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Comprion launches new CLF tester with SWP and HCI conformance test cases

Date: 05/06/2009

COMPRION is proud to announce the rollout of Prove 2, the new CLF test tool containing conformance test cases in accordance with the latest ETSI core specifications for SWP (ETSI TS 102 613) and HCI (ETSI TS 102 622).

Prove 2 is a new SWP and HCI digital card simulator featuring an implementation for the SWP and HCI tests currently drafted within STF 361. It also comes with a set of test cases defined by COMPRION to allow users to leapfrog into producing significant test results from the very beginning.

STF 361 is an ETSI SCP Specialist Task Force, which has been established by ETSI SCP to accelerate the process of test-specification definition for SWP/HCI technology. Through its active involvement in this group, COMPRION is implementing new conformance tests in alliance with the SWP and HCI test specifications.

Besides logical testing at the protocol level, Prove 2 allows the adjustment and measurement of all relevant digital parameters such as timing behaviour and protocol characteristics. The user can also define and run individual test scenarios. Additionally, Prove 2 offers a comprehensive ISO, SWP, HCI and USB trace function, interpreting and displaying the recorded data on the electrical, protocol and transport level up to the application level.

As Prove 2 hardware also supports the USB-IC and ISO 7816 interface, concurrent testing on all three interfaces is prepared.

Prove 2 will support the complete handset lifecycle starting from development of Contactless Fronted Chips (CLF) and chip stacks to pre-conformance testing and final introduction into the end-user market. Thus, the product is primarily intended to fulfill the needs of chip, stack and CLF manufacturers, handset vendors as well as network operators and test labs. Prior to its official release, Prove 2 has already been used successfully at development departments and research institutes.