There are two versions, TESTConnect and TESTConnect Pro. Both products provides a way for you to verify and characterize station controller designs or emulate equipment behavior without the need for the actual equipment. You can:

• Build scripts based on operation scenarios
• Enhance equipment characterization
• Build scripts for both host and equipment
• Verify station controller designs

Building upon the TESTConnect functionality, TESTConnect Pro adds complex scripting and programming capability by offering full a programming interface via Visual Basic. TESTConnect Pro can also be used as the basis of a host interface greatly reducing the required development time.

• When you add Actions or Triggers to the step-based scripts required by TestConnect products, you can write and edit scripts in the VB Script Editor embedded in the program. This is simply a matter of double-clicking on COM objects (SECS messages), and then editing the COM object in the VB Script Editor in TestConnect Dev Pro.
• You can also script using Visual Basic, and copy (cut and paste) the SECS Messages you have stored in the Message Dictionary into Visual Basic. TestConnect Dev Pro and Visual Basic work hand in hand, providing the utmost flexibility in scripting. Many programmers prefer this method. Access to well-formed GEM and SECS messages via TestConnect makes the job easy. For more information on the API required for scripting, see the TestConnect API.