JP2001202538A - Maintenance system for station controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To perform the maintenance of a station controller (station controlling) at a remote place while maintaining security. SOLUTION: This system consists of a communication network that can connect the station controller respectively provided at each station and a central device provided at a prescribed place of a head office, etc., a terminal equipment for maintenance connected to the communication network, a storing means which stores prescribed access program data for maintenance for setting the station controller in a maintenance mode when prescribed data is inputted from the terminal equipment for maintenance and is provided in the station controller, and a maintenance processing controlling means which performs prescribed maintenance processing such as to rewrite the data of the station controller on the basis of the prescribed data transmitted from the terminal equipment for maintenance when a station controlling means is set in a maintenance mode.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a maintenance system for a station control device, and more particularly to a maintenance system capable of remotely performing data correction and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Station service equipment such as automatic ticket gates and automatic ticket vending machines provided at stations are connected to a station control device, mainly a CPU, which is a so-called station system, and are collectively managed. It is configured to be. Therefore, by using the station control device, it is possible to perform the totalization processing of the entrance and exit data of each automatic ticket gate, and to perform the totalization processing of the sales of each automatic ticket vending machine and each automatic payment machine.

The above-mentioned station control device is connected via a communication line to a central device including a host computer provided at a predetermined center such as a headquarters of a railway company.
The central device is also configured to collect various data as described above.

Further, in the above-mentioned station control device, when maintenance of a change of a processing program is required due to a fare revision or other reasons, a maintenance person can record information on a floppy disk or the like in which a new processing program is stored. Each station is visited with the medium in possession, and a new processing program is installed in the station control device from the information recording medium.

[0005]

However, in the maintenance of the above-mentioned conventional station control device, the maintenance staff has to go to each station to perform the maintenance, which requires much labor. In particular, when maintenance must be carried out in common at each station, it is necessary to go to each station individually, which has the disadvantage that the labor is excessive.

In order to solve such a drawback, a maintenance terminal comprising a personal computer (PC) is connected to a communication line connecting the station control device and the central device, and necessary data is transmitted from the maintenance terminal. Although downloading to the station control device is conceivable, the communication line described above is not a dedicated line to which only the station service equipment is connected, and a new problem that security cannot be maintained occurs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned drawbacks, and an object of the present invention is to provide a maintenance system for a station control device capable of performing maintenance management remotely while maintaining security. Is to provide.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a maintenance system for a station control device according to the present invention is provided at a station control device provided at each station and at a predetermined place such as a head office. A communication network capable of connecting to the central device, a maintenance terminal connected to the communication network, and when predetermined data is input from the maintenance terminal, the station control device is set to the maintenance mode. Storage means provided in the station control device for storing predetermined access program data for maintenance, and transmitted from the maintenance terminal when the station control means is set to the maintenance mode. And a maintenance processing control means for performing predetermined maintenance processing such as data rewriting of the station control device based on the predetermined data.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a maintenance system for a station control device according to an embodiment. A central device 1 including a host computer is provided at a head office of a railway company.

The central unit 1 and each station (in the illustrated example, A
Only the station, B station and C station are shown. ) Are connected via a communication line L to form one communication area network (LAN).

Since the configuration of each station is the same, the station A will be described as an example. The station A is connected to a central device (host computer) 1 of the head office via a communication line L (station control device). ) Is provided. The station control device 2 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, the CPU 10 is mainly configured to perform a predetermined calculation process such as an aggregation process using predetermined data stored in the memory 11. The CPU 10 includes the I / O unit 1
2, an input / output unit 13 such as a display screen, a keyboard, or a printer is connected. In addition, the CPU 10
Is connected to the above-mentioned communication line L via the communication control unit 14, and is connected to station equipment such as an automatic ticket gate and an automatic ticket vending machine installed at the station A via the communication control unit 15. ing.

In the memory 11, system program data is stored in a storage unit M1, and the station control device 2 is set in a maintenance mode in the storage unit M2 to perform predetermined maintenance processing such as data rewriting. Maintenance access program data is stored. In the memory 11,
Many other data are stored, but are omitted here.

An automatic ticket gate 3a, an automatic ticket vending machine 3b, and an automatic checkout machine 3c installed at station A are connected to the station control device 2, and the station control device 2 performs predetermined operations such as data collection. Is configured to perform data collection management. The predetermined data collected by the station control device 2 is stored in a memory (not shown) of the central device 1 via the communication line L, and is provided for predetermined data processing by the central device 1. ing.

In FIG. 1, only one station equipment such as the automatic ticket gate 3a is shown, but all the station equipment such as the automatic ticket gate installed at the station A are station control devices. 2 and are configured to be collectively managed. If other station equipment such as an automatic commuter pass issuing machine (not shown) is installed at the station A, the station equipment is also connected to the station controller 2.
It is connected to the.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral a denotes a terminal device comprising a personal computer, which comprises a display unit 20 and an input unit comprising a keyboard 21 and a mouse 22, similarly to a known personal computer. The terminal a is configured to be connectable to a communication line L via a communication control unit (not shown). That is, the terminal device a is configured to be able to access the station control device 2 and the central device 1 provided at each station as long as the communication line L exists,
For example, it is configured such that it can be accessed from a station service equipment manufacturer (manufacturer).

The control operation of the station control device maintenance system having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3. Assume that it is now necessary to change the processing program of the station control device 2 at the station A. In this case, predetermined data for calling the station control device 2 at the station A is input from the maintenance terminal a connected to the communication line L (Yes at Step 100; hereinafter, the step is referred to as “S”).

When the maintenance access program stored in the maintenance access program data storage M2 of the memory 11 of the station control device 2 is started by predetermined data from the terminal a (Yes at S102), the station control device 2 Is set to the maintenance mode (S104). That is, the station control device 2 receives predetermined data from the maintenance terminal a, and is in a state where remote maintenance is possible only when the maintenance access program is activated, and security is maintained. You.

When the station control device 2 is set to the maintenance mode, the station control device 2 is operated by a predetermined operation from the maintenance terminal a.
A predetermined maintenance process such as rewriting of processing data stored in the memory 11 is performed (S106).

In the above example, the maintenance terminal a is
Although only the station control device a of the station A was called to perform the predetermined maintenance, if the maintenance can be uniformly performed at all the stations as in the case of a fare revision, etc., the station control devices 2 of all the stations are called and collectively. Maintenance can also be performed.

[0020]

The maintenance system for a station control device according to the present invention has a communication network capable of connecting a station control device provided at each station to a central device provided at a predetermined place such as a head office. Storing a maintenance terminal connected to the communication network and predetermined maintenance access program data for setting the station control device to the maintenance mode when predetermined data is input from the maintenance terminal. Storage means provided in the station control device, and when the station control means is set to the maintenance mode,
The maintenance control means performs predetermined maintenance processing such as data rewriting of the station control device based on the predetermined data transmitted from the maintenance terminal, so that the station control device can be remotely controlled while maintaining security. Maintenance can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a maintenance system for a station control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a station control device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a control operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Central device 2 Station control device 3a Automatic ticket gate 3b Automatic ticket vending machine 3c Automatic payment machine a Terminal L Communication line

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A communication network capable of connecting a station control device provided at each station with a central device provided at a predetermined location such as a head office, and a maintenance terminal connected to the communication network. And when predetermined data is input from the maintenance terminal,
A storage means provided in the station control device for storing predetermined maintenance access program data for setting the station control device in the maintenance mode, and when the station control device is set in the maintenance mode, A maintenance processing control means for performing predetermined maintenance processing such as data rewriting of the station control device based on predetermined data transmitted from the maintenance terminal, and a maintenance system for the station control device.