ETCS Test Environment

Integration test with trackside devices (eurobalise, euroloop, national systems such as RSC, SCMT, etc.)
Integration test with ERTMS trackside system (Radio Block C)
Validation test, according with Subset-076
Fully automated test, using robot/camera system to handle DMI operations

Full support to Subset-094 interfacing requirements:
- Wired digital I/O (24 V)
- IEEE 802.3 (Ethernet) 100/1000 Mbps, using TCP/UDP transport layers
- Async Serial port, RS232/RS422/RS485
- Digital encoder emulation (up to 500 km/h), using RS422 transmitter
- Profibus DP (FDL data link layer), to support STM communication
Optional Interfaces:
- MVB, for digital I/O interface to ETCS Onboard
- CAN bus
- Synchronous serial port (RS422 physical layer)

Euroradio Interfaces:
- GSMR modem emulation (CS mode), on RS232/RS422 serial port
AIRGAP Interfaces:
- Eurobalise and Euroloop emulation
- RSC emulation
DMI Interfaces:
- Robotic arm (Industrial standard) to emulate the driver operation on the touch screen display (or keyboard), including data entry
- High resolution GigE camera (industrial standard), to grab the DMI display images
- Recognition of symbols (icons) and text, using Matrox Imaging Libraries (MIL)
- Up two display supported

Custom design of the cabinet
Based on Industrial PC (High performances) and optional workstation to host software tools and database
Remote maintenance & assistance by 4G/5G network
COTS interface equipment for airgap (DDS generator) and DMI (robot, camera)

The database of Registry data contains all the information to validate the Test Sequences and the Scenario Files:
- A language has been defined for each communication protocol (BTM and LTM telegrams, STM messages, JRS messages, …) to provide automatically coding/decoding functions.
- The database supports more versions of the same Language.
- The set of used language are specified in the scenario file.
- A specific Language has been defined to describe all the Command and Check Actions to automatically implement the test sequences:
  - The command and Check Actions are used to specify the behaviour of the simulator for each step of the Test sequence
  - The Actions are scheduled on position base, with the possibility to specify a time delay respect the begin or end of the previous action.
  - The Check Actions are automatically evaluated at runtime
The Test Environment database contains all the information to run the simulations
The LER/AET database contains the simulation events and the results of each command/check actions, so the results of each step of the Test Sequence.

Windows based (.NET Framework) + I7 Framework real-time execution environment
May integrate customer SW modules (SW in the loop)
ETCS specific modules:
- Euroradio safety layer / STM safety layer
- Eurobalise/Euroloop telegram generator
- Train Motion simulator, with hard synchronisation (0.1 m) with balise/loop transmission (up to 500 km/h)
- Flexible I/O management, via hard-wired signal or Subset-094 test protocol over TCP/UDP or serial port

Windows based (.NET Framework)
Data storage uses MS SQL Server database for:
- Subset-076 reference source scenarios
- Custom operating scenarios
- Test result
- Protocols and languages configuration
Scenario Editor application
Scenario Manager application
Automatic Evaluation application tool, for test result analysis

Allows to create the Scenario Files starting from the Subset 076-6-3, from the results of an interactive simulation or from an empty one
Provides support to check and validate the Test Scenario
Manages the data to automatically convert the Step of Subset 076-6-3 in Command and Check Actions

Records the simulation events
Records the results of each Command and Check Actions
Provides Detailed Log files of the messages of all communication protocols
Create the report (pass/fail) of the single simulation or of a sequence of simulations
Allows to check the Simulation results at runtime

Hardware Architecture