JPH056327A - System for setting up firmware for controlling peripheral device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make it unnecessary for a system supervisor to recognize firmware necessary for each control device by automatically setting up necessary firmware. CONSTITUTION:A recognizing/informing means 1 recognizes the sorts of peripheral devices 102 to 104 connected to a control device 101 and informs the recognized results to a host computer 100. An accepting/analyzing means 2 accepts and analyzes the information of these sorts. An editing means 3 selects and edits firmware necessary for the control of the sorts. A transfer means 4 transfers the selected firmware to the control device 101. A receiving/starting means 5 receives and starts the firmware.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a peripheral device control firmware setting method, and more particularly to a peripheral device control firmware setting method for a control device connecting a plurality of connectable peripheral devices.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional peripheral device control firmware setting method, a system administrator who intends to use a peripheral device defines the system environment after confirming the peripheral device type and connection conditions, The firmware had to be selected, edited, and given information to transfer to the controller.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional peripheral device control firmware setting method, it is necessary for the user to define the system environment and provide information for editing and transferring the necessary firmware. It was This has the drawback that it is troublesome and that the definition error of the system environment may occur.

An object of the present invention is to provide a peripheral device control firmware setting method capable of automatically selecting the firmware required for a peripheral device connected to a host computer through the control device and automatically providing the firmware to the control device. Especially.

[0005]

A firmware setting method for controlling a peripheral device according to the present invention is a firmware setting method for controlling a peripheral device for selecting a firmware for a control device connected to a host computer to control the peripheral device. A recognition and notification unit that recognizes the type of the peripheral device connected to the device and notifies the host computer of the type of the peripheral device, and the host computer accepts and analyzes the notification of the type of the peripheral device. Acceptance analysis means, editing means for selecting and editing the firmware necessary for control of the peripheral device in the host computer according to the type of the peripheral device, and the firmware edited by the editing means from the host computer to the control device. Transfer means for transferring to the host and the control device for the host It is configured to include a reception starting means for receiving and activation of the firmware transferred from the computer.

[0006]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a firmware setting system for controlling a peripheral device according to the present invention. Figure 1
As shown in FIG.
And a control device 1 connected to the host computer 100
01 and the peripheral device 102 connected to the control device 101
And a peripheral device 103 connectable to the control device 101 and a peripheral device 104 connectable to the control device 101. The firmware required for each peripheral device is stored in the system file of the host computer 100. Further, 1 is a recognition notification means, 2 is an acceptance analysis means, 3
Is an editing means, 4 is a transfer means, and 5 is a reception activation means.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the recognition notifying means 1 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the processing of the recognition notifying unit 1 includes a peripheral device type recognition step 11 and a peripheral device type notification step 12.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the acceptance analysis means 2 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the process of the acceptance analysis unit 2 includes a peripheral device type notification acceptance step 21, a peripheral device type notification analysis step 22, and an analysis content transmission step 23.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the editing means 3 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the processing of the editing means 3 includes a corresponding firmware selecting step 31 and a firmware editing step 32.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the transfer means 4 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the processing of the transfer means 4 includes a firmware transfer step 41.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the reception starting means 5 of FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the process of the reception activation means 5 includes a firmware reception step 51 and a firmware activation step 52.

Next, the operation of this embodiment thus constructed will be described.

First, when the control device 101 is started up and reset, the recognition notifying means 1 automatically recognizes the type of the connected peripheral device (step 11) and notifies it to the host computer 100 (step 11). Step 12).

Therefore, the acceptance analysis unit 2 on the host computer 100 accepts the type information of the peripheral device notified by the recognition notifying unit 1 (step 21), analyzes the information (step 22), and analyzes the result. Edit means 3
(Step 23).

Based on the analysis result, the editing means 3 selects the firmware required for the connected peripheral device from the system file on the host computer 100 (step 31) and edits it (step 32). ..

The transfer means 4 of the host computer 100 transfers the firmware edited by the editing means 3 to the control device 101 (step 41).

Therefore, the control device 101 receives the firmware transferred by the transfer means 4 by the reception start-up means 5 (step 51) and starts it (step 5).
2).

[0019]

As described above, the peripheral device control firmware setting method according to the present invention automatically sets the firmware required for the peripheral device connected at the time of startup and reset of the control device. , The system administrator recognizes the firmware required for each control unit,
This has the effect of eliminating the need to edit and transfer to the controller.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a firmware setting system for controlling a peripheral device of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the recognition notifying means 1 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the acceptance analysis means 2 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the editing means 3 of FIG.

5 is a flow chart showing an example of the operation of the transfer means 4 of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation of the reception activation means 5 of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 recognition notification means 2 acceptance analysis means 3 editing means 4 transfer means 5 reception activation means 100 host computer 101 control devices 102 to 104 peripheral devices

Claims (1)

Claim: What is claimed is: 1. A peripheral device control firmware setting method for selecting firmware for a control device that is connected to a host computer to control a peripheral device. Recognition notification means for recognizing the type and notifying the host computer of the type of the peripheral device, acceptance analysis means for accepting and analyzing the notification of the type of the peripheral device in the host computer, and the host computer in the Editing means for selecting and editing firmware required for control according to the type of peripheral device, transfer means for transferring the firmware edited by the editing means from the host computer to the control device, and the control device The firmware transferred from the host computer at Peripheral device control firmware setting method characterized by having a reception starting means for performing reception and start.