EP0370223B1 - Organe de calcul délocalisé, en particulier dans une machine à imprimer rotative, relié par un bus à plusieurs unités périphériques - Google Patents

Organe de calcul délocalisé, en particulier dans une machine à imprimer rotative, relié par un bus à plusieurs unités périphériques Download PDF

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EP0370223B1
EP0370223B1 EP89119106A EP89119106A EP0370223B1 EP 0370223 B1 EP0370223 B1 EP 0370223B1 EP 89119106 A EP89119106 A EP 89119106A EP 89119106 A EP89119106 A EP 89119106A EP 0370223 B1 EP0370223 B1 EP 0370223B1
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Claus Walter
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    • BPERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41FPRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F33/00Indicating, counting, warning, control or safety devices
    • B41F33/0009Central control units

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  • the invention relates to a control computer according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • decentralized control computers are used in printing presses, preferably in rotary printing presses, with the aid of which setting processes and measuring processes are carried out at various points within a part of the printing press.
  • these stations to be operated by the control computer are a few meters away from the control computer.
  • the number of peripheral stations to be operated by the control computer is also often very high, for example between 20 and 54 color sliders in the individual inking units of the printing units, which are adjusted by a motor and the position of which is recorded electronically.
  • Measuring and adjusting or regulating processes should also often be carried out at high speed, for example in order to achieve a control accuracy of a few parts per thousand in the setting of the color slide.
  • the object of the present invention is to develop a device according to the preamble of claim 1 in such a way that, with a simple line design of the bus system, a precise measurement of the analog values in the peripheral units is possible via the control computer and, in particular, the most trouble-free, i.e. undistorted transmission of the analog signals to the control computer can take place.
  • a large number of peripheral units or stations can be addressed and transmitted to these control commands, for example for changing servomotors on color slides, and the analog signals recorded in the peripheral unit can be fed to the control unit with high precision and evaluated therein.
  • actuators etc. as well as devices recording measured values are controlled via the mixed digital-analog bus according to the invention.
  • Addresses and data or control commands are transmitted in digital form via the digital part of the bus and actual values, which are to be recorded in the peripheral units and evaluated in the control computer, are transmitted via the analog part of the data bus.
  • the address recognition and the processing of the control commands each take place in the peripheral unit.
  • the control computer 1 indicated in FIG. 1 is preferably used in a printing press, for example in a web-fed printing press or in a sheet-fed printing press.
  • a printing press for example, a web-fed printing press or in a sheet-fed printing press.
  • the ink slides used in the various printing units on inking units are monitored in their position relative to an ink fountain roller and adjusted or regulated at certain predetermined intervals.
  • the peripheral units 2 shown in the drawings are suitable for such an application.
  • a bus 3 is provided between the control computer 1 and the peripheral units 2, which in the embodiment according to the invention is designed in the form of a ribbon cable.
  • a bus is generally understood to mean a number of lines that lead to more than two stations from a central station and each station has targeted access to the individual lines of the bus, that is to say is usually addressable.
  • the bus 3 according to the invention comprises an address part 4, a data or control part 5, an analog part 6 and a supply part 7.
  • the address part 4 and the data part or control part 5 are designated as digital part 9 and the analog part 6 generally with 10.
  • the individual lines (FIG. 3) of the bus 3 are each connected to a peripheral unit 2 via a plug connection 11, specifically via a stub line or via a connecting part 12. It is advantageous to design the plug connection 11 in the context of the invention as a so-called “struck plug connection", as indicated in FIG. 1.
  • the bus is shown broken off at 13, but can be of any length, so to speak.
  • the addresses in the form of digital signals are transmitted to all peripheral units simultaneously via latched digital bus drivers 15.
  • the digital information forming the addresses is therefore transmitted from the peripheral units 2 to the control computer 1 for the purpose of transmitting analog signals via the analog part 6 of the bus 3 latched, ie kept unchanged in voltage potential on the line.
  • the digital voltage signals settle on the bus after a certain time, depending on the length and other physical properties of the line, so that quasi-steady-state voltage states then arise during the transmission of the analog signals.
  • At least one line 4 is required for the transmission of data from the control computer 1 to the peripheral unit 2, as can be seen from FIG. 3.
  • several address lines and possibly data lines are used, for example four lines, in order, for example, to be able to transmit four address bits simultaneously.
  • analog signals are transmitted differentially, i.e. there are always two lines 27, 28, as indicated at 29, used for the transmission of voltage values taken at the potentiometer 22 and fed to a differential amplifier 26 in the control computer 1, which The analog signal to be measured is determined as the difference between the two voltage values and this difference is fed to an analog-digital converter.
  • the then digitized signals can then be evaluated in the control computer 1, which can possibly lead to a readjustment of an actuating device, for example a color slide actuator in a peripheral unit. This adjustment would then be carried out by means of digital address or control data via the address part 4 or data part 5. For each peripheral unit 2, an individual reference point is obtained for the measurement, which reduces errors due to voltage drops and interference radiation.
  • the voltage supply in the peripheral units 2, for example the potentiometer 22, takes place from the control computer 1 via two analog reference lines 30 and 31, the lines 30 and 31 in the peripheral unit 2 and in the control computer 1 are buffered and decoupled by the circuits 25, 32, 33.
  • Line 30 carries a positive reference signal coming from the output of the analog-digital converter 16 and line 31 carries a 0 volt reference signal. This enables a high degree of reducibility of the measurement, because deviations in the reference voltage are not included in the measurement.
  • All lines, i.e. 27, 28, 30, 31 of the analog bus 6 are terminated with high impedance by buffers 32, 33 in the peripheral unit 2 or by the differential amplifier 26 in the control computer 1.
  • the analog part 6 is thus surrounded on both sides by lines with a stable voltage potential, on the one hand through the power supply line 7 and on the other hand from the digital part 4 or 5, which, as described above, during the measurement and transmission of analog information or signals is kept stable.

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  • Inking, Control Or Cleaning Of Printing Machines (AREA)
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  • Control By Computers (AREA)
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  • Control Of Multiple Motors (AREA)

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  1. Calculateur de commande, en particulier dans une imprimante rotative, qui est relié, par l'intermédiaire d'un système de bus, à plusieurs unités périphériques, comme des dispositifs de réglage de zones d'encre, des dispositifs de réglage ou de mesure de la tension de bande avec des dispositifs de réglage de registres, le système de bus comportant un bus digital (4,5) pour transmettre des signaux d'adresses et de données, un bus analogique (6) pour transmettre des valeurs mesurées dans les unités périphériques, et un bloc d'alimentation (7),
    caractérisé en ce que les liaisons de la partie digitale (4,5), de la partie analogique (6), ainsi que du bloc d'alimentation (7), sont réunies en un système de liaisons plan, des deux côtés les liaisons de la partie digitale (4,5) et les liaisons du bloc d'alimentation (7) étant adjacentes aux liaisons de la partie analogique (6), en ce que des excitateurs de bus digitaux (15) sont prévus sur la partie digitale (4,5) pour transmettre les signaux digitaux, par lesquels excitateurs de bus digitaux les signaux digitaux peuvent être amenés à des états de tension stationnaires, et en ce que les signaux analogiques ne sont transmis que durant ces états de tension stationnaires.
  2. Calculateur de commande selon la revendication 1,
    caractérisé en ce que le système de liaisons plan est réalisé sous forme de câble-ruban.
EP89119106A 1988-11-21 1989-10-14 Organe de calcul délocalisé, en particulier dans une machine à imprimer rotative, relié par un bus à plusieurs unités périphériques Expired - Lifetime EP0370223B1 (fr)

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US5101474A (en) 1992-03-31
DE3839248C2 (fr) 1992-12-10
JPH0772841B2 (ja) 1995-08-02
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