;
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• responding to the signal from the acoustic system by generating an echo pulse with the testing device based on the detected at least one pulse wherein the echo pulse mimics a response to the detected at least one pulse for a selected acoustic probe.