JPH11234710A - Identification system for wiring connector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an identification system of a new wiring connector by which an object communication line is located at a glance without relying on a display means such as a tag for the retrieval of terminals of each communication line in an in-panel wiring identification system such as a distribution board of a telephone exchange. SOLUTION: Light emitting devices 14 are placed in the vicinity of connector connection parts in this identification system, and each light emitting device connects to a central controller. The central controller has a wiring management conversion section (a database storing wiring information for each communication line and an arithmetic section) 16, a wiring information entry means 17, and a light emitting device control section 15, the wiring information entered by the wiring information entry means 11 is collated with information in the database and a light emitting device 14 corresponding to the entered wiring information is selected and the light emitting device 14 is lighted by the light emitting device control section 15.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an in-house wiring identification system such as a wiring board (aggregation connection board) of a telephone exchange, and an environment in which a myriad of communication lines drawn from a large number of communication cables are mixed. Below, any communication line can be easily and quickly identified.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A single communication cable contains a large number of communication lines. In particular, in an optical communication cable for a telephone line, one optical cable contains 2000 optical fiber cores. However, the number is expected to reach 4,000 in the near future. In a telephone exchange room, a connector of the terminal is connected to an insertion port of a wiring board of the telephone exchange in a state where a myriad of communication lines drawn from many optical cables are mixed. An optical fiber core (communication line) incorporated in each optical cable is provided with an identification code (ID code) for identifying the communication line. On the other hand, the connection positions of the connectors of the individual optical fiber cores with respect to the telephone exchange are changed for various reasons. In this changing operation, it is necessary to confirm the ID code at the terminal of the optical fiber core. However, the number of optical fibers to be identified is extremely large (2,000 or 400 as described above).
0), the tape on which the ID code (for example, an identification code such as a bar code) is printed must be long,
For this reason, if the tape on which the ID code is printed is wound around the connector, the flexibility of the optical fiber core near the connector is impaired, and it becomes difficult to manage the optical fiber core terminal, or In the vicinity of the fiber may be broken. For this reason, the ID code is not assigned near the connector of the optical fiber cable. In addition, since a large number of optical fiber cores drawn from different cables are gathered between the terminal part and the cable outlet and coiled, the individual optical fiber cores are located far away from the terminal part. It is not easy to confirm the attached ID code, and it requires considerable time and effort. Under such circumstances, the communication line 1 connected to the telephone exchange by a connector is used.
, A tag 2 attached with its identification information (ID code of the communication line, connection connector number of the communication line to the wiring board, etc.) is suspended near the connector 3 of the terminal, and is written on the tag 2. For example, an operation of visually searching for a connector of a communication line to be rewired is performed by relying on the identification information. In this search operation, for example, to check the identification information of one communication line, for example, 40
If it takes 5 seconds to confirm one of the 00 communication lines, the calculation requires a maximum of 5 hours. Actually, the outlets of the telephone exchange are arranged for each stage, so that it is considerably faster than this, but it still takes up to about 40 minutes at present. Today, when the number of communication lines is remarkably increasing and wiring change work is frequently performed, for example, in order to increase the efficiency and efficiency of wiring work such as wiring replacement work, the connector of any communication line is specified. There is a strong demand for a simple and quick search operation.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a search for a terminal of an individual communication line is performed without using a display means such as a tag.
An object of the present invention is to devise a new wiring connector identification system that can specify a target communication line at a glance.

[0004]

Means taken to solve the above problems are as follows, assuming that a large number of communication lines are connected to a wiring board by connectors.
(C). (A) The light emitters are arranged in the vicinity of the connector connection part (receiving side connector); (b) Each light emitter is connected to the centralized control device; A wiring information storage unit for storing wiring information for each line, a wiring information input unit, and a light emitting unit control unit. The wiring information input from the wiring information input unit is compared with the database, and the input wiring information is input. Is selected, and the light emitting device is turned on by the light emitting device control unit.

[0005]

[Operation] When connecting each communication line to a wiring board (aggregation connection board) of a telephone exchange or the like, wiring information (identification information) of the communication line is stored in a database. Then, for example, wiring information of a specific communication line to be replaced is input from the wiring information input means (input means). When the wiring information of the specific communication line is input to the central control device, the arithmetic unit compares the wiring information with a database, selects a light emitting device arranged near the receiving connector of the specific communication line, and selects the selected light emitting device. The light emitter is turned on by the light emitter controller.
Various input devices such as a ten-key input, a bar code reading input, and an OCR reading input can be used as the input means. The operator can immediately recognize that the receiving connector near the specific light emitter is the connector of the specific communication line by lighting the specific light emitter. Just by inputting from the wiring information input means, the corresponding light emitting device is turned on, and the connector of the specific communication line can be confirmed by the position of the lighted light emitting device. And quickly. In this search, the operator does not read the identification information visually, but only confirms the position of the illuminated light emitter, so that the confirmation is not mistaken. In addition, if the light emitter near the receiving side connector of the wiring board is lit until the wiring operation is completed, it is possible to reliably prevent the wiring operation from being erroneously performed.

[0006]

[Embodiment] Next, an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. This embodiment is an example in which the present invention is applied to wiring in a telephone exchange room. Centralized connection board (wiring board) for telephone exchange 1
A number of optical fiber cores 11 drawn from a number of optical cables are connected to the cable 0. Individual optical fiber cable 1
A connector 12 is provided at the end of the connector 1, and the connector 12 is inserted into the receiving connector 13 of the integrated connection board 10. A diode light emitter 14 is arranged adjacent to and adjacent to each receiving connector 13. Individual light emitter 1
4 is connected to a light emitting device control unit 15, and a wiring management control unit 16 is connected to the light emitting device control unit 15. Further, a handy terminal (input device or wiring information input means) 17 is connected to the wiring management control unit 16 (in this embodiment, the light emitting device control unit 15, the wiring management control unit 16,
The handy terminal 17 constitutes a “centralized control device” in the means for solving the above problems). For example, when the wiring information xxx is input from the handy terminal 17, the arithmetic unit of the wiring management control unit 16 converts the input wiring information xxx into the wiring management control unit 1.
6, the light emitting device of the centralized connection board corresponding to the connector of the communication line is selected, and this is transmitted to the light emitting device control unit 15. As a result, the light emitter 14 near the receiving connector of the specific integrated connection board corresponding to the connector of the selected communication line is turned on by the light emitter controller 15. In FIG. 3, the wiring management control unit 16, the light emitting unit control unit 15, and the wiring information input means (also simply referred to as "input means")
Are separate blocks, but in an actual device, even if they are physically integrated or separate, there is no problem in terms of their functions,
The choice is arbitrary. Considering practical convenience from the convenience of database construction and database update, etc.,
It is preferable to use a single personal computer as the wiring management control unit and a single input unit 17. Further, by connecting the input means 17 to the light emitting device control unit 15 and directly inputting the light emitting device number from the input means 17 to the light emitting device control unit 15, the individual light emitting devices can be arbitrarily turned on. Further, the configuration in which the light emitting device is arranged near the receiving connector is equivalent to the configuration in which the light emitting device is arranged in the receiving connector.

[0007]

[Effect] As described above, by inputting wiring information for the in-house wiring in which a large number of communication lines drawn from a large number of communication cables are mixed, the connector of the target communication line is connected to the centralized connection board. Since the instruction is given by the light emitter, the position of the connector of an arbitrary communication line can be easily and quickly confirmed. Therefore, the work efficiency of the connection work of the communication line to the receiving side connector of the wiring board and the wiring replacement work can be remarkably improved. Further, since this device specifies the connector of the target communication line by indicating the position by the light emitting device, there is no possibility that a reading error may occur at all, as in the case where the operator reads and confirms the identification code. . Therefore, the reliability and reliability of this confirmation work are improved. That is, by turning on the light emitter near the receiving connector of the wiring board, it is not only easy to find the receiving connector to which the communication wire connector is to be attached, but also the communication wire connector is attached to the wiring board. Therefore, when removing the connector, it is easy to find the connector to be removed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a wiring board according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a portion A in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of an example of a centralized control device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1, 11: Optical fiber core, (communication line) 2: Tag 3, 12, ... Connector (connector) of optical fiber, 10: Centralized connection board (wiring board) 13: Receiving side connector 14 ・ ・ ・ Light emitter 15 ・ ・ ・ Light emitter controller 16 ・ ・ ・ Wire management controller 17 ・ ・ ・ Handy terminal (input device or wiring information input means)

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Keiji Ohashi 1440, Mukurosaki, Sakura City, Chiba Prefecture Inside Fujikura Sakura Plant (72) Inventor Suehiro Miyamoto 1440, Musaki, Sakura City, Chiba Prefecture Inside Fujikura Sakura Plant

Claims (2)

[Claims] In a wiring in which a number of communication lines are connected to a wiring board by a connector, a light emitter is arranged near a connector connection part (a receiving connector), and each light emitter is connected to a centralized control device. The centralized control device has a wiring management control unit (a database storing arithmetic information for each communication line, an arithmetic unit), a wiring information input unit, and a light emitting unit control unit, and stores the wiring information input from the wiring information input unit as described above. A wiring connector identification system in which a light emitting device corresponding to input wiring information is selected by collating with a database, and the light emitting device is turned on by a light emitting device control unit. 2. A wiring connector according to claim 1, wherein a wiring information input means is connected to said light emitting device control section so that an arbitrary light emitting device can be turned on by inputting information from said wiring information input means. Identification system.