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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2010
Steven J. Hyatt, England, GB;
Ian D. Judd, Hampshire, GB;
Robert B. Nicholson, Hampshire, GB;
Paul J. Quelch, Hampshire, GB;
Stephen A. Randle, Hampshire, GB;
William J. Scales, Hampshire, GB;
Steven J. Hyatt, England, GB;
Ian D. Judd, Hampshire, GB;
Robert B. Nicholson, Hampshire, GB;
Paul J. Quelch, Hampshire, GB;
Stephen A. Randle, Hampshire, GB;
William J. Scales, Hampshire, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
According to one general embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a computer program product for reducing incidence of errors in connections between a power consumer apparatus operable to draw a load and a power supply apparatus capable of varying the power supplied, the computer program product comprising: a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising: computer readable program code configured to generate at the power consumer apparatus an identifiable pattern in a load to be drawn from a power supply connection to a power supply apparatus; and computer readable program code configured to monitor at the power consumer apparatus for a change in the load corresponding to the pattern, the monitoring being performed across a signal connection to the power supply apparatus; wherein a positive result of the monitoring indicates a correct configuration. Additional embodiments are also presented.