JPH11202991A - Recorder - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily collect data without being limited by a personal computer(PC) by arranging an input/output means for card for connecting a PC card, input/output means for tool for connecting a tool for data collection, and control means for recording data from the tool onto the PC card. SOLUTION: A CPU 20 in a main body 11 for a recorder 10 is composed of one chip, and logging processing is executed according to a program on a ROM. The signal lines of various tools 15 and a power supply line 16 of a power source 22 are connected to an input/output terminal block 21, and the signals of the tools 15 are A/D converted by an A/D converting circuit 23 and inputted to the CPU 20. A general-purpose PC card 12 is provided with a memory circuit 26 for storing data collected from the tools 15, and the PC card 12 is provided with a connector 27 to be inserted into the slot of the PC and connected with the PC. Besides, a connector 28 connectable with the connector 27 is formed on the side of the main body 11 and by connecting these connectors, the memory circuit 26 of the PC card 12 and the CPU 20 of the main body 11 are connected.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a PC card slot formed in a personal computer (abbreviated as PC or personal computer), for example, by collecting data collected by a data collection tool such as a sensor, a counter or an electronic measuring instrument. Or USB (universal serial bu
(abbreviation of s) relates to a recording device that can be loaded into a personal computer using a connector.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, one of data collection by a personal computer is used.
There is a data logger as a means, the data logger comprises an input / output unit connectable to a PC card slot of a personal computer,
An input / output unit for connecting a data collection tool is provided, and a signal from the tool is A / D converted and logged as data in a personal computer.

[0003] However, when data is collected by such a data logger, a personal computer is always required, so that there is a problem that its use is restricted. In other words, when installing the data collection tool on the site, it is necessary to install the entire PC, so it is necessary to secure the installation place for the personal computer, and it may not be easy to secure the installation place. In addition, there is a problem that the use is restricted depending on whether a personal computer can be installed. Further, one personal computer is required for one data logger, and there is a problem that the cost is high.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a recording apparatus which can acquire collected data into a personal computer, but which can easily collect data without being restricted by the personal computer. I do.

[0005]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, a card input / output means for connecting a PC card and a tool input / output for connecting one or more data collection tools are provided. Means and data from the tool
The recording apparatus is provided with control means for recording on a C card.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an input / output means for a PC connected to a personal computer, an input / output means for a tool connected to one or more data collection tools, and storage of data. The recording apparatus according to the present invention is characterized in that the recording apparatus comprises: a storage unit for performing the recording control of the data from the tool in the storage unit; and a control unit for allowing the data in the storage unit to be output to the personal computer.

[0007]

According to the recording apparatus of the present invention, the control means for recording data from the data collection tool on the PC card or the data from the data collection tool is temporarily stored in the storage means. Since control means is provided to allow the data in the storage means to be output to the PC, when the data collection tool is installed on site, it is not necessary to install the entire personal computer. Can be easily collected. Furthermore, the output of the collected data to the personal computer can be simplified by using a PC card slot or a USB connector. Further, since there is no need to provide a personal computer for the recording device on a one-to-one basis, the cost can be reduced.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The drawing shows a recording apparatus of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a recording apparatus 10 comprises a main body 11 and a general-purpose PC card (memory card) 12, and a connector (not shown) of the PC card 12 is detachable from the main body 11. The connector is provided so that the connector can be connected to the personal computer 13 by being inserted into the PC card slot 14 of the personal computer 13. Various tools 15, such as sensors, counters, and electronic measuring instruments, and a power supply line 16 are connected to the main body 11.

FIG. 2 shows a control circuit block of the recording apparatus 10. The main body 11 has a CPU 20.
Is a one-chip ROM that stores programs and a RAM that stores data and setting data necessary for operation.
Is installed, and the logging process is executed according to the program.

The input / output terminal block 21 has various tools 15.
And the power supply line 16 of the power supply 22 are connected, and the signals of the various tools 15 are supplied to the A / D conversion circuit 23.
A / D-converted and input to the CPU 20.

The clock device 24 outputs time, date and time data to the CPU 20 by ticking the time. The backup power supply 25 is constituted by a replaceable battery or a battery which can be charged by a power supply from the power supply line 16. The power supply of the clock device 24 is backed up.

The general-purpose PC card 12 has a memory circuit 26 for storing data collected from the tools 15.
And a connector 27 that is connected to the personal computer 13 by being inserted into the main body 1.
By forming them on one side and connecting them, the memory circuit 26 of the PC card 12 and the CPU 20 of the main body 11 are connected.

Although not shown, the main body 11 is provided with a start / stop switch for executing / stopping the operation. The main body 11 has a U-type so that data recorded (stored) in the PC card 12 can be transmitted by USB.
An SB connector may be provided.

In the recording apparatus 10 configured as described above, each tool 15 is set at a predetermined position at the site of data collection, the main body 11 is activated, and a signal from each tool 15 is A / D-converted.
Convert and capture and use this as PC card 1
2 is recorded (stored) in the second memory circuit 26.

When the data recorded on the PC card 12 is taken into the personal computer 13, the PC card 12 is disconnected from the main body 11, and the connector 27 is inserted into the PC card slot 14 of the personal computer 13. Connected to the personal computer 13, the data recorded on the PC card 12 is taken into the personal computer 13 by the logging function of the personal computer 13, and editing and display processing can be executed by the function of the personal computer 13. The above collected data can be downloaded from the personal computer 13 to the FD, HD, or MO.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show another example of the recording apparatus 10 of the present invention, in which components having the same functions as those of the first embodiment are given the same reference numerals and are described in detail. Detailed description is omitted. In this example, an example is shown in which the recording apparatus 10 is connected to a personal computer 13 and the personal computer 13 directly collects data.

In this example, a personal computer direct connection unit 29 having the function of a dedicated PC card adapter is used without using the PC card 12 described above. The unit 29 includes a memory circuit 30 having a cache memory function, and when logging is performed at a high sampling rate, the data is temporarily stored in the memory circuit 30 and then the personal computer 1
3 is output. Further, the unit 29 is provided with connectors 27 on both front and rear ends thereof, and both have the same shape, and one of them is a connector for connecting to the personal computer 13 by being inserted into the PC card slot 14 of the personal computer 13. 27, and the other is a connector 28 of the main body 11.
Connector 27 for connecting to CPU 20
It is.

In the recording apparatus 10 according to the second embodiment, one connector 27 of the personal computer direct connection unit 29 is connected to the connector 28 of the main body 11, and the other connector 27 is connected to the PC card slot of the personal computer 13. 14 and connected to the personal computer 13. And tool 15 ...
Is set in the same manner as in the first embodiment, the recording apparatus 10 is started, and data from the tools 15... Is directly collected in the personal computer 13.

The operation of the recording apparatus 10 shown in the first and second embodiments configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG.

Data collection from various tools 15 ...
Select whether to log to the card 12 (step n)
1) When logging to the PC card 12, the main unit 11
Then, the PC card 12 is set on the PC, and data from the various tools 15 is logged and collected (step n2), and then the data is transmitted to the personal computer 13 (step n3).

When the user selects to directly connect the recording device 10 to the personal computer 13 and perform data collection (step n4), the personal computer direct connection unit 29 is set on the main body 11, and the unit 29 is connected to the personal computer 13. Is set, the data from the various tools 15 is logged and collected in the personal computer 13 (step n5).
Is displayed and edited (step n6).

FIG. 6 shows the relationship between P and P in step n2 in FIG.
The operation of logging to the C card 12 is shown.
In logging into the PC card 2, a program, environment setting, and condition setting required for logging are performed on the PC card 12.

That is, the PC card 12 is connected to the personal computer 13
Into the PC card slot 14 (step n1).
1) The personal computer 13 is operated to set necessary items such as setting of a predetermined program necessary for logging, environment setting and condition setting (step n12).

Next, the PC card 12 is removed from the personal computer 13 (step n13), and the PC card 12 is mounted on the main body 11 of the recording device 10 (step n14), and an operation for starting measurement is performed (step n15).

That is, the recording device 10 sets each tool 15 corresponding to a target function at a predetermined position at the site of data collection, activates the main body 11, and sends a signal from each tool 15 to A / A. The data is D-converted and captured, and this is recorded (stored) in the memory circuit 26 of the PC card 12 as collected data (step n16).

When the predetermined data collection is completed, the recording device 1
The measurement of 0 is terminated (step n17), the PC card 12 is removed from the main body 11 of the recording device 10, and the data collection is terminated (step n18).

FIG. 7 shows the data transmission process in step n3 of FIG. 5, that is, the PC card 12 removed from the storage device 10 is inserted into the PC card slot 14 of the personal computer 13 (step n21). , Operating the personal computer 13 to collect the collected data from the PC card 12 in HD, FD,
Alternatively, the data is transferred to the MO (step n22). When the data transfer is completed, the PC card 12 is removed from the personal computer 13, and the data transfer is completed (step n23).

FIG. 8 shows the operation of logging the collected data by directly connecting the recording device 10 to the personal computer 13 in step n5 of FIG.

That is, one connector 27 of the personal computer direct connection unit 29 is connected to the connector 28 of the main body 11 of the recording apparatus 10 (step n31), and the other connector 27 is connected.
Is inserted into the PC card slot 14 of the personal computer 13 and connected to the personal computer 13 (step n32). And
Each tool 1 corresponding to the target function at the data collection site
5 is set at a predetermined position (step n33), the main body 11 is activated to start the measurement (step n34), the signal from each tool 15 is A / D converted and fetched, and this is temporarily stored in the memory circuit 30. And the data is transferred to the personal computer 13, where the collected data is stored in the HD, FD, or MO (step n35). When the predetermined data collection is completed, the measurement of the recording device 10 is completed (step n35).
36), the recording device 10 is removed from the personal computer 13, and the data collection is completed (step n18).

FIG. 9 shows the data display operation by the personal computer 13 in step n6 of FIG.
The user selects whether to display the collected data taken into the personal computer 13 on the spreadsheet software or display the waveform (step n41). When the display of the spreadsheet software is selected, the data is read into the spreadsheet software. , PC 13 with the software
Are displayed and edited (processed) (steps n42 and n43). When the waveform display is selected, the data is read into the waveform display software, and the data is displayed on the display unit of the personal computer 13 by the software (step n44, step n44).
n45, n46), when the editing of these data ends, the display ends.

According to the above-described embodiment, since the control for recording the data from the data collection tool 15 on the PC card 12 is provided, when the data collection tool 15 is installed at the site, the entire personal computer 13 is installed. Since there is no need, there is no longer any restriction on the use of the PC 13,
Data can be easily collected. Output of collected data to the personal computer 13 can be simplified by using the PC card slot 14 or the USB connector. Further, since it is not necessary to provide the personal computer 13 one-to-one with respect to the recording device 10, the cost can be reduced.

In the above-described embodiment, the memory circuit 30 of the personal computer direct connection unit 29 is used as a cache memory. However, when the personal computer 13 is equipped with a cache memory, it is omitted by using this. be able to. The memory circuit 30 is connected to the PC card 1
2 can be provided similarly to the memory circuit 26.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the card input / output means of the present invention corresponds to the connectors 27 and 28 of the embodiment. The input / output terminal for PC corresponds to the input / output terminal block 21, the PC input / output means corresponds to the personal computer direct connection unit 29, the USB connector, the storage means corresponds to the momeri circuit 30, and the control means corresponds to the CPU 20. The present invention can be applied based on the technical idea described in the claims without being limited to the above embodiments.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a logging configuration of a recording device according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a recording apparatus according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a logging configuration of a recording device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a recording apparatus according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of an operation of the recording apparatus.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a logging operation of the recording device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a data transfer operation of the recording apparatus according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a logging operation of the recording device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of a data display operation of the recording apparatus according to the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Recording device 11 ... Main body 12 ... PC card 13 ... Personal computer 14 ... PC card slot 15 ... Tool 20 ... CPU 21 ... I / O terminal block 26, 30 ... Memory circuit 27, 28 ... Connector 29 ... Personal computer direct connection unit

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────の Continuing on the front page (72) Koji Yamaguchi, O-Muron Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Kentaro Hara, Kadoyama, Kado-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan Inside (72) Inventor Fumihiko Umeda Within Omron, Inc. 10 at Hanazono Todo-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture (72) Insider Inventor Taku Masai Within 10, Omron, Hanazono, Dodo-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A card input / output means for connecting a PC card, a tool input / output means for connecting one or more data collection tools, and a
A recording device comprising: a control unit that records on a C card. 2. An input / output means for a PC connected to a personal computer; an input / output means for a tool for connecting one or more data collection tools; a storage means for storing data; A recording unit that controls recording of data in a storage unit and permits output of the data in the storage unit to a personal computer.