Automated Support System for the Development and Maintenance of TPSs Navy SBIR FY2012.1 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2012.1 Topic No.: N121-027 Topic Title: Automated Support System for the Development and Maintenance of TPSs Proposal No.: N121-027-0758 Firm: 5-D Systems Inc. 1 Chisholm Trail, Suite 3200 Round Rock, Texas 78681-5002 Contact: John Kurkjian Phone: (512) 238-9840 Web Site: www.5dsystems.com Abstract: Test Program Sets (TPS) within an Automatic Test System (ATS) represent a significant investment that must often be preserved during an obsolescence update to the ATS equipment. This effort seeks to develop a set of automated tools to convert legacy TPSs into industry-standard Automatic Test Markup Language (ATML) descriptions of the TPS tests, interfaces, and configurations.5-D Systems will develop a suite of command line-driven tools whose interfaces are integrated through industry standard file formats such as ATML. The cornerstone of 5-D's solution is the Legacy Program Parser (LPP) that uses a two-stage process to build an executable model of a legacy test program and then process the individual test program script files against the model to create ATML-encoded descriptions of the TPS. By using a two-stage modeling and simulation approach, 5-D's LPP can support a variety of test program architectures and implementation languages using a single tool. 5-D Systems will leverage its extensive expertise in designing and developing ATSs and TPSs, maintaining TPSs across ATS iterations, and developing innovative software to address unique test-related problems. Benefits: 5-D Systems' set of automated support tools for Test Program Sets will reduce redevelopment and maintenance costs associated with ATS upgrades or replacement by providing an automated means of capturing legacy test program functionality in an industry standard format. 5-D's integrated modular toolset uses open, industry-standard file formats for data interchange to allow the toolset to be extended and expanded as needed, which in turn reduces the total cost of ownership of the toolset itself. Return