Patent ID: 7454664

Claim:
A method of configuring a Joint Test Action Group (JTAG) bus, comprising the steps of: powering up a cross point switch that is connected to the JTAG bus, wherein the cross point switch responds to commands issued on the JTAG bus, and wherein the cross point switch is configured by a command that is issued on the JTAG bus, and further wherein the switch includes a JTAG input and a JTAG output, and still further wherein a plurality of devices are connected to the JTAG bus; omitting, by the cross point switch, all of said plurality of devices from the JTAG bus when the cross point switch is powered up; responsive to the cross point switch being powered up, issuing, by a bus controller that is connected to the JTAG bus, a first command to the cross point switch to connect all of said plurality of devices to the JTAG bus; connecting, by the cross point switch, all of the plurality of devices to the JTAG bus in response to the first command; responsive to a fault occurring in one of said plurality of devices, issuing a second command to reset all connections to omit all of said plurality of devices from said JTAG bus; omitting, by the cross point switch, all of said plurality of devices from the JTAG bus in response to said second command; and shorting the JTAG input and the JTAG output in response to all of said plurality of devices being omitted.