JPS629457A - Multi-mode processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] When the processing data of the multi-mode processing method is not suitable for processing on another terminal device as it is, the system host changes the processing mode of the multi-mode terminal device to that of the other terminal device. The modified data is transferred to other terminal devices via the system host for processing. Also, thereafter, the multimode terminal device is returned to its original processing mode.

[Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a multi-mode processing system in which a host recognizes the operating mode of a station and processes the operating mode in a system configured with a mixture of stations that can operate in various operating modes.

Some information processing systems have a configuration in which a single station or a plurality of stations are connected to the host. The station in this rice seedling system used to have a single operating mode, but as high-performance stations have been developed in recent years, stations with multiple operating modes have appeared, and the host There is a need to recognize the operating mode on the side and proceed with the required processing.

When such stations are connected to a host and required processing is performed, the host that controls these stations must recognize their operating mode, but this recognition cannot be done through software or hardware. There is a need for something that can be easily done without being affected by the connected station, and this has been highlighted as a technical problem to be solved.

[Conventional technology]

As a method for the host to understand the operation mode of the station as described above, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, when the host 1 attempts to send data to station A (step Sl in FIG. 7), the data Check (
Step S2 in FIG. 7), all operating mode information for the station A is stored in the operating mode information storage area 2 of the host 1 (step S3 in FIG. 7), and how to use it when necessary, When a new station B that operates in multi-mode is added to 1 (see Figure 8), a special command is prepared for that, and when the operation mode (state) of that station is required (step 510 in Figure 9). ), a special command is sent from the host 1 to the station (step 511 in FIG. 9), and the station processes the command and sends operational mode information data back to the host 1. For station A that is not supported by the command, an error termination is detected (Y in step 312 in FIG. 9), and the station A
is assumed to be in the basic operation mode, and information indicating this is stored in the operation mode information storage area 2 of host 1, whereas no error is detected for station B, which is supported by that command. (N in step S12 in FIG. 9), there is a method in which the operation mode information data sent back from the station (1) is stored in the operation mode information storage area 2 of the host 1 and made available for use.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The former method has the disadvantage that it increases the processing load on the host 1 because it becomes necessary to check all the data stored in the operation mode information storage area 2 of the host 1. While this method will result in an error for unsupported stations, the host side must also create a special sequence for checking the operating mode, and the processing load will increase.

The present invention was created in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to provide a multi-mode processing method that can easily recognize and process multi-modes while reducing the burden on the host. do.

[Means for solving problems]

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the principle of the present invention. In this figure, 10 is a system host, which is configured with a station 11 to which terminal devices operating in multi-mode and other terminal devices can be connected. ing. The host 10 of the system configured as described above saves 12 the mode information (status information) of the multi-mode terminal device in the station 11, sets 13 new mode information for the multi-mode terminal device, It is configured to use commands to read processing information 14 from the multi-mode terminal device, transfer processing information 15 to other terminal devices, and reset 16 saved mode information to the multi-mode terminal device.

[Effect]

If the system host IO wishes to operate the multimode terminal in a different mode of operation than the mode of operation carried out on the multimode terminal of station 11, it first uses a command to The mode information for the operating mode currently in system host 1
0, and mode information regarding the new operation mode is set in the multimode device using a command.

In this way, the processing information obtained from the multimode device is transferred to another terminal device using a command to perform the processing, and the saved mode information is set in the multimode terminal device beforehand. Restore operating mode.

Because of this kind of processing, it is unnecessary for the host to check all the data, etc., and a special sequence for mode checking may be created in the host. In this way, the burden on the host can be reduced. Moreover, mode recognition for this purpose becomes simple.

〔Example〕

FIGS. 2 and 3 show an embodiment of the present invention.

When the host 20 receives an instruction 21 to "read and print the screen of station A," the mode information (status information) of station A is saved in the host information save area 23 of the host 20 using the Read Buffer command 22 ( 24). The contents of the memory of station A and the transfer form at that time are indicated by reference numerals 25 and 26, respectively. Status information for that transfer format (response mode)
For example, assume that the code is in the alphanumeric mode and the data is JEF code BOA5 (which is "love" on the screen). If this data is directly transferred to the printing device 61 via the host 60 and printed as shown in FIG. 5, it will be printed as a blank and the katakana "mi" as shown.

However, according to the present invention, such inconvenience can be avoided because processing is performed as follows.

That is, first, after the above-mentioned save processing is performed, the memory contents 2 of station A are written using the write command 27.
The status information of 5 is set to alphanumeric + kanji response mode (28.29).

After that, the host 20 uses the Read Buffer command 30 to read the data in the memory contents 25 of the station A (31). The transfer formant at that time is 32, and that data, that is, in the above example, “BO
"28" is added in front of "A5" to indicate that it is a kanji order.

In this way, the data read into the host 20 is transferred to the printing device of station A using the write command 33 and printed (34). An order 28' is added, ``1, treat this data as a Kanji character.''

Therefore, in the hard copy of the data BOA5,
The desired kanji ``love'', such as 6, will be printed.

After this printing is completed, the host information save area 2 of the host 20 is
The original state information (3B) saved in the station A is written to the state information area 39 of the memory contents 25 of the station A using the write command 37.

FIG. 4 briefly shows a series of these operations.

In the above embodiment, a printing device is used as an example of the other terminal device of the station 11, but other terminal devices such as other multi-mode terminal devices may be used.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, there is no need to check all data, etc. in the system host as in the past (and there is no need to prepare a special sequence for mode checking). Therefore, the burden on the system host is reduced and mode recognition becomes easy.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a block diagram of the principle of the present invention, Figures 2 and 3 are diagrams showing one embodiment of the present invention, Figure 4 is a summary diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 5 is not based on the present invention. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the conventional method, FIG. 7 is a flowchart used to explain FIG. 5, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another example of the conventional method, and FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of the conventional method. 7 is a flowchart used to explain FIG. 7. FIG. In FIG. 1, 10 is a system host, 11 is a station run, 12 is a state information saver, 13 is a new state setting, 14 is a read processing information, 15 is a process information transfer, 16 is a saved state information This is a reset. Patent applicant Fujitsu Ltd. agent Patent attorney Calibration Koshibu system main strike
Step 11
．． Fig. 1 Book strike J Representation of the present invention 1 (unlike U printing series! Fig. 5 Book strike Conventional 6 example of type Fig. 6

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a system in which a system host manages and processes state information of a station including a multi-mode terminal device and other terminal devices connected thereto, state information of the multi-mode terminal device is saved in the system host (12 ), setting new status information in the multi-mode terminal device (13) reading the obtained processing information into the system host (14), and instructing the other terminal device to perform processing on the processing information. Transfer the processing information to the other terminal device and have it perform the processing (15)
, a multi-mode processing method characterized in that the saved state information is reset to the multi-mode terminal device to restore its operation (16).