In today's market, consumers are moving to wireless technologies. Wireless area networks (WANs based Wi-Fi) for connecting your computers to the Internet at your local coffee shop. Wireless low-powered networks (like ZigBee) to connect air conditioning units in hotel rooms to a main control server. Personnel area networks (like Bluetooth) to allow you to connect your cell phone to your computer. And, now Wireless USB to untether your peripherals (e.g., keyboards, mice, hard drives, etc.) from your computer.
In the real world, it's not enough for a wireless USB device or hub manufacturer to simply prove that it has correctly followed the USB-IF specification. You can never be sure what revision level of machines or subtle differences a device will have to contend with in the field. The bottom line is that you don't want to spend all of your time debugging other manufacturers' designs. But you do need to know what's out there in order to defend your own design against potential failures in the hands of real-world users, especially with an emerging technology like Wireless USB.
NTS knows from our experience that compliance does not always guarantee compatibility with other products, and you want to make sure your product is compatible with all of the USB-compliant products on the market today. To address these issues, NTS has developed the NTS Wireless USB Golden Suite that goes beyond the standard USB-IF certification. It answers the questions regarding whose fault is it, how bad is it out there, will my product perform as expected, and will it be a success or a failure.
The NTS Wireless USB Golden Suite focuses on real-world testing of your USB product with a variety of platforms, peripherals and operating systems. The testing covers various USB chipsets using up to 500 USB devices and peripherals (wired and wireless), along with supporting operating systems including Apple Mac OS X (up to 10.7 Lion), Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista, and Microsoft Windows 7 (Microsoft Windows 8 coming soon!). NTS's Wireless USB Golden Suite test procedures consist of six (6) major coverage areas: Installation Testing; Device Functionality Testing; Interoperability Testing; Hot Detach/Reattach Functionality Testing; Power Management Functionality Testing; and, Wireless Functionality Testing. Let NTS help make sure your product is ready for the market before you release it!
Disclaimer: NTS's Wireless USB Golden Certification Suite is in no way related to USB Implementers Forum, Inc. (USB-IF) or their USB Compliance Testing. Contact NTS for information on USB certification testing.
