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Automation API for CATC Bluetooth Analyzers CATC Ver. 1.40
1. Introduction
CATC Bluetooth Analyzer Automation is an Automation Application
Program Interface (API) for the CATC Bluetooth analyzers BTTracer,
Merlin, Merlin II and Merlin Mobile. This API is designed to allow users
to create scripts or programs of CATC analyzer commands and run these
scripts or programs locally or remotely over a network. The name
Automation is derived from the goal of allowing engineers to automate test
procedures.
The analyzer Automation API is composed of a command set that duplicates
most of the functionality of the analyzer Graphical User Interface.
Automation is implemented through the use of scripts or programs that the
user can write using late binding scripting languages such as VBScript and
WSH or early binding languages such as C++. CATC provides examples of
scripts written in WSH, VBScript and C++.
Once an Automation script or program has been created, it can be run on the
PC attached to the analyzer (henceforth called the Host Controller) or
transmitted to the PC over a network from a remote location. Automation
uses the Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) protocol to
transmit automation commands over a network. When run over a network,
the Host Controller is configured as a DCOM server and remote PC is
configured as a DCOM client.
1.1 System Requirements
Automation API was introduced in the following releases:
BTTracer software 2.0
Merlin II software 2.3
Merlin software 1.6
Merlin Mobile software 1.0
This document is for:
Merlin II 2.5
1.2 Support Resources
As new functionalities are added to the API, not all of the them are
supported by older versions of the analyzer's software. For newer releases
of the analyzer’s software, please refer to CATC’s web site:
www.catc.com/support