JPH1188925A - How to register a dial-in number - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] When registering dial-in numbers of a plurality of slave stations in a master station, a dial-in number capable of clearly grasping which slave station dial-in number is registered. Provides a registration method. A facsimile apparatus which is a master station connected to a public telephone line, and a plurality of telephones which are slave stations capable of bidirectional communication with the master station, are provided in advance for each slave station. In a communication device that performs transmission and reception between a master station and a specific slave station through a unique identification number, when registering a dial-in number of one slave station in the master station, After notifying that the user intends to register his / her own dial-in number (S5), the user is caused to perform a dial-in number registration operation for the master station (S6 to S10).

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention comprises a master station connected to a communication line, and a plurality of slave stations capable of bidirectional communication with the master station. Via a unique identification number, a method of registering a dial-in number for each slave station in a telephone device or a facsimile machine that performs transmission and reception between a master station and a specific slave station, particularly, among a plurality of slave stations. The present invention relates to a method for registering a dial-in number, which allows the user to clearly know which slave station's dial-in number is registered.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a telephone device or a facsimile apparatus having a master station connected to a public telephone line and a plurality of slave stations capable of communicating with the master station in two directions, the master station has a predetermined number. A predetermined identification number is set in advance between the master station and each slave station so as to be able to communicate only with the slave stations,
Only when the identification numbers match, transmission and reception can be performed between the master station and the slave station.

In such a telephone or facsimile apparatus having a master station and a plurality of slave stations, in order for a specific external line signal from a public telephone line to directly arrive at a specific slave station,
When employing the dial-in method, it is necessary to set a different dial-in number (the last one to four digits of the telephone number) for each slave station.

When a dial-in number is set for each slave station, the dial-in number is registered in the master station for each slave station so as to correspond to the identification number of each slave station set in the master station. The registration of the dial-in number is usually performed only by the master station. That is, while the master station is set to the registration mode, the dial-in number of the slave station is registered by sequentially inputting the slave station number or the dial-in number corresponding to the identification number displayed on the master station.

[0005]

However, a user who uses a telephone device or a facsimile device does not know what sub-station number or identification number is set for each sub-station and dials. Even if you look at the slave station number and identification number displayed on the master station when registering the in-number, you can not grasp which slave station it belongs to,
At present, it is impossible to recognize which dial-in number has been set to which slave station even after performing the above-mentioned registration work.

Therefore, after registering the dial-in number in the master station, the user actually calls the dial-in number or performs facsimile transmission to determine which slave station actually receives it. In such a case, there is a problem that the operation of confirming the setting state of the dial-in number is troublesome.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above problem, and when registering the dial-in numbers of a plurality of slave stations in a master station, the dial-in numbers of which slave stations are registered. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of registering a dial-in number so that it is possible to clearly understand whether or not the dial-in number is registered.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, a method for registering a dial-in number according to the first aspect of the present invention provides a method for registering a master station connected to a communication line and a master station connected to a communication line. Communication apparatus comprising a plurality of slave stations capable of communicating with each other, and performing transmission and reception between a master 0 station and a specific slave station via a unique identification number preset for each slave station. Registration method of the dial-in number for each slave station in the,
When registering the dial-in number of one slave station in the master station, the slave station that is to register the dial-in number is informed that its own dial-in number is registered.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for registering a dial-in number, comprising: first informing the slave station to register a dial-in number that a dial-in number is to be registered; Then, the registration operation of the dial-in number with respect to the master station is performed.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a dial-in number registration method, wherein a dial-in number of a slave station to be set is registered in the master station, and then the dial-in number is registered. The notified slave station is notified that the dial-in number has been registered.

As described above, according to the method for registering a dial-in number according to any one of claims 1 to 3, a user who has registered a dial-in number with respect to a child station can determine which of the child stations In contrast, it is possible to clearly understand what dial-in number is registered.

[0012]

Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG.
Is composed of one facsimile machine 10 serving as a master station and a plurality of telephones 20 serving as slave stations. The facsimile machine 10 as a station and the telephone 20 as a slave station can perform wireless communication.

The facsimile apparatus 10 includes a transmitting / receiving unit 12 for performing wireless communication with a telephone set 20 as a slave station.
A facsimile processing unit 13 for realizing a facsimile function provided with image reading means such as a reading scanner and recording means such as an ink jet printer, and provided for performing various operations including operations related to facsimile processing. An operation unit 14 and a display unit 15 are provided, and a control unit 11 is connected to the public telephone line A via a telephone line and controls the above units.

On the other hand, the telephone 20 includes a transmitting / receiving unit 22 for performing wireless communication between the facsimile machine 10 and another telephone 20, and an operating unit 23 for performing various operations including an operation related to a call process. A notification unit 24 for notifying that the dial-in number has been registered when registering a dial-in number, which will be described later, and a control unit 21 for controlling the respective units. It is configured.

In FIG. 1, the transmission / reception units 12, 22
Are connected to antennas 12a and 22a, respectively, and the control units 11 and 21 are connected to handsets 17, 2 and 2, respectively.
6 are connected.

Further, the facsimile apparatus 10 and each telephone set 20 have a storage section 16 and a storage section 25 each composed of a RAM or an EEPROM in which the identification numbers are stored. An identification number can be written in the storage unit 16 and the storage unit 25, and the stored identification number can be read from the storage unit 16 and the storage unit 25.

As shown in FIG. 2, the storage unit 16 stores not only an area for storing each slave station number and an identification number of the slave station corresponding to each slave station number but also each slave station number. The storage unit 25 has an area for storing an identification number unique to each telephone set 20.

Therefore, for example, when the facsimile machine 10 as the master station communicates with the telephone set 20 as a specific slave station, the identification number of the telephone set 20 is read out from the storage unit 16 and the radio wave including this identification number is transmitted. I do. Each telephone 20 receiving this radio wave determines by the control unit 21 whether the transmitted identification number matches its own identification number, and determines that only the telephone 20 whose identification number matches can communicate with the facsimile apparatus 10. Become.

Further, the facsimile apparatus 10 serving as a master station
By registering the dial-in number set for each telephone set 20, that is, storing the dial-in number set for each telephone set 20 of each slave station in the storage unit 16 of the facsimile machine 10, Can be associated with the dial-in number, and a specific external signal from the public telephone line A can be directly received by the specific telephone 20.

FIG. 3 shows an operation panel P provided on a front portion of the upper surface of the facsimile machine 10, and a liquid crystal display or the like on which the status and operation procedure of the facsimile device 10 are displayed at the rear of the operation panel P. Display 15 consisting of
Are provided, and numeric keys 14a, function keys 14b,
Various operation keys constituting the operation unit 14, such as a set key 14c, cursor keys 14d and 14e, and a stop key 14f, are provided.

The ten keys 14a are operated to select various functions of the facsimile apparatus 10 in addition to inputting a facsimile number of a facsimile apparatus of a transmission destination. JQ <function key 14b
Is a key for instructing the start of display of various functions executable in the facsimile machine 10, and the selection of functions is performed by operating the ten keys 14a, the cursor keys 14d, 14e, and the like. If the set key 14c is pressed while various output modes are displayed, the output mode is determined to be the mode selected by pressing the cursor keys 14d and 14e.

For example, after pressing the function key 14b and inputting "64" using the numeric keypad 14a, whether or not the current state is the dial-in number registration mode is displayed on the display unit 15 as "Dial-in: ON" or Since "Dial-in: OFF" is displayed, pressing the set key 14c while "Dial-in: ON" is selected by the cursor keys 14d and 14e sets the dial-in number registration mode.

The stop key 14f is a key for instructing a stop of the selection of a function or for instructing an interruption of the execution of a function. For example, the stop key 14f cancels the dial-in number registration mode described above. Used in some cases.

In the communication device 1 configured as described above, the dial-in number to be set in each of the telephone sets 20 as slave stations is set to the facsimile machine 1 as the master station.
A method of registering the value 0 will be described with reference to FIG.

First, as described above, by setting the dial-in number registration mode by operating the function keys 14b, ten-keys 14a, and the like (step S1, hereinafter simply referred to as S1 and the other steps are the same), the keys are set. An input standby state is set (S2). Here, if any key is pressed (S2: Yes), it is determined whether the stop key 14f is pressed (S3). If it is determined that the stop key 14f is pressed (S3: Yes), S12 is performed.
Then, the registration mode is canceled and the apparatus enters a normal reception standby state.

On the other hand, in S3, the stop key 14f
If it is determined that has not been pressed (S3: No),
Further, it is determined whether or not a slave station number has been input (S
4) If it is determined that the slave station number has been input (S4:
Yes), a notification command signal is transmitted from the facsimile machine 10 to the telephone set 20 of the slave station number (S5), and in the telephone set 20 receiving this, the control unit 21 drives the notification unit 24 to change its own dial-in number. The fact that the user is about to register is notified by sounding for two seconds.

As described above, by ringing the telephone 20 for which a dial-in number is to be registered, the user can clearly grasp which telephone 20 whose dial-in number is actually to be registered.

In S4, if it is determined that the slave station number has not been input (S4: No), the flow returns to S2, and the key input standby state is resumed. Further, in S5, when the notification command signal to the slave station is transmitted, the state of waiting for the input of the dial-in number of the telephone 20 to be registered is entered (S6). It is determined whether an in-number has been input (S
7). Here, if the dial-in number is not input (S7: No), the process returns to S6 to be in a dial-in number input standby state.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S7 that the dial-in number has been input (S7: Yes), it is determined whether or not the input dial-in number is correct, that is, the same dial-in number has been input. It is determined whether there is no such number or whether a number other than 4 digits has been input (S8), and if it is determined that the input dial-in number is inappropriate (S8: No), After the buzzer (not shown) of the facsimile apparatus 10 is sounded and "invalid number" is displayed on the display unit 15 and an error process for clearing the corresponding data is executed (S9), the process returns to S6, and again. The dial-in number input wait state is set.

If it is determined in S8 that the input dial-in number is appropriate (S8: Yes)
s) The control unit 11 stores the dial-in number in the storage unit 16, and the registration of the dial-in number of the telephone 20 is completed (S10). Next, it is determined based on the storage unit 16 whether or not the registration has been completed for all the telephone sets 20 serving as slave stations (S11). If it is determined that the registration has not yet been completed for all the telephones 20 serving as slave stations (S11: No), the process returns to S2 again, and the registration work of the dial-in number of the next telephone 20 is performed. Do.

If it is determined that the registration has been completed for all the telephones 20 as slave stations (S11: Yes)
s) The registration mode is canceled (S12), and the apparatus enters a normal reception standby state.

As described above, in this method of registering a dial-in number, before inputting the dial-in number, the corresponding telephone set 20 is informed that its own dial-in number is to be registered. For example, a registration method as shown in FIG. 5 can be adopted.

The registration method shown in FIG. 5 is substantially the same as the registration method shown in FIG. 4, and therefore, the same steps are denoted by the same reference characters and a description thereof will be omitted. Only different points will be described. That is, in this registration method, the notification command signal is not transmitted before the dial-in number is input (S5) as in the above-described registration method. Instead, the dial-in number is registered after the registration of the dial-in number is completed in S10. The notification command signal is transmitted to the telephone 20 in which registration of the in-number has been completed (S
13) The telephone 20 is notified by sounding that registration has been completed.

Therefore, the user who has registered the dial-in number can clearly grasp which telephone 20 the dial-in number actually registered has been set.

As described above, after the registration operation of each slave station is completed, the method of notifying the slave station whose registration has been completed is as follows.
In addition to the registration of the dial-in number as described above, the present invention can be applied to the case of registering the identification number.

In the above-described embodiment, the notification unit 24
Is configured by a speaker, and the user is notified by sounding the speaker. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the notification unit 24 is configured by a lamp or the like, and during or after the registration operation. The lamp may be turned on or blinked.

In the above-described embodiment, a case has been described in which the master station and the slave station are wireless communication devices. However, the communication device in which the master station and the slave station are connected by a communication line may also be used. Can be applied.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the communication apparatus in which the master station is the facsimile apparatus 10 and each slave station is the telephone set 20 has been described. It goes without saying that the above-described method of registering a dial-in number can be adopted even when both stations are facsimile machines.

[0039]

As described above, claims 1 to 3 are as described above.
According to the dial-in number registration method of the invention described in
When registering the dial-in number in the master station, it is possible to clearly grasp which slave station actually registers the dial-in number.

Therefore, unlike the related art, it is not necessary to confirm the registration state of the dial-in number after the registration operation is completed, and the registration operation of the dial-in number can be simplified.

Further, since the slave station to which the dial-in number is to be registered can be clearly grasped, the dial-in number is securely registered in one registration work without erroneously registering the dial-in number. be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram conceptually showing a configuration of a memory of a master station of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an operation panel of the master station according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a method for registering a dial-in number according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing another dial-in number registration method.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 communication device 10 facsimile device 11 control unit 12 transmission / reception unit 13 FAX processing unit 14 operation unit 15 display unit 16 storage unit 17 handset 20 telephone 21 control unit 22 transmission / reception unit 23 operation unit 24 notification unit 25 storage unit 26 handset

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A master station connected to a communication line, and a plurality of slave stations capable of communicating with the master station in both directions, through a unique identification number preset for each slave station. A method of registering a dial-in number for each slave station in a communication device configured to perform transmission and reception between a master station and a specific slave station, wherein a dial-in number of one slave station is registered in the master station. In doing so, the slave station that wants to register a dial-in number,
A method for registering a dial-in number, characterized in that the user is notified that his / her own dial-in number is registered. 2. The dialing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the slave station to register a dial-in number is notified, and then a dial-in number registration operation for the master station is performed. How to register your in-number. 3. The sub-station in which the dial-in number is registered is notified after the operation of registering the dial-in number of the sub-station to be set is performed for the master station. Item 1. The dial-in number registration method according to item 1.