StormTest™ - Intelligent Automated STB Testing Solution
StormTest™ is a proven automatic Set-Top Box (STB) test and analysis system. S3 Group’s StormTest customers include Global Cable, Satellite and IPTV Operators, Set-Top Box Manufacturers and Component and Infrastructure vendors in the Digital TV Value Chain. We understand and directly address our clients’ points of concern around testing such as:
- The benefits of using S3 Group’s StormTest product include:
- Breakeven on investment in StormTest can be as short as 12 months
- Increased quality and depth of testing
- Reduced time on manual, repetitive testing
- Reduced potential for operator error during testing
Operators and System Integrators being concerned about the high cost of STB test phases and the costs to repair problems not detected by the final STB test phases
STB Manufacturers being concerned about testing new STBs at their customers (i.e. the Operators) test centers
Middleware and CA vendors being concerned about ensuring the quality and security of the platforms on which their products are running and supporting their Operator and OEM customers around the world
S3 Group’s StormTest product is taking a significant share of the testing market globally because of its value-added features and benefits. Using StormTest removes the need for time-consuming, expensive and error-prone manual testing and replaces it with a more accurate and cost-effective alternative.
StormTest consists of a suite of hardware and a scalable Client/Server software test infrastructure and allows automation of most routine STB testing. StormTest delivers:
- A common software platform for Cable, Satellite, Terrestrial and IPTV receiver device testing
- A single platform that can meet the different test case needs throughout the entire device lifecycle from development to legacy maintenance
- A highly efficient approach to handling the increased quantity of test results which require human intervention
- UI Text Recognition enabling software version information recovery, pop-up menu validation and service guide information validation
- Freedom to use a wide variety of test script development editors
- Maximum reuse of tests across different projects
- Support for pure black-box and white-box testing
- A central database for each StormTest facility
For further information please download the StormTest™ datasheet.
To contact us about this product please email 
tvtech@s3group.com
“The use of S3 Group's StormTest™ offers an efficient way to automate testing. It is the best solution for iterative testing scenarios to help reproduce specific Set-Top Box bugs.” Taylan Özsipahi, Head of STB&C, Digiturk
“S3 Group’s StormTest was the automated testing solution which best met our needs and we chose the product predominantly for its ease of use, extensibility and ability to seamlessly integrate with our existing test environment.” Read Full Press Release>>
“One of the most compelling reasons for Irdeto to use StormTest is that it allows us to control and monitor production set-top boxes and CA system components directly from within our test environment, enabling us to automate a wide range of end-to-end test cases. This ensures that for all product releases, we can repeatedly and efficiently validate the correct performance of both the new functionality and the extensive existing functionality.” Read Full Press Release>>
