Appeal No. 2000-1209
Application No. 08/711,180
display, as accomplished from a remote terminal. The invention
allows the changing of configuration/set up parameters in the
embedded controller using the keyboard and video display of the
remote terminal. The entry of the changes is responsive to a
physical audio-visual signal timed and generated by the embedded
controller, and concludes with a rerun of the power on test in the
embedded controller.
The following claim is illustrative of the invention.
1. A method of remotely specifying configuration/setup parameters
in a computer system not having a keyboard or a display, comprising
the steps of:
initiating a power on test mode in the computer system;
generating an audio-visual signal by the computer system;
monitoring within the computer system for first control
signals from a remote terminal generated in response to the audio-
visual signal;
communicating configuration/setup data between the computer
system and the remote terminal if first control signals are
detected during the monitoring;
completing the power on test mode if first control signals are
not detected within a specified time; and
returning the computer system to an initiation of the power on
test mode responsive to second control signals generated within the
remote terminal following the communicating of configuration/setup
data.
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