Device interfacing
Many devices may comprise interfaces, such as serial interfaces, over which configuration and/or enablement/disablement of device features may be provided to the device. Connecting a computer to individual devices for manual configuration may be cumbersome and/or time consuming. Accordingly, as provided herein, a device interfacing component (e.g., a microcontroller integrated into an interface cable) is configured to couple to a target device. The device interfacing component may receive data streams from the target device, and may match strings, within the data streams, to expressions. If a string matches an expression (e.g., “F5 for IP setup”), then a corresponding scripted response may be executed to send a response instruction (F5, wait 10 seconds, enter key, “192,168.0.1”) to the target device. In this way, the device interfacing component may provide automated configuration for the target device and/or may be daisy chained with other device interfacing components for configuration of other target devices.
1. A system for interfacing with a device, comprising:
a target device interface of a device interfacing component comprising a microcontroller, wherein the target device interface is operatively coupled to a target device, and wherein the target device interface is configured to receive a data stream from the target device over a target device communication connection established between the target device interface and the target device; and
a matching component configured to:
identify a string from the data stream;
compare the string to a set of expressions;
responsive to identifying a match between the string and an expression, identify a scripted response associated with the expression;
execute the scripted response to send a response instruction over the target device communication connection to the target device; and
send at least some of the data stream, comprising the string determined to match the expression of the set of expressions, over a computing device communication connection different than the target device communication connection over which the data stream was received to a computing device different than the target device from which the data stream was received.
2. The system of claim 1 , comprising:
a computing device interface operatively coupled to the computing device over the computing device communication connection, the computing device interface configured to:
receive a matching component configuration instruction from the computing device over the computing device communication connection; and
implement the matching component configuration instruction to modify at least one of the set of expressions or a set of scripted responses associated with the set of expressions.
3. The system of claim 2 , the matching component configuration instruction comprising at least one of a create expression instruction, a remove expression instruction, or a modify expression instruction.
4. The system of claim 2 , the matching component configuration instruction comprising at least one of a create scripted response instruction, a remove scripted response instruction, or a modify scripted response instruction.
5. The system of claim 1 , the target device communication connection comprising at least one of a serial connection or an intelligent platform management interface.
6. The system of claim 1 , the identifying a match comprising determining that the string exceeds a threshold similarity with the expression.
7. The system of claim 1 , the scripted response comprising at least one of a pause, a character input, or a key command input.
8. The system of claim 1 , the scripted response corresponding to device input configured to invoke a configuration command for the target device.
9. The system of claim 1 , the scripted response corresponding to device input configured to enable or disable a feature of the target device.
10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the target device interface is operatively coupled to the target device via an interface cable.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the interface cable is a serial cable.
12. The system of claim 1 , the matching component comprising:
a scripting module configured to automatically execute a pre-defined script to implement the scripted response based upon the string matching the expression.
13. The system of claim 1 , comprising:
a passthrough interface operatively coupled according to a daisy chain configuration to a second device interfacing component connected to a second target device, the passthrough interface configured to:
receive a second data stream, obtained by the second device interfacing component from the second target device, from the second device interfacing component; and
provide the second data stream through a computing device interface to a second computing device.
14. The system of claim 1 , comprising:
a hybrid interface operatively coupled according to a daisy chain configuration to a second device interfacing component connected to a second target device, the hybrid interface configured to:
receive a second data stream, obtained by the second device interfacing component from the second target device, from the second device interfacing component;
provide the second data stream through a computing device interface to a second computing device; and
propagate a matching component configuration instruction, implemented by the device interfacing component, to the second device interfacing component for implementation.
15. The system of claim 1 , comprising:
a plurality of device interfacing components operatively coupled together according to a daisy chain configuration, the plurality of device interfacing components comprising the device interfacing component and a second device interfacing component.
16. The system of claim 15 , the device interfacing component configured to:
receive a request over a second computing device communication connection established between a second computing device and a computing device interface of the device interfacing component, the request corresponding to at least one of:
an access request for a second data stream received by the second device interfacing component from a second target device; or
a propagation request to propagate a matching component configuration instruction to the second device interfacing component; and
implement the request for the second device interfacing component.
17. The system of claim 1 , the device interfacing component configured to:
expose a command menu for the device interfacing component over a computing device interface to the computing device, the command menu populated with at least one of a display match command, an add match command, a clear memory command, or a restore memory command.
18. A method for interfacing with a device, comprising:
receiving a data stream over a target device communication connection established between a target device interface of a device interfacing component and a target device;
identifying a string from the data stream;
comparing the string to a set of expressions;
responsive to identifying a match between the string and an expression, identifying data associated with the expression;
executing the data; and
sending at least some of the data stream, comprising the string determined to match the expression of the set of expressions, over a computing device communication connection different than the target device communication connection over which the data stream was received to a computing device different than the target device.
19. The method of claim 18 , comprising:
receiving a matching component configuration instruction from the computing device over the computing device communication connection; and
implementing the matching component configuration instruction to modify at least one of the set of expressions or a set of scripted responses associated with the set of expressions.
20. A system for interfacing with a device, comprising:
a target device interface of a device interfacing component comprising a microcontroller, wherein the target device interface is operatively coupled to a target device, and wherein the target device interface is configured to receive a data stream from the target device over a target device communication connection established between the target device interface and the target device; and
a matching component configured to:
identify a string from the data stream;
compare the string to a set of expressions;
responsive to identifying a match between the string and an expression, identify data associated with the expression;
execute the data; and
send at least some of the data stream, comprising the string determined to match the expression of the set of expressions, over a computing device communication connection different than the target device communication connection over which the data stream was received to a computing device different than the target device from which the data stream was received.