Introduced a digital interface between the DSI Workbench diagnostic executive and test executives using TCP/IP commands and responses.

Introduced test implementation data in eXpress to include test limits, required test resources, operating conditions and test operations.

Enhancement of the DSI Workbench 5.x interface allows for touch enabled control and high DPI/4K displays.

Introduction of dependency driven FMECAs using test coverage based upon failure effects and failure effects based upon test coverage.

Diagnostics Validation Within eXpress64

Introduced the DSI Workbench History and Feedback database and a new reporting tool DSI Workbench Reports to manage troubleshooting tickets, reports and reporting.

DSI Workbench introduced to support both system and depot level test.

STAGE, by DSI, introduces simulation based assessment of diagnostic design.

Modeling it Both Ways: Hybrid Diagnostic Modeling and its Application to Hierarchical System Designs

First time integration of full FMECA capabilities (import, generation, export, and reporting) into a testability tool eXpress

Simulation Based Techniques

DSI and TYX establish strategic partnering approach to test set development filling the void between design and system test eXpress by DSI becomes the first tool to employ the graphical approach to diagnostic modeling

“Father of Testability”, Ralph A. De Paul, Jr. receives “John Slattery Award”

DSI and Raytheon develop CAD/CAE Import to STAT (via MENTOR2STAT)

DSI Sub-contracted to co-develop WSTA. WSTA completed and available for U.S. DoD. TYX and DSI develop Testability to TPS interface (SPIFI)

This was an attempt by the Navy Metrology Engineering Center to evaluate tools for MIL-STD-2165 on a Benchmark mixed technology complex system. LOGMOD was considered the most mature and capable of any of the tools evaluated. Issue is, there was no follow on tool selection based on this evaluation. The future of Diagnostics standards was heading to a standstill.

SAMA-3 Model-Based Diagnostics applied to Crash Battle Damage Repair (CBD). At same time, DSI was under subcontract to U.S. Navy, to co-author MIL-STD-2165. This standardized uniform procedures and methods for establishing a testability program, for assessing testability in designs and for integration of testability into the acquisition process for electronic systems and equipment.
The Build vs. Buy Issue of High Development Cost and Inefficient Results
Other company’s development budgets pushed for internal research and development. While this sounds like a good path to pursue, the results diluted the Diagnostics technology development and removed much of the advancements within a centralized, focused development.

ARINC, Now Rockwell Collins, a major provider of transport communications and systems engineering solutions, uses LOGMOD as Testability Tool.

The latest Diagnostics technology in LOGMOD was provided to US Army and hosted at AMES Research Center. Automated Logic Test Structures from Logic Model was introduced.

Multiple Failure Diagnostic Strategy introduced with LOGMOD first applied to a military application.

Ralph De Paul introduced the automated techniques to develop intelligent Fault Isolation. This was the forerunner of today’s designing for “smart guided troubleshooting”.Ralph De Paul was recognized as bringing Logistics into the product design phase.Importance of Logistics Planning for Early Design Recognized.

The first ever Diagnostics Dependency Model and Functional Modeling. Developed by Ralph A. De Paul Jr., this began the concept of Diagnostics Design to place intelligence into testing. This began the evolution of enhanced technologies that formed the company known around the World as DSI International.