Method for testing embedded wireless transceiver with minimal interaction between wireless transceiver and host processor during testing

A method for testing data signal transmissions of a wireless transceiver embedded within a wireless data communication system that also includes a host processor with minimal interaction between said wireless transceiver and said host processor during said testing, comprising:

• transferring test firmware via said host processor to said wireless transceiver;
• setting said wireless transceiver in a test operation mode;
• transmitting, with said wireless transceiver in accordance with said transferred test firmware and substantially independently of said host processor, a respective plurality of test data packets in response to reception, by said wireless transceiver, of a corresponding one of a plurality of sequential test initiation signals from a control signal source external to said wireless data communication system, wherein each one of said respective plurality of test data packets is substantially unrelated to said corresponding one of a plurality of sequential test initiation signals;
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• determining, with a test system external to said wireless data communication system, validity of each one of said transmitted respective plurality of test data packets irrespective of content of said transmitted respective plurality of test data packets.