DATA ITEM DESCRIPTION
Title: Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) Interface Hardware Manual
Number: DI-TMSS-81711A Approval Date: 17 JAN 2007
AMSC Number: 7700 Limitation: N/A
DTIC Applicable: No GIDEP Applicable: No
Office of Primary Responsibility: NS/I8222
Applicable Forms: N/A
Use/Relationship:
The ATE Interface Hardware Manual is used to support installation, operation, and
maintenance of interface hardware for automatic test equipment. This manual is directed
toward technicians trained in the use of automatic test equipment to perform piece-part
fault isolation.
This Data Item Description (DID) contains the format and content preparation instructions
for the data product generated by the specific and discrete task requirement as delineated in
the contract and paragraphs 4-2.b(8), 4-2.c, and 5-3.f of DS-56, Data Standard for the
Preparation of INFOSEC Technical Manuals.
This DID is applicable to manuals prepared specifically for the Government.
Requirements:
1. Reference Documents: The applicable issue of the documents cited herein, including
their approval date and dates of any applicable amendments, notices, and revisions, shall
be as stated herein. DS-56, Data Standard for the Preparation of INFOSEC Technical
Manuals, current edition, are available at the National Security Agency, 9800 Savage
Rd, Suite 6718, Fort Meade, Md 20755-6718, Attn: I8222.
2. Format: The test program manual information that is computer generated shall be
provided on CDROMs.
3. Content: The front cover (handling instructions), Summary of Content page, Record
of Amendments page, Table of Contents, List of Illustrations, List of Tables and
Introduction, will be prepared by the Government at the time of final publication and
are not deliverable items in accordance with this DID. The manual shall contain six
chapters as described in DS-56, "Data Standard for the Preparation of INFOSEC
Technical Manuals", and outlined below.
3.1 Chapter 1: Description of ATE interface hardware. Describe the ATE interface and
its purpose, and include the following:
A. The nomenclature and classification of the ATE interface. Include test head
adapter, matrix boards, probe boards, plug-in elements, ancillary units and a short
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