Teradyne intros GRADE-X OTX Editor for interoperable automotive diagnostics

NORTH READING, USA: Teradyne has introduced the GRADE-X OTX Editor, an authoring environment for the emerging ISO13209 Open Test eXchange (OTX) standard, at the CTI conference in Stuttgart, Germany.

Built on the widely used GRADE-X diagnostics platform, the GRADE-X OTX Editor enables users to create, edit and test diagnostic sequences that can be reused across design, manufacturing and service groups and thereby help automotive companies improve diagnostic effectiveness and reduce costs.

The GRADE-X OTX Editor is a powerful graphical authoring environment that stores data in the native OTX format (a dialect of XML). The new tool offers automatic layout for OTX documents from any source and allows for specification and implementation views while providing protection from schema changes. It can be used as a stand-alone tool used to create and modify tests or be integrated into complete toolsets, like the GRADE-X Diagnostic Toolset. Teradyne has shipped multiple platforms to automotive customers in Europe.

“The GRADE-X OTX Editor enables our customers to leverage the power of OTX today, while insulating them from future changes to the ISO standard,” said Brian Westhead, OTX Editor architect, Teradyne. “Our editor helps authors create complex, reusable test sequences without worrying about programming or XML formats.”