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What is Z3A?

Zero-Risk

Zero-Schedule

Zero-Cost

Absolutely!

Almost...

Cyth Systems has embraced a methodology for building automation systems which actually accomplishes these goals!

Is this really possible?

To eliminate risk, time, and cost the answer is in using products.

The Result

The result : long-term relationships with our clients. Customers are happier, sooner, and pay less overall.

Using Cyth Systems and TestStand allows you to finish sooner, experience many advanced built-in features, and avoid creating bugs - all this for LESS cost than the alternatives.

Actual Customer Solutions

» Engine Testing for Major Aerospace Company (coming soon)

» TestStand controls hi-mix board testing for custom manufacturing (coming soon)

» TestStand used to create diagnostic guide for field troubleshooting

Features and Benefits

» Step-based User Interface which requires no code

» Ability to call code from LabVIEW, C++/C#, .net, Java

» Logic steps like For Loops, Do While Loops,

» Expressions to use any variable, result, input, or output of each step

» Global and local variables for passing data between steps

» Test data is automatically saved to a database without any setup or programming

» An HTML report is automatically generated by default, no configuration required

» Pre-conditional requirements for each step

» Setup and Cleanup sequences available to run before and after the main sequence

» Built-in User Management and Security

» Ability to work with external instruments over GPIB, RS232, etc. without having a driver

» Instrument commands to control any manufacturer's instrument interchangeably

» Automatic processing of multiple units in Parallel or Batch test schemes

» Steps included to control NI or 3rd party switch modules

Buying TestStand can save you thousands of dollars
The most common alternative to TestStand is NOT a competing product. Instead, many companies choose to try to save money and write a custom application for automating simple and complex tests. Many realize (too late) the complexity of writing a sequence engine, and experience limitations and delays with astronomical costs.

One company built a test sequencer that served their manufacturing needs by calling a fixed number of tests in a fixed order. Writing this program took about 9 months, and experienced a typical number of debilitating programming bugs.
The same company tried to use borrow that program for life-testing, but the test needed to modified to repeat hundreds of times per day for months on end, and often the settings needed to be changed from the defaults used in manufacturing. Thus a variant of the program had to be made, using two developers for about 5 months, and the software was too complex to ever be used.
Another company wanted a very flexible customized program for calling tests, and wanted to be able to change settings, change the number of loops, and many other features. This program took about 2 years to create but only did about 10% of what TestStand can do. It cost about $300,000 in programming hours over that time.