CN101187891A - Detection device for detecting mainboard and its detection method - Google Patents

Detection device for detecting mainboard and its detection method Download PDF

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CN101187891A
CN101187891A CNA2007101516690A CN200710151669A CN101187891A CN 101187891 A CN101187891 A CN 101187891A CN A2007101516690 A CNA2007101516690 A CN A2007101516690A CN 200710151669 A CN200710151669 A CN 200710151669A CN 101187891 A CN101187891 A CN 101187891A
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The invention relates to a detecting device and a detecting method for detecting a motherboard, wherein the motherboard is started by the detecting device, when the starting time of the motherboard agrees with the set machine-starting time, the detecting device compares the state signal which is conveyed by the motherboard with the predetermined state, when the two mutually disagree, a first mistake signal is generated and displayed, when the two agree, the detecting device cuts off the motherboard, and a second mistake signal is generated and displayed when pressure which is conveyed by the motherboard is not zero after the motherboard is closed. When accumulated detecting order numbers are different from the set detecting order numbers, and after the time to close the motherboard reaches the set machine-closing time, the detecting device restarts the motherboard and repeats the same movements. The invention has the function of detecting whether the motherboard can entirely finish the function of machine-starting and machine-closing.

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Detect the pick-up unit and the detection method thereof of motherboard
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of pick-up unit and detection method thereof that detects motherboard, particularly a kind of repeatedly with the motherboard machine open/close to detect motherboard status detection device and detection method.
Background technology
Motherboard (Motherboard; Mainboard; Mobo; MLB; MB), be to constitute unique or topmost circuit board in the sophisticated electronic system (for example electronic calculator), so whether motherboard can correct running be very important.
In order to confirm that motherboard can operate normally, motherboard complete dispatch from the factory before, must carry out a series of test, it is the test of switching on and shutting down that a test is wherein arranged, whether be used for the Test Host plate can continue normal operation when the process of switching on and shutting down runs into various situation, for example before start is finished, just can power-off be started shooting when start next time normally with the Test Host plate, or continuously the switch motherboard can both be finished switching on and shutting down etc. with the Test Host plate when each switch normally.
Under general situation, the switch motherboard need be pressed power switch to produce the switching on and shutting down signal to motherboard by the people, make motherboard carry out switching on and shutting down, but when test, need constantly to produce the switching on and shutting down signal, so unlikely constantly pressing power switch by the people tests, in addition, because it is at present more and more higher to the standard of host board testing, and the accurate testing degree requires also more and more higher, therefore have now a kind of can Test Host switching plate machine normal test machine whether, it is added a test module by a computing machine and forms, with after motherboard is connected, finish the work of Test Host switching plate machine at test module by the software control in the computing machine.Can solve the meaningless action that constantly to press power switch by such test machine by the people, but, that test machine but has is bulky, carry inconvenience, safeguard problem such as difficult, with high costs, power consumption height, in addition, whether correct test machine do not have begin start or finish shutdown of Test Host plate yet, like this problem that erroneous judgement occurs is understood in follow-up shutdown or start, therefore, how can provide a kind of light and can Test Host switching plate machine normal test machine whether, become problem to be solved.
Summary of the invention
In view of above problem, the object of the present invention is to provide a kind of pick-up unit and detection method thereof that detects motherboard, pick-up unit of the present invention is by transmitting the machine open/close signal to motherboard, make motherboard repeatedly machine open/close with the Test Host plate, and device of the present invention only has the few treatment circuit of consumes power and three main elements such as simple input means and display device, therefore volume can quite be simplified and is convenient for carrying, treatment circuit can design voluntarily simultaneously, therefore and each element in the treatment circuit can be obtained easily, also can solve the maintenance that prior art mentions and be difficult for, problem with high costs; And since treatment circuit can design voluntarily, so the present invention can have easily can the Test Host plate whether can be complete the function of finishing shutdown and start.
For achieving the above object, the present invention can realize that pick-up unit disclosed in this invention includes: input media, treatment circuit, display device by apparatus and method two aspects.This input media detects number of times, on time and unused time in order to input.This treatment circuit and this input media and this motherboard couple, store predetermined state values, be used to transmit starting-up signal and start this motherboard and timing, receive the status signal that this motherboard transmits simultaneously, when the time that this motherboard starts has reached this on time, contrast this status signal and this predetermined state values, when this status signal and this predetermined state values are not inconsistent, produce first rub-out signal; When this status signal conforms to this predetermined state values, transmit off signal to this motherboard, close this motherboard and calculate accumulation and detect number of times, when judging that voltage that this motherboard transmits is non-vanishing, produce second rub-out signal simultaneously; And detect number of times and this detection number of times not simultaneously when this accumulation, and judge the time that this motherboard is closed, when the time that this motherboard is closed has reached this unused time, restart this motherboard.This display device couples with this treatment circuit, in order to show this first rub-out signal and this second rub-out signal.
Method proposed by the invention includes the following step: set predetermined state values in pick-up unit; Couple pick-up unit and motherboard; Pick-up unit receives and detects number of times, on time and unused time; Pick-up unit starts motherboard and timing, receives the status signal that motherboard transmits simultaneously; Pick-up unit is judged when time that motherboard starts has reached the on time, corresponding state signal and predetermined state values, and when both conformed to, the Shutdown Hosts plate also calculated accumulation and detects number of times, if both when not being inconsistent, produce and show first rub-out signal; Pick-up unit judges when voltage that motherboard transmits is non-vanishing, produces and shows second rub-out signal; The time that pick-up unit judgement motherboard is closed is restarted motherboard when having reached the unused time, till accumulation detection number of times is identical with the detection number of times.
The present invention have can the Test Host plate whether can be complete the function of finishing shutdown and start.
About detailed features of the present invention and practical operation, conjunction with figs. is described in detail as follows in embodiment, its content is enough to make any one of ordinary skill in the art to understand technology contents of the present invention and implements according to this, and according to disclosed content of this instructions and accompanying drawing, any one of ordinary skill in the art can understand purpose and the advantage that the present invention is correlated with easily.
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Fig. 1 is the system construction drawing of the device of detection motherboard provided by the present invention.
Fig. 2 A is the method flow diagram of detection motherboard provided by the present invention.
Fig. 2 B is the method for testing process flow diagram of the device of detection motherboard provided by the present invention.
Wherein, description of reference numerals is as follows:
100 pick-up units
110 input medias
120 treatment circuits
130 display device
190 power change-over switchs
200 motherboards
201 first signal wires
202 secondary signal lines
203 the 3rd signal wires
210 basic input/outputs
Step 301 is set predetermined state values
Step 310 connects motherboard and treatment circuit
Step 320 input on time, unused time and detection number of times
Step 330 Test Host plate
Step 331 starts motherboard
Step 332 motherboard voltage is default value
Step 333 on time ends
Step 334 status signal meets expection
Step 335 Shutdown Hosts plate
Step 336 motherboard voltage is zero
It is identical with the detection number of times that step 337 accumulation detects number of times
Step 339a produces first rub-out signal
Step 339b produces second rub-out signal
Step 339c produces the 3rd rub-out signal
Whether step 340 wrong signal
Step 350 shows rub-out signal
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Following elder generation illustrates running of the present invention with Fig. 1 switch repeatedly provided by the present invention with the element of the pick-up unit that detects motherboard.As shown in the figure, pick-up unit 100 of the present invention contains input media 110, treatment circuit 120, display device 130, and wherein input media 110 couples with treatment circuit 120, is responsible for providing the input that detects number of times, on time and unused time; Treatment circuit 120 couples with input media 110 and motherboard 200, stores basic input/output (the Basic Input/Output System on the motherboard; BIOS) selftest (the Power On Self Test that starts shooting; POST) state value of being exported after the end is a predetermined state values, be responsible for after motherboard 200 shutdown, when elapsed time meets the unused time, transmit starting-up signal to motherboard 200, and receive the status signal that motherboard 200 transmits, and be responsible for when the time of motherboard 200 starts meets the on time, judge status signal, when status signal and predetermined state values are not inconsistent, produce first rub-out signal, when status signal conforms to predetermined state values, transmit off signal to motherboard 200 and make the motherboard shutdown, and judge when voltage that motherboard 200 transmits is non-vanishing, produce second rub-out signal, and be responsible for the number of times that transmits starting-up signal with detect number of times not simultaneously, after ending in this unused time, the starting-up signal that retransfers is to motherboard 200; Display device 130 couples with treatment circuit 120, is responsible for showing this first rub-out signal and this second rub-out signal.
Then with an embodiment operation system of the present invention and method are described, input media that present embodiment provided 110 is an example with the thumb-acting switch, but input media provided by the present invention does not exceed with thumb-acting switch; Display device that present embodiment provided 130 is an example with the seven-segment display, but display device provided by the present invention is not exceeded with seven-segment display, other is LCD (LCD) etc. for example, but the display device of all known display texts, numeral all can be used herein.Please refer to Fig. 2 A switch repeatedly provided by the present invention simultaneously to detect the method flow diagram of motherboard.Before using pick-up unit 100 provided by the present invention, pick-up unit needs to set earlier predetermined state values (step 301), the mode of setting is for example inputed in the treatment circuit 120 by input media 110, or it is medium directly predetermined state values to be deposited in treatment circuit 120.Then will connect motherboard 200 and pick-up unit 100 provided by the present invention (step 310), wherein, the basic input/output 210 on the motherboard 200 need be connected with treatment circuit 120, transmits the signal of the state of expression motherboard 200 starts; Treatment circuit 120 also is connected with three signal line in addition with motherboard 200, and first signal wire 201 transmits starting-up signal and off signal, and secondary signal line 202 transmits the voltage that start just has, and 203 of the 3rd signal wires transmit the machine open/close signal.
When motherboard 200 be connected with pick-up unit 100 provided by the present invention finish after, the user can begin to test, at first to use thumb-acting switch to import the on time in regular turn, unused time and detection number of times (step 320), treatment circuit 120 can be considered as the on time in regular turn with the signal that receives, unused time and detection number of times, but not importing with this, the present invention do not exceed, for example can use extra thumb-acting switch to set the data that to import and be the on time, unused time with detect any in the number of times, treatment circuit 120 can according to set will input signal read in the corresponding on time, in unused time or the detection number of times.
After on time, unused time and the input of detection number of times are finished, treatment circuit 120 can begin Test Host plate (step 330), detailed test process will after explanation, if in test process, make a mistake (step 340), then treatment circuit 120 can stop test, and is sent to the wrong corresponding rub-out signal that takes place and is shown to user's (step 350) in the seven-segment display.
Then will describe the process of treatment circuit Test Host plate (step 330) in detail, and please refer to Fig. 2 B, when treatment circuit 120 beginning Test Host plates, treatment circuit 120 can be judged the state of motherboard 200 by the voltage of secondary signal line 202, if the voltage of secondary signal line 202 is zero at this moment, then motherboard 200 is an off-mode, treatment circuit 120 can transmit starting-up signal to motherboard 200 by the 3rd signal wire 203, and motherboard 200 receives the program (step 33 1) that just can start shooting after the starting-up signal; If this moment, secondary signal line 202 voltage was non-vanishing, then motherboard 200 be an open state, and treatment circuit 120 can transmit off signals to motherboard 200, makes motherboard 200 shut down (step 335).
Motherboard 200 is in the process of carrying out boot program, whether basic input/output 210 selftest of can starting shooting earlier is normal with each periphery on the Test Host plate 200, before basic input/output 210 begins to test a periphery, can represent the status signal of the test that will carry out which kind of periphery this moment to treatment circuit 120 by 201 transmission of first signal wire, treatment circuit 120 can calculate the time that starting-up signal is sent to motherboard 200 simultaneously, when the on time of importing with step 320 when time that treatment circuit 120 calculates is identical (step 333), the value and the predetermined state values of the signal that treatment circuit 120 can send basic input/output 210 at last compare (step 334), if the value of the status signal that basic input/output 210 sends is identical with predetermined state values, then representing the start process of motherboard 200, all are normal, treatment circuit 120 can detect number of times with accumulation and add one, can transmit off signal to motherboard 200 by the 3rd signal wire 203 simultaneously, and begin to calculate the time (step 335) that off signal is sent to motherboard 200, make motherboard 200 shutdown to finish when inferior test; If it is different with predetermined state values that basic input/output 210 is sent to the value of status signal of treatment circuit 120, then treatment circuit 120 can produce first rub-out signal (step 339a) as " boot failure ", and first rub-out signal is sent to seven-segment display shows (step 340, step 350), finish test simultaneously.And in order to allow the clearer motherboard 200 of learning of user at which state of process of start make a mistake, so treatment circuit 120 status signal that can also receive when producing first rub-out signal is sent to seven-segment display and shows.Treatment circuit 120 is transmitting off signal to motherboard 200, motherboard 200 can carry out shutdown programm with shutdown (step 335), treatment circuit 120 can detect the voltage (step 336) of motherboard 200 after motherboard 200 shutdown, if voltage is non-vanishing, the 200 shutdown failures of expression motherboard, just motherboard 200 still is the state of start, therefore treatment circuit 120 can produce second rub-out signal (step 339b) as " shutdown failure ", and transmit second rub-out signal to seven-segment display demonstration (step 350), stop follow-up test simultaneously; If voltage is zero, then represent the shutdown of motherboard 200 successes, treatment circuit 120 can judge that accumulation detects the detection number of times identical (step 337) whether number of times are imported with step 320, if identical, represents that then the test of motherboard 200 is finished, and does not need to test again; If it is different, represent that then the test of motherboard 200 do not finish, need to wait for when unused time that time that off signal that treatment circuit 120 calculates is sent to motherboard 200 and step 320 import is identical, once more by the 3rd signal wire 203 transmit starting-up signals to motherboard 200 (step 331) to carry out test next time, so motherboard 200 is carried out boot program once more, but treatment circuit 120 also once more repeating step 331 to step 337 to carry out whether normal switch machine of Test Host plate 200.So, whether normally the present invention promptly can provide a kind of Test Host switching plate machine function, solves the problem that prior art is mentioned.
In above-mentioned testing process, treatment circuit 120 is transmitting starting-up signal to motherboard 200 (step 331), can also add the step of the voltage (step 332) of judging motherboard 200, can learn faster that so motherboard 200 could enter boot program, if magnitude of voltage meets default value, just motherboard 200 voltage of magnitude of voltage during with motherboard 200 work that is sent to treatment circuit 120 is identical, then start the clock (step 333), if magnitude of voltage does not meet default value, then represent motherboard 200 can't enter boot program normally, therefore treatment circuit 120 can produce as the 3rd rub-out signal (step 339c) of " can't normal boot-strap ", and transmit the 3rd rub-out signal to seven-segment display and show, stop follow-up test simultaneously.
In addition, pick-up unit 100 of the present invention also comprises a power change-over switch 190, being responsible for switching the power supply that offers motherboard 200 according to the power supply switching signal that treatment circuit 120 transmits is direct current or alternating current, makes motherboard 200 use the direct current or the alternating current of power change-over switch 190 outputs to carry out above-mentioned start process.The user is in the input on time, unused time, during parameters such as detection number of times (step 320), can also import power supply switching time, make in the process of Test Host plate (step 330), if the time that treatment circuit 120 calculates is when identical with power supply switching time, treatment circuit 120 can transmit the power supply switching signal to power change-over switch 190, power change-over switch is after receiving the power supply switching signal, if be the working power that motherboard 200 is provided by output DC at that time, then can stop output DC, and change with output AC, if the output AC electricity then changed output DC at that time, whether the source of supply of Test Host plate switch operating power supply in start process can keep normal running thus.
Though the present invention with aforesaid preferred embodiment openly as above; right its is not in order to limit the present invention; any one of ordinary skill in the art; without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention; change of being done and modification; therefore all belong to scope of patent protection of the present invention, scope of patent protection of the present invention must be looked the appended scope that claim defined of this instructions and is as the criterion.

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1. pick-up unit that detects motherboard is characterized in that this pick-up unit comprises:
Input media detects number of times, on time and unused time in order to input;
Treatment circuit, couple with this input media and this motherboard, store predetermined state values, be used to transmit starting-up signal to start this motherboard and timing, receive the status signal that this motherboard transmits simultaneously, when the time that this motherboard starts has reached this on time, contrast this status signal and this predetermined state values, when this status signal and this predetermined state values are not inconsistent, produce first rub-out signal; When this status signal conforms to this predetermined state values, transmit off signal to this motherboard and close this motherboard and calculate accumulation and detect number of times, when judging that voltage that this motherboard transmits is non-vanishing, produce second rub-out signal simultaneously; And detect number of times and this detection number of times not simultaneously when this accumulation, and judge the time that this motherboard is closed, when the time that this motherboard is closed has reached this unused time, restart this motherboard; And
Display device couples with this treatment circuit, in order to show this first rub-out signal and this second rub-out signal.
2. the pick-up unit of detection motherboard as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this input media is a thumb-acting switch.
3. the pick-up unit of detection motherboard as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that this treatment circuit is for storing predetermined voltage, with after starting this motherboard, judge the treatment circuit that this voltage that this motherboard transmits and this predetermined voltage do not produce the 3rd rub-out signal simultaneously.
4. the pick-up unit of detection motherboard as claimed in claim 3 is characterized in that this display device is in order to show the display device of the 3rd rub-out signal.
5. the pick-up unit of detection motherboard as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this display device is in order to show that this accumulation detects the display device of number of times.
6. the pick-up unit of detection motherboard as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this display device is a seven-segment display.
7. the pick-up unit of detection motherboard as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that this display device is a LCD.
8. the pick-up unit of detection motherboard as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that this device also comprises power change-over switch, couple with this treatment circuit and this motherboard, select signal in order to the power supply that the power supply that receives that this treatment circuit imports according to this input media is transmitted switching time, and to select signal to switch the power supply that exports this motherboard to according to this power supply be direct current or alternating current.
9. a detection method that detects motherboard couples motherboard with pick-up unit, it is characterized in that comprising the following step:
In this pick-up unit, set predetermined state values;
In this pick-up unit, set and detect number of times, on time and unused time;
This pick-up unit starts this motherboard and timing, receives the status signal that this motherboard transmits simultaneously;
This pick-up unit is judged when the time of this motherboard startup has reached the on time, contrasts this predetermined state values of this motherboard status signal and this pick-up unit, when conforming to, closes this motherboard and calculates accumulation detection number of times;
Contrast this predetermined state values of this motherboard status signal and this pick-up unit, when not being inconsistent, producing and show first rub-out signal;
This pick-up unit judges when voltage that this motherboard transmits is non-vanishing, produces and shows second rub-out signal;
This pick-up unit is judged when time that this motherboard is closed has reached the unused time, restarts this motherboard, up to accumulation detect number of times identical with the detection number of times till.
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