DE2315262A1 - DEVICE FOR COUNTING THE TRAFFIC OF ORGANS - Google Patents

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DR. MÜLLER-BORE DIPL-PHYS. DR.MANITZ DIPL-GHEM-DR-DEUrEl DlPL-ING. FINSTERWALD DIPL-IVG. GRÄMKOW

Munich, March 2 3rd KRI 1973 C 2697 - Erb

COMPAGNIE INDUSTRIELLE DES TELECOMMUNICATIONS CITi-ALCATEL 12 rue de la Baume, 75008 Paris, FRANCE

Device for counting the traffic of organs

The invention relates to a device for counting the traffic of organs, in particular in the Telecommunications is mainly used in telephone and telegraph offices.

In these some organs become like organs for. _, - _T. Or. selection

Analysis of the numbering ^ general converters or route indicators called, very heavily used, the total number of actuations or inquiries of this Organs can be about a million per day.

So far, the count has been the number of loading 309841/0891 ~ ² ~

Dr. Muller-Borö Dr. Manitz ■ Dr. Deufel - Dipl.-Ing. Finsterwald Dlpl.-Ing. Grämkow Braunschweig, Am Bürgerpark 8 8 Munich 22, Rofaert-Koch-Strasse 1 7 Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt, Marktstrasse 3 Telephone (0531) 73887 Telephone (0811) 293645, Telex 5-22050 mbpat Telephone (0711) 567261 Bank: Central Cash Office Bayer. Volksbanken, Munich. Account no. 9822 Post check: Munich 95495

activities with counters carried out individually were assigned to each organ, allowing periodic comparison and addition of the readings of the counters required for the compilation of statistics on the nature of the traffic.

The aim of the invention is to eliminate these disadvantages by making the counting of the number of actuations for traffic observation statistical Purposes is simplified.

The invention relates to a device for counting the traffic of organs, which is characterized is through a main circuit for counting the number of Actuations of the organs that are connected to these organs and store elements and counter elements

.,. . , ... or markings .... _n .'-. ' sxtzt, m which the signals / the actuated organs are temporarily stored and then fed to a common circuit.

According to a characteristic of the invention, the device has a main circuit for counting the number of actuations of the organs and an auxiliary circuit for counting the duration of these actuations, these circuits being connected by common wires coming from the organs.

The invention also preferably has at least one of the following features:

The main circuit has on the one hand a group of module elements for storing the actuations of organs, the modules of which are individually assigned to the organs in the corresponding position, and on the other hand

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a counting circuit common to these modules, where each module has a bistable element for storing the actuation, which is connected to a pulse trigger connected is.

The bistable element of a module is through an input and a. Interlock output with the the actuation of an organ indicating circle and connected to a circle for prepositioning, so that a permanent or pulsed control of the actuation of this organ changes the state of this Elements causes that as a result saves the actuation of this organ.

The bistable element is connected to a load force through a control input, its Resistance is connected to the input of a potential scanner provided in the common circuit where the input of this sampler is multiplied by the load resistances of all modules is and each load resistance of a module of a "certain position with the step output corresponding Position of a provided in the common circuit Absucheiement is connected so that the presence of a potential at the load resistance of a module can only be sampled if the bistable element of this module has registered an actuation and if at the same time the search element scans the step corresponding to this module.

The search element is in the common circuit with elements for control, for transmission and for Blocking of periodic signals connected, so that the momentary standstill of the search element on the Step corresponding to the module whose

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bistable element has changed its state.

The one associated with the bistable control element

ar. ' j. * * λ. Output of the same name of the generator and the corresponding / output · of this element are decoupled on a single conductor, which is connected in a module to the input of a pulse trigger element and is multiplied to the η modules, so that when the bistable control element has changed its state , a pulse is delivered by the pulse trigger during half the period of opposite polarity delivered at that output of this generator.

The output of the pulse trigger is connected to the second input of the bistable element of the module Storage of the actuation and connected in the common circuit with a pair of counters, namely one the Saiapt counter that counts actuations of all organs is assigned to the η modules, and a® is assigned to the actuations of an organ counting counter associated with the corresponding module, so that the one supplied by the trigger Impulse simultaneously resets this element to store the actuation in its initial position and permits the actuation of these counters, which thus register the actuation of the organ.

If the element goes to. When the actuation memory has returned to its initial state, the potential _{scanner is blocked, the bistable control element resumes its initial state as 5,} the transmission and blocking element unlocks and allows the search element to be advanced through the next edge with the given polarity, so that the momentary standstill of the search element on a module that has its

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State has changed due to the operation of an organ during two consecutive periods of the signals of the generator takes place, the scanning of these modules takes place with half the frequency of the signals of the generator, where the search frequency for the modules that have not changed their state is the frequency of the Signals from the generator.

The bistable element that has returned to its initial state for storing the actuation can only become active again after the previous actuation information has disappeared.

The additional circuit EA has a cam generator connected to a cam selector, its output is connected in parallel with counters, which are respectively fed from the corresponding actuated organs be, the cam selector determining the period of the cam pulses according to coefficients that are multiples units of time are permitted, so that the total duration of the actuations can be obtained by reading the counter directly each organ receives in a given period of time.

The inventive device allows the automatic and direct implementation of the counting Total number of activations of the organs, with also the "number of actuations per organ" is counted.

The device according to the invention also allows the counting of the total time to be carried out in parallel the operations of each organ.

Further advantages and features emerge from the following detailed description of an Aus-309841/0891 - 6 -

exemplary embodiment of the invention, with reference to the enclosed ! Figures is referred to. Show it;

1 is a schematic representation of the entire device according to the invention _β .

Fig. 2 is a schematic representation of the main circuit of the device according to the invention =,

FIG. 3 is a diagram of the operation of the elements of FIG Main circuit for triggering the counting pulses.

KLg. 4 shows a schematic representation of the additional circuit the device according to the invention.

FIG. 5 through 8 the visual images - elements EX, DI, TB and DP from FIG. 2.

The main circuit EP of the device shown in FIG DCT for counting the traffic has a common circuit EO, which has common connections and Individual connections connected to modules M1, M2, ... Mn is. Each module is individually via connections f1-Fi, f2-F2, ... fn-Fn with the organs 01, 02, ... On of the corresponding Stelf-t ^ iig / verWiSideno These organs are in shown in broken lines since they do not belong to the invention. The wires F1, F2, ... Fn received during the times of the actuation of the organs information, their trigger organs, for example with contacts pO1, pO2, ... pOn are shown, each of which leads to an " question relay of the relevant body 01, 02, ... On heard. The starting points F1, F2, ... Fn of these organs each have connections with the input points fa1, fa2, ... fan of the additional circuit EA, with a direct

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Connection h - ha from a S'snalgenerator GE (3? Ig. 2) the common circuit transmits clock signals sent to the additional circuit.

Fig. 2 shows the details of the connections between the common circuit EO and one of the modules (M1), which together form the main circuit EP of FIG. Fig. 2 also shows the circuits and the electronic elements the common circuit and the module.

The starting point F1 of the actuation of the organ 01 indicating circuit is on the one hand via a diode d1 to the input fa1 of the additional circuit, its elements are shown in Fig. 4-, and on the other hand connected to the input f1 of the module M1. The input f1 is with the Anode of a diode d2 connected, the cathode of which is connected to the input E1 of a bistable trigger circuit MP. the input E1 is also connected to the anode of a diode d3 connected whose cathode to the common point of a resistor R1, whose end with a negative polarity is connected, and a resistor R2 is connected, the end of which is connected to an input B1 of the breakover circuit MP is. The output SO of the trigger circuit MP is connected to the anode of a diode d4, the cathode of which with the Input E1 is connected. The output S1 of this breakover circuit is connected to the anode of a diode d5, the cathode of which at a point P1 with a load resistor RO, the opposite end of which is connected to the negative polarity. The point pi is also on the one hand with the cathode of a diode d6, whose anode with the output sp1 one in the common Circuit provided search element EX is connected, and on the other hand connected to the cathode of a diode d7, the anode of which is connected at a point K to a connection pg of the common circuit. This ver

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binding is connected to the input bo of an ITegativpotentieiL scanner BP. The connection pm1 between the points P1 and K is multiplied at the point E to the connections pm of the η modules. The output sp1 of the search element EX is also connected in the module M1 to the anode of a diode d8, the cathode of which is connected to the input b1 of a pulse trigger transistor element DI. The output S1 of this trigger is connected to the input EO of the trigger circuit MP and via the connection points L1 and £ to the input of the counters CP1 and CGP, which are provided in the common circuit. The counters CP1 ... CPn counting the actuations of an organ are assigned to modules M1 ... Mh, respectively, and the main counter OGP counting the actuations of the entirety of the organs is allocated to the η modules Ml to Mn. The connection between the output S1 of DI and the point 3 has a diode d10, whereby the point J is multiplied on the cathodes of the diodes diO of the η modules.

The common circuit EO also has a signal generator GR, whose output S1 on the one hand with the common inputs EO - E1 of a bistable control trigger circuit BO and on the other hand with the anode one Diode d11 is connected; the output S1 from BC is with connected to the anode of a diode di4 and the cathodes of diodes d11 and d14- are connected to a common point R connected to the input b1 of the release DI of the module is connected to this module via a diode d9 is. The anode of this diode is multiplied at the connection point I on the anodes of the diodes d9 of the η modules.

The output SO of the element DP is connected to the anode of a diode d15, the cathode of which with the common point of a diode d13, a resistor H3, whose

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End connected to the blocking input b1 of the Kippkreis'ses BO and a resistor R4 is connected, the end of which is connected to the negative polarity is. A diode di6, the anode of which is connected to the blocking input b1, is between this input and the Positioning input B1 used. The output SO of the breakover circuit BC is with the common point of the diodes d13 and d12 connected. The cathode of the diode is d12 connected to the input b1 of a transistor transmission and blocking element TB. The output S1 of the Element TB is connected to the input of the search element EX, whose outputs sp1, sp2, ... spn respectively are connected to the modules M1, M2 ... Mn.

The output SO of the generator GR is connected to the input E1 of the element TB and via an external connection h-ha connected to the additional circuit EA, which is shown schematically in FIG. 1 and with its details in FIG. 4 is shown. This device has a clock selector or cam selector SC with rollers, the one Clock or cam generator GC is assigned, the output of which is connected in parallel with counters CD1, CD2, ... CDn is. These counters are each with the circles Fl, which indicate the actuation of the corresponding organs 01, 02 ... On, via the connections fa1, FI, pO1 and the diode d1 tied together.

Figures 5 to 8 show the details of the elements EX, DI, TB and DP of Figure 2 which are made up of known elements.

The search element EX in the present example for η = 4 consists of a binary-decimal counter with four trigger circuits, which is connected by diodes, with each dip circuit having two transistors 0, 1, 11 - 02, 12 - 04, 14 - 08, 18, whose outputs SO, S1 are connected to outputs 309841/0891 _ ₁₀ _

Sp1 to Sp16 of the search element are connected via a set of diodes, as shown in the figure is connected to four with a common point which form gates Sp1 to Sp16. The .pulse trigger DI has a transistor, a diode and resistors. The transmission and blocking element TB consists from a transistor and resistors and the potential scanner DP consists of a transistor, one Diode and resistors.

First, the mode of operation of the main circuit will be described, of which a module M1 and the common circuit EC in I ^{1 Xg.} 2 are shown. The unit allows the number of operations of the organs to be counted, which is registered per organ and per organ group.

The actuation of an organ 01 (closure of the contact pOi) is transmitted to the corresponding module M1 Appearance of a positive polarity (short pulse PA or long pulse P, Fig. 3) at input E1 of the actuation storing bistable tilting circle MP reported. The breakover circuit MP, which is caused by a negative voltage the resistors R1, R2 and SI +, SO- was positioned, changes its state as soon as it shows the actuation display receives, and positions itself on SO +, SI-. The tilting circle Mf, whose output SO is fed back to input E1 remains in its position, even if the button-press display is ended prematurely.

The generator GE is an astable multivibrator and supplies square wave signals (for example 10,000 Hz) at its outputs So and S1. The bistable control tilt

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circle BO remains positioned on SO-, 81+ by the blocking circle (R3, R4, d16). Since the output SO of BG supplies an asgative potential, the element TB is conductive and transmits the signals supplied at the output SO of the generator to the search element EX. The positive output S1 of BG delivers a signal via the diodes di4- and d9 to the input b1 of the pulse trigger DI, which remains blocked. The search element EX rotates at half the frequency of the generator signals. As soon as the scanning element reaches a step corresponding to a module in which the trigger circuit MP has changed its state (storage of the actuation), it remains momentarily at this step to allow the transmission of a pulse to the counters of the common circuits.

If the tilting circle MP of the module M1 now changes its state as a result of the actuation of the organ 01 (no positive potential at output S1), the positive potential of the output disappears in this way sp1 of the search element EX as soon as it passes to step 1 (see phase 1, pig. 3). The point Fl is consequently brought to the negative potential of the resistor RG. This potential acts via the diode d7 and via the connections pm1 and pg to the input bO of the potential scanner DP on * The output of this scanner DP is positive (phase 2 of lig.3) and through the diode d15 and the resistor R4 flows a current, whereby the control breakdown circuit BG is locked (removal of the lock).

The following positive edge of the signal supplied by GR at output S1 causes the change of state of the trigger circuit BG, whose output SO is positive and whose output S1 is negative (phase 3 of FIG. 3)., The output

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SO + from BG blocks the element TB, which is the transition of the search element does not allow the following step. On the subsequent occurrence of a negative Edge at output S1 -of GR unlocks the pulse trigger DI (phase 4- of Fig.3) and its output S1, the becomes positive, causes the change of state of the tilting circle MP (phase 5), which its starting position S1 +, SO- resumes. The positive potential supplied by DI at the SI output is used at the input of the counters CP1 and CGP receive. Since the output S1 of the trigger circuit MP supplies a positive potential, the point P1 becomes positive again and the potential scanner DP blocks itself, being Output SO becomes negative again (phase 6 of Fig. 3). Since the output SO + from BC has a positive at its blocking input b1 Maintains potential, the breakover circuit BC remains in the state SO +, S1- until the positive edge of the following signal, which is delivered at the output S1 of the generator GR and this trigger circuit in the state SO-, S1 + lets pass (phase 7 of Fig. 3).

The output S1 from GR now acts on the input again b1 of the pulse trigger DI is positive, which blocks itself and whose output S1 becomes negative again (phase 7 of Fig. 3). The S1 output from BC confirms the change in status of DI. The pulse trigger DI thus has a pulse is delivered, the length of which is equal to half a period of the signal from the generator (cf. Line DI S1 from Fig.3) i This pulse is taken from the main counter that counts the number of operations. CGP registered that is assigned to modules M1 to Mn. He is also from the individual counter CP1 which counts the actuations and which is assigned to the module M1 and the actuations of the Organ 01 adds up.

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Transfer and blocking element TB again the record the following signals delivered at the output SO of the generator GR (phase 8 of FIG. 3) and, since the search element passes to the following step, its output sp1 becomes positive again (phase 9).

The actuations pol of organs 01, which are shown in Fig.3 with the lines P or PA are expressed in the form of pulses p registered by counters v / ground, the "long" pulse having a duration of more than at least two passes of the search element and the duration of the "short" pulse is long enough to allow the change of state of the bistable element MP.

In the following, the operation of the additional circuit EA will be described, which is shown schematically in Fig. 1 and is shown in Fig. 4 in detail. This additional circuit allows the total time to be counted the operations for each of the organs.

The cam selector SO allows the selection of a specific cycle according to the type of the monitored electromechanical or electronic organ.

The cam generator GC receives the signals from the output SO of the generator GR of FIG. 2 and delivers one of the cams, for example I to V, at its output to determine the cycle, depending on the positioning of the cam selector SO. The cam generator multiplies the period of the signals from the generator GR with a power factor of 10 denoted by the cam selector. For example, if the base period OC is milliseconds, cams I to V have

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• = <x X 10 ° ms No cken I. = (X X 10 ¹ ms It II = CX ■ v 10 ² ms III = (X X 10 ^ ms Il • IV = CX X 10 ⁴ ms ti V

The actuated organ, for example the organ 01, 'supplies a positive polarity at the input fal of the counter CD1, which polarity remains for the entire duration of the actuation. If, for example, cam II is taken with c ( = 1 ms and it is assumed that the time counter 0D1 has registered χ impulses from cam II, then the time ti of the actuation of organ 01 is given directly by the counter depending on the registered number of impulses:

ti = (X. ΙΟ " ^1. χ = 1. χ ms = 10 χ ms

The invention is not restricted to the exemplary embodiment described and illustrated. Within the scope of the invention changes of details or some arrangements are possible or some devices can be replaced by equivalent devices. In particular, the modules M1 to Mn can be incorporated into the corresponding organs 01 to On _; their connections to the common circuit remain unchanged. A monitoring element can be added to the signal generator.

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Claims (1)

Patent claims 1. Device for counting the traffic of organs, particularly in telecommunications technology in telephone and telegraph offices to display information about the traffic of the organs is used by a main circuit (Ep) for counting the number of actuations or interrogations of the organs, which is connected to these organs, has storage elements and counter elements in which the signals of the activated or queried organs are temporarily stored, and the number of activations of the organs determined and indicates. 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that you raw an additional circuit (EA) for counting the duration of the actuation of organs that are shared with the main circuit (EP) by the organs incoming wires is connected so that the signals these wires receive from the actuated organs, the Additional circuit (EA) which determines and displays the duration of these actuations. J. Apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that the main circuit has a common counting circuit (EC) which is connected to a group of modules (M1 to Mn) for storage the actuation of organs is connected, with each module assigned to a corresponding organ (01 to On) is and from this organ depending on the electronic or electromagnetic nature of the organ receives a short or long signal that the actuation of this Organ indicates so that the consecutive or 309841/0891 simultaneous actuations of the organs are temporarily stored in the modules and in the common Circuit are registered. 4. Apparatus according to claim 3 »characterized in that each memory module has a bistable element (MP) which is connected to a pulse trigger (DI). 5. Apparatus according to claim 4, characterized in that the bistable element (MP) one with a polarization circuit (R1-R2) connected input (B1) for prepositioning and one with this circuit and a control input (El) connected to a circuit (F1) indicating the actuation of an organ has, wherein an output (S1) of the bistable element is connected to a load circuit (RO) whose End is connected to one polarity of the supply, so that the actuation of this organ changes the state this element causes the output of which stops feeding the load circuit. 6. Device according to one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the common sc & old facilities (EX) to search the Positioning of the bistable elements of the modules, devices (DI) to emit a pulse with each Actuation of an organ and facilities (OGP, CP1 to · OPn) for registering the number of actuations of Owns organs, the first two devices being able to give the search element a speed, which depending on the state of the actuation state or the Availability of organs is changeable. - 1? 309841/0891 7. Apparatus according to claim 6, characterized marked that the facilities to search the positioning of the bistable elements (MP) of the modules / search element (EX) of the type of a Binary-decimal converter, whose input with a generator (GR) is connected for periodic signals and its step outputs (sp1 to spn) via diode connections are connected to the load circuits (RG) that are assigned to the bistable elements and each of which is connected to the input of a potential scanner (DP) via multiplied connections (pmi) and is connected to elements (BG, TB, GR) for sending out and blocking the periodic signals, so that the momentary standstill of the search element is brought about on the step that corresponds to the module, whose bistable element has changed its state. 8. Apparatus according to claim 7j thereby characterized in that the elements are to be sent out and blocking the periodic signals a bistable control element (BC), a generator of these signals Generator (GR) and a transmission and blocking element (TB), with an output (S1) of the generator is connected to the common inputs (EO-E1) of the control element and a symmetrical output (SO) this generator is connected to the input of the transmission and blocking element, the output of which is connected to the Input of the search element is connected, so that the sampling of a potential on the load circuit (RO) of a searched module in the common circuit unlocking the bistable control element, its Change of state with a flank of the generator with given polarity and consequently standstill of the search element causes. - 18 - 309841/0891 9. Apparatus according to claim 6, characterized characterized that the facilities for Sending an impulse with each actuation of an organ consist in the fact that the one with the bistable control element (BO) connected output (S1) of the signal generator (GR) and the corresponding output (S1) of this element (BC) a single conductor (cd) are decoupled, which is in a module (M1) with the input (B1) of a pulse trigger element (DI) is connected and is multiplied to the "n modules" (point I) so that when the bistable control element has changed its state, from the pulse trigger a pulse during half the period opposite Polarity is supplied, which is supplied at this output of this generator. 10. Apparatus according to claim 6, characterized gekennz ei chnet that the facilities for registering the number of actuations of organs consist in that the output of the pulse trigger (DI) is connected to the second input of the bistable element (MP) of the module for storing the actuation and in the common circuit with two counters, namely a main meter (CGP). to count the actuations of all Organs assigned to the η modules (point J multiplied) and a single counter (CP1, CPn) for counting the actuation of an organ assigned to the corresponding module, so that the one supplied by the release (DI) Pulse at the same time resetting this storage element (MP) to its initial state and the actuation of these counters is permitted, thus registering the actuation of the organ. 11. Device according to one of claims 6 to 8, characterized in that the search element (EX) is a variable search depending on the state of the 'actuation or the availability of the organs 309841/0891 _ ₁₉ _ has speed and that if the bistable element (MP) has returned to its initial state to store the actuation, the bistable control element (BO) resumes its initial state, the transmission and blocking element (TB) unlocks itself and the feed of the search element allowed by the next edge with a given polarity of a signal from the generator, so that the search of these modules the momentary standstill of the search element on a module, the state of which is due to ' the operation of an organ has changed during two consecutive periods of the signals from the generator takes place at half the frequency of the generator's signals, with the search frequency for the Modules that have not changed their state, the frequency of the signals from the generator is. 12. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the additional circuit (EA) has a cam generator (GO) connected to a cam selector (SO), the output of which is parallel to counters (CD1, CD2, ... 0Dn), each of the corresponding actuated organs (01, 02, ... On) from be fed, the cam selector determining the squatting pulses according to coefficients that are multiples the unit of time are allowed, so that by reading the counter directly, the total duration of the actuations every organ is preserved. 309841/0891 ίο Blank page