JPH0736987A - Store system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate a need of manual input of initial data in each terminal equipment, by setting initial data from a controller to each of plural terminal equipments connected to the controller. CONSTITUTION:Initial data written in the floppy disk set in a floppy disk drive 16 is transmitted from a data transmission/reception part 17 to POS terminal equipments in accordance with prescribed communication procedures. Each POS terminal equipment, receives initial data transmitted from a controller 2 by a data transmission/reception part 35 and stores this initial data in a prescribed memory area of a RAM 23 to update it.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a store system for managing a terminal device installed in each of a plurality of sales areas in a large store by a single controller.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a large store such as a supermarket, a POS is required for convenience of inventory management and product ordering work.
A store system such as a system is used. This store system uses PCRs such as ECRs provided for each sales floor.
An OS terminal device is connected to a controller via a data transmission line, and this controller is connected to a host device via a public telephone line. Each terminal device executes transaction processing while referring to various setting data according to preset program data. Generally, the program data that defines the processing procedure of the POS terminal device differs not only for each model, but even for the same model, individual POS
There are a plurality of types of program data for executing a specific process assigned to the terminal device. Further, the PLU file that stores product data such as product name and price of each product, in order to reduce the load on the memory in the terminal device,
In many cases, the products handled in each sales floor are limitedly configured, and in such a case, the record data of the PLU file set in the terminal device has different contents for each sales floor group. These data such as program data and PLU record data are reset in each terminal device during maintenance work such as changing the installation position of the terminal device.

[0003]

However, in the conventional store system, the data setting for each terminal device is manually performed in each terminal device. Therefore, in a large store where a large number of terminal devices are installed, new data has to be manually input to each terminal device when the terminal device is newly installed or when the installation location is changed, and the work becomes complicated. There was a problem that setting mistakes were likely to occur.

An object of the present invention is to enable data to be distributed from a controller to each terminal device, eliminating the need to manually input data to each terminal device, simplifying maintenance work, and avoiding setting errors. It is to provide a store system that can be prevented in advance.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a store system in which a plurality of terminal devices are connected to a controller via a data transmission line, and each of the plurality of terminal devices has preset data. In the store system that executes transaction processing based on the above, the controller is provided with data distribution means for distributing data to each of the plurality of terminal devices via a data transmission line, and the terminal device is provided with the controller. It is characterized in that a data updating means for updatingly storing the distributed data is provided.

In the store system according to the invention described in claim 2, the controller includes data management means for managing the contents of individual data different for each installation position of each terminal device, and a data transmission request or transmission command. And an individual data search means for searching the data management means for individual data to be transmitted to the terminal device based on the address data of the installation position of the terminal device.

According to a third aspect of the invention, the controller manages a single or a plurality of contents of each of a plurality of types of attribute data to be set in each terminal device, and a data management means of each terminal device. Setting content storage means for storing a combination of data contents of each attribute to be set for each installation position, and transmission to the terminal device based on address data of the installation position of the terminal device included in the data transmission request or transmission command Data retrieval means for retrieving the contents of the data to be set in the setting content storage means.

[0008]

According to the invention described in claim 1, data is distributed from the controller to each of the plurality of terminal devices via the data transmission line, and each terminal device stores the data distributed from the controller in an updated manner. To do. Therefore, data to be set in each terminal device is managed by the controller, and corresponding data is set from the controller to a specific terminal device as needed.

In the invention described in claim 2, the individual data set for each terminal device is managed by the controller according to the setting state of each terminal device. The controller searches the individual data to be transmitted to the terminal device based on the address data of the installation position included in the individual data transmission request or the transmission command, and transmits the individual data. Therefore,
When the terminal device is newly installed or when the installation place is changed, the address data of the new installation position is transmitted from the terminal device to the controller, whereby individual data matching the installation position is transmitted to the terminal device.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, a single or a plurality of contents for each of a plurality of types of attribute data to be set in each terminal device should be set for each installation position of each terminal device. It is managed in the controller together with the combination of the contents of the data. The controller searches for a combination of data contents to be transmitted to the terminal device based on the address data of the installation position of the terminal device included in the data transmission request or the transmission command. Therefore, for each of the plurality of types of attribute data, the data corresponding to the terminal device is transmitted to each terminal device.

[0011]

1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of a store system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The store system 1 is constructed by connecting a plurality of POS terminal devices 3 to the controller 2 via LAN. The POS terminal device 3 is configured by ECR, and is installed in each of the accounting locations that exist in each sales floor. The POS terminal device 3 is divided into a plurality of channels corresponding to each sales floor and connected to the controller 2. For example, multiple POSs installed in the food section
The terminal device 3 is connected to the controller 2 via the data transmission line of the first channel, and the POS terminal device 3 installed in the clothing section is connected to the controller 2 via the data transmission line of the nth channel. The controller 2 centrally manages sales data and the like relating to transaction processing generated in the POS terminal device 3.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the controller of the controller that constitutes the store system. The control unit of the controller 2 includes a ROM 12 and a RAM 13
It is configured by a CPU 11 having a. This CP
A floppy disk drive 16 is connected to U11 via an interface 14. Further, a plurality of data transmitting / receiving units 17 are connected via each of the plurality of interfaces 15. Each of the plurality of data transmission / reception units corresponds to each channel of 1ch to mch of the data transmission line assigned to each sales floor. The CPU 11 is also connected to a host device (not shown) via the interface 18, and sends POS data such as sales data for each product to the host device. The CPU 11 performs RO based on the received data received by the data transmitting / receiving unit 17.
Each POS according to the program written in M12
Data transmission to the terminal device 3 and the like are performed.

FIG. 3 shows the P which constitutes the above store system.
It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the control part of an OS terminal device.
The control unit of the POS terminal device 3 includes a ROM 22 and a RAM.
The CPU 21 includes a CPU 23. A display 30, a keyboard 31, a printer 32, a card reader 33, a drawer opener 34, and a data transmitter / receiver 35 are connected to the CPU 21 via interfaces 24 to 29. With this data transmission / reception unit 35, the CPU 21 controls the controller 2 via the data transmission line.
Connected to the CPU 11. The CPU 21 executes processing operations relating to transaction processing according to a program written in advance in the ROM 22. The data input / output at this time is RA
It is stored in a predetermined memory area of M23. This RAM
The battery 23 is backed up by a battery, and the stored contents of the RAM 23 are maintained even after the power of the POS terminal device 3 is turned off. At the time of this transaction processing, the CPU 21 outputs display data such as guidance to the operator on the display 30. Further, the CPU 21 outputs print data relating to receipt printing to the printer 32. Furthermore, the drawer opener 3 is used when releasing the lock mechanism that keeps the drawer that stores cash to be withdrawn and withdrawn in the transaction processing in the closed state with respect to the drawer opener 34.
The drive data for 4 is output. On the other hand, while the operation data of the keyboard 31 is input to the CPU 21,
The card data stored in the card presented by the customer is input from the card reader 33.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a part of the processing procedure of the controller and the control unit of the POS terminal device. When transmitting the initial data to the POS terminal device 3, the CPU 11 of the controller 2 transmits an initial load command (n1). CPU 21 of POS terminal device 3
When receiving the initial load command transmitted from the controller 2 (n11), sets its operation mode to the initial load mode (n12) and transmits a response to the controller 2 (n13). C of controller 2
Upon receiving the response from the POS terminal device 3 (n2), the PU 11 starts transmitting initial data to be set in the POS terminal device 3 (n3). CP of POS terminal device 3
Upon receiving the initial data transmitted from the controller 2, the U21 updates and stores the initial data in a predetermined memory area of the RAM 23 (n15).

When the CPU 11 of the controller 2 finishes transmitting all the initial data to be set (n4), it transmits an initial data end command (n5). When the CPU 21 of the POS terminal device 3 receives this end command, it changes the operation mode to the normal mode (n17) and sends an end response (n18). CPU 11 of controller 2
Receives the end response, ends the initial load processing (n6, n7).

As described above, according to this embodiment, the initial data to be set in the specific POS terminal device 3 is created in a personal computer or the like, and the floppy disk storing this data is used as the floppy disk drive 16 of the controller 2. , The initial data can be set from the controller 2 to the specific POS terminal device 3.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing a part of the processing procedure of the controller and the POS terminal device constituting the store system according to the second aspect of the present invention. Floppy disk drive 16 included in controller 2
6, the initial data to be set for all the POS terminal devices 3 constituting the store system is stored together with the address indicating the installation position of the POS terminal device 3. When the installation position of the POS terminal device 3 is changed in this store system, the keyboard 31 of the POS terminal device 3 is operated to input the address of the new installation position.

When the installation address is input from the keyboard 31 (n31), the CPU 21 of the POS terminal 3 sends a request for initial data transmission to the controller 2 together with this installation address (n32). Controller 2
When the CPU 11 receives the initial data transmission request (n
21), search the corresponding initial data in the floppy disk based on the installation address (n22), read the corresponding initial data from the floppy disk, and read P
It is transmitted to the OS terminal device 3 (n23). When the CPU 21 of the POS terminal device 3 receives the initial data transmitted from the controller 2 (n33), the CPU 21 sends it to the RAM 2
3 is updated and stored in a predetermined memory area (n3
4).

When the CPU 11 of the controller 2 completes the transmission of the initial data stored in the floppy disk, it sends an end command (n24, n25). PO
When receiving the end command transmitted from the controller (n35), the CPU 21 of the S terminal device 3 sets the operation mode to the normal mode and transmits an end response (n).
36, n37). The CPU 11 of the controller 2 receives this end response and completes the initial load processing (n
26, n27).

As described above, according to this embodiment, the floppy disk drive 16 included in the controller 2 is included.
By storing the initial data to be set in the POS terminal device 3 in the floppy disk set in the table in correspondence with the installation position, when the installation position of the POS terminal device 3 is changed, By transmitting the changed installation address from the device 3 to the controller 2, it is possible to set initial data matching the installation position from the controller 2 to the POS terminal device 3.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the contents of data managed by the controller which constitutes the store system according to the third embodiment of the invention. The controller 72 constituting the store system 71 includes a plurality of POS terminal devices 7
3 is connected. These plural POS terminal devices 73
Of each of the three types of terminal devices T1 to T3, and each of the three types of POS programs P
The processing operation is executed by any one of 1 to P3. Also, P
The OS terminal device 73 includes 10 types of groups (G1 to G1).
It is divided into 0). Further, each POS terminal device 73 is provided with an individual identification number, and an address number for specifying its installation position is set.

The controller 72 has a program file F1, a data file F2 and a management table D1. The program file F1 stores a plurality of types of programs to be supplied to each of the POS terminal devices 73. The data file F2 is stored in the POS terminal device 73.
It stores multiple types of data to be set in each of the. The management table D1 includes an identification number, an address number, a POS type (T1 to T3), and a program type to be supplied (P1 to P1) for each of the plurality of POS terminal devices 73.
P3) and group numbers (G1 to G10) are stored.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a file management directory in the controller. The file name of the program file is common to each program, but is managed as a separate file by the directory. That is, the controller 72 searches the management table T1 for the model number of the POS terminal device 73 based on the address number of the POS terminal device 73 to which the program data should be distributed, and finds the program data of the corresponding model number for the POS terminal device. It transmits to the device 73.

The data files are classified by department, transaction and P
One file is managed for each setting data item such as the OS condition. As shown in FIG. 9, this data file stores all common data in each POS terminal device 7 in the controller 72.
It is stored in the same configuration as the configuration set in 3. On the other hand, the controller 72 stores group common data for 10 groups, of which one corresponding group common data is set in each POS terminal device 73. Also, the controller 72 uses the address number 6
The setting data for 30 units is stored in one file, and among them, one setting data specified by the address number is stored in each POS terminal device 73. In this way, each data is stored in the controller 72 in a state according to its attribute. This group common data is
For example, it is data that is commonly set for each group configured by a plurality of POS terminal devices 73 installed in the same sales floor, and individual data is data that is individually set for each POS terminal device 73.

In the store system 71 having a plurality of types of data having different attributes as described above, any PO
When group common data is set to the S terminal device 73 from the controller 72, the POS terminal device 7
The data to be set is specified by the group number including 3.

When individual data is set to any of the POS terminal devices 73 from the controller 72, the address number of the POS terminal device 73 (consisting of the channel number CH and the LAN address LA) is set. Based on this, the relative position of the data in the setting data file is specified by the following equation.

{(CH-1) × 63 + LA-1} × (1
Number of records) +1 As shown in FIG. 9, as individual data, data of 255 bytes is sequentially stored from one channel, data for 63 units is stored for each channel, and a channel number which constitutes an address number of the POS terminal device 73. The head address of the corresponding data in the file is specified by the CH and the LAN address LA in the channel.

By distributing the group common data and individual data specified in this way to the POS terminal device 73 together with all the common data, a plurality of types of data having different attributes are combined in a suitable combination for each attribute. 73 can be delivered. Therefore, PO
By transmitting the address number set in the POS terminal device 73 from the S terminal device 73 to the controller 72 together with the data transmission request, the controller 72 delivers the setting data suitable for the POS terminal device 73. This address number may be included in the transmission command from the host device.

[0030]

According to the invention described in claim 1, data can be distributed from the controller to each of a plurality of terminal devices connected to the controller, and manual input of data in each terminal device becomes unnecessary. There is an advantage that maintenance can be simplified and erroneous input of data can be prevented.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the terminal device in which the installation position is changed by managing the individual data to be individually set in each terminal device in the controller corresponding to the installation position of the terminal device By sending the address data indicating the changed installation position to the controller, individual data that matches the changed installation position can be set in the terminal device, and the terminal device whose installation position has been changed Also has the advantage that maintenance and the like can be performed extremely easily.

According to the invention described in claim 3, there is an advantage that a plurality of types of data having different attributes can be delivered to each terminal device in a combination suitable for each attribute.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a store system that is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control unit of a controller that constitutes the store system.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a control unit of a POS terminal device that constitutes the same store system.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a part of a processing procedure of a controller and a control unit of the POS terminal device that constitute the store system according to the first aspect of the invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a part of a processing procedure of a controller constituting the store system and a control unit of the POS terminal device according to the embodiment of the invention described in claim 2;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing initial data management content of each POS terminal device in the controller.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the contents of data managed by a controller that constitutes the store system according to the embodiment of the invention as set forth in claim 3;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a file management directory in the controller.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a data structure in a controller and a POS terminal device that constitute the store system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1-Store system 2-Controller 3-POS terminal device 16-Floppy disk drive 41-Management file

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A store system in which a plurality of terminal devices are connected to a controller via a data transmission line, and each of the plurality of terminal devices executes transaction processing based on preset data, wherein the controller includes: Data distribution means for distributing data to each of a plurality of terminal devices via a data transmission line is provided, and data updating means for updatingly storing the data distributed from the controller is provided in the terminal device. Store system characterized by. 2. The controller is based on data management means for managing the content of individual data that differs for each installation position of each terminal device, and address data of the installation position of the terminal device included in the data transmission request or transmission command. 2. The store system according to claim 1, further comprising: an individual data search unit that searches the data management unit for individual data to be transmitted to the terminal device. 3. The data management means for managing a single or a plurality of contents of each of a plurality of types of attribute data to be set in each terminal device, and the controller should be set for each installation position of each terminal device. Setting content storage means for storing a combination of data contents of each attribute, and contents of data to be transmitted to the terminal device based on address data of the installation position of the terminal device included in the data transmission request or transmission command, The store system according to claim 1, further comprising a data search unit that searches the setting content storage unit.