JPH01253096A - Home controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the need for a means for individual setting and registration to each terminal equipment by equipping the home controller with an initial setting write part (write part) for a terminal equipment, connecting it to a terminal equipment to be set initially, and registering contents characteristic to the terminal equipment in the terminal equipment. CONSTITUTION:The write part 10 is connected to the main control part 1 of the home controller 9. When the characteristic contents such as the address that the terminal equipment 7 itself has are initialized, the home controller 9 and terminal equipment 7 are connected in 1:1 relation on a home bus 6. Then a key input means from an operation part 3 is used, a write signal to which data contents are added is sent out onto the home bus 6 through a main control part 1, the write part 10, and a transmission/reception part 5, and the terminal equipment 7 receives and stores it, thereby finishing its initial setting operation. Consequently, an initial setting part that each terminal equipment needs to have individually is not necessary.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention is capable of remotely operating/stopping multiple terminal devices via a home bus, monitoring the operating/stop status and abnormal state of each terminal device, etc. This invention relates to an improvement in the initial setting/registration means for addresses and the like that are assigned to each terminal device in a home control system for centralized control.

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 3, a conventional home control device of this type has a main control section 1 connected to a display section 2, an operation section 3, an initial setting section 4, and a transmitter/receiver section 5. It is now possible to send control signals to Bus 6 North and monitor response signals from each terminal device. In addition, the initial setting section 4 uses mechanical setting means such as a dip switch or key input from the operation section 3 so that the self address and the addresses of each terminal device to be controlled can be registered in advance. The device is equipped with means for causing a storage element such as a non-volatile memory to retain its contents.

Similarly, each terminal device 7 is also connected to the same home bus 6,
Initial setting section 8 so that the robot can have its own address
was set up. (For example, JP-A-62-28772
Publication No. 1) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, with the above configuration, even in a large-scale system that controls a large number of terminal devices, each terminal device must independently set and register its own address, etc. Since the terminal equipment must be equipped with an initial setting section, the size becomes larger and costs increase, and since the terminal equipment is installed in various locations in the room, the settings may be changed accidentally (or intentionally). This has the problem of increasing the risk of being put away.

The present invention solves such conventional problems, and aims to eliminate means for independently setting and registering each terminal device.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the home control device of the present invention eliminates from each terminal device the means for setting and registering self-address, etc., which each terminal device conventionally had internally. Instead, it is equipped with a terminal device initial setting writing section (hereinafter abbreviated as writing section) in which the contents are written.

Effects According to the configuration described in L, the function of the initial setting section in each terminal device can be transferred to only one home control device. In other words, when performing the initial settings of each terminal device before entering the system operating state,
First, this home control device is connected to a terminal device to be initialized, and contents specific to each terminal device, such as its own address, are registered in each terminal device by a write signal from a writing section of the home controller device.

Embodiments Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the accompanying drawings.

In FIG. 1, one of the home control devices 9 of the present invention is a main control section, and a display section 2, an operation section 3, an initial setting section 4, and a writing section 10 are connected to this main control section 1. The writing section 10 is also connected to the transmitting/receiving section 5. When attempting to initialize an existing terminal device 7 with unique contents such as a self-address that the terminal device 7 should have, the home control device 9
and the terminal equipment 7 are connected in a one-to-one correspondence via the home bus 6, ):. Next, using the key input means from the operation unit 3,
The data content to be written is set, and a write signal in a format to which the data content is added is sent onto the home bus 6 through the main control unit 1, writing unit 10, and transmitting/receiving unit 5. Conversely, the terminal device 7 completes its own initial setting operation by receiving and storing the sent write signal.

Although it has been explained here that the home control device 9 on the writing side and the terminal device 7 on the writing side are connected one-to-one on the home bus 6, a separate means is provided to determine which terminal device is written. Keba, home bus 6J:
, the initial setting operation can be performed even if the home control device and the terminal device are in a many-to-many connection state.

It goes without saying that the function of the writing section 10 can be included in the main control section 1 and realized by software.

In the above configuration, the home controller device 9 acts so that it can send a write signal with arbitrary data content to the line at the time of initial setting of each terminal device. This has the effect of making it unnecessary.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described using FIG. 2. The difference in FIG. 2 from the above embodiment is that the writing section 1
0 is not connected to the transmitting/receiving unit 5 and further to the home bus 6, but through the entire independent dedicated line 11 for writing,
The configuration is such that it connects to the terminal device 7 to which data is to be written. According to this configuration, at the time of initial setting of the terminal equipment, the home controller device 9 becomes a writing device dedicated to each terminal equipment, and it becomes possible to send a writing signal to a specific terminal equipment at any time. Not only is this unnecessary, but there is also the advantage that the initial setting operation can be performed even when other systems are in operation on the same home buffer 6.

Effects of the Invention As described above, the home control device of the present invention provides the following effects.

(1) In a system using this home control device, since a large number of terminal devices are centrally controlled or monitored by - home control devices, only one writing section is provided in the home control device. This eliminates the need for an initial setting section, which conventionally required all terminal devices, and has the effect of significantly reducing the cost of the entire system.

2) It can also greatly contribute to the miniaturization and miniaturization of each terminal device.

■) Furthermore, since each terminal device is configured so that its own initial settings cannot be changed by itself, there is no risk of the contents being accidentally (or intentionally) rewritten even if the terminal devices are installed in various locations in the room, increasing system reliability. It also leads to improved sexual performance.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a home control device according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of a home control device according to the second embodiment, and FIG.
The figure is a system configuration diagram of a conventional home control device. 1... Main control section, 4...-8... Initial setting section, 6... Home path, 7... Terminal device, 9...・Home control device, 11・
・・・・・・Dedicated line. Name of agent: Patent attorney Toshio Nakao and 1 other person6-
--Home (Figure 2 and Figure 3)

Claims (1)

[Claims] A transmitting/receiving unit that sends control signals to terminal devices each having its own address via the home bus or receives response signals from each of the terminal devices, and a transmitting/receiving section provided for monitoring the status of each of the terminal devices. A display unit, an operation unit consisting of a key input means provided for sending control signals to each of the terminal devices, and a self address and a destination address indicating each of the terminal devices to be controlled are set and registered. an initial setting section including means, and a control signal connected to the transmitting/receiving section, the display section, the operating section, and the initial setting section, and for controlling the corresponding terminal device according to key input from the operating section. a main controller comprising a means for transmitting the transmitted content to the transmitting/receiving section or displaying the sent contents on the display section according to a response signal from each of the terminal devices transmitted from the transmitting/receiving section; a home control unit connected to the main control unit and provided with a means for writing a self-address that each terminal device should have individually according to initial settings; and an initial setting writing unit for each terminal device. Device.