DEVICE INITIATED MODE SWITCHING
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1. 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/output 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 wherein said input/output port is a serial port and wherein said male connector and said socket are each RJ11 standard connectors.
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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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16 Claims
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1. 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/output 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 wherein said input/output port is a serial port and wherein said male connector and said socket are each RJ11 standard connectors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. 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/output 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 wherein said embedded controller detecting includes transmitting a code to said input/output port, said device receiving said code and returning said code back to said input/output port, and said embedded controller detecting receipt of said transmitted code. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7)
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8. An article of manufacture comprising:
at least one of a hardware device and a computer readable storage medium having 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/output 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 wherein said input/output port is a serial port and wherein said male connector and said socket are each RJ11 standard connectors. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. An article of manufacture comprising:
at least one of a hardware device and a computer readable storage medium having 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/output 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 wherein said embedded controller detecting includes transmitting a code to said input/output port, said device receiving said code and returning said code back to said input/output port, and said embedded controller detecting receipt of said transmitted code. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. 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 wherein said input/output port is a serial port and wherein said male connector and said socket are each RJ11 standard connectors. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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