Dynamic device drivers

A method comprising:

• receiving a verified file that is representative of a driver model, the verified file including a list of variables associated with a device, one or more variable characteristics of one or more of the variables, a get subroutine that is configured to read values from the device, a device address, and one or more placeholder variables;
• loading at least some portion of the verified file into a driver application module during operation;
• generating a user interface (UI) element of the dynamic user interface based at least partially on the verified file;
• sending a message to the device address requesting a value of a first variable of the variables that is represented in the get subroutine by a placeholder variable;
• parsing a received response to determine whether a pattern of the received response matches a pattern of the get subroutine;
• and
• in response to the patterns matching, reading the value from the received response, the value being located in the received response in a position previously held by the first placeholder variable in the get subroutine and updating information included in a dynamic user interface with the value.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having encoded therein programming code executable by a processor to perform or control performance of operations comprising:

• receiving a driver model for a device from a third party, the driver model including a list of variables associated with the device and one or more characteristics of the variables;
• determining whether the driver model is format-compliant;
• validating syntax of the driver model based at least partially on a driver template that is accessible to the third party;
• in response to the driver model being format-compliant and the syntax being valid:
• generating a verified file that is representative of the driver model, the verified file being formatted to dynamically load into a device application module during operation and to dynamically support the device;
• adding an integrity check value to the verified file;
• and
• communicating the verified file to a user apparatus that includes the device application module;
• and
• in response to the driver model being format-noncompliant or the syntax being invalid, communicating an error message.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having encoded therein programming code executable by a processor to perform or control performance of operations comprising:

• receiving a verified file that is representative of a driver model, the verified file including a list of variables associated with a device, one or more variable characteristics of one or more of the variables, a get subroutine that is configured to read values from the device, a device address, and one or more placeholder variables;
• loading at least some portion of the verified file into a driver application module during operation;
• generating a user interface (UI) element of the dynamic user interface based at least partially on the verified file;
• sending a message to the device address requesting a value of a first variable of the variables that is represented in the get subroutine by a placeholder variable;
• parsing a received response to determine whether a pattern of the received response matches a pattern of the get subroutine;
• and
• in response to the patterns matching, reading the value from the received response, the value being located in the received response in a position previously held by the first placeholder variable in the get subroutine and updating information included in a dynamic user interface with the value.