Use the Pin Map Editor to view, create, modify, and save pin map files instead of editing the XML files directly. Use the Pin Map panel in the Test Program Editor to specify a pin map file for a test program. The pin map file also serves as the channel map file.

Select Semiconductor Module » Edit Pin Map File or click the Edit Pin Map File button on the TSM toolbar to launch the Pin Map Editor. Alternatively, you can select Semiconductor Module » Edit Test Program and then select Pin Map in the Test Program Editor to launch the Pin Map panel. Click the Open file for edit button to launch the Pin Map Editor.

The Pin Map Editor uses a red error icon in the Errors and Warnings window to indicate that the file does not conform to the Pin Map schema. Click the error icon or double-click the error message to highlight the error on the XML tab. The Errors and Warnings window displays a warning in orange text when the file conforms to the Pin Map schema but will generate an error at run time.

When you close the editor with the Cancel button and the pin map file has been edited since you opened it in the editor, a dialog box prompts you to discard changes or return to the editor. When you close the editor with the OK button, the file is updated on disk with the changes you made in the editor.

Configuring Pin Map Files

The Pin Map Editor includes the following options and tabs:

• Pin Map File—Specifies the pin map file to load. You can manually enter a relative file path.
• Undo—Removes the last edit made.
• Redo—Reinstates the last edit removed.
• Open—Launches the Select Pin Map File dialog box, in which you can browse to the pin map file to load.
• Save—Displays a context menu that includes a Save option to save the file to the current path and a Save As option to launch as Save As dialog box. The Save button is disabled when errors exist in the pin map file.
• New—Creates a new pin map file. If the file currently open in the editor has unsaved changes, a dialog box prompts you to discard the changes or return to the editor to save or cancel the changes to the file before creating a new file.
• Pin Map tab—Displays an editable, hierarchical view of the instruments, pins, pin groups, relays, relay groups, relay configurations, sites, and connections in the pin map file. For each item, you can edit the attributes of the item, insert new items, or insert comments in the file.
• XML tab—Displays the pin map file in a text format that you can edit.
• Errors and Warnings window—Displays issues to resolve. Click the Goto Error in XML error icon to highlight the error on the XML tab.