JPH02198218A - Setting display device for program timer - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely and easily set a time by moving a cursor in a direction of the time axis in response to the operation of a cursor moving switch and displaying a time chart in response to the operation of the on setting switch and the off setting switch. CONSTITUTION:A setting circuit 1 is provided with a cursor moving switch 7 moving a cursor 10 of a display section 3a in a direction of the time axis, an ON set switch 8 setting an ON time interval or an ON time, and an OFF set switch 9 setting an OFF time interval or an OFF time. Signals from the switches 7-9 are inputted to a control circuit 2, in which they are inputted to a 1st control section 2a provided therein and its setting content is stored in a memory 2c. The display control is applied by a 1st control section 2a and a 2nd control section 2b, and the cursor 10 and a time chart are displayed on the display section 3a of the display circuit 3. Thus, sure and easy time setting is attained.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a setting display device for a progerano timer.

[Prior Art] FIG. 10 shows a block diagram of this type of programmable timer, which supplies power to a setting circuit 1', a control circuit 2', a display circuit 3', an input circuit 4, an output circuit 5, and each circuit. It is composed of a power supply circuit 6 and the like. Settings such as the on-off time or on-off time, the repeating period, the number of repeating delays of the repetition period, etc., set by the setting circuit 1' are taken into the control circuit 2'. At the same time, the control circuit 2' displays the setting state on the display circuit 3'. LEDs, LCDs, etc. are used as display elements of the display circuit 3'. After the setting circuit 1' completes the setting, the control circuit 2' starts the predetermined timer operation based on the control input received by the input circuit 4. The output on-off signal generated by the control circuit 2' is sent to the output circuit 5.
turns on and off external outputs such as relays and transistors based on the signal.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The conventional programmable timer setting three-display type is as follows:
While changing the set time or set time displayed on the LED or LCD using the button etc., press the on setting button or off setting button at the desired time or time to set on-off, and check whether it is set on or not. The off setting was indicated by an on or off indication on the LED or LCD of the car light. but,
In this setting method and display method, the entire setting is turned on.
Since it is difficult to grasp the off state, it is necessary to refer to the time chart each time.Also, if the time chart is not created once, it is easy to make mistakes in the settings, making it difficult to make settings and check the operation. There was a problem.

The present invention has been provided in view of the above-mentioned points, and provides a setting display device for bloglano and formula timers that is easy to set, easy to grasp the setting status, and easy to check the operation. Our purpose is to provide the following:

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a setting circuit with an on setting switch, an off setting switch, and a cursor movement switch for moving the cursor in the time axis direction, and a display section of the display circuit includes the cursor movement switch. The present invention is characterized in that the control circuit is provided with a display control unit that moves the cursor in the time axis direction in accordance with the operation of the setting switch and controls the display of the time chart in accordance with the operation of both of the setting switches.

[Function] According to the present invention, the cursor is moved in the time axis direction according to the operation of the cursor movement switch, and a time chart is displayed according to the operation of the on setting switch and the off setting switch. .

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. Second
The figure shows an overall block diagram, including setting circuit 1 and control circuit 2.
The configuration other than the display circuit 3 is the same as the conventional one. The display section 3a of the display circuit 3 is of a dot matrix type for displaying a cursor and a time chart, as will be described later.
It uses an LCD.

As shown in FIG. 1, the setting circuit 1 includes a cursor movement switch 7 that moves the cursor 10 on the display section 3a in the time axis direction, an on setting switch 8 that sets the on time or on time, and an off time or off time An off setting switch 9 is provided for setting. Each of these switches 7~
The signal No. 9 is input to the control circuit 2, the first control section 2a provided in the control circuit 2, and the setting contents are stored in the memory 2c. and a time chart are displayed, and the display is controlled by the second control section 2c which receives a signal from the first control section 2a.

Note that the first control section 2a and the second control section 2b constitute a display control section.

Here, the time chart to be set is shown in FIG. Output on at time t1, output off at time t2, time t
This is a time chart in which the output is turned on at time t4 and the output is turned off at time t4. Initially, as shown in FIG. 4(a), the cursor 10 is positioned above the time shown on the display section 3a. By operating the cursor movement switch 7 in the horizontal direction, the cursor 10 is moved to time t1 as shown in FIG. 4(b), and when the ON setting switch 8 is pressed, the time chart rises to the ON side. Furthermore, as shown in FIG.
When the time chart is moved to the off position and the off setting switch 9 is pressed, the time chart falls to the off side.

Thereafter, the above operation is repeated until time t, as shown in Fig. 4 (d).
) Create a time chart as shown in (e).

The time chart created in this way is stored in the memory 2C. Here, while the timer is operating, the cursor 10 moves with time such as time t0 → t, → t2 → t, → t, so at what position on the time chart is the cursor 10 currently operating? You can see at a glance if it is. Also, a time display section 10a is provided at the upper left of the display section 3a.
is provided, and this time display section 3a allows the cursor 1 to
The time is displayed at the 0 position.

Therefore, it is not only possible to easily check the time chart created in advance and the input program, but also the time chart can be displayed on the display section 3a of the display circuit 3 even if the time chart has not been created in advance. This eliminates the trouble of creating a time chart and allows reliable and easy time setting.

FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of another embodiment, which allows setting of a plurality of time charts in addition to the above functions. As shown in FIG. 5, a plurality of timers T, , T2,
...Tn, and the selection of the timer is performed by a selection switch 11 provided in the setting circuit 1. Further, time charts are displayed in the vertical direction on the display section 3a of the display circuit 3, and the characters T1'''', "T2'°..."Tn" are displayed at the left end of each time chart. The timer will be displayed, and the characters corresponding to the timer being set will blink.

Figure 6 shows the time chart to be set.
The figure shows a method of setting the timer T1, and since this method is the same as in the previous embodiment, its explanation will be omitted. At this time, the characters "T1" will flash.As shown in Figure 8, if you want to set timer T2 after setting the time of timer T, operate the selection switch 11 to move to timer T2. At this time, as shown in FIG. 6(b), the characters "T2" blink to indicate that the timer T2 is set. In this way, timer T2 is selected and the on-off setting is performed in the same manner according to the time chart shown in FIG.
This operation is repeated until timer Tn.

As for setting a plurality of timers, as shown in FIG. 8, after setting one timer, the next timer may be set. FIG. 9 shows another setting method. That is, while the cursor 10 is kept at a fixed position, the timer is sequentially switched using the selection switch 11 to perform on/off settings. In other words, move cursor 10 to time t1□
(=1n,), and while sequentially selecting the on-off state at that time with the selection switch 11 according to the time chart shown in FIG.
Perform on/off settings. Cursor 1
While moving 0, time j'z (=tza=jfi4
) Repeat until Of course, the timer being set is displayed blinking, and in FIG. 9, the characters "T n " are blinking, indicating that the timer T rr is being set.

Incidentally, such control is performed by the first control section 2a and the second control section 2a shown in FIG.
This is done by the control unit 2b.

The time chart created by the above settings is of course displayed on the display section 3a of the display circuit 3.

Further, while the timer is operating, the cursor 10 moves with the passage of time, so it can be seen at a glance where the timer is currently operating.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, in the present invention, the setting circuit is provided with an on setting switch, an off setting switch, and a cursor movement switch for moving the cursor in the time axis direction, and the display section of the display circuit is provided with the cursor movement switch. The control circuit is equipped with a display control unit that moves the cursor in the time axis direction in response to the operation of the cursor movement switch, and controls the display of the time chart in response to the operation of both of the setting switches mentioned above. It is possible to move the cursor in the time axis direction and display a time chart according to the operation of the on setting switch and off setting switch. Conventionally, a separate time chart was required, but now a time chart can be displayed. By displaying it on the circuit display, you can not only easily check the time chart created in advance and the input program, but also the time chart can be displayed on the display even if you have not created a time chart in advance is displayed, the on-off settings can be easily read, the effort of creating a time chart can be saved, and the time can be set reliably and easily.

In addition, a selection switch for selecting multiple types of timers is provided in the setting circuit, and the corresponding timer is lit and displayed according to the operation of this selection switch. Not only can you easily check the time chart you have created and the input program, but even if you have not created a time chart in advance, the time chart will be displayed on the display section of the display circuit, making it easy to create a time chart. This saves time and effort, and allows reliable and easy time setting.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an overall block diagram of the same as above, Fig. 3 is a time chart for setting the same as above, Fig. 4 is an explanatory diagram of the same as above, Fig. 5 is a block diagram of another embodiment same as above, FIG. 6 is a time chart to be set as above, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of operation same as above,
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the same operation as above, FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of another setting method same as the above, and FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a conventional example. 1 is a setting circuit, 2 is a control circuit, 3 is a display circuit, 3a is a display section, 4 is an input circuit, 5 is an output circuit, 6 is a power supply circuit, 7
8 is an on setting switch, 9 is an off setting switch, 10 is a cursor, and 11 is a selection switch. Agent Patent Attorney Ishi 1) Chief 7 Figure 1 Figure 4 Figure 2 Wa 3

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A setting circuit that sets on-off time or on-off time, etc., a control circuit that takes in signals from the setting circuit and controls timer operation, and an input that causes the control circuit to perform the predetermined timer operation that has been set. In a timer equipped with a circuit, a display circuit that displays a setting state using the control circuit output, and an output circuit that outputs a signal to the outside using the control circuit output, the setting circuit has an on setting switch, an off setting switch, and a cursor. A cursor movement switch for moving the cursor in the time axis direction is provided, the cursor is moved in the time axis direction on the display section of the display circuit in response to the operation of the cursor movement switch, and a time chart is displayed in response to the operation of both the setting switches. A setting display device for a programmable timer, characterized in that the control circuit is provided with a display control section for display control. (2) A setting display for a programmable timer according to claim 1, characterized in that the setting circuit is provided with a selection switch for selecting a plurality of types of timers, and the corresponding timer is displayed by lighting in response to the operation of the selection switch. Device.