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US 7,228,461 B2Granted
System, method, and user interface for acceptance testing
AssigneeSiemens Energy & Automation, Inc.
InventorsJames R. Krietemeyer, Stephen Scott Strickland, David M. Farmer, Martin Gehringer
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Abstract
Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method comprising automatically enforcing user compliance with a plurality of predetermined steps of a computer-assisted verification test of a safety feature for a machine system; inducing an error condition in the machine system; and collecting data regarding a response of the machine system to the error condition.
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A method, comprising:
- automatically enforcing user compliance with a plurality of predetermined steps of a computer-assisted verification test of a safety feature for a machine system;
- providing a user interface adapted for selecting a sequential ordering of a plurality of computer-assisted verification tests to perform, the plurality of computer-assisted verification tests comprising the verification test;
- inducing an error condition in the machine system;
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- collecting data regarding a response of the machine system to the error condition.
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A system, comprising:
- a compliance processor adapted to automatically enforce user compliance with a plurality of predetermined steps of a computer-assisted verification test of a safety feature for a machine system said compliance processor adapted to provide a user interface, said user interface adapted for selecting a sequential ordering of a plurality of computer-assisted verification tests to perform, the plurality of computer-assisted verification tests comprising the verification test;
- an error processor adapted to induce an error condition in the machine system;
- a data processor adapted to collect data regarding a response of the machine system to the error condition.
A machine-readable medium containing instructions for activities comprising:
- automatically enforcing user compliance with a plurality of predetermined steps of a computer-assisted verification test of a safety feature for a machine system;
- providing a user interface adapted for selecting a sequential ordering of a plurality of computer-assisted verification tests to perform, the plurality of computer-assisted verification tests comprising the verification test;
- inducing an error condition in the machine system;
- collecting data regarding a response of the machine system to the error condition.
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