公开(公告)号：US20210286744A1

公开(公告)日：2021-09-16

申请号：US16820497

申请日：2020-03-16

Applicant: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP

Inventor： John Norton ,  Ku-Hsu Nien ,  Vincent Nguyen ,  Kuan-WeI Chen

IPC: G06F13/20 ,  G06F13/42

Abstract: A system manages communication between a host device and an end device. The system includes a programmable input/output (I/O) port associated with the host device. The host device is connectable through the programmable I/O port and a cable to a plurality of different types of end devices that are respectively associated with different types of protocols. The system further includes a port manager to detect a signal from an end device interface associated with the end device and determine a type of the end device based on the detected signal. The port manager directs the programmable I/O port to present signals that correspond to a protocol associated with the determined type of the end device to allow the host device to communicate with the end device.