Serial number in Certification Template

[malte]

Hi there,
we have just upgraded to BurnIn 5.1pro, and now I have to figure out some issues.

1. I'd like to use this fancy tool that creates a Testcertificate out of my html Template. Everything looks fine, but unfortunatly the S/N and the Note is not printed into the html document like it's done in the BIT.LOG. Is there a setting I can use to have the Serial Number?
2. I have to ask the tester to enter S/N, Tester Number, Product name. Everything that is written in the machin notes, normally I could do that with help of a batch file. But how to pass that information to BurnIn Test? It should be a kind of automation, the test should not start before these fields are filled in.
3. I have to create a logfile name out of the Serial number something like R1000XYZ.log or .html that information also needs to passed to BurnIn test.

Thanks for your help
Malte

[werther]

serial no is listed in "system component" section. notes is not on certificate.

[malte]

Hi,
yes werther you're right I should not have so much coffee. Thanks!

I'm just trying to build up a new test environment for our production line. Does anybody have an idea regarding the problem numbers 2 and 3?

[Ian (PassMark)]

1) Yes the Serial number is there. We are adding Notes to the Customer Certificate. It will be in the next minor release, currently planned for late next week.

2, 3) Two options to set the serial number, machine type, log file and notes from an external application before starting a test. Unfortunately not the Customer name or the technician name - we will look at this in a future release:

(i) Write a pre-test application that creates a "sub-script" file (like a mini BurnInTest script file) that sets the following parameters before BurnInTest starts the test:

SETSERIAL < Serial Number >
SETSERIAL "1234-shdfgdhs-GHGHG"

SETMACHINETYPE < Machine Name>
SETMACHINETYPE "Dell XPS800"

SETNOTES <Notes >
SETNOTES "Test notes defined by the external application."

SETLOG <Filename>
SETLOG "C:\Program Files\Plugin\plugin_log"

See:
- Help, Test preferences - Pre-Test: Run external application &wait for it to exit (Passing configuration information from an external program to BurnInTest).
- The following zip file contains an example pre-test application that does this (you will need a C compiler - but it is an example):
http://www.passmark.com/ftp/BurnInTe...ple_plugin.zip


(ii) You could have your batch file create a BurnInTest script file and run the script file. In the script file you would do the same as above.

Regards,
Ian (PassMark)

[malte]

Hi Ian,
thanks for your reply, I'm looking forward for the next update.

Unfortunatly I'm not very familiar with coding in C, I only had some basic training with C++yet. I'll see if I can handle that, I already had a look at the sample Plugins code. I still would prefere a batch file, because I feel more safe with it.

But I just have an idea, I'll post my results here. It should be possible to create such a sub-script with batch commands also.

It's a very big issue, that it's not possible to set Technicians Name. In our case we would use a number not the real name, but that's no matter. Do you have a rough schedule for this feature?

Best regards
Malte

[Ian (PassMark)]

Within a month - hopefully sooner.
Ian

[malte]

Hi Ian,
that sounds good so far.

By the way I succeeded with my batch file!

@echo off
rem BurnIn Test pre-Testsetup by Malte
color 57
if exist tmp-script.txt del tmp-script.txt
:start
set /p _tech=enter Tester ID: 
set /p _sn=enter Serial Number: 
set /p _mod=enter Model Number: 
set /p _fa=enter Assembly Order Number: 
cls
echo.
echo       roda Computer GmbH
echo      ----------------------------------------------
echo.
echo                roda BurnIn-Test starter
echo.
echo      ----------------------------------------------
echo.
echo            Tester ID:      %_tech%
echo            Computer S/N:   %_sn% 
echo            Model:          %_mod%
echo            Assembly order: %_fa%
echo.            
echo.            
echo.  
echo      ----------------------------------------------
echo        (C) 2006 Malte
echo      ----------------------------------------------
echo       Everything correct? Press crt+c to cancle
pause
echo SETLOG "%_sn%.log" >> tmp-script.txt
echo SETMACHINETYPE "%_mod%" >> tmp-script.txt
echo SETSERIAL "%_sn%" >> tmp-script.txt
echo SETNOTES "%_fa%" >> tmp-script.txt
type tmp-script.txt >> bit-script-input.txt

That is the initial batch file. Because I'm running several test configurations, I have to run the following script before each following test:

type tmp-script.txt >> bit-script-input.txt

It's working fine actually.

Have a nice Day
Malte

[thanh]

Serial number in the Bios

Hi,

I would like BIT to get the serial number and system model flashed into the Bios to the log file since the log file produced in winPE and actual winXP contain a different name ( host name )
Do we have any available solution?

Thanks
Thanh

[malte]

Hi thanh,
I gues it will only work if you have a third party application, that can read that information from BIOS (DMI) and write the BIT commands to the subscript.

That sounds very intersting, please let me know if you've found a solution, because we're doing exactly the same. Flashing that information to BIOS, and than manually enter again for the BIT.

Best regards
Malte

[malte]

Hi there,
maybe somebody will find this programming infomration usefull...

http://www.pbus-167.com/nhc/nhc_adva...pi_programming

[David (PassMark)]

We actually have software that dumps out a lot of this information (and more) already.

But the utility that does this is not a commercial application nor is it part of BurnInTest. It also probalby doesn't work on all hardware, as we have only tested it on maybe a dozen machines. And it probably won't work with Vista given the new 'security' functions in Vista.

In the meantime, if you wanted some custom software development done in this area E-mail us.

[thanh]

Hi Mate,

Hi thanh,
I gues it will only work if you have a third party application, that can read that information from BIOS (DMI) and write the BIT commands to the subscript.

That sounds very intersting, please let me know if you've found a solution, because we're doing exactly the same. Flashing that information to BIOS, and than manually enter again for the BIT.

Best regards
Malte

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Best wishes
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