JPH04167896A - Jack for information receptacle and home bus system having jack - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To set information such as own address information by dividing a specific contact member, utilizing one contact division member so as to provide information set to a jack to a plug. CONSTITUTION:Information contacts L1-L6 and address contacts A1-A6 are provided to a jack opening in one line and control signal and power supply contacts D1, D2 are arranged. Each of one terminal of the contacts A1-A6 is connected to the power supply contact D1 via a pull-up resistor R and each of the other contacts A1-A6 is connected to the feeding contact D2 via each switch S of a dip switch 12. Thus, the level of the contacts A1-A6 is set to a logical 1 (low) or logical 0 (high) in response to the setting of each switch S. A plug 30 has control signal and power supply contacts d1, d2 and information contacts l1, l6 at positions corresponding to the jack 10. When the plug 30 is plugged into the jack 10, power is supplied to a terminal equipment and address information of the jack 10 is sent. Thus, the information set to the jack is given to the plug.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an information outlet jack and a home bus system having the jack, and particularly to an information outlet suitable for address management and operation of each terminal device in a home bus system. The present invention relates to a jack and a home bus system having the jack.

[Prior Art] FIG. 8 is an external perspective view of a jack of a conventional information outlet (8-pin modular connector for twisted pair cable). In addition, FIG. 8 is shown with a part cut away so that the inside of the jack can be seen.

In FIG. 8, 1-0 is the jack body, 11 is an opening for inserting a plug (not shown), Dl and D2 are control signal and power supply contacts, L1 to l-16 are information contacts, 2
0 is a twisted pair cable connecting control signal and power supply contacts D1 and D2 and information contacts L1 to L6 to the home bus.

Various terminal devices with plugs, air conditioners, ventilation fans, etc.
(temperature sensor, room controller, etc.) are connected to the home bus through the above-mentioned jacks and placed under the control of the home bus controller (HBC). Therefore, each terminal device requires a unique terminal address.
Conventionally, each terminal device had its own terminal address set.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, for example, when a user attempts to install or add a new terminal device, the user must find a unique terminal address and set it in the terminal device each time.

Moreover, when the user randomly determines the terminal address using this method, the terminal address does not have the meaning of a mere identifier -E, so W B C can determine which room ( It is not possible to obtain rational and useful management information such as whether the terminal device belongs to a group (group) or what type of terminal device it belongs to.

For this reason, conventionally, terminal address management on the home bus,
Operation had become extremely complicated.

The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and aims to provide a new and useful information outlet jack in which information such as its own address information can be set.

The present invention also eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art and aims to provide an information outlet jack having its own address information.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a home bus system that uses such a jack and operates correctly without the user having to set a terminal address each time.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, the information outlet jack of the present invention according to claim 1 has a jack main body having an opening 1'' portion for inserting a plug of a terminal device. and a plurality of contact members provided inside the opening, and a specific contact portion of the plurality of contact portions H is divided in the insertion direction of the plug.

Further, the information outlet jack of the present invention according to claim 2 further includes an address setting means for setting its own address information on the jack body, and the own address information set by the address setting means is The signal is transmitted to the plug via the divided contact member.

Furthermore, the home bus system according to claim 3 applies the invention according to claim 2 as an information outlet jack, and the plug is inserted into a part of the opening of the jack, and the plug is inserted into a part of the opening of the jack. When the plug is brought into electrical contact with one of the divided contact members of the jack, the terminal device reads out the address information of the jack and uses this as part of the address information of its own terminal device. Part 6--Completing the address information of the own terminal device as part, and then inserting the plug into all of the openings of the jack, and inserting the plug into the other split contact of the split contact member of the jack. When a member is electrically contacted, the terminal device first notifies the home bus of the address information of the completed own terminal device, and then the terminal device notifies the completed own terminal device of the completed own terminal device. It was decided to perform information communication with the home bus side using address information.

[Function] In the information outlet jack of the present invention as set forth in claim 1, the specific contact member is divided, so that information is not only passed through, but also set to the jack using one of the divided contact members. information can be given to the plug.

Further, in the information outlet jack of the present invention as set forth in claim 2, the information set in the jack is its own address information. This is given to the terminal device via the plug, and the terminal device can utilize this address information.

In the home bus system according to claim 3, the invention according to claim 2 is applied as the jack of the information outlet, so that the plug is inserted into a part of the opening of the jack, and the plug is inserted into the opening of the jack. Address information of the jack is provided when one of the split contact members of the jack is electrically contacted. The home bus system requires address information for each terminal device, and the terminal device completes its own address information by using the address information of the jack as part of its own address information. The completed address information must be provided to the home bus side, but this cannot be done when the plug is inserted into a portion of the gap 1'' of the jack. Therefore, when the plug is inserted into all of the openings of the jack and the plug is electrically contacted with the other divided contact member of the divided contact members of the jack, first, the terminal device The completed address information of the own terminal device is notified to the home bus side. After this, similar to the conventional home bus system, the terminal device communicates information with the Baum bus side using the completed address information of the own terminal device.

Example Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view of the jack of the information outlet (modular connector for twisted pair cables) of the embodiment. Note that parts that do not perform the same functions as those in FIG. 8 are given the same reference numerals. Further, in FIG. 1, a part is cut away so that the inside of the jack can be seen.

In FIG. 1, Dl and D2 are control signal and power supply contacts whose arrangement, shape, and dimensions in the opening 11 are the same as those in FIG. 8. L1 to L6 are information contacts, and their arrangement in the opening 1-1 is the same as that in FIG. ing. A1 to A6 are address contacts, each of which is an information contact I located in front of the opening 11-.

It is provided on the same line as 1 to L6. Reference numeral 12 denotes address setting means (for example, a dip switch), which includes six switch circuits, which will be described later, connected to address contacts A1 to A6.

FIG. 2 is an electrical connection diagram of the information outlet of the embodiment. In FIG. 2, one of the address contacts A1 to ○ is connected to the power supply contact DI (-1-) via a pull-up resistor R1, and the other is connected to the power supply contact D2 via each switch S of the dip switch 12. Connected to (-). As a result, address contacts A1-A6 are set to logic 1 (LOW>level or logic 0 (HIG) depending on the settings of each switch S.
H) Become a level. 30 is a plug and jack 10
Control signal and power supply contacts d1 and d2 at positions corresponding to
and information contact points 11 to 6.

FIGS. 3A to 3C are diagrams illustrating the operation of each contact when inserting the plug 30 into the jack 10.

Fig. 3 (A> shows the state before the plug 30 is inserted; in this figure, 40 is a device cable connected to a terminal device (not shown); 13 is a cable for temporarily stopping the insertion of the plug 30 midway through; , D and d are control signal and power supply contacts, LJ is an information contact, and A is an address contact.In this state, when you start inserting the plug 30 into the jack 10,
First, the power supply contact and d come into contact and power is supplied to the terminal device,
At the same time or a little later, the address contact A and the information contact j come into contact and the address information of the jack 10 is sent to the terminal device.

FIG. 3(B) shows a state in which the plug 30 is inserted to the stopper 13 position, and at this point the power supply contact and d
, and address contact A and information contact ρ are still in contact. This gives the terminal device sufficient time to read the address information. When the user feels that the plug 30 is in contact with the stopper 13, the user further pushes the plug 30
is pushed inward, thereby maintaining contact between the power supply contact and d, but cutting off contact between the address contact A and the information contact Q.

Note that even at normal insertion speed, address contact A and information contact ρ
If sufficient contact time is obtained between
There is no need to provide 3.

FIG. 3(C) shows a state in which the plug 30 has been inserted to its final position, and at this point, the power supply contact d and the information contact O are in contact. Thus, from now on, the terminal device is placed under the control of the HBC via the home bus.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the terminal device according to the embodiment. In FIG. 4, 50 is information: 1 cent, which consists of a jack 10 and a plug 30. 61° is 1 chip CPU
, and performs main control of the terminal device under the control of MBC. This CPU 61- has a memory 62 for holding its own terminal address, which will be described later. Reference numeral 63 denotes a home bus protocol controller (BPC), which interfaces control signals with the home bus according to a predetermined home bus protocol, and also controls the CPU.
Control information is exchanged with 61. C is a capacitor that separates the control signals on the feed lines D1 and D2,
Alternatively, it is for superimposing a control signal on the power supply lines D1 and D2. 64 is a power receiving/power feeding section, and power feeding lines D1, D
It receives electric power through 2, converts it to a predetermined voltage, and supplies it to the CPU'61 and HB)) C63.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the relationship between terminal devices and device addresses in the embodiment. For example, if the terminal device has a device address according to its type, management and operation on the home bus becomes extremely easy. For example, the air conditioner is "01", the ventilation fan is "03", the temperature sensor is rlOJ, and the room controller is "90". In this way, since the device address can be set in advance at the manufacturing stage, the user can remain indifferent about the device address.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the terminal address forming procedure in the terminal device of the embodiment. Plug 30 to jack 10
When you start inserting, the power receiving/supplying part 64 starts receiving/supplying power, and as a result, a power-on reseller circuit (not shown) operates in the CPU 61 or HBPC'63, and when this circuit is activated, It is energized by this and advances to step S1.

In step S1, by waiting for a predetermined time T, it is ensured that the address information of the jack 10 sent through the information lines 01 to ρ6 is completely read. In step S2, CP
The address information (for example, r 10J ) of the jack 10 is read through the input port of U61. In step S3, the read address information of the jack 10 is "10".
and the device address (for example, rol, , 4) built in the CI) U 61 in advance to create the terminal address r l O
Form O1,J.

In step S4, the formed terminal address [1001-1
is registered in the memory 62, and thereafter this terminal device operates with its own terminal address as "1-001".

FIG. 7 is a connection diagram of the home bus system of the embodiment.

In FIG. 7, when the home bus 20 is connected to the home bus controller ()-IBC) 70, the home bus 20 crawls through the room 100 and the room 101 as shown in the figure to reach other rooms. Many information outlets 50 are provided on this home bath 20, for example, in the room 1.
00's information console I/50 all have the address "10"
is set, and the address "20" is set for all information outlets 50 in the room 101.

Such settings can be made in advance during the installation work of the home bus 20, and the user does not need to be concerned with them at all.

Next, when the air conditioner 82 is installed in the room 100, the user connects the plug 30 of the air conditioner 82 to the nearest jack 1.
Just plug it into 0. As a result, the air conditioner 82 is connected to the information outlet 50, and at time t:, the terminal address r 1001- which is a combination of the address "10" of the information outlet 50 and the device address [01J of the air conditioner 82]
Form and register J.

Next, when the temperature sensor 84 is installed in the room 100,
The user simply inserts the plug 30 of the temperature sensor 84 into the nearest jack 10 and enters the information outlet 50's address "r", OJ and the device address "1" of the temperature sensor 84.
A terminal address r1010" is formed by combining "0".
be registered. This terminal address r 1010 J is unique because it is different from the terminal address r LO01,,I of the air conditioner 82.

Next, the air conditioner 82 is turned on to room 1-01. If the air conditioner 82 is installed in ” is formed and registered. This terminal address “20]-〇” is unique because it is different from the already registered terminal address [1001j, rlolor.

Thereafter, the ventilation fan 81- and the room controller I/roller 83 can be placed at any time in the same way, and the user does not need to know about the terminal address at all at any time. works correctly.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the room number and the address of the information outlet are made to match, but the present invention is not limited to this. It goes without saying that various other groupings are possible.

Furthermore, the group information (address information of the information outlet) and device information (device address) obtained from the terminal address as in the above-described embodiments are extremely useful for the HBC. For example, the HBC can automatically construct a system that controls the air conditioner 82 based on temperature data from the temperature sensor 84 without any instructions from the user.

Furthermore, if the address of the information outlet is registered in the HBC when the home bus is installed, the HBC can perform group control of the entire home bus system.

Further, although it is fine if there is one device in one room, such as an air conditioner or a television, a plurality of device addresses may be assigned to one room, such as lights, for example.

-1,7-- [Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the information outlet jack of the present invention of claim 1, since the contact member is divided, it can be used for setting information specific to the jack. .

According to the information outlet jack of the present invention as claimed in claim 2, the divided contact member on the front side of the opening is used for address setting, and the address information set by the address setting means is associated with it, so that there is no need to increase the number of cable lines. There is an effect that the address information can be read out from the information outlet in advance without having to increase the address information.

Further, according to the home bus system of the present invention as set forth in claim 3, when a jack has its own address information and a plug is inserted into this jack, the address information of the jack is first read and this is used as the address of the own terminal device. Since the terminal device is included as part of the information, the user has the effect of reducing the need to manage terminal addresses.

For example, if the address for information console 1 is set during the installation of the Hono bus, and the device address is set by the manufacturer, the home bus system will work correctly even if the user has no knowledge of the terminal address. Operate.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an external perspective view of a jack of an information outlet (8-pin modular connector for twisted pair cable) according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an electrical connection diagram of the information outlet of the embodiment, and Fig. 3 (A) to (C) are jacks 10
4 is a block configuration diagram of a terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating the relationship between the terminal device and device addresses of this embodiment. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the terminal address formation procedure in the terminal device of this embodiment, FIG. 7 is a connection diagram of the home bus system of this embodiment, and FIG. 8 is a conventional information outlet (for twisted pair cable FIG. 2 is an external perspective view of a jack of a bin modular type connector. 10... Jack body, 11... Opening, 12...
・Address setting means (for example, dip switch), 13
... Stopper, 20 ... Home bus (twisted pair cable), 30 ... Plug, 40 ... Equipment cable, 50 ... Information outlet, 61 ... C)) L
J, 62...Memory, 63...Bohm bus protocol: 7-inch roller (HBPC,), 64...Power receiving/power supply unit, 70...Home bus controller (HBC)
), 81... Ventilation fan, 82... Air conditioner, 83...
・Room controller, 84...Temperature sensor, 100
．． 101...Room, A1-A6...Address contact,
1) 1.D? , (11, (12... Control signal and power supply contact, L1-L61.111-ρ6... Information contact.

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) In an information outlet jack comprising a jack body having an opening for inserting a plug of a terminal device, and a plurality of contact members provided inside the opening, one of the plurality of contact members. A jack for an information outlet, characterized in that a specific contact member is divided in the insertion direction of the plug. (2) The jack body is provided with an address setting means for setting its own address information, and the own address information set by the address setting means is transmitted to the plug via the divided contact member. The information outlet jack according to claim 1, characterized in that: (3) In a home bus system in which a plurality of terminal devices are connected to a home bus by inserting plugs of the plurality of terminal devices into jacks of an information outlet, the jack of the information outlet is the one according to claim 2. when the plug is inserted into a portion of the opening of the jack and the plug is electrically contacted with one of the divided contact members of the jack,
The terminal device reads the address information of the jack and uses this as part of the address information of the terminal device to complete the address information of the terminal device, and then the plug is inserted into the entire opening of the jack. When the plug is inserted and the plug is electrically contacted with the other divided contact member of the divided contact members of the jack, the terminal device first transmits the address information of the completed own terminal device to the homepage. Notify the bus side and then
A home bus system characterized in that the terminal device performs information communication with the home bus side using address information of the completed own terminal device.