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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1988
Rolf Hedtke, Darmstadt-Eberstadt, DE;
Rolf Loos, Munster, DE;
Roland Mester, Darmstadt, DE;
Jurgen Hansel, Darmstadt, DE;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A system for testing and/or monitoring a digital videotape apparatus makes use of the presence several identically equipped recording and reproducing channels to detect or test for errors by comparing the treatment of the same data in two or more channels. Comparisons are made at test nodes between reference 'signatures' and actual 'signatures' in normal operation or in test operation. Syndrome units are used to test or monitor circuits for protection against errors and for error correction. The monitoring and testing is done in a system which connects a microcomputer to test nodes of the equipment to be tested or monitored over a test bus.