When developing, testing, or debugging a semiconductor test program, the test developer might not have access to a real handler or prober. In such cases, the test developer can use the NI Built-in Simulated Handler Driver to verify that the test program behaves correctly without a handler or prober.

Note You can configure the NI Built-in Simulated Handler Driver to launch the Start of Test and the End of Test dialog boxes.

Enabling and Configuring the NI Built-in Simulated Handler Driver

Complete the following steps to enable and configure the NI Built-in Simulated Handler Driver.

Note The following steps describe the default TSM implementation of the Configure Station Settings dialog box.
  1. (TestStand Sequence Editor) Select Semiconductor Module » Configure Station to launch the default Configure Station Settings dialog box.

    (Operator Interface) Click the Configure Station button.

  2. In the Enable Handler/Prober Driver (Real or Simulated) section on the General tab of the Configure Station Settings dialog box, select Built-in Simulated Handler Driver in the Handler/Prober Driver option to enable the NI Built-in Simulated Handler Driver for the test program. TSM uses only one active handler driver sequence file at a time because the lot of DUTs (test lot) can use just one type of handler at a time.
  3. Click Configure Handler/Prober to launch the Configure Built-in Simulated Handler dialog box.