Distributed systems in test environments

In an instrument which is started as an instrumentation tool, a method for conducting a test in a distributed fashion, the method comprising the steps of:

• receiving at least a portion of a test generated in a client device that is internal to the instrumentation tool, wherein the test evaluates parameters and characteristics of one or more units under test;
• performing the at least a portion of a test to obtain results of the at least a portion of the test wherein the step of performing comprises the steps of:
• stopping using the instrument as an instrumentation tool, and
• using the instrument as a technical computing worker for a faster computation of the test in a testing environment unavailable when the instrument is used as the instrumentation tool;
• and
• returning the results, the results including:
• displaying one or more of the results, or
• storing one or more of the results.

A computer program product holding instructions executable in a computational device, the program product comprising:

• starting the device as an instrumentation tool as a default setting;
• stopping the device as the instrumentation tool;
• starting the device as a technical computing worker, where operating the device as a technical computing worker is independent of operating the device as the instrumentation tool;
• generating a test in the test environment for testing one or more units under test to evaluate parameters and characteristics of the one or more units under test;
• and
• distributing at least a portion of the test to a remote instrument for a distributed performance of the test, wherein the remote instrument includes a worker for performing at least a portion of the test generated in the client device.

A computer program product holding instructions executable in a computational device, comprising:

• starting an instrument as an instrumentation tool;
• receiving at least a portion of a test generated in a client device, wherein the test evaluates parameters and characteristics of one or more units under test;
• performing the at least a portion of a test to obtain results of the at least a portion of the test, wherein the step of performing comprises the steps of:
• stopping using the instrument as an instrumentation tool, and
• starting the instrument as a technical computing worker for a faster computation of the test;
• and
• returning the results, wherein the instrument includes a worker for providing a test environment that enables the instrument to conduct at least a portion of a test generated in a client device.