Development of software for MALTE, a system for automated testing of line current supervision andinterference monitoring devices

Sammanfattning: The aim of the project is to develop software to automatically test line current supervision and interference monitoring devices for Bombardier trains. The software, called MALTE, it to replace the manual testing done by an engineer, thereby freeing up the tester to do other tasks, and increasing the test rigorousness. The test software, written in LabView, was developed in tandem with a hardware rack, with interfaces to the train hardware enabling communication between the two, to set test conditions and simulate the environment encountered by the hardware when on the train. When completed, MALTE was found to be an order of magnitude faster than a test engineer performing the tests, meaning a large save in time and cost for the engineering team.