Features
Testing
Aiken Workbench includes testing tools to check the condition of the most important components. All tests can be performed by technicians while an erasure or imaging operation is ongoing in the background.
Disk drives
The historic information stored on the drives by the SMART diagnosis firmware is retrieved and analysed to determine if the drive is in a healthy state.
Optical drives
Optical drives can be tested in a non-disruptive way, just by inserting a test CD/DVD that contains a specific pattern of files that the program will read automatically.
Sound
A voice file can be played to check the left and right channels of the sound components.
LAN and Wi-Fi connections
The Workbench software on the clients establishes a connection with the server and sends/receives several control packets using both network interfaces.
USB ports
All USB ports can be tested by inserting any USB device. The Workbench detects and displays the model of the device and compares the total number of detected devices with the expected number.
Notebook batteries
The Workbench informs of the actual percentage of useful capacity and of the current charge level of the batteries.
The percentage charged during the PC auditor session is also displayed.
A battery duration test that discharges the batteries until they are exhausted and then saves the total time elapsed into the database is also included
Keyboards
The Workbench presents a keyboard layout on screen and provides a visual feedback of every key pressed and released.
LCD panels
The panels of laptops and monitors can be tested by showing the basic colours successively, so dead/lit pixels and other anomalies are easily spotted.
Touch Screen
The Workbench activates when it detects the presence of a Touchscreen, allowing the operator to test the touch input.
Webcam
The PC Auditor will open a window and show the video captured by the webcam, so the technician can verify the quality of the video stream.
Touchpad
The Workbench detects when the user input is coming from the integrated touchpad on laptops, which allows to verify the cursor movement and the press of buttons.
Memory
The clients can be started in a special mode to run a comprehensive memory test.
