IS-05 "Interaction with Node API" independence of tests
Considering that the uninitialized state of a sender or receiver resource will return "auto" as value for the destination port when doing a GET on the staged parameters, tests 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 will fail if tested individually and in a uninitialized state. This is the case since in IS0502Test.py, the activate_check_parked function will do a GET on the staged and the active parameters and compare the destination ports to make sure they are identical. This will inevitably fail, unless tests 5 and 6 are executed prior to these tests (or the value of the destination port in the staged parameters was already modified to something other than auto and applied to the active parameters before this test) since the tests 5 and 6 will modify the destination port and make sure the value is different than auto.

Ideally these tests should not depend on the state of the staged parameters and should make sure to modify the destination port in the staged parameters, and apply the settings to the active parameters, before comparing the staged and active values.

Not critical, but it could cause confusion when trying to debug an individual test case. :^)
diff --git a/IS05Utils.py b/IS05Utils.py
index b045453..f33ad97 100644
--- a/IS05Utils.py
+++ b/IS05Utils.py
@@ -119,12 +119,21 @@ class IS05Utils(NMOSUtils):
         else:
             return False, response
 
+    def perform_activation(self, port, portId, activateMode="activate_immediate", activateTime=None):
+        # Request an immediate activation
+        stagedUrl = "single/" + port + "s/" + portId + "/staged"
+        data = {"activation": {"mode": activateMode}}
+        code = 200
+        if activateMode != "activate_immediate":
+            data["activation"]["requested_time"] = activateTime
+            code = 202
+        return self.checkCleanRequestJSON("PATCH", stagedUrl, data=data, code=code)
+
     def check_perform_immediate_activation(self, port, portId, stagedParams):
         # Request an immediate activation
         stagedUrl = "single/" + port + "s/" + portId + "/staged"
         activeUrl = "single/" + port + "s/" + portId + "/active"
-        data = {"activation": {"mode": "activate_immediate"}}
-        valid, response = self.checkCleanRequestJSON("PATCH", stagedUrl, data=data)
+        valid, response = self.perform_activation(port, portId)
         if valid:
             try:
                 mode = response['activation']['mode']
@@ -200,8 +209,7 @@ class IS05Utils(NMOSUtils):
         # Request an relative activation 2 nanoseconds in the future
         stagedUrl = "single/" + port + "s/" + portId + "/staged"
         activeUrl = "single/" + port + "s/" + portId + "/active"
-        data = {"activation": {"mode": "activate_scheduled_relative", "requested_time": "0:2"}}
-        valid, response = self.checkCleanRequestJSON("PATCH", stagedUrl, data=data, code=202)
+        valid, response = self.perform_activation(port, portId, "activate_scheduled_relative", "0:2")
         if valid:
             try:
                 mode = response['activation']['mode']
@@ -284,8 +292,7 @@ class IS05Utils(NMOSUtils):
         stagedUrl = "single/" + port + "s/" + portId + "/staged"
         activeUrl = "single/" + port + "s/" + portId + "/active"
         TAItime = self.get_TAI_time(1)
-        data = {"activation": {"mode": "activate_scheduled_absolute", "requested_time": TAItime}}
-        valid, response = self.checkCleanRequestJSON("PATCH", stagedUrl, data=data, code=202)
+        valid, response = self.perform_activation(port, portId, "activate_scheduled_absolute", TAItime)
         if valid:
             try:
                 mode = response['activation']['mode']
@@ -600,9 +607,8 @@ class IS05Utils(NMOSUtils):
                 staged_params = response['transport_params']
             except KeyError:
                 return False, "Staged resource did not return 'transport_params' in PATCH response"
-            valid2, response2 = self.check_perform_immediate_activation(resource_type.rstrip("s"),
-                                                                        resource_id,
-                                                                        staged_params)
+            valid2, response2 = self.perform_activation(resource_type.rstrip("s"),
+                                                        resource_id)
             if not valid2:
                 return False, response2
         else:
@@ -632,9 +638,8 @@ class IS05Utils(NMOSUtils):
         valid, response = self.checkCleanRequestJSON("PATCH", url, data=data)
         if valid:
             staged_params = response['transport_params']
-            valid2, response2 = self.check_perform_immediate_activation(resource_type.rstrip("s"),
-                                                                        resource_id,
-                                                                        staged_params)
+            valid2, response2 = self.perform_activation(resource_type.rstrip("s"),
+                                                        resource_id)
             if not valid2:
                 return False, response2
         else:
['IS05Utils.py']