Test automation 4.0 & Connected Car

Mobile devices, backend infrastructure and control devices all together in one test scenario.

The networked car brings special challenges to software testing. Even the malfunction of a single component in complex systems can lead to the failure of the entire vehicle management system. eXept made it possible for the first time to map mobile devices, backend infrastructure and control devices together in one test scenario.

The much used phrase "my car crashed" is still fiction. But with Connected Car it could soon become reality: Increasing networking, especially the access to the Internet ("Internet of things"), is making the modern automobile more vulnerable to cyber attacks and viruses. In addition, the digital world requires highly complex systems in cars. Even the failure of a single component in a Connected Car can lead to the failure of the entire vehicle management system. Previously, the various components and systems were subjected to isolated tests by their respective developers.

Time and costs are enormous, and this approach does not meet the requirements for functionality and performance in the interaction of complex systems. As a pioneer in the field of test automation, eXept Software offers a tool that, for the first time, maps the connection of mobile devices, backend infrastructure and control devices together in a test scenario and can check for weak points early in a single test run. We use our many years of experience from numerous projects in the telecommunications and automotive industries to provide an end-to-end solution for Connected Car test automation. This is where our tool expecco comes into play. As the only test tool available expecco checks all components that connect the car to the outside world and checks the entire system for weak points. In contrast to linear, sequential software tests, expecco can represent dynamic, non-linear sequences via parallel sequences, branches and loops.