CN1711511A - Portable set-up device and method for a coin handling or valuable paper handling machine - Google Patents
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Abstract
A portable device (200) is provided for configuring a machine (100) of the type which handles coins or valuable papers and which has an interface (402) for connecting an external unit (120), thereby allowing the machine to be configured from the external unit. The portable device has a control unit (700); a memory (710); a first interface (210, 740) adapted to be connected to said external unit (120); and a second interface (220, 750) adapted to be connected to the interface (402) of said machine (100). The control unit is adapted, when the portable device is connected to the external unit via the first interface, to emulate said machine and to receive configuration data intended for said machine from the external unit and store it in the memory. The control unit is further adapted, when the portable device is connected to said machine via the second interface, to emulate the external unit and deliver said configuration data stored in the memory to said machine.
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Technical field
The present invention relates to be used to handle the machine of coin or securities, more particularly, relate to the configuration of described machine.
Background technology
Certainly, the machine of the above-mentioned type is well-known in this area.Its example is Coin sorter, coin counter, banknote counter, banknote reader, check reader, vending machine, fruit machine, ATM, be used for the machine of the quality of testing coin, banknote or check, be used to discern the machine of coin/banknote/check false or foreign country etc.Described machine generally includes a large amount of operating parameters, is provided with etc., and these can jointly be known as configuration data.Although particular machine is configured in factory, since different, under one or more occasions, may also need carry out follow-up reconfiguring to it in operation site.Reconfigure and to comprise the needs that upgrade machine software.
An example of the existing machine of the above-mentioned type is illustrated with the form of Coin sorter 100 in Fig. 1.Coin sorter 100 comprises the coin entry that is associated with the coin conveying equipment 106 of funnel type, and Coin discriminator 108, sorting device 110, coin releasing device 112 and a plurality of coin casket 114.Machine 100 also comprises internal microprocessor (CPU) or similar control module, and described internal microprocessor or similar control module are connected to again on the storer, and described storer for example is RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory, hard disk or its any combination.Described storer is especially stored will be by the performed machine software of described microprocessor, and can store configuration and the operational data that is used for Coin discriminator 108 and sorting device 110.One in the software task is to form user interface with front end display 102 and keyboard 104.
Fig. 1 has described the method for prior art, and described method configuration Coin sorter 100 is with Change Example such as its setting and/or upgrade its software.Service engineering teacher carries portable computer 120 and arrives the operation site of using described machine 100.For example by RS232 interface on the described computing machine 120 and the serial cable 124 between the corresponding RS232 interface on the described machine 100, described computing machine 120 is connected on the described machine 100.Also may need service engineering teacher computing machine 120 to be connected on the power lead, even, also can serve to guarantee that computer battery uses up by power supply unit 122.When computing machine was installed, service engineering Shi Shouxian started its operating system, and for example Microsoft Windows starts suitable configuring application program then.Service engineering teacher uses described application program, so can dispose machine 100.In order to use described configuring application program by this way, service engineering Shi Dangran must be qualified to its use.
The example that is used for the configuration data of Coin sorter 100 is help text and the menu that is used for display 102, or the equivalent of the printer that is used on the machine being installed (showing at Fig. 1).Other example is for example different one by one scope of accepting of parameter value that is used for Coin discriminator 108, and in described scope, a plurality of physical parameters relevant with different coin currency values must accept to be considered to effective coin.Described physical parameter for example can comprise electric conductivity, permeability, thickness, diameter or weight.Need reconfigure a kind of in many situations of machine 100 is when described machine will be used to different currency, or when changing coin system by any way, wherein, described machine is provided to handle described coin system.
Owing to reasons such as mistake, performance deficiencies, perhaps when user's function that please look for novelty or other, the software of described machine may need to be updated.
Problem of current collocation method and shortcoming are that it needs titular service engineerings teacher, and described slip-stick artist must come operation site with heavy relatively PC (comprising cable and power supply unit).In addition, it is time-consuming connecting computing machine and its operating system of startup and relative application software.In addition, need enough big perform region that computing machine 120 is set and close on machine 100.
Summary of the invention
An object of the present invention is to solve or alleviate at least the problems referred to above and shortcoming.In simple terms, by producing the configuration tool of newtype, that is, portable set can reach described purpose, and wherein said portable set will be connected on the computing machine that comprises described configuration application in the first step.On described position, described device emulation is used to handle the machine of coin and securities, and all settings that the user carried out of being used by configuration are buffered in the described portable set.In the stage subsequently, described portable set is connected on the described machine, and the described configuration of emulation is used on described position, and being arranged on the described machine of institute's buffer memory is performed in the described portable set.Similarly, described portable set can be used to upgrade the existing software in the described machine.
By using described new configuration tool,, can obtain many advantages promptly according to portable set of the present invention.The first, described collocation method is considerably simple, therefore, has reduced the required training grade of operation site.No longer need service engineering teacher with high qualification to arrive operation site, the substitute is, he or she can dispose described portable set in the place of work usually at him or she.Then, described equipment can be sent to operation site, and wherein unqualified user can be connected on the suitable machine, then the described configuration of operation automatically.An advantage of described associating is can be suitably with the small-sized form very easily that turns to of portable set.In addition, owing to no longer need to connect and start the configuration computing machine, thereby, reduced operation site required service time,
More specifically, realized above-mentioned purpose by portable set and method according to independent claims.
Therefore, a first aspect of the present invention is the portable set that is used to dispose the machine of such type, the machine processing coin or the securities of described type, and it has the interface that is used to connect external unit, makes thus and can dispose described machine from described external unit.Described portable set has control module; Storer; First interface, it is suitable for being connected on the described external unit; And second interface, it is suitable for being connected on the interface of described machine, when described portable set is connected to described external unit by described first interface, described control module is suitable for the described machine of emulation, and to be used for the configuration data of described machine and it is stored in described storer from described external unit reception, and, when described portable set is connected on the described machine by described second interface, described control module is suitable for the described external unit of emulation, and the described configuration data of being stored in the described storer is passed to described machine.
The configuration here is included in different parameters, reference data, language support etc. is set in the machine.It also comprises the described machine software of renewal.Yet described step all is included in the described configuration, and this is not crucial for the present invention.Correspondingly, described configuration data can comprise: relevant with the validity/authenticity/value of money/type of coin and securities respectively setting and/or parameter; Reference data; Or data supported in language.In addition, described configuration data can comprise the program code with machine-readable form, and the software of described machine will be updated by described program code.
Described external unit can be the computing machine of following type, and it comprises portable computer, personal computer, handheld computer, workstation etc.
Described first and second interfaces can be serials, for example according to the interface of RS232 standard.
According to an embodiment, when described portable set is connected on the described machine by described second interface, described control module also is suitable for receiving the service data that comes from described machine, and it is stored in the described storer, and, when described portable set was connected to described external unit by described first interface, the described service data that described control module is suitable for being stored in the described storer was delivered to described external unit.
Described service data can comprise respectively by the quantity/validity/authenticity/value of money/type of handled coin of described machine and securities and/or by the physical parameter that is used for described coin and securities that described machine detected and/or the service daily record of described machine.
Can provide power supply to described portable set from described first and second serial ports.
According to an embodiment, described first and second interfaces form the part of same physical location.In described embodiment, described portable set will only have a physical interface (for example RS232 port), but but have two logic interfacings, and described logic interfacing is realized by described control module and shared described same physical interface.So described control module will be adapted to pass through described physical interface and detect described portable set and be connected on the described external unit or on the described machine, and the correspondingly running by carrying out above-mentioned functions.
In other embodiments, described second and second interface can comprise the physical interface more than a type, for example, and the wave point of the combination in any of RS232, USB and Ethernet and/or picture bluetooth, WLAN, GSM, UMTS, CDMA 2000 and D-AMPS.
Advantageously, above-mentioned machine can be Coin sorter or coin counter.
A second aspect of the present invention is the method for the machine of the such type of configuration, the machine processing coin or the securities of described type, and it can be configured from external unit.Said method comprising the steps of: will be connected to described external unit except the portable set described machine and the described external unit; Receive the configuration data that will be used for described machine from described external unit, and it is stored in the described portable set; Described portable set is connected on the described machine; And, described configuration data stored is passed to described machine.
A third aspect of the present invention is the method for machine of the such type of configuration, the machine processing coin or the securities of described type, and it can be configured from external unit, wherein, said method comprising the steps of:
Portable set except described machine and described external unit is provided;
Detect in described portable set: described portable set is connected on the described external unit;
By the described machine of described portable set emulation,, and described configuration data is stored in the described portable set so that receive the configuration data that will be used for described machine from described external unit;
Detect in described portable set: described portable set is connected on the described machine;
By the described external unit of described portable set emulation, so that institute's configuration data stored is sent to described machine.
Described second can have with top for the identical additional features of the described additional features of described first aspect with the third aspect.
By following detailed description of the present invention, claims and accompanying drawing, other purpose of the present invention, advantage and feature will present.
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Fig. 1 has illustrated the method for prior art, in order to dispose machine, for example changes its setting or upgrades its software, and described method interconnects computing machine and Coin processing device device by serial cable;
Fig. 2 is the skeleton view according to portable set of the present invention, and described equipment is used to dispose machine shown in Figure 1, alternatively, also is used to write down the service data that comes from described machine;
Fig. 3 has illustrated the portable set of the Fig. 2 that is connected to computing machine shown in Figure 1;
Fig. 4 is the rear view of Coin processing device device shown in Figure 1;
Fig. 5 has illustrated the portable set that is connected to the Fig. 2 on the machine shown in Figure 1;
Fig. 6 is the block diagram of the critical piece of the Coin processing device device shown in Fig. 1,4 and 5;
Fig. 7 is the block diagram of the critical piece of the portable set shown in Fig. 2,3 and 5;
Fig. 8 is used to the block diagram that parts shown in Figure 7 provide the arrangement of power supply;
Fig. 9 is the process flow diagram that is used for according to the main routine of Fig. 2,3,5 and 7 portable set;
Figure 10 is the process flow diagram that is used for the routine of portable set under situation about in the mode described in Fig. 5 portable set being connected on the machine;
Figure 11 is the process flow diagram that is used for the routine of portable set under situation about connecting devices in the mode described in Fig. 3 on the computing machine.
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Fig. 2-5 has illustrated that the typical case of portable set 200 according to a preferred embodiment of the invention uses.As shown in the figure, equipment 200 has the form based on the box of such device, described device hold and have at one end first connector 210 and at second connector 220 of opposite end.In a preferred embodiment, connector the 210, the 220th is according to the 9 traditional pin serial ports of RS232 standard.First port 210 is suitable for being connected to (referring to Fig. 3) on the computing machine 120, and second port 210 is suitable for being connected on the corresponding interface 402 of Coin processing device device 100 (with reference to Figure 4 and 5).In common environment, portable set 120 is not connected on described computing machine 120 and the machine 100 simultaneously, but at first be connected on the described computing machine (wherein specify the described machine 100 of described device emulation and receive the configuration data that comes from described computing machine 120), be connected to described machine (wherein specify the described computing machine of described device emulation, and transmit described configuration data and give machine 100) then.Yet, when using described equipment 200 to write down the service data that comes from machine 100 to be used on computing machine 120, carrying out subsequent treatment, can use opposite process, that is, at first connect devices on the machine 100, be connected to then on the computing machine 120.
Fig. 6 is the block diagram of the critical piece of Coin processing device device 600, and more specifically, described machine is the Coin sorter shown in Fig. 1.Yet described machine 600 can be coin or banknote counter, vending machine, fruit machine, ATM (Automatic Teller Machine) equally, be used to check the machine of coin, banknote or check quality, be used to discern the machine of coin/banknote/check false or foreign country etc.
Some will be placed in the coin entry 610 by the coin that machine 600 is classified.By coin conveyer 620 described coin is transferred to Coin discriminator 630 (with reference among the figure 1 108), coin conveying equipment that described coin conveyer for example is the funnel type (with reference to 106 among the figure 1) or transport tape.Described Coin discriminator 630 can be connected on the control module 632 with microprocessor forms such as (CPU), and described control module then can be connected on the storer 634, for example RAM, ROM, EEPROM, flash memory, hard disk or its combination in any.Can realize by the internal storage of control module to small part in the described storer 634.Control module 632 is responsible for total operator scheme of machines 600, comprises that control forms the display 636 of user interface and keyboard 638 (respectively with reference among the figure 1 102 and 104).The configuration data that relates to described machine is stored in the storer 634, wherein will upgrade described machine according to portable set of the present invention.That configuration interface 639 (with reference to the serial port among the figure 4 402) allows to be received from portable set 200 by control module 632 is new/configuration data revised, and it is stored in the storer 634.
Coin processing device device 600 also comprises coin return unit 640 (with reference to 112 among the figure 1), and the coin of not accepting is returned by the outside opening in the machine 600 in described unit, and the user can fetch described coin like this.In the present context, be that Coin discriminator 630 determines whether to accept coin by detecting different physical parameters, described parameter is used for determining the type, value of money, circulation, sign, authentication of described coin etc.The example of physical parameter is electric conductivity, permeability, thickness, diameter or weight.After Coin discriminator 630, sorting device 650 (with reference to 110 among the figure 1) is provided, described sorting device uses the coin testing result that comes from Coin discriminator 630, described coin category is entered the specific coin receptacles that is associated with coin storage (with reference among the figure 1 114).The coin receptacles of coin storage 660 advantageously can be visited by the user by the outside.
Form with block diagram among Fig. 7 has shown portable set 200.Below, all parts of described block diagram will be described after its brief overview in more detail.Total operation of control module 700 treatment facilities is also controlled other parts.Storer 710 is associated with control module 700, and as the working storage and the program storage of described control module 700.Storer 710 also is used to connect the described configuration data that buffering is received from computing machine 120 before configuration data is passed to machine 100, and the described service data that buffering is write down from machine 100 before service data is passed to computing machine 120.One group of light emitting diode 720 (also being designated as 230,232 in Fig. 2) is suitable for indicating different modes of operation and malfunction to the user.First communication unit 740 is connected on first serial port 210, and second communication unit 750 is connected on second serial port 220.
Because equipment 200 is for computing machine 120 emulation machines 100, and vice versa, therefore, by communication unit 740 and 750 communicate by letter and follow identical generic serial port communication standard, described standard is used in (being the situation shown in Fig. 1) between computing machine and the machine usually respectively.The brief description of described standard for serial communication is provided below.
For machine is connected on the computing machine, use the RS232 cable by following connection:
| Computing machine | Machine | |||
| 25 pins | 9 pins | Direction | 9 pins | Signal |
| ??3 | ?2 | ????← | ???3 | ?Tx |
| ??2 | ?3 | ????→ | ???2 | ?Rx |
| ??7 | ?5 | ???? | ???5 | ?GND |
| ??4 | ?7 | ????→ | ???8 | CTS (PC is not ready to) |
| ??5 | ?8 | ????← | ???4 | RTS (machine is not ready to) |
When machine was activated, it had following default setting: 9600 bauds, do not have parity, 8 data bits and 1 to stop bit.Usually, baud rate is reset to 115200 bauds then.
Handshake CTS (clear to send) and RTS (sending request) are used to control described data stream.When described machine uses RTS to indicate it to be not ready for receiving the data that come from Rx.If sent anything when RTS is effective, then garble may take place.For fear of described situation, computing machine can tell described machine not allow to send anything.By being set, CTS effectively carries out described operation.
Configuration or " setting " software protocol are used to the communication between computing machine and the machine.Described agreement typically refers to PCcom.All message that sent between computing machine and machine all have identical structure:
Directional data
The PC-machine
→ ESC (ESC27)
→ command character (' A '-' Z ')
→ subcommand character (' a '-' z ' or ' A '-' Z ')
The data byte
CSUM, a byte verification and
If ← CSUM is OK, ACK (6) then
If CSUM is not OK, NAK (21) then
If CSUM is OK and does not have enough
Data-carrier store, then EM (25)
Refer again to Fig. 7 and Fig. 8, will describe portable set 200 in more detail now.Then, the operator scheme of described equipment will be described with reference to figure 9-11.
As shown in Figure 8, by the output of serial port 210,220, provide power supply to portable set 200 from machine 100 and computing machine 120 respectively.In common environment, serial port only is used for communication objective, therefore, does not importantly destroy signal of communication.For signal of communication 802 is separated with power supply, diode 804 is provided, the characteristic of described diode for example is to allow electric current only to flow in one direction.By working voltage multiplier 806 (for example, National SemiconductorLMC7660), can from negative voltage, obtain positive voltage and be used for the parts that power supply 808 is given described equipment.Power supply 808 especially can comprise voltage regulator, ST Microelectronics LE33ABZ for example, and it is used for voltage transitions to the electric pressure that is suitable for described parts, for example 3.3V.
Voltage range according to the COM port of RS232 standard is+-25V.Yet described voltage range is for all machines and inequality.Therefore, at the input end resistance that may need protection.
In another embodiment, portable set can provide power supply by inside or external power source (for example being respectively battery or battery eliminator).
Can realize control module 700 by the microcontroller MSP430F149 of Texas Instruments.Described microcontroller has low-down current drain.Its each MIPS on the 2.2V supply voltage only consumes 250 μ A, and mainly is designed to low-power consumption is had the application of strict demand.The scope of said supply voltage is 1.8-3.6V.Under the frequency of operation of 5Mhz, the total current drain that is used for microcontroller is approximately 1300 μ A.Maximum operation frequency is 8Mhz under 3.6V.Described structure is based on 16 bit RISC nuclear with 27 instructions.Every instruction only takies 1 clock period.Therefore, the instruction cycletime under 5Mhz is 0.2 μ s.
Microcontroller has the working storage of the RAM type of the program storage of flash type of 32-60KB and 1-2KB.In addition, its tool AD converter, described converter is used to voltage monitoring and temperature survey valuably.
An advantage of microcontroller MSP430F149 and the similar products in 14x series thereof is: it has two USART circuit (the asynchronous reception of universal synchronous sends).Accordingly, in a preferred embodiment, realize communication unit 740 and 750 by described USART circuit, that is, they are integrated in the control module 700 physically.
Certainly, can realize control module 700 by the parts except top parts of advising, described parts for example are Atmel ATMEGA161L 8PI 0143, Atmel T89C51RD2 or Microchip PIC 18LF452.
For the realization of storer 710, may suitably consider the flash memory of multiple programming or the EEPROM of serial programming.The advantage of EEPROM is: fashionable when writing, it is low-down that its current drain is compared with flash memory.Flash memory uses so-called sector (sector).Because the sector before writing generation in the necessary erasing flash memory, therefore, described sector must be read among the control module RAM.This means that the RAM storer must be the same with the size of sector in the flash memory at least big.In a preferred embodiment, selected the flash memory of SST SST28VF040A type.Its capacity is 512KB, and the supply voltage scope is 2.7-3.6V.In described preferred embodiment, used two physical store modules, it provides the total volume of 1024KB.Memory access time is 150-200ns, and the described time is less than the access time of selected control module.Described storer can be rewritten 100 000 times, and described information will keep 100 years.Other possible storer 710 for example is Microchip 24LC515, Microchip 25LC640, ST Microelectronics M95256-V or AtmelAT29BV040A.
Storer 710 can realize program storage (flash memory) among for example described microcontroller MSP430F149 and working storage (RAM) by the internal storage in the control module to small part.
As will now be described, described portable set is operated by software.The operator scheme of described software and is based on the handling capacity principle as illustrated in fig. 9.After initialization, program enters " father circulate (superloop) ".The program per second moves several thousand cycles.Period velocity depends on particular moment institute's event.The father is circulated must be faster than the restriction factor, and under described situation, described restriction factor is a communication speed.Described program can be considered to a kind of state machine.
Each " piece " always returns father's circulation, therefore, never locks described execution in infinite loop.An exception is the situation that detects the mistake in the external memory storage during initialization.In described situation, because the residue program code depends on the function of external memory storage, therefore, it is inappropriate continuing initialization.
Father's round-robin task is the state of monitoring different software piece in each circulation.Father's circulation is the planning (mastermind) of software, and is positioned at the top layer of architecture.For example, when father's decision that circulates is gone into or when is communicated to outside memory write.In order to carry out its task, father's circulation depends on software buffer memory, time measurement function, interrupt function, function pointer and communication unit.The monitoring clock that also has continuous inspection not break down.
The information that comes from computing machine is received by interruption.Interruption is stored in the middle buffer memory of 20 bytes.Writing pointer by the circulation that described interruption had is used to data are placed in the middle buffer memory.The circulation here means: be not always to begin storage from address zero, but proceed storage from current position.When it arrives the end, home position zero.For each new packet, counter adds one.The quantity that counter records is stored in middle buffer memory, and counter belongs to described interruption and father's circulation.For each cycle, described counter by the father circulate check, when counter is not equal to zero, activate PCcom function (with reference to previous described content in this document).PCcom explains described information by reading pointer, and determines whether described information is the part of ESC order or data.Data are placed in the metadata cache that into has 129 byte capacities by the other pointer that writes.Described reading pointer is a round-robin, and belongs to father's circulation.Yet the pointer that writes that is used for described metadata cache is not a round-robin, but begin from position zero for each new storage sequence.Described pointer belongs to father's circulation.Described metadata cache comprises the data that preparation is transmitted by PCcom now.PCcom can directly indicate the data byte of wanting.
In order to simplify programming, use the software buffer memory of two separation, each is used for an interruption.Described software buffer memory has been assigned with the size of minimum possible under the situation of not damaging communication.This is that for example only there is 2KB in described space because described buffer memory takies the space in the RAM storer.Because each sequence of computing machine sends 129 bytes at most, therefore, this is the suitable size of Pccom metadata cache.
Be used for being used to from the reception of machine 100 from the same notion of the reception of computing machine 120.Difference is that described portable set 200 uses other middle buffer memory and other metadata cache.Described buffer memory has different sizes.Cache size is 15 bytes in the middle of described, and described metadata cache size is 10 bytes.
Common software buffer memory with 920 byte-sized is applied to the transmission of computing machine 120 and machine 100.Described transmission is not to control by interrupting, but it is handled to be circulated by the father.Described father cycles through mark and comes record data with the position that is addressed to.
Carry out the exterior storage management by function, promptly manage the data transfer of external memory storage/the come from data transfer of external memory storage.For write store, call and write function, wherein data and address are as input parameter.For reading, call function reading, wherein the address is as input parameter, and return data.
Two memory modules are merged, to form the piece that uses low level software.From the outside, this can be counted as a big connected storage, has the linearity addressing from 0x00000-0xFFFFF, i.e. 1MB.
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Byte a is programmed to address x and y (a is placed in the different sectors with b) with b.Then:
-the sector that comprises address x is copied into memory management buffer memory the described microcontroller RAM from described external memory storage.If in described RAM, then this will can not take place described sector.
-byte a is placed on the x place, address in the described memory management buffer memory.
Comprise in-described the external memory storage that the sector of address x is wiped free of.
-described memory management buffer memory is programmed into the current sector in the described external memory storage.
-comprise that the sector of address y is copied into described memory management buffer memory from described external memory storage.
-byte b is placed on the y place, address in the described memory management buffer memory.
Change or " overtime " generation up to sector, just byte b is programmed in the described external memory storage.
Entering father circulation (step 922-938) before, according to the program circuit of Fig. 9 from initialization (step 900-920).Following incident takes place during initialization:
Described program begins by all global variables of initialization on step 902.The external clock frequency (X1) of CPU is set up till oscillator is stable.Internal clocking (DCO) is set to 500kHz.The direction of port is set up.
Then, in step 904, whether the described external flash of described program checkout OK.If storer is not OK, then come misdirection message by light emitting diode 720/230-232 in step 906.Yet if storer is OK, described program is moved last initialization in step 908:
AD converter is set to per second conversion 15 times.The initialization timing device is so that its every 100ms produces an interruption.Transfer rate is set to 9600 bauds.Real-time clock (RTC) is set to any time and date.
Then, global interrupt is enabled in step 910.In step 912, whether described program checkout has any configuration data to be stored in the described external memory storage.If no, then in step 914, basic configuration is programmed in the described storer.
In step 916 and 918, allow described machine and computing machine to send.At last, start the RTC timer in step 920.This finishes initialization section.
In father's circulation, on step 922, upgrade described RTC.Then, in step 924 and 926, carry out and check to determine whether to take place message overtime and that will show.Then, in step 928, described program checkout is connected to any unit on the described communication unit.Below 3 kinds of situations be possible:
-only described computing machine is connected (step 932 among Figure 11)
-only described machine is connected (step 930 among Figure 10)
-described computing machine and machine all are connected (step 93-936)
When only described computing machine is connected, as shown in figure 11, following incident takes place.The UART of described machine drives and is closed on step 1100, and the UART of described computing machine drives and is unlocked on step 1102.On step 1104, carry out and check to determine whether receiving any new character from described computing machine.If then on step 1106, move PCcom.Described step is designed so that explain the data that enter of the configurator that comes from described computing machine by such mode, wherein said mode be with situation about being directly connected at described machine on the described computing machine under the performed identical mode of mode of described machine.Then, carry out inspection, be sent to described computing machine to have determined whether any character in step 1108.At last, carry out inspection, to determine whether asking described computing machine to change transfer rate in step 110.
When only described machine is connected, as shown in figure 10, following incident takes place.In order to simplify the use of portable set, different tasks is assigned with and is stored in " state model ".Described program checkout " state model " and carry out described task according to current " state model ".Always have the mode of eight kinds of different combinations " state model ":
-there be not " state model " selected (step 1002,1004): described execution is terminated.Otherwise, close the communication unit 740 that is connected on the described computing machine in step 1006, and on step 1008, open the communication unit 750 that is connected to described machine.
-upgrade described machine software (step 1010,1012): login machine according to predefined program updates agreement.After upgrading, in the step 1014 described machine software that resets again." if state model " indication anything (being examined in step 1015) except program updates, then described execution proceeds to the machine login (step 1016) according to predefined configuration protocol.
-upload configuration data: in described machine, upgrade configuration data (respectively in step 1018,1020 and 1024).
-data recorder: record comes from the service data of described machine and it is stored in (respectively in step 1018,1022 and 1026) in the external flash.Then, the service data that is write down can be sent to described computing machine and is used for analyzing etc.Such as already mentioned, described service data can comprise respectively by the quantity/validity/authenticity/value of money/type of handled coin of machine and securities and/or by the physical parameter that is used for described coin and securities that described machine detected and/or be used for the service daily record of described machine.Described service daily record may belong to performed service operations, for example removing, repairing or exchange, the date that is used for described operation and/or the number of times etc. of machine part.
In certain embodiments, described portable set is suitable for storing the configuration data that is used for more than a kind of Machine Type or model.In such embodiment, in step 928, define after machine is connected on the described portable set, for example be enough to determine the information of its type or model by asking described machine to provide, described control module 700 will identify the type or the model of described machine.Then, described control module 700 will select specific data acquisition, described data acquisition to be designed to Machine Type or the model that is identified in all configuration data stored.After this, the routine of Figure 10 will be carried out as described in as top.
When described computing machine and machine all were connected, communication unit 740,750 all was unlocked in step 934 and 936.Under described state, described portable set 200 is transparent for described computing machine and machine.Its task only is the important information of storage and transmits the information that all enter.
By two exemplary embodiments the present invention is described above.Yet the present invention is not limited to described embodiment, but comprises many variations within the defined scope of the invention of claims, and it can be understood by those skilled in the art at an easy rate.Therefore, a kind of optional mode is: use the identical physical communication port of described portable set and/or connection that communication unit is used for computing machine and the connection of arriving machine.In described embodiment, the control module of described portable set is suitable for discerning current being connected in described computing machine and the machine which, and moves based on this.
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1. be used to dispose the portable set (200) of the machine (100) of such type, the machine processing coin or the securities of described type, and it has the interface that is used to connect external unit (120), make thus and can dispose described machine from described external unit, described portable set is characterised in that:
Control module (700);
Storer (710);
First interface (210,740), it is suitable for being connected on the described external unit (120); And
Second interface (220,750), it is suitable for being connected on the interface (402) of described machine (100);
When described portable set is connected on the described external unit by described first interface, described control module is suitable for the described machine of emulation, and to be used for the configuration data of described machine and it is stored in described storer from described external unit reception, and
When described portable set was connected on the described machine by described second interface, described control module was suitable for the described external unit of emulation, and the described configuration data of being stored in the described storer is sent to described machine.
2. according to the portable set of claim 1, wherein, described external unit (120) is the computing machine of such type, and it comprises portable computer, personal computer, handheld computer, workstation etc.
3. according to the portable set of claim 1 or 2, wherein, described first and second interfaces (210,740,220,750) are serials.
4. according to any one portable set in the claim of front, wherein, described configuration data comprises at least a in the following content: relevant with the validity/authenticity/value of money/type of coin and securities respectively setting and/or parameter; Reference data; Or data supported in language.
5. according to any one portable set in the claim of front, wherein, described configuration data comprises software, and microprocessor (632) lining that described software is suitable for institute's combination in described machine (100) is performed.
6. according to any one portable set in the claim of front,
Wherein, when described portable set (200) is connected on the described machine (100) by described second interface (210,750), described control module (700) is suitable for receiving the service data that comes from described machine, and it is stored in the described storer (710); And
Wherein, when described portable set (200) was connected to described external unit (120) by described first interface (210,740), the described service data that described control module (700) is suitable for being stored in the described storer was sent to described external unit.
7. according to the portable set of claim 6, wherein, described service data comprises respectively by described machine (100) coin of being handled and the quantity/validity of securities/authenticity/value of money/type and/or by the physical parameter that is used for described coin and securities that described machine detected and/or be used for the service daily record of described machine.
8. according to the portable set of claim 3, wherein, provide power supply to described equipment from described first and second serial ports (210,740,220,750).
9. according to any one portable set in the claim of front, wherein, described first and second interfaces form the part of same physical location.
10. according to any one portable set in the claim of front, wherein, described machine (100) is Coin sorter or coin counter.
11. the method for machine (100) of the such type of configuration, the machine processing coin or the securities of described type, and it can be configured from external unit (120), and described method is characterised in that following steps:
To be connected to described external unit (120) except the portable set (200) described machine (100) and the described external unit (120);
Receive the configuration data that will be used for described machine from described external unit, and it is stored in the described portable set;
Described portable set is connected on the described machine; And
Described configuration data stored is sent on the described machine.
12. according to the method for claim 11, wherein, described external unit (120) is the computing machine of such type, it comprises portable computer, personal computer, handheld computer, workstation etc.
13. according to the method for claim 11 or 12, wherein, described configuration data comprises at least a in the following content: relevant with the validity/authenticity/value of money/type of coin and securities respectively setting and/or parameter; Reference data; Or data supported in language.
14. according to any one method among the claim 11-13, wherein, described configuration data comprises software, described software is suitable for being performed in described machine (100).
15., further comprising the steps of according to any one method among the claim 11-14:
Described portable set (200) is connected on the described machine (100);
Reception comes from the service data of described machine, and it is stored in the described portable set;
Described portable set is connected on the described external unit; And
The service data of described storage is sent to described external unit.
16. method according to claim 15, wherein, described service data comprises respectively by described machine (100) coin of being handled and the quantity/validity of securities/authenticity/value of money/type and/or by the physical parameter that is used for described coin and securities that described machine detected.
17. according to any one method among the claim 11-16, wherein, described machine (100) is Coin sorter or coin counter.
18. the method for machine (100) of the such type of configuration, the machine processing coin or the securities of described type, and it can be configured from external unit (120), and described method is characterised in that following steps:
Portable set (200) except described machine (100) and described external unit (120) is provided;
Detect in described portable set: described portable set is connected on the described external unit;
By the described machine of described portable set emulation,, and described configuration data is stored in the described portable set so that receive the configuration data that will be used for described machine from described external unit;
Detect in described portable set: described portable set is connected on the described machine;
By the described external unit of described portable set emulation, so that send described configuration data stored to described machine.
19. according to the method for claim 18, wherein, described external unit (120) is the computing machine of such type, it comprises portable computer, personal computer, handheld computer, workstation etc.
20. according to the method for claim 18 or 19, wherein, described configuration data comprises at least a in the following content: relevant with the validity/authenticity/value of money/type of coin and securities respectively setting and/or parameter; Reference data; Or data supported in language.
21. according to any one method among the claim 18-20, wherein, described configuration data comprises software, described software is suitable for being performed in described machine (100).
22. according to any one method among the claim 18-21,
Wherein, in the described step by the described external unit of described portable set emulation, service data is received from described machine, and is stored in the described portable set; And
Wherein, in the described step by the described machine of described portable set emulation, the service data of described storage is sent to described external unit.
23. method according to claim 22, wherein, described service data comprises respectively by described machine (100) coin of being handled and the quantity/validity of securities/authenticity/value of money/type and/or by the physical parameter that is used for described coin and securities that described machine detected and/or be used for the service daily record of described machine.
24. according to any one method among the claim 18-23, wherein, described machine (100) is Coin sorter or coin counter.
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