The GEM Test Tool is an application included in TransSECS installations which can be used to run a tool on port 5010 Device ID 1. It is designed as a simple test tool to run against the sample TransSECS host projects or the SECS Tester. This application was developed using TransSECS and MIStudio and has a runtime license that expires at the end of each year. Please ask for a license renewal or link to update the software if your license has expired.

When you build an equipment (process tool) application in TransSECS, a tool simulator will also be generated. The simulator will be located in your project directory, in a ToolNameSimulator directory, where “ToolName” is the name of your tool project, for example, GEMToolSimulator.

To run the simulator use the ToolSimulator executable for your platform. The tool will start up listening for a host connection on the port and device id configured in your project.

Normally the tool simulator starts up running on the port and device id set up in the project. The configuration can be changed so that the tool runs on any port (including SECSI ports) and any device id. This configuration is in the Simulator.config file in the generated simulator directory.

To change the port or device id for the simulator, open the Simulator.config file in a text editor such as wordpad or notepad++. Find the section which has the application parameters, which looks like this as a default:

# Application parameters.  Add parameters as needed starting from 1
# To specify a port, uncomment out parameters .4 and .5 and change the port from 5010
# to use a tool characterization (json), uncomment out parameters 8 and 9 and change the name of the ToolName.json file
wrapper.app.parameter.1=com.ergotech.transsecs.secs.EquipmentSimulator
wrapper.app.parameter.2=deploy.TransferStations
wrapper.app.parameter.3=-g
#wrapper.app.parameter.4=-p
#wrapper.app.parameter.5=5010
#wrapper.app.parameter.6=-deviceid
#wrapper.app.parameter.7=1
#wrapper.app.parameter.8=-j
#wrapper.app.parameter.9=GEMTool.json