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It is not ideal to make a State Machine as TestStand does not add much value with that architecture. The factory default is for TestStand to be a sequential Sequencer, but it can also run things in parallel if needed. You have access to all of the variables that are used behind the scenes to create dynamic programs.
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Although it's not recommended, NI gives you the limited ability to edit TestStand's engine/core code/functionality this lends itself to full customization of TestStand's characteristics and offers a feeling of source control over the TestStand environment. You can easily give user permissions to limit usability or add scripts to automate what happens after certain environment-level events occur.

The development environment is meant to also be the execution interface and is therefore very configurable. TestStand's framework is flexible and extensible. TestStand currently adds the most value when used on test benches, although NI is working on adding (and has already added) more production-ready features. TestStand is comparable to LabVIEW in its use cases: generally usable in Test & Measurement situations with the capability to possibly extend outside the industry. The licenses range in ability, from simple operator functions to technician functions to run the debugger.

They have a few different types of licenses on top of the Development/Base Run-Time package that they sell in order to make TestStand more affordable to deploy. National Instruments, being primarily a test and measurement company, designed TestStand to be a PC based platform.
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That definition is fairly complex and is loaded with vague terms, but understanding TestStand as such may help you choose when to use it and will add it to your knowledge of usable software toolkits. TestStand provides an extensible framework to integrate and execute equipment/hardware divers and algorithms from a variety of common programming languages.
