Device initiated mode switching
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1. A method comprising:
- detecting the presence of a device having a first connector inserted into a second connector of an input/output port of a system; and
switching the mode of operation of said system from a first operational mode to a service mode in response to said device detection.
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Abstract
Provided are a method, system, deployment and article of manufacture, wherein in one embodiment, a mode of operation may be switched to a service mode by detecting a device inserted into a connector of an input/output port of a system. In the illustrated embodiment, the device has a connector and a wire which loops a code received from the input/output port back to the input/output port. Upon detecting receipt of the transmitted code, the mode of operation may be switched to a service mode. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting the presence of a device having a first connector inserted into a second connector of an input/output port of a system; and
switching the mode of operation of said system from a first operational mode to a service mode in response to said device detection. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8)
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7. The method of clam 1 wherein said device is a dongle comprising said first connector and a wire shorting a receive terminal of said first connector to a transmit terminal of said first connector.
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9. A system, comprising
an operating system; -
a host processor having a memory adapted to maintain said operating system;
an embedded controller having a first operational mode of operation and a service mode of operation, and an input/put port having a socket; and
a device having a male connector adapted to be inserted into said socket;
wherein said controller is adapted to;
detect the presence of said device male connector inserted into said socket of said input/output port of said embedded controller; and
switch the mode of operation of said embedded controller from said first operational mode to said service mode in response to said device detection. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16)
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15. The system of clam 9 wherein said socket has a transmit terminal and a receive terminal and wherein said device is a dongle comprising said male connector and a wire adapted to short said receive terminal of said socket to said transmit terminal of said socket when said male connector is inserted into said socket.
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17. An article of manufacture comprising:
code enabled to be executed by a system to perform operations, wherein the system has a host processor having a memory adapted to maintain an operating system, an embedded controller having a first operational mode of operation and a service mode of operation, and an input/put port having a socket, and a device having a male connector adapted to be inserted into said socket, and wherein the operations comprise;
detecting the presence of said device male connector inserted into said socket of said input/output port of said embedded controller; and
switching the mode of operation of said embedded controller from said first operational mode to said service mode in response to said device detection. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24)
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23. The article of clam 17 wherein said socket has a transmit terminal and a receive terminal and wherein said device is a dongle comprising said male connector and a wire adapted to short said receive terminal of said socket to said transmit terminal of said socket when said male connector is inserted into said socket.
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25. A method for deploying computing instructions, comprising integrating computer-readable code into a system, wherein the system has a host processor having a memory adapted to maintain an operating system, an embedded controller having a first operational mode of operation and a service mode of operation, and an input/put port having a socket, and a device having a male connector adapted to be inserted into said socket, and wherein the code in combination with system is enabled to cause the system to perform:
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detecting the presence of said device male connector inserted into said socket of said input/output port of said embedded controller; and
switching the mode of operation of said embedded controller from said first operational mode to said service mode in response to said device detection. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32)
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31. The method of clam 25 wherein said socket has a transmit terminal and a receive terminal and wherein said device is a dongle comprising said male connector and a wire adapted to short said receive terminal of said socket to said transmit terminal of said socket when said male connector is inserted into said socket.
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33. A device for use with the socket of an input/output port of an embedded controller having a first operational mode of operation and a service mode of operation, wherein said socket has a transmit terminal and a receive terminal, the device comprising:
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a male connector adapted to be inserted into said socket; and
a circuit adapted to rout signals received by the device from said transmit terminal of said socket back to said receive terminal of said socket. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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