JPS60260260A - Remote test control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve rational maintenance work by allowing an exchange located at a remote location to be conducted with a test from a maintenance station. CONSTITUTION:In testing a required part in an exchange 1 from the maintenance station, a test command from an input/output device 2-1 in a supervisory information equipment 2 to a test object of a test object exchange 1 to a data transmission line 4. A remote supervisory test equipment 3 of a test object remote station composes the test command inputted from the typewriter in the same form, inputs it from a control interface section 1-1 and starts the test and transmits the result of test to a transmission line 4. In inputting supervisory test operation information, the operation information is inputted from an operating device 2-3 and in case of the test attended with the transmission of the voice information, the test is conducted by using a test telephone device 2-5.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] +a) Technical Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote maintenance system for switching equipment, and in particular to a remote test control system that allows detailed tests to be performed from a maintenance station to a switching equipment installed at a remote station. 1 (bl) Background of the Technology Automatic switching equipment automatically executes tests at predetermined locations by inputting test control information such as required test commands from an attached typewriter device, etc. It is equipped with a function that automatically outputs test result information to the typewriter device at the end of the test.It also inputs various test conditions from the attached monitoring test equipment, etc., and can also perform tests that involve sending and receiving voice information as necessary. On the other hand, a remote maintenance system that unmanned automatic switchboards installed in remote areas and performs remote maintenance from maintenance stations where maintenance personnel are stationed is being widely implemented as part of the rationalization of automatic switchboard maintenance. has been done.

(e) Conventional technology and problems In conventional remote maintenance systems, test control information input from a typewriter device installed at a maintenance station is transmitted via a transmission line to a switch installed at a remote location. death,
A method is known in which test result information output from an exchange is transmitted to the typewriter device via the transmission line. It is also known to connect a test telephone device provided at the maintenance station to the exchange via a transmission line.

However, in the conventional remote test control system, the remote tests that can be performed from the maintenance station are limited, and when carrying out detailed tests, the maintenance person must go to the station where the switch is installed and use the attached typewriter equipment. Alternatively, there is a drawback that the test must be carried out by operating a monitoring test device or the like.

(d) Purpose of the Invention The purpose of the present invention is to eliminate the drawbacks of the conventional remote test control method as described above, and to enable maintenance stations to perform detailed tests on exchanges installed in remote locations. It lies in realizing the means.

(Q) Structure of the Invention The object of the present invention is to provide an exchange equipped with a control interface section for exchanging test control information and test result information, an operation interface section for receiving operation information for monitoring tests, and a voice interface section for exchanging test voice information. In a remote maintenance system for maintaining from a maintenance station, a data transmission path and a voice transmission path are provided between the exchange and the maintenance station,
an input/output device capable of transmitting and receiving the test control information and test result information to and from the data transmission path to the maintenance station, an operating device capable of transmitting the monitoring test operation information to the data transmission path, and the voice transmission. a telephone device capable of transmitting and receiving the test audio information to and from the path, and transmits the test control information and test result information between the input/output device and the control interface section via the data transmission path. , from the operating device to the operating interface section, transmitting the data to the operating interface section, and transmitting the test data between the telephone device and the audio interface section via the audio transmission path. This is achieved by transferring audio information for

That is, in the present invention, the input/output device, the operating device, and the telephone device provided in the maintenance station are used to perform the same operations as if they were carried out using a typewriter device or a monitoring test device installed in the exchange. Detailed testing becomes possible.

(fl　Embodiments of the invention An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a remote test control system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the monitoring information transfer device in FIG. 1. In FIG. 1, a plurality of exchanges 1 installed in remote locations each have a control interface section 1-1 that sends and receives test control information and test result information to and from a typewriter device, etc. installed therein. an operation interface unit 1-2 that receives operation information for monitoring tests from a monitoring test device, etc.; and an audio interface unit 1-2 that sends and receives test audio information to and from the monitoring test device, etc.
3. The maintenance station is equipped with a monitoring information transfer device 2, which is connected to the control interface section 1-1 and the operation interface section 1-2 of each exchange 1 by a data transmission line 4 via a remote monitoring test device 3, and also has an audio It is connected to the interface section 1-3 by an audio transmission line 5.

As shown in FIG. 2, the monitoring information transfer device 2 includes an input/output device 2-1 capable of transmitting and receiving the test control information and test result information, and an input/output control circuit 2-2 that controls the input/output device 2-1. , an operating device 2-3 capable of transmitting the monitoring test operation information, and an operation control circuit 2 that controls the operating device 2-3.
-4 and a test telephone device 2- that transmits and receives test audio information.
5, and a subscriber circuit 2-6 accommodating the test telephone device 2-5.
, a data transmission line interface section 2-7 that controls transmission and reception of data to and from the data transmission line 4, and an audio transmission line 5.
and the test telephone device 2-5.
-8, and an exchange control circuit 2 that controls the voice exchange circuit 2-8.
-9, and a processor 2 that controls the monitoring information transfer device 2.
-10. If the maintenance station wants to test a predetermined location in the switch 1 (for example, the standby processor), a test command for the test target location in the test target exchange #R1 is sent from the input/output device 2-1 in the monitoring information transfer device 2. input. The processor 2-10 includes an input/output control circuit 2
-2 and the corresponding data transmission path interface section 2-
The test command inputted to the data transmission path 4 leading to the test target exchange 1 via the test target exchange 1 is sent out via the test command 7. At the remote station to be tested, the remote monitoring test device 3 assembles the test commands arriving from the digital transmission line 4 into the same format as the test commands input from the attached typewriter device, and sends them to the control interface section 1-1. Enter from. As a result, the exchange 1 starts a test operation for the portion to be tested specified by the test command in the same process as when a test command is input from the attached typewriter device. When the exchange 1 outputs test result information from the control interface section 1-1 during or at the end of the test, the remote monitoring test device 3 sends the output test result information to the data transmission line 4. At the maintenance station, the processor 2-10 transfers the test result information that has arrived at the data transmission path 4 to the data transmission path interface section 2.
-7 and the input/output device 2 via the input/output control circuit 2-2.
-1 is output. Further, when the operation necessary for setting test conditions is performed on the operating device 2-3, the processor 2-1
0 causes the monitoring test operation information inputted from the operating device 2-3 to be sent to the data transmission line 4 leading to the test target exchange 1 via the operation control circuit 2-4 and the data transmission line interface section 2-7. At the remote station to be tested, the remote monitoring test device 3 receives the monitoring test operation information arriving from the data transmission path 4 in the same format as the monitoring test operation information input from the monitoring test device attached to the exchange 1/IA1. Assemble to,
Input from the operation interface section 1-2. As a result, the exchange 1 performs test operations under the same test conditions as those operated in the attached monitoring test equipment. Furthermore, when conducting a test involving the transmission of voice information, the test telephone device 2-5
By inputting the required selection number from , the processor nossa 2-10 controls the voice exchange circuit 2-8 via the exchange control circuit 2-9, and connects the test telephone device 2-5 to the test target exchange 1. Connect to the audio transmission line 5.

As a result, the test telephone device 2-5 is connected to the voice interface section 1-3 of the exchange 1 under test via the voice transmission line 5. In this state, as described above, by inputting a test command from the input/output device 2-1 or operation information from the operating device 2-3, a test involving the transmission of audio information is carried out.

As is clear from the above description, according to this embodiment, the input/output bag f12-1.1 production device 2-3 of the monitoring information transfer bag W2
Alternatively, by using the test telephone device 2-5, the exchange 1 installed in a remote location can be tested in detail in the same way as if a typewriter device or a monitoring test device were installed.

Note that FIGS. 1 and 2 are only one embodiment of the present invention, and for example, the number of exchanges 1 to be tested is not limited to a plurality, and the effects of the present invention can be achieved even when there is an arbitrary number of 1 or more. remains unchanged. Furthermore, the configuration of the monitoring information transfer device 2 is not limited to that shown in the drawings, and many other modifications may be considered, but the effects of the present invention will not change in any case.

(gl) Effects of the Invention According to the present invention, in the remote maintenance system, the maintenance station can conduct detailed tests on exchanges installed in remote locations, and the rationalization of maintenance work is further improved. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a remote test control system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the monitoring information transfer device in FIG. 1. In the figure, 1 is a switch, 2 is a monitoring information transfer device, 3 is a remote monitoring test device, 4 is a data transmission path, 5 is a voice transmission path, 1-1 is a control interface section, 1-2 is an operation interface section, 1 -3 is an audio interface section, 2-1 is an input/output device, 2-2 is an input/output control circuit, 2-3 is an operating device, 2-4 is an operating control circuit, 2-5 is a test telephone device, 2
-6 is a subscriber circuit, 2-7 is a data transmission line interface section, 2-8 is a voice switching circuit, 2-9 is a switching control circuit,
2-10 indicates a processor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a remote maintenance system for maintaining a switching equipment from a maintenance station, which includes a control interface section for exchanging test control information and test result information, an operation interface section for receiving operation information for monitoring tests, and an audio interface section for exchanging test voice information. , a data transmission path and a voice transmission path are provided between the exchange and the maintenance station, and the maintenance station includes an input/output device capable of transmitting and receiving the test control information and test result information to and from the data transmission path; An operating device capable of transmitting the monitoring test operating information to the transmission path and a telephone device capable of transmitting and receiving the test audio information to the audio transmission path are provided, and the input/output device and the control interface unit are connected to each other. the test control information and test result information are transferred between the control device and the control device via the data transmission path, the monitoring test operation information is transferred from the operating device to the operation interface section via the data transmission path, and A remote test control system characterized in that the test audio information is transferred between a telephone device and the audio interface unit via the audio transmission path.