JPH02117256A - Simple data transmitter/receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To inexpensively construct facilities and to improve universality by installing a telephone set additionally which receives a tone signal transmitted from a slave station and generates plural kinds of intermittent tones or synthetic voice based on the reception signal and informs them to a communication destination. CONSTITUTION:When a data signal from a various kinds of sensors 23 in the slave station 20 is inputted to automatic communication equipment 24, automatic line switching is performed via a line control part, etc., in the equipment 24, and also, it is converted to the tone signal based on a DTMF signal in a push-button dial telephone set. The tone signal is transmitted from the slave station 20 to a master station 21 on a public telephone line 52 via central offices 50 and 51, and also, it is transmitted to the telephone set 22 installed additionally via the central office 51. And the telephone set 22 receives the tone signal, and generates the plural kinds of intermittent tone patterns or synthetic voice by the data signal of the sensor 23, then, informs it to the communication destination. In such a way, it is possible to recognize information by installing only the telephone set 22 at an arbitrary location in the transmission/ reception of a few amount of data without being limited by the master station 21, and to obtain inexpensive facility, and to improve the universality.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a simple data transmitting/receiving device using a public telephone line, and more specifically, a simple data transmitting/receiving device that automatically reports information from various sensors such as management monitoring and security systems of industrial systems. The present invention relates to a data transmitting/receiving device.

[Conventional technology]

Normally, large computers send and receive data using public telephone lines. A data transmitting/receiving device using this public telephone line is shown in FIG. 4 and will be explained. This data transmitting/receiving device connects a slave station (1) and a master station (2) via a public telephone line (3) to a telephone exchange (4) (
5) Connect. The above slave station (1) and master station (2) are C
PU (central processing unit) (6) (7), modem (8)
) (9) and NCtJ (precision control device) (10)
It consists of (11).

Data transmission and reception by the data transmission and reception device is performed as follows. That is, in the slave station (1), the CPU (
6) is sent to the modem (8) and NCU (1).
The data transmitted from the slave station (1) is received by the master station (2). This master station (2)
Then, data is sent to the CPU (7) via the NCU (11) and modem (9), and output from the CPU (7).

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

By the way, the data transmitting and receiving device described above is suitable for transmitting and receiving a large amount of data at high speed, but the device itself is very expensive, and it is difficult to automatically report information from various sensors such as management monitoring of industrial systems and security systems. The equipment was expensive and unsuitable for sending and receiving small amounts of data, such as when sending and receiving small amounts of data.

Therefore, the present applicant has previously proposed a simple data transmitting and receiving device that transmits and receives small amounts of data at low speed (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6
2 214760.214761.214762.27
9770). Furthermore, recently, there has been a demand for improved versatility in the reporting means used in the above-mentioned simple data transmitting/receiving device.

Therefore, the present invention has been proposed in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its object is to provide a simple filter transmitting/receiving device that can realize improved versatility.

[Means to solve the problem]

The technical means for achieving the above object of the present invention is to transmit a tone signal based on a DTMF signal in a push-button dial telephone from a slave station over a public telephone line, and receive the tone signal at a master station. A simple data transmitting/receiving device that converts various data signals including input signals of various sensors in the slave station into BCD signals, receives tone signals transmitted from the slave station, and receives human input signals of the sensor. This is a simple data transmitting/receiving device equipped with a telephone that reports information based on the information using multiple types of intermittent tones or synthesized voices.

[Effect]

In the simple data transmitting/receiving device according to the present invention, the slave station transmits various data signals including input signals of various sensors to the IJT.
Based on the MF signal (converted to a tone signal), this tone signal is transmitted from the slave 4 via the public telephone line and received by the selected telephone. This telephone transmits information based on human data signals from various sensors at the slave station using a plurality of types of intermittent tones or synthesized voices based on the information.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of a simple data transmitting/receiving device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3.

The simple data transmitting/receiving device shown in Fig. 1 consists of a pair of slave stations (2
1) and a master station (21), and the feature of the present invention is that a telephone Jfi (22) is added separately from the master station (21).

In the above slave station (20), (23) is analog human power,
Various sensors for automatic notification using non-voltage contact manual input and pulse input, etc. (24) is the automatic notification device described below to which the above various sensors (23) are input connected, (25) is an existing telephone, (26) is the above-mentioned Automatic notification device (24) and telephone (2
The disconnection connected to 5) is a device that disconnects the automatic notification device (24) from the line in the event of electrical interference or the like.

(27) is a protector connected to the container (26). The automatic notification device (24) has a built-in CPtJ (2E()) as shown in Fig. 2, and various sensors (23).
A multiplexer (29) and an A/D are connected between the analog input terminal and the CPU (28).
Connect the converter (30). Further, a power supply switching unit (31) is connected between the power input terminal and the CPU (28). On the other hand, a telephone (25
), a line control unit (32) that executes automatic line switching with
and D 'r' M F on push-button dial telephones.
(Dual Tone Multi Froquo
DTM that generates tone signals based on ncy) signals
Connect FIC (33). In addition, the external terminal has
A setting device (34) can be connected as necessary. This setting device (34) is used to set initial data such as selection of reporting destination, telephone number, reporting timing, etc. of the master station (21) or telephone (22) to the CPU (28) by operating the numeric keypad or the like. In addition, in the telephone (22), a plurality of types (for example, 7 types) of intermittent tone patterns or synthetic voice patterns for reporting information based on input signals of various sensors 9-(23) are sent to the CPU (28) in advance. The settings are stored in a ROM board or the like. In the figure, (35) is a time base (
36) is a switch for switching between home and absence status.

Next, in the master station (21) in FIG. 1, (37) is an automatic receiving device, which will be described later, and (38) and (39) are a personal combinator and printer connected to the automatic receiving device (37). The automatic receiving device (37) has a built-in CPU (40) as shown in FIG.
0), a line control unit (42) that performs automatic line switching with the existing telephone set (41), and DTMF/BCD.
Conversion section (43), OFF hook dial/DTMF generation signal system? Part a (44), personal computer (3
8) 7! l<Connected B CD/R5232C conversion unit (45), data memory unit (46), printer (3)
The circuit includes a printer I/F section (47) to which the printer 9) is connected, a power supply section (48), and a setting device 1/F section (49) to which a setting device (34) can be connected if necessary. This setting device (34) is the automatic notification device (
As in case 24), data such as dial pulse type and telephone number are set in the CPU (40) etc. by operating the numeric keypad or the like.

In the simple data transmitting/receiving device according to the present invention, as shown in FIG.
1), and at the same time, a telephone (22) is connected to the slave station (20) separately from the master station (21).

Before using the above simple data transmitting/receiving device, connect the setting device (34) to the automatic reporting device (24) of the slave station (20), select the reporting destination of the master station (21) or telephone (22), and make a telephone call. Initial data such as numbers and notification timing are sent to the CPU (
28).

When using the simple data transmitting/receiving device, when a data signal by analog input, non-voltage contact input, or pulse input is input from any of the various sensors (23) to the automatic notification device (24), the CPU (28) The line control section (3
2), automatic line switching is executed, and DTMF
The IC (33) converts the data signal into a tone signal based on the DTMF signal in the push-button dial telephone. This tone signal is sent from the slave station (20) to the telephone station (50) via the cutter (26) and protector (27).
It is transmitted to the master station (21) via the public telephone line (52) via the exchange (51).

In the automatic receiving device (37) of the master station (21), the CPU
Under the control of (40), the line control unit (42) automatically switches the line, automatically detects a call from the automatic notification device (24), connects the line, and converts the data signal from various sensors (23) for automatic notification to the line control unit (42). Automatically receive tone signals based on The tone signal based on this DTMF signal is DTMF/BC
It is converted into a BCD signal by the D converter (43), and when using the personal computer (38), it is converted into a BCD/R523 signal.
The signal is converted into an R3232C signal by the 2C converter (45) and output, and the information based on the various sensors (23) is processed by the personal computer (38). Also, when using the printer (39), the printer I/F section (
47), and information based on the various sensors (23) is printed by the blink (39).

The tone signal is thus transmitted from the slave station (20) to the master station (21) via the telephone station (50) (51) over the public telephone line (52), while at the same time is also separately transmitted to the telephone (22). The above telephone (22
) receives a tone signal of the DTMF signal based on data signals from various sensors (23) corresponding to reporting factors generated in the slave station (20), and receives information from the data signal from this sensor (23). A notification is made by generating an intermittent sound or synthetic voice based on this.

In the above embodiment, the slave station (20) and the master station (21) are one
Although a case has been described in which there is one telephone (22) in a one-to-one relationship, the present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention is not limited to this.
(22) It is also possible to provide (22)-.

〔Effect of the invention〕

The simple data transmitting/receiving device according to the present invention is equipped with a telephone that reports information obtained by various sensors at the slave station using multiple intermittent tones or synthesized voices. It is possible to provide a simple data transmitting/receiving device that can be installed in a location to recognize information, is inexpensive in terms of equipment, and has great versatility when transmitting and receiving small amounts of data. These simple data transmitting and receiving devices are used for automatic meter reading of gas, water, and electricity, monitoring of abnormalities in FA operation management, management and monitoring of industrial systems such as temperature control of freezing and refrigeration equipment, safety management of sick people at home, fire alarms, etc. The effect will be great if applied to security systems.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

1 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a simple data transmitting/receiving device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a slave station of the simple data transmitting/receiving device of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the simple data transmitting/receiving device of FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a master station of the simple data transmitting/receiving device. FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram showing a conventional example of a data transmitting/receiving device. (20) -Slave station, (21) -Master station, (2
2) -Telephone, (23) -Various sensors, (
52) -Public telephone line. Patent agent: Takemoto Electric Instruments Co., Ltd.
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Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A simple data transmitting/receiving device that transmits a tone signal based on a DTMF signal from a push-button dial telephone over a public telephone line from a slave station, receives the tone signal at a master station, and converts it into a BCD signal, Converting various data signals including input signals of various sensors in the slave station and receiving tone signals transmitted from the slave station,
A simple data transmitting/receiving device characterized in that it is equipped with a telephone that reports information based on the input signal of the sensor using a plurality of types of intermittent tones based on the information. (2) A simple data transmitting/receiving device that transmits a tone signal based on a DTMF signal in a push-button dial telephone from a slave station over a public telephone line, receives the tone signal at a master station, and converts it into a BCD signal, Converting various data signals including input signals of various sensors in the slave station and receiving tone signals transmitted from the slave station,
A simple data transmitting/receiving device characterized in that it is equipped with a telephone that reports information from the input signal of the sensor using a plurality of types of voices synthesized based on the information.