KR19990075697A - Control device of ball lubrication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a control device for a ball game oil machine represented by a pachinko organic group or the like, which shoots a ball into an organic region and conducts organic activities. It is an object of the present invention to provide a control device for a ball game oil machine that can check the type or version information of, and to achieve the object, the control device of the game machine oil ball of the present invention, in a state sealed in a substrate box And detachable to display means provided on the outside of the substrate box and capable of displaying fluctuations in various types of patterns. The control code is periodically transmitted to the display means to control the fluctuation of the display means. In the control device for ball game equipment, the control code includes the type or version information of a program constituting the control device, and the control device includes: Instead of the display means, an inspection apparatus capable of receiving the type or version information of the program transmitted from the control device and displaying the type or version information of the program is configured to be connectable.

Description

Control device of ball lubrication equipment

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a control device for a ball game oil machine represented by a pachinko organic group or the like that shoots a ball into an organic region and performs organic production. In particular, a complicated operation is not forced and controlled. The present invention relates to a control device of a ball game appliance capable of confirming the type or version information of a program of the device.

Background Art In recent years, many pachinko organic groups have used display apparatuses such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) incorporating a CPU or the like capable of displaying colorful patterns (including letters and numbers) at high speed. This display device is connected to a control board for controlling pachinko organic groups by a cable having a plurality of signal lines and a power supply line, and performs fluctuation display based on a control code transmitted from the control board to the display device. .

By the way, this control board is equipped with the ROM which stored the control program of the whole pachinko organic group. Therefore, by illegally replacing the ROM mounted on such a control board, it is possible to perform an illegal operation such as gaining an unfair advantage by controlling the pachinko organic group illegally. Therefore, in order to prevent such misconduct, in the pachinko organic group, when the control board is sealed in a predetermined box and the seal of the box is not opened, the ROM on the control board cannot be removed.

In general, a number of version changes are executed in the ROM control program mounted on the control board. Also, by changing the ROM mounted on the control board using the same type of control board, a control board that can be used for other types of pachinko organic groups can be made. Therefore, in the manufacturing process of the pachinko organic group, it is necessary to be able to confirm what version and type of control program the ROM mounted on the control board stores. Therefore, a label indicating version information or type of a program is usually attached to the upper surface of the ROM, and the version information of the ROM can be confirmed by the contents of the label.

However, in the manufacturing process of a pachinco organic group, it may forget to stick such a label or may paste it incorrectly. In this case, in order to check the version information of the ROM, the ROM is detached from the control panel once, installed in a ROM writer, the checksum is examined, and the version information is determined by the checksum. There is a problem that must check the back, and the cumbersome work is forced. In the manufacturing process, even if the correct label is attached to the upper surface of the ROM, when the control board on which the ROM is mounted is sealed in the box, the label of the ROM may not be visible from the outside of the box. In such a case, in order to confirm the ROM version information and the like, first, after opening the seal of the box, the same operation as above must be performed, and therefore, there is a problem that complicated work is forced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object thereof is to provide a control device for a ball game appliance that can check the type or version information of a program without forcing complicated work.

In order to achieve this object, the control device of the ball game machine according to claim 1 of the claims is provided on the outside of the substrate box in a state sealed in the substrate box, which can display various kinds of patterns. The control code is periodically transmitted to the display means to control the display of the change of the display means. The control code includes the type of the program constituting the control device or the like. At the same time as version information is included, the control device can be connected to an inspection device capable of receiving the type or version information of the program transmitted from the control device instead of the display means and displaying the type or version information of the program. It is composed.

According to the control device of the ball game appliance according to claim 1 of the claims, the type or version information of the program of the control device from the control device to the inspection device is connected by connecting the inspection device instead of the display means and operating the control device. Control codes, including the ones sent on a regular basis. When these control codes are received by the inspection apparatus, the type or version information of the program of such a control apparatus is displayed by the inspection apparatus. Therefore, it is possible to easily confirm the type or version information of the program of the control apparatus without the complicated work being forced even by confirming such display contents.

1 is a front view of an organic panel of a pachinko organic group according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a block diagram illustrating an electrical configuration of a controller and a display device of a pachinko organic group.

3 is a configuration diagram of a control code transmitted to a display device or an inspection device.

4 is a flowchart of main processing executed by the control unit.

5 is a flowchart of timer interrupt processing executed in a control unit.

6 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the control unit and the inspection device.

7 is a flowchart of a version number display process executed in the inspection apparatus.

* Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings

3, 64: liquid crystal display (LCD) 13: RAM

13a, 63a: command buffer

13b: command counter

18: cable 30: control code

32: LCD program serial number 33: Main program serial number

C: control unit D: display unit

P: pachinko organic group (tangu oil machine)

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the present embodiment, a description will be given using a pachinco organic group as an example of the ball game oil device.

1 is a front view of an organic panel of a pachinko organic group P. FIG. In the periphery of the organic platter 1, many granular spouts 2 from which five to fifteen organic spheres emerge from the other ball are formed. In the center of the organic panel 1, a liquid crystal display (LCD) 3 for displaying a pattern or the like as various kinds of identification information is provided. The display screen of this liquid crystal display device 3 is divided into three in the lateral direction, and variation of the pattern is displayed in each of the three divided display areas.

Under the liquid crystal display device 3, a pattern operation gate 4 is provided, and when the ball passes through the pattern operation gate 4, the variation display of the liquid crystal display device 3 is started. Under the pattern operation gate 4, a specific granular opening port (large entrance opening) 5 is provided. When the display result after the liquid crystal display device 3 fluctuates with one of the predetermined pattern combinations, the specific winning prize sphere 5 wins the prize and a predetermined time (e.g., For example, it is a granular opening which is opened until 30 second passes, or until 10 hits have been won). In this specific standing mouth 5, a V zone 5a is provided, and when the other ball passes through the V zone 5a during the opening of the specific standing mouth 5, a continuous winding is performed. ) Is established, and after the closing of the specific prize opening 5, the specific prize opening 5 is opened again for a predetermined time (or until a predetermined number of hits are won in the specific prize opening 5). The opening and closing operation of this specific standing mouth 5 can be repeated up to 16 times (16 rounds), and the state in which the opening and closing operation can be performed is given a so-called predetermined organic value (special organic state). to be.

2 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the control unit C and the display device D of the pachinko organic group P. FIG. The control part C of the pachinko organic group P is sealed in the control board box, and unless the sealing is opened, the ROM 12 cannot be removed from the control part C. The control unit C includes a CPU 11 serving as an arithmetic unit, a ROM 12 storing various control programs or fixed value data executed by the CPU 11, and a RAM 13 used as a work memory or the like. ). Each process shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 and 5 is stored as a control program in the ROM 12.

In the RAM 13, an instruction buffer 13a and an instruction counter 13b are provided. The command buffer 13a is a buffer for temporarily storing the control code 30 shown in FIG. The data in the command buffer 13a is updated by the main process of FIG. 4, read by the timer interrupt process of FIG. 5, and transmitted to the display device D. As shown in Fig. 3, the control code 30 is composed of 15 bytes in one group. Therefore, the size of the command buffer 13a is also 15 bytes in accordance with the size of the control code 30.

The instruction counter 13b is a counter indicating the number of the control code 30 transmitted to the display device D by the timer interrupt processing in FIG. 5. The control code 30 recorded in the command buffer 13a is transmitted to the display device D one by one by one timer interrupt processing. However, the control code 30 indicating the number of the transmitted control code 30 indicates the command counter ( 13b). The value of the instruction counter 13b is cleared to "0" when updating the instruction buffer 13a by the main processing, and is "+1" every time the control code 30 is transmitted by one byte in the timer interrupt processing. .

These CPUs 11, ROM 12, and RAM 13 are connected to each other via a bus line 14. The bus line 14 is also connected to the input / output port 15, and the input / output port 15 is connected to the display device (via the connectors 16, 17, 20, 28 and the cables 18, 19). D) or another input / output device 29 is connected. That is, the control unit C controls the respective devices by sending various operation commands such as the control code 30 to the display device D or another input / output device 29 through the input / output port 15.

The display device D includes a CPU 21, a program ROM 22, a work RAM 23, a video RAM 24, a character ROM 25, and an image controller 26. And an input / output port 27 and a liquid crystal display device 3. The CPU 21 of the display device D controls the display of the liquid crystal display device 3 in accordance with the control code 30 transmitted from the control unit C. The CPU ROM 21 stores the CPU 21 in the program ROM 22. The program executed by) is memorized. In the job RAM 23, job data used when the program is executed by the CPU 21 is stored.

The video RAM 24 is a memory for storing data displayed on the liquid crystal display device 3, and the contents of the video RAM 24 are rewritten to change the display contents of the liquid crystal display device 3. do. The character ROM 25 is a memory for storing data such as a pattern, a background, a character, and the like displayed on the liquid crystal display device 3. The image controller 26 adjusts the timing of each of the CPU 21, the video RAM 24, and the input / output port 27 to intervene to read and write data, and display data stored in the video RAM 24. Is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 3 at a predetermined timing with reference to the character ROM 25.

3 is a configuration diagram of a control code 30 for controlling the display contents of the liquid crystal display device 3. The control code 30 is composed of 15 bytes in one group. At the head of the control code 30, a start mark 31 for indicating the start of the control code 30 is provided for one byte. The start mark 31 is followed by a liquid crystal program serial number 32 and a main program serial number ( 33) are provided one by one.

The liquid crystal program serial number 32 is a code for indicating the display device D which can be operated by the control unit C, and is inspected inside the display device D. FIG. When the control unit C is connected to another type of display device D by mistake, it is checked inside the display device D that the liquid crystal program serial number 32 is wrong. As a result, the display device ( D) is configured to stop the operation. By stopping the operation of the display device D in this way, it is possible to detect an erroneous connection between the control unit C and the display device D, and prevent the product from being shipped in an erroneous connection state.

The main program serial number 33 is a code indicating the type or version information of the program of the ROM 12 mounted in the control unit C. As will be described later, instead of the display device D, the inspection device CK is connected to the control unit C, and the main program serial number 33 is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 64 of the inspection device CK. It is. Accordingly, the controller C is intentionally detached from the controller C, installed in the ROM writer, examined for checksums, and confirmed the type or version information of the program of the ROM 12. The type or version information of the program of the ROM 12 mounted in the ROM can be easily confirmed.

In addition, what is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 64 of the test | inspection apparatus CK does not necessarily need to be the main program serial number 33 itself, and corresponds to the main program serial number 33, and the test apparatus CK The comment message may be stored in the program ROM 62, and the comment message may be displayed on the liquid crystal display device 64 instead of the main program serial number 33.

In addition, the inspection apparatus CK is connected to the control unit C instead of the display apparatus D. FIG. Therefore, the connection of the control part C and the test | inspection apparatus CK pulls out the cable 18 which connected the control part C and the display apparatus D from the connector 20 of the display apparatus D, and test | inspects it. This is done by plugging in the connector 60 of the device CK. Therefore, even when the control unit C is sealed in the control plate box, since the cable 18 is drawn out of the control plate box, the inspection apparatus (with the control unit C sealed in the control plate box) CK) can be easily connected.

In the control code 30, following the main program serial number 33, scene command 1, scene command 2,... The left pattern number, middle pattern number, and right pattern number are provided. The display device D controls the display of the liquid crystal display device 3 based on these 12-byte codes received after the main program serial number 33.

Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4 and FIG. 5, the process which transmits the said control code 30 from the control part C to the display apparatus D is demonstrated. When the inspection device CK is connected to the control unit C instead of the display device D, the control code from the control unit C to the inspection device CK by the processing of the flowcharts of FIGS. 4 and 5. 30 is transmitted.

4 is a flowchart of main processing executed by the controller C. FIG. This main process is executed by a reset interrupt which is forcibly generated at intervals of 2 ms. In the main process, first, each process in accordance with the organic state of the pachinko organic group P is performed (S1). After executing each process, the CPU 11 checks whether the value of the instruction counter 13b is 15 or more, and completes the transmission of all control codes 30 recorded in the previous instruction buffer 13a. Check whether or not (S2).

If the value of the command counter 13b is less than 15 (S2: No), transmission of the control code 30 previously recorded in the command buffer 13a has not been completed yet. Therefore, in that case, the process shifts to S5 and the remaining time process is repeated until the next reset interrupt occurs.

On the other hand, if the value of the command counter 13b is 15 or more (S2: YES), the control code 30 recorded last time in the command buffer 13a is completed. Therefore, based on the execution result of each process S1, the data of the instruction buffer 13a is updated (S3), and the value of the instruction counter 13b is "0" erased (S4). After erasing the value of the instruction counter 13b to " 0 ", the CPU 11 processes the remaining time such as updating the random number counter or updating the pattern data until the next reset interrupt occurs. Repeat (S5).

5 is a flowchart of timer interrupt processing executed by the controller C. FIG. This timer interrupt processing is executed approximately once every 1 ms. In the timer interrupt processing, first, it is checked whether or not the value of the instruction counter 13b is 15 or more (S11). If the value of the command counter 13b is 15 or more (S11: YES), the control code 30 recorded in the command buffer 13a has already been transmitted, and thus the processing ends in that state.

On the other hand, if the value of the command counter 13b is less than 15 (S11: No), since the transmission of the control code 30 has not yet been completed, in this case, the command buffer corresponding to the value of the command counter 13b ( The data of 13a) is transmitted to the display device D by one byte (S12). For example, when the value of the instruction counter 13b is "0", the start mark 31 is transmitted, and when it is "2", the main program serial number 33 is transmitted. If the value of the instruction counter 13b is "12", the left pattern number is transmitted. After the control code 30 is transmitted to the display device D by one byte, the value of the instruction counter 13b is added one by one (S13), and the timer interrupt processing of that time is completed. The display device D controls the display of the liquid crystal display device 3 based on the received control code 30.

When the test device CK is connected to the control unit C instead of the display device D, the control code 30 transmitted by this timer interrupt process is received by the test device CK.

6 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the state in which the inspection device CK is connected to the control unit C. FIG. That is, the display device D or other input / output device 29 is removed from the control unit C in the state shown in FIG. 2, and the inspection device CK is connected instead of the display device D. FIG. With reference to FIG. 6, the structure of the test | inspection apparatus CK is demonstrated. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the part same as the display apparatus D among the test | inspection apparatus CK, and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

The inspection apparatus CK includes a CPU 61, a program ROM 62, a work RAM 63, a video RAM 24, a character ROM 25, an image controller 26, and an input / output port. (27) and a liquid crystal display device (64). The CPU 61 of the inspection device CK operates based on the inspection program stored in the program ROM 62. In the program ROM 62, an inspection program executed by the CPU 61 is stored, and the program shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7 is also stored in the program ROM 62. FIG. The job RAM 63 stores the job data used in the case of executing the inspection program by the CPU 61 and also stores an instruction buffer of 15 bytes for storing the control code 30 transmitted from the control unit C. 63a is provided.

This inspection apparatus CK pulls out the cable 18 connected to the connector 16 of the control part C from the connector 20 of the display apparatus D, and removes the cable 18 from the inspection apparatus ( It is connected with the control part C by plugging into the connector 60 of CK. Therefore, even if the controller C is sealed in the control plate box, the cable 18 is drawn out of the control plate box for connection with the display device D. By connecting C and the inspection apparatus CK, the control unit C can be easily connected to the inspection apparatus CK in a state sealed in the controller plate box.

Next, with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7, the version number display process performed by the said inspection apparatus CK is demonstrated. In the version number display process, first, the second byte of data stored in the command buffer 63a of the work RAM 63 is displayed on the first line of the liquid crystal display device 64 (S71), and then the command buffer 63a is used. Is displayed on the second row of the liquid crystal display device 64 (S72).

As described above, the data of the second byte of the command buffer 63a is the execution program serial number 32, and the data of the third byte is the main program serial number 33. As shown in FIG. Therefore, by displaying these on the liquid crystal display device 64 of the inspection device CK, only by visually confirming such a display, the type or version information of the program of the ROM 12 mounted in the control unit C can be confirmed. It can be. Therefore, the ROM 12 is deliberately detached from the control unit C, the ROM 12 is installed in the ROM writer, the checksum is examined, and such a checksum is inquired. Compared to the case where the type or version information of the stored program is confirmed, the type or version information of the program of the ROM 12 can be checked fairly easily.

In addition, the liquid crystal program serial number 32 or the main program serial number 33 does not necessarily have to be displayed on the liquid crystal display device 64 of the inspection device CK as it is. The comment message corresponding to the main program serial number 33 is stored in the program ROM 62 of the inspection apparatus CK, and this comment message is stored in the code of the liquid crystal program serial number 32 or the main program serial number 33. Instead, it may be displayed on the liquid crystal display device 64.

As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated based on the Example, this invention is not limited to the said Example, It can be easily estimated that various improvement deformation is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention.

For example, in the inspection apparatus CK of this embodiment, although the liquid crystal display device 64 was used as an indicator, you may use a 4-digit 7 segment LED instead. This is because the liquid crystal program serial number 32 and the main program serial number 33 are one-byte data, respectively, and each data can be displayed by two-digit seven-segment LEDs. In addition, when using the 7-segment LED instead of the liquid crystal display device 64 of the inspection apparatus CK, the character ROM 25 in the inspection apparatus CK can be omitted, and the cost of the inspection apparatus CK can be reduced. will be.

According to the control device of the ball game machine according to claim 1 of the claims, when the inspection apparatus is connected instead of the display means and the control apparatus is operated, the substrate box is opened only by checking the display contents of the inspection apparatus. Or without removing the ROM from the control device, that is, no complicated work is forced, and the type or version information of the program of the control device can be easily confirmed. In addition, the control device is configured to be detachable from the display means even in the state of being sealed in the substrate box. Therefore, by adopting a configuration for connecting the inspection apparatus instead of such display means, the inspection apparatus can be connected while the control apparatus is sealed in the substrate box.

Claims (1)

In a sealed state in the substrate box, it is configured to be detachably connected to the display means installed on the outside of the substrate box and capable of changing the display of various types of patterns. The control code is periodically transmitted to the display means. In the control device for ball lubrication equipment for controlling the display of fluctuation of the display means, The control code includes the type or version information of the program constituting the control device, The control apparatus is configured to be connected to an inspection apparatus capable of receiving the type or version information of the program transmitted from the control apparatus and displaying the type or version information of the program instead of the display means. Control device of ball trough equipment characterized in that.