Batch step vs Batch sequence

[ethen99]

Hi 

In my hardware for best performance I have dedicated hardware for every site  , meaning that they can all run in parallel , but at the end they have to sync 

TestStand has batch model , but I am not sure in TestStand , it sync after each step or it is possible to sync at the end of sequence ?  Definitely syncing at the end of each step is not useful for me and it waste a lot of time , because I have to always wait for slow DUT. Please help which model TestStand has as part of batch mode? is it batch step or batch sequence ?

Finally what is the model in NI STS ? is it batch step or batch sequence and is it configurable to switch between them?

[santo_13]

Batch model sync at the beginning and at the end.

NI STS uses Batch model at sequence level if there are no shared instruments between sites.

[ethen99]

Thanks , this is great because I have no shared resource and they can fully run in parallel and sync at start and end of sequence 

I don't have TestStand and STS right now , but I remember in batch model they used to sync after each step and then go to next step and this was the default setting . Do I have to change the setting to make it sequence sync instead of step sync ?

[santo_13 · Accepted solution]

No, by default, the batch model sync only at the start of batch and end of the batch and not at every step unless you configured each step for synchronization.

[ethen99]

Thanks Santo, that is exactly what I want both in TS and STS. Sync at start and sync at end so all DUTs can run fully in parallel and sync at the end