Re: Fw: [staf-users] Re: Fw: need some clarification regarding the execution of STAF/STAX

[Girish <gir...@gm...>]

HI David,

Please tell me is there any command so that STAF can listen the COM port an=
d
read the output from COM port?

Please let me know as my testing is depending on this.

Thanks,
Girish


On 1/23/06, David Bender <bd...@us...> wrote:
>
> Yes, STAF is supported on many platforms, including Linux PPC64-32 and
> PPC64-64.  You can download them from:
> http://staf.sourceforge.net/getcurrent.php
>
> To have the output from your process returned, add the following options
> to your command:
>
> c:\>staf local process start command cmd parms "/K echo 'ls' >COM1:\"
> returnstdout stderrtostdout wait
>
> David Bender
> STAF/STAX Development
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>
>
> Girish <gir...@gm...>
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> Re: Fw: [staf-users] Re: Fw: need some clarification regarding the
> execution of STAF/STAX
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>
>
>
>
>
> Hi David,
>
>   I have found the STAF arctitecture from the link "
> http://www.research.ibm.com/journal/sj/411/rankin.html" and it says that
> the STAF architecture is actually a client-server model. So this needs ou=
r
> device should run with STAF server, right?
>
>     Our device is actually a SOHO device running with our softwares over
> embedded Linux OS. So it is difficult to make the STAF installed in this,
> that we need a STAF binary compiled on power PC. Is the STAF
> cross-platform supported?
>
> The only way which i am seeing is actually like, consider the serial port
> as a resouce for STAF local process and send the Linux shell commands
> through this serial port and read the serial port output for the result
> which i have to verify for the test pass.
>
> I have given an example below which I tried here for this,
>
> c:\>staf local process start command cmd parms "/K echo 'ls' >COM1:\"
>
> Can you please inform me whether this approach is a working scenario or
> some other efficient way STAF is supporting through which i can manage
> serial port?
>
> If this is the only way, the next issue is how i can read the serial
> console for the result of the command which i have send to the device?
>
> I hope you can clear my questions soon so that i can reserach more on
> this.
>
> Thanks in advace for you help!
>
> Regards
> Girish
>
>
>
>
>
> On 1/21/06, David Bender <bd...@us...> wrote:
> Then you will need to use the Linux machines's IP address when running th=
e
> command line PROCESS START or the STAX <process>.
>
> Whatever step(s) you would take to manually configure the router features
> through serial cable, you can execute those same steps via the STAF
> Process service (on the Linux machine).  If some of the steps involve GUI
> interaction (not command line) then you would need to use the tools I
> mentioned earlier in this thread.
>
> Maybe if you posted a detailed example of how you manually configure the
> router features through serial cable, I can explain how you might do that
> with STAF/STAX.
>
> David Bender
> STAF/STAX Development
> 8-1268 (512-838-1268)
> IBM Austin Bldg. 903-5B002
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>
> ----- Forwarded by David Bender/Austin/IBM on 01/20/2006 01:44 PM -----
>
> Girish <gir...@gm...>
> Sent by: sta...@li...
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> Re: Fw: [staf-users] Re: Fw: need some clarification regarding the
> execution of STAF/STAX
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>
> HI David,
>
> My 192.168.1.254 address is not Linux machine. It is the ROUTERS LAN IP
> address.ROUTER is running in Linux platform. I cannot install STAF in the
> ROUTER device which is not possible and code base of the device does not
> support STAF in that.
>
> The ROUTER is provided with serial cable connected to the PCs COM port
> (Serail port).
>
> I wanted to know how byte by byte data or string can pass from the serail
> port of the STAF PC to the ROUTER through the serail cable.
> If this is acheived then I can make the script to configure the ROUTER
> features through serial cable.
>
> Please help me out to know this and it will be great and thankful if can
> get helped out of this problem.
>
> Thanks,
> Girish
>
>
>
> On 1/20/06, David Bender <bd...@us...> wrote:
> Girish,
>
> The RC 16 means that your Windows machine could not communicate with the
> Linux machine (which I assume is the 192.168.1.254 address).  That means
> that either STAF is not running on your Linux machine or that the TCP/IP
> communication did not work.  On your Linux machine run the following to
> make sure STAF is running:
>
> staf local ping ping
>
> Make sure you get a PONG result.  Next on your Windows machine run the
> following:
>
> ping 192.168.1.254
>
> Make sure that basic TCP/IP communcation is working.  Next on your Window=
s
>
>
> machine run the following:
>
> staf 192.168.1.254 ping ping
>
> Make sure you get a PONG result.
>
> David Bender
> STAF/STAX Development
> 8-1268 (512-838-1268)
> IBM Austin Bldg. 903-5B002
> Internet: bd...@us...
>
> ----- Forwarded by David Bender/Austin/IBM on 01/20/2006 10:57 AM -----
>
> Girish <gir...@gm... >
> Sent by: sta...@li...
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> [staf-users] Re: Fw: need some clarification regarding the execution of
> STAF/STAX
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>
>
>
>
> HI David,
>
> Even this did not work, it is showing the below error message while using
> STAX,
>
> Timestamp
> Message
> 20060120-21:50:22
> STAXProcessStartError signal raised. Continuing job. with location=3D
> 192.168.1.254 request=3Dcommand :16:/ramdisk/test.sh stderrtostdout
> returnstdout RC=3D16 STAFResult=3DSTAFConnectionProviderConnect: Timed ou=
t
> connecting to endpoint: select() timeout: 22, Endpoint: 192.168.1.254
> 20060120-21:50:22
> None
> 20060120-21:50:22
> Error: RC=3D16, STAXResult=3DNone
>
> Actually my PC is a Windows machine. It is connected to the ROUTER device
> through COM1 serail cable(9pin). PCs IP is 192.168.1.10 and the ROUTERs i=
s
> 192.168.1.254 so the set up is,
>
> connected to
> PC (WINDOWS) (STAF/STAX) (192.168.1.10 ) --------------------------(
> 192.168.1.254) ROUTER (using LINUX OS)
>
> The ROUTER can be configured through the teraterm console running in the
> PC since PC is connected through the serail 9pin cable to DUT. I want the
> STAF/STAX which is also running in PC to send and execute all the command=
s
> to the teraterm console which in turn will configure the ROUTER.
>
> My script (test.sh) is just two lines as below,
>
> #! /bin/sh
> ls
>
> This test.sh is saved in c:\staf\testcases\test.sh in PC. I want this
> script to run using STAF/STAX  through the serial console and get
> displayed in teraterm console.
>
> For this I gave,
> C:\>staf 192.168.1.254 process start shell command
> "/staf/testcases/test.sh" env
> CLASSPATH=3D{STAF/ENV/Classpath};C:/STAF/testcases
>
> from command prompt of PC. It shows an error message as ,
> Error submitting request, RC: 16
> Additional info
> ---------------
> STAFConnectionProviderConnect: Timed out connecting to endpoint: select()
> timeou
> t: 22, Endpoint: 192.168.1.254
>
> The whole theme is the ROUTER has lot of features like VPN, Firewall and
> etc... to be configured and tested. This I want to do from the PC having
> STAF installed through the serial console as mentioned before. It has to
> be noted Router is Linux OS and the PC is Windows OS.
>
> Please let me know what are all the steps that I have to perform to get
> the work done. It will be helpful if I can get the answer as soon as
> possible.
>
> Thanks,
> Girish
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On 1/20/06, David Bender <bd...@us...> wrote:
> Girish,
>
> The "RC=3D10 STAFResult=3D2" you are getting means that the Linux operati=
ng
> system can't find the executable you specified.  You used:
>
> <command>'shell'</command>
> <parms>'/ramdisk/test.sh'</parms>
>
> I don't think you want 'shell' as the command (it's not a valid command o=
n
>
>
> any of my Linux systems.  I think instead you just want:
>
> <command>'/ramdisk/test.sh'</command>
>
> To get the output of the command returned to the STAX Monitor, add the
> following:
>
> <process>
> <location>'local'</location>
> <command>'/ramdisk/test.sh'</command>
> <stderr mode=3D" 'stdout' "></stderr>
> <returnstdout/>
> </process>
>
> <message log=3D"1">STAXResult</message>
>
> Then you will see the output of the command in the STAX Monitor (and in
> the STAX Job User log).  Note that I removed the <env> element since you
> don't need that for this particular <process>.
>
> David Bender
> STAF/STAX Development
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> IBM Austin Bldg. 903-5B002
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>
> ----- Forwarded by David Bender/Austin/IBM on 01/20/2006 08:58 AM -----
>
> Girish <gir...@gm... >
> 01/19/2006 09:53 AM
>
> To
> David Bender/Austin/IBM@IBMUS
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> Subject
> need some clarification regarding the execution of STAF/STAX
>
>
>
>
>
>
> HI David,
>
> I have a shell script (test.sh) which just will perform a 'ls' operation
> in linux.  This script I have downloaded to the teraterm console's
> /ramdisk.The setup is actually,
>
> PC --------LAN port of DUT
>
> DUT has a serial console and OS is Linux. PC is Windows XP. I have
> insalled STAF as well as STAX in my Windows PC. Please let me know if the
> steps I followed is correct as I am not getting the result.
>
> 1. I kept the test.sh also in c:\STAF\testcases
> 2. C:\>staf local process start shell command "shell test" env
> CLASSPATH=3D{STAF/ENV/
> Classpath};C:/STAF/testcases
> 3. Had an xml file under c:\STAF\XML\difficult.xml containing the
> following code,
> <?xml version=3D"1.0" encoding=3D"UTF-8" standalone=3D"no"?>
> <!DOCTYPE stax SYSTEM " stax.dtd">
> <stax>
> <defaultcall function=3D"main"/>
> <function name=3D"main">
> <sequence>
> <process>
> <location>'local'</location>
> <command>'shell'</command>
> <parms>'/ramdisk/test.sh'</parms>
> <env>'CLASSPATH=3D{STAF/Env/Classpath};C:/STAF/testcases'</env>
> </process>
> <if expr=3D"RC !=3D 0">
> <message>'Error: RC=3D%s, STAXResult=3D%s' % (RC, STAXResult)</message>
> <else>
> <message>'Process RC was 0. STAXResult=3D%s' % STAXResult</message>
> </else>
> </if>
> </sequence>
> </function>
> </stax>
> 3. C:\>java -jar c:/STAF/services/stax/STAXMon.jar to start the STAX Job
> Monitor. I brwsed the path of the xml file and started to test by pressin=
g
>
> the Submit button.
> 4. I got the following error,
>
> Timestamp
> Message
> 20060119-20:45:54
> STAXProcessStartError signal raised. Continuing job. with location=3Dloca=
l
> request=3Dcommand :5:shell parms :16:/ramdisk/test.sh env
> :48:CLASSPATH=3D{STAF/Env/Classpath};C:/STAF/testcases RC=3D10 STAFResult=
=3D2
> 20060119-20:45:54
> Error: RC=3D10, STAXResult=3DNone
>
> 5. The main aim is I want the Linux comands (like cat, ls, etc...) which
> will work in tera term console to get executed and redirected and display
> the results in the STAX window.
>
> It will very helpful and thankful if you can confirm the feasibilty of th=
e
> above scenario and if there is any corrections please let me know as soon
> as possible.
>
> Thanks,
> Girish
>
>
> On 1/19/06, David Bender <bd...@us...> wrote:
> For the GUI interaction, you would use the STAF Process service (and/or a
> STAX <process> element) to kick off the tool that you choose to use (such
> as WinRunner, LoadRunner, Rational Function Tester, etc.) and pass in the
> appropriate parameters.  Creating the automated test via these tools is
> not really related to STAF, if you have questions on how you would use
> them to automate your tests, you would need to ask on a forum/mailing lis=
t
> specifc for that tool.
>
> As for the serial console, if you mean a command line program you can run
> from an OS shell, then you can also run that via the STAF Process service
> (and/or a STAX <process> element) .  In this scenario it is possible to
> specify the STDIN option to pass input commands to the console program.
> You can read more about the STAF Process service at
> http://staf.sourceforge.net/current/STAFUG.htm#HDRPROCSRV
>
> David Bender
> STAF/STAX Development
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>
> ----- Forwarded by David Bender/Austin/IBM on 01/18/2006 06:18 PM -----
>
> Girish < gir...@gm...>
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> Re: [staf-users] Can anybody suggest me!
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>
>
>
>
> HI David,
>
> We have GUI for our routers and gateways. We also have serial console for
> them. Can you please help me to know and understand how I can automate th=
e
>
>
> test cases for this scenario. Will shell scripting work for this? If so
> how should I configure something like winrunner/loadrunner for this?
>
> Please help me to work this out as soon as possible.
>
> Thanks,
> Girish
>
>
> On 12/24/05, David Bender < bd...@us...> wrote:
> If these are tests that you run from a command prompt, then you can
> execute those tests directly via STAF/STAX using a <process> element.  If
> the tests require GUI interaction, then you would need to use a tool like
> Rational Function Tester to automate the GUI interaction, and then you
> could execute the tests in RFT via STAF/STAX.
>
> Here is an example of executing a script via STAF/STAX:
>
> <process>
> <location>'machinehostname'</location>
> <command mode=3D"'shell'">'/tests/runtest.sh'</command>
> <returnstdout/>
> <stderr mode=3D"'stdout'"/>
> </process>
>
> <message log=3D"1">'RC=3D%s, STAXResult=3D' % (RC, STAXResult)</message>
>
> David Bender
> STAF/STAX Development
> 8-1268 (512-838-1268)
> IBM Austin Bldg. 903-5B002
> Internet: bd...@us...
>
>
>
>
> Girish < gir...@gm...>
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> Re: [staf-users] Can anybody suggest me!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> HI David,
>
> Thanks a lot! I actually have a test plan and I want to automate it.
>
> I saw the presentation PART 3D from which I got to know it is possible
> using STAF/STAX. Basically I have installed STAF 3.11 version in my local
> machine. I have a script for testing my router's IPSec VPN functionalites=
.
>
>
>
>
> Can you please help me out in brief that what is the exact procedure that
> I should follow to make my testing script automated using STAF.
>
> I will be very much thankful if you can help me as soon as possible as I
> am running out of time.
>
> Thanks,
> Girish
>
>
> On 12/23/05, David Bender < bd...@us...> wrote:
> It really depends on what you mean by "running test plan automation".  If
> the intent is to automatically create a test plan, then STAF is not the
> right tool.  But if you already have a test plan, and wish to automate th=
e
> steps documented within the test plan, then, yes, STAF/STAX can be used t=
o
>
>
> do that.
>
> I would suggest that you go through the STAF/STAX education materials
> (http://staf.sourceforge.net/education.php).  In particular you may want
> to look at "Part 3D ? End-to-End Automation with STAF"
> ( http://staf.sourceforge.net/educ/STAF-STAX-HandsOn-Part3.ppt) charts
> 118-132 where we go through each phase of testing and describe how
> STAF/STAX can be leveraged in each phase.
>
> If you have more questions please post again.
>
> David Bender
> STAF/STAX Development
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>
>
>
>
> Girish < gir...@gm...>
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> [staf-users] Can anybody suggest me!
>
>
>
>
>
>
> HI,
>
> I wanted to use the STAF tool. It will be helpfull if anyone can help me
> in knowing the below details.
>
> 1) Whether STAF can be used for running test plan automation?
> 2) If it can then how?
> 3) What is the procedure to do the same?
>
> I will be thankfull if anyone who knows about the above can help me out
> with solution as soon as possible.
>
> Thanks,
> Girish
>
>
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