Action: ProvideLoginPassword

Function: The action saves the credentials in the online manager for one device or as the default for all devices which do not have explicitly configured credentials. This test action can be used for PLC devices only.

Call: Devices test driver

The data is available only during the execution of the test script and it is cleared automatically after it has been completed.

Tab: Configuration

User name	Credentials for authentication
Password

Table 31. Use the credentials

Only for the following device

The authentication data are saved only for the device specified in the Device path. The device has to require authentication at login.

Device path

Absolute path of a device

: Copies the settings of an object which are selected in the POUs tree or device tree to the input field

: Opens a list box with suitable objects which are configured in the open project

As default for all devices with no specific password set

The credentials are used for all devices which do not have explicitly configured credentials.

Tab: Parameters

The parameters defined on the Parameters tab are used to exchange values between test script variables and parameters of test actions. Parameters can be used as placeholders on the Configuration tab. For this, the name of the parameter is set in braces in the configuration dialog. Example: {name}.

Tip

Variables defined globally in the script (with the prefix $GLOBALS.) can be used directly in the test action. It is not necessary to use input parameters for passing. Using output parameters is necessary for writing global variables.

Input parameters: When executing the test action, the values of the test script variables are passed to the input parameters of the test action and can be used in the configuration of the test action.
Output parameters: When executing the test action, the values of the output parameters of the test action are passed to the test script variables and can be used (for example, in other test actions).
Name	Name of the input/output parameter This name is defined in addition to the variable name to identify the origin of the parameter when it is passed to another script. During the test run, this name is displayed as the Outer name on the Variables (scope #<n>) tab in the Test progress window. Background: When a script `A` calls another script `B`, and its variable `x` passes `y` as a parameter to the script `B`, then the parameter `y` is the variable `y` from the point of view of script `B`. To see that this variable is recognized as variable `x` "outside" of script `B`, there is the Name column ("Outer name"). The variable `y` has the name `x` in the scope pf script `B` because it has been passed as variable `x` to the parameter `y` in the scope of the calling script `A`.
Variable	Name of the test script variable Example: `TS_CaseA_Result`
Move Up	Moves the selected variable one line up
Move Down	Moves the selected variable one line down
Remove	Removes the selected variable from the list