JP2921243B2 - Automatic transmitter - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic transmission device capable of transmitting a start signal from a terminal device such as a meter connected to an external device, and more particularly to a device for temporarily absorbing information of a terminal device and communicating with a communication partner. The present invention relates to a priority operation in a case where there is an interface unit for performing communication directly with a terminal device and a communication destination without collecting information of the interface unit and the terminal device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 2, this type of automatic transmitting apparatus detects a starting signal from a meter 1 connected to a communication line (hereinafter referred to as a line) and directly transmits a calling request signal. Signal detection unit 2 and meter start signal detection unit 2
Control unit 4 for controlling the transmission to line 3 in response to a transmission request signal transmitted from the telephone, and communicating with meter 1 after connection with the communication partner via line 3 by the transmission control operation of transmission control unit 4 A data through transfer unit 5 that realizes communication with the other party by through transfer. The meter start signal detecting unit 2 and the data through transfer unit 5 are combined to form a data through transfer interface unit.
The data through transfer interface does not affect the meter information of the meter 1 at all. Simply by detecting the start signal from the meter 1 and establishing a link between the meter 1 and the communication partner via the line 3, the subsequent data communication contents are also left to the meter 1 and the communication partner.

On the other hand, a start signal from another meter 6 connected to the outside is detected by a meter start signal detecting section 7 and transmitted to a meter side transmitting / receiving section 8. The meter-side transmission / reception unit 8 performs transmission / reception operation with the meter 6 in response to the detection of the meter activation signal, thereby collecting the meter information corresponding to the activation signal from the meter 6. After confirming that the meter information collected by the meter side transmitting / receiving section has a predetermined value, the meter information storing section 9
To the meter information. When the meter information is stored in the meter information storage unit 9, the meter information storage unit 9 sends a transmission request signal. The transmission control unit 4 also performs a transmission control operation to the line 3 in response to a transmission request signal transmitted from the meter information storage unit 9. After connection with the communication partner via the line 3 by the transmission control operation of the transmission control unit 4, the line-side transmission / reception unit 10 performs communication with the communication partner, but has previously been stored in the meter information storage unit 9 and stored. This is to notify the meter information of the meter 6 to the communication partner. The meter start signal detection unit 7, the meter side transmission / reception unit 8, the meter information storage unit 9, and the line side transmission / reception unit 10 constitute an interface unit with built-in data. Unlike the data through transfer interface, the built-in data interface constitutes two independent transmission / reception systems for communication between the meter and this device and communication between this device and the communication partner, and stores the meter information once stored inside. It connects the meter and the communication partner indirectly through the intermediary.

Here, the transmission control unit 4 performs a transmission control operation for the earliest of the transmission request signal from the data-through transfer interface unit and the transmission request signal from the data-containing interface unit.

When the transmission control unit 4 starts a transmission control operation corresponding to one of the transmission request signals, the next transmission request signal is not accepted until completion.

[0006]

However, in the above configuration, the detection start time of the meter start signal in the data built-in interface section is earlier than the start time of detection of the meter start signal in the data through transfer interface section. Also, if the transmission request signal from the data through transfer interface unit is transmitted earlier than the data built-in interface unit, the transmission control unit 4 receives the transmission request signal from the data through transfer interface unit. There is a problem that there is a high possibility that the meter information stored by suction is damaged.

The present invention solves such a conventional problem, and gives priority to a transmission request signal from a data built-in interface unit that stores meter information over a transmission request signal from a data through transfer interface unit that does not store meter information. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic transmission device for receiving and controlling transmission.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an automatic transmission apparatus according to the present invention is a data transmission apparatus which receives an activation signal from a first terminal device connected to a communication line and directly transmits a transmission request signal. A through transfer interface unit, a built-in data interface unit that receives an activation signal from a second terminal device connected to the communication line, temporarily stores information on the terminal device, and then sends a transmission request signal; Receiving a start signal from the terminal device 2 or transmitting a transmission request signal (that is, from the start of detection of the meter start signal in the data built-in interface unit to the storage of the meter information and the completion of the transmission control operation by the event). A transmission priority switching unit that inhibits a transmission request signal from the through transfer interface unit, and an interface with built-in data According outgoing request signal from Eisu portion or caller priority switching unit is obtained by a transmitter control unit for transmitting control operation to the communication line.

[0009]

According to the present invention, the information from the second terminal device connected to the data-containing interface unit is downloaded and stored immediately after the start of the meter, and the transmission control operation by the event is completed or no transmission request is made. Until the determination is completed, transmission control by activation from the first terminal device connected to the data through transfer interface unit is suppressed. If the transmission request event from the data-containing interface unit and the transmission request event from the data-through transfer interface unit overlap, the transmission from the data-containing interface unit is given priority and the reception transmission control operation is performed.

[0010]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In FIG. 1, blocks having the same functions as those shown in the prior art are given the same numbers.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 2 denotes a first externally connected
A start signal detection unit for detecting a start signal from the meter 1, which is a terminal device, and sending a direct transmission request signal, and a communication between the meter 1 and the communication partner after connection with the communication partner via the line 3 Is a data through transfer unit that realizes the above through transfer. Meter start signal detector 2 as in the prior art
And the data through transfer unit 5 together to form a data through transfer interface unit. This data through transfer interface unit does not participate in the meter information of the meter 1 at all. Simply by detecting the activation signal from the meter 1 and establishing a link between the meter 1 and the communication partner via the line 3, the subsequent data communication contents are also left to the meter 1 and the communication partner.

On the other hand, a start signal from a meter 6 which is a second terminal device connected to the outside is detected by a meter start signal detecting section 7 and transmitted to a meter side transmitting / receiving section 8. The meter-side transmission / reception unit 8 performs transmission / reception operation with the meter 6 in response to the detection of the meter activation signal, thereby collecting the meter information corresponding to the activation signal from the meter 6. After confirming that the meter information collected by the meter-side transmitting / receiving section has a predetermined value, the meter information is transmitted to the meter information storage section 9. When the meter information is stored in the meter information storage unit 9, the meter information storage unit 9 sends a transmission request signal. Reference numeral 4 denotes a transmission control unit for performing a transmission control operation to the line 3 also in response to a transmission request signal transmitted from the meter information storage unit 9. After connection with the communication partner via the line 3 by the transmission control operation of the transmission control unit 4, the line-side transmission / reception unit 10 performs communication with the communication partner, but has previously been stored in the meter information storage unit 9. This is to notify the meter information of the meter 6 to the communication partner. As in the conventional case, the meter start signal detecting unit 7, the meter-side transmitting / receiving unit 8, the meter information storage unit 9, and the line-side transmitting / receiving unit 10 are combined to form a data-containing interface unit. The data built-in interface is different from the data through transfer interface in that the communication between the meter and this device and the communication between this device and the communication partner are independent.
And a transmission / reception system, and indirectly connects the communication destination with the meter 6 via the meter information temporarily stored therein.

Reference numeral 11 is connected to the meter start signal detecting section 2 in the data through transfer interface section and the meter start signal detecting section 7 and meter information storage section 9 in the data built-in interface section. A transmission priority switching unit that prohibits the transmission request signal from the meter activation signal detection unit 2 while any of the transmission request signals indicating that the predetermined meter information is being stored in the meter information storage unit 9, and is active-H. In other words, it can be represented by a logic circuit including one AND gate and one NOR gate as shown in the figure.

Here, the transmission control unit 4 performs a transmission control operation for the earliest of the transmission request signal from the transmission priority switching unit 11 and the transmission request signal from the data built-in interface unit.

In the above configuration, the transmission priority switching unit 11
Immediately after the start of the meter from the meter 6 connected to the data built-in interface unit, the meter information is sucked up and stored, and the data through transfer interface unit continues until the transmission control operation by the event is completed or it is determined that there is no transmission request. The transmission control by the activation from the connected meter 1 is suppressed, and when the transmission request event from the data built-in interface unit and the transmission request event from the connection to the data through transfer interface unit are overlapped, the data built-in interface unit The transmission is controlled so that the reception transmission control operation is performed with a higher priority than the transmission of the data, so that there is an effect that the start-up signal from the meter 1 connected to the data through transfer interface unit does not damage the built-in meter information. . In addition, since the outgoing call request in the data through transfer interface unit does not need to incorporate the meter information, even if the outgoing call control operation is postponed due to the outgoing call priority in the data built-in interface unit, no inconvenience occurs in the operation.

[0016]

According to the automatic transmission apparatus of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

Since the information of the terminal device is temporarily received in the device and transmitted later, the information to be transmitted from the terminal device to the communication partner is transmitted more reliably without losing the information in order. This improves the reliability and maintainability of the entire system.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an automatic transmission device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional automatic transmission device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 6 meter 2, 7 meter activation signal detection unit 3 line 4 transmission control unit 5 data through transfer unit 8 meter side transmission / reception unit 9 meter information storage unit 10 line side transmission / reception unit 11 transmission priority switching unit

──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continuing on the front page (72) Yoshiyoshi Oishi, 1006 Kadoma, Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Inside Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (72) Masaaki Sakata 1006, Kadoma, Kadoma, Kadoma, Osaka Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. In-company (58) Field surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁶ , DB name) H04M 11/00-11/10

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A data through transfer interface section for receiving an activation signal from a first terminal device connected to a communication line and transmitting a direct transmission request signal, and a data through transfer interface section for receiving a start signal from a second terminal device connected to the communication line. A data built-in interface unit for receiving a start signal and temporarily storing information of the terminal device and transmitting a transmission request signal, and the data built-in interface unit is receiving a start signal from the second terminal device or transmitting a transmission request signal A transmission priority switching unit for inhibiting a transmission request signal from the data through transfer interface unit during transmission, and a transmission control for performing a transmission control operation to the communication line according to a transmission request signal from the data built-in interface unit or the transmission priority switching unit. Automatic transmission device provided with a unit.