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XJTAGTakayaApp

Overview

XJTAGTakayaApp is an application which allows interaction between a Takaya Flying Probe machine and the XJTAG system. The Takaya software can call XJTAG to run tests; the XJTAG system can request the Takaya machine to move its probes and allow XJTAG to use them as part of the integrated testing.

When using XJTAGTakayaApp, XJTAG tests are run from an XJPack file. These files are exported from the XJDeveloper application.

XJTAGTakayaApp will only allow tests to be run when a Takaya Flying Probe machine is connected using the Takaya DDE interaction. It cannot be used as a standalone way to run XJTAG tests. For that purpose please use XJRunner.

Setting up Takaya software

The location of the XJTAGTakayaApp.exe file has to be configured in the Takaya software by opening the Data Settings for a project, then under External Communication selecting DDE and configuring the location of the XJTAGTakayaApp.exe file.

XJTAGTakayaApp is currently only available in the 32-bit version of XJTAG. Please make sure you install the correct version of XJTAG. The binary .exe file will then be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\XJTAG <version>\bin\ directory on a PC with a 64-bit Windows OS installed, or C:\Program Files\XJTAG <version>\bin\ on a PC with a 32-bit Windows OS installed.

Workflow

When using XJTAGTakayaApp, operation is always initiated in Takaya's software.

The Takaya flying probe machine software will start XJTAGTakayaApp, and will execute the normal flying-probe testing steps. When the Takaya software gets to a special "boundary scan" test step it will make a connection to XJTAGTakayaApp and send a signal to say it is ready for XJTAGTakayaApp to drive the system.

At this point an XJTAG project (in an XJPack file) must be opened and run in XJTAGTakayaApp. When running it, XJTAG will perform boundary scan testing, and will use the flying probes to give additional test coverage.

At the end of the boundary scan tests XJTAG returns a Pass/Fail result to the Takaya software which will then carry on with its own tests as appropriate.

More details about operating XJTAGTakayaApp are given in the Main Window help, and details of settings for the application are in the Menus section.