EP0716398B1 - Frankiermaschineninterne Schnittstellenschaltung - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to an internal franking machine Interface circuit according to the in the preamble of Claim 1 specified type.
- Franking machines have at least one transport device, Input, storage and display means and a pressure control unit for a printing device on what print patterns toward you this printing device moved to be printed Record carrier prints.
- Such printing devices especially for an electrothermal Printing using an ink ribbon or transport devices are equipped with actuators and sensors, which controlled via a circuit arrangement or are queried (US 4,746,234).
- Sensors used to transport the record carrier detect, solve, for example Printing process.
- Other sensors detect that Position of the counter pressure roller or monitor the ongoing printing.
- a shaft of the transport device or coil one moved relative to the record carrier Color carrier that transfers the color particles coupled to an encoder, which clock signals for printing control during the printing process provides. All sensors or actuators are directly or indirectly through a special Circuit arrangement with the control unit, in particular a microprocessor control unit, connected.
- Inkjet printers are also used to frank mail suitable. According to the used Printing principle must the circuit arrangement to the required actuators and sensors adapted become.
- An ASIC is known from EP 465 236 A2, which a circuit for pressure control, for engine control and includes for billing.
- the circuit for pressure control includes a memory for fixed and another for variable data, which with overlay the fixed data.
- An engine controller is for actuating a motor drive provided depending on the mailpiece feed.
- a sensor delivering speed signals is standing via the motor controller with the pressure control in Connection.
- CPU central processing unit
- the task is to create an internal franking machine To develop interface circuit which the Avoids disadvantages of the prior art and for a variety of franking machine variants inexpensively is realizable without compromising security against manipulation to diminish.
- a subtask is to query the Sensors by the control device of the franking machine or the control of the actuators on the one hand inexpensive and on the other hand to realize less CPU time is tied up.
- the invention is based on the consideration that Adaptability of the electronic control different franking machine types by one Interface circuit internal to the franking machine improve.
- a Microprocessor of a first circuit part in which only security-relevant data are processed with a second circuit part according to the invention connected in which the remaining data for each the corresponding type of franking machine to be traded.
- This second circuit part forms an internal franking machine interface to the first circuit part.
- the internal franking machine is advantageous Interface switching as a system-specific ASIC executed.
- the circuit part for safety-relevant data is the same for all franking machine types educated.
- the second circuit part (ASIC) for the rest of the data is according to the type of franking machine as an internal interface to the first Circuit part formed.
- the second circuit part i.e. the internal franking machine Interface circuit is with send and receive registers for storage data transmitted in parallel and with one Shift register for the series / parallel or Parallel / serial conversion of transmitted data within an actuator / sensor control in the meter and has two lines on the output side, in particular a transmission and a reception line, to the base of the franking machine by means of which within the franking machine serial data between Meter and a register unit in the base become.
- At the register unit are Base sensors and actuators connected. Sensor signals are in the shift register of the Actuators / sensor control pushed and lie there available in parallel.
- As a receive register a sensor status register group for parallel data the sensor signals provided at least one sensor.
- At least one sensor status register and at least one an interrupt control register are with a Monitoring circuit connected to the received Bits of the sensor signals to change the state monitor in order to interrupt the Trigger control unit.
- the franking machine internal Interface circuit to provide a decoder the memory control signals for the actuator / sensor control and within the actuators / Sensors control a first state machine as well as a print data control.
- the aforementioned Decoder, the actuators / sensors control and the Print data control each contain control or Data register.
- the state machine implemented in hardware automatically scans the sensors and loads Status register and sets the actuators accordingly the data stored in the command register.
- the interrupt controller evaluates individual bits. A predetermined one State or state transitions of the individual bits the control unit (CPU) immediately an interrupt request is communicated.
- the actuator / sensor control has a first state machine that does so it is determined that on the one hand by the Sensor unit supplied controlled register unit into the shift register of the actuators / sensor control can be pushed and then called up there in parallel exist that, on the other hand, exist in parallel Data for actuators from command register groups in the shift register loaded in parallel and then serial for supplying the actuators in the base be read out that the actuator / sensor control and the monitoring circuit with the control unit (CPU) are connected to the interrupt control register and the control unit (CPU) is formed are the type of change in the sensor value, due to which an interrupt request is triggered in the interrupt control register preset and an interrupt accordingly execute so that the control unit (CPU) directly into the corresponding sensor handling routine can branch.
- the advantage of such a non-periodic query or transmission of data from the Control unit (CPU) interposed interrupt controller is that computing time on the part the control unit (CPU) is saved. Another The advantage is that the control unit (CPU) no longer needs to be told which sensor has changed its value. The information about the The sensor is activated during interrupt processing Control unit (CPU) communicated so that it directly into the corresponding sensor handling routine can branch. The type of change in the sensor value, due to which an interrupt request triggered, can be preset so that next to the sensor itself through the interrupt request also the type of sensor transition is known without the sensor value in the status register to have to query.
- the Circuit arrangement can be divided into two parts, namely Assign meter and base, the base at least the motors and other actuators, sensors and the Printhead with associated control electronics contains.
- the meter contains the first circuit part the actual control that comes with a Input / output module 4 and in particular with one second circuit part, the invention Interface circuit internal to the franking machine connected, which is advantageously as ASIC 14 can be trained.
- the control includes in known way a clock / date block 8, one Character store 9, a cost center store 10, a non-volatile memory 5, program memory 11 and memory 7, which with a Microprocessor in communicative connection.
- the input / output module 4 provides, for example via an RS 232 interface Connection to the modem 23 and possibly to the scale 22.
- the latter can be part of the base. Moreover are the display controller 3 and the module 4 Keyboard 2 connected.
- the input data is stored in the non-volatile memory (NVM) 5 saved so that the last setting received before the franking machine was switched off remains.
- the operating program is in the program memory 11 and fixed dates, for example for a Advertising slogan, saved.
- the cost center memory 10 the current accounting data Depending on the cost center, non-volatile before each print saved.
- the corresponding is in the character memory 9 Character set available. According to the inputs corresponding characters as pixel data in the Pixel memory 7 saved.
- the microprocessor is used as a control unit 6 for the entire postage meter machine and is connected to blocks 4, 5, 7 to 11 of the first circuit part 1 via address lines A and data lines D and via address, data and control lines (A, D, S) connected to the second circuit part 14, which is designed as an ASIC.
- the above-mentioned blocks are addressed by the microprocessor in accordance with the memory control signals S s generated in the decoder of the ASIC.
- the function-determining ones - in FIG. 1 shown - blocks of the first circuit part partial or total to at least one physical Component are summarized and others Measures should be taken to prevent tampering difficult by unauthorized persons.
- the Function of these blocks and such measures are for example in German application P 43 44 476.8 explained in more detail.
- the circuit part 14 - shown in more detail in FIG. 2 - for the internal franking machine interface which is designed according to the type of franking machine, has a decoder 300 for providing the memory control signals, an actuator / sensor control 400, an interrupt controller 600 and a print data controller 700.
- the address lines A0 to A3 and data lines D and control lines S are connected to all blocks 300, 400, 600 and 700. Address lines A13 to A19 are also present on the decoder.
- Decoder 300 provides memory control signals S s for blocks 400, 600 and 700.
- the block 400 for the actuator / sensor control outputs a signal I i on the output side to the block 600 for the interrupt control.
- the block 600 is connected on the output side to the control unit 6 via the lines for the data and control signals I o (FIG. 1).
- the ASIC circuit part 14 is equipped with an input s for connection to the sensors of the base and with an output a for connection to the actuators of the base of the franking machine via a register unit 28 (FIG. 1).
- the circuit contains register groups 410 to 450, comprehensive register on the one hand for communication with the control unit (CPU) 6 and on the other hand, for the state machine 401.
- the entire actuator / sensor control 400 exists from a first state machine 401, two 8-bit Command register groups 420 and 421, two 8-bit (Sensor) status register groups 410 and 411, one Shift register 430 for serial transmission of the Actuator or sensor data, a mode register group 440 for setting the operating mode and an interrupt control register group 450 for influencing the interrupt generation in a logic circuit 490th
- the interrupt controller 600 and the logic circuit 490 form a monitoring circuit (shown in more detail in FIG. 4) in order to send the signal I o to the control unit 6 when the state changes on the connecting line. This allows an internal interrupt to be generated for the control unit 6.
- the logic circuit 490 of the actuator / sensor control 400 consists of at least one XOR logic gate, which has the first input with the Q output of a D flip-flop of the interrupt control register group 450 and the second input with the Q output of one D flip-flops 4101 of the (sensor) status register group 410 is connected. Each XOR gate of the logic circuit 490 is connected in terms of output via a signal line I i to the associated input of the interrupt controller 600 of the postage meter internal interface circuit.
- the associated input is preferably a clock input of at least one D flip-flop of a register group 610, which is connected to its D input with plus potential.
- the Q output of the D flip-flops of register group 610 is connected to an associated input of a priority encoder 620, which interacts with a second state machine (state machine) 601.
- the second state machine 601 In the event of an interrupt requirement determined by the priority encoder 620, the second state machine 601 generates a request signal IRQ to the control unit 6, which responds with a response signal IACK at a given time which is dependent on the control unit.
- the control unit 6 can then query data D from the priority encoder 620 via the data lines, by means of which the interrupt source can be determined.
- the Interrupt generation based on the four least significant Bits of the 8-bit (sensor) status register group 410.
- the logic circuit 490 is preferred trained as an XOR link and points accordingly the aforementioned embodiment four XOR gate on, which accordingly with four D flip-flops of register group 610 are connected.
- the register groups of all blocks 300, 400, 600 and 700 can - in not shown Way - within ASIC 14 its own Form block 500, which with the other blocks in Communication connection is established.
- the register unit 28 is in the base with a Large number of shift registers 281 to 286 (Fig.1).
- the register unit 28 has - according to the way shown in Figure 3 - two the sensors 251 and 252 associated sensor shift registers 281 and 282 and two actuator shift registers 283 and 284, which with the shift register 430 of the Actuators / sensors control 400 in a loop are coupled.
- the ones in the base Sensors 251 and 252 provide data to the sensor shift registers 281 and 282.
- the franking machine loads under the control of the first state machine 401 the value from the first command register 420 into the shift register 430th
- the value from the second command register group 421 is now loaded into the shift register 430 and transmitted serially.
- the content of first actuator shift register 283 into the second Actuator shift register 284 pushed on. simultaneously the received bits from the sensor shift register 281 (data from sensor 252) into the second 8-bit (sensor) status register group 411 transfer.
- a sensor 25 den two sensor shift registers 281 and 282 assigned, as a result of which the sensor signal can be evaluated with a higher resolution.
- an actuator 26 via the latches 285, 286 two actuator shift registers 283, 284 connected to realize a more precise setting.
- a third variant - not shown - can include a variety of sensors, for example Microswitch 250 for the detection of the end position during the printing process, sensor 251 for the letters - sensor 252 for strip dispenser ... Sensors are connected, which is a rough Resolution, if necessary, to reflect a pure one Have switching function.
- a variety of sensors a low Resolution or for the purpose of reflecting a pure one Switching function together with a sensor 253 for be connected to a higher resolution what the Evaluation of the sensor amplitude allowed.
- the actuators are of the same variety connected. If a solenoid or a motor 12 only 1 bit or a motor for two directions only 2 An actuator shift register and bit can be required associated actuator register for an amplitude-time, Frequency or data preset be provided.
- actuator shift registers and associated Actuator register threshold values for a threshold-dependent detection for a sensor be specified, which is only the threshold compares with an actual value and the bit of the comparison result to the sensor shift register transmitted. This can also be an amplitude can be evaluated, but with a large number of Sensors.
- a fifth variant which is not specially in the Figures has been shown - becomes the actuator Sensor control (400) via at least one line connected to the register unit (28) in the base, to either query sensor signals or actuator signals for setting the actuators.
- a sensor for time-critical data is the encoder 13. On the one hand, this is - in the manner shown in FIG. 1 - directly at the input e of the control unit 6 and on the other hand is connected to the input e of the second circuit part (ASIC) 14.
- the encoder acts on a DMA controller present in the control unit 6.
- the DMA controller reads out a complete stamp image from the pixel memory (RAM) 7 and reads it into the print register (DR) of the print head 16 in columns by way of the ASIC print data controller 700.
- the encoder 13 acts directly on the print data controller 700 by supplying an external trigger signal for the transfer of the print data for the individual print columns to a further state machine 701.
- the different systems require differently designed decoders 300 and thus different ASICs.
- Relative system independence can, however, be achieved using an additional decoder 900, shown in broken lines in FIG. 1, ie if the internal decoder 300 is used only partially or not to control the blocks of the first circuit part for security-relevant data by means of memory control signals S s .
- the invention is not based on the present embodiment limited. Rather, it is within the Claims a number of variants conceivable, which from the solution shown use different types of designs.
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- Blockschaltbild der Schaltungsanordnung für Meter und Base,
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- Blockschaltbild der frankiermaschineninternen Schnittstellenschaltung,
- Figur 3,
- Blockschaltbild für die erfindungsgemäße Aktoren/Sensoren-Steuerung,
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- Überwachungsschaltung mit Verbindung der Aktoren/Sensoren-Steuerung über eine Interrupt-Steuerung in der frankiermaschineninternen Schnittstellenschaltung mit der Steuereinheit,
Der DMA-Controller liest ein komplettes Stempelbild aus dem Pixelspeicher (RAM) 7 aus und über die ASIC-Druckdatensteuerung 700 in das Druckregister (DR) des Druckkopfes 16 druckspaltenweise ein. Der Encoder 13 wirkt direkt auf die Druckdatensteuerung 700, indem er ein externes Triggersignal für die Übertragung der Druckdaten für die einzelnen Druckspalten an einen weiteren Zustandsautomaten 701 liefert.
Die verschiedenen Systeme erfordern unterschiedlich ausgeführte Decoder 300 und somit verschiedene ASIC's. Eine relative Systemunabhängigkeit ist aber unter Verwendung eines - in der Figur 1 gestrichelt dargestellten - Zusatzdecoders 900 erreichbar, d.h. wenn der interne Decoder 300 nur teilweise oder nicht benutzt wird, um mittels Speichersteuersignale Ss die Blöcke des ersten Schaltungsteils für sicherheitsrelevante Daten anzusteuern.
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- Frankiermaschineninterne Schnittstellenschaltung (14) ausgerüstet mit Sende- und Empfangsregistern (410-450) für die Speicherung parallel übertragener Daten und mit einem Schieberegister (430) für die Serien/Parallel- bzw. Parallel/ Serienwandlung übertragener Daten,
dadurch gekennzeichnet,a) daß eine mit den vorgenannten Sende- und Empfangsregistern ausgerüstete Aktor/Sensor-Steuerung (400) einen ersten Zustandsautomaten (401) aufweist, der eingangsseitig mit einer Modusregistergruppe (440) zur Einstellung der Betriebsart und ausgangsseitig mit Steuereingängen des Schieberegisters (430) und über Steuerleitungen mit einer externen Registereinheit (28) verbunden ist, um mindestens von den angeschlossenen Sensoren (25, 250, 251,...) Sensorsignale zu laden (LOADEXTERNAL) und unter Steuerung durch den ersten Zustandsautomaten (401) in das Schieberegister (430) einzuschieben (SHIFTCLOCK),b) daß am Schieberegister (430) eine Sensorstatusregistergruppe (410) für mindestens einen Sensor (25, 250, 251 ...) angeschlossen ist, wobei Sensorsignale parallel abrufbar vorliegen undc) daß mindestens ein Sensorstatusregister (4101) der vorgenannten Gruppe (410) und mindestens ein Interruptsteuerregister (450) eingangsseitig mit einer Überwachungsschaltung (490, 600) verbunden sind, welche eine Verknüpfungsschaltung (490) mit XOR-Verknüpfung aufweist, um die empfangenen Bits der Sensorsignale auf Zustandsveränderung zu überwachen, um damit ggf. einen Interrupt zur Steuereinheit (6) auszulösen. - Frankiermaschineninterne Schnittstellenschaltung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Aktor/Sensorsteuerung (400) und die Überwachungsschaltung (490, 600) mit der Steuereinheit (6) verbunden sind, daß das Interruptsteuerregister (450) und die Steuereinheit (6) ausgebildet und programmiert sind, die Art der Änderung des Sensorwertes, aufgrund welcher eine Interruptanforderung ausgelöst wird, im Interrupt-steuerregister (450) voreinzustellen und einen Interrupt entsprechend auszuführen, so daß die Steuereinheit (6) direkt in die entsprechende Sensor-Behandlungsroutine verzweigen kann.
- Frankiermaschineninterne Schnittstellenschaltung nach den Ansprüchen 1 und 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Überwachungsschaltung aus einer Interruptsteuerung (600) und einer Verknüpfungsschaltung (490) besteht, daß die Verknüpfungsschaltung (490) mit XOR-Verknüpfung mit der Interruptsteuerung (600) verbunden ist und ein Signal Ii an die Interruptsteuerung (600) liefert, daß die Interruptsteuerung (600) einen zweiten Zustandsautomaten (601) aufweist, der von einem Prioritätsencoder (620) angesteuert wird, um ein Interruptanforderungssignal abzugeben.
- Frankiermaschineninterne Schnittstellenschaltung nach den Ansprüchen 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Überwachungsschaltung (490, 600) logisch verknüpft ist, um die niederwertigen Bits der Sensorsignale auf Zustandsveränderung zu überwachen, um damit einen Interrupt zur Steuereinheit (6) auszulösen.
- Frankiermaschineninterne Schnittstellenschaltung nach einem der vorherigen Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß ein Sensor (25) den beiden Sensor-Schiebe-Registern (281 und 282) der Registereinheit (28) zugeordnet ist, mit welchem sich das Sensorsignal mit einer höheren Auflösung über mehrere Bits auswerten läßt.
- Frankiermaschineninterne Schnittstellenschaltung nach einem der vorherigen Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine Vielzahl an Sensoren, insbesondere ein Mikroschalter (250) zur Detektierung der Endstellung beim Druckvorgang, ein Sensor (251) für die Brieferkennung, ein Sensor (252) für Streifengeber und/oder andere Sensoren an die Registereinheit (28) angeschlossen sind, welche eine grobe Auflösung, ggf. ein Bit zwecks Wiederspiegelung einer reinen Schaltfunktion aufweisen.
- Frankiermaschineninterne Schnittstellenschaltung nach einem der vorherigen Ansprüche 1 bis 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine Vielzahl an Sensoren einer niedrigen Auflösung, ggf. zwecks Wiederspiegelung einer reinen Schaltfunktion zusammen mit einem Sensor (253) für eine höhere Auflösung angeschlossen sind, wobei der Sensor (253) für eine höhere Auflösung die Auswertung der Amplitude der Meßgröße gestattet.
- Frankiermaschineninterne Schnittstellenschaltung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Schieberegister (430) mit zwei ausgangsseitigen Leitungen zur Base der Frankiermaschine ausgerüstet ist, mit denen zwischen Meter der Frankiermaschine und der externen Registereinheit (28) in der Base seriell Daten übermittelt werden, wobei an der Registereinheit (28) Aktoren (12,26) angeschlossen sind, daß in der Aktor/Sensorsteuerung (400) Kommandoregistergruppen (420, 421) mit dem Schieberegister (430) verbunden ist, um parallel vorliegende Daten für Aktoren aus Kommandoregistergruppen (420, 421) in das Schieberegister (430) parallel zu laden, welche dann unter Steuerung durch den ersten Zustandsautomaten (401) seriell zur Versorgung der Aktoren in der Base ausgelesen werden, wobei in der Registereinheit (28) Aktor-Schieberegister (283, 284) zur Serien/Parallel-Wandlung vorgesehen sind, daß die den Sensoren (251 und 252) zugeordnete Sensor-Schieberegister (281 und 282) zur Parallel/Serien-Wandlung vorgesehen sind, sowie daß die Registereinheit (28) in der Base mit einer Vielzahl an Schieberegistern (281 bis 286) ausgestattet ist, welche mit dem Schieberegister (430) der Aktoren/Sensoren-Steuerung (400) in der Frankiermaschine zu einer Schleife gekoppelt sind.
- Frankiermaschineninterne Schnittstellenschaltung nach einem der vorherigen Ansprüche 1 bis 8, d adurch gekennzeichnet, daß ein Aktor (26) über die Latches (285, 286) der Registereinheit (28) mit beiden Aktor-Schieberegistern (283, 284) verbunden ist, um eine genauere Einstellung zu realisieren.
- Frankiermaschineninterne Schnittstellenschaltung nach einem der vorherigen Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet,daß eine Vielzahl an Aktoren einer niedrigen Auflösung, ggf. zwecks Wiederspiegelung einer reinen Schaltfunktion vorgesehen sind, insbesondere ein Hubmagnet oder ein Motor (12) für eine oder zwei Richtungen, der zur Ansteuerung nur wenige Bits benötigt, und daß ein Aktor mit einer hohen Auflösung vorgesehen ist, daß die Aktoren zusammen mit einem Aktor-Schieberegister ansteuerbar sind und daß der Aktor mit einer hohen Auflösung und ein zugehöriges Aktorregister für eine Amplituden-Zeit-, Frequenz- oder Daten- Voreinstellung vorgesehen ist.
- Frankiermaschineninterne Schnittstellenschaltung nach einem der vorherigen Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß in der Registereinheit (28) mittels Aktor-Schieberegister und mindestens einem zugehörigem Aktorregister Schwellwerte für ein schwellwertabhängiges Detektieren für einen Sensor vorgegeben werden, welcher nur noch den Schwellwert mit einem Istwert vergleicht und das Bit des Vergleichsergebnisses an das Sensor-Schieberegister übermittelt.
- Frankiermaschineninterne Schnittstellenschaltung nach einem der vorherigen Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß in der Registereinheit (28) entsprechende Maßnahmen bei einer Vielzahl von Sensoren vorgesehen sind, um eine Amplitude auswerten zu können.
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