JPH05308440A - Setting revision controller for isdn network terminal equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To automatically revise the setting to a reception terminal equipment from a remote location by effectively utilizing specified data. CONSTITUTION:A host computer 11 controls a communication controller 12 based on program data, the host computer 11 and the communication controller 12 are used for caller terminal equipments and they are connected to 1st-n-th data processing terminal equipments 14a-14n as reception terminal equipments via an ISDN network 13 through communication permission. The 1st to n-th data processing terminal equipments 14a-14n are interconnected by using a signal line 15 and the setting of each of the terminal equipments 14a-14n is revised through the signal line 15. In this case, the host computer 11 has a setting revision control function controlling various settings for communication of the terminal equipments 14a-14n from a remote location to revise the setting automatically and has a control function utilizing subaddress information between the terminal equipments to apply revision control to the setting content of the called destination terminal equipment.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ISDN (Integrated Digital Communication Service) network terminal used for communication of setting data such as current time, operating time, availability of operation, and card inquiry. The present invention relates to a setting change control device for an ISDN network terminal capable of efficiently changing various settings.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, an ISDN communication device is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3, the calling signal output from the calling terminal 51 is transmitted to the DSUs (digital line termination units) 52, 54 and I
A specific receiving terminal 55a of a call destination via the SDN network 53
To 55h, and when this receiving terminal receives a calling signal, both terminals 51, 55a-5
Communication is connected for 5 hours.

In this case, various kinds of setting operations such as time setting and operation setting of the receiving terminal are directly performed by an attendant for each terminal, so that the attendant work is required. For this reason, the staff will be troubled each time there is a request for a setting change such as a time setting change or an operation setting change. As a result, a large labor cost is required and it is possible to automatically change the setting. The development of a setting change system was desired.

[0004]

Therefore, the present invention focuses on specified data handled as pre-processing at the time of communication, and by effectively utilizing this specified data, the setting for the receiving terminal can be automatically performed from a remote location. It is an object of the present invention to provide a setting change control device for an ISDN network terminal capable of changing settings.

[0005]

According to the present invention, a calling signal output from a calling terminal is transmitted to a called receiving terminal via an ISDN network, and the receiving terminal receives the calling signal. At this time, an ISDN network terminal for outputting an incoming call signal to establish a communication connection between both terminals, wherein both the outgoing call signal and the incoming call signal output by the terminal are provided with subaddress information, and the subaddress information is provided. In addition, the setting change control data for changing the setting of the terminal is recorded and set, and the setting change of the ISDN network terminal including the setting change control means for permitting the change of various settings of the called terminal based on the sub-address information is performed. It is a control device.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the setting change control data for changing the setting of the terminal is recorded in the sub-address information provided in the data area of the calling signal and the incoming signal which the terminal outputs as a pre-processing at the time of communication. When changing the setting of the called terminal, the setting change control means controls the setting of the called terminal based on the setting change control data recorded in the sub-address information at the time of data transmission.

[0007]

As described above, the setting of the terminal can be changed by utilizing the sub-address information added to the signal when the terminal makes or receives a call, and the communication can be controlled from a remote place to automatically perform various terminal operations. The setting can be changed, and as a result, the setting work by the staff can be omitted. Moreover, since this sub-address information uses a part of the regulation data defined in the regulation format which is handled as a pre-processing at the time of communication, the communication cost becomes unnecessary.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a control circuit of a setting change control device for an ISDN network terminal, in which a host computer 11 controls the communication control device 12 based on program data, and the host computer 11 and the communication control device 1
2 as a calling terminal, and first to nth data processing terminals 14a to 14 as receiving terminals via the ISDN network 13
n is allowed to communicate and connected.

The above-mentioned first to nth data processing terminals 14a
14n connect each terminal 14a-14n with the signal line 15, and each terminal 14a is connected via this signal line 15.
Change the setting of ~ 14n.

In this case, the host computer 11 has a setting change control function for performing communication control and automatically changing various settings of the data processing terminals 14a to 14n from a remote position. It has a control function to change and control the setting contents of the called terminal by utilizing the sub-address information.

FIG. 2 shows a communication state between terminals using an ISDN network defined by a specified format at the time of communication. The specified communication operation will be described below. Now, the transmitting terminal side is the receiving terminal side. When a call signal is output to the receiver side, a signal for call setting, which is handled as a pre-process for communication connection, is transmitted to the receiving terminal side (communication step n1), and when the receiving terminal side accepts this call setting, Reply to that,
By confirming the response based on this, communication connection is established between both terminals. At this time, if the incoming call is rejected due to communication, the data indicating that communication is impossible is returned to the calling terminal together with the signal for call setting acceptance (communication step n2).

[0012] Then, after returning to the receiving terminal side that the communication is disconnected after the communication connection is completed or because communication is impossible,
The receiving terminal side sends a return call release signal to the transmitting terminal side as a post-processing of the communication connection, and the transmitting terminal sends back to the receiving terminal side that the releasing is completed, and the communication is completed. Prepare for the next communication transaction (communication steps n3 to n
Five ).

FIG. 3 shows sub-address information at the time of communication, which is transmitted as a part of call setup, and this sub-address information is included in a call setup message which is a part of a prescribed format which is handled as pre-processing at the time of communication. One of the calling terminals has calling sub-address information 31, and the other receiving terminal has called sub-address information 32, which are processed for communication at the time of call setup.

The calling sub-address information 31 has a data area which can be arbitrarily set by the user in the call setting message. For example, the calling ID is set in the 20-byte data area.
The information element identifier 31a and the like and the setting instruction information 31b such as various setting change instruction codes are shared and set, and these pieces of information are transmitted as the calling subaddress information of the call setting.

The destination sub-address information 32 is constructed in the same manner as the calling sub-address information 31 described above, and an information element identifier 32a such as a calling ID is provided in a 20-byte data area.
And the setting control information 32b such as the current time of the terminal, the operation handling time, the card handling time, the function designation item, the failure analysis log in the terminal ... Reply as information. The correspondence at this time is confirmed by collating the information element identifiers 31a and 32a of both.

The processing operation of the setting change control device of the ISDN network terminal thus constructed will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First to nth data processing terminals 14a
14n are normally waiting for data processing from the host computer 11 (step n11).

In this standby state, the host computer 11
When the communication control device 12 receives the command of, for example, calls the first data processing terminal 14a, the terminal 1 of the calling destination
4a is source / destination subaddress information 31, 3 corresponding to each other.
According to 2, it is judged whether or not it is the transmission data for the terminal setting request (step n12).

The result of this judgment is card inquiry, log transmission,
In the case of normal data transmission such as file update and program maintenance, the normal type data is transferred and processed (step n13).

At this time, when the data for the setting request is transmitted to the first data processing terminal 14a, the information element identifiers 31a, 3a of the subaddress information of the calling side and the called side.
2a is collated and confirmed, and the setting request data instructed from the host computer 11 is among the various setting data.
Either one is specified (step n14), and the setting of the specified setting data is changed according to the instruction of the specified setting data. For example, when the host computer 11 gives an instruction to change the setting of the current time, the first data processing terminal device 14a which receives the instruction changes the present time held in the terminal device 14a to the instructed time ( Step n15a
~ N15e ...).

However, when the information element identifiers 31a and 32a of the source / destination subaddress information do not match, or when the setting change of the instructed setting data is completed, the communication from the host computer 11 side is cut off, and the next To prepare for data communication (step n16).

As described above, when a call is made to or received from the terminal, the setting is changed by utilizing the sub-address information handled as a part of the call. Therefore, it is possible to automatically change the setting of the terminal by controlling communication from a remote place. As a result, the setting work by the staff can be omitted. Moreover, since this sub-address information is used by incorporating it into the prescribed data defined in the prescribed format that is handled as preprocessing at the time of communication, communication costs are also unnecessary.

In the correspondence between the present invention and the configuration of the above-described embodiment, the transmitting terminal of the present invention corresponds to the host computer 11 and the communication control device 12 of the embodiment, and the same applies to the receiving terminal. Correspond to the first to nth data processing terminals 14a to 14n, the subaddress information corresponds to the originating subaddress information 31 and the destination subaddress information 32, and the setting change control means corresponds to the host computer 11. However, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a control circuit block diagram of a setting change control device for an ISDN network terminal according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a communication state of the ISDN network terminal of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing sub-address information at the time of communication of the ISDN network terminal of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a setting change control operation of the ISDN network terminal of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a communication state of a communication device of a conventional ISDN network.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 ... Host computer 12 ... Communication control device 13 ... ISDN network 14a-14n ... Data processing terminal 31, 32 ... Sub-address information

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A calling signal output from a calling terminal is ISD.
It is an ISDN network terminal that transmits to the receiving terminal of the calling destination via the N network, and when this receiving terminal receives the calling signal, outputs an incoming call signal to establish a communication connection between both terminals. The sub-address information is provided in both the outgoing call signal and the incoming call signal output from the terminal, and the setting change control data for changing the terminal setting is recorded and set in the sub-address information, and based on the sub-address information, A setting change control device for an ISDN network terminal, comprising: setting change control means for permitting various settings of a called terminal.