JPH0541747A - Automatic connection method for communication line - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce the number of commands to be inputted by an operator in comparison with a conventional number and to shorten the time spent in operation of a terminal equipment by the operator at the time of connecting the terminal equipment like a personal computer to a host computer through a communication line. CONSTITUTION:A simple operation means 2 in the personal computer is provided with a command table 11 where each abbreviated command and an execution command corresponding to this abbreviated command are stored. A prescribed command list is stored in art abbreviated command storage part 10 where a list of a series of commands required for connection of the communication line which are described by abbreviated commands in the execution order is stored, and a processing part 12 accesses the command table 11 and the abbreviated command storage part 10 to respond to the host computer and substitutes abbreviated commands stored in the abbreviated command storage part with corresponding execution commands and executes these commands to automatically connect the line.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a communication line automatic connection method, and more particularly to a communication line automatic connection method applied when a terminal such as a personal computer is connected to a host computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a communication system to which a conventional communication line connecting method is applied. In the conventional communication line connection method, as shown in the application example of FIG. 3, a terminal device such as a personal computer 1 activates the communication management means 30 and items to be input by the communication management means 30 are determined in a predetermined order. The screen is displayed in a time-series manner, and the logon parameters are sequentially input from the personal computer 1, such as the user name and password of the personal computer 21,
The connection destination host computer name is displayed, the input command and data are processed, the logon parameters output from the communication management means 30 and the communication control means 5 are converted into a predetermined format, and the communication line is transmitted via the modem 7. 6 is input to the host computer 9 of the communication destination via the modem 8 of the host computer 9, and the operator directly inputs data such as logon parameters by key input.
Call the host computer 9. Here, the response from the called host computer 9 is received by the communication control means 5 in the personal computer 1 via the communication line 6 and the modems 7 and 8, and the content of the response from the host computer 9 is predetermined. The personal computer 1 is reconverted into a format that has
To be displayed on the screen. In this way, necessary data or commands are input in a predetermined order with the host computer of the other party who wishes to transmit, and a response from the host computer 9 of the other party is sent to each input data or command. It waits, and after receiving this response, the next command or data is sequentially input.

[0003]

According to this conventional communication line connection method, when data or commands are transferred to the host computer, all the data or commands are directly keyed in by an operator in a predetermined input order. For some data in it, it is necessary to obtain a response from the host computer 9 of the other party and then perform key input, which has the following drawbacks.
When sending standard data such as logon parameters, user IDs, passwords, logoff parameters, etc., direct key input is required each time, so the operation is complicated, and the operator's load is heavy and input of these necessary data and commands. There is a drawback in that the operator has to perform the input process on the personal computer 1 for a long time until the above is completed.

[0004]

According to the method of automatically connecting a communication line of the present invention, a series of predetermined commands is sent to a host computer from a terminal device through a communication line in a predetermined order. When a communication line for connecting the terminal device and the host computer is connected by inputting in response to a plurality of abbreviated commands in the terminal device and a plurality of abbreviated commands are executed respectively correspondingly. A command table that stores a series of execution commands that should be executed, and a short command storage unit that stores a list in which the series of commands necessary for connecting the communication line from the terminal device are written in the order of execution of the short commands. , When the communication connection start command is received from the terminal device, the contents stored in the shortened command storage device are sequentially read and read. With respect to the shortened command, a processing unit is provided which refers to the command table and replaces the execution command corresponding to the referenced shortened command with these commands in response to a response from the host computer. Prior to connecting the communication line, the list described by the abbreviated command is input and stored in the abbreviated command storage unit, and the processing unit is activated to respond to the response from the host computer. The feature is that the commands stored in the shortened command storage unit are read and executed in the order in which they are stored.

[0005]

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a connection relationship between a personal computer and a host computer to which the communication line automatic connection method of the present invention is applied. Personal computer 1
Each parameter to be input from the personal computer 1 for connection of the communication line connecting the host computer 9 with the host computer 9 is read and interpreted as data shortened by the simple operation means 2 of the personal computer 1, and the conventional communication line connection method is used. At that time, the same parameters as required are created and input to the communication management means 3. The communication management means 3 makes a screen display transmission / reception request, etc., displays the result when there is a response from the destination host computer 9, and checks whether the result matches the expected result. .. When there is a screen check command, screen check is performed by the screen check means. For transmission and reception with the host computer 9 of the other party, the communication control means 5 performs conversion between predetermined codes and accesses the host computer 9 through the modems 7 and 8.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of the simple operating means shown in FIG. Simple operation means 2 described above
Is a predetermined command storage unit 10 that stores the shortened commands in the order in which they are input from the keyboard, and a series of commands to be executed corresponding to the individual short commands stored in the short command storage unit 10 in advance. The command table 11 and the above-mentioned shortened command storage unit 10 and the command table 11 stored in this order are controlled to write an input to the shortened command storage unit 10 from a keyboard (not shown) of the personal computer 1, and the shortened command storage unit 10 is written when necessary. The short command is read from, the series of commands is executed in accordance with the read short command, a predetermined command is output to the communication management means 3, the execution result is received from the communication management means 3, and read from the command table 17 described above. Consists of a processing unit 12 that performs processing according to commands It has been.

A series of abbreviated commands necessary for connecting to the host computer 9 are input to the abbreviated command storage unit 10, for example, a keyboard (not shown) via the processing unit 2 in the order of execution as shown in FIG. Enter from and memorize.

/ CTLG is a command for specifying the file name to be accessed to the host computer 9, and the file name to be accessed is input at the place of the file name following it. Description "K1" following "/ CTLG file name" described in the short command storage unit 10 in FIG.
“0K2” is a command to execute the shortened command k2 when the result processed by the processing unit 12 based on the shortened command K1 is 0. The description "0K30" in the line below the above description executes K3 when the execution result based on the shortened command K2 in the line immediately above is 0, and the result is 0.
If so, it means that.

The command table 11 shown in FIG.
Description in "K1 / KES LOGON TERM
K1 in "ENT \" represents K1 stored in the shortened command storage unit 10, and the execution command executed by the processing unit 12 in response to the shortened command K1 is / KES LOGON TERM \ ENT \ It shows that there is. Here, / KES indicates that the code corresponding to each character of LOGONTERM shown after that is generated as the same code as that generated when each of the above character keys is pressed from the keyboard, and further, The execution command is to generate the same character code as the character code generated when the ENT key on the keyboard, which is surrounded by "\" on the left and right sides of these character codes, is pressed. Similarly, the command to be actually executed by the shortened command K2 is / CHK as stored in the command table 11 shown in FIG.
It is D13IKJ. This / CHKD13IKJ is I, K, and J in the order in which three consecutive characters are consecutive from the predetermined address 1 on the screen (not shown) of the personal computer 1 as a result of being executed by a command before this command. It is an execution command that the image check means 4 compares whether or not it is returned, and the result is returned to the simple search means 2 as a return code. That is, the abbreviated command and the command to be executed corresponding to this abbreviated command for each abbreviated command to be input from the keyboard (not shown) in the abbreviated command storage unit
Write it in advance. When the operator wants to connect a communication line to a specific host computer, prior to this connection, the short command storage unit 10 of the simple operation means 2 is provided.
On the other hand, a series of commands from the keyboard (not shown) until the completion of the connection of the line is input in a shortened command format in the order of execution. After that, a command for connecting a predetermined communication line is input from the above-mentioned keyboard to activate the processing unit 12 of the simple operation means 2, and a process corresponding to the response from the host computer 9 which is the communication partner is executed. By doing so, it is not necessary for the operator to input a command from the above-mentioned keyboard until the connection with the desired communication partner is completed.

In the above description, the case where the executed result is 0 has been described. However, when the result is 1 different from the specified value 0, a value indicating such an execution result, that is, The value of the return code is displayed on the screen of the personal computer 1 and the subsequent processing is interrupted.

Although the case where the result executed by the designated command is 0 has been described, the value of this result, that is, the return code may be 1 or any other value other than 0.

[0012]

As described above, the present invention is provided with a command table in which a pre-shortening command and a series of commands corresponding to this command are stored in correspondence with each other, and the connection of the communication line is started and ended. The short command storage unit is provided for storing a series of commands up to the order input by the above-mentioned short command, and among the commands sequentially read from the short command storage unit, the short commands are converted into execution commands by referring to the command table by the processing unit. By replacing and executing commands sequentially according to the response from the other party of communication, the number of times the operator has to input from the keyboard when executing the communication line compared to the case of this type of conventional method Also, after starting the processing unit, the operator must enter the required command from the keyboard. An effect that can not be said.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a connection relationship between a personal computer and a host computer to which the communication line automatic connection method of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a configuration of a simple operation means shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a communication system to which a conventional communication line connecting method is applied.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Personal computer 2 Simple operation means 3 Communication management means 4 Screen check means 5 Communication control means 10 Short command storage section 11 Command table 12 Processing section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. The terminal device and the host are input to a host computer via a communication line from a terminal device in accordance with a response from the host computer in a predetermined sequence in a predetermined order. A command table storing a plurality of abbreviated commands and a series of execution commands to be executed corresponding to the plurality of abbreviated commands in the terminal device when connecting a communication line for connecting to a computer; A series of commands necessary for connecting the communication line from the terminal device, a shortened command storage unit for storing a list described in the shortened command in the order of execution, and a command for starting a communication connection from the terminal device. The above-mentioned command table is read for the shortened commands which are sequentially read out from the contents stored in the shortened command storage device. By referring to the execution command corresponding to the shortened command referred to above, a processing unit for executing these commands in response to a response from the host computer is provided, and the shortened time is set before connecting the communication line. The list described by the abbreviated command is input and stored in the command storage unit, and the command stored in the abbreviated command storage unit is activated in response to the response from the host computer by activating the processing unit. An automatic connection method for communication lines, which is characterized by reading and executing the stored order.