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Using the Serial / Model Number entry
The Serial/Model Number usage was originally a request from one
of our Burn-in OEM Customers. Their production line consisted
of a roller conveyor belt where the systems were bar code scanned
at the beginning of the line. The scanned in serial number and
model number were formatted into a file on the network named SEND.TXT.
This file consisted of two columns of numbers. The first column
contains the Serial Number and the second is the Model Number.
The two numbers are separated with a space.
As the systems continue to get scanned, the serial and model
numbers are added to the send.txt file. The first line of numbers
is for the first system scanned. The second line of numbers is
for the second system and so on. The systems are then setup for
testing, including installing all the loopback connectors. This
customer would utilize a parallel port network interface to connect
to the network through its own DOS drivers.
The Burn-in diagnostic diskettes were pre-configured with the
appropriate autoexec.bat and config.sys files to connect to the
network and map network drives. The first system scanned was at
test station number 1 with Burn-in diagnostic diskette number
1. The second system was at test station number 2 with Burn-in
diagnostic diskette number 2 and so on.
When the autoexec.bat file executes Burn-in, a number is passed
into the program via the command line options for the program.
The autoexec.bat line to execute Burn-in would look like this:
burnin.exe 1
The command line option number tells Burn-in which line in the
send.txt file contains the serial and model numbers for the system
being tested. While Burn-in is determining the system components,
the serial and model numbers are loaded from the send.txt according
to the value passed into Burn-in on the command line. The serial
and model numbers are included in the report that Burn-in generates.
Also, the first 11 digits of the serial number are used for the
Burn-in report name. This allows all of the Burn-in reports to
be saved to a network directory.
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