PROBLEM

Operator gets the following TestSuite Error window when trying to connect to a station (Figure 1):

Cannot connect to the station and update the signal sense due to the following error:  Unable to lock the station because it is already controlled by another application: Station Manager.  

Figure 1 – TestSuite Error window

ANSWER

Check that you don’t have any tests actively running either on a real system or in simulation on another application within Station Manager like MPT or the Function Generator.  You must stop them before trying to connect to the station in TestSuite.