CN105610742B - A kind of centralization railway station Radio Station system and communication means - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a kind of centralized railway station Radio Station system and communication means, are exclusively used in railway wireless train dispatching communications subsystem.Number trolley station radio through transmission network with the station radio set adapter respectively connecting with ditty exchange by connecting.The information of station radio set is sent to the total machine host of ditty by station adapter, and the information of the total machine host of ditty is sent to station radio set, and the total machine host of ditty is responsible for the processing of various information, realizes the remotely manipulation to multiple station radio sets.The beneficial effects of the present invention are: the present invention, which overcomes the shortcomings of to have showed, technology, have the function of while controlling 2-10 trolley station radio, command range is up to kilometers up to a hundred, only one person on duty need to be set in the place of suitable work in this way, it can realize the remote centralized manipulation to more trolley station radios, Platform attendant is made to free from severe natural environment or in lengthy and tedious working condition.
Description
Technical field
The present invention relates to field of communication technology, in particular to a kind of centralized railway station Radio Station system and
Communication means is exclusively used in railway wireless train dispatching communications subsystem.
Background technique
Since certain remote railway line natural climates are severe, it is on duty that station is not suitable for person on duty, such as in China northeast
Area, after Heavy snow is sealed a mountain pass, certain station areas are not open to traffic, and traffic is cut off substantially, and the basic living of such person on duty is by pole
Big influence.More trolley station radios are needed in the place of some crossing eliminations, the same station, it is therefore desirable to there is one kind to set
It is standby, the control to more trolley station radios can be realized in same place, and this place can reach several apart from station farther out
Ten kilometers.
Previous solution is, using sufficiently long control cable, the control box of station radio set to be zoomed out, skill is done so
It is most simple in art, but there is also significant limitations: control cable cannot be too long, general no more than 2 kilometers；Control simultaneously
It is too many that station radio set is unable to quantity, because quantity is more than after four, person on duty will operate four control boxes of monitoring, this sample value simultaneously
The work of class member can just become abnormal lengthy and tedious.
How to solve this problem just becomes the those skilled in the art's project to be studied and be solved.
Summary of the invention
The object of the invention is in order to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art, pacify in line with maintenance national wealth safety and people's person
Full purpose provides a kind of design scheme that can concentrate manipulation railway station radio station, i.e., centralized railway station wireless communication electricity
Platform system and communication means, it can manipulate 2-10 trolley station radio simultaneously, and manipulation distance is up to kilometers up to a hundred.
The present invention is realized by following technical solution: a kind of centralization railway station Radio Station system,
Including station radio set, it is characterised in that: further include ditty exchange, station radio set adapter, the several station radio sets by with
The station radio set adapter respectively connected is connect through transmission network with ditty exchange；Ditty exchange includes the total machine host of ditty, behaviour
Make display equipment, operation display equipment is connected and composed by PC machine host, display, keyboard, mouse；
The total machine host of ditty includes interface circuit I, protocol translation device I, CPU I, message handler I, signal processor
I, memory I, interface circuit II, switched circuit in plate, the interface circuit I by protocol translation device I successively with CPU I, signal
Processor I connects, and the CPU I is connect with memory I, signal processor I respectively, and the signal processor I is electric with interface respectively
Switched circuit connects in road II, plate, and switched circuit is connect with protocol translation device I, interface circuit I respectively in the plate；
The station radio set adapter includes CPU II, signal processor II, message handler II, interface circuit III, interface
Circuit IV, memory II, protocol translation device II, the interface circuit III is by protocol translation device II successively and at CPU II, signal
It manages device II to connect, the CPU II is connect with memory II, message handler II respectively, the message handler II and interface electricity
Road IV connects；
The station radio set adapter is installed on beside station radio set, and the information of station radio set is sent to by station adapter
The total machine host of ditty, and the information of the total machine host of ditty is sent to station radio set, the total machine host of ditty is responsible for various information
Processing.
A kind of communication means of centralization railway station Radio Station system, it is characterised in that: steps are as follows,
The reception circuit I of ditty exchange passes through protocol translation after the information that transmission network receives multiple station radio sets
Device I is converted to Transistor-Transistor Logic level information, is sent to CPU I, while being sent to signal processor I, CPU by the switched circuit in plate
The information received is sent to message handler I by I, carries out classification processing to the information of multiple station radio sets, signal processor I and
Processing result is sent to CPU I by message handler I, and CPUI controls signal processor I, and by treated, information passes through at signal
Reason device I and interface circuit II is sent to operation display equipment；
Station operator on duty can see relevant business information over the display, when person on duty needs to operate station electricity
When platform, by mouse-keyboard, the total machine host of ditty is sent by related service request, equally, these service requesting informations pass through
After the processing of CPU I, message handler I and signal processor I, it is sent on transmission network by interface circuit I, in this way
To be sent to the station radio set other than kilometers up to a hundred by transmission network, memory I is used to store necessary configuration information, industry
Business record；
The interface circuit III of station radio set adapter passes through after the information that transmission network receives the total machine host of ditty
Protocol translation device II is converted to Transistor-Transistor Logic level information, is sent to CPU II, and the information received is sent to message handler by CPU II
II carries out classification processing to the information of the total machine host of ditty, and signal processor II and message handler II send processing result
CPU II, CPU II is given to control signal processor II, information passes through signal processor II and interface circuit IV hair by treated
Station radio set is given, then station radio set can respond the operation of person on duty；When station radio set has business information to be sent to value
When class member, related service information is sent station radio set adapter by it, these business information pass through CPU II, message handler
It after the processing of II and signal processor II, is sent on transmission network by interface circuit III, can be sent out in this way by optical fiber
The total machine host of ditty other than kilometers up to a hundred is given, memory I I is used to store necessary configuration information, business record.
The beneficial effects of the present invention are: the present invention, which overcomes the shortcomings of to have showed, technology, has while controlling 2-10 trolley station
Up to kilometers up to a hundred only a person on duty need to be arranged in the place of suitable work in this way in the function in radio station, command range,
To realize that the remote centralized to more trolley station radios manipulates, make Platform attendant from severe natural environment or lengthy and tedious work
Make to free in state.
Detailed description of the invention
Fig. 1 is the system composition block diagram of the invention；
Fig. 2 is the functional block diagram of the total machine host of ditty of the present invention；
Fig. 3 is the functional block diagram of station radio set adapter of the present invention；
The flow chart of Fig. 4 present invention realization system communication.
Specific embodiment
The technical program is understood in order to clearer, is described in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and embodiments:
As shown in Fig. 1, a kind of centralization railway station Radio Station system, including station radio set, feature exist
In: it further include ditty exchange, station radio set adapter, the several station radio sets with the station radio set respectively connecting by transferring
Device is connect through transmission network with ditty exchange；Ditty exchange includes the total machine host of ditty, operation display equipment, operation display equipment
It is connected and composed by PC machine host, display, keyboard, mouse.
The total machine host of ditty includes interface circuit I, protocol translation device I, CPU I, message handler I, signal processor I, deposits
Reservoir I, interface circuit II, switched circuit in plate.Interface circuit I by protocol translation device I successively with CPU I, signal processor I
Connection, CPU I are connect with memory I, signal processor I respectively, and signal processor I is exchanged in interface circuit II, plate respectively
Circuit connection, switched circuit is connect with protocol translation device I, interface circuit I respectively in plate.
Station radio set adapter includes CPU II, signal processor II, message handler II, interface circuit III, interface circuit
IV, memory II, protocol translation device II.
Interface circuit III is successively connect by protocol translation device II with CPU II, signal processor II, CPU II respectively with deposit
Reservoir II, message handler II connect, and message handler II is connect with interface circuit IV.
Station radio set adapter is installed on beside station radio set, and the information of station radio set is sent to ditty by station adapter
Total machine host, and the information of the total machine host of ditty is sent to station radio set, the total machine host of ditty is responsible for the processing of various information.
Communication system of the present invention mainly passes through ditty exchange and realizes the remotely manipulation to multiple station radio sets, is
The function of centralized management is realized by the total machine host of ditty.
A kind of communication means of centralization railway station Radio Station system, steps are as follows:
As shown in Fig. 2, the reception circuit I of ditty exchange is received from transmission network (railway transmission network is optical fiber at present)
After the information of multiple station radio sets, Transistor-Transistor Logic level information is converted to by protocol translation device I, is sent to CPU I, while passing through plate
Interior switched circuit is sent to signal processor I, and the information received is sent to message handler I by CPU I, to multiple station electricity
The information of platform carries out classification processing, signal processor I and message handler I and processing result is sent to CPU I, CPUI control letter
Number processor I, will treated that information is sent to operation by signal processor I and interface circuit II shows equipment.Station value
Class personnel can see relevant business information over the display.When person on duty needs to operate station radio set, pass through mouse
Related service request is sent the total machine host of ditty by keyboard etc., and equally, these service requesting informations are by CPU I, at information
After the processing for managing device I and signal processor I, it is sent on transmission network by interface circuit I, can be sent out in this way by optical fiber
Give the station radio set other than kilometers up to a hundred.Memory I is used to store necessary configuration information, business record etc..
As shown in figure 3, the interface circuit III of station radio set adapter receives the letter of the total machine host of ditty from transmission network
After breath, Transistor-Transistor Logic level information is converted to by protocol translation device II, is sent to CPU II, the information received is sent to by CPU II
Message handler II carries out classification processing to the information of the total machine host of ditty, and signal processor II and message handler II will locate
Reason result is sent to CPU II, and CPU II controls signal processor II, and by treated, information by signal processor II and is connect
Mouth circuit I V is sent to station radio set, and then station radio set can respond the operation of person on duty.When station radio set has business letter
For breath when being sent to person on duty, related service information is sent station radio set adapter by it, these business information by CPU II,
After the processing of message handler II and signal processor II, it is sent on transmission network by interface circuit III, in this way can
The total machine host of ditty being sent to by optical fiber other than kilometers up to a hundred.Memory I I is used to store necessary configuration information, industry
Business record.
As shown in figure 4, the communication process of the total machine host of ditty is main are as follows: after host booting, immediately according to the configuration of storage
Information initializes the total machine equipment of ditty, standby stand-by state is immediately entered after initialization.Stand-by state always
It has detected whether service request, after receiving service request, has first determined whether the type of service request, then the request has been carried out detailed
Thin analysis carries out information processing to it after analysis, and processing result is sent to interface circuit, finally by interface electricity
Road is sent.After being sent, standby stand-by state is returned immediately.
According to the above description, the solution of the present invention can be realized in conjunction with art technology.
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1. a kind of communication means using centralized railway station Radio Station system, which includes station radio set, small
Adjust exchange, station radio set adapter, the several station radio sets by with the station radio set adapter respectively connecting through transmission network
Network is connect with ditty exchange；Ditty exchange includes the total machine host of ditty, operation display equipment, and operation display equipment is by PC machine master
Machine, display, keyboard, mouse connect and compose；
The total machine host of ditty includes interface circuit I, protocol translation device I, CPU I, message handler I, signal processor I, deposits
Reservoir I, interface circuit II, switched circuit in plate, the interface circuit I by protocol translation device I successively with CPU I, signal processing
Device I connects, and the CPU I connect with memory I, signal processor I respectively, the signal processor I respectively with interface circuit
II, switched circuit connects in plate, and switched circuit is connect with protocol translation device I, interface circuit I respectively in the plate；
The station radio set adapter includes CPU II, signal processor II, message handler II, interface circuit III, interface circuit
IV, memory II, protocol translation device II, the interface circuit III by protocol translation device II successively with CPU II, signal processor
II connection, the CPU II are connect with memory II, message handler II respectively, the message handler II and interface circuit IV
Connection；
The station radio set adapter is installed on beside station radio set, and the information of station radio set is sent to ditty by station adapter
Total machine host, and the information of the total machine host of ditty is sent to station radio set, the total machine host of ditty is responsible for the processing of various information,
It is characterized by: using the communication means of the system, steps are as follows, and the interface circuit I of ditty exchange receives more from transmission network
After the information of a station radio set, Transistor-Transistor Logic level information is converted to by protocol translation device I, is sent to CPU I, while by plate
Switched circuit be sent to signal processor I, the information received is sent to message handler I by CPU I, to multiple station radio sets
Information carry out classification processing, processing result is sent to CPU I by signal processor I and message handler I, and CPUI controls signal
Treated information is sent to operation by signal processor I and interface circuit II and shows equipment by processor I；
Station operator on duty can see relevant business information over the display, when person on duty needs to operate station radio set
When, by mouse-keyboard, the total machine host of ditty is sent by related service request, equally, these service requesting informations pass through CPU
I, it after the processing of message handler I and signal processor I, is sent on transmission network by interface circuit I, can be led in this way
The station radio set that transmission network is sent to other than kilometers up to a hundred is crossed, memory I is used to store necessary configuration information, business note
Record；
The interface circuit III of station radio set adapter passes through agreement after the information that transmission network receives the total machine host of ditty
Converter II is converted to Transistor-Transistor Logic level information, is sent to CPU II, and the information received is sent to message handler II by CPU II,
Classification processing is carried out to the information of the total machine host of ditty, processing result is sent to by signal processor II and message handler II
CPU II, CPU II controls signal processor II, and by treated, information passes through signal processor II and interface circuit IV transmission
To station radio set, then station radio set can respond the operation of person on duty；When to have business information to be sent on duty for station radio set
When member, related service information is sent station radio set adapter by it, these business information pass through CPU II, message handler II
And after the processing of signal processor II, it is sent on transmission network by interface circuit III, can be sent in this way by optical fiber
To the total machine host of ditty other than kilometers up to a hundred, memory I I is used to store necessary configuration information, business record 2.
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