Test stand for confronting a test piece with a simulated electrical fault

A test stand that is configured to confront a test piece with a simulated electrical fault, including a central fault control unit for orchestrating the simulated electrical faults;

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• including at least one first local node that is configured to carry out a fault simulation prompted by the fault control unit by activating a first switch arrangement for falsifying selected electrical currents in the test stand;
• characterized in that the fault control unit is configured to create a first abstract fault description that specifies at least one first electrical fault to be applied to a first electrical line and to transmit it to the first local node;
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• the first local node is configured to derive from the first abstract fault description a first activation rule for the first switch arrangement that is suitable for applying the first electrical fault to the first electrical line
• and to apply the first electrical fault to the first electrical line by activating the first switch arrangement according to the first activation rule.