For Immediate Release

Diagnostician VI Provides Automated Diagnostics Giordano Automation announces the release of Diagnostician for LabVIEW. The Diagnostician, a software package, implemented as a series of LabVIEW virtual instruments (VIs), performs automated model-based diagnostics based on the execution of LabVIEW tests.

The Diagnostician, which operates in the LabVIEW environment, is implemented as a series of VIs. You can call these VIs from within a LabVIEW application to provide diagnostic results based on reading the results of individual tests.

The Diagnostician VIs include:

OPEN DOC              Open Diagnostician Communications
TELL DOC              Pass Test Results to Diagnostician
ASK DOC               Ask Diagnostician for Diagnosis or  Next Step
CLOSE DOC             Close Diagnostician Communications

You can integrate these VIs into a LabVIEW application to suit a variety of operating modes. The software package comes with three templates of primary "modes" that you can use in integrating the Diagnostician with a LabVIEW application:

Diagnostician Control Mode - The Diagnostician manages the flow and execution of tests.

Go/No-Go Control Mode - A set of functional or go/no-go tests are performed, the results are passed to the Diagnostician, and the Diagnostician subsequently takes control of the flow and execution of tests.

Mixed Control Mode - The flow and execution of tests can be passed between the Diagnostician and the test application.

The Diagnostician performs dynamic fault isolation in a run-time environment. Components of the Diagnostician include:

• A UUT Diagnostic Knowledge Base that contains the component connectivity generated automatically from CAD netlist outputs
• A Diagnostic Inference Engine, a reasoning module that interprets test data using proprietary AI algorithms
• A Test Manager, which passes LabVIEW test and measurement pass/fail results into the reasoning module
• A Technical Information Manager, which manages the flow of text and graphics to the user display using commercial, off-the-shelf presentation systems.

The cost of the Diagnostician software package starts at $2,000 for a single platform license. Quantity discounts start at five platforms. It is available immediately.