Testing a Multiple Call Destination System

Use

The PCo Management Console offers a test function for the multiple call destination system. You can use this function to test a multiple call destination system without having to include this destination system in an agent instance with a notification.

Prerequisites

You have configured a multiple call destination system and resolved all the configuration errors of the multiple call destination system displayed by the PCo Management Console.
You have saved all changes that you made within the PCo Management Console.
If you call other destination systems from your multiple call destination system that require a running PCo agent instance, for example, a query destination system or an OPC UA destination system, you start these agent instances before the test.
If you call other destination systems from your multiple call destination system that require a running server, for example, a Web server, you make sure that these servers are available.

Procedure

Test Configuration

Choose on the Destination System Calls tab.

The Test Configuration dialog box appears.
Enter values for the input variables of your multiple call destination system in the Variables table.
Choose the log level.

Note

The number of log messages depends on the selected log level. The test function only displays messages whose source is the multiple call destination system that is to be tested. If you use the same multiple call destination system in a running agent instance, you also see, in the log of the agent instance, the messages of the destination systems called from the multiple call destination system.
Choose Run / Continue to End to run the multiple call destination system without interruption.
Choose Run in Debug Mode / Continue to Next Message to execute the multiple call destination system step by step from log message to log message.

Note

Since the log messages are technical messages, they are only issued in English (as is the case with the agent instance log).

The system executes the next steps without interruption to the end.
To switch off the debug mode, choose Run / Continue to End.

The next steps are then executed without interruption to the end.
If the multiple call destination system no longer responds during execution, or if you want to end execution in debug mode, choose Stop Debugging.
If you choose Reset Variable Values after the test, the values of the output variables and local variables as well as the update count of all variables are reset first.

Note

The values of the input variables are retained at first and can be used for a new test.
If you choose Reset Variable Values again, the values of the input variables are deleted.

Screen Area: Variables

During and after execution of the test, you see the values and the update count for the input variables, output variables, and local variables of the multiple call destination system in the Variables screen area.

Screen Area: Log Messages

You can see the following information in the Log Messages screen area:

Execution of the multiple call destination system
Total duration of the test run (after successful execution)

Note

The displayed duration of the test run can only give a rough indication of the execution time in the productive system because the test run also contains and measures further factors such as starting and pausing the destination systems as well as the output of log messages in the configuration test dialog.

If you choose Copy Log Messages to Clipboard, all displayed log messages are copied to the Windows clipboard. From there, you can insert the messages in an external text editor, for example.