JPS6236266B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an operation panel display method for a peripheral device that allows checking of failure information, device address, operation panel display lamp, etc. of the peripheral device on a per peripheral device basis.

Figure 1 shows a plan view of a conventional operation panel for a peripheral device such as a printer.
0 to 1-7 indicate keys, and 2-0 to 2-7 indicate indicator lamps, respectively. Display function names such as "power" and "operable" are engraved on the top surfaces of the keys 2-0 to 2-7. For example, the indicator lamp 2-0 lights up when the power is turned on, and the indicator lamp 2-1 lights up when the printer is ready for operation. In addition to the display function names mentioned above, switch function names such as "stop", "8 lines/6 lines", and "paper feed" are engraved on the keys 2-2 to 2-6. For example, when keys 1-2 are pressed, the printer stops, and when keys 2-4 are pressed, paper feeding starts. In addition, key 2-2
Switches are provided on the backs of keys 2-0 to 2-6, but no switches are provided on the backs of keys 2-0, 2-1, and 2-7.

In conventional peripheral devices that have an operation panel as shown in Figure 1, information such as failure information and device address of the peripheral device can be obtained by removing the cover and looking at the display inside the peripheral device, or by accessing the operation panel of the host computer. All I could do was look at it, which was extremely inconvenient.

The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks, and allows the peripheral device itself to easily know the failure information, device address, and validity of the display lamp on the operation panel of the peripheral device without significantly increasing the amount of hardware. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an operation panel display method for peripheral devices that can be used in a peripheral device. Therefore, the operation panel display method of the peripheral device of the present invention is such that an input/output mechanism section, an indicator lamp are attached, and a plurality of keys with function display names and/or switch function names written thereon, and a plurality of keys with switch function names written thereon, are provided. An operation panel consisting of a plurality of switches operated by keys, a first display register that stores display information specified by the function display name, and display information of the first display register is displayed with the above display lamp. For peripheral devices equipped with a control unit that performs the operation specified by the switch function name when a key with the switch function name written in it is operated, the peripheral device failure information, the device address information of the peripheral device, and the display lamp are displayed.・
A second display register capable of storing at least check information is provided, and when a predetermined key among the plurality of keys is pressed, the display lamp is blinked to display the contents of the second display register. The present invention is characterized in that the control section is configured as follows. Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the operation panel according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the display sequence of various information according to the present invention, and FIG. 4 is a diagram showing one of the peripheral devices according to the present invention.
A block diagram of the embodiment, FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the processing of the embodiment of FIG.

The operation panel shown in Fig. 2 is almost the same as that shown in Fig. 1, but in Fig. 2, the switch function name "Sense" is engraved on keys 1-7, and keys 1-7 are engraved with the switch function name "Sense".
By pressing 7, the sense signal not shown in FIG.
The switch works.

FIG. 3 shows a display sequence of various display information according to the present invention, and 3 indicates a display register. Status information such as driver check information, sensor information, timeout information, etc.
It has a byte configuration, and this display information is stored in the display register 3. Note that M represents either logical "1" or "0". If you press key 1-7 (i.e., sense switch) when indicator lamp 2-2 (i.e., start lamp) on the operation panel is turned off, the function display in Japanese will be switched to the function display in binary code. The first byte of driver check information is read from the display register 3 and displayed using all eight display lamps. In addition, in the function display mode in Japanese, each display lamp 2-0, 2-1, 2-2, ...2-7 is in a state indicated by the function display name engraved on the key to which it belongs. Displays whether it is established or not. When the lamp display is performed, the indicator lamp corresponding to the logical "1" bit position is flashed. Thereafter, each time the sense switch 1-7 is pressed, the display information in the display register 3 is sequentially read out such as the second byte, the third byte, etc., and the display lamps 2-0 to 2 are read out sequentially.
- displayed by 7. Sense switch 1-
When 7 is pressed six times, the device address information of the 6th byte is displayed on the display lamps 2-0, 2-1,
...2-7, and when the sense switch 1-7 is pressed seven times, the lamp check information of the 7th byte is displayed on the display lamps 2-0, 2-1,
...Displayed by 2-7. Since the lamp check information is always "11111111", you can immediately know which lamp is malfunctioning. 7th
If the sense switch 1-7 is pressed while the lamp check information for the byte is being displayed, the display returns to the function display in Japanese. Further, when the stop switch 1-2 is pressed while the i-th byte display information is being displayed, the display returns to the function display in Japanese.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the peripheral device according to the present invention, in which 3' is a 1-byte display register for displaying functions in Japanese, 4 is RAM, and 5 is a 1-byte display register for displaying functions in Japanese.
is a microprocessor, 6 is a command generator, and 7 is a microprocessor.
is a status register, 8 is an error check circuit, 9 is an input command decode section, 10 is an error information selection out section, 11 is an error information output section, 12 is an input section of an input/output port, and 13 is an input section. The output part of the output port, 14 is I/
The O mechanism and console are shown respectively. The peripheral device shown in FIG. 4 is, for example, a printer, and although not shown, the actual device also has a ROM for programming. The I/O mechanism section and console 14 has a printer mechanism and a console, and the console is provided with an operation panel as shown in FIG. When a command is sent from an upper-level host computer (not shown), the command generation unit 6 in the microprocessor 5 analyzes the command and sends it to the I/O mechanism via the input unit 12 of the input/output port. section and console 1
Send command to 4. The I/O mechanism section and the console 14 perform operations according to the commands sent thereto. The I/O mechanism section and console 14 are
Returns status information in response to commands.
This status information is set in the status register 7 and checked for errors by the error check circuit 8. If an error exists, error information is stored in a predetermined area within the RAM 4. The command output from the command generating section 6 is also input to the error check circuit 8, and this command is also checked for errors by the error check circuit 8. When indicator lamp 2-6 or 2-7 lights up and the operator is notified that an error has occurred,
The operator presses sense switches 1-7. Pressing down of the sense switches 1-7 is notified to the input command decoding section 9 via the input section 13 of the input/output port. The input command decoder 9 detects the type of switch that was pressed, and if the switch that was pressed is a sense switch, determines the number of times the switch has been pressed. If the pressed switch is a sense switch, the input command decoding unit 9 sends information indicating that the pressed switch is a sense switch and how many times it has been pressed into the error information selection field.
It is sent to the out section 10. Error information selection
The out section 10 displays error information in a register 3.
, and the information of the corresponding byte position is read from the display register 3 based on the information indicating the number of times the button has been pressed. The display information sent from the display register 3 is sent to the error information output section 11.
After that, the I/O mechanism section and the console 1 are set via the output section 12 of the input/output port.
4 and displayed on the operation panel as described above.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the processing section of the embodiment shown in FIG. 4 in more detail. When the sense switch 1-7 is pressed, it is checked whether an error has occurred during command execution, and if an error has occurred, the error contents are set in the display register 3 at the end of the command. If no error has occurred, the current status is displayed in register 3.
is set to . After the display information is set in the display register 3, the contents of the register are displayed on the display lamp 2.
- Display as 0, 2-1, ...2-7. After this display is performed, when the sense switch 1-7 is released, it is checked whether the start switch 1-2 has been pressed. When the start switch 1-2 is pressed, the lamp returns to the normal display, that is, the function display in Japanese. If the start switch 1-2 has not been pressed, it is checked whether the sense switch 1-7 has been pressed. sense·
When switches 1-7 are pressed, it is checked whether the display has ended, that is, the display information of the 7th byte has been displayed, and if the display has not ended, the next register, that is, the next byte position in display register 3 is checked. Display the contents of. Sense switch 1
- If 7 has not been pressed, check whether 125 m sec has elapsed. If 125 m sec has not elapsed, return to the illustrated process, and if 125 m sec has elapsed, check whether the flag is set or not. investigate. When the flag is set, the display lamps corresponding to the bits in the display information having a value of logic "1" are lit, and when the flag is cleared, all display lamps are turned off. Clears the flag if it is not set.
Therefore, the blinking period of the display lamp is 250 msec.

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, (a) device addresses can be confirmed with the cover on, making it possible to discover and recover from connection errors when configuring a system in a short time; Become.

(b) When a failure occurs, the failure status can be checked on the peripheral device alone with the cover attached, making maintenance easier.

(c) It is possible to check whether the operation panel and display lamps are turned on or off.

Remarkable effects such as these can be obtained.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a conventional operation panel for a printer, etc., FIG. 2 is a plan view of an operation panel according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is a diagram explaining the sequence of displaying various information according to the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the peripheral device according to the invention, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the processing of the embodiment of FIG. 1-0 or 1-7...key, 2-0 or 2
-7...Display lamp, 3 and 3'...Display register, 4...RAM, 5...Microprocessor,
6... Command generation section, 7... Status register, 8... Error check circuit, 9... Input command decoding section, 10... Error information selection out section, 11... Error information output section , 12... input part of the input/output port,
13... Output section of input/output port, 14... I/O
Mechanisms and console.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An input/output mechanism section, an operation panel to which an indicator lamp is attached, and which consists of a plurality of keys on which function display names and/or switch function names are written, and a plurality of switches operated by keys on which switch function names are written. , a first display register that stores display information specified by the function display name, and control for displaying the display information of the first display register with the display lamp and performing the operation specified by the switch function name. a second display register capable of storing at least failure information of the peripheral device, device address information of the peripheral device, and indicator lamp check information; 1. An operation panel display method for a peripheral device, characterized in that the control section is configured to cause the display lamp to flash and display the contents of the second display register when is pressed.