Q: What is OpenTTCN Tester for TTCN-3?
A: OpenTTCN Tester for TTCN-3 is a stand-alone tool for development and execution of TTCN-3 and TTCN-2 test cases.
It consists of two parts, the OpenTTCN Tester and OpenTTCN Software Development Kit (SDK).
Q: What are the system requirements for OpenTTCN Tester for TTCN-3?
A: Supported operating systems are Windows and Linux. The supported compilers for Windows are
Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2003 and Visual Studio 6.0. The supported compilers for Linux are
GCC 3.3 or older, or GCC 4.0 or newer.
Q: Why does the OpenTTCN Tester need a separate compiler?
A: OpenTTCN Tester only interprets TTCN-3 test cases and the C/C++ compiler is used for
compiling TTCN-3 adapters created by user with the OpenTTCN SDK.
Q: Where can I find the installing instructions?
A: For the Windows version, the installing instructions are at
http://www.openttcn.com/Sections/Products/OpenTTCN3_Windows_Installation
and the install tutorial is at
http://www.openttcn.com/docs/install_tutorial_win.pdf. For the
Linux version, the installing instructions are at
http://www.openttcn.com/Sections/Products/OpenTTCN3_Linux_Installation.
Q: How can I install the license file?
A: The license file can be downloaded from http://www.openttcn.com/updates
by logging in with your user ID
and password. After the file is downloaded, it has to be moved to C:\Program Files\OpenTTCN\Tester3\etc directory.
A tutorial with screenshots can be found from
http://www.openttcn.com/Sections/Support/tutorials.
Q: What versions need to be activated?
A: Versions 2.56.0.RC8.1 or newer need an activated license key to work properly.
Older versions do not use the same kind of activation method.
Q: How do I activate OpenTTCN Tester for TTCN-3?
A: Activation is done from the command line with the command "ot activate". There is a tutorial about the
activation process with screenshots at
http://www.openttcn.com/Sections/Support/tutorials.
Q: I have problems with my activation. What should I do?
A: Run the command "ot activate --manual" at the command prompt. This creates an activation request file
to the path, where you run the command. Open your web browser and go to
http://www.openttcn.com/Activation. Click the "Browse"-button,
locate and select the OpenTTCN.ActivationRequest.txt file and click "Open". The click on the "Activate"-button.
Now you have activated your license file and you can download a new license file from
http://www.openttcn.com/updates and replace the old license file
with the new one. If you are having problems with the manual activation, please send the
OpenTTCN.ActivationRequest.txt-file to support@openttcn.fi as an
attachment and explain the problem in the message.
Q: What should I do if "ot start" command fails?
A: If "ot start" command fails, check that:
- OpenTTCN\Tester3\bin is set in your %PATH% environment variable
- java.exe is in your path, to check this, type java.exe in command window, or
- if java.exe is not in your path, JAVA_PATH refers to an existing java.exe, and
- Java version is 1.5.0 (or 1.3.1 or 1.4.2).
- TCP/IP protocol stack is installed on your machine. You can check it by executing
"ping 127.0.0.1" command from the command-line prompt.
- Your license file OpenTTCN.lic is placed to Tester3\etc directory, is a valid one,
and has not expired.
- No Internet daemons are connected to port 5500. You can use the
"netstat -a" command to see the list of all Internet daemons if this command is
available in your version of the operating system. If so, change the corresponding
settings in etc\ob.conf and bin\commonenv.bat files.
- Your license is activated. Run "openttcnd start" to get information about the status of the license.
Q: How can I run the Demo3 sample?
A: There is a tutorial about running Demo3 at
http://www.openttcn.com/Sections/Support/tutorials.
Q: Where can I find the commands used in OpenTTCN Tester?
A: Commands and other instructions for the use of OpenTTCN Tester can be found from
http://www.openttcn.com/Sections/Support/manuals. You can also use the command line help of the software. By typing the plain command
to the command line, the software will help you forward. For example, type ot and the software will give you the following prompt.
