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Running the Logo Tests

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Note  This content applies to the Windows Logo Kit (WLK). For the latest information using the new Windows Hardware Certification Kit (HCK), see Windows HCK User's Guide on the Windows Hardware Dev Center.

To run the logo tests and create a submission cabinet file to send to WHQL for logo approval, complete the following procedures:

To run logo tests from a previously saved Device Job Schedule File

Note  This content applies to the Windows Logo Kit (WLK). For the latest information using the new Windows Hardware Certification Kit (HCK), see Windows HCK User's Guide on the Windows Hardware Dev Center.

  1. Open a new Device Console window by clicking Explorers, and then clicking Device Console.

  2. Select your DTM controller from the Data Store drop-down list box in the upper-left corner of the Device Console window.

  3. Click the Load button at the bottom of the Device Console window.

  4. Select a Device Job Schedule file that you have previously saved, and then click Open.

    Note   When you click Open to load your saved Device Job Schedule file, the Add Selected and Schedule Jobs buttons are automatically activated. This means that the jobs are immediately scheduled against the computers in the machine pool. If the computers against which the saved jobs were originally scheduled are no longer in the machine pool, the jobs will not run. No dialog boxes will appear with any of this information.

  5. Skip ahead to the Monitor logo test progress portion of this document.

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To use the Create New Submission wizard to select and run logo tests

Note  This content applies to the Windows Logo Kit (WLK). For the latest information using the new Windows Hardware Certification Kit (HCK), see Windows HCK User's Guide on the Windows Hardware Dev Center.

  1. Switch to the Device Console window.

    You can also open a new Device Console window by clicking Explorers, and then clicking Device Console.

  2. Select your DTM controller from the Data Store drop-down list box in the upper-left corner of the Device Console window.

  3. In the Submission area, click Submission.

  4. To the right of the Submissionarea, select <New Submission> from the Submission drop-down list, and follow the instructions in the Create New SubmissionWizard that appears.

  5. Choose the logo test(s) to run:

    1. Select the operating system and processor architecture to test, and then click Next.

    2. Select a submission category, and then click Next.

    3a. If you selected a Device Submission, select a logo program, and then click Next.

    3b. If you selected a System Submission, select a sub-category, and then click Next.

    4. Select a Qualification Level, and then click Next.

    5. Enter a name for the submission, and select the machine pool that contains the machine(s) to use for the submission, and then click Next.

    6a. Depending on the logo test, you may need to select a specific machine from the machine pool on which to run the logo test, and then click Finish.

    6b. Depending on the logo test, you may need to select the drivers that are part of the submission by specifying a device installation file (INF file), and then click Finish.

    Note   After you click Finish at the end of Step 6a or 6b, you might receive an error message indicating that no machine was specified. If you receive this error message, follow the instructions for "Error message: No Machine Specified" in the Troubleshooting DTM Problems topic.

    Note  After you click Finish in Step 6a or 6b, the device or device driver is selected for test through the Device Console Submission Wizard in the left-hand pane of the Device Console. Do not change this selection unless you want select another device for the test specified in the INF. Do not choose the root submission name or a non-device, as this will cause the test to lose device information.

  6. Optional: Click the Save button to save this submission as a Device Job Schedule file. Next time you create a similar submission, you can load the Device Job Schedule file instead of completing the wizard again.

To select and schedule logo tests

Note  This content applies to the Windows Logo Kit (WLK). For the latest information using the new Windows Hardware Certification Kit (HCK), see Windows HCK User's Guide on the Windows Hardware Dev Center.

  1. Select the check boxes for the displayed logo tests from the filtered list in the Available Jobs pane.

  2. Click Add Selected.

    Note   Some of the logo jobs require you to edit some parameters manually before the jobs can be scheduled against the machine pool. The "Running the Xxx Tests" topics will tell you whether or not you must edit parameters. To edit parameters for a logo related job, complete the following procedure.

    1. In the bottom pane showing the selected jobs, right-click the job whose parameters you want to edit, then click Edit parameters.

      Note  The values shown under Edit parameters are the default values of the job. They are not what the user selects in the submission wizard. You cannot change the values created in the submission wizard in Edit parameters.

    2. In the Parameters for "" pane, click the label for the Schedule Value column.

    3. Change the value of the <parameter_name> parameter to the required value.

    4. Click the pencil icon to the left of the parameter name to save your changes.

    5. Close the Parameters for "" dialog box.

  3. Click ScheduleJobs.

    Important   If you rerun this job, do not do so from the Job Monitor window by using the Rerun option. Switch to the Device Console window and repeat the tasks under To select and schedule logo tests.

Monitor logo test progress

Note  This content applies to the Windows Logo Kit (WLK). For the latest information using the new Windows Hardware Certification Kit (HCK), see Windows HCK User's Guide on the Windows Hardware Dev Center.

  • Observe logo test progress using Job Monitor, and manually intervene if required by the test.

  • Examine the results of a job in the Result Explorer and diagnose the source of any errors. If necessary, debug your device and/or driver and continue to rerun the logo tests until they pass.

    Note   Under certain circumstances some tasks within a job will fail but the overall status for the completed job will be a PASS. This is a known condition and as long as the overall status of the completed job is a PASS, the job will be accepted. If you have questions about a failed task within a job that has a PASS status, refer to the Resolving Errors, Updating DTM with QFE Patches topic for more information.

After the logo tests have all passed, you can submit the logo test results to WHQL for approval.

 

 

Build date: 9/14/2012