JP5629100B2 - Remote rewriting method of building material embedded device program and remote rewriting device used therefor - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a remote rewriting method for a building material built-in equipment program, and also relates to a remote rewriting apparatus used for the rewriting method.

  This kind of building material, for example, an electric shutter is an object to be opened and closed, i.e., a motor arranged in the shutter case for raising and lowering the shutter curtain, and a driving device in the shutter case for controlling the motor, for example, , Including a drive unit such as a speed reducer, a clutch, etc., and a control board with a CPU, ROM, RAM, etc., or an integral or separate unit. The cable is connected to the operation switch, and the drive control of the motor is performed by the ROM program according to the operation signal of the opening / closing instruction from the operation switch, and the rotating shaft connected to the motor is rotated forward and reverse to the rotating shaft. The shutter curtain is rolled up and down and opened and closed, and the shutter curtain is opened by the operation signal of the stop instruction. It is to be stopped at any position of the intermediate. In general, the electric shutter has a sensor system for detecting an obstacle with an obstacle sensor of an end slat, and an overload system for monitoring a change in a motor rotation load due to an obstacle, for the safe raising and lowering of the shutter curtain. And the like, and the shutter curtain is stopped or reversed and raised by the operation of the safety device.

JP 2005-83093 A

  In this case, it is possible to effectively control the raising / lowering opening / closing of the shutter curtain in the electric shutter, and it is assumed that the usability is good and the safety is ensured. As a shutter, it is widely used in the opening of terrace windows and armrest windows in houses. By constructing according to the opening and closing of this shutter curtain, in addition to electric shutters, for example, skylights, sliding doors, doors, skylights, louver windows, opening members such as awnings, underfloor storage, jet baths, bathroom ventilation drying Applying to various building materials such as machines, it is also possible to automate the opening and closing of shoji by performing electrification as a building material built-in equipment program incorporating a control program.

  However, the ROM program of the control board, for example, when a bug in the program such as a bug existing in the existing program is found, or when a version addition for adding a function is performed, for example, When the existing program needs to be rewritten, there is a problem that the rewriting work tends to be complicated, and the rewriting work cannot be easily performed.

  That is, in the case of the electric shutter, the ROM-mounted control board storing the existing program is arranged in the shutter case as the unit. Therefore, in order to rewrite the existing program in the ROM, the shutter case is first removed. In addition, the unit is taken out, the control board on which the ROM is mounted is taken out, the program is rewritten on the control board by a predetermined operation, and then the control board is restored again, and the unit is returned to the fixed position. A series of operations such as installation and re-installation of the shutter case are required. Therefore, even if the program rewriting work itself can be easily performed, since there are a lot of work accompanying this at the time of the rewriting, the work is easily complicated, and there are many cases where the board and the drive unit are exchanged. It is easy to accompany parts cost as well.

  In particular, window shutters are often installed in high places away from the ground, such as the second and third floor windows of a house. In order to remove the shutter case and take out the unit, it is necessary to install a work scaffold. However, since the installation of the scaffold will be outsourced to a specialist, It tends to be accompanied by a period for construction and a high cost, and the same case is likely to be caused even in the above-described opening members such as skylights and other building materials.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the problem to be solved is that existing programs can be rewritten as easily and reliably as possible without performing incidental work and construction required for building materials. The object is to provide a method for remotely rewriting a building material built-in equipment program, and to provide a device for remotely rewriting a building material built-in equipment program used therefor.

  In accordance with the above-described problems, the present invention generally includes an operation switch that sends an operation signal of a building material built-in equipment program to a control board, and is generally embedded in an indoor wall surface of a building living space. Is connected to the cable introduced into the room from the control board mounted on the unit in the shutter case, and the cable is connected by fitting the cable connector into the connector on the side of the operation switch. Therefore, it is possible to connect to the cable by using the same connector as the side of the operation switch and the connector for connecting the cable, so that the control board can be accessed. If this is the case, the operation switch will not be involved in the room where the operation switch is installed. Then, by taking out the operation switch and connecting a device configured for rewriting the program instead, data can be transmitted to and from the control board in the shutter case remotely in the building living space where the operation switch is installed. Focusing on the fact that the program rewriting device can be connected to a cable instead of the operation switch, the device for rewriting the program can be connected to the side of the operation switch, and a storage medium such as an EEPROM. A rewriting program and an oscillation circuit that sends an oscillation signal to the control board and operates the control board are configured so that the CPU, that is, the microcomputer is not mounted, and the rewriting device is connected to the control board. The control board recognizes the oscillation signal of the rewriting device by connecting via the switch connection cable, and the existing program on the control board is recognized. In other words, according to the present invention, the operation signal of the operation switch installed on the indoor wall surface is connected to the drive position via a cable connected to the operation switch. A program rewriting method for rewriting all or part of an existing program of the control board in a building material that is sent to a control board disposed on the control board, and rewriting for rewriting a storage medium such as a ROM of the control board Using a rewriting device that is not equipped with a microcomputer by providing a storage medium such as an EEPROM that stores the program, a connector common to the cable, and an oscillation circuit that sends an oscillation signal to the control board of the building material embedded device program, The rewriting device is connected to the cable instead of the operation switch, so that it can be remotely connected to the control board. This is a remote rewriting method of a building material built-in equipment program characterized by performing program rewriting, and then connecting the operation switch to the connector again instead of the rewriting device.

In addition to the above, the invention described in claims 2, 3, and 4 is preferably in a preferable form for effective and reliable remote program rewriting in the switch-installed room. According to the invention described above, the remote program rewriting, the oscillation signal transmission by the oscillation circuit of the rewriting device, the writing of the existing program on the control board to the storage medium such as the RAM area, and the storage medium such as the ROM of the control board The rewriting method for a built-in building equipment program according to claim 1, wherein the entire existing program on the control board is rewritten by writing the rewriting program from the EEPROM of the rewriting device. According to the invention described above, the remote program rewriting, the oscillation signal transmission by the oscillation circuit of the rewriting device, the ROM of the control board, etc. The method for remotely rewriting a building material embedded device program according to claim 1, wherein a part of the existing program on the control board is rewritten by writing a rewrite program from a storage medium such as an EEPROM of the rewrite device to the medium. and then, the invention described in claim 4, in place of the remote program rewriting, and writes the program from the storage medium such as an EEPROM of the rewriting device without processing the existing program of the control board according This is a remote rewriting method for the building material embedded device program according to Item 1 .

  In addition to the above, the invention according to claim 5 is configured so that the remote program rewriting can be accurately performed and the confirmation can be obtained, after the program is written to the control board. 5. The building material embedded device program according to claim 1, wherein the checksum comparison between the writing program and the rewriting program of the storage medium such as EEPROM of the rewriting device is performed once or a plurality of times. This is a rewriting method.

  In addition to the above, the invention described in claim 6 is such that a CPU, that is, a microcomputer, is mounted on the rewriting device, thereby performing rewriting with the control board using the microcomputer of the rewriting device. In addition, instead of a rewriting device not equipped with the microcomputer, a rewriting device additionally equipped with a microcomputer is used to perform remote program rewriting with the control board by the microcomputer. The building material-embedded device program remote rewriting method according to claim 1, characterized in that it is a feature.

  In addition to the above, the invention described in claim 7 uses a building material as an electric shutter, and can rewrite a program that tends to be particularly complicated and expensive as easily and reliably as possible. Thus, the building material is an electric shutter in which a driving unit in which a control board is arranged together with a driving member such as a motor is installed in a shutter rotation shaft. This is a remote rewriting method of the building material embedded device program described in 5 or 6.

The invention described in claim 8 is suitable for remote rewriting of the program, and by connecting to the operation switch alternatively, it is possible to rewrite the program of the remote control board in the indoor living space where the operation switch is installed, In order to provide a device for remote rewriting that is as compact and easy to use as possible so that it can be done as easily and reliably as possible without performing the accompanying work and construction required for building materials. All of the existing programs on the control board in the building material that are operated by sending the operation signal of the operation switch installed on the indoor wall surface to the control board disposed at the driving position via the cable connected to the operation switch, or a rewriting device used for rewriting a part, EEPRO storing a rewriting program storage medium rewritten such as ROM of the control board A building material built-in equipment program characterized in that a microcomputer is not mounted by providing a storage medium such as a connector common to the cable and an oscillation circuit for sending an oscillation signal to the control board of the building material built-in equipment program This is a remote rewriting device.

  In addition to the above, the invention according to claim 9 is configured so that a remote program rewriting of the control board by the microcomputer can be performed by installing a microcomputer instead of not mounting the microcomputer. 9. The building material-embedded device according to claim 8, wherein the microcomputer is mounted with a microcomputer that performs remote program rewriting with the control board by a microcomputer instead of mounting the microcomputer. This is a device for remote rewriting of programs.

  The present invention uses each of these as the gist of the invention as means for solving the above problems.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, the invention according to claim 1 is rewritten to the operation switch side surface and a common connector, and a storage medium such as an EEPROM so that the operation switch can be connected to a cable instead. It is configured to have an oscillation circuit that sends an oscillation signal to the control board and activates the control board, and is configured not to have a CPU, that is, a microcomputer, and the rewriting device is operated on the control board. By connecting via a switch connection cable and the control board recognizing the oscillation signal of the rewriting device, rewriting of the existing program on the control board is performed remotely in the building living space where the operation switch is installed. Remote control of built-in equipment programs that can be done as easily and reliably as possible without performing the additional work and construction required for building materials. They are possible to provide a triggering method method.

  In addition to the above, the invention described in claims 2, 3 and 4 can be in a preferable form for effectively and reliably performing remote program rewriting in the switch-installed room.

  In addition to the above, the invention described in claim 5 can obtain the confirmation by accurately performing the remote program rewriting.

  In addition to the above, the invention described in claim 6 can be rewritten using the microcomputer of the rewriting device with the control board by mounting the microcomputer in the rewriting device.

  In addition to the above, the invention described in claim 7 uses a building material as an electric shutter, and can rewrite a program that tends to be particularly complicated and expensive as easily and reliably as possible. be able to.

  The invention described in claim 8 is suitable for remote rewriting of the program, and can be rewritten to the control board in the indoor living space where the operation switch is installed by being connected to the operation switch, and is necessary for building materials. Therefore, it is possible to provide a remote rewriting apparatus that is compact and as easy to use as possible and can be performed without any additional work or construction.

  In addition to the above, the invention according to claim 9 is a remote rewriting device capable of performing remote program rewriting of the control board by the microcomputer by mounting the microcomputer instead of mounting the microcomputer. can do.

It is a front view which shows the relationship between an electric shutter, an operation switch, and a rewriting apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the relationship between the drive unit of an electric shutter, and the rewriting apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the relationship between a control board and a rewriting apparatus. It is a work process figure which shows a program rewriting method. It is explanatory drawing which shows the relationship between an operation switch and a control board. It is explanatory drawing which shows the connection step of a rewriting apparatus. It is explanatory drawing which shows the existing program transfer step of a control board. It is explanatory drawing which shows the rewriting area erase | elimination stage of a control board. It is explanatory drawing which shows the program rewriting stage of a control board. It is explanatory drawing which shows the rewriting program confirmation step of a rewriting apparatus. It is a front view which shows the relationship between a skylight, an operation switch, and the rewriting apparatus. It is a front view which shows the relationship between a louver window, an operation switch, and the rewriting apparatus. It is a front view which shows the relationship between an awning, an operation switch, and a rewriting apparatus. It is a front view which shows the relationship between underfloor storage, an operation switch, and the rewriting apparatus. It is a front view which shows the relationship between a sliding door, an operation switch, and a rewriting apparatus. It is a front view which shows the relationship between a door, an operation switch, and a rewriting apparatus. It is a front view which shows the relationship between a jet bath, an operation switch, and a rewriting apparatus. It is a front view which shows the relationship between a bathroom ventilation dryer, an operation switch, and a rewriting apparatus.

  In the following, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the example of the drawings. Reference numeral 1a denotes an electric opening member that is already installed in the building opening, and in this example, the outside of the sliding window sash of the terrace window of the house or the armrest window. The electric shutter 1a is installed by winding a shutter curtain 15 to be opened and closed around a rotary shaft 14 pivotally arranged in the housing of the shutter case 11 and driving the motor 12 to rotate the rotary shaft. By rotating 14, the left and right guide rails 16 are guided to be opened and closed and stopped at an arbitrary position between the upper and lower sides. In this example, the shutter curtain 15 is moved up and down and opened and closed. Push button switch indicating the opening, closing, and stopping of the operation switch (wall switch) 4 embedded in the wall surface of the space in the room where the electric shutter 1a is installed. An operation signal by individually pressing the hose is sent to the control board 2 disposed in the shutter case 11, particularly the drive unit 13 built in the rotary shaft 14, and the motor is executed by the existing program stored in the ROM of the control board 2. This is done by controlling the 12 drive.

  That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, the electric shutter 1 a is arranged at a position near the motor in the longitudinal direction of the rotary shaft 14 of the shutter case 11 in order to open and close the shutter curtain 15 by operating the operation switch 4. The drive unit 13 integrates the control board 2 for driving the motor 12 and the members such as clutches and gears associated with the drive of the motor 12, and can be opened and closed in half for maintenance, for example. The cylindrical case is housed in the shutter case 11 and is installed in the shutter case 11 by placing it on the rotary shaft 14 in a fitting manner.

  The control board 2 arranged integrally with the drive unit 13 is equipped with a microcomputer by arranging a power supply circuit, a control CPU, an IC circuit such as a memory and an input / output circuit, and a connector for connecting to the cable 3 on the board. It is connected to the motor 12 so as to control the drive of the motor 12 by an operation signal from the operation switch 4.

  The memory of the control board 2 includes a program ROM, a data ROM, and a RAM, and the connector for connecting to the cable 3 has 8 cores. An operation signal is input from the connector via the cable 3 to the motor 12. The control signal is output from the output connector to the motor 12, and the shutter curtain 15 is opened, closed, opened, and stopped by forward / reverse rotation and stop of the rotating shaft 14 by the motor 12 control.

  The operation switch 4 accommodates and arranges the three push button switches and is embedded in the wall surface of the room so that the switch can be operated in the living room. The operation switch 4 has a cable 3 on its side surface. The connector for connection is also provided with 8 cores. The operation switch 4 is fitted and fixed in a rectangular hole in accordance with the shape of the operation switch 4 formed so as to penetrate the wall surface according to a conventional method, for example, by removing the fixing screw of the indoor exposure cover. Can be taken out.

  The control board 2 and the operation switch 4 are detachably fitted to connectors disposed at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the cable 3 so that the connection is made and an operation signal from the operation switch is input to the control board. It is like that.

  The above-described existing electric shutter 1a configured as described above and configured to open and close the shutter curtain 15 according to the operation signal of the operation switch 4 is a method for rewriting all or part of the ROM existing program on the control board 2 Thus, when there is a defect in the program, or when dealing with a version upgrade for adding a function, it can be easily and reliably rewritten.

  The program rewriting method uses the rewriting device 5 to perform remote program rewriting with the control board 2 by connecting the rewriting device 5 to the cable 3 instead of the operation switch 4. Thereafter, instead of the rewriting device 5, the operation switch 4 is again connected to the connector. In this example, the remote program rewriting is performed by sending an oscillation signal by the oscillation circuit of the rewriting device 5 and The ROM existing program on the control board 2 is rewritten by writing into the RAM area of the existing program on the ROM on the control board 2 and writing the rewriting program from the EEPROM of the rewriting device to the ROM. After writing the EEPROM rewrite program to the ROM, the checksum verification of the write program is single Multiple times, in the present embodiment is as performing twice.

  The rewriting device 5 used for the program rewriting method sends an oscillation signal to the EEPROM storing the rewriting program for rewriting the ROM of the control board 2, the connector common to the cable, and the building material, that is, the control board 2 of the electric shutter 1a. In this example, as shown in FIG. 3, an EEPROM, an oscillation circuit, an input / output interface circuit, and a voltage conversion circuit are provided. Assuming that the CPU is not installed, and that the LED lamp and connector for confirmation of completion are also equipped with an 8-core connection terminal in place of the switch instead of a switch. Yes, at this time, the 8-core assignment of the connection terminal is made up of a power supply, a rewrite device connection recognition signal, serial reception data, Real transmission data, serial clock, memory chip select, LED, some as GND (ground).

  As shown in FIG. 4, the program rewriting using the rewriting device includes (1) taking out the operation switch 4 from the indoor wall surface, and (2) releasing the connection of the cable 3, that is, connecting the connector of the cable 3 from the connector of the operation switch 4. To the cable 3 of the rewriting device 5 by removing the connection between the operation switch 4 and the cable 3 and connecting the connector of the rewriting device 5 to the connector of the rewriting device 5, that is, by fitting the connector of the rewriting device 5 to the connector of the cable 3. (4) Release the connection of the rewrite device 5 after confirming the end display, that is, for example, confirm the end display of lighting from blinking of the LED lamp, remove the connector, and connect the rewrite device 5 from the cable 3 (5) Reconnecting the operation switch 4 to the cable 3, that is, fitting the connector of the operation switch 4 into the connector of the cable 3, This is done by going through the process of reconnection to the bull 3, and the control board 2 is automatically initialized by reconnection of the operation switch 4 to restore the control of the existing electric shutter 1a. It is like that.

  That is, by connecting the rewrite device 5 to the operation switch 4 with the cable 3 instead, the rewrite device 5 generates an oscillation signal, that is, a rewrite device connection recognition signal for the control board 2 to recognize the connection of the rewrite device 5. Transmission, transmission of serial reception data from the rewrite device 5 to the control board 2, reception of serial data from the control board 2 to the rewrite device 5, transmission of a clock signal from the rewrite device 5, transmission of a chip select signal from the rewrite device 5 By doing this, communication for rewriting the existing program in the ROM is performed with the control board 2, and during the rewriting communication, the LED lamp blinks and lights up. In the example, after completion of the checksum, the LED lamp is turned on by an end signal from the control board 2 to notify the end of the rewriting.

  FIG. 5 shows an existing basic program stored in the ROM of the control board 2 by the operation signal of the operation switch 4 so as to show the relationship between the control board 2 and the operation switch 4 in a normal state where the operation switch 4 is connected to the cable 3. As shown in FIG. 6 to FIG. 10, the state of program rewriting of the control board 2 after the rewriting device 5 is connected to the operation switch 4 is shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 2, between the control board 2 and the rewriting device 5, the oscillation signal is sent to the control board 2 by connecting the rewriting device 5 instead of the operation switch 4, and the oscillation signal of the control board 2 is recognized (see FIG. 6) Transfer of existing program to RAM by control board 2 (FIG. 7), deletion of existing program in rewrite area by control board 2 (FIG. 8), rewrite to rewrite area The ROM of the control board 2 by sequentially performing rewriting of the rewriting program from the rewriting device 5 (FIG. 9), subsequent checksum verification, and in this example, confirmation by two checksum verifications (FIG. 10). It is intended to rewrite existing programs.

  5 to 10, the basic program means a program necessary for rewriting, and the program 2 means a control program for rewriting. The reason why the existing program on the control board 2 is transferred to the RAM area and then the existing program in the writing area is erased is that the control board 2 can be restored when the program rewriting is interrupted.

  As described above, by rewriting the existing program of the control board 2 in the electric shutter 1a by using the rewriting device 5, the problem of the existing program is solved according to the purpose of the rewriting, and a new function is added. The upgrade can be performed, and the rewriting can be performed remotely in the building living space where the operation switch 4 is installed, and the shutter case 11 is removed along with the rewriting of the electric shutter 1a of the building material. Removal of the drive unit 13 and the control board 2, placement of the control board 2 after rewriting, return of the drive unit 13 to a fixed position, re-installation of the shutter case 11, etc., and installation at high places on the second and third floors In this case, the work scaffold can be installed as easily and reliably as possible without the need for installation work.

  11 to 18 show an example in which the indoor operation switch 4 and the rewriting device 5 are used for building materials other than the electric shutter. FIG. 11 shows the skylight 1b, FIG. 12 shows the louver window 1c, and FIG. 14 for the awning 1d, FIG. 14 for the underfloor storage 1e, FIG. 15 for the sliding door 1f, FIG. 16 for the door 1g, FIG. 17 for the jet bath 1h, and FIG. 18 for the bathroom ventilation dryer 1i. In this example, the switch 4 and the rewriting device 5 are applied.

  Although the illustrated example is as described above, the remote program rewriting is controlled by sending an oscillation signal in the oscillation circuit of the rewriting device and writing a rewriting program from the EEPROM of the rewriting device to the ROM of the control board. A part of the ROM existing program on the board is rewritten. Instead of the rewriting apparatus not equipped with the microcomputer, a rewriting apparatus equipped with a microcomputer is used, and the microcomputer remotely communicates with the control board. In carrying out the present invention, including a method for performing a typical program rewriting, a building material, a remote program rewriting method, an indoor wall surface operation switch, a connector, a cable, a control board, an existing program, a rewriting device , ROM, RAM, EEPROM and other storage media, oscillation circuits, specific structures, connectors, etc. The method, these relationships, the addition or the like for these, can be of various forms unless contrary to the gist of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1a Electric shutter 1b Skylight 1c Louver window 1d Awning 1e Underfloor storage 1f Sliding door 1g Door 1h Jet bath 1i Bathroom ventilation dryer 11 Shutter case 12 Motor 13 Drive unit 14 Rotating shaft 15 Shutter curtain 16 Guide rail 2 Control board 3 Cable 4 Operation Switch 5 Rewriting device

Claims (9)

  All or one of the existing programs of the control board in the building material that is operated by sending the operation signal of the operation switch installed on the indoor wall surface to the control board arranged at the operation position via the cable connected to the operation switch. A program rewriting method for rewriting a section, a storage medium such as an EEPROM storing a rewriting program for rewriting a storage medium such as a ROM of the control board, a connector common to the cable, and a circuit for transmitting to the control board Using a rewrite device without a microcomputer by replacing the rewrite device with the cable instead of the operation switch, and performing remote program rewrite with the control board. The building material built-in machine, wherein the operation switch is connected to the connector again instead of the rewriting device Remote method for rewriting the program.   The remote program rewriting includes the oscillation signal transmission by the oscillation circuit of the rewriting device, the writing of the existing program of the control board to the storage medium such as the RAM, and the EEPROM of the rewriting apparatus for the storage medium such as the ROM of the control board. The method for remotely rewriting a building material embedded device program according to claim 1, wherein the entire existing program on the control board is rewritten by writing the rewriting program from a storage medium such as the above.   The remote program rewriting is performed by transmitting an oscillation signal by the oscillation circuit of the rewriting device and writing the rewriting program from the storage medium such as the EEPROM of the rewriting device to the storage medium such as the ROM of the control board. The part of the program is rewritten, and the method for remotely rewriting the building material embedded device program according to claim 1. The building material-embedded equipment program according to claim 1, wherein a program from a storage medium such as an EEPROM of the rewriting device is written without processing the existing program on the control board instead of the remote program rewriting. Remote rewriting method.   5. The building material set according to claim 1, wherein after writing a rewrite program of a storage medium such as an EEPROM to the control board, checksum verification of the write program is performed one or more times. Remote rewrite method for embedded device programs.   The reprogramming device additionally equipped with a microcomputer is used in place of the rewriting device not equipped with the microcomputer, and the program is remotely rewritten with the control board by the microcomputer. A remote rewriting method of the building material embedded device program according to 1.   7. The building material according to claim 1, wherein the building material is an electric shutter having a drive unit in which a control board is arranged together with a drive member such as a motor built in a shutter rotation shaft. Remote rewriting method of building equipment embedded equipment program. All or one of the existing programs of the control board in the building material that is operated by sending the operation signal of the operation switch installed on the indoor wall surface to the control board arranged at the driving position via the cable connected to the operation switch. part a rewriting device used to rewrite, a storage medium such as an EEPROM for storing a rewriting program storage medium rewritten such as ROM of the control board, and the cables and common connector, the control board of the building materials An apparatus for remote rewriting of a building material embedded device program, characterized in that a microcomputer is not mounted by providing a circuit for transmitting.   9. The remote rewriting of a building material embedded device program according to claim 8, wherein a microcomputer for performing remote program rewriting with the control board by a microcomputer is mounted instead of mounting the microcomputer. Equipment.

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