The MSAP project at JPL has been testing spacecraft avionics and flight software since 2005, in part using computer executable scripts. The scripts are document files of a common word processor and comply with the format of a traditional, formal test procedure common at JPL. These procedures use keywords to issue commands and evaluate responses, mimicking a human test operator. In effect, script lines are inserted into a normal procedure. Even though the executable structure of the procedures is limited to linear sequences of fairly simple operations, we have found significant value in certain test regimes given the repeatability, ease of execution, and readily understandable intent of these procedures.
Testing Flight Systems with Machine Executable Scripts
2009 IEEE Aerospace Conference ; 2009 ; Big Sky, MT, United States
2009-03-07
Conference paper
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English
Testing flight systems with machine executable scripts
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