CN1512344A - Computer startup and shutdown testing method - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for testing the on/off of a computer, in particular to a method for testing the on/off of a computer by utilizing an advanced Configuration Power Management Interface (ACPI) of each computer. The present invention utilizes the temporary storage defined by high-level energy management interface and high-level energy management interface Table (ACPI Table) to set power supply state of computer, and makes the loop of program use time and frequency as control factor to arbitrarily set the test frequency and test time length of computer to be started and stopped, and has no need of matching with other instruments and equipment so as to attain the goal of testing computer to be started and stopped for a long time and several times.

Description

A kind of computer switch machine testing method

technical field

The invention relates to a computer power-on/off test method, in particular to a method for using each computer's Advanced Energy Management Interface (ACPI; Advance Configuration Power Management Interface) to perform power-on/off test.

Background technique

The current power cycle test requires a machine to control the AC power on and off. However, the machine itself is expensive, and different users have different usage habits, which may cause problems such as reduced machine life and test accuracy.

Therefore, how to introduce simple and rapid testing methods into this field with new thinking, new technologies, and new methods is an important topic at present.

Contents of the invention

The main purpose of the invention is to save costs. The present invention uses the high-level energy interface of the computer itself to test, and eliminates the known thinking and technology. With this interface and a set of simple testing software, the purpose of switching on and off testing can be achieved, which greatly saves a lot of costs.

Another object of the present invention is to increase the accuracy and test speed. Because there is no need to install hardware for testing, only software is needed for control, so it is much more convenient and improves work efficiency; and because there is no hardware limitation, the error problem caused by hardware during testing will no longer exist.

The above-mentioned object of the present invention is achieved like this, a kind of computer switch machine test method is the step that test computer needs to carry out quality control after production is finished, it is characterized in that, step comprises:

(a) turning on a computer to be tested;

(b) the computer will be running for the first time initialization;

(c) obtaining recursive runs via a first recursive procedure;

(d) record a recursive value produced by each recursive program to a record file;

(e) Compare the recursive value with the definition in the first initialization, if the comparison is equal, the test ends; if the comparison is unequal, continue the following steps;

(f) the computer is initialized for the second time;

(g) Comparing the definitions in the second initialization through a second recursive program, if the comparison is unequal, perform a power-on operation; if the comparison is equal, perform a soft shutdown operation.

A kind of computer switch machine testing method of the present invention is characterized in that, the first initialization operation of described (b) item comprises:

(1) Read the definition of a power-on time length (On Interval), a power-off time length (Off Interval) and a total number of power-on/off times (Total Times) in a command line (Command Line);

(2) Read the value of a defined number of tests (T1mes Tested) from a record file.

A computer switch-on test method according to the present invention is characterized in that the first recursive program in item (c) defines the rules for the present invention to perform multiple system tests and test completion.

A computer switch test method according to the present invention is characterized in that the rule of the first recursive program is that the number of tests this time is the sum of the number of tests before recursion plus one.

A kind of computer switch machine testing method of the present invention is characterized in that, described can obtain a fixed advanced level provided by a Basic Input Output System (BIOS; Basic Input/Output System) through each recursive program. A register (Register) in the ACPI Table (AdvanceConfiguration Power Management Interface Table) to temporarily store data.

A kind of computer switch machine testing method of the present invention is characterized in that, the second initialization operation of described (f) item comprises:

(1) Read a first power-on time from a real-time timer (RTC; Real Time Clock);

(2) Read a current time (Current Time) from the real-time timer.

A test method for switching on and off a computer according to the present invention is characterized in that the second recursive program in item (g) defines the test rules for starting and shutting down the present invention.

A method for testing computer power-on/off according to the present invention is characterized in that the test rule of the second recursive program is that the current time is the sum of the first power-on time and the length of the power-on time.

A kind of computer switch test method of the present invention is characterized in that, the operation of the soft shutdown of described (g) item comprises:

(1) Define an alarm time (Alarm Time) as the sum of the current time and the length of the shutdown time;

(2) Set the alarm time in an alarm register (Alarm Register) in the real-time timer to temporarily store data;

(3) Close all events in operation, activate the system with the data in the alarm register in the real-time timer, and start the computer to be tested again.

The following will be a detailed description of the accompanying drawings and figure numbers of the present invention, so that the technical content of the present invention can be fully understood.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In this law, the following figure numbers are involved: (1) step one, (2) step two, (3) step three, (4) step four, (5) step five, (6) step six, (61) step six Eleven, (62) step sixty-two, (63) step sixty-three, (64) step sixty-four, (65) step sixty-five, (66) step sixty-six, (67) step sixty-seven , (68) step sixty-eight, (70) step seventy.

(1)-(3) are the first initialization steps of the computer of the present invention.

(4) is to define the system test that the present invention carries out multiple times and the rule of test completion.

(5) to (6) are the steps of recording and comparing the definitions of the present invention.

(61) to (70) are the steps of displaying the test pass notification of the present invention and ending the present invention.

(62) to (65) are the steps of initializing and starting the computer for the second time of the present invention.

The invention is a test program invented for testing whether the computer is turned on or off in the computer development stage. Then use the program to directly infuse the test computer, or infuse the interface that can store the program such as floppy disk, CD, etc., and connect it with the computer operating system to perform the test.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , which is a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which is the steps required for quality verification after the test computer is developed. The present invention is to set the total number of computer startup and shutdown times, and to set the length of startup time and shutdown time, so as to complete the computer system test under multiple startup and shutdown tests, and the steps are as follows:

Step one (1): A computer to be tested can be turned on manually or with a computer power-on device in a test system;

Step 2 (2): A central processing unit (CPU; Central Process Unit) of the computer to be tested will read a power-on time length (On Interval) and a power-off time length (Off Interval) in a command line (Command Line). And a defined value of total switching times (Total Times);

Step three (3): the central processing unit will read a defined number of times of testing (Times Tested) value in a record file (Record File) in the storage area of the computer;

Step 4 (4): Obtain recursive operation through a first recursive program, and the first recursive program is to define the rules that the present invention carries out multiple system tests and test completion, the rule of this preferred embodiment is the number of times of this test It is the sum of the number of tests before recursion (that is, the value of the number of tests defined in the record file) plus one, expressed in a mathematical formula as the number of tests = number of tests + 1, so, for example, if this test starts from zero At the beginning of the first time, the value of the defined number of tests in the record file in the previous step is zero. Through the calculation of the above formula, the total number of times is one, so the computer test this time has been calculated. It is used for accumulating the number of times in the next detection; according to the above calculation, a fixed advanced energy management interface table provided by a basic input and output system (BIOS; Basic Input/Output System) can be obtained through each recursive procedure (ACPI Table; Advance Configuration PowerManagement Interface Table) in a temporary register (Register) address, to temporarily store the temporary value of the number of tests after the sum;

Step five (5): the tested computer will record a recursive value (i.e. the total number of times) generated by each recursive program to a record file of the temporary register, so as to provide the defined test in the next record file times value;

Step six (6): The central processing unit will compare the recursive value (i.e. the number of times after this sum) with the defined value in the first initialization (i.e. read from the definition of the total number of times of switching on and off in the command line value);

Step sixty-one (61): if the comparison in step six (6) is equal, then the display of the computer or the display of the test system will display the information of passing the test, and skip to step seventy (70);

Step sixty-two (62): if the comparison of step six (6) is unequal, then the computer is initialized for the second time, that is, reading a first timer from a real-time timer (RTC; Real Time Clock) in the computer. First On Time (First On Time);

Step sixty-three (63): read a current time (Current Time) from the real-time timer;

Step sixty-four (64): compare the definitions in the second initialization through a second recursive program, the second recursive program is to define the test rules for starting and shutting down the present invention, and the current time is the first The sum of the first power-on time and the length of the power-on time is expressed in a mathematical formula as the current time = the first power-on time + the length of the power-on time;

Step sixty-five (65): if the second recursive procedure of the above-mentioned step sixty-four (64) is not equal, then perform the operation of starting up, that is, return to step sixty-three (63) after waiting for one second;

Step sixty-six (66): if the second recursive program of the above-mentioned step sixty-four (64) is equal, the computer will perform a soft shutdown operation, that is, define an alarm time (Alarm Time) as the difference between the current time and the shutdown time length And, expressed as alarm time=present time+shutdown time length with mathematical formula;

Step sixty-seven (67): the computer sets the alarm time in an alarm register (Alarm Register) in the real-time timer to temporarily store data;

Step sixty-eight (68): the computer closes all events in operation, and activates the system with the data of the alarm temporary register in the step sixty-seven (67) real-time timer, and the power supply is set to the S5 state ( This means that the real-time timer is still timing), and when the time of the real-time timer is the same as the time in the alarm register, the computer to be tested is turned on again, and promptly returns to step one (1);

Step seventy (70): the test is completed.

Looking at all the steps, the present invention uses the loop of the program, takes time and times as the control factors, and sets the number of times and the length of the test to be turned on and off as desired without the cooperation of other instruments and equipment. Therefore, the cost can be saved, and the accuracy and test speed can be improved.

The above is only a detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Therefore, those who are familiar with this type of technology can make appropriate changes and adjustments without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. , are all included in the patent protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (9)

1, a kind of method for testing open/close machine of computing machine is test computer required step of carrying out quality control after production is finished, and it is characterized in that step comprises:

(a) with a computer booting to be tested;

(b) this computing machine will carry out the initialized operation first time;

(c) obtain the recurrence operation via one first recursive program;

(d) write down recurrence value to a log file that recursive program each time produces;

(e) contrast definition in this time recurrence value and the initialization for the first time, if contrast is for equating, end of test (EOT) then; If contrast then continues following steps for unequal;

(f) this computing machine carries out the initialization second time;

(g) compare via each definition in the initialization for the second time of one second recursive program, if contrast for unequal, is then carried out the operation of start; If contrast is then carried out the operation of soft-off for equating.

2, the method for testing open/close machine of a kind of computing machine as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the initialization operation first time of described (b) item comprises:

(1) definition of the on time length in the command line, a unused time length and a master switch machine number of times is read;

(2) write down the value that reads a defined testing time in the archives from one.

3, the method for testing open/close machine of a kind of computing machine as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, first recursive program of described (c) item defines the present invention to carry out system testing repeatedly and test the rule of finishing.

4, the method for testing open/close machine of a kind of computing machine as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that, the rule of described first recursive program is that this testing time is that the preceding testing time of recurrence adds a sum.

5, the method for testing open/close machine of a kind of computing machine as claimed in claim 3, it is characterized in that, working storage in the described fixed high energy management interface table that can obtain via recursive program each time being provided via a Basic Input or Output System (BIOS) is with temporary data.

6, the method for testing open/close machine of a kind of computing machine as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the initialization operation second time of described (f) item comprises:

(1) in a real-time timer, reads the on time first time;

(2) read a present time in this real-time timer certainly.

7, the method for testing open/close machine of a kind of computing machine as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, second recursive program of described (g) item is to define the test order that the present invention starts shooting and shuts down.

8, the method for testing open/close machine of a kind of computing machine as claimed in claim 7 is characterized in that, the test order of described second recursive program is that present time is the on time first time and on time length sum.

9, the method for testing open/close machine of a kind of computing machine as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, the operation of the soft-off of described (g) item comprises:

(1) definition one warning time is present time and unused time length sum;

(2) this warning time is set in the alarm working storage in the real-time timer, with temporary data;

(3) close all just in the incident of computing, and with the data activation system of this alarm working storage in the real-time timer, once more should computer booting to be tested.