CN111239916B - Cleaning tool and cleaning method for optical fiber connector on optical fiber backboard - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a cleaning tool and a cleaning method for cleaning an optical fiber connector on an optical fiber backboard, which comprise a plug-in board, an X-Y motion mechanism and a cleaner, wherein the plug-in board structure is configured to enable the plug-in board to be plugged in a slot position of a plug-in box type device, and the length and width directions of the plug-in board are respectively defined as X, Y directions; the X-Y motion mechanism is arranged on the plug tray, the cleaner is arranged on the X-Y motion mechanism and used for cleaning the slot optical fiber connector, and the X-Y motion mechanism is used for driving the cleaner to move along the direction X, Y. The structure of plugboard is configured to make plugboard peg graft in the trench of box equipment to send the cleaner to fiber connector department, with clean fiber connector, convenient operation is simple, has reduced the maintenance degree of difficulty of box equipment, need not remove adjacent plug-in card, avoids the service interruption. The cleaning tool is inserted into the socket type equipment like other plug-in cards, so that the normal use of other plug-in cards is not influenced, and the space of other plug-in cards is not occupied.
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Technical Field
The invention relates to the technical field of structural connection and cleaning, in particular to a cleaning tool and a cleaning method for cleaning a fiber connector on an optical fiber backboard.
Background
With the rapid development of the internet and cloud services, the service carrying network is also deployed through a cloud technology, so that the network construction cost is reduced, and the carrying efficiency is improved. Based on a cloud network centrally deployed by a DC (Data Center) resource pool, traffic between DCs is rapidly increasing, and gradually becomes a main traffic for transmitting a backbone network. The DC-centered networking mode gradually replaces the traditional administrative-based networking mode of the service. The new network building mode realizes the Mesh interconnection of wireless grids among most network nodes, and the service adopts a one-hop direct mode to reduce the time delay of the passing network nodes as much as possible so as to ensure the real-time exchange of data among DCs and meet the high real-time requirement of future cloud services. All-optical cross equipment based on the optical fiber backplane technology is produced at present, becomes the evolution direction of the next generation optical switching technology, can simplify optical layer connection, realizes optical layer multi-dimensional interconnection, and effectively meets the requirements of optical networks on development towards high capacity, low time delay and low power consumption.
Due to the introduction of the optical fiber backplane technology, optical fiber connectors are inevitably used on the optical fiber backplane, as shown in fig. 1, which is a common box-type device, the optical fiber backplane 16 is arranged on the rear side of the electrical backplane 17, and the optical fiber connectors 10 of the optical fiber backplane 16 are arranged on the front side of the electrical backplane 17 and connected with the optical fiber backplane 16 after passing through the electrical backplane 17. The connection reliability of the optical fiber connector 10 is very sensitive to dust, etc., and at the same time, even if some dust-proof measures are taken during the production and application of the box-type device, the end face of the optical fiber connector 10 cannot be completely prevented from being contaminated, and the optical fiber connector on the card insertion end of the box-type device, which is mated with the optical fiber connector 10 on the optical fiber backplane 16, may cause secondary contamination to the end face of the optical fiber connector 10 on the optical fiber backplane 16. Because the service interruption is caused by the fact that the power of the plug box type equipment cannot be cut off in the maintenance process, meanwhile, in order to guarantee the heat dissipation performance of the plug box type equipment, substitute plug-in cards must be configured in adjacent idle slots to guarantee an equipment air duct, the optical fiber connectors 10 in the idle slots on the optical fiber back plate 16 are only cleaned one by one at present, and the operation is very difficult by hands based on space limitation.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a cleaning tool and a cleaning method for cleaning a fiber connector on an optical fiber backboard.
In order to achieve the above purposes, the technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows:
a cleaning tool for cleaning a fiber optic connector on a fiber optic backplane, comprising:
the structure of the plug board is configured to enable the plug board to be plugged into a slot position of the plug box type equipment, and the length direction and the width direction of the plug board are respectively defined as X, Y directions;
the X-Y motion mechanism is arranged on the plug-in tray;
and the cleaner is assembled on the X-Y moving mechanism and used for cleaning the optical fiber connectors in the slot positions, and the X-Y moving mechanism is used for driving the cleaner to move in the direction X, Y.
Further, the X-Y motion mechanism includes:
the Y-direction guide rail is arranged on the plug board in a group mode;
the X-direction guide rail is arranged on the Y-direction guide rail in a sliding manner, and the cleaner is arranged on the X-direction guide rail in a sliding manner;
the Y-direction driving mechanism is connected with the X-direction guide rail and is used for driving the X-direction guide rail to move on the Y-direction guide rail along the Y direction;
and the X-direction driving mechanism is connected with the cleaner and is used for driving the cleaner to move along the X direction on the X-direction guide rail.
Further, the cleaning tool further comprises:
the storage unit is arranged on the plug-in board in a group mode and stores the equipment IDs of various preset plug-in box type equipment and corresponding equipment information;
the main control unit is used for receiving the equipment ID sent by the frame control disc of the plug box type equipment and the slot number of the slot position of the plug box type equipment when the plug box type equipment is plugged in the slot position of the plug box type equipment, calling equipment information corresponding to the equipment ID from the storage unit, generating a motion track and a cleaning position for driving the cleaner by combining the slot number of the slot position, and controlling the X-Y motion mechanism and the cleaner to respectively execute the motion of the motion track and the cleaning of the cleaning position.
Further, the device information includes the slot number of each slot, the number and position of the fiber connectors in each slot, the number and position of protrusions protruding out of the fiber connectors in each slot, the distance between the protrusions protruding out of the fiber connectors, and the width of the protrusions in the X direction;
the main control unit is also used for determining a motion track according to the number and the positions of the optical fiber connectors in the slot positions, the number and the positions of the protrusions, the distance between the protrusions and the optical fiber connectors and the width of the protrusions in the X direction;
the main control unit is also used for determining the cleaning position according to the number and the position of the optical fiber connectors in the slot position.
Further, the cleaning tool further comprises:
the main control unit is used for receiving and generating a motion track and a cleaning position for driving the cleaner according to the equipment information of the slot position of the plug tray sent by the frame control panel of the plug box type equipment when the plug tray is plugged in the slot position of the plug box type equipment, and controlling the X-Y motion mechanism and the cleaner to respectively execute the motion of the motion track and the cleaning of the cleaning position.
Further, the device information includes the number and the position of the optical fiber connectors in the slot where the plug tray is located, the number and the position of the protrusions protruding out of the optical fiber connectors in the slot, the distance between the protrusions protruding out of the optical fiber connectors, and the width of the protrusions in the X direction;
the main control unit is also used for determining a motion track according to the number and the positions of the optical fiber connectors in the slot positions, the number and the positions of the protrusions, the distance between the protrusions and the optical fiber connectors and the width of the protrusions in the X direction;
the main control unit is also used for determining the cleaning position according to the number and the position of the optical fiber connectors in the slot position.
Further, the cleaner is detachably connected with the X-Y motion mechanism; the plug board is also provided with an alarm device and a cleaning frequency counter, the alarm device and the cleaning frequency counter are both connected with the main control unit, the main control unit is also used for controlling the cleaner to finish cleaning an optical fiber connector, then controlling the count value of the cleaning frequency counter to be increased by one, judging whether the cleaner needs to be replaced according to the relationship between the count value of the frequency counter and a preset threshold value, and controlling the alarm device to give an alarm when the cleaner needs to be replaced; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
the plug board is also provided with a first signal connector, the first signal connector is connected with the main control unit and is used for butt joint with a second signal connector on the plug box type equipment when the plug board is plugged in the plug box type equipment, so that the main control unit is in signal connection with the plug box type equipment; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
the plug board is also provided with a status indicator, the status indicator is connected with the main control unit, the main control unit is also used for controlling the status indicator to display the cleaning status of the cleaner, and the cleaning status comprises the cleaning status in the middle and the cleaning status finished; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
the plug board is also provided with a first power connector which is used for butt joint with a second power connector on the plug box type equipment, and the first power connector is connected with the X-Y motion mechanism, the cleaner and the main control unit; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
and the plug board is also provided with a first guide mechanism which is used for butt joint with a second guide mechanism on the plug box type equipment.
The invention also provides a cleaning method of the plug-in box type equipment, which comprises the following steps:
s1: providing a cleaning tool for cleaning the optical fiber connector on the optical fiber backboard according to claim 1, and inserting the cleaning tool into the slot of the plug-in box type equipment;
s2: and starting the cleaning tool, and driving the cleaner to move in the direction X, Y through the X-Y motion mechanism so as to clean the optical fiber connectors located in the slot one by one.
Further, the cleaning tool further comprises:
the storage unit is arranged on the plug-in board in a group mode and stores the equipment IDs of various preset plug-in box type equipment and corresponding equipment information;
the main control unit is assembled on the plug-in tray and is connected with the X-Y motion mechanism, the cleaner and the storage unit;
the step S2 specifically includes:
s20: the frame control panel of the inserting box type equipment sends an equipment ID and a slot position number of a slot position where the inserting plate is located;
s21: the main control unit receives the equipment ID and the slot position number of the slot position of the plug-in board, calls equipment information corresponding to the equipment ID from the storage unit, and generates a motion track and a cleaning position for driving the cleaner by combining the slot position number of the slot position;
s22: and the main control unit controls the X-Y motion mechanism and the cleaner to respectively execute the motion of the motion track and the cleaning of the cleaning position according to the motion track and the cleaning position.
Further, between steps S21 and S22, the following steps are also included:
the main control unit acquires the current Y-direction position of the cleaner;
judging whether the current Y-direction position is the same as the initial Y-direction position of the cleaner in the motion track, wherein the initial Y-direction position is a position where the cleaner is not interfered when moving along the X direction in the slot;
if yes, go to step S22;
otherwise, the X-Y moving mechanism is controlled to drive the cleaner to move to the initial Y-direction position, and the process proceeds to step S22.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the advantages that:
the structure of the plug-in board is configured to enable the plug-in board to be plugged in a slot position of the plug-in box type equipment, and the cleaner is sent to the optical fiber connector through the X-Y motion mechanism so as to clean the optical fiber connector. When the cleaning tool works, the cleaning tool is inserted into the box type equipment like other plug-in cards, the normal use of other plug-in cards cannot be influenced, and the space of other plug-in cards cannot be occupied.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a conventional box-type apparatus;
FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a cleaning tool provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 3 is a schematic diagram provided by an embodiment of the present invention.
In the figure: 1. a plug-in tray; 2. an X-Y motion mechanism; 20. a Y-direction guide rail; 21. an X-direction guide rail; 22. a Y-direction drive mechanism; 23. an X-direction drive mechanism; 3. a cleaner; 4. a main control unit; 5. an interface; 6. a first signal connector; 7. a status indicator; 8. a first power connector; 9. a first guide mechanism; 10. an optical fiber connector; 11. a second signal connector; 12. a second power connector; 13. a second guide mechanism; 14. a guide rail; 15. a wrench; 16. a fiber optic backplane; 17. an electrical backplane.
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The present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.
Referring to fig. 2 in conjunction with fig. 1, a first preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a cleaning tool for cleaning a fiber optic connector on a fiber optic backplane 16 for cleaning a fiber optic connector 10 in a vacant slot of a receptacle-type device, the cleaning tool comprising a receptacle tray 1, an X-Y motion mechanism 2, and a cleaner 3; the structure of the plug-in board 1 is configured to enable the plug-in board 1 to be plugged in a slot of a plug-in box type device, the plug-in board 1 can adopt a PCB board with the same or similar size as the plug-in card PCB board, the plugging and unplugging mode of the plug-in card is consistent with that of the plug-in card, two sides of the plug-in board 1 are matched with the guide rails 14 of the plug-in box type device, two sides of the plug-in board 1 can slide on the guide rails 14 to realize plugging and unplugging of the plug-in board 1 in the slot, the plug-in board 1 can be horizontally plugged and unplugged or vertically plugged and unplugged according to the direction of; one end of the plug-in board 1 can also be provided with a labor-saving mechanism such as a spanner 15 and a locking mechanism, so that the same effects of opening, plugging and locking in the plug-in box type equipment as in the case of inserting a card are achieved; the length and width directions of the plug board 1 are defined as X, Y directions respectively; the X-Y movement mechanism 2 is arranged on the inserting disc 1; the cleaner 3 is assembled on the X-Y moving mechanism 2 and used for cleaning the optical fiber connector 10 located in the slot, and the X-Y moving mechanism 2 is used for driving the cleaner 3 to move in the direction X, Y.
Referring to fig. 2, the foregoing embodiment further provides a specific structure of the X-Y movement mechanism 2, which includes a Y-direction guide rail 20, an X-direction guide rail 21, a Y-direction driving mechanism 22, and an X-direction driving mechanism 23, wherein the Y-direction guide rail 20 is assembled on the patch panel 1, the X-direction guide rail 21 is slidably disposed on the Y-direction guide rail 20, and the cleaner 3 is slidably disposed on the X-direction guide rail 21, the Y-direction driving mechanism 22 is connected to the X-direction guide rail 21 and is configured to drive the X-direction guide rail 21 to move on the Y-direction guide rail 20 in the Y direction, and the X-direction driving mechanism 23 is connected to the cleaner 3 and is configured to drive the cleaner 3 to move on the X-direction guide rail 21.
In fig. 2, there are two Y-direction rails, one X-direction rail; of course, there may be one Y-direction guide rail and two X-direction guide rails; an X-direction guide rail can be arranged, the cleaner 3 is movably connected with the X-direction guide rail through a Y-direction guide rail, the same purpose is achieved, and the cleaner can be designed according to actual needs.
The structure of the plug-in board 1 is configured to enable the plug-in board 1 to be plugged in a slot of a plug-in box type device, and the cleaner 3 is sent to the optical fiber connector 10 through the X-Y motion mechanism 2 to clean the optical fiber connector 10, the operation process is convenient and simple, adjacent plug-in cards do not need to be removed, service interruption is avoided, and when the cleaning tool works, like other plug-in cards, the plug-in board is plugged on the plug-in box type device, normal use of other plug-in cards cannot be influenced, and spaces of other plug-in cards cannot be occupied.
Referring to fig. 2 and 3, a second preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a cleaning tool for cleaning a fiber optic connector on a fiber optic backplane, which is different from the first embodiment in that: the cleaning tool further comprises a storage unit (not shown in the figure) and a main control unit 4, wherein the storage unit is assembled on the plug board 1 and stores the preset device IDs of various plug-in box type devices and corresponding device information, and the preset various plug-in box type devices can be understood as several types of devices needing to be cleaned, which are selected from a plurality of plug-in box type devices; the main control unit 4 is arranged on the plug board 1 and connected with the X-Y movement mechanism 2, the cleaner 3 and the storage unit, the main control unit 4 is used for establishing communication connection with a frame control board of the plug box type device when the plug board 1 is plugged in a slot position of the plug box type device, informing that the plug board 1 plugged in at the moment belongs to a cleaning tool, after the frame control board is confirmed, the main control unit 4 receives a device ID sent by the frame control board of the plug box type device and a slot position number of the slot position where the plug board 1 is located, calling device information corresponding to the device ID from the storage unit, combining the slot position number of the slot position where the plug board 1 is located, generating a movement track and a cleaning position for driving the cleaner 3, and controlling the X-Y movement mechanism 2 and the cleaner 3 to respectively execute movement of the movement track and cleaning of the cleaning position.
In this embodiment, the main control unit 4 controls the X-Y movement mechanism 2 and the cleaner 3 to work, so as to automatically and rapidly clean the optical fiber connector 10 on the optical fiber backplane at the rear of the receptacle type device within the spatial range of the single slot of the receptacle type device.
Specifically, the box-inserting type device has a plurality of slots, each slot has a corresponding slot number, a certain number of optical fiber connectors 10 exist in each slot space, the positions of the optical fiber connectors 10 are different, and meanwhile, some protrusions arranged on the optical fiber back plate may exist in the slot space, and the distance from the tail ends of the protrusions to the optical fiber back plate is larger than the distance from the cleaned end of the optical fiber connector 10 to the optical fiber back plate, so that although the cleaner 3 is separated from the optical fiber connector 10 in the Y direction, the cleaner 3 is interfered or blocked by the protrusions during moving in the X direction and cannot move to the next optical fiber connector 10, and in addition, during moving in the X direction, the moving distance of the cleaner 3 is also influenced by the width of the protrusions in the X direction.
Therefore, in this embodiment, the storage unit stores in advance device IDs of a plurality of types of jack-box type devices that need to be cleaned and corresponding device information, where the device information specifically includes a slot number of each slot, the number and the position of the optical fiber connectors 10 in each slot, the number and the position of the protrusions protruding from the optical fiber connectors 10 in each slot, a distance between the protrusions protruding out of the optical fiber connectors 10, and a width of the protrusions in the X direction, where the distance between the ends of the protrusions and the cleaned end of the optical fiber connectors 10 in a direction perpendicular to the optical fiber backplane. When the plug board 1 is plugged into a slot of the plug box type device, the main control unit 4 establishes signal connection with a frame control board of the plug box type device, receives a device ID sent by the frame control board and a slot number of a current slot of the plug board 1, according to the received device ID, the main control unit 4 retrieves device information corresponding to the device ID from the storage unit, and according to the slot number of the current slot, obtains device information of the current slot of the plug board 1 from the device information corresponding to the device ID, that is, the number and the position of the fiber connectors 10 in the current slot, the number and the position of the protrusions protruding out of the fiber connectors 10 in the current slot, the distance between the protrusions protruding out of the fiber connectors 10, and the width of the protrusions in the X direction, and according to the number and the position of the fiber connectors 10 in the current slot, and the number and the position of the protrusions protruding out of the fiber connectors 10 in the current slot, The positions, the distance of the protrusions protruding out of the fiber connectors 10 and the width of the protrusions in the X direction determine movement tracks, meanwhile, cleaning positions are determined according to the number and the positions of the fiber connectors 10 in the current slot position, and the X-Y movement mechanism 2 and the cleaner 3 are controlled to respectively execute the movement of the movement tracks and the cleaning of the cleaning positions, so that all the fiber connectors 10 in the current slot position are cleaned one by one, and meanwhile, the protrusions in the current slot position can be avoided.
Referring to fig. 2, the plug board 1 is further provided with an interface 5, which can update the device ID and the corresponding device information stored in the storage unit according to the change condition of the newly developed plug-in box device, so as to ensure that the device ID and the corresponding device information stored in the storage unit are consistent with the actual condition of the plug-in box device to be cleaned, and the cleaning tool can be suitable for different plug-in box devices by updating. If the equipment can be on the internet, the updating can be remotely realized through the communication between the main control unit 4 and the frame control panel of the plug-in box type equipment.
Referring to fig. 2 and 3, a third preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a cleaning tool for cleaning a fiber connector on a fiber optic backplane, which is different from the first embodiment in that: the cleaning tool further comprises a main control unit 4, the main control unit 4 is arranged on the plug board 1 and connected with the X-Y movement mechanism 2 and the cleaner 3, the main control unit 4 is used for establishing communication connection with a frame control board of the plug box type device when the plug board 1 is plugged in a slot position of the plug box type device, informing that the plug board 1 plugged in the frame control board belongs to the cleaning tool at the moment, and after the frame control board confirms, the main control unit 4 receives device information of the slot position where the plug board 1 is located, which is sent by the frame control board of the plug box type device, generating a movement track and a cleaning position for driving the cleaner 3, and controlling the X-Y movement mechanism and the cleaner 3 to respectively execute movement of the movement track and cleaning of the cleaning position.
In this embodiment, the main control unit 4 controls the X-Y movement mechanism 2 and the cleaner 3 to work, so as to automatically and rapidly clean the optical fiber connector 10 on the optical fiber backplane at the rear of the receptacle type device within the spatial range of the single slot of the receptacle type device. The principle is similar to that of the second embodiment, except that: in this embodiment, when the plug board 1 is plugged into the slot of the plug box type device, the main control unit 4 establishes signal connection with the frame control board of the plug box type device, and the frame control board of the plug box type device directly sends the device information of the slot where the plug board 1 is located to the main control unit 4, where the device information includes the number and the position of the optical fiber connectors 10 in the slot where the plug board 1 is located, the number and the position of the protrusions protruding out of the optical fiber connectors 10 in the slot, the distance between the protrusions protruding out of the optical fiber connectors 10, and the width of the protrusions in the X direction. After receiving the device information of the slot where the plug board 1 is located, the main control unit 4 determines a movement track according to the number and the position of the optical fiber connectors 10 in the current slot, the number and the positions of the protrusions protruding out of the optical fiber connectors 10 in the current slot, the distance between the protrusions protruding out of the optical fiber connectors 10, and the width of the protrusions in the X direction, determines a cleaning position according to the number and the positions of the optical fiber connectors 10 in the current slot, and controls the X-Y movement mechanism 2 and the cleaner 3 to respectively perform the movement of the movement track and the cleaning of the cleaning position, so that all the optical fiber connectors 10 in the current slot are cleaned one by one, and the protrusions in the current slot can be avoided.
A fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a cleaning tool for cleaning a fiber optic connector on a fiber optic backplane that differs from the second or third embodiment in that:
the cleaner 3 is detachably connected with the X-Y motion mechanism 2; the plug board 1 is also provided with an alarm device and a cleaning frequency counter (not shown in the figure), the alarm device and the cleaning frequency counter are both connected with the main control unit 4, the main control unit 4 is also used for controlling the cleaner 3 to complete the cleaning of an optical fiber connector, the count value of the cleaning frequency counter is increased by one, whether the cleaner 3 needs to be replaced is judged according to the relationship between the count value of the frequency counter and a preset threshold value, when the count value reaches the preset threshold value, the replacement is indicated, the cleaning tool is controlled to stop working, the alarm device is controlled to alarm, and the alarm device comprises one of light and ring.
In addition, the cleaning tool further comprises a reset key (not shown in the figure) assembled on the plug board 1, and the reset key is connected with the main control unit 4; the main control unit 4 is further configured to receive a reset instruction input by a user for a reset key after the cleaner 3 is replaced, and control the count value of the cleaning number counter to be cleared according to the reset instruction.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the plug board 1 is further provided with a first signal connector 6, the first signal connector 6 is connected to the main control unit 4, and is used for being butted with a second signal connector 11 (of course, the second signal connector 11 is also a connector for the slot position function card insertion) on the plug box type device when the plug board 1 is plugged in the plug box type device, so that the main control unit 4 is in signal connection with the plug box type device, and the frame control board information interaction between the main control unit 4 and the plug box type device is realized;
referring to fig. 2, the plug board 1 is further provided with a status indicator 7, the status indicator 7 is connected to the main control unit 4, the main control unit 4 is further configured to control the status indicator 7 to display a cleaning status of the cleaner 3, the cleaning status includes cleaning in progress, cleaning completed, and cleaner replacement required, when the cleaner 3 is cleaning the optical fiber connectors 10, the status indicator 7 expresses "cleaning in progress" by means of characters or one color, when cleaning of all the optical fiber connectors 10 is completed, the status indicator 7 expresses "cleaning completed" by means of characters or another color, when replacement is required, the status of the cleaning tool is visible by means of expressing "cleaner replacement required" by means of characters or another color;
referring to fig. 1 and 2, the patch panel 1 is further provided with a first power connector 8 for interfacing with a second power connector 12 (of course, the second power connector 12 is also a power connector for the slot function card) on the box-type device, and the first power connector 8 is connected with the X-Y movement mechanism 2, the cleaner 3 and the main control unit 4; when the plug tray 1 is plugged in the slot position, the first power connector 8 is in butt joint with the second power connector 12, and the cleaning tool (comprising the cleaner 3) draws power from the power backboard 17 to work.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the docking tray 1 is further provided with a first guiding mechanism 9 for docking with a second guiding mechanism 13 (of course, the second guiding mechanism 13 is also a guiding mechanism for slot-based functional card insertion) on the box-type device, so that the docking tray 1 can be smoothly docked on the box-type device.
Referring to fig. 1 and 2, a fifth preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a method for cleaning a box-insertion type apparatus, comprising the steps of:
s1: providing a cleaning tool for cleaning the optical fiber connector on the optical fiber backboard according to the first embodiment, and plugging the cleaning tool into a slot of the plug-in box type equipment;
s2: the cleaning tool is activated to drive the cleaner 3 by the X-Y motion mechanism 2 in direction X, Y to clean the fiber optic connectors 10 one by one in the slot.
According to the method provided by the embodiment, the plug board of the cleaning tool is only required to be inserted into the idle slot position, the position of the cleaner is adjusted through the X-Y movement mechanism, the optical fiber connector is cleaned through the cleaner 3, the operation process is convenient and simple, the maintenance difficulty and requirements of the plug box type equipment are reduced, adjacent plug-in cards do not need to be removed, the normal use function and performance of the adjacent plug-in cards are not influenced, and the service interruption is avoided.
Referring to fig. 2 to 3, a preferred sixth embodiment of the present invention provides a cleaning method of a box-insertion type apparatus, which is different from the fifth embodiment in that: the cleaning tool further comprises a storage unit and a main control unit 4, wherein the storage unit is assembled on the plug board 1 and stores preset equipment IDs of various plug box type equipment and corresponding equipment information, the equipment information comprises the slot numbers of the slots, the number and the positions of the optical fiber connectors 10 in each slot, the number and the positions of protrusions protruding out of the optical fiber connectors 10 in each slot, the distance between the protrusions protruding out of the optical fiber connectors 10 and the width of the protrusions in the X direction; the main control unit 4 is arranged on the plug board 1 and is connected with the X-Y motion mechanism 2, the cleaner 3 and the storage unit;
step S2 specifically includes:
s20: a frame control panel of the plug box type equipment sends an equipment ID and a slot position number of a slot position where the plug board 1 is located;
s21: the main control unit 4 receives the equipment ID and the slot position number of the slot position where the plug-in board 1 is located, calls equipment information corresponding to the equipment ID from the storage unit, and generates a motion track and a cleaning position for driving the cleaner 3 by combining the slot position number of the slot position where the equipment ID is located; specifically, the device information specifically includes the slot number of each slot, the number and position of the optical fiber connectors 10 in each slot, the number and position of the protrusions protruding from the optical fiber connectors 10 in each slot, the distance between the protrusions protruding out of the optical fiber connectors 10, and the width of the protrusions in the X direction; the main control unit 4 retrieves the device information corresponding to the device ID from the storage unit according to the received device ID, and according to the slot position number of the current slot position, obtaining the equipment information of the current slot position of the inserting disc 1 from the equipment information corresponding to the equipment ID, namely, the number and the position of the fiber connectors 10 in the current slot, the number and the position of the protrusions protruding from the fiber connectors 10 in the current slot, the distance between the protrusions protruding out of the fiber connectors 10, and the width of the protrusions in the X direction, the main control unit 4 determines, according to the number and the position of the fiber connectors 10 in the current slot, and determining a movement track according to the number and the position of the projections protruding out of the optical fiber connector 10 in the current slot, the distance between the projections and the optical fiber connector 10, and the width of the projections in the X direction, and determining a cleaning position according to the number and the position of the optical fiber connector 10 in the current slot.
S22: the main control unit 4 controls the X-Y movement mechanism 2 and the cleaner 3 to perform movement of the movement locus and cleaning of the cleaning position, respectively, according to the movement locus and the cleaning position.
The storage unit may store device IDs and corresponding device information of a plurality of types of box-type devices, so that the cleaning tool can clean the plurality of types of box-type devices, and since the sizes of the optical fiber connectors 10 and the protrusion protruding optical fiber backbones of the various types of box-type devices may be different, when the cleaning tool is plugged into the box-type device B for cleaning after the box-type device a is cleaned, the position of the cleaner 3 in the Y direction may cause the cleaner 3 to interfere with the optical fiber connectors 10 or the protrusions of the box-type device B during the movement of the cleaner 3 in the X direction, and the cleaner 3 is prevented from moving in the X direction, so that, in order to avoid this, between steps S21 and S22, the method further comprises the following steps:
c1: the main control unit 4 acquires the current Y-direction position of the cleaner 3;
c2: judging whether the current Y-direction position is the same as an initial Y-direction position (shown in fig. 3) of the cleaner 3 in the motion trajectory, wherein the initial Y-direction position is a position where the cleaner 3 is not interfered when moving in the X direction in the slot;
if yes, go to step S22; otherwise, the X-Y moving mechanism 2 is controlled to drive the cleaner 3 to move to the initial Y-direction position, and the process proceeds to step S22.
Meanwhile, in order to ensure that the cleaner 3 cleans all the fiber connectors 10 one by one from one side of the slot to the other side of the slot, and avoid the reciprocating movement, which results in a complex movement process and an excessively long movement distance of the cleaner 3, in step C1, the method further includes: the main control unit 4 acquires the current X-direction position of the cleaner 3; in the step C2, the method further includes: it is determined whether the current X-direction position is the same as an initial X-direction position of the cleaner 3 in the motion trajectory (see fig. 3), where the initial X-direction position is: a position where the cleaner 3 faces one of the optical fiber connectors 10, of the two optical fiber connectors 10 located outermost in the slot position; if the current Y-direction position is the same as the initial Y-direction position and the current X-direction position is the same as the initial X-direction position, the process proceeds to step S22; otherwise, the X-Y moving mechanism 2 is controlled to drive the cleaner 3 to move until the current Y-direction position is the same as the initial Y-direction position and the current X-direction position is the same as the initial X-direction position, and the process proceeds to step S22.
Before step S20, the method further includes the following steps: the cleaning tool sends a card insertion type to a frame control panel of the socket type equipment; the frame control panel judges whether the card inserting type is a clean type; if the cleaning type is determined, the process proceeds to step S20; otherwise, ending.
Step S22 specifically includes the following steps:
in the Y direction, the cleaner 3 is driven to move toward its opposing optical fiber connector 10 until they contact each other;
starting the cleaner 3 to clean the optical fiber connector 10;
completing the cleaning of the optical fiber connector 10, and driving the cleaner 3 to move to an initial Y-direction position towards the optical fiber connector 10 far away from the opposite optical fiber connector along the Y direction, wherein the initial Y-direction position is a position where the cleaner 3 is not interfered when moving along the X direction in the slot position;
in the X direction, the cleaner 3 is driven to move to be opposed to the next optical fiber connector 10;
and so on until cleaning of all fiber optic connectors 10 is completed.
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and improvements can be made without departing from the principle of the present invention, and such modifications and improvements are also considered to be within the scope of the present invention. Those not described in detail in this specification are within the skill of the art.
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1. A cleaning tool for cleaning a fiber optic connector on a fiber optic backplane, comprising:
the plug board (1) is structurally configured to enable the plug board (1) to be plugged into a slot position of a plug box type device, and the length direction and the width direction of the plug board (1) are respectively defined as X, Y directions;
the X-Y motion mechanism (2) is assembled on the inserting disc (1);
the cleaner (3) is assembled on the X-Y moving mechanism (2) and used for cleaning the optical fiber connector (10) in the slot position, and the X-Y moving mechanism (2) is used for driving the cleaner (3) to move along the direction X, Y;
the storage unit is arranged on the plug board (1) in a group mode and stores the equipment IDs of various preset plug box type equipment and corresponding equipment information;
the main control unit (4) is arranged on the plug board (1) and connected with the X-Y motion mechanism (2), the cleaner (3) and the storage unit, and the main control unit (4) is used for receiving the equipment ID sent by the frame control board of the plug box type equipment and the slot number of the slot where the plug board (1) is located when the plug board (1) is plugged in the slot of the plug box type equipment, calling the equipment information corresponding to the equipment ID from the storage unit, combining the slot number of the slot where the equipment ID is located, generating a motion track and a cleaning position for driving the cleaner (3), and controlling the X-Y motion mechanism (2) and the cleaner (3) to respectively execute the motion of the motion track and the cleaning of the cleaning position.
2. A cleaning tool for cleaning a fiber optic connector on a fiber optic backplane according to claim 1, wherein the X-Y motion mechanism (2) comprises:
a Y-direction guide rail (20) which is assembled on the plug tray (1);
an X-direction guide rail (21) which is arranged on the Y-direction guide rail (20) in a sliding manner, and the cleaner (3) is arranged on the X-direction guide rail (21) in a sliding manner;
a Y-direction driving mechanism (22) which is connected with the X-direction guide rail (21) and is used for driving the X-direction guide rail (21) to move on the Y-direction guide rail (20) along the Y direction;
an X-direction drive mechanism (23) connected to the cleaner (3) and configured to drive the cleaner (3) to move on an X-direction guide rail (21) in the X direction.
3. The cleaning tool for cleaning a fiber optic connector on a fiber optic backplane of claim 1, wherein:
the equipment information comprises the slot numbers of the slots, the number and the positions of the optical fiber connectors (10) in each slot, the number and the positions of the protrusions protruding out of the optical fiber connectors (10) in each slot, the distance between the protrusions and the optical fiber connectors (10) and the width of the protrusions in the X direction;
the main control unit (4) is also used for determining a motion track according to the number and the positions of the optical fiber connectors (10) in the slot positions, the number and the positions of the protrusions, the distance between the protrusions and the optical fiber connectors (10) and the width of the protrusions in the X direction;
the main control unit (4) is also used for determining a cleaning position according to the number and the position of the optical fiber connectors (10) in the slot.
4. A cleaning tool for cleaning a fiber optic connector on a fiber optic backplane, comprising:
the plug board (1) is structurally configured to enable the plug board (1) to be plugged into a slot position of a plug box type device, and the length direction and the width direction of the plug board (1) are respectively defined as X, Y directions;
the X-Y motion mechanism (2) is assembled on the inserting disc (1);
the cleaner (3) is assembled on the X-Y moving mechanism (2) and used for cleaning the optical fiber connector (10) in the slot position, and the X-Y moving mechanism (2) is used for driving the cleaner (3) to move along the direction X, Y;
the main control unit (4) is arranged on the plug board (1) and connected with the X-Y motion mechanism (2) and the cleaner (3), and the main control unit (4) is used for receiving and generating a motion track and a cleaning position for driving the cleaner (3) according to equipment information of a slot position where the plug board (1) is located, which is sent by a frame control board of the plug box type equipment, when the plug board (1) is plugged in the slot position of the plug box type equipment, and controlling the X-Y motion mechanism (2) and the cleaner (3) to respectively execute the motion of the motion track and the cleaning of the cleaning position;
the equipment information comprises the number and the position of the optical fiber connectors (10) in the slot positions where the plug discs (1) are located, the number and the position of protrusions protruding out of the optical fiber connectors (10) in the slot positions, the distance between the protrusions and the optical fiber connectors (10) and the width of the protrusions in the X direction;
the main control unit (4) is also used for determining a motion track according to the number and the positions of the optical fiber connectors (10) in the slot positions, the number and the positions of the protrusions, the distance between the protrusions and the optical fiber connectors (10) and the width of the protrusions in the X direction;
the main control unit (4) is also used for determining a cleaning position according to the number and the position of the optical fiber connectors (10) in the slot.
5. The cleaning tool for cleaning a fiber optic connector on a fiber optic backplane of any of claims 1 to 4, wherein:
the cleaner (3) is detachably connected with the X-Y motion mechanism (2); the plug-in board (1) is further provided with an alarm device and a cleaning frequency counter, the alarm device and the cleaning frequency counter are both connected with the main control unit (4), the main control unit (4) is further used for controlling the cleaner (3) to complete cleaning of an optical fiber connector, then controlling the count value of the cleaning frequency counter to be increased by one, judging whether the cleaner (3) needs to be replaced or not according to the relation between the count value of the frequency counter and a preset threshold value, and when the cleaner needs to be replaced, controlling the alarm device to give an alarm; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
the plug board (1) is also provided with a first signal connector (6), the first signal connector (6) is connected with the main control unit (4) and is used for butting with a second signal connector (11) on the plug box type equipment when the plug board (1) is plugged in the plug box type equipment, so that the main control unit (4) is in signal connection with the plug box type equipment; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
the plug board (1) is further provided with a status indicator (7), the status indicator (7) is connected with the main control unit (4), the main control unit (4) is further used for controlling the status indicator (7) to display the cleaning status of the cleaner (3), and the cleaning status comprises the cleaning status in the middle and the cleaning status finished; and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
the plug board (1) is also provided with a first power connector (8) which is used for being in butt joint with a second power connector (12) on the plug box type equipment, and the first power connector (8) is connected with the X-Y movement mechanism (2), the cleaner (3) and the main control unit (4); and/or the presence of a gas in the gas,
the plug board (1) is also provided with a first guide mechanism (9) which is used for being in butt joint with a second guide mechanism (13) on the plug box type equipment.
6. A cleaning method of a plug-in box type device is characterized by comprising the following steps:
s1: providing a cleaning tool for cleaning the optical fiber connector on the optical fiber backboard according to claim 1, and inserting the cleaning tool into the slot of the plug-in box type equipment;
s2: actuating the cleaning tool, and driving the cleaner (3) to move in the direction X, Y through the X-Y motion mechanism (2) so as to clean the optical fiber connectors (10) located in the slot one by one;
the step S2 specifically includes:
s20: the frame control panel of the inserting box type equipment sends equipment ID and the slot position number of the slot position where the inserting plate (1) is located;
s21: the main control unit (4) receives the equipment ID and the slot position number of the slot position where the plug-in board (1) is located, retrieves the equipment information corresponding to the equipment ID from the storage unit, and generates a motion track and a cleaning position of the driving cleaner (3) by combining the slot position number of the slot position where the equipment ID is located;
s22: and the main control unit (4) controls the X-Y motion mechanism (2) and the cleaner (3) to respectively execute the motion of the motion trail and the cleaning of the cleaning position according to the motion trail and the cleaning position.
7. The cleaning method of claim 6, further comprising, between steps S21 and S22, the steps of:
the main control unit (4) acquires the current Y-direction position of the cleaner (3);
judging whether the current Y-direction position is the same as the initial Y-direction position of the cleaner (3) in the motion track, wherein the initial Y-direction position is a position where the cleaner (3) is not interfered when moving in the X direction in the slot position;
if yes, go to step S22;
otherwise, controlling the X-Y moving mechanism (2) to drive the cleaner (3) to move to the initial Y-direction position, and then proceeding to step S22.
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