TWI890625B - Bios default detection method - Google Patents

Abstract

A BIOS default detection method is implemented by a detection unit. The detection unit is connected to a unit under test and stores a structure data. The structured data includes a plurality of options to be tested and their respective corresponding multiple target values. The BIOS default detection method ​​include: (A) For each option to be tested, generate and send a plurality of operation instructions for obtaining the default value of the option to be tested to the unit under test, so that the unit under test returns the default value of the option to be tested to the detection unit; (B) For each option to be tested that has obtained the default value, determine whether the default value corresponding to the option to be tested is the same as the target value corresponding to the option to be tested; (C) When it is determined that the default value corresponding to the option to be tested is different from the target value corresponding to the option to be tested, the option to be tested is regarded as a setting error option.

Description

Basic Input Output System Default Value Detection Method

The present invention relates to a computer detection method, and more particularly to a method for detecting default values of a basic input/output system.

The current methods for checking BIOS default values include: (1) manually checking the default values corresponding to all options on a computer. This method is inefficient and has a high error rate; (2) using a camera instead of the human eye to automatically analyze the default values corresponding to all options in the captured BIOS setup screen. However, this method also consumes a lot of memory resources because it requires comparing a large number of images.

In view of this, it is necessary to find a solution to overcome the problem of excessive consumption of manpower or hardware resources by previous inspection methods.

Therefore, the object of the present invention is to provide a method for detecting a default value of a basic input/output system.

Therefore, the default value detection method of the basic input/output system of the present invention is applicable to detecting whether a default value of each test option in a basic input/output system of a unit to be tested meets a target value corresponding to the test option. The basic input/output system includes a plurality of menus, each menu includes a plurality of options, each option is used to indicate another menu associated with the menu in which it is located or corresponds to the default value. Each test option is one of the options corresponding to the default value, and is connected to the unit to be tested via a signal. The method is implemented by a detection unit, wherein the detection unit stores tree-structured data. The tree-structured data indicates a path of a menu in another basic input/output system where each option corresponding to the target value is located, a sequential position of the option in the menu, and includes the target value corresponding to the option. The basic input/output system and the other basic input/output system have the same menus and options. The default value detection method for the basic input/output system includes steps (A), (B), and (C).

In step (A), for each test option, the test unit generates and transmits a series of multiple operation instructions simulating keyboard key operations based on the structured data and used to obtain the default value of the test option to the test unit, so that the test unit transmits the default value of the test option to the test unit.

Step (B) is to determine, for each test option that has obtained the corresponding preset value, whether the preset value corresponding to the test option is the same as the target value corresponding to the test option based on the structured data.

In step (C), when it is determined that the preset value corresponding to the option to be tested is different from the target value corresponding to the option to be tested, the testing unit sets the option to be tested as a setting error option.

The utility of the present invention lies in that the testing unit can query the menu in which each option to be tested is located and the number of options in the menu through the tree-structured data. The testing unit then transmits the operation instructions corresponding to the option to be tested to the testing unit to obtain the default value corresponding to the option to be tested. Finally, the default value of the option to be tested is compared with the target value. If a difference is determined, the option to be tested is identified as the setting error option. This allows for automated BIOS default value testing without the need for image determination and the consumption of excessive memory resources.

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that similar elements are denoted by the same reference numerals in the following description.

Referring to FIG. 1 , an embodiment of a BIOS default value detection method of the present invention is applicable to verifying whether a default value of each test option in a BIOS of a unit under test 1 meets a target value corresponding to the test option. The method is implemented using a system 100. The system 100 includes a unit under test 1, a standard unit 2, and a detection unit 3 signal-connected to the unit under test 1 and the standard unit 2 via a communication network 900.

The unit under test 1 includes a control device 11 connected to the detection unit 3 via the communication network 900 signal, and a device under test 12 connected to the control device 11 via a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) signal.

The control device 11 is used to transmit the command received from the detection unit 3 to the device under test 12 .

The device under test 12 has a basic input/output system. The basic input/output system includes multiple menus, each menu including multiple options. Each option is used to indicate another menu associated with the menu it is in, or corresponds to a default value. Each option under test is one of the options corresponding to the default value. Specifically, the other menu corresponding to each option includes the menu in the next layer to which the option is connected.

The standard specification unit 2 includes a standard control device 21 connected to the detection unit 3 via the communication network 900 signal, and a standard specification device 22 connected to the standard control device 21 via the UDP signal.

The standard control device 21 is used to transmit the instruction received from the detection unit 3 to the standard specification device 22.

The standard device 22 has another basic input/output system. The other basic input/output system includes the menus, each menu including the options, each option indicating another menu associated with the menu in which it is located, or corresponding to the target value. The basic input/output system and the other basic input/output system have the same menus and options.

The detection unit 3 includes a detection server 31 connected to the control device 11 and the standard control device 21 via the communication network 900 , and a user device 32 connected to the detection server 31 via the communication network 900 .

The detection server 31 includes a server communication module 311 signal-connected to the control device 11, the standard control device 21, and the user device 32, a server storage module 312, and a server processing module 313 electrically connected to the server communication module 311 and the server storage module 312.

The server-side storage module 312 stores tree-structured data (as shown in FIG3 ) indicating a path to a menu containing each option corresponding to the target value in the alternative basic input/output system of the standard device 22 and the sequential position of the option within the menu. The tree-structured data also includes the target value corresponding to the option and an annotation string corresponding to the option. The annotation string corresponding to each option corresponding to the target value indicates a target type of the corresponding option, which can be one of multiple types. The path of each menu corresponding to the option with the default value in the basic input/output system and the sequential position of each option in the menu are identical to the path of each menu corresponding to the option with the target value in the other basic input/output system and the sequential position of each option in the menu. It is worth noting that the tree-structured data is a JSON file or a CSV file, but is not limited thereto.

The user device 32 is operated by a user and includes a user communication module 321 signal-connected to the detection server 31, a user input module 322, a user display module 323, and a user processing module 324 electrically connecting the user communication module 321, the user input module 322, and the user display module 323.

The control device 11 and the standard control device 21 may be a control box, but is not limited thereto.

The device under test 12 and the standard device 22 can be a server or a personal computer, but are not limited thereto.

The detection server 31 can be a server or a personal computer, but is not limited thereto.

The user end device 32 can be a personal computer, a tablet computer, a notebook computer or a smart phone, but is not limited thereto.

The following will be used in conjunction with the embodiment of the default value detection method of the basic input and output system of the present invention to explain the operating details of each component in the system 100 device. The embodiment of the default value detection method of the basic input and output system includes a tree-structured data acquisition process and a detection process.

Referring to Figure 2, the tree-structured data acquisition process includes steps S501 to S506.

In step S501, the client processing module 324 generates an extraction command for obtaining relevant information of all options in the other basic input and output system of the standard specification device 22 in response to the input signal generated by the user operation of the client input module 322, and transmits the extraction command to the detection server 31 through the client communication module 321.

In step S502, after receiving the capture instruction through the server communication module 311, the server processing module 313 uses an Automation BIOS Setting Tool to generate a series of multiple read instructions that simulate keyboard key operations and are used to obtain the target values of the options, and transmits the read instructions to the standard control device 21 through the server communication module 311.

In step S503 , the standard control device 21 transmits the read commands to the standard specification device 22 .

In step S504, after receiving the read commands, the standard specification device 22 transmits option information of the alternative BIOS to the standard control device 21. The option information includes the path of the menu containing each option corresponding to the target value in the alternative BIOS, the sequential position of the option in the menu, the target value corresponding to the option, and the comment string corresponding to the option.

In step S505 , after receiving the option information, the standard control device 21 transmits the option information to the detection server 31 .

In step S506, after receiving the option information through the server communication module 311, the server processing module 313 generates the tree structured data (as shown in FIG. 3 ) based on the option information.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the tree-structured data representation shows the alternative basic input/output system of the standard specification device 22. The main menu includes a Product Name option, a System Language option, and a System Date option. The first item in the Product Name option has a comment string corresponding to "Information only. Displays the Product Name string" and a target value corresponding to "The dynamic string represented by <Product Name string>"; the second item in the System Language option has a comment string corresponding to "Selection only. Choose the System Language String." and a target value corresponding to "English;;中文"; and the third item in the System Date option has a comment string corresponding to "Information of changeable. This field initially ...range ?? 01/01/2021." and a target value corresponding to "The dynamic value represented by [MM/DD/YYYY]." It is worth noting that "English;;中文" indicates that there are two setting values to choose from, English and Chinese, separated by ";;". The English value in the first position is the current setting value, but this representation method is not limited to this.

Referring to FIG. 4 , the detection procedure includes steps S601 to S617.

In step S601, the client processing module 324 generates a detection instruction for verifying the waiting test option in the basic input/output system of the device under test 12 in response to the input signal generated by the user operation of the client input module 322, and transmits the detection instruction to the detection server 31 through the client communication module 321.

In step S602, for each option corresponding to the target value, the server-side processing module 313, after receiving the detection instruction through the server-side communication module 311, determines whether the annotation string corresponding to the option contains at least one of the keywords based on the tree-structured data. When the server-side processing module 313 determines that the annotation string corresponding to the option contains one of the at least one keyword, the process step S603 is performed; when the server-side processing module 313 determines that the annotation string corresponding to the option does not contain any of the at least one keyword, no action is performed. It is worth noting that in this embodiment, the at least one keyword includes "Information only" and "Selection only", but is not limited to this.

In step S603, the server-side processing module 313 uses the option as the option to be tested, thereby obtaining all the options to be tested. The target type corresponding to each option to be tested includes one of an information display type (Information only) for displaying information about the device to be tested 12 and a selection type (Selection only) for selecting and configuring the device to be tested 12.

In step S604, for each option to be tested, the server-side processing module 313 uses the basic input/output system automation configuration tool based on the structured data to generate a series of operation instructions that simulate keyboard key operations and are used to obtain the default value of the option to be tested, and transmits these operation instructions to the control device 11 via the server-side communication module 311. It should be further explained that the server-side processing module 313 uses the tree-structured data as a reference blueprint to obtain the path of the menu corresponding to each option with the target value and the sequential position of the option in the menu, and then generates the operation instructions corresponding to the option to ensure that the device under test 12 can read the default value corresponding to the option. Among them, such operation instructions include, but are not limited to, operation instructions related to the up, down, left, right arrow keys and the Enter key.

In step S605 , for each option to be tested, after receiving the operation instructions related to the option to be tested, the control device 11 transmits the operation instructions related to the option to be tested to the device to be tested 12 .

In step S606, for each option to be tested, the device to be tested 12 obtains the default value of the option to be tested according to the operation instructions related to the option to be tested, or sends a read-unable message indicating that the default value of the option to be tested cannot be obtained to the control device 11.

In step S607, for each option to be tested, the control device 11 receives the default value of the option to be tested or the unreadable message corresponding to the option to be tested, and then transmits the default value of the option to be tested or the unreadable message corresponding to the option to be tested to the detection server 31.

In step S608, for each option to be tested, the server-side processing module 313, after receiving the default value for the option to be tested or the corresponding read-unable message for the option to be tested via the server-side communication module 311, determines whether the default value for the option to be tested has been obtained. If the server-side processing module 313 determines that the default value for the option to be tested has not been obtained, the process proceeds to step S609. If the server-side processing module 313 determines that the default value for the option to be tested has been obtained, the process proceeds to step S610.

In step S609, the server-side processing module 313 treats the option to be tested as an undeterminable option. It is worth noting that in other preferred implementations, the server-side processing module 313 can also analyze and classify the option to be tested to summarize the reasons why the default value cannot be obtained.

In step S610, for each test option that has a corresponding default value, the server-side processing module 313 determines, based on the structured data, whether the default value corresponding to the test option is the same as the target value corresponding to the test option. If the server-side processing module 313 determines that the default value corresponding to the test option is different from the target value corresponding to the test option, the process proceeds to step S611. If the server-side processing module 313 determines that the default value corresponding to the test option is the same as the target value corresponding to the test option, the process proceeds to step S612.

In step S611, the server-side processing module 313 uses the option to be tested as a setting error option.

In step S612, the server-side processing module 313 uses the option to be tested as a correctly configured option.

In step S613, the server-side processing module 313 generates and transmits an undetermined log file of all undetermined options to the client device 32. The undetermined log file includes at least one of all undetermined options, the path corresponding to each undetermined option, and the target value corresponding to each undetermined option.

In step S614 , after receiving the undetermined log file through the client communication module 321 , the client processing module 324 displays the undetermined log file on the client display module 323 .

In step S615, the server processing module 313 generates and transmits a configuration error log file about all configuration error options to the client device 32. The configuration error log file includes all configuration error options, the path corresponding to each configuration error option, and the default value and the target value corresponding to each configuration error option.

In step S616 , after receiving the configuration error log file through the client communication module 321 , the client processing module 324 displays the configuration error log file on the client display module 323 .

In step S617, the server-side processing module 313 generates and transmits a configuration correct log file of all configuration correct options to the client device 32. The configuration correct log file includes all configuration correct options, the path corresponding to each configuration correct option, and the target value corresponding to each configuration correct option.

In step S618 , after receiving the configuration correct log file through the client communication module 321 , the client processing module 324 displays the configuration correct log file on the client display module 323 .

In summary, the present invention provides a method for detecting the default value of a basic input/output system. The detection unit 3 can use the basic input/output system automatic configuration tool to read the tree-structured data, and learn the menu in which each option to be tested is located, and the position of each option in the menu. The detection unit 3 then transmits the operation instructions corresponding to the option to be tested to the unit to be tested 1 to obtain the default value corresponding to the option to be tested, and The default value of the option to be tested is compared with the target value. Finally, based on the analysis results obtained in the aforementioned analysis step, all the options to be tested are classified as either the undetermined option, the incorrectly configured option, or the correctly configured option. BIOS default value detection is performed remotely and automatically without the need for a camera or excessive hardware resources consumed by image detection, thereby effectively achieving the purpose of the present invention.

However, the above description is merely an example of the present invention and should not be used to limit the scope of the present invention. All simple equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application and the content of the patent specification of the present invention are still within the scope of the present patent.

900: Communication Network 1: Unit Under Test 11: Control Device 12: Device Under Test 2: Standard Unit 21: Standard Control Device 22: Standard Device 3: Detection Unit 31: Detection Server 311: Server Communication Module 312: Server Storage Module 313: Server Processing Module 32: User Device 321: User Communication Module 322: User Input Module 323: User Display Module 324: User Processing Module S501-S506: Steps S601-S618: Steps

Other features and functions of the present invention are clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein: Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating a system for executing an embodiment of a method for detecting a default value of a basic input/output system according to the present invention; Figure 2 is a flow chart illustrating a tree-structured data acquisition process according to the embodiment of the method for detecting a default value of a basic input/output system according to the present invention; Figure 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a tree-structured data acquisition process according to the embodiment; Figure 4 is a flow chart illustrating steps S601 to S607 of a detection process according to the embodiment of the method for detecting a default value of a basic input/output system according to the present invention; and FIG5 is a flow chart illustrating steps S608 to S618 of the detection procedure of the embodiment of the default value detection method for the basic input/output system of the present invention.

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Claims (7)

A method for detecting a default value of a basic input/output system is provided, which is suitable for detecting whether a default value of each option to be tested in a basic input/output system of a unit to be tested meets a target value corresponding to the option to be tested. The basic input/output system includes a plurality of menus, each menu includes a plurality of options, each option is used to indicate another menu associated with the menu in which it is located or corresponds to the default value. Each option to be tested is one of the options corresponding to the default value and is connected to the unit to be tested via a signal. The method is implemented by a detection unit of a detection unit. The detection unit stores tree-structured data. The tree-structured data indicates a path in a menu of another basic input/output system where each option corresponding to the target value is located, a sequential position of the option in the menu, and includes the target value corresponding to the option. The basic input/output system and the other basic input/output system have the same menus and options. The default value detection method of the basic input/output system includes the following steps: (A) For each test option, the test unit generates, based on the structured data, and transmits a series of operation instructions simulating keyboard key operations to the test unit for obtaining the default value of the test option, so that the test unit transmits the default value of the test option to the test unit. (B) For each test option for which a corresponding default value has been obtained, the test unit determines, based on the structured data, whether the default value corresponding to the test option is the same as the target value corresponding to the test option. (C) When it is determined that the default value corresponding to the test option is different from the target value corresponding to the test option, the test unit sets the test option as a setting error option. The method for detecting a default value of a basic input/output system as described in claim 1, wherein the detection unit includes a detection server signal-connected to the unit under test, and a user device signal-connected to the detection server, wherein: In step (A), for each option under test, the detection server generates and transmits the operation instructions to the unit under test based on the structured data, so that the unit under test transmits the default value of the option under test to the detection server; In step (B), for each option under test that has obtained a corresponding default value, the detection server determines, based on the structured data, whether the default value corresponding to the option under test is the same as the target value corresponding to the option under test; In step (C), when it is determined that the default value corresponding to the option to be tested is different from the target value corresponding to the option to be tested, the test server identifies the option to be tested as a configuration error option; and After step (C), the method further includes the following steps: (D) generating and transmitting a configuration error log file containing all configuration error options to the user device by the test server. The default value detection method for a basic input/output system as described in claim 2, further comprising the following step between steps (A) and (B): (E) for each option to be tested for which the corresponding default value cannot be obtained, the detection server identifies the option to be tested as an undeterminable option; and After step (E), further comprising the following step: (F) generating and transmitting, by the detection server, an undeterminable log file for all undeterminable options to the user device. The default value detection method for a basic input/output system as described in claim 2, further comprising the following step after step (B): (G) when it is determined that the default value corresponding to the option to be tested is the same as the target value corresponding to the option to be tested, determining, by the detection server, the option to be tested as a correctly configured option; and After step (G), further comprising the following step: (H) generating, by the detection server, and transmitting a configuration correctness log file of all correctly configured options to the user device. The default value detection method for a basic input/output system as described in claim 2, wherein the tree-structured data further includes an annotation string corresponding to each option corresponding to the target value in the other basic input/output system, each annotation string being used to indicate a target type of the corresponding option, the target type being one of a plurality of types, and wherein, before step (A), the method further includes the following steps: (I) For each option corresponding to the target value, determining by the detection server, based on the tree-structured data, whether the annotation string corresponding to the option contains at least one of the keywords; and (J) When it is determined that the annotation string corresponding to the option contains one of the at least one keyword, the option is used as the option to be tested by the detection server. A default value detection method for a basic input/output system as described in claim 5, wherein, in step (J), the annotation string corresponding to the option to be tested indicates that the target type of the option to be tested includes one of an information display type for displaying information of the unit to be tested and a selection-specific type for selecting and setting the unit to be tested. The method for detecting default values of a basic input/output system as described in claim 1, wherein the detection unit includes a detection server signal-connected to the unit to be tested, and a user device signal-connected to the detection server, wherein the detection server is further signal-connected to a standard unit having the alternative basic input/output system, wherein, before step (A), the method further includes the following steps: (K) generating and transmitting, by the user device, an acquisition command for obtaining information about the alternative basic input/output system of the standard unit to the detection server; (L) The detection server, utilizing a BIOS automated configuration tool, generates and transmits a series of multiple read commands simulating keyboard keystrokes and used to obtain the target values of the options to the standard specification unit, causing the standard specification unit to transmit the path of the menu containing each option corresponding to the target value in the other BIOS, the sequential position of the option in the menu, and the target value corresponding to the option to the detection server; and (M) The detection server generates the tree-structured data based on the path of the menu containing each option corresponding to the target value in the other BIOS, the sequential position of the option in the menu, and the target value corresponding to the option.