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EP0409780A2
EP0409780A2 EP90810532A EP90810532A EP0409780A2 EP 0409780 A2 EP0409780 A2 EP 0409780A2 EP 90810532 A EP90810532 A EP 90810532A EP 90810532 A EP90810532 A EP 90810532A EP 0409780 A2 EP0409780 A2 EP 0409780A2
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    • G07B2017/00411—Redundant storage, e.g. back-up of registers
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    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
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    • G07B—TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS
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  • the invention relates to a franking machine with electromechanical actuators enclosed in a housing for the franking value setting of type wheels mounted on the print head, electronic value adding units for adding up the value of each franking to a total amount of previous frankings contained in a main memory and with a central electronic control unit (CPU).
  • CPU central electronic control unit
  • Known franking machines of this type have the disadvantage that in the case of repair work for which the housing of the franking machine has to be opened or removed, unauthorized changes of the content of the main memory or those which do not correspond to the consumption of franking values are possible.
  • the invention has for its object to find a franking machine that avoids this disadvantage, so that on the occasion of maintenance work an actuation of the actuators and changes in the amount of value in the main memory does not lead to any permanent change in the amount of value in the main memory that falsifies billing with the post office.
  • the signaling means can consist of a simple electrical open-close switch which is provided on a part of the housing which has to be moved in order to open the housing.
  • the franking machine e.g. their electromechanical drives can be designed, for example, in accordance with US-A-4,520,725 and CH-A-663,848, and it is not necessary to describe them in more detail.
  • a signal transmitter attached to the housing of the franking machine indicates whether it is open or closed.
  • a check is made in accordance with program line 3 at junction field 4 to determine whether a "housing open” flag is not set in the program. If this is the case, this flag is reset and the memory contents in the main memory 6 are replenished by querying the background memory 9 to the state before the housing was opened, since the housing is actually closed.
  • junction 7 When the housing is open, a query is made according to junction 7 as to whether the "Housing open” flag is set. If this is not already the case, it is set in accordance with the function field 8, and in addition the memory contents of the main memory 6 stored in the background memory 9. If the "housing open” flag is already set, it is checked according to the program line 10 at the branches 11 and 12 whether the memory content of the main memory 6 is not zero and whether the setting on the franking head is greater than zero. If the memory content in the main memory 6 is not zero and the setting value on the franking head is greater than zero, these are set to zero according to function field 13. In this case, the corresponding values are stored in the background memory 9, as previously mentioned.
  • Fig. 2 shows in the middle area the distribution of the non-volatile RAM main memory 6 on different contents, i.e. on the total amount of all frankings shown in field 15 and on the various user accounts 16 shown in tabular form, each of which is divided into 100 different sub-accounts that can be debited by the respective user of the franking machine when franking.
  • the allocation to one of the different user accounts takes place using an identification key, e.g. corresponding to US-A-4 788 623.
  • the division into sub-accounts has accounting advantages. Accordingly, when the content of the main memory 6 is stored, it is necessary to store it in the background memory 9 after the same division.
  • the arrows 18, 19 "open lid” and “close lid” illustrate the exchange of the memory contents between the two memories 6, 9 according to the program diagram in FIG. 1.
  • the value adding units 20, 21, 22 required for the different memory contents are shown schematically.
  • the previous value of the account content is called up from the memory 6 and the amount used for franking is then added to this value in order to be subsequently stored again.
  • the functional loops 24, 25, 26 In the functional loop 25 it is also indicated by the functional field 27 that the addition result is deleted when the housing is open.

Abstract

The franking machine has, in addition to a main memory, a background memory, by which the storage content of the main memory is taken over during the opening of the housing or of a housing cover of the franking machine. The return of the storage content to the main memory takes place after the closing of the housing or of the housing cover. The exchange of the memory contents is initiated by the signal from an electrical switch provided on the housing. The background memory ensures that the accounting of postage values with the Post Office cannot be falsified as a result of service work.

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Die Erfindung betrifft eine Frankiermaschine mit in einem Ge­häuse eingeschlossenen elektromechanischen Stellantrieben für die Frankierwerteinstellung von am Druckkopf gelagerten Typen­rädern, elektronischen Wertaddierwerken für die Aufaddierung des Wertes jeder Frankierung zu einem in einem Hauptspeicher enthaltenen Summenbetrag vorangegangener Frankierungen und mit einer zentralen elektronischen Steuereinheit (CPU).The invention relates to a franking machine with electromechanical actuators enclosed in a housing for the franking value setting of type wheels mounted on the print head, electronic value adding units for adding up the value of each franking to a total amount of previous frankings contained in a main memory and with a central electronic control unit (CPU).

Bekannte Frankiermaschinen dieser Art haben den Nachteil, dass bei Reparaturarbeiten, für die das Gehäuse der Frankiermaschine geöffnet oder entfernt werden muss, unerlaubte oder nicht dem Verbrauch von Frankierwerten entsprechende Veränderungen des Inhaltes des Hauptspeichers möglich sind. Der Erfindung liegt die Aufgabe zugrunde, eine Frankiermaschine zu finden, die die­sen Nachteil vermeidet, so dass anlässlich von Instandhaltungs­arbeiten eine Betätigung der Stellantriebe und Aenderungen des Wertmengeninhaltes des Hauptspeichers zu keiner bleibenden, die Abrechnung mit dem Postamt verfälschende Aenderung des Wert­mengeninhaltes des Hauptspeichers führt. Die Lösung dieser Auf­gabe erfolgt durch einen Hintergrundspeicher zur vorübergehen­den Aufnahme des Inhaltes des Hauptspeichers aufgrund des "Of­fen"-Signales von am Gehäuse vorgesehenen Signalmitteln und Rückgabe dieses Inhaltes an den Hauptspeicher aufgrund des "Geschlossen"-Signals solcher Signalmittel. Die Signalmittel können aus einem einfachen elektrischen Auf-Zu-Schalter be­stehen, der an einem Teil des Gehäuses vorgesehen ist, der zum Oeffnen des Gehäuses bewegt werden muss.Known franking machines of this type have the disadvantage that in the case of repair work for which the housing of the franking machine has to be opened or removed, unauthorized changes of the content of the main memory or those which do not correspond to the consumption of franking values are possible. The invention has for its object to find a franking machine that avoids this disadvantage, so that on the occasion of maintenance work an actuation of the actuators and changes in the amount of value in the main memory does not lead to any permanent change in the amount of value in the main memory that falsifies billing with the post office. This problem is solved by a background memory for temporarily recording the content of the main memory on the basis of the "open" signal from signaling means provided on the housing and returning this content to the main memory on the basis of the "closed" signal of such signaling means. The signaling means can consist of a simple electrical open-close switch which is provided on a part of the housing which has to be moved in order to open the housing.

Aufgrund der Erfindung wird somit erreicht, dass beim Oeffnen des Gehäuses der Frankiermaschine der Inhalt des für die Wert­abrechnung mit dem Postamt benötigten Wertmengenspeichers so­ lange in einem sonst nicht zugänglichen Hintergrundspeicher ab­gelegt wird, bis das Gehäuse wieder geschlossen wird.It is thus achieved on the basis of the invention that when the housing of the franking machine is opened, the content of the value quantity memory required for the value settlement with the post office is so long in an otherwise inaccessible background memory until the case is closed again.

Im folgenden wird die Erfindung anhand der Zeichnungen näher erläutert. Es zeigt:

  • Fig.1 ein Flussdiagramm des Programmablaufs der zentralen elektronischen Steuereinheit beim Oeffnen und Schlie­ssen des Gehäuses und
  • Fig.2 eine schematische Darstellung erfindungswesentlicher Teile der Frankiermaschine mit einem Funktionsschema.
The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to the drawings. It shows:
  • 1 shows a flowchart of the program sequence of the central electronic control unit when opening and closing the housing and
  • 2 shows a schematic representation of parts of the franking machine that are essential to the invention, with a functional diagram.

Die Frankiermaschine, z.B. ihre elektromechanischen Antriebe, kann beispielsweise entsprechend der US-A- 4 520 725 und der CH-A-663 848 ausgeführt sein, und es erübrigt sich, diese näher zu beschreiben.The franking machine, e.g. their electromechanical drives can be designed, for example, in accordance with US-A-4,520,725 and CH-A-663,848, and it is not necessary to describe them in more detail.

Die Funktion der Frankiermaschine aufgrund ihrer erfindungsge­mässen Ausführung ergibt sich aus den Darstellungen der Fig.1 und 2.The function of the franking machine due to its design according to the invention results from the representations in FIGS. 1 and 2.

Gemäss dem Programmschema der Fig.1 wird am Verzweigungsfeld 2 vorerst abgefragt, ob ein am Gehäuse der Frankiermaschine an­gebrachter Signalgeber anzeigt, ob dieses geöffnet oder ge­schlossen ist. Bei geschlossenem Gehäuse wird gemäss der Pro­grammlinie 3 am Verzweigungsfeld 4 überprüft, ob im Programm nicht ein Flag (Zeichen) "Gehäuse offen" gesetzt ist. Falls dies zutrifft, wird dieser Flag zurückgesetzt und die Speicher­inhalte im Hauptspeicher 6 werden durch Abfragen des Hinter­grundspeichers 9 wieder auf den Stand vor dem Oeffnen des Ge­häuses aufgefüllt, da das Gehäuse tatsächlich geschlossen ist.According to the program diagram in FIG. 1, it is first queried at branching field 2 whether a signal transmitter attached to the housing of the franking machine indicates whether it is open or closed. When the housing is closed, a check is made in accordance with program line 3 at junction field 4 to determine whether a "housing open" flag is not set in the program. If this is the case, this flag is reset and the memory contents in the main memory 6 are replenished by querying the background memory 9 to the state before the housing was opened, since the housing is actually closed.

Bei geöffnetem Gehäuse wird gemäss Verzweigung 7 abgefragt, ob der Flag "Gehäuse offen" gesetzt ist. Falls dies nicht bereits zutrifft, wird er entsprechend dem Funktionsfeld 8 gesetzt, und ausserdem werden dann die Speicherinhalte des Hauptspeichers 6 im Hintergrundspeicher 9 gespeichert. Falls der Flag "Gehäuse offen" bereits gesetzt ist, wird gemäss der Pogrammlinie 10 an den Verzweigungen 11 und 12 überprüft, ob der Speicherinhalt des Hauptspeichers 6 nicht gleich Null ist und ob die Einstel­lung am Frankierkopf grösser Null ist. Ist der Speicherinhalt im Hauptspeicher 6 nicht Null und ist der Einstellwert am Fran­kierkopf grösser Null, so werden diese gemäss Funktionsfeld 13 auf Null gestellt. Die entsprechenden Werte sind in diesem Fall im Hintergrundspeicher 9, wie zuvor erwähnt, abgespeichert.When the housing is open, a query is made according to junction 7 as to whether the "Housing open" flag is set. If this is not already the case, it is set in accordance with the function field 8, and in addition the memory contents of the main memory 6 stored in the background memory 9. If the "housing open" flag is already set, it is checked according to the program line 10 at the branches 11 and 12 whether the memory content of the main memory 6 is not zero and whether the setting on the franking head is greater than zero. If the memory content in the main memory 6 is not zero and the setting value on the franking head is greater than zero, these are set to zero according to function field 13. In this case, the corresponding values are stored in the background memory 9, as previously mentioned.

Fig.2 zeigt im mittleren Bereich die Aufteilung des nichtflüch­tigen RAM-Hauptspeichers 6 auf verschiedene Inhalte, d.h. auf den im Feld 15 dargestellten Gesamtbetrag aller Frankierungen und auf die tabellarisch dargestellten verschiedenen Benutzer konten 16, die jeweils 100 verschiedene Unterkonten aufgeteilt sind, die vom jeweiligen Benutzer der Frankiermaschine wahl­weise beim Frankieren belastet werden können. Die Aufteilung auf eines der verschiedenen Benutzerkonten erfolgt mittels ei­nes Identifikationsschlüssels, z.B. entsprechend der US-A-­4 788 623. Die Aufteilung in Unterkonten hat buchhalterische Vorteile. Entsprechend ist es beim Abspeichern des Inhaltes des Hauptspeichers 6 erforderlich, die Abspeicherung im Hinter­grundspeicher 9 nach derselben Aufteilung vorzunehmen. Die Pfeile 18, 19 "Deckel öffnen" und "Deckel schliessen" veran­schaulichen den Austausch der Speicherinhalte zwischen beiden Speichern 6,9 gemäss dem Programmschema der Fig.1. Im linken Teil der Fig.2 sind die für die verschiedenen Speicherinhalte erforderlichen Wertaddierwerke 20,21,22 schematisch darge­stellt. Für jede Addition wird der vorherige Wert des Konten­inhaltes vom Speicher 6 aufgerufen und anschliessend der zum Frankieren verwendete Betrag diesem Wert zuaddiert, um an­schliessend wieder abgespeichert zu werden. Dies ist durch die Funktionschleifen 24,25,26 angedeutet. In der Funktionsschlei­fe 25 ist ausserdem durch das Funktionsfeld 27 angedeutet, dass bei geöffnetem Gehäuse das Additionsresultat gelöscht wird.Fig. 2 shows in the middle area the distribution of the non-volatile RAM main memory 6 on different contents, i.e. on the total amount of all frankings shown in field 15 and on the various user accounts 16 shown in tabular form, each of which is divided into 100 different sub-accounts that can be debited by the respective user of the franking machine when franking. The allocation to one of the different user accounts takes place using an identification key, e.g. corresponding to US-A-4 788 623. The division into sub-accounts has accounting advantages. Accordingly, when the content of the main memory 6 is stored, it is necessary to store it in the background memory 9 after the same division. The arrows 18, 19 "open lid" and "close lid" illustrate the exchange of the memory contents between the two memories 6, 9 according to the program diagram in FIG. 1. In the left part of FIG. 2, the value adding units 20, 21, 22 required for the different memory contents are shown schematically. For each addition, the previous value of the account content is called up from the memory 6 and the amount used for franking is then added to this value in order to be subsequently stored again. This is indicated by the functional loops 24, 25, 26. In the functional loop 25 it is also indicated by the functional field 27 that the addition result is deleted when the housing is open.

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1. Frankiermaschine mit in einem Gehäuse eingeschlossenen elektromechanischen Stellantrieben für die Frankierwertein­stellung von am Druckkopf gelagerten Typenrädern, elektroni­schen Wertaddierwerken (20,21,22) für die Aufaddierung des Wertes jeder Frankierung zu einem in einem Hauptspeicher (6) enthaltenen Summenbetrag vorangegangener Frankierungen und mit einer zentralen elektronischen Steuereinheit (CPU), gekenn­zeichnet durch einen Hintergrundspeicher (9) zur Aufnahme des Inhaltes des Hauptspeichers (9) aufgrund des "Offen"-Signales von am Gehäuse vorgesehenen Signalmitteln und Rückgabe dieses Inhaltes an den Hauptspeicher (6) aufgrund des "Geschlossen"-­Signals solcher Signalmittel.1. franking machine with electromechanical actuators enclosed in a housing for the franking value setting of type wheels mounted on the print head, electronic value adding units (20, 21, 22) for adding up the value of each franking to a total amount of previous frankings contained in a main memory (6) and with one central electronic control unit (CPU), characterized by a background memory (9) for recording the content of the main memory (9) due to the "open" signal from signaling means provided on the housing and returning this content to the main memory (6) due to the "closed" Signal of such signaling means. 2. Frankiermaschine nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Inhalt des Hauptspeichers (6) entsprechend verschie­denen Benutzerkonten (16) aufgeteilt ist und der Austausch der Speicherinhalte zwischen dem Hauptspeicher (6) und dem Hinter­grundspeicher (9) entsprechend dieser Aufteilung erfolgt.2. Franking machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the content of the main memory (6) is divided according to different user accounts (16) and the exchange of memory contents between the main memory (6) and the background memory (9) takes place according to this division. 3. Frankiermaschine nach Anspruch 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Benutzerkonten in Unterkonten aufgeteilt sind und der Austausch der Speicherinhalte zwischen dem Hauptspeicher und dem Hintergrundspeicher entsprechend dieser Aufteilung erfolgt.3. Franking machine according to claim 2, characterized in that the user accounts are divided into sub-accounts and the exchange of the memory contents between the main memory and the background memory takes place in accordance with this division.
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