Hi all -
I wanted to get some outside perspective on a function I'd like to implement into a large test program I currently use. In short...the test runs upwards of 45 hours per piece of hardware being tested. It happens on occassion, that the program, or the computer will crash during test. (I would question the reliability of the power supplies but I diverge.) Its being tracked down as to why, but in the mean time I'd like to establish a software solution backup.
Here's what I'm thinking - but again, I'd like to know if there are better ways. At certain mile markers, determined by the value of an integer stored to an inticator, a file will be created to a local folder. When this happens all of the values of the variables I would like to restore, in case of a failure or freeze up, would be saved to the file. Should the unit fail/freeze up, I would like to be able to hit a boolean control, and have a window pop-up listing the backup files for all the units that have been tested. User can scroll till he finds the correct unit, select it, and when he does so it will load all of those variables stored into the program. Thus restoring the most recent save point, which could save days of testing.
This idea sounds the most reasonable/professional to me, but i'd likely need a little help with loading the files.
What do you all think?
LV7.1, LV8.5, LV2014/15/16
