JPH08305900A - Time setting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a time setting system which is easy to perform time setting so that all the internal times of various desired terminal devices such as station service equipment terminal devices, etc., in a specific area in a station, etc., agree with each other at all times. CONSTITUTION: So that all the times of the internal times of various station service equipment terminal devices such as a data totalizing machine 8 and a slave clock 6 agree with each other at all times, the time setting can easily be performed by updating the times of the respective internal timers to a reference time generated by the master clock part 3 of a master clock 1 on the basis of time data supplied from the master clock 1 to plural slave clocks 6, the data totalizing machine 8, and plural station service devices 7 at every previously set transmission period (1 second, for example) collectively by a dedicated signal line.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a time setting system for setting the time so that the times of internal clocks of terminal devices of various station services such as ticket vending machines, checkout machines, automatic ticket gates, and data aggregators coincide. Regarding

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a station service equipment terminal device (hereinafter, may be simply referred to as a station service device or a station service terminal device) provided for performing various station services in one station. For example, there are ticket vending machines, checkout machines, automatic ticket gates, and the like.
As shown in FIG. 9, these are connected to a data aggregator by a cable or the like so that various information transmitted from the data aggregator is multi-dropped to these station service devices,
It is designed to form one system.

The data aggregator mainly collects various information such as a history of data processed by each station affairs device at a predetermined time interval and aggregates them. The data aggregator sends various command data, etc. that prompts each station affairs device to send data, or when the system is started, etc.
When the initial data is sent to each station affairs device, the transmission data sent to each station affairs device includes time information indicating the time when the transmission data was sent based on the internal clock of the data aggregator. Has been. Upon receiving the transmission data from this data aggregator, each station affairs device performs information processing according to the type of the transmission data, and based on the time information included in the transmission data, each internal clock It was supposed to update the time.

[0004]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in this way,
When the specified data is transmitted from the data aggregator to each station affairs device, when the time of the internal clock is set in each station affairs device based on the time information included in the transmitted data, the station affairs device receives it. When in the disabled state, the station service device cannot receive the time information and cannot update the time.

Further, when the data aggregator transmits various command data for urging each station affairs device to transmit data, for example, a specific station affairs device is designated and command data is sequentially transmitted. Therefore, when the number of station service devices connected to the data aggregator is large, when a subsequent station service device receives the command data, there is a time difference compared to the station service device that first received the command data. However, when collecting information from each station affairs device with a data aggregator, there is a problem in that there must be some tolerance for the history of information from the station affairs device that has caused the time difference. It was In addition, this problem also applies when the time information is retransmitted (retry) when the data including the time information transmitted from the data aggregator cannot be normally received by the station service device.

Further, when it is necessary to change the fare during a time period when the frequency of station use is at a peak and a time period when the station is off-peak, in particular, all station services installed in at least one station premises. It is required that the time of the internal clock of the device always match.

Therefore, the present invention is a time setting system in which it is easy to set the time so that the internal times of various desired terminal devices such as station service equipment terminal devices within a predetermined area such as the inside of a station are always the same. The purpose is to provide.

[0008]

A time setting system of the present invention comprises a clock means for outputting time information, and a plurality of terminal devices for carrying out predetermined information processing based on the time information output from the clock means. A time setting system that sets the time so that the time information of the clock means matches,
Reference time generation means for generating reference time information, supply means for sequentially supplying the reference time information generated by the reference time generation means to the plurality of terminal devices at predetermined intervals, and supply by this supply means Based on the reference time information
The control means controls the time information of each clock means of the plurality of terminal devices so as to match the reference time information.

Further, the time setting system of the present invention is provided in a station yard, and is provided with a clock means for outputting time information, and a plurality of stations for performing predetermined station service processing based on the time information output from the clock means. A time setting system for setting the time so that the time information of the clock means in the business terminal device is the same, comprising a reference time generating means for generating reference time information and reference time information generated by the reference time generating means. Based on the supply means that sequentially supplies the plurality of station service terminal devices at predetermined intervals and the reference time information supplied by the supply means, the time information of each clock means of the plurality of station service terminal devices is obtained. And a control means for controlling so as to match the reference time information.

Further, the time setting system of the present invention is provided with a clock means for outputting time information, and the time zone for discounting the charge based on the time information outputted from the clock means and the time zone for the normal prescribed charge are set. A reference time for generating reference time information, which is a time setting system for determining the time so that the time information output from the clock means of a plurality of ticket vending machines that perform the ticket sales processing corresponding to the time zone coincide with each other. Based on the generation means, the reference time information generated by the reference time generation means, at predetermined intervals, collectively supplying to the plurality of ticket vending machines, and the reference time information supplied by the supply means, And control means for controlling time information of each clock means of the plurality of ticket vending machines so as to match the reference time information.

[0011]

The reference time information generated by the reference time generating means is supplied at a predetermined interval by a signal line dedicated to the reference time.
Sequentially supplying to a plurality of terminal devices, based on the supplied reference time information, the time information output from each clock means of the plurality of terminal devices is controlled to match the reference time information, In each of the plurality of terminal devices, by performing predetermined information processing based on the time information that matches the reference time information, the time information output from the clock means of each of the plurality of terminal devices always matches. It becomes easy to set the time.

Further, the reference time information generated by the reference time generating means is supplied to a plurality of station affairs terminal devices installed in the station yard for handling the time information at predetermined intervals by a signal line dedicated to the reference time. , Sequentially, and based on the supplied reference time information, control is performed so that the time information output from each of the clock means of the plurality of station affairs terminal devices matches the reference time information, and the plurality of station operations is performed. In each of the terminal devices, by performing a predetermined station affairs processing based on the time information that matches the reference time information, the time information output from the respective clock means of the station affairs terminal device in the station yard always matches. It becomes easy to set the time.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 schematically shows the configuration of the time setting system in this embodiment. In FIG. 1, the time setting system includes a plurality of clocks (hereinafter referred to as child clocks) 6 installed in one station yard, a data totaling machine 8, a ticket vending machine, a settlement machine, an automatic ticket gate, and the like. The device terminal device 7 is configured to be connected to the master clock 1, and the times held in all of them match the reference time generated by the master clock 1 based on the time data transmitted from the master clock 1. As described above, the time is set.

The master clock 1 is used to generate a reference time in the station yard, and, for example, like a time signal of a radio broadcast,
F that receives time information as frequency modulated (FM) radio waves
M receiver 2, master clock unit 3 that generates a reference time by correcting the time based on time information received by this FM receiver 2, reference time generated by this master clock unit 3 To a plurality of child clocks 6 and controls the plurality of child clocks 6, a reference time generated by a child clock interface (I / F) unit 4 and a master clock unit 3 is used as a data aggregator 8. And a terminal interface (I / F) unit 5 for transmitting to a plurality of station service devices 7 and controlling these devices.

A plurality of child clocks 6 are connected to the master clock 1 via a child clock interface section 4 in a multi-drop manner by a cable, and a reference time from the master clock 1 is transmitted by a signal line dedicated to the master clock 1. The time of each child clock 6 is set.

The reference time is transmitted to each child clock 6 in a predetermined cycle. At this time, the transmission cycle can be arbitrarily set by the user of this system. When the transmission cycle is set by the user, the child clock interface section 4 generates time data based on the reference time from the master clock section 3 according to the transmission cycle and transmits it to a plurality of child clocks 6. It is like this.

A data aggregator 8 and a plurality of station affairs devices 7 are connected to the master clock 1 via a terminal interface unit 5 in a multi-drop manner by a cable, and a reference time from the master clock 1 is a dedicated signal. It is transmitted on the line to set these times.

The reference time is transmitted to the data aggregator 8 and each station affairs device 7 at a predetermined cycle. At this time, the transmission cycle is arbitrarily set by the user of this system. can do. When the transmission cycle is set by the user, the terminal interface section 5 generates time data based on the reference time from the master clock section 3 in accordance with the transmission cycle, and the data aggregator 8,
The information is transmitted to a plurality of station service devices 7.

The data totalizer 8 collects various kinds of information such as the history of data processed by the plurality of station service devices 7 at predetermined intervals and totals them. When setting the time from the master clock 1, the master clock 1 is regarded as one terminal device like the other station service devices 7.

FIG. 2 schematically shows the configuration of the main part when the master clock 1, the data aggregator 8, and a plurality of station service devices 7 are connected. In FIG. 2, the reference time is transmitted from the terminal interface unit 5 of the master clock 1 among the plurality of signal lines in the cable that connects the master clock 1, the data aggregator 8, and the station service device 7 in a multi-drop manner. A dedicated signal line for setting the reference time every predetermined cycle, the data aggregator 8, the plurality of station affairs devices 7
Are transmitted in the order in which they are connected.

In the data aggregator 8 and the plurality of station service devices 7,
Each master clock interface (I / F) unit 11 receives the reference time, fetches it into each control unit 12 at a predetermined timing, and updates the internal time based on the fetched reference information. It has become.

As described above, when the time data is transmitted from the master clock 1 to each station affairs device 7 etc., one signal line is dedicated to the time data and is transmitted collectively to each station affairs device 7 etc. Therefore, it is possible to avoid a time difference when receiving this time data between the station service devices 7 and the like.

Next, with reference to FIG. 3, a specific circuit configuration example of the electrical main part of the terminal interface section 5 of FIG. 2 will be described. Although RS485 is used as an interface for connecting the master clock 1 to the data aggregator 8 and the station service device 7 in FIG. 3, various interfaces are used without being limited to such a standard.

For example, the time data DATA obtained by inserting the reference time generated by the master clock unit 3 into a predetermined format is input to the input terminal of the differential transmission driver 20a corresponding to RS485. Also, RS485
A clock signal CP at a predetermined timing when reading the time data is input to each of the data aggregator 8 that receives the time data DATA and the plurality of station affairs devices 7 at the input terminal of the corresponding differential transmission driver 20b. To be done.

An enable signal for controlling whether or not to make the output valid is inputted to each of the transmission drivers 20a and 20b. When the enable signal is validated by the enable signal, each of the transmission drivers 20a and 20b is made. From the output terminal of, two balanced signals having the phases of the signals (time data DATA and clock signal CP) input from the respective input terminals and the opposite phase, that is,
Time data DATAH, DA from the transmission driver 20a
TAL, the clock signal CP from the transmission driver 20b
H and CPL are output respectively.

Further, the transmission drivers 20a and 20b have three-state outputs, and the respective output signal lines are provided with a power supply voltage of +5 V through a diode for clamping, for the purpose of overvoltage protection, for example. It is connected to ground (GRD). When making the connection,
, The anode of the diode D1 is connected to the ground, the cathode is connected to the signal line DATAH, the anode of the diode D2 is connected to the signal line DATAH, the cathode is connected to the power supply voltage, and the anode of the diode D3 is connected to the ground. The cathode is connected to the signal line DATAL, the anode of the diode D4 is connected to the signal line DATAL, and the cathode is connected to the power supply voltage. Similarly, the anode of the diode D5 is connected to the ground, the cathode is connected to the signal line CPH, the anode of the diode D6 is connected to the signal line CPH, the cathode is connected to the power supply voltage, and the anode of the diode D7 is connected to the ground and the cathode is connected to the ground. The diode D8 is connected to the signal line CPL, the anode of the diode D8 is connected to the signal line CPL, and the cathode is connected to the power supply voltage.

Furthermore, time data DATAH, DATA
The L and clock signals CPH and CPL are output via the load resistors R1, R2, R3 and R4, respectively.

As described above, by using the differential transmission driver, the influence of noise is small and stable data transmission can be performed. Next, with reference to FIG. 4, a specific circuit configuration example of an electrical main part of the master clock interface unit 11 of FIG. 2 will be described. The master clock interface unit 11 is the receiving side of the terminal interface unit 5 described above.

For example, each of the two input terminals of the differential reception driver 21a corresponding to RS485 is transmitted from the master clock 1 via a predetermined dedicated line in a cable connecting the master clock 1 and the station service device 7 and the like. The set time data DATAH and DATAL are the load resistance R1.
It is input via 0 and R11. Further, to each of the two input terminals of the differential reception driver 21b corresponding to RS485, a clock transmitted from the master clock 1 via a predetermined dedicated line in a cable connecting the master clock 1 and the station service device 7 and the like. Signals CPH and CPL are input via load resistors R15 and R16, respectively.

Each of these two balanced type signal lines is branched by means of resistors R20 and R21, and the branched signal lines are connected to another station service device 7 or the like to obtain time data. DATAH, DATAL, and clock signals CPH and CPL are input to the differential reception drivers 21a and 21b in the master clock interface unit 11 of the station service device 7 as described above. Eventually, all station service devices 7 etc. are connected so that time data, clock signals, etc. are multi-dropped. And, in the station affairs device 7 etc. at the end of the connection, switch SW
1, SW2 is turned on and the resistors R20 and R21 are used as terminating resistors. The switches SW1 and SW2 are turned off in the station service device 7 other than the final end of the connection.

Time data DATA of the reception driver 21a
The H input terminal is connected to the + 5V power supply voltage corresponding to the signal voltage via the pull-up resistor R12, and the input terminal for the time data DATAL of the reception driver 21a is grounded via the pull-down resistor R13.

Clock signal CPH of the reception driver 21b
The input terminal of is connected to the power supply voltage of + 5V corresponding to the signal voltage via the pull-up resistor R17, and the input terminal of the clock signal CPL of the reception driver 21b is grounded via the pull-down resistor R18.

Further, a power supply voltage of +5 V is connected to the enable signal input terminals of the reception drivers 21a and 21b so that the output is always valid, and the time data DATA and the clock signal CP are output from the respective output terminals. Is output.

The time data DATA and the clock signal CP output from the reception drivers 21a and 21b are,
It is output to the control unit 12. Next, the data structure (format) of the time data DATA will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 5 shows a specific example of the data structure of the time data DATA. The start bit (ST),
“Month”, “Day”, “Hour”, “Minute”, “Second”, Parity bit (P1, P2), Stop bit (SP) are 2 bits, 4 bits, 5 bits, 5 bits, 6 bits respectively , 6 bits, 2 bits, and 2 bits, one time data DATA is composed of 32 bits.

The start bit ST is fixed at "11" and indicates the start of the time data DATA, and the stop bit SP is fixed at "01" and indicates the end of the time data DATA.

"Month", "Day", "Hour", "Minute", "Second"
Represents the actual reference time in binary, and "month" is "0".
"001"-"1100", "day" is "00001"-
"11111" and "hour" are "00000" to [1011]
1 "and" minute "are" 000000 "to" 111011 ",
“Second” indicates a value of “000000” to “111011”.

The parity bit P1 is odd parity, and its target range is 14 bits of "month", "day", and "hour". The parity bit P2 is also odd parity, and its target range is "minute", It is 12 bits of "second".

For example, when the reference time is 4:42:59 on February 6, "month" is "0010", "day" is "00110", "hour" is "00100", and "minute". Is "101010", "second" is "111011",
In this case, the parity bits P1 and P2 are "1" and "1", respectively, and further, the start bit ST "11" and the stop bit SP "0" are added at the beginning and end of these bits.
1 ”is added to form time data DATA.

FIG. 6 shows a timing chart of such time data DATA and the clock signal CP synchronized with the timing of this time data DATA. In FIG. 6, the clock signal CP is added to the time data DATA.
Indicates that the rising timing is the time data DAT.
It is transmitted from the master clock 1 so that it is almost in the center of one bit of A. Furthermore, one time data DATA
Is transmitted from the master clock 1 to the station service device 7 and the like periodically every second.

Next, with reference to FIG. 7, time data DATA in the station affairs device 7 and the control unit 12 of the data aggregator 8,
The circuit configuration of the main part of the clock signal CP capturing section will be described.

The time data clock and the clock signal CP from the master clock interface unit 11 are supplied to the data input terminal of the 8-bit shift register 50a,
It is input to the clock input terminal. The clock signal CP is
Further, it is input to the clock input terminals of the 8-bit shift register 50b, the 8-bit shift register 50c, and the 8-bit shift register 50d.

The 8th bit data output terminal of the shift register 50a is connected to the data input terminal of the shift register 50b, and the 8th bit data output terminal of the shift register 50b is connected to the data input terminal of the shift register 50c. The 8th bit data output terminal of the shift register 50c is connected to the data input terminal of the shift register 50d.

In this way, the shift registers 50a-50d
Are connected, the time data DATA input to the input terminal of the shift register 50a is sequentially shifted bit by bit at the rising timing of the clock signal CP, and one clock data is set at the 32nd clock of the clock signal CP. The time data DATA is output to each 8-bit output terminal of each of the shift registers 50a to 50d.

Input terminals of 8-bit bus buffers 51a to 51d are connected to 8-bit output terminals of the shift registers 50a to 50d, respectively.
A control signal output from the decoder 32 is input to each of the bus buffers 51a to 51d, and each of the bus buffers 51a to 51d depends on the input timing of the control signal.
The time data DATA input to the input terminal of d is output to the output terminal for each bus buffer, and the time data DATA is loaded via the 8-bit data bus.

The decoder 52 receives two chip address signals and outputs two address signals via the address bus when the CPU or the like provided in the control unit 12 instructs to fetch the time data DATA. Of the bus buffers 51a to 51d are sequentially selected at predetermined intervals, and the 32-bit time data DATA
Is output in 8-bit units via the data bus.

In this way, the control unit 1
The time data DATA captured in No. 2 is first subjected to a parity check by the parity check circuit provided in the control unit 12 based on the parity bits P1 and P2, and when no error is detected, the data is captured. Based on the obtained time data DATA, control is performed so as to update the time of the internal clock of the control unit 12. On the other hand, when an error is detected, the fetched time data DATA is discarded.

Thus, the reliability of the data is ensured by performing the parity check at the time of fetching the time data DATA. At that time, however, it is necessary to prevent the parity error from being carelessly detected. is there. Therefore, for example, when the station service device 7 or the like operates in synchronization with the clock signal CP, new time data DATA is input to the shift registers 50a to 50d every one second, so that the time A reset signal may be input to the reset input signals of the shift registers 50a to 50d at an appropriate timing so that the contents of the shift registers 50a to 50d are cleared when the data DATA fetching process is completed. Further, for example, when the station service device 7 or the like operates asynchronously with the clock signal CP, the time data D input to the shift registers 50a to 50d.
When capturing ATA, the time data DATA input to the shift registers 50a to 50d are captured a plurality of times during the transmission cycle of the time data DATA (here, for example, 1 second), and they are collated to obtain a predetermined number of times. While doing so, the time data DATA may be fetched as appropriate and the parity check or the like may be performed.

FIG. 8 schematically shows the construction of a ticket vending machine which is one of the station service equipment terminal devices 7. Note that FIG.
In the description, the station service device 7 is referred to as a ticket vending machine 7. The configuration of the ticket vending machine 7 in this embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. That is, the ticket vending machine 7 performs the original function thereof, and therefore the display unit 13, the operation unit 14, the coin insertion unit 1
5, the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 16, the card processing unit 17, and the ticket issuing processing unit 18 are connected to the control unit 12 that controls the overall operation. Further, the control unit 12 receives the reference time transmitted from the master clock 1. A master clock interface unit 11 for receiving is connected and configured.

The user of the ticket vending machine 7 refers to the operation guide or the like displayed on the display unit 13 and inserts a coin as a fare into the coin insertion unit 15, or inserts the card slot of the card processing unit 17. Insert the prepaid card into, then
When the button of the ticket for the desired fare on the operation unit 14 is pressed, the amount of money inserted into the coin insertion unit 15 or the amount information read from the prepaid card inserted into the card insertion slot in the card processing unit 17 is displayed. Based on the above, the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 16 calculates the change or the balance, and the ticketing processing unit 18 performs the ticket issuing processing, and finally, the change processing is returned and the card processing unit 17 returns the prepaid card. The balance information is recorded on the card, the prepaid card is ejected, and the issued ticket is ejected to finish the process.

The control unit 12 controls the overall operation of each unit, and also controls the time data DATA received by the master clock interface unit 11 at regular intervals (here, for example, every one second). In addition, the time of the internal clock T provided in the control unit 12 is updated so as to match the reference time from the master clock 1. Further, in the memory provided in the control unit 12, in order to change the fare within a predetermined section between a high station usage frequency (peak time) and a low station usage frequency (off-peak time), for example, during off-peak time. The fare discount rate is stored.

In each station service device 7, the time used as a criterion for determining whether it is a peak time period or an off-peak time period is the time data DATA supplied from the master clock 1 to each station service device 7. Based on the master clock 1
It is adapted to be performed based on the time of the internal clock T in the control unit 12 which is updated so as to match the reference time of. Based on the time of the internal clock T of the control unit 12, for example, when it is determined that it is a time zone of off-peak time, the control unit 12
Based on the discount rate at off-peak time stored in the memory provided in, for example, in the deposit / withdrawal processing unit 16,
Perform processing for discounting the fare of the ticket desired by the user, and return the change or balance obtained as a result to the user, or record it on the prepaid card by the card processing unit 17. It has become.

The ticket vending machine has been described as an example of the station affairs device 7, but the data aggregator 8 can also be used in other station affairs devices 7.
In the same manner, the time of the internal clock T of the control unit 12 is updated based on the reference time from the master clock 1 received by each master clock interface unit 11 at every predetermined cycle, and the internal clock is updated. The time of T is always matched with the reference time from the master clock 1, and the time is judged based on the time of the internal clock T of the control section 12 of the time.

As described above, according to the above-mentioned embodiment, the master clock 1 to the time data DATA are multi-dropped by the dedicated signal line to the plurality of child clocks 6, the data aggregator 8, and the plurality of station service devices 7. On the other hand, by supplying the data collectively according to the preset transmission cycle and updating the time of each internal clock so as to match the reference time generated by the master clock 1 based on this time data DATA, Data aggregator 8, child clock 6
It is possible to easily set the time so that the times of the internal clocks T of the terminal devices of various station service equipment including the above always match.

Further, the times held by the plurality of station affairs devices 7, the data aggregator 8, and the plurality of child clocks 6 connected to this time setting system are the reference times generated by the master clock 1 at least in the station premises. Therefore, when the fare is changed according to the time zone, the time of the internal clock T of a specific station affairs device 7 is different from that of another station affairs device 7.
It is possible to avoid the confusion of station affairs caused by the time difference of the internal clock T of the station.

[0056]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is easy to set the time so that the internal times of various desired terminal devices such as station service equipment terminal devices within a predetermined area always match. A time setting system can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a time setting system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a main part relating to a connection between a master clock, a data aggregator, and a plurality of station service devices.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a specific circuit configuration example of an electrical main part of a terminal interface section.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a specific circuit configuration example of an electrical main part of a master clock interface section 11.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a specific example of a data structure of time data.

FIG. 6 is a timing chart of time data and clock signals output from a master clock.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a circuit configuration of a main part relating to fetching time data in a control unit of a station service device and a data aggregator.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a ticket vending machine.

FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically showing a configuration of a conventional time setting system.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Master clock, 2 ... FM receiver, 3 ... Master clock part, 4 ... Child clock interface part, 5 ... Terminal interface part, 6 ... Child clock, 7 ... Station service equipment Terminal device (station service device), 8 ... Data aggregator.

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A time setting means for outputting time information, and time setting is performed so that the time information of the clock means in a plurality of terminal devices that perform predetermined information processing based on the time information output from the time means coincide with each other. And a reference time generating means for generating reference time information, and a reference time information generated by the reference time generating means, which is sequentially supplied to the plurality of terminal devices at predetermined intervals. Means and control means for controlling the time information of each clock means of the plurality of terminal devices so as to match the reference time information based on the reference time information supplied by the supply means. And time setting system. 2. The time setting system according to claim 1, wherein the supplying means can set the predetermined interval arbitrarily when supplying the reference time information to the plurality of terminal devices at predetermined intervals. 3. The clock means in a plurality of station affairs terminal devices, which are installed in a station yard, are provided with clock means for outputting time information, and perform predetermined station affairs processing based on the time information output from the clock means. A time setting system for setting the time so that the time information coincides, wherein a reference time generating means for generating reference time information and reference time information generated by the reference time generating means are provided at predetermined intervals. Based on the supply means for sequentially supplying to the station affairs terminal device and the reference time information supplied by this supply means, the time information of each clock means of the plurality of station affairs terminal devices is made to match the reference time information. A time setting system comprising: 4. A time means for outputting time information is provided, and based on the time information outputted from this time means, a time zone for discounting a charge and a time zone of a normal regulated charge are determined, and the time zone is within that time zone. A time setting system for setting time so that the time information output from the clock means of a plurality of ticket vending machines for performing ticket selling processing coincides with each other, and a reference time generating means for generating reference time information, and the reference time generating means. Supplying means for collectively supplying the reference time information generated by the means to the plurality of ticket vending machines at predetermined intervals, and each clock of the plurality of ticket selling machines based on the reference time information supplied by the supplying means. A time setting system comprising: a control unit that controls the time information of the unit to match the reference time information. 5. The time setting system according to claim 4, wherein the supply means can set the predetermined interval arbitrarily when supplying the reference time to the plurality of ticket vending machines at predetermined intervals.