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The ‘StarterWare Test Infrastructure’ components are described below.

Test Scenario-1/2: The blue and maroon arrows indicate each one of the scenarios only control/data flow sequence(s). The black arrows indicate the common control/data flow sequences.

Build Forge Server: This is a build management system.

Test Link Server: This is a web based test management system running on Linux/Windows server. It is customized open source software. It is primarily responsible for managing test cases test planning and test reports.

Dispatcher service: This is a service responsible for and dispatching test cases and retrieving test reports between Test Link and The Test PC.

DUT: Device under test: It is the hardware platform on which the software under test is executed. It is booted using MMCSD boot mode loading the UART bootloader.

Test PC: This is the host PC running the test execution engine (TEE) which is responsible for executing the test cases on the DUT. This application interacts with the DUT through either serial port.

STAF: This is the software that enables different machines to communicate and trigger a process on each other.

Power Switch: This is a power switch which can be controlled via serial port communication. Power supply on a given plug point can be switched on or off through software commands to the switch.