Administrative computer and testing apparatus

摘要

An administrative computer and testing apparatus device is provided. The administrative computer is coupled to the testing apparatus so that the test data can be correlated with administrative information such as the location of the equipment tested. The administrative computer can control the testing apparatus to provide testing in accordance with predefined test procedures. The administrative computer is user-programmable to permit user-defined test procedures to be established. In one embodiment test data is provided to the administrative computer by using a memory buffer which can be written into by the test apparatus and can be read by the administrative computer. Test data, preferably test data correlated with the location information, can be communicated to a remote computer for further processing or analysis.