Wide Area Test System (WATS)

WATS is an off the shelf Test Data Management software, produced by Virinco, which easily integrates with NI TestStand and other test applications. WATS automates test data management and makes test and production data accessible through your web browser. WATS can scale from a single test station to collecting data globally from your production sites.


TBG are currently the only National Instruments integrator offering WATS services in the UK. Through our advanced training, we are able to provide both consultancy and implementation for your WATS needs. A demonstration is available below:


WATSTestStation
WATS Test Station
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WATS Dashboard

With quality control sometimes restricted by geography, WATS can help to ensure you meet production requirements. WATS enables error detection at an earlier stage, helping you cut costs.

WATS

Tests can be run continuously through the day with operators around the globe. Decisions regarding tests based on inaccurate or incomplete data can prove costly.


WATS Benefits

  • Resources able to edit tests from local and remote locations
  • Individual tests and trends can be reported in near real time
  • Ongoing production data is collected from multiple sites
  • Built in redundancy with regard to data stores
  • VPN using PPTP connects sites globally
  • Use of standard database technology
  • Web based reporting technology

WATS User Experiences

  • Easy access to analysis for optimising production development
  • Efficient maintenance and low cost administration
  • Production abnormalities revealed immediately
  • Negative turns in production quickly identified
  • High level of control on production quality
  • Decreased error detection time
  • Low price installation

WATS

A test station collects data about products using National Instruments TestStand. Changing test data is stored on a local database which is interrogated for new test data with changes streamed to a remote database. Data is then displayed using a web server in a format helping you make more informed decisions with live and historical test data, all from your web client.


More information regarding the Wide Area Test System is available here. Should you need further assistance, please feel free to contact us.