KR19990048878A - Terminal Tester of Financial Equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a terminal test apparatus for a financial device, and executes a program for the number of terminal apparatuses to be tested in one computer system, and automatically sets the test time to perform the desired time period, thereby testing the professional processing stability of the BP. It is also possible to test the capacity of the communication line between the terminal processing device and the BP. The terminal test apparatus of such a financial device is a branch processor that handles financial affairs and a user interface management unit for selecting a business transaction during online work with a plurality of terminal devices, and transmitting / receiving data transmitted from the user interface manager to the terminal device. A screen processing apparatus including a communication interface management unit and a display unit which provides a user with data on a business transaction transmitted from the communication interface management unit; And a transmission / reception data management unit for managing business transaction data transmitted from the screen processing apparatus, an interface management unit and a communication management unit for mutually communicating the transmission / reception data transmitted from the transmission / reception data management unit with the branch processor.

Description

Terminal Tester of Financial Equipment

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a financial device. More particularly, the present invention relates to a financial device that controls a plurality of terminal devices connected to a branch processor (BP) in one screen processing device and performs a test on the terminal device in various ways. It relates to a terminal test apparatus of the equipment.

In general, financial institutions such as banks install a host computer as a central computing function in the head office, and a terminal device as a data input / output device at a window of each branch, and is connected by telegraph or telephone line. Perform online tasks to process data.

Here, a branch processor controlling a communication between a host computer of a bank headquarters and an terminal device such as an ATM (automatic teller machine) and a CD (Cash Dispensor) installed in branches of various regions is referred to as a branch processor (hereinafter referred to as "BP"). This BP is provided with a communication line of up to 16 lines including a line connected to a host computer. Accordingly, one BP controls terminal devices at up to 15 points.

At this time, a terminal device connected to the BP and processing various financial affairs is illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2. As shown therein, the terminal device 10 includes a transmission control protocol / internet protocol (TCP / IP) 18 for data communication with the BP, a communication protocol unit 16 for connecting the BP with the terminal device, and a terminal device and the terminal. It consists of a terminal to terminal control (TTCP) 14 which connects devices to perform communication control, and a business processor 12 that displays various transaction tasks as a bank terminal screen.

Here, the TTCP 14 includes a part 20 for managing the header of the data to be transmitted, a frame manager 22 and a data manager 24. The communication protocol 16 also includes an interface header manager 26, a protocol dependent header manager 28, and a timer manager 30 including a transmit / receive timer, a response timer, and the like.

The online work executed by the terminal device 10 configured as described above in connection with the BP is performed by connecting the terminal device and the host computer via a communication line, transmitting the data to the host computer at the same time as the generation of the data, and processing the result from the host computer. Output to the terminal device of the data generation point. At this time, the data input to the terminal device is transmitted between the host computer and the branch processor while being controlled by the communication protocol unit 16 and the TTCP 14.

In more detail, first, the terminal device operator manipulates a specific terminal device to be used to access the BP. When the connection is established, the BP announces the available status with a response signal indicating that the connection is established.

Thereafter, a communication path is established between each other, and a host computer is used under BP control. When the connection between the BP and the terminal apparatus 10 through the host computer is completed, the business process input from the terminal apparatus 10 can be performed, and response processing for the corresponding data from the BP is performed for each input data. 10) is provided to the operator.

In this way, after the connection between the terminal device 10 and the BP is completed after the connection is completed, all online operations until the business process are sequentially performed through the TTCP, the communication protocol unit, and TCP / IP. In particular, the online transaction is performed through the BP and the terminal. The communication protocol 16 between the devices 10 and the TTCP 14 connecting the terminal device and the terminal device are processed, and the data responds to the terminal device 10 in accordance with the data transmission.

On the other hand, during such on-line work, the BP causes an obstacle due to congestion of the work, an operator's mistake, etc., and accordingly, the BP performs a test for the stability of the BP.

That is, the BP and a plurality of terminal devices connected to the BP are selectively or continuously tested, and such a test is performed during the online work.

However, as described above, the BP and the terminal test according to the prior art have a problem that requires a lot of manpower and time. In other words, the software of the terminal device according to the prior art operates only in Windows 3.1, and only one program is executed per PC. Therefore, in order to perform a selective test, a large number of personnel have to perform transactions using several PCs at the same time. And, in order to carry out the test for a long time there was a problem that must continuously carry out the transaction.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a terminal test apparatus for a financial device to execute a program as many times as the number of terminal apparatuses to be tested in one computer system, and to automatically set a test time to perform a desired time period.

1 is a schematic block diagram showing a terminal device connected to a branch processor according to the prior art,

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating in detail a terminal device in FIG. 1;

3 is a schematic block diagram showing a terminal test apparatus for a financial device according to the present invention;

4 is a block diagram illustrating in detail the screen processing apparatus of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating in detail the terminal processing apparatus of FIG. 3.

<Explanation of symbols for main parts of the drawings>

100: terminal device 102: screen processing device

104: terminal processing unit 106: user interface unit

108: communication interface unit 110: display unit

112: transmission and reception data management unit 114: interface management unit

116: communication management unit

In order to achieve the above object, a terminal test apparatus for a financial device according to the present invention includes a user interface manager for selecting a business transaction during an online work between a branch processor that handles financial affairs and a plurality of terminal devices, and in the user interface manager. A screen processing apparatus including a communication interface manager for transmitting / receiving the transmitted data to the terminal device and a display unit for providing a user with data on the business transaction transmitted from the communication interface manager; A terminal including a transmission / reception data manager for managing business transaction data transmitted from the screen processing apparatus, an interface manager and a communication manager for mutually communicating the transmission / reception data transmitted from the transmission / reception data manager with the branch processor; It includes a processing device.

The screen processing apparatus may control a plurality of terminal processing apparatuses through the user interface manager.

Preferably, the terminal processing apparatus is characterized in that the transaction is performed for a predetermined time from the reserved time in accordance with the reservation time control of the user interface manager.

Preferably, the reservation time control is characterized in that the terminal device is processed at the same time for a predetermined time interval from the start of the work.

Preferably, the reservation time control is characterized in that the terminal device is processed for a different time interval from the end of work.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 is a schematic block diagram showing a terminal test apparatus for a financial device according to the present invention. As shown in the drawing, the terminal test apparatus 100 transmits a command according to an input key selected by an operator. A screen processing apparatus 102 for providing a processing result to an operator, and a terminal processing apparatus for transmitting a command transmitted from the screen processing apparatus 102 to the BP, and transmitting the processed data from the BP to the screen processing apparatus 102 ( 104).

Preferably, the screen processing apparatus 102 includes a user interface management unit 106 controlled by a user, and a communication interface management unit which communicates commands transmitted from the user interface management unit 106 with the terminal processing unit 104 ( 108 and a display unit 110 for processing the operation result transmitted from the terminal processing apparatus 104 to the screen.

Preferably, the user interface manager 106 selects a terminal device connected to the BP and manipulates connection, transaction, release, and reservation time with the terminal device.

Preferably, the terminal processing apparatus 104 transmits / receives data management unit 112 and data transmitted from the transmission / reception data management unit 112 to manage transmission / reception data through mutual communication with the screen processing unit 102. The communication manager 116 manages a communication protocol for transmitting / receiving BPs, and an interface manager 116 connecting the transmission / reception data manager 112 and the communication manager 116.

The terminal test apparatus 100 of the financial device configured as described above can arbitrarily set the number of terminal processing apparatuses connected to one BP according to each test situation, and start and control it in one computer system.

Here, the test by the terminal test apparatus includes a selective test (Rush Test) to selectively test the terminal processing device and a long run test (Long Run Test) to test this when a plurality of terminal processing devices perform an online operation for a long time.

Referring to the process of performing such a test, first, the operator operates the terminal test apparatus 100 through the screen processing apparatus 102, in which the operator is the number of terminal processing apparatus to be tested in the user interface management unit 106 Specifies. In addition, when the terminal processing apparatus 104 is operated, the screen processing apparatus 102 transmits information such as an intercommunication port, an index number of a terminal processor, a point number, a reference number, and the like to the terminal processing apparatus 104. That is, the screen processing apparatus 102 is configured in the form of a plurality of terminal processing apparatus 104 and a client-server.

In this case, the screen processing apparatus 102 is configured to use a graphical user interface (GUI) in X-Windows.

Subsequently, when the operator selects the designated number of the terminal processing apparatus 104 by the user interface management unit 106, the operator makes a connection with the designated terminal processing apparatus 104. That is, all terminal connections are selected when testing mutual transactions with all terminal processing apparatuses connected to the BP, and specific terminal connections are selected when testing mutual transactions by selecting only a few terminal processing apparatuses.

Thereafter, the communication interface manager 108 transmits a transaction command to the designated terminal processing apparatus 104. Here, the mutual communication between the screen processing apparatus 102 and the terminal processing apparatus 104 is performed through a Unix-domain protocol.

The transaction command transmitted from the screen processing unit 102 is received through the communication management unit 116 of the terminal processing unit 104, and subsequently, the transmission / reception data management unit 112 prepares the necessary text for the transaction and sorts by transaction procedure. Compare the receiving text.

After the comparison, the full text is transmitted to the BP through the communication management unit 116, and the BP processes the transmitted full text. The processed message is transmitted to the terminal processing apparatus 104 again, and the communication manager 116 transmits the processed transaction result to the screen processing apparatus 102. In this case, the screen processing apparatus 102 and the terminal processing apparatus 104 are performed through the Unix-domain protocol.

The screen processing apparatus 102 provides the transmitted transaction result to the user through the display 110.

Such transaction command processing is performed by arbitrarily setting the number of terminal processing apparatuses connected to one BP for each situation to be tested, and the test process is controlled by one computer system.

On the other hand, when the screen processing apparatus 102 selects a reservation time transaction according to the operation of the user interface manager 106, the transaction start time and the transaction duration are set.

That is, when the reservation time transaction is selected, the user interface manager 106 searches the reservation time to see if the reservation time is reached, and when the reservation time arrives, a transaction command is transmitted from that time point.

At this time, if a time interval is selected, the transaction command is transmitted according to the set time interval, and if the transaction duration is set, the transaction command is transmitted for the set time and then the display unit 110 displays the result. )

On the other hand, the time interval function calculates the time interval from the start of one transaction, so that all terminal processing devices start the transaction at the same time every interval time, and the time interval from the end of one transaction. There is a relative time interval (Long run test) function that calculates and starts each transaction at different time points.

The present invention relates to a terminal processing apparatus of a financial device, which executes a program for the number of terminal apparatuses to be tested in one computer system, and automatically sets a test time to perform the desired processing time, thereby testing the professional processing stability of the BP. It is also possible to test the capacity of the communication line between the terminal processing apparatus and the BP.

Claims (5)

The user interface manager which selects a business transaction, and the communication interface manager which transmits / receives the data transmitted from the user interface manager to the terminal device when the branch processor which handles financial affairs and a plurality of terminal devices are online. A screen processing apparatus including a display unit for providing a user with data on the business transaction transmitted from an interface manager; A terminal including a transmission / reception data manager for managing business transaction data transmitted from the screen processing apparatus, an interface manager and a communication manager for mutually communicating the transmission / reception data transmitted from the transmission / reception data manager with the branch processor; Terminal testing apparatus of a financial device, characterized in that it comprises a processing device. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the screen processing apparatus controls a plurality of terminal processing apparatuses through the user interface management unit. The terminal testing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the terminal processing apparatus performs a transaction for a predetermined time at a reserved time according to the reservation time control of the user interface manager. 4. The terminal test apparatus of claim 3, wherein the reservation time control is simultaneously performed for a predetermined time interval from the time when the terminal device is started. The terminal test apparatus of claim 3, wherein the reservation time control is performed for different time intervals from the end of the work period.