Jumper installation feedback
View Patent ↗A jumper including a connecting face, a light-emitting face, and a light pipe extending from the connecting face to the light-emitting face is provided. The light pipe is operable to transmit a light from a provided computer hardware from the connecting face to the light-emitting face responsive to the jumper forming a circuit with the provided computer hardware. A method for fabricating a jumper is also provided. The method includes forming a plurality of receptacles on a connecting face of the jumper and incorporating a light pipe into the jumper such that the light pipe extends from the connecting face of the jumper to a light-emitting face of the jumper. A method for providing jumper installation feedback is further provided. The method includes mounting a jumper on a provided computer hardware and transmitting a light through the jumper responsive to the jumper forming a circuit with the provided computer hardware.
1. A jumper operable to configure computer hardware, the jumper comprising:
a connecting face;
a light-emitting face; and
a light pipe extending from the connecting face to the light-emitting face, the light pipe being operable to transmit a light from a provided computer hardware from the connecting face of the jumper to the light-emitting face of the jumper in response to the jumper forming a circuit with the provided computer hardware.
2. The jumper of claim 1 , wherein the connecting face is substantially perpendicular to the light-emitting face.
3. The jumper of claim 1 , further comprising:
a housing, the housing being a non-conductive portion of the jumper, wherein the light pipe is substantially within the housing of the jumper.
4. The jumper of claim 1 , wherein the light pipe is further operable to transmit the light from the provided computer hardware in response to the jumper being selected for identification.
5. The jumper of claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of receptacles on the connecting face, the plurality of receptacles being operable to interface with a plurality of pins on the provided computer hardware.
6. The jumper of claim 5 , wherein the light pipe is substantially between two of the plurality of receptacles.
7. The jumper of claim 5 , wherein the light pipe is further operable to transmit the light from the provided computer hardware in response to the plurality of receptacles interfacing with a particular subset of the plurality of pins on the provided computer hardware.