Error in Spirent TestCenter Automation Programmer's Reference

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Dunc asked Jun 10, '19 ToddL answered Jun 12, '19

Error in Spirent TestCenter Automation Programmer's Reference

I tried to run the Sequencer Example (Advanced) script in the Spirent TestCenter Automation Programmer's Reference document. It gave me error at this code:

stc::perform SequencerInsert \
-CommandHandles "$setDurationCommand $startAllDevicesCommand
$frameSizeLoop"

The error is

ERROR - in perform: invalid sequencerinsertcommand attribute "commandhandles": should be Active, AlarmState, AutoDestroy, CommandList, CommandParent, ElapsedTime, EndTime, ExecuteSynchronous, Handle, InsertAfter, InsertIndex, IsWaitingForILResponse, LocalActive, Name, ProgressCancelled, ProgressCurrentStep, ProgressCurrentStepName, ProgressCurrentValue, ProgressDisplayCounter, ProgressEnable, ProgressIsCancellable, ProgressIsSafeCancel, ProgressMaxValue, ProgressStepsCount, StartTime, State, Status, or Tags
RuntimeError in perform: invalid sequencerinsertcommand attribute "commandhandles": should be Active, AlarmState, AutoDestroy, CommandList, CommandParent, ElapsedTime, EndTime, ExecuteSynchronous, Handle, InsertAfter, InsertIndex, IsWaitingForILResponse, LocalActive, Name, ProgressCancelled, ProgressCurrentStep, ProgressCurrentStepName, ProgressCurrentValue, ProgressDisplayCounter, ProgressEnable, ProgressIsCancellable, ProgressIsSafeCancel, ProgressMaxValue, ProgressStepsCount, StartTime, State, Status, or Tags
  while executing
"stc_int::salPerform $commandName $args "
  (procedure "stc::perform" line 2)
  invoked from within
"stc::perform SequencerInsert \
-CommandHandles "$setDurationCommand $startAllDevicesCommand
$frameSizeLoop""

How can I solve this?

Spirent TestCenter (STC)automation documentation spirent testcenter automation

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Answer 1 · 2019-06-12T21:10:09Z

ToddL answered Jun 12, '19

Sorry for the inconvenience caused. If you have a list of corrections, we will gladly update the document. Alternatively, we can provide you with an editable document that you could modify. Please let us know.

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Answer 2 · 2019-06-12T19:21:47Z

Dunc answered Jun 12, '19 Dunc edited Jun 12, '19

No, it should be "startAllDevicesCommand", because in the original script in the Programmer's reference document the handler for starting the hosts is defined by

set startAllDevicesCommand [stc::create DevicesStartAllCommand \
-under system1 \
-projectHandle $hProject]

I know that in the document the command for starting the iteration is given as

stc::perform SequencerInsert \
-CommandHandles "$setDurationCommand $devicesStartAllCommand
$frameSizeLoop"

However, in that command, "$devicesStartAllCommand" should be "startAllDevicesCommand", because the handler was set to startAllDevicesCommand variable when DevicesStartAllCommand object was created in the example code. I wrote the fixed version of that command.

Anyway, I found the real error that TCL was complaning about. The error message is saying that there is no "commandhandles" attribute for SequencerInsertcommand. The example script is trying to execute the command with an attribute that does not exist. The attribute "commandhandles" should be "CommandList" in the example script in the reference document.

There are also many other errors and typos in that example script published by Spirent. It took me long time to fix all of them. I am surprised to see so many errors in an example code.

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Answer 3 · 2019-06-12T17:35:17Z

ToddL answered Jun 12, '19

You have a typo here. It should be "devicesStartAllCommand", not "startAllDevicesCommand"

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