CN1431593A - Debugging equipment of computer system - Google Patents
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The debugging equipment can be applicable to commuter system such as notebook computers and desktop computers. The computer system provides at least the power indicator light, the battery indicator light, the hard disk running indicator light, the floppy drive running light indicator, the Num Lock indicator, the Caps Lock indicator light and the Scroll Lock light indicator. The several indicators can point out 512 kinds of different system abnormal states. In the implementation, only the BIOS of the computer system is need to be modified, without need to connect external hardware, the transfer circuit or modifying the existing main board structure.
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The present invention relates to a kind of computer system diagnostic techniques, particularly relate to a kind of debugging equipment of computer system, it can be complementary with a computer system, for example a notebook or desktop PC, this computer system must built-in at least 7 kinds of pilot lamp, comprise a power light, one Battery Indicator Light, one hard disk operation indicator, one floppy drive run indicator, one numeric keypad locking (Num Lock) pilot lamp, one capitalization locking (Caps Lock) pilot lamp, with roll screen locking (Scroll Lock) pilot lamp, show the various misarrangement results of this computer system with 7 kinds of pilot lamp whereby.
Background technology
During the computer system operation, some unexpected system exception situations take place and cause system's hang-up in Chang Keneng.In order to assist the user to find out to cause the meet accident reason of shutdown situation of computer system; the general practice is that debugging equipment (debugger) is set in computer system; for example common LCD misarrangement device (LED debugger); it can show and the corresponding code of system exception situation that causes hang-up on LCD when computer system meets accident the shutdown situation immediately.The user can find corresponding system exception situation explanation according to the shown code of LCD and get rid of indication from service manual.
Yet, a shortcoming of existing computer system debugging equipment is that it need add external hardware circuit and connector, and (for example ISA, PCI, Mini PCI) also needs external different built-up circuit under different bus architectures, need to revise existing mainboard framework even, therefore use comparatively inconvenience and increased cost.In addition, the general debugging equipment of computer system of being familiar with only can provide 256 kinds of different display modes at the most mostly, therefore only can be so as to indicating 256 kinds of different system exception situations.
Debugging equipment of computer system with the isa bus framework is an example, and it need add external Port84 breakout box, and only can be in order to indicate 256 kinds of different system exception situations at the most; If the debugging equipment of computer system with pci bus architecture is an example, it need add external PCI breakout box and misarrangement circuit, and only can be in order to indicate 256 kinds of different system exception situations at the most; If with the debugging equipment of computer system of Mini-PCI bus architecture, it need add external Mini-PCI to PCI breakout box and PCI-Port84 misarrangement circuit, and only can be in order to indicate 256 kinds of different system exception situations at the most.
In addition, also having a kind of prior art is that the misarrangement device displaying result is external to parallel port (parallel port), and comes the indication mechanism unusual condition with 8 LCD.The advantage of this practice is to revise existing mainboard framework; Yet its shortcoming is that it is an external hardware unit, therefore is unfavorable for reducing cost on implementing.
Because now the personal computer system is complicated day by day, make that the kind of system exception situation is also just more and more many, therefore need a kind of simple in structure, easy to implement and can indicate the debugging equipment of computer system of system exception situation more than 256 kinds.
Summary of the invention
The shortcoming of prior art in view of the above, fundamental purpose of the present invention is that a kind of debugging equipment of computer system is provided, it can add any external hardware unit and built-up circuit or revise existing mainboard framework in practical application.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a kind of debugging equipment of computer system, it can indicate than the more system exception situation of prior art.
In order to achieve the above object, the invention provides a kind of debugging equipment of computer system, it can be complementary with a computer system, in order to indicate the system exception situation.This debugging equipment of computer system comprises at least: (a) pilot lamp group, comprise a plurality of pilot lamp, and it is characterized in that these a plurality of pilot lamp have specific show state respectively; (b) error detection module is used to detect the whether normal operation of this computer system; As detect a unusual condition, then produce the abnormal information of a correspondence; (c) error-detecting coding module as a result is connected with this error detection module, in order to the abnormal information that this error detection module produced is converted to the drive signal of a correspondence in the predictive encoding mode; And (d) pilot lamp driver module, it can receive this error-detecting drive signal that coding module produced as a result, and drives this a plurality of pilot lamp according to this, indicates the present detected system exception situation of this error detection module with predetermined illumination mode.
Debugging equipment of computer system of the present invention is applicable to a computer system and is complementary, this computer system must possess at least 7 kinds of built-in pilot lamp are arranged, comprise a power light (POWER), a Battery Indicator Light (BATTERY), a hard disk operation indicator (HDD), a floppy drive run indicator (FDD), numeric keypad locking pilot lamp (Num Lock), capitalization locking pilot lamp (Caps Lock) and roll screen locking pilot lamp (Scroll Lock), show the various misarrangement results of this computer system to borrow these pilot lamp.
The combination of above-mentioned 7 kinds of pilot lamp can provide nearly, and 512 kinds of different display modes indicate 512 kinds of system exception situations; Because prior art only can provide 256 kinds of different display modes at the most, therefore by comparison, the present invention can show more system exception situation.In addition, the present invention only need revise the BIOS of existing computer system, and needn't add any external hardware unit and built-up circuit or revise existing mainboard framework when practical application, therefore is easier to implement and have higher cost benefit than prior art.
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Essence technology contents of the present invention and embodiment are shown in the accompanying drawing of this instructions in detail.The content Description of these accompanying drawings is as follows:
Fig. 1 represents the application synoptic diagram of debugging equipment of computer system of the present invention and notebook coupling;
Fig. 2 is a system architecture synoptic diagram, has wherein shown the basic system architecture of debugging equipment of computer system of the present invention.
Detailed description of main elements: 10 computer systems
11 power lights
12 Battery Indicator Lights
13 hard disk operation indicators
14 floppy drive run indicator
15 Num Lock pilot lamp
16 Caps Lock pilot lamp
17 Scroll Lock pilot lamp
100 debugging equipment of computer system of the present invention
110 error detection module
120 error-detecting are coding module as a result
130 pilot lamp driver modules
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Below, describe an embodiment of debugging equipment of computer system of the present invention in detail promptly with reference to appended Fig. 1 and Fig. 2.
Fig. 1 promptly shows the application synoptic diagram of debugging equipment of computer system collocation of the present invention to a computer system 10.In embodiment illustrated in fig. 1, the computer system 10 that the present invention is mated can be a notebook, but also can be the computing machine of desktop PC or other any kind; But the computer system 10 that should be suitable for must possess at least a power light 11 is arranged, a Battery Indicator Light 12, a hard disk operation indicator 13, a floppy drive run indicator 14, numeric keypad locking (Num Lock) pilot lamp 15, capitalization locking (Caps Lock) pilot lamp 16 and roll screen locking (Scroll Lock) pilot lamp 17, show this computer system 10 detected system exception situation in debug process to borrow these 7 kinds of pilot lamp 11,12,13,14,15,16,17.
Because power light 11 and Battery Indicator Light 12 have 4 kinds of show states respectively: bright lamp, quickflashing, sudden strain of a muscle and light-off slowly, hard disk operation indicator 13, floppy drive run indicator 14, NumLock pilot lamp 15, Caps Lock pilot lamp 16 and Scroll Lock pilot lamp 17 then have 2 kinds of show states respectively: bright lamp and light-off; Therefore the different display mode kinds that combination provided of these 7 kinds of pilot lamp 11,12,13,14,15,16,17 are 4 * 4 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2 * 2=512.The basic conception of debugging equipment of computer system of the present invention promptly is to utilize 512 kinds of different display modes that combination provided of these 7 kinds of pilot lamp 11,12,13,14,15,16,17 to indicate 512 kinds of different system exception situations.
Fig. 2 represents the basic system architecture of debugging equipment of computer system of the present invention (as the part that frame of broken lines comprised of label 100 indications).As shown in the figure, debugging equipment of computer system 100 of the present invention comprises in addition at least with lower module except above-mentioned 7 kinds of pilot lamp 11,12,13,14,15,16,17: (a) error detection module 110; (b) error-detecting coding module 120 as a result; And (c) pilot lamp driver module 130.
But whether normal operation of error detection module 110 detection computations machine systems 10 (comprising its mainboard and all peripherals); If any detecting a system exception situation, then can produce the abnormal information of a correspondence.In concrete enforcement; this error detection module 110 for example can be a program that is integrated among the BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) of computer system 10; when it can or meet accident the shutdown situation when the electric power starting of computer system 10; automatically perform the unusual condition testing, and can adopt existing error-detecting routine.
Error-detecting coding module 120 as a result is linked to error detection module 110, converts a corresponding drive signal with the abnormal information that error detection module 110 is produced to by the predictive encoding mode.Because the combination of aforesaid 7 kinds of pilot lamp 11,12,13,14,15,16,17 can provide 512 kinds of different display modes, therefore with error-detecting as a result coding module 120 be designed to accept 512 kinds of abnormal informations at the most, and these 512 kinds of abnormal informations are encoded into 512 kinds of corresponding drive signals in mode one to one.In concrete enforcement, this error-detecting coding module 120 as a result for example also can be a program that is integrated among the BIOS of computer system 10.
Pilot lamp driver module 130 is in concrete enforcement, can directly adopt existing Super I/OController, it can receive the error-detecting drive signal that produced of coding module 120 as a result, and driving power pilot lamp 11, Battery Indicator Light 12, hard disk operation indicator 13, floppy drive run indicator 14, Num Lock pilot lamp 15, Caps Lock pilot lamp 16 and Scroll Lock pilot lamp 17 according to this, indicate present error detection module 110 detected system exception situations with the illumination mode of correspondence.
Generally speaking; the invention provides a kind of debugging equipment of computer system of novelty; its characteristics be to adopt general computer system built-in 7 kinds of pilot lamp; comprise power light, Battery Indicator Light, hard disk operation indicator, floppy drive run indicator, Num Lock pilot lamp, CapsLock pilot lamp and Scroll Lock pilot lamp, indicate the system exception situation that causes this accident stop of computer system.Debugging equipment of computer system of the present invention can provide nearly, and 512 kinds of different display modes indicate 512 kinds of system exception situations; Because prior art only can provide 256 kinds of different display modes at the most, therefore by comparison, the present invention can show more system exception situation.In addition, the present invention is when concrete enforcement, only need revise the BIOS of existing computer system, that is 7 kinds of pilot lamp 11,12,13,14,15,16,17 and pilot lamp driver module 130 all can adopt existing outfit, and needn't add any external hardware unit and built-up circuit or revise existing mainboard framework.Therefore the present invention all is better than prior art on creativeness and practicality.
The above only is the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and the scope of essence technology contents of the present invention is not limited to this, for example except 7 pilot lamp as shown in Figure 2, also can comprise other pilot lamp; Or indicate present system exception situation with other pilot lamp.Essence technology contents of the present invention broadly is defined in the appended claims.Any device that other people are finished or method as defined identical or be its certain equivalence change with appended claims, then all will be regarded as belonging among the scope of this patent.
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1. debugging equipment of computer system, it can be complementary with a computer system, in order to indicate the system exception situation:
This debugging equipment of computer system comprises at least:
(a) a pilot lamp group comprises a plurality of pilot lamp, it is characterized in that these a plurality of pilot lamp have specific show state respectively;
(b) error detection module is used to detect the whether normal operation of this computer system; As detect a unusual condition, then produce the abnormal information of a correspondence;
(c) error-detecting coding module as a result is connected with this error detection module, in order to the abnormal information that this error detection module produced is converted to the drive signal of a correspondence in the predictive encoding mode; And
(d) a pilot lamp driver module, it can receive this error-detecting drive signal that coding module produced as a result, and drives these a plurality of pilot lamp according to this, indicates the detected system exception situation of this error detection module at present with predetermined illumination mode.
2. debugging equipment of computer system as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that: these a plurality of pilot lamp comprise a power light, a Battery Indicator Light, a hard disk operation indicator, a floppy drive run indicator, numeric keypad locking pilot lamp, capitalization locking pilot lamp and roll screen locking pilot lamp.
3. as 1 described debugging equipment of computer system of claim the, it is characterized in that this error detection module and this error-detecting as a result coding module all be integrated among the BIOS of this computer system.
4. as 1 described debugging equipment of computer system of claim the, it is characterized in that this pilot lamp driver module is a Super I/O Controller.
5. debugging equipment of computer system, can be complementary with a computer system, this computer system must possess at least a power light is arranged, a Battery Indicator Light, Winchester disk drive running pilot lamp, floppy drive running pilot lamp, numeric keypad locking pilot lamp, capitalization locking pilot lamp and roll screen locking pilot lamp, indicates the system exception situation of this computer system to borrow these a little pilot lamp:
This debugging equipment of computer system comprises at least:
(a) whether normally an error detection module is used to detect the operation of this computer system; If any detecting a unusual condition, then produce the abnormal information of a correspondence;
(b) error-detecting coding module as a result is connected with this error detection module, in order to convert the abnormal information that this error detection module produced to a corresponding drive signal in the predictive encoding mode; And
(c) a pilot lamp driver module, it can receive this error-detecting drive signal that coding module produced as a result, and drive this power light, this Battery Indicator Light, this Winchester disk drive running pilot lamp, this floppy drive running pilot lamp, this numeric keypad locking pilot lamp, this capitalization locking pilot lamp and this roll screen locking pilot lamp according to this, indicate the detected system exception situation of this error detection module at present with predetermined illumination mode.
6. as 5 described debugging equipment of computer system of claim the, it is characterized in that this error detection module and this error-detecting as a result coding module all be integrated among the BIOS of this computer system.
7. as 5 described debugging equipment of computer system of claim the, it is characterized in that this pilot lamp driver module is a Super I/O Controller.
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