JPH023955B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to a mark card entry method for a mark card type program timer according to the present invention.

Conventionally, the mark card of this type of mark card type program timer, as shown in Fig. 1, has a group of mark entry frames for specifying hours and minutes for setting the timed operation start time of timer operation start or time signal start. A time designation column A is provided for each operation, a circuit designation column B is provided with a group of mark entry frames for specifying circuits for timer output, corresponding to a predetermined number of circuits, and a timer or time signal operation. an operation type specification field C provided with a mark entry frame 1 for specifying the
A day designation field D for specifying the day of the week on which the timed operation specified in the time designation field A is to start, a blowing time designation field E having a group of mark entry boxes for designating the sounding time of the time signal operation, and a chime time designation field E. A preheat specification field F is provided with a mark entry frame 1 specifying that preheating is to be performed. It is possible to specify the following.

By the way, in this conventional mark card, all the timed operation start times set in the time specification field A are specified on the day of the week specified in the day of the week specification field D, so for example, from Monday to Friday, the timer program X is specified. If you set the program operation of the timer Y on Saturday and Sunday, specify the first output circuit of the timer, and in this first output circuit specify the program X on the days of the week from Monday to Friday. Set it with a mark card, specify the second output circuit of the timer, and in this second circuit set a mark card that specifies the program Y from Saturday to Sunday,
Further, the output terminals of the first output circuit and the second output circuit are connected in parallel, and a load is connected to the output terminals connected in parallel. In this case, as shown in FIG. 2, since the first output circuit 2 and the second output circuit 3 are connected in parallel,
Multiple output circuits, which were originally prepared to control separate loads 4, are used only to control one load 4, resulting in a very inefficient use of the program timer. There are disadvantages, and in some cases, the number of output circuits may be insufficient, which is a very serious problem in practical use.Also, there is a disadvantage that mark cards must be prepared for each program.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned drawbacks.
The purpose of this is to provide a mark entry frame for specifying the day of the week for each temporary operation, and to make it possible to specify different program operations for the same load on any day of the week using a single mark card. To provide a mark card entry method for a mark card type program timer that can be set so that the load can be controlled by an output circuit.

The present invention will be explained below with reference to Examples.

FIG. 3 shows a partially omitted front view of the mark card used in one embodiment. Digit 2 mark entry frame 1
At the bottom, markings for days of the week such as Sunday, Monday, Saturday, etc., are provided in order.
The time of a temporary operation is indicated by a set of four columns: 10's digit, 1's digit, 10's digit for minutes, and 1's digit.
When you mark the day of the week mark entry frame 1 below the mark entry frame 1 of the 10th digit of the hour and specify the day of the week, the time specification field A where that mark entry frame 1 is located operates. Mark the day of the week in frame 1
Only the corresponding day of the week. In other words, each time specification field A
The corresponding timed operation in each time specification field A
You can specify the day of the week using the mark in frame 1 for specifying the day of the week.For example, if you want to operate the load with program X from Monday to Friday and program Y on Saturday and Sunday. Prepare one mark card and
In each time specification field A where the time was set according to the program in Y, mark the mark entry frame 1 corresponding to Monday through Friday. By marking the corresponding mark entry frame 1, this mark card can be used to specify that X and Y programs having separate patterns for specifying days of the week can be executed by one output circuit.

Figure 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of a program timer using the above-described mark card. In the figure, 5 is a card reader, and a sensor 6 consisting of a pair of a phototransistor Ph and an infrared light emitting diode LED is used to mark the mark card. The number of columns corresponding to the number of columns of the entry frame 1 and the timing marks 7 are arranged in parallel, and when the mark card is moved at an appropriate speed in the direction of the arrow G of the mark card while facing the sensor 6..., the mark entry frame 1 is arranged in parallel. Each time the mark entry frame 1 filled in with a pencil and the timing mark 7 pass, the corresponding sensors 6 generate an output. 8 is a comparator circuit section,
This comparator circuit section 8 is for inputting the outputs of the respective sensors 6 and shaping them into rectangular wave pulse signals. Reference numeral 9 denotes a multiplexer, and this multiplexer 9 converts the waveform-shaped outputs of the sensors 6 input from the comparator circuit section 8 into, for example, 4-bit parallel signals driven by a time-division signal from the logic operation circuit section 10 consisting of a microcomputer. , and input it to the logical operation circuit section 10. The logic operation circuit unit 10 inputs a clock signal obtained from a reference signal generation circuit such as a crystal oscillation circuit as a time reference signal for time counting, timer operation, etc., counts this clock to measure time, and displays a liquid crystal display, A time display section 11 consisting of a light emitting diode segment display or the like displays the current time, timer operation control, and information regarding time signal control. Reference numeral 12 denotes a current time setting switch section for setting the current time, and the current time setting switch section 12 sets the current time by increasing or decreasing the time measurement content of the logic operation circuit section 10 when turned on. There is. Also 13,1
Reference numerals 4 and 15 denote external memories such as RAM, which store time designation information regarding operation control read from the mark card mentioned above, day designation information, etc.
Alternatively, it constitutes a storage means for storing the operation of the logical operation circuit section 10, a monitor program, etc. In FIG. 4, CE ₁ to _{CE 3} are chip enable terminals for selecting external memories 13, 14, and 15 by the logic operation circuit section 10, and 16 is a timer output section, and this timer output section 16 has six output circuits. They are provided independently, and each output circuit can be operated according to circuit designation. AD is address selection output terminal, DA is data input/output terminal,
R/W is a read/write signal output terminal for selecting read/write of the external memories 13, 14, 15. 17 is a time signal control output circuit.

Next, the operation of the program timer will be explained. now,
When a mark card is inserted into the card reader 6 and a card reader start signal is input, the first time-division signal S is output from the logic operation circuit section 10 to the multiplexer 9. In the case of the multiplexer 9, the output signal of the sensor 6 corresponding to the timing mark 7 and the 4-bit signal corresponding to the output signal of the sensor 6 corresponding to the first to third columns of the mark entry frame 1 are first outputted by the time-sharing signal. is output to the logical operation circuit section 10. If the bit corresponding to the timing mark 7 is "H", the logic operation circuit section 10 takes it into the storage section within the logic operation circuit section 10 once. Then, when the next time-sharing signal S is input to the multiplexer 9, the multiplexer 9 inputs the fourth column to node 7 of the mark entry frame 1.
The output signals of the sensors 6 corresponding to the columns are outputted to the logic operation circuit section 10, and the logic operation circuit section 10 takes these output signals into the built-in storage section. Furthermore, the sensor 6 corresponding to the 8th column to the 11th column with the next time-division signal S
The multiplexer 9 outputs the output signals of . In this way, in response to the detection of the timing mark 7, the data on the presence or absence of a mark in the mark entry frame 1 is sequentially fetched, and for example, the logic operation circuit section 10 fetches data on the presence or absence of the mark in the mark entry frame 1 every 8 digits of the timing mark 7 into the built-in storage section. Data is selectively written and stored in external memories 13, 14, and 15. In this way, the data corresponding to the mark entry frame 1 of each column and column is stored and held at the addresses of the predetermined external memories 13, 14, and 15, and this stored data is stored in the flowchart shown in FIG. Like a chart, the information is read out and judged by the logic operation circuit section 10, and a predetermined timer control operation or time notification operation is performed.

That is, first, circuit selection, timer, and time signal selection are determined, and then the current day of the week and time and the designated day of the week and time are determined at the same time.
Incidentally, n=30 in FIG. 5 indicates the number of operations that can be set with the mark card, that is, the number in the time designation field A. Fig. 6 shows a flowchart for the conventional method. In this case, the day of the week is first determined, and if this determination is YES, the time is determined. This is different from the case where the day of the week and the time are simultaneously designated as a set as in the invention.

After the input of the mark card data is completed, the logic operation circuit section 10 counts the clocks and indicates that the specified day of the week and specified time has been reached in the external memories 13 and 1.
When a comparison is made based on the stored contents of 4 and 15, the designated timed operation, that is, a timer control operation or a time signal control operation is performed.

By the way, in the above embodiment, even if the same designated day of the week is commonly used, the day of the week must be specified along with the time for each temporary operation. Program settings may be further simplified by adding a function that says, "Follow the day of the week designation specified in the time designation field A immediately before the time designation field A." Figure 7 shows an example using this method. In this case, first, the day of the week is specified for hourly signal 1 as Monday, for hourly signal 2, there is no day of the week specified, for hourly signal 3, there is no day of the week specified, and for hourly signal 4, the day of the week is specified as Tuesday. , Thursday, and Saturday, time signal 5 has the day of the week designated as Wednesday, time signal 6 has no day designation, and time signal 7 has Sunday designated. Therefore, hourly signal 2 operates at the specified time on Monday according to the day of the week specified by hourly signal 1, which is immediately preceding it, and hourly signal 3 operates according to the day of the week specified by hourly signal 2, which is immediately preceding it, but hourly signal 2 does not have a day of the week specified. Operates on Mondays according to the day of the week specified by time signal 1. Similarly, the time signal 6 also operates on Wednesdays according to the day of the week specified by the time signal 5.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the above-mentioned operation, and the program shown in this flowchart includes a program for determining the day of the week designation and determining the designation of the next day of the week.

Therefore, in this embodiment, if there are time designations with the same day of the week designation on one card, they can be entered together, and the day of the week can be entered only in the time designation field A, which is read first. This means that there is no need to fill in the later time designation field A. In other words, if, for example, 30 times with two different day-of-the-week specifications are to be specified and entered, this embodiment requires only two times, which greatly improves the entry time and almost eliminates entry errors.

Note that the day-of-the-week designation column D provided on the mark card of the conventional example in FIG. Therefore, if this day of the week designation field D is also provided and entries are made in the day of the week designation field D, the timed operation may be performed according to the contents specified in this day of the week designation field D.

In the present invention, a plurality of time designation fields each having a mark entry frame for specifying the operation time for each temporary action are arranged in a line in the reading direction of a card reader on a mark card, and each action designation field is marked with the day of the week of the timed action. is provided in the mark entry frame for specifying the day of the week, and the day of the week designation and time setting can be specified for each temporary operation.In the past, it was not possible to set different program operations on different days of the week using a single mark card. However, programs with different operating times for each day of the week can be set using a single mark card.Therefore, there is no need to create programs using multiple timer output circuits as in the past, making it less complicated. In addition, it eliminates the need for parallel connection of output circuits, which reduces wiring errors and simplifies construction work.Furthermore, since only one mark card is required, it is easy to store mark cards. Not only is it simple, but it also has the effect of saving the cost of mark cards.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a partially omitted front view of a mark card according to the conventional method, Fig. 2 is a schematic block diagram for explaining the use of the output circuit of the same timer, and Fig. 3 is a mark card according to an embodiment according to the method of the present invention. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of the program timer used in the above, FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the operation according to the above, FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the conventional method for the same, and FIG. FIG. 8 is a partially omitted front view of a mark card according to another embodiment of the invention, and is a flowchart of the operation according to the above, where 1 is a mark entry frame and A is a time designation field.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A mark card is provided that allows program settings such as time designation of timed operations such as timer control and time signal control, and day of the week designation by marking a mark entry frame. In a mark card type program timer that stores and retains the contents of program setting information by detecting the presence or absence of a mark in a mark entry frame with a card reader, and generates a timed output at a specified time on a specified day of the week based on the stored contents. , a number of time specification columns with mark entry frames for specifying the operation time for each time-limited operation are arranged on the mark card in the reading direction of the card reader, and the day of the week of the relevant time-limited operation is specified in each time specification column. A mark card entry method for a mark card type program timer, characterized in that a mark entry frame for specifying the day of the week is provided, and the day of the week and time can be specified for each temporary operation. 2. The scope of claims characterized in that the day of the week designation in the time designation field with no mark is set as the day of the week designation in the previous time designation field located in front of the card reader in the reading direction. Mark card entry method for the mark card type program timer described in Section 1.