CATS is a CPE testing framework which provides the capabilities to perform testing on devices catered to individual requirements such as power control testing or IR control testing. The CATS framework is backed up by the CATS rack architecture and by its many microservices. 

A CATS Rack can be defined as an Automation Rack where devices are hosted and can be controlled.​ A CATS rack is supported by several available capabilities which allow for direct interactions with the devices hosted on a given Rack.

CATS Rack microservices are now available to the RDK community. Any community member can use the capabilities made available by the CATS Rack Microservices listed below for CPE testing. 

IR Control

• Supports use of Infrared (IR) blasters that are used to transmit common signals sent by remote controllers.
• Repository Overview: cats-ir-ms
• Repository Overview: cats-python-globalcache

Video Remoting

• Supports remotely accessing the video stream as an IP Video Stream for the device under test via RTSP, HTTP, and HTTPS streaming.
• Repository Overview: cats-video-gateway

Power Control

• Supports hard-power on/off for devices under test, utilizing programable power distribution units (PDUs).
• Repository Overview: cats-power-ms

Relay Control

• Supports control of electrical devices through sending simple commands to activate a switch (or many switches).
• Repository Overview: cats-relay-ms

Serial Console Support

• Supports streaming data from serial port over IP (WebSocket) and emulation of virtual serial COM ports.
• Repository Overview: cats-pyscat

Rack Health Monitoring

• Monitors and reports on the health of the hardware devices as well as the individual microservices supporting rack capabilities.
• Repository Overview: cats-rack-health-ms

Network Router Monitoring

• Supports querying the health of the network.
• Repository Overview: cats-mt-query-ms

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