Index: trunk/test/tmcsim/simulationmanager/SimulationManagerSmokeTest.java
===================================================================
--- trunk/test/tmcsim/simulationmanager/SimulationManagerSmokeTest.java	(revision 2)
+++ trunk/test/tmcsim/simulationmanager/SimulationManagerSmokeTest.java	(revision 6)
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@
 import java.io.File;
 import static junit.framework.Assert.assertEquals;
-import static junit.framework.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static junit.framework.Assert.fail;
 import org.uispec4j.*;
@@ -98,4 +97,22 @@
         assertEquals("Yes", mainPanel.getTextBox("managerConnectedTF").getText().trim());
 
+        // Load a script file
+        String autoloadScriptname = "scripts/practice_script_2016.xml";
+        SimulationManagerModel simMgrModel = simMgrApp.theSimManagerModel;
+        simMgrModel.loadScript(new File(autoloadScriptname));
+        // The status should now say Ready
+        assertEquals("Ready", txtSimStatus.getText());
+
+        // Click "Start"
+        win.getButton("Start").click();
+        try
+        {
+            Thread.sleep(200);
+        } catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            ex.printStackTrace();
+        }
+        assertEquals("Running", txtSimStatus.getText());
+
         // Quit
         engine = null;
Index: trunk/test/tmcsim/paramicscommunicator/ParamicsFileReaderTest.java
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--- trunk/test/tmcsim/paramicscommunicator/ParamicsFileReaderTest.java	(revision 6)
+++ trunk/test/tmcsim/paramicscommunicator/ParamicsFileReaderTest.java	(revision 6)
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+package tmcsim.paramicscommunicator;
+
+import java.io.FileWriter;
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+import java.util.Observable;
+import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
+import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
+import javax.xml.transform.dom.DOMSource;
+import javax.xml.transform.stream.StreamResult;
+import static junit.framework.Assert.assertTrue;
+import junit.framework.TestCase;
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author jdalbey
+ */
+public class ParamicsFileReaderTest extends TestCase
+{
+
+    public ParamicsFileReaderTest(String testName)
+    {
+        super(testName);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void setUp() throws Exception
+    {
+        super.setUp();
+    }
+
+    private static void writedata(String filename, String data)
+    {
+        PrintWriter writer = null;
+        try
+        {
+            writer = new PrintWriter(new FileWriter(filename));
+            writer.println(data);
+            writer.close();
+        } catch (Exception ex)
+        {
+            ex.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
+    /* Convert a DOM to a string, thank you internet.  */
+
+    private static String toString(Document newDoc) throws Exception
+    {
+        DOMSource domSource = new DOMSource(newDoc);
+        Transformer transformer = TransformerFactory.newInstance().newTransformer();
+        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
+        StreamResult sr = new StreamResult(sw);
+        transformer.transform(domSource, sr);
+        return sw.toString();
+    }
+    String kFileContents = "Hello Jupiter";
+
+    public void testConstructor() throws Exception
+    {
+        writedata("inputfile.txt", kFileContents);
+        ParamicsFileReader pfr = new ParamicsFileReader("", "1", 2, "inputfile.txt");
+        ReaderObserver watcher = new ReaderObserver();
+        pfr.addObserver(watcher);
+        try
+        {
+            Thread.sleep(2000);
+        } catch (Exception e)
+        {
+            fail();
+        }
+        assertTrue(watcher.count > 0);
+        String actual = "";
+        actual = toString(watcher.result);
+        assertTrue("Reader produced wrong output", actual.contains(kFileContents));
+    }
+
+    class ReaderObserver implements java.util.Observer
+    {
+
+        int count = 0;
+        Document result;
+
+        @Override
+        public void update(Observable obs, Object obj)
+        {
+            count += 1;
+            if (obj instanceof FileIOUpdate)
+            {
+                FileIOUpdate msg = (FileIOUpdate) obj;
+                assertEquals("1", msg.ioID);
+                assertEquals((long) 1 + kFileContents.length(), (long) msg.ioBytes);
+            } else if (obj instanceof Document)
+            {
+                result = (Document) obj;
+            } else
+            {
+                fail("unrecognized update object " + obj.getClass());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}