Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04L43/00—Arrangements for monitoring or testing data switching networks
  • H04L43/08—Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
  • H04L43/0805—Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters by checking availability
  • H04L43/0817—Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters by checking availability by checking functioning

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• the present invention relates to a system for telecontrol of electronic controllers used in devices controlled by such electronic controllers. More particularly, the invention relates to a system for telecontrol, remote calibration and remote management of electronic controllers that allows to control remotely such electronic controllers without the need to resort to a dedicated telephone line.
• the aim of the present invention is to provide a system for telecontrol of electronic controllers for devices that mount said electronic controllers on board, which allows to control said electronic controllers remotely, without the need for a dedicated telephone line.
• an object of the present invention is to provide a system for telecontrol of electronic controllers that allows the operator of the support service to query remotely the electronic controller without having to go on site to perform maintenance interventions.
• a system for telecontrol, remote calibration and remote management for electronic controllers for devices controlled by said controllers, which comprises at least one microphone/speaker unit adapted to receive acoustic signals emitted by a telephone set of the customer that uses said electronic controller, said microphone/speaker unit being connected to at least one microcontroller of said controller, for communication with said microcontroller, said telephone set of said customer being connected, when necessary, to a telephone unit of a technical support station, which is controlled by a computer, in order to send said acoustic signals to said customer telephone unit, said customer telephone unit being arrangeable closer to said microphone/speaker unit for the transmission of said acoustic signals.
• the telecontrol system comprises at least one microphone/speaker unit 1 (or other device adapted to receive and emit acoustic signals, for example a piezoelectric buzzer), which is adapted to receive and emit acoustic signals and is connected, by way of amplifier means 2, to a microcontroller, microprocessor or the like 3 in an electronic controller 4.
• the microphone/speaker unit 1 is adapted to receive acoustic signals from emitter means 5, which are conveniently constituted by a land-line or cellular telephone available to the customer.
• the telephone 5 is a normal telephone, which is not expressly dedicated to the electronic controller 4 but uses the normal telephone line of the customer that uses the controller 4 for a device.
• the telephone 5 is connected, when a malfunction of the electronic controller 4 occurs, to a technical support station 6, which is provided and controlled conveniently with at least one computer 7 and a telephone line 8, which is adapted to send, over the fixed or cellular telephone network, signal tones to the telephone 5 of the customer, who merely has to place the telephone 5 closer to the microphone/speaker unit 1 , in order to make said unit pick up the acoustic signals emitted, according to an appropriate transmission protocol, by the telephone 8 of the technical support station 6.
• a technical support station 6 which is provided and controlled conveniently with at least one computer 7 and a telephone line 8, which is adapted to send, over the fixed or cellular telephone network, signal tones to the telephone 5 of the customer, who merely has to place the telephone 5 closer to the microphone/speaker unit 1 , in order to make said unit pick up the acoustic signals emitted, according to an appropriate transmission protocol, by the telephone 8 of the technical support station 6.
• the microphone/speaker unit that receives said acoustic signals then sends them, by way of amplifier means 2, to the microcontroller 3 of the controller 4.
• the acoustic signals constitute data for querying the electronic controller 4, and, after the query, data for adjusting said controller so as to restore preset operating parameters thereof.
• the adjustment of the management of the electronic controller 4 for periodic support or extraordinary support operations may therefore be performed by means of a simple telephone line, which the customer normally has available, without dedicating said line to the electronic controller 4, and the customer has the only task, when the call is connected, of placing the fixed or cellular telephone closer to the microphone/speaker unit 1 so that the computer 7 of the technical support station 6 can communicate, over the telephone line, with the microcontroller 3 of the controller 4.
• the telecontrol system according to the invention fully achieves the intended aim and objects, since it allows to control remotely, by means of an ordinary telephone line, an electronic controller at the premises of a customer, without having to perform intervention directly on site, ensuring swift and efficient intervention.

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