JP4683219B2 - Network setting information registration system - Google Patents

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JP4683219B2
JP4683219B2 JP2006019958A JP2006019958A JP4683219B2 JP 4683219 B2 JP4683219 B2 JP 4683219B2 JP 2006019958 A JP2006019958 A JP 2006019958A JP 2006019958 A JP2006019958 A JP 2006019958A JP 4683219 B2 JP4683219 B2 JP 4683219B2
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本発明は、電力線通信システムにおいて電力線通信モデムにネットワーク設定情報登録するシステムに関する。   The present invention relates to a system for registering network setting information in a power line communication modem in a power line communication system.

電力線通信ネットワークでは、通信する電力線通信モデムを特定するために、ネットワークを特定するネットワーク情報等を設定する必要がある。ネットワーク情報等は、従来、電力線通信モデムに予め登録されているか、またはユーザが電力線通信モデムに接続したコンピュータ(PC)等を用い、電力線通信ネットワークに接続して設定する。   In a power line communication network, in order to specify a power line communication modem for communication, it is necessary to set network information for specifying the network. Conventionally, the network information or the like is registered in advance in the power line communication modem, or is set by connecting to the power line communication network using a computer (PC) connected to the power line communication modem by the user.

電力線通信システムでは、同じネットワークを構成する電力線通信モデムを識別するために、各モデムにネットワークを設定する必要がある。ネットワークの設定には、通常、ネットワークIDと認証キー(パスワード又は暗号キー等)が使用される。   In a power line communication system, it is necessary to set a network for each modem in order to identify power line communication modems constituting the same network. For network setting, a network ID and an authentication key (password or encryption key) are usually used.

また、各モデムに用意したDIP(Dual Inline Package)スイッチでIDを設定する方法が知られている。サーバ又は専用装置が同じネットワーク内のモデムにネットワーク設定情報を設定する方法が、特許文献1,2に記載されている。   There is also known a method of setting an ID with a DIP (Dual Inline Package) switch prepared for each modem. Patent Documents 1 and 2 describe a method in which a server or a dedicated device sets network setting information in a modem in the same network.

特許文献2には、電源断によってネットワーク設定情報を消失する電力消費端末と、電力消費端末に関するカスタマイズデータを記憶し、電源断によっても記憶を保持し、電源供給の復帰時にカスタマイズデータをブロードキャストする情報配信装置からなる電力線ネットワークシステムが、記載されている。
特開2000−295258号公報 特開2001−117678号公報
Patent Document 2 stores information about a power consuming terminal that loses network setting information when power is turned off, and customization data related to the power consuming terminal, holds the memory even when power is turned off, and broadcasts customized data when power supply is restored A power line network system consisting of distribution devices is described.
JP 2000-295258 A JP 2001-117678 A

サーバ又は情報配信装置により個々の電力線通信モデムにネットワーク設定情報を設定する方法は、ネットワークを限定する手段を設けないと、本来、同じネットワークに属すべきでない電力線通信モデムを同一ネットワーク内のものであると誤認してネットワークに参加させてしまう。   A method for setting network setting information to individual power line communication modems by a server or an information distribution apparatus is such that power line communication modems that should not belong to the same network are originally in the same network unless means for limiting the network is provided. It will be mistaken and let you join the network.

電力線通信モデムに予め特定のネットワーク名等が登録されていれば、このネットワーク名を確認することで、適切に認証キーを設定できる。しかし、この方法では、ユーザは、接続先のネットワークを自由に選択できなくなる。   If a specific network name or the like is registered in advance in the power line communication modem, an authentication key can be appropriately set by confirming this network name. However, with this method, the user cannot freely select a connection destination network.

また、ユーザが電力線通信モデムをPC等に接続して設定する方式では、ネットワーク及びPC等の知識が無い一般のユーザには、設定が困難である。   Further, in the method in which the user connects and sets the power line communication modem to a PC or the like, setting is difficult for a general user who does not have knowledge of the network and the PC.

さらに、管理者が許可した特定の電力線通信モデムのみをネットワーク接続可能とすることは、従来の方法では困難であった。   Furthermore, it has been difficult with the conventional method to connect only a specific power line communication modem permitted by the administrator to the network.

本発明は、このような不都合を解消し、簡易な操作で適切にネットワーク設定情報を登録できるネットワーク設定情報登録システムを提示することを目的とする。   An object of the present invention is to provide a network setting information registration system capable of solving such inconvenience and appropriately registering network setting information with a simple operation.

本発明に係るネットワーク設定情報登録システムは、第1の電力線通信モデム装置から第2の電力線通信モデム装置にネットワーク設定情報を転送して、当該ネットワーク設定情報を当該第2の電力線通信モデム装置に登録するシステムであって、当該第1の電力線通信モデム装置が、当該ネットワーク設定情報を記憶する第1のメモリと、送信開始指示手段と、当該送信開始指示手段の送信開始指示に従い、当該ネットワーク設定情報を無線信号に載せて出力する無線信号送信装置とを具備し、当該第2の電力線通信モデム装置が、受信開始指示手段と、当該受信開始指示手段の受信開始指示から所定期間、受信を待機し、その待機中に当該無線信号送信装置から出力される当該無線信号を受信する無線信号受信装置と、当該無線信号で搬送される当該ネットワーク設定情報を記憶する第2のメモリと、当該ネットワーク設定情報を登録する制御回路とを具備することを特徴とする。 The network setting information registration system according to the present invention transfers network setting information from a first power line communication modem device to a second power line communication modem device, and registers the network setting information in the second power line communication modem device. The first power line communication modem device is configured to perform the network setting information according to a first memory for storing the network setting information, a transmission start instruction unit, and a transmission start instruction from the transmission start instruction unit. The second power line communication modem device waits for reception for a predetermined period from the reception start instruction of the reception start instruction means and the reception start instruction of the reception start instruction means. a radio signal receiver to receive the radio signals output from the radio signal transmitting apparatus during the standby, transportable in the wireless signal A second memory for storing the network setting information, characterized by comprising a control circuit registers the network configuration information.

本発明によれば、電力線通信ネットワークに新たに参加する電力線通信モデムに非常に簡単にネットワーク設定情報を登録できる。自由なネットワークIDを利用可能にするとして、せいぜい、最初の1台目にマニュアルでネットワーク設定情報を登録するだけで済み、ユーザの登録負担が大幅に軽減される。   According to the present invention, network setting information can be registered very easily in a power line communication modem newly participating in the power line communication network. Assuming that a free network ID can be used, at most, it is only necessary to manually register the network setting information on the first unit, and the registration burden on the user is greatly reduced.

以下、図面を参照して、本発明の実施例を詳細に説明する。   Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

図1は、本発明の第1実施例の概略構成ブロック図を示す。本実施例では、親機又はマスターとなるPLCモデム装置20には、ネットワークIDと認証キーを予め登録されており、新たにPLCモデム装置40をPLCネットワークに参加させる。   FIG. 1 shows a schematic block diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the network modem and the authentication key are registered in advance in the PLC modem device 20 serving as the master unit or the master, and the PLC modem device 40 is newly added to the PLC network.

建物内の電力線10にコンセント12,14が接続する。PLCモデム装置20は、PLCモデム回路22、制御回路24、メモリ26及び広出射角の発光素子28を具備する。電源プラグ30は、電力線32を介してPLCモデム回路22に接続する。PLCモデム回路22はまた、電力線34及び信号線36を介して、通信端末となる電気機器38と接続する。   Outlets 12 and 14 are connected to the power line 10 in the building. The PLC modem device 20 includes a PLC modem circuit 22, a control circuit 24, a memory 26, and a light emitting element 28 having a wide emission angle. The power plug 30 is connected to the PLC modem circuit 22 through the power line 32. The PLC modem circuit 22 is also connected to an electric device 38 serving as a communication terminal via a power line 34 and a signal line 36.

電源プラグ30はコンセント12に接続される。電力線10上の電力は、コンセント12、電源プラグ30、電力線32を介してモデム装置20に供給され、更に、PLCモデム回路22及び電力線34を介して電気機器38に供給される。PLCモデム装置20は電気機器38に内蔵されることもある。メモリ26には予め、PLCネットワークの構築者又はユーザにより、PC等を使って、ネットワークIDと認証キーを予め登録されている。認証キーは、パスワードと呼ばれたり、暗号キーと呼ばれることもあり、更には、これらが別々に用意されることもある。   The power plug 30 is connected to the outlet 12. The power on the power line 10 is supplied to the modem device 20 through the outlet 12, the power plug 30, and the power line 32, and is further supplied to the electrical device 38 through the PLC modem circuit 22 and the power line 34. The PLC modem device 20 may be built in the electric device 38. In the memory 26, a network ID and an authentication key are registered in advance by a PLC network builder or user using a PC or the like. The authentication key may be called a password or an encryption key, and these may be prepared separately.

同様に、新たにPLCネットワークに参加するPLCモデム装置40は、PLCモデム回路42、制御回路44、メモリ46及び受光素子48を具備する。電源プラグ50は、電力線52を介してPLCモデム回路42に接続する。PLCモデム回路42はまた、電力線54及び信号線56を介して、通信端末となる電気機器58と接続する。電源プラグ50はコンセント14に接続される。電力線10上の電力は、コンセント14、電源プラグ50及び電力線52を介してPLCモデム装置40に供給され、更に、PLCモデム回路42及び電力線54を介して電気機器58に供給される。PLCモデム装置40は電気気58に内蔵されることもある。   Similarly, the PLC modem device 40 newly participating in the PLC network includes a PLC modem circuit 42, a control circuit 44, a memory 46, and a light receiving element 48. The power plug 50 is connected to the PLC modem circuit 42 via the power line 52. The PLC modem circuit 42 is also connected to an electrical device 58 serving as a communication terminal via a power line 54 and a signal line 56. The power plug 50 is connected to the outlet 14. The power on the power line 10 is supplied to the PLC modem device 40 through the outlet 14, the power plug 50, and the power line 52, and further supplied to the electrical equipment 58 through the PLC modem circuit 42 and the power line 54. The PLC modem device 40 may be built in the electric air 58.

本実施例では、PLCモデム装置20のメモリ26には、先に説明したように、電力線10を使うPLCネットワークを特定するネットワーク設定情報(ネットワークIDと認証キー)が登録されている。   In the present embodiment, as described above, the network setting information (network ID and authentication key) for specifying the PLC network that uses the power line 10 is registered in the memory 26 of the PLC modem device 20.

ユーザは、このPLCネットワークに新たに参加させるPLCモデム装置40を調達したとき、PLCモデム装置40を電源オン状態にして、受光素子48を発光素子28に対面させる。この状態で、PLCモデム装置20,40の図示しないスイッチ等をオンにすることで、PLCモデム装置20には、ネットワーク設定情報の発光素子28からの出力を指示し、PLCモデム装置40には、受光素子48によるネットワーク設定情報の受信を指示する。実質的に同時にPLCモデム装置20,40を電源オン状態にすることを、ネットワーク設定情報の送信と受信の指示としてもよい。   When the user procures a PLC modem device 40 to newly join the PLC network, the user turns on the PLC modem device 40 and causes the light receiving element 48 to face the light emitting element 28. In this state, by turning on a switch or the like (not shown) of the PLC modem devices 20 and 40, the PLC modem device 20 is instructed to output the network setting information from the light emitting element 28. The reception of network setting information by the light receiving element 48 is instructed. It is also possible to use the network setting information transmission and reception instructions to turn on the PLC modem devices 20 and 40 substantially simultaneously.

この指示に従い、PLCモデム装置20の制御回路24は、メモリ26からネットワーク設定情報を読み出して、発光素子28に印加する。これにより、ネットワーク設定情報が、光信号としてPLCモデム装置40の受光素子48に向けて出力される。   In accordance with this instruction, the control circuit 24 of the PLC modem device 20 reads the network setting information from the memory 26 and applies it to the light emitting element 28. Thereby, network setting information is output toward the light receiving element 48 of the PLC modem device 40 as an optical signal.

他方、PLCモデム装置40は、上記指示に従い所定期間、ネットワーク設定情報の受信を待機する。受光素子48は、PLCモデム装置20からの光信号を電気信号に変換して、制御回路44に入力する。制御回路44は、その電気信号からネットワーク設定情報を復調し、メモリ46に格納すると共に、PLCモデム装置40に設定する。これにより、PLCモデム装置40は、PLCモデム装置20のPLCネットワークに参加でき、以後、PLCモデム装置20,40は、登録されたネットワーク設定情報を使い、電力線10を介して通信する。   On the other hand, the PLC modem device 40 waits for reception of network setting information for a predetermined period in accordance with the above instruction. The light receiving element 48 converts the optical signal from the PLC modem device 20 into an electric signal and inputs it to the control circuit 44. The control circuit 44 demodulates the network setting information from the electric signal, stores it in the memory 46, and sets it in the PLC modem device 40. Thereby, the PLC modem device 40 can participate in the PLC network of the PLC modem device 20, and thereafter, the PLC modem devices 20 and 40 communicate via the power line 10 using the registered network setting information.

PLCモデム装置20,40間の通信に光空間伝送を使用したが、電波信号又は音響信号でもよいことは勿論である。勿論、そのような電波信号又は音響信号の強度は、至近距離内に到達できる程度の微弱なものとする。   Although optical space transmission is used for communication between the PLC modem devices 20 and 40, it is needless to say that radio wave signals or acoustic signals may be used. Of course, the intensity of such a radio wave signal or acoustic signal is weak enough to reach a close range.

特定の説明用の実施例を参照して本発明を説明したが、特許請求の範囲に規定される本発明の技術的範囲を逸脱しないで、上述の実施例に種々の変更・修整を施しうることは、本発明の属する分野の技術者にとって自明であり、このような変更・修整も本発明の技術的範囲に含まれる。   Although the invention has been described with reference to specific illustrative embodiments, various modifications and alterations may be made to the above-described embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the claims. This is obvious to an engineer in the field to which the present invention belongs, and such changes and modifications are also included in the technical scope of the present invention.

本発明の一実施例の概略構成ブロック図である。It is a schematic block diagram of one Example of this invention.

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10:電力線
12,14:コンセント
20:PLCモデム装置
22:PLCモデム回路
24:制御回路
26:メモリ
28:発光素子
30:電源プラグ
32:電力線
34:電力線
36:信号線
38:電気機器
40:PLCモデム装置
42:PLCモデム回路
44:制御回路
46:メモリ
48:受光素子
10: Power lines 12, 14: Outlet 20: PLC modem device 22: PLC modem circuit 24: Control circuit 26: Memory 28: Light emitting element 30: Power plug 32: Power line 34: Power line 36: Signal line 38: Electrical equipment 40: PLC Modem device 42: PLC modem circuit 44: control circuit 46: memory 48: light receiving element

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第1の電力線通信モデム装置から第2の電力線通信モデム装置にネットワーク設定情報を転送して、当該ネットワーク設定情報を当該第2の電力線通信モデム装置に登録するシステムであって、
当該第1の電力線通信モデム装置(20)が、当該ネットワーク設定情報を記憶する第1のメモリ(26)と、送信開始指示手段と、当該送信開始指示手段の送信開始指示に従い、当該ネットワーク設定情報を無線信号に載せて出力する無線信号送信装置(28)とを具備し、
当該第2の電力線通信モデム装置(40)が、受信開始指示手段と、当該受信開始指示手段の受信開始指示から所定期間、受信を待機し、その待機中に当該無線信号送信装置(28)から出力される当該無線信号を受信する無線信号受信装置(48)と、当該無線信号で搬送される当該ネットワーク設定情報を記憶する第2のメモリ(46)と、当該ネットワーク設定情報を登録する制御回路(44)とを具備する
ことを特徴とするネットワーク設定情報登録システム。
A system for transferring network setting information from a first power line communication modem device to a second power line communication modem device and registering the network setting information in the second power line communication modem device,
According to the first power line communication modem device (20), the network setting information according to the first memory (26) for storing the network setting information, the transmission start instruction means, and the transmission start instruction of the transmission start instruction means. And a radio signal transmitting device (28) for outputting a radio signal on a radio signal,
The second power line communication modem device (40) waits for reception for a predetermined period from the reception start instruction means and the reception start instruction of the reception start instruction means, and from the radio signal transmission device (28) during the standby. A radio signal receiving device (48) for receiving the output radio signal, a second memory (46) for storing the network setting information carried by the radio signal, and a control circuit for registering the network setting information (44). A network setting information registration system comprising:
当該信号が光信号、電波信号及び音響信号の何れかであることを特徴とする請求項1に記載のネットワーク設定情報登録システム。   The network setting information registration system according to claim 1, wherein the signal is one of an optical signal, a radio signal, and an acoustic signal.
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