Diagnostic software
Under a diagnosis software means a software with which error of hardware , other software or data diagnose leave.
A so-called self - diagnosis is built into many technical systems , which itself checks and monitors the integrity of the actions carried out. In the case of a simple data transfer, this can be, for. B. can be done using checksums . For hardware, a functional test is usually performed as part of the power-up process.
Applications
Automobiles
In the automotive industry , diagnostic software is used to check the functionality of the on-board electronics of vehicles . In addition to a function test when the embedded systems are started, errors that have occurred, e.g. B. on sensors , determined and registered by the on-board diagnosis itself. In addition to displaying critical errors in the vehicle's cockpit, errors can also be read out from the outside at a later point in time. Vehicle diagnostic systems are mostly used for this purpose , which query the individual control units and output a list of their error codes . In this area, it is becoming more and more important to diagnose faults autonomously, as this plays a steadily growing role for vehicle safety, given the increasing computerization of cars with integrated circuits , sensors and bus systems .
computer
Many components built into computers are able to identify faults themselves. In addition to the errors that are queried by a BIOS and output as a signal tone , many drives offer their own test, such as B. SMART With tape storage diagnostic software , the drive's interfaces are checked as well as the drive .
There is special software for diagnosing computer networks . In addition to testing the network itself, e.g. , Via a WAN analysis , one is monitoring the connected computer also possible to diagnostic software. Tools such as Nagios provide interfaces for monitoring for this.
In the software development come as diagnostic tools, among other software testing and debugger used.
See also
Web links
- Professional PC Diagnostic Tools (computer test software) ; last accessed on June 17, 2012
- PC DIAGNOSTICS (PC diagnosis software) ; last accessed on June 17, 2012