JP2002288001A - General-purpose inspection system and program, and inspection method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To enable the execution of inspection to be temporarily stopped or interrupted, to enable detailed inspection abnormality inspection and design verification. A debug function unit (9) for reading inspection operation confirmation information during execution of an inspection on a peripheral device and displaying the information on a screen of a display unit (9) is provided. 9 on the screen,
For each inspection item, a breakpoint that suspends the execution of the inspection item can be set for each command,
The execution is temporarily stopped by the command of the inspection item for which the breakpoint has been set, the execution result is displayed on the screen, and then, for example, step execution is performed in units of one command, and the execution results are displayed on the screen.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a general-purpose inspection system for easily constructing a desired inspection program without knowledge of programming and inspecting peripheral devices such as a printed circuit board. The present invention relates to a general-purpose inspection system and a program suitable for performing detailed inspection, and an inspection method thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A general-purpose inspection system for inspecting peripheral devices such as a printed circuit board by constructing a desired inspection program without knowledge of programming by using a computer processing device having reconfigurable software has been developed. For example, it is described in Japanese Patent Application No. 2000-143613.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a computer system used in a conventional general-purpose inspection system, and FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an inspection system to which the computer system of FIG. 13 is applied.

[0004] In FIG. 13, the inside of a broken line is a computer system 20 a having interchangeable software.
The operation execution procedure and processing functions are performed without changing the software code of each control unit (sequence control unit 5, function control unit 6, peripheral device control unit 7, and peripheral device communication unit 8). The information (data) set by the editor unit 1 or the file information (data) created by each control unit editor unit 1 and stored in the storage unit 4 is constructed.

First, each control unit editor unit 1 has a function of selecting functions of each control unit (sequence control unit 5, function control unit 6, peripheral device control unit 7, peripheral device communication unit 8) and editing a processing flow. The user operates the keyboard 3a, the mouse 3b, and the like, and the control unit editor unit 1
Use to edit required processing operations and execution procedures to build software that meets the purpose.

The display unit 2 is a display unit such as a CRT display. When a user uses each control unit editor unit 1, the keyboard 3a and the mouse 3b are viewed while viewing this screen.
Perform editing by operating etc. The input unit 3 includes a keyboard 3a
And inputs information from the mouse 3b and the like, and inputs input information for editing a processing operation and an execution procedure when the user uses each control unit editor unit 1.

[0007] The storage unit 4 is a storage medium such as an HDD (hard disk) or an FDD (flexible disk).
An information file for each control unit (sequence control unit 5, function control unit 6, peripheral device control unit 7, peripheral device communication unit 8) edited by each control unit editor unit 1 is stored.

[0008] The sequence control section 5 is a processing section for controlling the operation execution procedure of the computer system 20a. That is, this is software configured by information (data) set by each control unit editor unit 1 or file information (data) created by each control unit editor unit 1 and stored in the storage unit 4. is there. The apparatus operates according to the processing flow of the sequence control unit 5.

The function control section 6 is a processing section for controlling the operation processing of the computer system 20a. That is, this is software configured by information (data) set by each control unit editor unit 1 or file information (data) created by each control unit editor unit 1 and stored in the storage unit 4. is there. Under the control of the function control unit 6, the peripheral device control unit 7, the peripheral device communication unit 8, and the internal processing are executed.

The peripheral device controller 7 has a peripheral device having an external I / F (for example, an I / F such as a parallel port or a digital I / O) (in the figure, a “peripheral device H / W I / O”).
/ F ”) to control information 7a, and information (data) set by each control unit editor unit 1;
Alternatively, the software is software constructed by information (data) of a file created by each control unit editor unit 1 and stored in the storage unit 4, and operates under the control of the function control unit 6.

The peripheral device communication section 8 controls communication with the peripheral device 7a having a communication I / F (for example, a serial communication I / F such as RS232C) while taking a handshake. Information (data) set by the control unit editor unit 1 or software constructed by information (data) of a file created by each control unit editor unit 1 and stored in the storage unit 4, the function control unit 6 operates under the control.

Note that, instead of the storage device 4, the external storage device 1
0, large-capacity database 1 via network 11
2 and remote operation from the terminals 13 and 14 or the workstation 15 via the network 11 as input means.

The computer system 2 having such a configuration
FIG. 14 shows a configuration of an inspection system to which the computer system 20a is applied.
The figure shows an example applied to a printed circuit board (PCB) inspection apparatus.

In FIG. 14, the inspection host PC 31 corresponds to the computer system 20a shown in FIG. The peripheral device control unit 7 of FIG. 13 controls the digital oscilloscope 35 and the inspection circuit 32 through the parallel I / F or digital i / O board 1-2 and the GPIB board 1-3.

The peripheral device communication unit 8 shown in FIG. 13 performs communication (handshake) via the jig ROM 4-2 of the target PCB 34 through the serial I / F 1-1, and performs parallel communication with the serial I / F 1-1. By switching the I / F or digital i / O board 1-2, the peripheral device 3
3 communicates with the serial printer 3-1, the barcode reader 3-2, and the inline device 3-3.

The peripheral device control unit 7 shown in FIG. 13 includes a peripheral device communication unit 8 shown in FIG. 13 and a serial I / F 1-1 shown in FIG.
From the I / O control block 4-3, analog block 4-4, and image processing block 4-5 in the target PCB 34 via the inspection circuit 32 and the fixture 36.
Transfer data to and from.

The system having the configuration shown in FIGS.
When performing the inspection on the display unit 4, the user operates the display unit 2 in FIG.
GUI (Grhical User Interfa
ce) By operating on the edit screen, it is possible to set desired inspection items and to specify a command for executing each inspection item, and to embed a function corresponding to the operation,
Each control unit editor unit 1 automatically generates each control unit (sequence control unit 5, function control unit 6, peripheral device control unit 7, peripheral device communication unit 8).

The inspection results for the peripheral devices by the control units (sequence control unit 5, function control unit 6, peripheral device control unit 7, peripheral device communication unit 8) generated in this way are displayed on the display unit in FIG. 2 is displayed on the screen. On the execution result display screen, for example, identification information of each test, an inspection item name, a command name are displayed, and for each command, a data value written in a register as an execution result of the command is displayed. Is displayed.

As described above, in this general-purpose inspection system, a desired inspection operation execution procedure for a peripheral device to be inspected can be created by a simple operation in accordance with the GUI editing screen of the display unit 2. An inspection system for an apparatus can be constructed for a desired purpose without programming knowledge and at a low development cost.

However, when investigating an abnormal part during inspection or design verification, it is sometimes necessary to temporarily stop or interrupt the inspection at an arbitrary point of the inspection. Cannot be temporarily stopped or interrupted, so that detailed inspection abnormalities cannot be investigated and design verification cannot be performed.

[0021]

The problem to be solved is that the conventional technique cannot suspend or interrupt the execution of the inspection.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art and to provide a general-purpose inspection system, a program, and an inspection method thereof that enable detailed inspection abnormality investigation and design verification.

[0023]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a general-purpose inspection system and an inspection method thereof according to the present invention read inspection operation confirmation information during execution of an inspection on a peripheral device and display the information on a screen of a display device. A debug function is provided, for example, each inspection item for the peripheral device to be inspected is displayed on the screen of the display device in the order of execution, and a breakpoint for temporarily suspending the execution of the inspection item is set for each inspection item on a command basis. It can be set, the execution is paused by the command of the inspection item where this breakpoint is set, the execution result is displayed on the screen, and then
For example, step execution is performed in units of one command, and each execution result is displayed on a screen.

[0024]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a general-purpose inspection system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a first operation example based on processing of a debug function unit of the general-purpose inspection system in FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a second operation example based on the processing of the debugging function unit of the general-purpose inspection system in FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is an example of a screen displayed based on the processing of the debugging function unit of the general-purpose inspection system in FIG. FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration example of the general-purpose inspection system in FIG.

In FIG. 12, reference numeral 21 denotes a CRT (Cathode
A display device such as a Ray Tube) or an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display); an input device 22 such as a keyboard and a mouse; an external storage device 23 such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive); and a CPU 24 (Central Processing Uniform).
t) An information processing apparatus that includes a 24a, a main memory 24b, an input / output interface 24c, and performs computer processing, and a CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read Only Memory) 25 storing programs and data according to the present invention.
y) or DVD (Digital Video Disc / Digital Vers
an optical disk composed of an atile disc), a driving device 26 for reading out programs and data recorded on the optical disk 25, and a communication device 27 composed of a LAN (Local Area Network) card, a modem and the like.

After the program and data stored in the optical disk 25 are installed in the external storage device 23 by the information processing device 24 via the driving device 26, the program and data are read from the external storage device 23 into the main memory 24b and read from the CPU 24a.
In the information processing apparatus 24, the computer system 20 in the general-purpose inspection system shown in FIG.
Each function is configured.

The general-purpose inspection system shown in FIG.
This is a configuration in which a debug function unit 9 is newly provided in the conventional general-purpose inspection system described in No. 3, and the other components are the same.

That is, in FIG. 1, the inside of the broken line is
This is a computer system 20 having recombinable software, and its operation execution procedure and processing functions are performed by software codes of respective control units (sequence control unit 5, function control unit 6, peripheral device control unit 7, peripheral device communication unit 8). Without changing the control unit editor unit 1
, Or the information (data) of a file created by each control unit editor unit 1 and stored in the storage unit 4.

That is, each control unit editor unit 1 has a function of selecting a function of each control unit (sequence control unit 5, function control unit 6, peripheral device control unit 7, peripheral device communication unit 8) and editing a processing flow. , And the user operates the display unit 2
By operating the keyboard 3a, the mouse 3b, and the like on the GUI editing screen displayed on the screen and inputting data, the control unit editor unit 1 is used to edit required processing operations and execution procedures. Build the right software for

The display unit 2 is a display unit such as a CRT display. When the user uses each control unit editor unit 1, he operates the keyboard 3a and the mouse 3b while viewing this screen (GUI editing screen). To edit. Input unit 3
Is used to input information from the keyboard 3a, the mouse 3b, and the like. The user inputs input information for editing a processing operation and an execution procedure when the user uses each control unit editor unit 1.

The storage unit 4 is a storage medium such as an HDD (hard disk) or an FDD (flexible disk).
An information file for each control unit (sequence control unit 5, function control unit 6, peripheral device control unit 7, peripheral device communication unit 8) edited by each control unit editor unit 1 is stored.

The sequence control section 5 is a processing section for controlling the operation execution procedure of the computer system 20. That is, this is software configured by information (data) set by each control unit editor unit 1 or file information (data) created by each control unit editor unit 1 and stored in the storage unit 4. is there. The apparatus operates according to the processing flow of the sequence control unit 5.

The function control section 6 is a processing section for controlling the operation processing of the computer system 20. That is, this is software configured by information (data) set by each control unit editor unit 1 or file information (data) created by each control unit editor unit 1 and stored in the storage unit 4. is there. Under the control of the function control unit 6, the peripheral device control unit 7, the peripheral device communication unit 8, and the internal processing are executed.

The peripheral device control section 7 has a peripheral device having an external I / F (for example, an I / F such as a parallel port or a digital I / O).
/ F ”) to control information 7a, and information (data) set by each control unit editor unit 1;
Alternatively, the software is software constructed by information (data) of a file created by each control unit editor unit 1 and stored in the storage unit 4, and operates under the control of the function control unit 6.

The peripheral device communication section 8 performs communication control while taking a handshake with a peripheral device 7a having a communication I / F (for example, a serial communication I / F such as RS232C). Information (data) set by the control unit editor unit 1 or software constructed by information (data) of a file created by each control unit editor unit 1 and stored in the storage unit 4, the function control unit 6 operates under the control.

It should be noted that, instead of the storage device 4, the external storage device 1
0, large-capacity database 1 via network 11
2 and remote operation from the terminals 13 and 14 or the workstation 15 via the network 11 as input means.

The computer system 2 having such a configuration
0 is applied to the inspection system shown in FIG.
It can be operated as the inspection device of B).

In this way, a printed circuit board (PCB)
In the inspection of peripheral devices such as the above, in the general-purpose inspection system of the present example, a detailed inspection execution status can be provided by the newly provided debug function unit 9.

For example, in the general-purpose inspection system of the present example, each test is performed by each control unit (sequence control unit 5, function control unit 6, peripheral device control unit 7, peripheral device communication unit 8) as an inspection result for the peripheral device. The identification information, the inspection item name, and the command name are displayed, and the data value written in the register as the execution result of each command is displayed on the display unit 2 on the screen. The execution result of the command arbitrarily specified by the user can be displayed on the screen.

Hereinafter, the debug function unit 9 will be described in detail.

The debug function unit 9 reads inspection operation confirmation information (registers and memories in the inspection circuit, values of variables in commands, signal information of connection I / F, etc.) during the execution of the inspection of the peripheral device, and displays the information. For example, as shown in a screen example (screen area 41) of FIG. 4, each inspection item (“process inspection”, “process inspection”) for a peripheral device (“model A”) to be inspected is provided. "Tests 1 to 12") are displayed on the screen of the display unit 2 in the order of execution, and for each of the test items, the user can set a breakpoint for temporarily stopping the execution of the test item in command units. I have.

In FIG. 4, a check box for "command 3" of "test 1" is marked and a breakpoint is set. This check box
This is an object button for activating the debug function unit 9. The activated debug function unit 9 suspends the execution with the command of the inspection item for which the breakpoint is set, and displays the execution result on the screen. In FIG.
The value for each address of each register, which is the execution result of “command 3”, is displayed in the screen area 42.

After that, after the execution is temporarily stopped at the break point, the debug function unit 9 executes step execution in units of, for example, one command, and displays the execution results on the screen. The instruction to execute the step is input based on a predetermined key operation on the keyboard 3a from the user.

The processing operation based on such a breakpoint will be described with reference to FIGS. First, as shown in FIG. 2, when an instruction to start inspection is received, commands are arranged in a memory according to the contents of the procedure definition and the item definition, and it is determined whether the commands are breakpoints before executing the commands sequentially ( Step 201).

If it is a breakpoint, it waits for an external execution instruction (step 202). If it is not a breakpoint, it executes the command as it is (step 203). After executing the command, it is determined whether all the commands arranged on the memory have been completed (step 20).
4) If the test is not completed, the process proceeds to the next command execution.
If the inspection is completed, the process ends.

Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 3, when an instruction to start the test is received, the commands are arranged in the memory according to the contents of the procedure definition and the item definition, and it is determined whether or not the command is sequentially executed before executing the command. (Step 301) If it is a step execution, it waits for an external execution instruction (step 20)
1), etc., and thereafter, each of steps 201 to 20 described in FIG.
4 is performed.

The details of the debug function unit 9 in FIG. 1 for performing such processing will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a first detailed configuration example of the debug function unit of the general-purpose inspection system in FIG. 1. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing operation of the debug function unit in FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a second detailed configuration example of the debug function unit of the general-purpose inspection system in FIG. 1; FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing operation of the debug function unit in FIG. 7; 1 is a block diagram showing a third detailed configuration example of the debug function unit of the general-purpose inspection system in FIG. 1, FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a first processing operation example of the debug function unit in FIG. 9, and FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a second processing operation example of the debug function unit in FIG. 9;

The debug function unit 9A in FIG. 5 includes an inspection circuit register reading unit 9a, an inspection circuit memory reading unit 9
b, I / F signal information reading section 9c, memory reading section 9
d and a data display section 9e, and a test circuit register reading section 9a and a test circuit memory reading section 9b and I
The data from the peripheral device control unit 7 is acquired by the / F signal information reading unit 9c, and the data is read by the memory reading unit 9d.
The command parameters are acquired from the storage unit 4 (described as “memory” in the figure), sent to the data display unit 9e, and displayed on the display unit 2 in FIG. 1 by the data display unit 9e.
Present each data to the user.

That is, as shown in FIG. 6, the debug function unit 9A executes Step 301 → Step 201-203.
When the command is executed according to the above procedure, the data acquired from the peripheral device control unit 7 and the memory is displayed on the display unit 2 in FIG. 1 (step 601).

As described above, at the time of execution of a breakpoint or step, the register and memory in the inspection circuit, the value of the variable in the command, and the signal information of the connection I / F are displayed. The information of the device can be confirmed in the same way, and inspection abnormalities and design verification can be easily performed.

The debug function unit 9B shown in FIG.
Are a test circuit register setting section 9f, a test circuit memory setting section 9g, an I / F signal information setting section 9h, a memory setting section 9
i, and a data setting unit 9j. A peripheral device control unit 9 outputs data input by a user via a keyboard or the like to a test circuit register setting unit 9f, a test circuit memory setting unit 9g, and an I / F signal information setting unit 9h. 7 and the memory setting section 9i sets the information in the storage section 4 (described as "memory" in the figure).

That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the debug function unit 9B executes Step 301 → Step 201-203.
A command is executed according to the procedure of FIG. 6, and the data in the peripheral device control unit 7 and the memory displayed on the display unit 2 of FIG. 1 by the debug function unit 9A shown in FIG.
1) Data set by the user is set (steps 801 and 802).

As described above, the data can be set by the user at the time of execution of a breakpoint or a step, so that the inspection environment (inspection of the inspection environment) can be reversed in contrast to the information acquisition of the inspection environment during the inspection in FIGS. Registers and memories in the circuit, values of variables in commands, signal information of connection I / F) can be set, and inspection abnormalities and design verification by setting a special environment, for example, can be performed.

The debug function unit 9C shown in FIG.
Has a check circuit register access unit 9k, a check circuit memory access unit 91, an I / F signal information access unit 9m, a memory access unit 9n, and a file access unit 9o. Memory access unit 9l and I / F signal information access 9m
1 and the file 10a in the external storage device 10 in FIG. 1 to write and read data, and via the memory access unit 9n, to the storage unit 4 (in the figure, “memory”). Write) and read / write data from / to the file 10a.

That is, the debug function unit 9C
As shown in FIG. 8, step 301 → steps 201 to 203 → step 601 → steps 801 and 8 in FIG.
02, the setting data in the peripheral device control unit 7 and the storage unit 4 (registers and memories in the inspection circuit at breakpoint or step execution, values of variables in commands, connection I / F signal information) in file 10
a (steps 1001 and 1002).

Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the debug function unit 9C sets the setting data (registers and memories in the inspection circuit, values of variables in the command, connection I / F (signal information of / F) is read out (loaded) from the file 10a and replaced (step 1102). In this way, by saving and loading the setting data, an arbitrary inspection environment or state can be reconstructed, and inspection abnormality and design verification can be performed with special environment settings.

Next, an operation example on the screen in FIG. 4 will be described. In the screen area 41, inspection procedures are displayed, and each inspection item is grouped in units of commands. When the "+" of the inspection item is clicked with the mouse, the command item of the inspection is displayed.

A check box is provided at the head of each of the inspection item and the command item. When the check box is checked, that location becomes a break point. The user can set one or more breakpoints at arbitrary locations. In this example, a function key is assigned as a step execution operation. In addition, an operation for performing a check up to a breakpoint in a non-step execution even during step execution is also assigned to a function key.

The screen area 42 displays the contents of the memory in the inspection circuit. It is divided into two on the left and right because two of the measurement result storage memory and the reference data storage memory of the inspection circuit memory are displayed at the same time. The eight digits on the left side of the left and right memory blocks represent the address, and the right side thereof shows the contents of the memory for eight bytes, separated by one byte. By inputting a numerical value directly to each address, writing to the inspection circuit memory is also possible.

In the screen area 43, the contents of the register of the inspection circuit are displayed. PLD numbers are shown in rows, and register numbers are shown in columns. The inspection circuit register can be set by inputting a numerical value on this list.

As described above with reference to FIGS. 1 to 12, the general-purpose inspection system and the inspection method according to the present embodiment include:
A debug function unit 9 is provided for reading inspection operation confirmation information during the execution of the inspection on the peripheral device and displaying the information on the screen of the display unit 9. For example, each inspection item for the peripheral device to be inspected is displayed on the screen of the display unit 9 in the execution order. In each of the inspection items, a breakpoint for temporarily suspending the execution of the inspection item can be set for each command, execution is temporarily stopped by the command of the inspection item for which the breakpoint is set, and the execution is executed. Display the results on screen, and then
For example, step execution is performed in units of one command, and each execution result is displayed on a screen.

As described above, the flow of the inspection execution is displayed,
You can set a breakpoint at any point and pause the inspection at the set breakpoint,
Inspection of inspection abnormalities and design verification become easy.

In addition, since the inspection can be executed step by step in command units or similar units from the start of the inspection to the break point or the end of the inspection, more detailed inspection abnormality inspection and design verification can be performed.

At the time of execution of a breakpoint or step, as more detailed information, a register or a memory in an inspection circuit of a peripheral device, a value of a variable in a command, a connection I /
Since the signal information of F can be acquired and displayed,
More detailed inspection abnormalities and design verification can be performed.

At the time of execution of a breakpoint or a step, contrary to the acquisition of information on the inspection environment during the inspection, the values of the registers and memories in the inspection circuit, the values of the variables in the command,
Since an inspection environment can be set based on signal information such as a connection I / F, it is possible to investigate an inspection abnormality and design verification by setting a special environment.

At the time of execution of a breakpoint or a step, a register or memory in a test circuit, a value of a variable in a command, and signal information of a connection I / F can be saved in a file. During execution, registers and memories in the inspection circuit, values of variables in commands, and signal information of connection I / Fs can be loaded and reconfigured from any file created and saved. Can be easily set.

The present invention is not limited to the examples described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 12, and can be variously modified without departing from the gist thereof. For example, in the present example, the computer configuration example of FIG. 12 is shown as the configuration of the computer system 20, but a computer configuration without a keyboard or a drive device for an optical disk may be used. In this example, an optical disk is used as a recording medium, but an FD (Flexible Disk) may be used as a recording medium. As for the installation of the program, the program may be downloaded and installed via a network via a communication device.

[0070]

According to the present invention, the execution of inspection can be temporarily stopped or interrupted, and a detailed inspection abnormality inspection and design verification can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a general-purpose inspection system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a first operation example based on processing of a debug function unit of the general-purpose inspection system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a second operation example based on the processing of the debug function unit of the general-purpose inspection system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen displayed based on processing of a debug function unit of the general-purpose inspection system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a first detailed configuration example of a debug function unit of the general-purpose inspection system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing operation of a debug function unit in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a second detailed configuration example of the debug function unit of the general-purpose inspection system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing operation of a debug function unit in FIG. 7;

9 is a block diagram illustrating a third detailed configuration example of the debug function unit of the general-purpose inspection system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a first processing operation example of a debug function unit in FIG. 9;

11 is a flowchart illustrating a second processing operation example of the debug function unit in FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration example of the general-purpose inspection system in FIG. 1;

FIG. 13 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a computer system used in a conventional general-purpose inspection system.

14 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of an inspection system to which the computer system of FIG. 13 is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

1: each control section editor section, 2: display section, 3: input section, 3
a: keyboard, 3b: mouse, 3c: user input,
4: storage unit, 5: sequence control unit, 6: function control unit, 7: peripheral device control unit, 7a: peripheral device ("peripheral device H / W I / F"), 8: peripheral device communication unit, 9:
Debug function unit, 10: external storage device, 11: network, 12: (large capacity) database, 13, 14: terminal, 15: workstation, 20: computer system, 9A: debug function unit, 9a: inspection circuit register read Section, 9b: inspection circuit memory reading section, 9c: I
/ F signal information reading section, 9d: memory reading section, 9e:
Data display section, 9B: debug function section, 9f: test circuit register setting section, 9g: test circuit memory setting section, 9h:
I / F signal information setting unit, 9i: memory setting unit, 9j: data setting unit, 9C: debug function unit, 9k: check circuit register access unit, 91: check circuit memory access unit,
9m: I / F signal information access unit, 9n: memory access unit, 9o: file access unit, 10a: file,
21: display device, 22: input device, 23: external storage device, 24: information processing device, 25: optical disk, 26: drive device, 27: communication device, 41 to 43: screen area, 20
a: Computer system, 31: Inspection host PC, 3
2: inspection circuit, 33: peripheral device, 34: target PC
B, 35: Digital oscilloscope, 36: Fixture, 1
-1: Serial I / F, 1-2: Parallel I / F or digital i / O board, 1-3: GPIB board, 3-
1: serial printer, 3-2: barcode reader, 3
-3: in-line device, 4-1: CPU, 4-2: jig ROM, 4-3: I / O control block, 4-4: analog block, 4-5: image processing block.

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Claims (19)

[Claims] 1. A general-purpose inspection system that performs an inspection on each peripheral device connected via an input / output interface by combining software corresponding to a peripheral device to be inspected, wherein the inspection is being performed on the peripheral device while the inspection is being performed. A general-purpose inspection system comprising debugging means for reading operation confirmation information and displaying the information on a screen of a display device. 2. The general-purpose inspection system according to claim 1, wherein: means for displaying on a screen of the display device respective inspection items for peripheral devices to be inspected in an execution order; and displaying on a screen of the display device. Means for assigning an object button for selecting setting / non-setting of a breakpoint for temporarily stopping the execution of the inspection item for each of the inspection items, and setting the breakpoint on the screen of the display device. A general-purpose inspection system, which temporarily stops the inspection of the peripheral device with respect to the inspected inspection item. 3. The general-purpose inspection system according to claim 2, wherein the object button for the breakpoint is set for each command used in the inspection of the inspection item. 4. The general-purpose inspection system according to claim 1, further comprising means for executing an inspection on the peripheral device in a step based on an instruction from an input device. General-purpose inspection system. 5. The general-purpose inspection system according to claim 2, wherein inspection execution status information indicating an inspection execution status for a peripheral device to be inspected when said inspection is temporarily stopped is acquired. And a means for displaying on the screen of the display device. 6. The general-purpose inspection system according to claim 5, further comprising means for setting the inspection execution status information displayed on a screen of the display device based on an input from an input device. General-purpose inspection system. 7. The general-purpose inspection system according to claim 5, further comprising means for storing the acquired inspection execution status information in a storage device. system. 8. The general-purpose inspection system according to claim 7, wherein the inspection execution status information stored in the storage device is read and replaced with the inspection execution status information displayed on a screen of the display device. A general-purpose inspection system comprising means for changing the setting of inspection execution status information. 9. The general-purpose inspection system according to claim 8, further comprising means for storing the arbitrarily created inspection execution status information in the storage device, wherein the arbitrarily created inspection execution status information is stored. A general-purpose inspection system which reads out the inspection execution status information displayed on the screen of the display device, and changes the setting of the inspection execution status information. 10. A program for causing a computer to function as each unit in the general-purpose inspection system according to claim 1. 11. A method for inspecting a general-purpose inspection system in which an inspection of each peripheral device connected via an input / output interface is rearranged into software corresponding to a peripheral device to be inspected. An inspection method for a general-purpose inspection system, comprising: a step of reading inspection operation confirmation information therein; and a step of displaying the read inspection operation confirmation information on a screen of a display device. 12. The inspection method of the general-purpose inspection system according to claim 11, wherein each inspection item for a peripheral device to be inspected is displayed on a screen of the display device in an execution order, and the screen of the display device is displayed. Assigning an object button for selecting setting / non-setting of a breakpoint for temporarily suspending the execution of the inspection item to each inspection item displayed above, and An inspection method for a general-purpose inspection system, wherein inspection of the peripheral device with respect to an inspection item for which a point is set is temporarily stopped. 13. The general-purpose inspection system according to claim 12, wherein the object button for the breakpoint is set for each command used in the inspection of the inspection item. Inspection method. 14. The inspection method for a general-purpose inspection system according to claim 11, further comprising a step of performing a step of inspecting the peripheral device based on an instruction from an input device. Inspection method of the general-purpose inspection system that is the feature 15. The inspection method of the general-purpose inspection system according to claim 12, wherein the inspection execution status indicating the inspection execution status for the peripheral device to be inspected when the inspection is temporarily stopped. An inspection method for a general-purpose inspection system, comprising: a step of acquiring information; and a step of displaying the acquired inspection execution status information on a screen of the display device. 16. The inspection method for a general-purpose inspection system according to claim 15, further comprising a step of setting the inspection execution status information displayed on a screen of the display device based on an input from an input device. An inspection method for a general-purpose inspection system, characterized in that: 17. The inspection method for a general-purpose inspection system according to claim 15, further comprising a step of storing the acquired inspection execution status information in a storage device. Inspection method of general-purpose inspection system. 18. The inspection method for a general-purpose inspection system according to claim 17, wherein a step of reading the inspection execution status information stored in the storage device, and reading the read inspection execution status information on a screen of the display device. A procedure for changing the setting of the test execution status information by replacing the test execution status information displayed in (1). 19. The inspection method of the general-purpose inspection system according to claim 18, wherein the arbitrarily created inspection execution status information is stored in the storage device, and the arbitrarily created inspection execution status is stored. A step of reading the information and a step of changing the setting of the test execution status information by replacing the read test execution status information with the test execution status information displayed on the screen of the display device. Inspection method of general-purpose inspection system.