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US 2014/0351661 A1Published application
Outputting fault data for a hardware device
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsAlain Benayoun, Jean-Francois Fauh, Claude Gomez, Patrick Michel, Christian Ouazana
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Abstract
A fault display module for a hardware device includes an external power input for providing power to the fault display unit when the associated hardware device is disconnected from its power supply.
Claims20
An apparatus for outputting fault data for a hardware device, comprising:
- a first power input for receiving power from a first power supply for the hardware device;
- an input for receiving fault data;
- non-volatile data storage for storing the input fault data;
- an output for outputting the fault data from the non-volatile storage to a display device;
- and
- a second power input for receiving power for the apparatus from a second power source external to the apparatus, the apparatus being operable to output the fault data from the non-volatile storage to the display device in response to power being input to the second power input.
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A method for outputting fault data for a hardware device, comprising:
- powering an apparatus via a first power input from a first power supply for the hardware device;
- inputting fault data for the hardware device;
- storing the fault data in non-volatile data storage;
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- outputting the fault data from the non-volatile storage to a display device in response to power input via a second power input of the apparatus from a second power supply external to the apparatus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.