JP2932730B2 - Vending machine data input / output device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data input / output device of a vending machine which sucks various data from a vending machine in which data has been set and writes the data to another vending machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 9 shows a conventional data input / output device 101. Data such as price, raw material amount, and various timer data stored in the storage unit C in the control unit B of the vending machine A are read out by the data reading unit 102 together with their memory address information and read into the data storage unit 103. It is memorized. The data stored in the data storage means 103 is stored in another vending machine D according to the memory address information.
The data is written by the data writing means 104 in accordance with the address specified for the storage means F in the control section E. By using the data input / output device 101 in this manner, data can be set in a short time without performing complicated data setting by keyboard input.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned data setting, the vending machine for reading data and the vending machine for writing data may have the same memory arrangement without any change in data addresses. This is necessary, and if one of the memory arrangements is changed due to the addition of a function or the like, the data is not written to a regular address and data cannot be set normally if the data is set as it is.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problem, and has as its object to provide a data input / output device that can perform data setting without any problem even if the memory arrangement is different.

[0004]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, various data stored in a storage means C in a control section B of a vending machine A are read out and another vending machine D is read out.
In the data input / output device 1 for writing to the storage means F inside the control unit E, data reading means 2 for reading data stored in the storage means C and memory address information in which the data is stored, and reading by the data reading means 2 A memory card 4 for storing conversion data for converting memory address information so as to match the memory arrangement of the storage means F of another vending machine D whose memory address has been changed. A conversion data reading means 5 for reading the conversion data of the memory card 4, and an address information conversion means 6 for converting memory address information for data stored in the data storage means 3 based on the conversion data read by the conversion data reading means 5. And the memory address information converted by the address information converting means 6 and the memory address information. And a data writing means 8 for writing data to the storage means F of another vending machine D in accordance with the memory address information stored in the conversion data storage means 7. Features.

In the second invention, as shown in FIG. 2, various data stored in a storage means C in a control unit B of a vending machine A are read out to read out various data stored in a control unit E of another vending machine D. In the data input / output device for writing to the storage means F, data reading means 11 for reading data stored in the storage means C and memory address information in which the data is stored.
A data storage unit 12 for storing data read by the data reading unit 11, a data communication unit 13 for sending data stored in the data storage unit 12 to an address information conversion unit 27 described later, and the address information conversion unit 27. Data receiving means 14 for receiving the data transmitted from the vending machine D, writing data storage means 15 for storing the received data as write data, and other vending machines D according to the memory address information stored in the write data storage means 15. Writing means 1 for writing to storage means F inside the control unit E
A data input / output unit 17 comprising: a data receiving unit 21 for receiving data transmitted from the data communication unit 13; a reception data storage unit 22 for storing data received by the data receiving unit 21; Conversion data storage means 23 for storing conversion data for converting memory address information so as to match the memory arrangement of storage means F of another vending machine D in which An address information conversion means 24 for converting memory address information for data stored in the reception data storage means 22, and a memory for storing the memory address information converted by the address information conversion means 24 and data corresponding to the memory address information. Data storage means 25, data and addresses stored in conversion data storage means 25 Characterized by including a; broadcast the address information converting unit 27 that includes a data communication unit 26 to be transmitted to the data receiving means 14 of the data input-output unit 17.

[0006]

In the device of the first invention, data is read out together with memory address information from the storage means C of the original vending machine A by the data input / output device, and the address information conversion means 6 converts the data from the memory card 4. According to the data,
The memory address information is changed to match the memory arrangement of the storage means F of the vending machine D of the registration destination, and each data is stored according to the memory address information.
, Each data is stored at a regular memory address.

In the device of the second invention, the data input / output unit 17
The data containing the memory address information read into the vending machine D at the registration destination is stored in the external address information conversion unit 27.
The memory address information is changed so as to match the memory arrangement of the storage means F, and transferred to the data input / output unit 17,
Thereafter, the data is written to the storage unit F by the data input / output unit 17.

[0008]

FIG. 3 is a control block diagram showing an embodiment of the apparatus of the first invention. In the data input / output device 50,
A CP 51 centrally controls the data input / output device 50.
U (Central Processing Unit), 52 is a ROM (Read Only Memory) storing a control program of the CPU 51
It is. Reference numeral 53 denotes a RAM (random access memory) for storing communication data as needed, and reference numerals 54 to 56 denote input / output units. The following circuits are connected to the CPU 51 via these input / output units. Reference numeral 57 denotes a serial interface, which is connected to the data communication means 34 or 44 of the vending machine 31 or 41 by an appropriate connection cable.
58 and 59 are a data read switch and a data write switch. Reference numeral 60 denotes a memory card reader / writer, and reference numeral 70 denotes memory address information of data from the memory 33 of the vending machine 31 stored in the RAM 53 in a memory arrangement of the memory 43 of another vending machine 42. This is a memory card that stores address information conversion data for conversion to match.

The operation of the data input / output device 50 having the above configuration will be described below. First, the memory card 70 is inserted into the memory card reader / writer 60, and the address information conversion data stored in the memory card 70 is read. Thereafter, the serial interface 57 of the data input / output device 50 and the vending machine 3 are connected by using an appropriate connection cable.
1 and the data read switch 58 is turned on, the various data stored in the memory 33 of the vending machine 31 are read out together with their memory address information and passed through the data communication means 34. The data is transmitted to the data input / output device 50 and stored in the RAM 52.

As shown in FIG. 5, when data "01", "01" and "02" are stored in addresses 10 to 12 of the memory 33, as shown in FIG. (10) and end address
The data having the configuration accompanied by (12) is transmitted to the data input / output device 50.

After that, when the connection cable is connected to the data communication means 44 of another vending machine 41 and the data write switch 59 is turned on, the CPU 51
The data and memory address information in M52 are read out, and the address information is converted to match the memory arrangement of the memory 41 based on the address information conversion data, and the data is automatically transferred together with the converted memory address information. The data is transferred to the vending machine 41, and data is sequentially written to a predetermined address in the memory 43 in accordance with the memory address information.

The start address after the address information conversion is 1
2, if the end address is 14, the data having the configuration as shown in FIG. 7 is transmitted to the vending machine 41, and as a result, as shown in FIG.
4, data “01”, “02”, and “03” are written.

FIG. 4 shows a data input / output device 80 according to the second invention.
The same symbols are given to portions corresponding to the data input / output device 50 of FIG. Reference numeral 61 denotes an address information conversion switch for converting address information. Reference numeral 62 denotes a serial interface for serial communication between the data input / output device 80 and an external personal computer 71. The personal computer 71 executes the function of the address information conversion unit 27 shown in FIG. 2 by software.

As in the previous embodiment, the data and memory address information of the memory 33 of the vending machine 31 are read out and stored in the RAM 53. When the address conversion switch 61 is turned on thereafter, the data is stored in the RAM 53. The memory address information is sent to the personal computer 71 through the serial interface 62, and the memory address information is converted in the personal computer 71 in the same manner as described above. Is forwarded to Thereafter, when the data write switch 59 is turned on, the data is transferred to the vending machine 41 together with the converted memory address information, and the data is sequentially written to a predetermined address in the memory 43 according to the memory address information.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the memory address information can be converted in accordance with the memory arrangement of the transfer destination memory, data communication between the same kind of vending machines having different memory arrangements becomes possible. Data can be set in a short time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram corresponding to claims of a data input / output device according to a first invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram corresponding to claims of the data input / output device according to the second invention.

FIG. 3 is a control block diagram showing one embodiment of the first invention.

FIG. 4 is a control block diagram showing an embodiment of the second invention.

FIG. 5 is a memory map diagram showing a memory arrangement.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a data configuration read from the memory of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a view showing a data configuration when memory address information is converted to the data configuration of FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a memory map diagram when the data of FIG. 7 is written in a memory location of a transfer destination.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a conventional data input / output device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 50 data input / output device 51 CPU 52 ROM 53 RAM 54 input / output unit 55 input / output unit 56 input / output unit 57 serial interface 58 data read switch 59 data write switch 60 memory card read / write unit 61 address information conversion switch 62 serial Interface 70 Memory card 71 Personal computer

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. A data input / output device for reading various data stored in a storage unit inside a control unit of a vending machine and writing the data into a storage unit inside a control unit of another vending machine. Data arrangement means for reading data and memory address information storing the data, data storage means for storing data read by the data read means, and memory arrangement of storage means of another vending machine having a changed memory address A memory card for storing conversion data for converting memory address information so as to match the conversion data, conversion data reading means for reading conversion data of the memory card, and data storage means based on the conversion data read by the conversion data reading means. Address information conversion means for converting memory address information for data stored in Conversion data storage means for storing the memory address information converted by the information conversion means and data corresponding to the memory address information; and storing the data in the storage means of another vending machine in accordance with the memory address information stored in the conversion data storage means. A data input / output device for a vending machine, comprising: data writing means for writing. 2. A data input / output device for reading various data stored in a storage unit inside a control unit of a vending machine and writing the data in a storage unit inside a control unit of another vending machine. Data reading means for reading data and memory address information in which the data is stored; data storage means for storing data read by the data reading means; and data stored in the data storage means to be sent to an address information conversion unit described later. Data communication means,
A data receiving means for receiving data sent from the address information conversion unit, a write data storage means for storing the received data as write data, and another automatic vending of the data according to the memory address information stored in the write data storage means A data input / output unit including a data writing unit that writes data into a storage unit inside a control unit of the machine; a data reception unit that receives data transmitted from the data communication unit; and stores data received by the data reception unit. Receiving data storage means, conversion data storage means for storing conversion data for converting memory address information so as to match the memory arrangement of the storage means of another vending machine whose memory address has been changed, and conversion data storage means Memory address information for data stored in the reception data storage means based on the storage data Address information converting means for converting; memory address information converted by the address information converting means; and conversion data storing means for storing data corresponding to the memory address information; and data and address information stored in the conversion data storing means. And a data communication unit for sending data to a data receiving unit of the data input / output unit.