CASS TPS documentation-a high technology tool

Test program set (TPS) development documentation in the past has invariably been paper oriented, sequential in form, and cumbersome in use. Consolidated Automated Support System (CASS) documentation covers a range of technical performance that is considerably more extensive than on previous testers and is necessarily also voluminous. The US Navy undertook the task of modifying the CASS TPS guides, automating them for use on PCs, and logically connecting ideas through hypermedia. Current techniques used in the Navy CASS guides are described. The CASS TPS Hypertext Guide (THG) is an online reference, multimedia information presentation system developed exclusively for CASS TPS developers. The presentation system provides TPS developers with information about CASS system performance characteristics, instrumentation interface specifications, and system operational features and modes for the CASS hybrid, radio frequency (RF), communication, navigation and investigation (CNI), and electrooptics (EO) test stations and ancillary equipment.<>