Integrating XJTAG with other software

XJTAG can be integrated with other test systems and environments at a software level, hardware level, or both.

These integration capabilities give the user flexibility, allowing them to design the type of overall test system they want. XJTAG can either be used in a way that best suits an existing environment, or it can be used as the basis of a test system that then integrates with other test equipment.

XJTAG supports integration in both directions – XJRunner and XJAnalyser can be controlled by other software to perform tests as part of a larger system in a lab or in production, while XJDeveloper and XJRunner can call other software to perform tasks during the testing controlled by XJTAG.

The standard interface for running XJTAG tests is XJRunner, an easy to use, graphical run-time environment. However, these JTAG boundary scan based tests can also be integrated into many other test executives and run from those by using the XJIntegration API. This interface gives other software access to the functionality of both XJRunner and XJAnalyser.

Whether you’ve written bespoke code in something like C# or Python, created tests in applications like LabVIEW, LabWindows/CVI, or ATEasy, or organised them in test executives such as TestStand, XJTAG is able to support integration.

Integrating XJTAG boundary scan into LabVIEW-based test systems is easy, thanks to the full set of XJTAG Virtual Instruments (VIs) that is included with the XJTAG software.

XJTAG tests can also be run as part of a CVI test system using the supplied .NET standard windows programming interface. Integration with LabWindows/CVI from National Instruments is fully supported.

XJIntegration can be used in applications created using frameworks that provide access to .NET assemblies. It can therefore be used by applications developed within ATEasy from Marvin Test Solutions and similar programs.

A full set of TestStand sequences (based on XJIntegration) is freely available, making it quick and easy to integrate XJTAG testing into your TestStand system.

XJTAG boundary scan tests can be run from Python code and .NET framework apps written in C# or other languages, giving your programs access to the functionality of XJRunner and XJAnalyser.

XJTAG has significant levels of software integration with several other equipment vendors to help maximise test coverage and reduce test time.

In particular, integrations with SPEA’s Leonardo software, Takaya’s APT-1400F/APT-1600F flying probe systems, and Keysight’s BTBasic environment allow a high degree of interaction between XJTAG and the other test system.

XJRun is a command-line version of XJRunner, allowing other software to run XJTAG tests via a command line call when it is difficult to use a closer integration.

XJRun can be configured to run any individual test or group of tests within an XJTAG test setup. XJRun returns a value that can be used as a simple pass/fail result or as a way to pass more informative error codes to the caller, depending on the control software’s capabilities.

XJTAG is able to make calls to other software via two mechanisms. The first is by executing commands via the windows command line, and returning the results. The other ability XJRunner has is to make calls to .NET Framework DLLs/assemblies from test scripts, in which case it is possible to send data to or obtain data from the other software assembly.

If you have questions about how you might integrate XJTAG into your test system, or you are using an ATE equipment vendor which you think we might be able to integrate with, please contact us.