Siren Fax Migration and 
Compatibility Testing

This document  specifies the components and compatibility requirements for TransFax, a replacement for the Siren Fax fax software. TransFax development commenced in 1998, and consisted of:

1) internal library replacement using updated libtiff (Silicon Graphics core distribution) for rendering and TIFF file parsing, and creation of a fax API for job management.

2) coding of a new scheduler, development of replacement / equivalent commands (approx. 30). 

3) verification of Siren Fax changes for Year 2000 support, 2) critical fax transmission fixes, 3) ISO support integration with the main product baseline, and 4) ports to all supported platforms. AE Inc has specified these functions as standards for  warranty of compatibility of all items in Siren Fax 3.2.1 detailed herein.

The required resources to implement this solution are given in the table below.

The table below  identifies command mapping from Siren Fax to TransFax. Note that the items listed as SAME are non-proprietary components retained in the new software.

Table - Command Compatibility

Incidental updates to the distribution as a result of re-architecting  the GUI for web use.

Year 2000 Testing

1) Test installations on Solaris 2.7 and HP-UX 11.x

2) Licenses generated for Year 2000, 2001 and 2030. Valid licenses are possible for 30 years (longer, if O/S has Y2K compliant date libraries).

3) Critical date tests and Y2K Test Plan Document to detail:

4) Date changes made to confirm that TransFax faxd would startup up in each test period.

5) ISO tests have been repeated to confirm that faxq, faxd and faxls  worked correctly with European characters. This also confirmed that ISO Postscript conversions, and latest versions of tofax and psfax were installed along with a2ps, fax2ps, ps2pdf, etc.

Field Engineering
Verify configuration and setup under HPUX, similar to the GTE 911 Call Center in Irving, Texas. Correct and optimize modem configuration, stage stress tests and conduct load verification and tuning.  Stage at HP Qualification Center, Cupertino, CA. Verify Solaris operation at Sun Development and Porting Center in Mountain View, CA.

Quality Assurance / Warranty

For QA and warranty purposes, Siren Fax regression testing is run to ensure command option compatibility. This required testing in the following modes of use:

Installation Modes

1 Stand-alone system

2 NIS/YP system

Operating Modes

1 Unix server (privileged user)
2 Unix server (normal user)
3 Unix client (privileged user)
4 Unix client (normal user)
5 Connected (PC) client with aliased commands  (nfaxque,,faxftpd,nfaxstat,nfaxcancel)
6 Disconnected (Email) client (smsend, EMAIL)

Feature Tests

The table below identifies the tests for confirmation

Function	Number of Test Cases / Parameter Tested
1. ascii2phone / phone2ascii	2
2. asciifax	10
simplest form	asciifax -o test1.tif test.in
Begins conversion using compressed fonts	asciifax -c -o test2.tif test.in
Generates short pages by not filling    unused portions	asciifax -s -o test3.tif test.in
Generates full length by filling unused portions	asciifax -S -o test4.tif test.in
Set the output resolution to standard	asciifax -r std -o test5.tif test.in
Set the output resolution to fine	asciifax -r fine -o test5.tif test.in
Set the number of lines per page to:	asciifax -l 50 -o test6.tif test.in
Replace occurence of the string /signature/    with the image of the sigfile	asciifax -G sigfile -o test7.tif sig.in
Insert the image logofile at the top of the    first page of output	asciifax -G sigfile -o test7.tif sig.in
Set Page Margins	asciifax -M 3:2:3:2 -o test9.tif test.in
3. faxq (client mode)	20
	faxq -c 3229999 -
	faxq -c 3229999 -Z "Budget reports" -Z "Version 3" ./repfile
	faxq -Z 'you owe $15.00'
	faxq -c 3229999 -P ./bulkmail -Z "subject string" filename
	faxq -t "at 21:00" -c 3229999:fred test.file
	faxq -v "10 minutes" -c 3229999 afile bfile
	faxq -V
	faxq -b ./batchJOB
	faxq -r std -c 3229999:Fred reportfile
	faxq -r fine -c 3229999:Fred reportfile
	faxq -q -c 3229999 reportfile
	faxq -A "Job No. A78" -c 3229999 afile bfile
	faxq -X /scratch/faxtest/QA/MYSCRIPT -c 3229999 afile
	faxq -s -c 3229999 /etc/group
	faxq -c 3229999 /etc/group -a asmith\@siren.com
	faxq -D ./multifile -c 3229999
	faxq -i ./multifile -c 3229999
	faxq -c 3229999 /etc/group -m 100
	faxq -c 3229999 /etc/group -p U
	faxq -C ./mymulti /etc/group
4. copyfax	2
	copyfax -s R.00865 root
	copyfax -s R.00866 user
5. faxcancel	3
faxcancel job	faxcancel F.00069
faxcancel jobid1 jobid3	faxcancel F.00068 F.00070
faxcancel jobid 1 4	faxcancel F.00067 1 4
6. faxclip	2
	faxclip -B 1 -E 400 -o ./letterhead ./fullpage.tif
	faxclip -o allpictures.tif picture1.tif picture2.tif
7. faxcp	7
	faxcp -o allfiles.tif file1.tif file2.tif file3.tif
	faxcp -split -o splitfile allfiles.tif
	faxcp -down 100 -right 100 -o outfile.tif file1.tif
	faxcp -fix -o repaired.tif mess.tif
	faxcp -g3 -o file1.g3.tif file1.tif
	faxcp -g4 -o file1.g4.tif file1.tif
	faxcp -tiff -o samefmt.tif std.tif
8. faxcp1	1
	faxcp1 -rotate -o allfiles.tif file1.tif file2.tif
9. faxcp2	1
	faxcp2 -rotate -o allfiles.tif file1.tif file2.tif
10. FAXFIX	2
	FAXFIX was_good.tif
	FAXFIX was_bad.tif
11. faxgrep	4
	faxgrep -all logfile
	faxgrep logfile quelog
	faxgrep dmlog syslog
	faxgrep recvlog sndlog mdmlog
12. faxlog	5
	faxlog -sys
	faxlog -que
	faxlog -log
	faxlog -root -all
	faxlog -all
13. faxls (remote alias for PC clients)	4
	faxls R.00015
	faxls R.00016 R.00015
	faxls R.00015:range1
	faxls R.00016:range1:1-3-1
14. faxmerge	1
	faxmerge -o new.tif file1.tif file2.tif
15. faxprint	5
	faxprint -T ps R.00015 |lp
	faxprint -T ps R.00015 |lp
	faxprint -T ps -o R.00015_out1 R.00015
	faxprint -T ps -o R.00015_out1 R.00015
	faxprint -T ps -o R.00015_out1 R.00015
16. faxq (server mode)	20
	faxq -c 3229999 -
	faxq -c 3229999 -Z "Budget reports" -Z "Version 3" ./repfile
	faxq -Z 'you owe $15.00'
	faxq -c 3229999 -P ./bulkmail -Z "subject string" filename
	faxq -t "at 21:00" -c 3229999:fred test.file
	faxq -v "10 minutes" -c 3229999 afile bfile
	faxq -V
	faxq -b ./batchJOB
	faxq -r std -c 3229999:Fred reportfile
	faxq -r fine -c 3229999:Fred reportfile
	faxq -q -c 3229999 reportfile
	faxq -A "Job No. A78" -c 3229999 afile bfile
	faxq -X /scratch/faxtest/QA/MYSCRIPT -c 3229999 afile
	faxq -s -c 3229999 /etc/group
	faxq -c 3229999 /etc/group -a asmith\@siren.com
	faxq -D ./multifile -c 3229999
	faxq -i ./multifile -c 3229999
	faxq -c 3229999 /etc/group -m 100
	faxq -c 3229999 /etc/group -p U
	faxq -C ./mymulti /etc/group
17. faxls	17
-a option	faxls -a
-A option	faxls -A
-e option	faxls -e
-r option	faxls -r
-R option	faxls -R
-s option	faxls -s
-t option	faxls -t
-x option	faxls -x
jobid	faxls F.00090 F.00092
-a option	faxls -a F.00090 F.00092
-A option	faxls -A F.00090 F.00092
-e option	faxls -e F.00090 F.00092
-r option	faxls -r F.00090 F.00092
-R option	faxls -R F.00090 F.00092
-s option	faxls -s F.00090 F.00092
-t option	faxls -t F.00090 F.00092
-x option	faxls -x F.00090 F.00092
18. psfax	3
	psfax -r std -o file.tif file.ps
	psfax -r fine -o file.tif file.ps
	psfax -o bigfile.tif file1.ps file2.ps file3.ps
19. setperms	1
	setperms -b hpux.filelist > sfax.bomfile
20. tiffdump	1
	tiffdump file1.tif
21. tiffinfo	6
	tiffinfo myfile.tif
	tiffinfo -D myfile.tif
	tiffinfo -d myfile.tif
	tiffinfo -c myfile.tif
	tiffinfo -j myfile.tif
	tiffinfo -s myfile.tif
22. tofax (a2ps,gif2tiff)	2

 

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