5.9.5 remote keyword

The remote keyword is used to start the execution of a test case in a slave, to request and release events from the slave and sending a variable value to a slave or expecting a variable value from a slave. Other test case controlling for remote test cases is done with the same keywords as for the local test cases.

The remote keyword has two mandatory arguments, described below.

Argument

Slave name

The slave name, the same that was given for allocate.

Command name

The remote command name (supported: run, request, wait, set, unset, release, expect, sendreceive).

The remote keyword can be used for example in the following ways:

     remote MySlave run netmodule net.cfg 5
     remote MySlave request Event1
     remote MySlave wait Event1
     remote MySlave set Event1
     remote MySlave unset Event1
     remote MySlave release Event1
     remote MySlave expect variable1
     remote MySlave sendreceive variable1=/tmp/file.txt

The remote keyword with sendreceive command is used in the master script for sending a variable value to one of the slaves identified by slave name. This remote command supports the same parameters as sendreceive keyword. See sendreceive keyword .

The remote keyword with expect command is used in master script for expecting a variable value from one of the slaves identified by slave name. This remote command supports the same parameters as the expect keyword. See expect keyword .

The other supported remote commands are run, request, release, set, unset and wait. They support the same parameters as the same keywords described in run keyword, request keyword and release keyword.