WO1994015291A1 - Control system - Google Patents
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- WO1994015291A1 WO1994015291A1 PCT/FI1993/000545 FI9300545W WO9415291A1 WO 1994015291 A1 WO1994015291 A1 WO 1994015291A1 FI 9300545 W FI9300545 W FI 9300545W WO 9415291 A1 WO9415291 A1 WO 9415291A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F12/00—Accessing, addressing or allocating within memory systems or architectures
- G06F12/02—Addressing or allocation; Relocation
- G06F12/06—Addressing a physical block of locations, e.g. base addressing, module addressing, memory dedication
- G06F12/0646—Configuration or reconfiguration
- G06F12/0669—Configuration or reconfiguration with decentralised address assignment
- G06F12/0676—Configuration or reconfiguration with decentralised address assignment the address being position dependent
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- the invention relates to a control system com- prising a motherboard having at least two auxiliary card connectors and a control bus on which control addresses and control data are transferred, and at least one aux ⁇ iliary card connected to one of the auxiliary card con ⁇ nectors, the auxiliary card having a control address for selective controlling through the control bus.
- a master unit typically controls slave units via a common control bus.
- Each control unit connected to the bus has a con ⁇ trol address (identifier) for identifying the commands addressed to it from among the commands given on the common bus.
- the control address is made by a fixed wiring, or the address can be set e.g. by switches.
- every module or card may receive a dedic ⁇ ated control signal from the master unit.
- a drawback in this known solution is that with otherwise identical cards, it is necessary to know the address set or to be set to each card. The modules and cards used are thus different in respect of production, selling, installa ⁇ tion or maintenance, and their installation requires specific settings or tuning.
- the object of the invention is to provide a control system in which the above problems are elimin ⁇ ated.
- control address is card location-specific and the control address of the auxiliary card is not determined until the auxiliary card is connected to an auxiliary card connector, and that the motherboard comprises means connected to the auxiliary card connectors for providing control address data of the card location through the auxiliary card connector to the auxiliary card.
- control addresses of the auxiliary cards are card connector-specific and they are set by wiring, by switches or in some other corresponding manner on the motherboard.
- the auxil ⁇ iary card is connected to the auxiliary card connector of the motherboard, the auxiliary card always obtains the correct address from the motherboard through the connector.
- the user need not set the required address data separately, which facilitates assembling, testing, installation and main ⁇ tenance.
- the auxiliary cards are identical; they do not have any differences, not even in control addresses, in respect of production, selling, installa ⁇ tion or maintenance.
- Fig. 1 shows a block diagram of a control system implemented in accordance with the invention for controlling combiner filters at a base station
- Fig.2 illustrates inputting of control address data from the motherboard through a connector to an auxiliary card.
- the present invention can be applied in any control equipment in which several ident ⁇ ical auxiliary cards with different control addresses are to be connected to a motherboard or bus card com- prising a common control bus.
- the invention will be exemplified by a control system which controls the combiner filters at a base station of a radio system.
- a control system which controls the combiner filters at a base station of a radio system.
- several radio transmitters are connected to one antenna or antenna line so that each radio transmitter is connected through its own bandpass filter having a centre frequency tuned to the transmission frequency of the radio transmitter.
- Bandpass filters of this kind are called combiner filters.
- a combiner filter supplies a transmission signal from the associated radio transmitter to the antenna with as low power losses as possible and, on the other hand, prevents - as effectively as possible - a leakage of transmission signals generated by other radio transmitters at different frequencies into the associ- ated radio transmitter from the direction of the antenna.
- Combiner bandpass filters may be fixedly tuned to predetermined transmission frequencies or, alternat ⁇ ively, a combiner filter may be tuneable to a desired frequency. In the latter case an adaptive control is usually involved with the combiner filter so as to min ⁇ imize the losses in the filter.
- Fig. 1 shows a control system for combiner filters.
- An elementary unit of the control system is a motherboard 1, which comprises a common control bus 6.
- the motherboard 1 is connected by a card connector 9 to a master control card 5, which outputs control addresses and control data to the bus 6.
- the motherboard 1 also comprises at least two auxiliary card connectors 2A, 2B and 2C.
- An auxiliary card in this embodiment a stepper motor control card 3A, 3B and 3C, is inserted to each of the connectors 2A, 2B and 2C, respectively.
- the motherboard 1 is connected, either directly by a card connector or by cables, with a group of combiner filter units 4.
- Each of the combiner filter units com- prises a stepper motor 42, which controls the centre frequency of the combiner filter mechanically.
- the combiner filter card 4 also comprises control logic 41, which receives control signals 41 from the corresponding stepper motor control card 3A, 3B or 3C through a corre- sponding motor control bus M-R 1-10.
- the combiner card 4 also comprises at least one guard switch unit 45, which indicates when the motor 42 is in an extreme posi ⁇ tion, for example in zero position.
- the state of the guard switch 45 is indicated by a guard switch state line 44 to the corresponding stepper motor control card 3A, 3B or 3C.
- the state line 44 is part of each motor control bus M-R 1-10.
- the stepper motor control cards 3A, 3B and 3C are identical and they can be freely arranged in the card locations formed by card connectors 2A, 2B and 2C.
- a dedicated card location-specific con ⁇ trol address encoding circuitry 8A, 8B and 8C is pro ⁇ vided on the motherboard 1 e.g. by fixed wiring, by adjustable code switches, or by some other corresponding solution.
- the encoded control address data are connected to predetermined signal lines in the card connectors 2A, 2B and 2C.
- control address code 8A on the motherboard 1 will be connected through the connector 2A to lines 10 within the control card 3A, from where it can be read by a control unit 31 of the control card 3A.
- a 2-bit control address "01" wired to the motherboard 1 can be read by the control card 3A through the connector 2A.
- the control address indicates to the control card 3A which commands on the bus 6 are to be responded to in this card location and which combiner units 4 are con ⁇ trolled.
- the control card 3B receives a 2-bit control address "11" wired to the motherboard through the connector 2B.
- the control card 3A also comprises switching means 32 for switching guard switch state data 44 from the combiner card 4 to one or more common guard switch state lines 7 on the motherboard 1 when the control address of the corresponding card location is on the control bus 6.
- the control unit 1 monitors the bus 6 and controls the switching unit 32 by a control signal 33.
- the encoding circuitry 8A, 8B and 8C on the motherboard 1 may also comprise other fixed card loca ⁇ tion-specific control information, such as the frequency data of the combiner unit to be controlled.
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Priority Applications (6)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| US08/290,830 US5504671A (en) | 1992-12-18 | 1993-12-17 | Radio system combiner filter control system wherein plural auxiliary cards automatically obtain correct address from motherboard upon being inserted in respective auxiliary card connectors |
| DE69325365T DE69325365T2 (en) | 1992-12-18 | 1993-12-17 | CONTROL SYSTEM |
| JP51484694A JP3299755B2 (en) | 1992-12-18 | 1993-12-17 | Control system |
| EP94901981A EP0627101B1 (en) | 1992-12-18 | 1993-12-17 | Control system |
| AU56527/94A AU669042B2 (en) | 1992-12-18 | 1993-12-17 | Allocating control addresses in a control system |
| NO943048A NO309118B1 (en) | 1992-12-18 | 1994-08-17 | Management system for addressing additional cards |
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| FI925779A FI93589C (en) | 1992-12-18 | 1992-12-18 | Control system |
| FI925779 | 1992-12-18 |
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| WO1994015291A1 true WO1994015291A1 (en) | 1994-07-07 |
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| PCT/FI1993/000545 Ceased WO1994015291A1 (en) | 1992-12-18 | 1993-12-17 | Control system |
Country Status (9)
| Country | Link |
|---|---|
| US (1) | US5504671A (en) |
| EP (1) | EP0627101B1 (en) |
| JP (1) | JP3299755B2 (en) |
| AT (1) | ATE181431T1 (en) |
| AU (1) | AU669042B2 (en) |
| DE (1) | DE69325365T2 (en) |
| FI (1) | FI93589C (en) |
| NO (1) | NO309118B1 (en) |
| WO (1) | WO1994015291A1 (en) |
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| US4670855A (en) * | 1982-02-24 | 1987-06-02 | Digital Equipment Corporation | Interchangeable interface circuit structure |
| US4726071A (en) * | 1984-12-31 | 1988-02-16 | Orion Industries, Inc. | Microprocessor controlled self-tuning resonant cavity and method |
| US4964038A (en) * | 1987-10-28 | 1990-10-16 | International Business Machines Corp. | Data processing system having automatic address allocation arrangements for addressing interface cards |
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- 1992-12-18 FI FI925779A patent/FI93589C/en active IP Right Grant
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- 1993-12-17 AT AT94901981T patent/ATE181431T1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
- 1993-12-17 US US08/290,830 patent/US5504671A/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1993-12-17 DE DE69325365T patent/DE69325365T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1993-12-17 EP EP94901981A patent/EP0627101B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1993-12-17 AU AU56527/94A patent/AU669042B2/en not_active Ceased
- 1993-12-17 WO PCT/FI1993/000545 patent/WO1994015291A1/en not_active Ceased
- 1993-12-17 JP JP51484694A patent/JP3299755B2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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- 1994-08-17 NO NO943048A patent/NO309118B1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| US4670855A (en) * | 1982-02-24 | 1987-06-02 | Digital Equipment Corporation | Interchangeable interface circuit structure |
| US4726071A (en) * | 1984-12-31 | 1988-02-16 | Orion Industries, Inc. | Microprocessor controlled self-tuning resonant cavity and method |
| US4964038A (en) * | 1987-10-28 | 1990-10-16 | International Business Machines Corp. | Data processing system having automatic address allocation arrangements for addressing interface cards |
Non-Patent Citations (2)
| Title |
|---|
| PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, Vol. 12, No. 245, P-729; & JP,A,63 037 441 (MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND. CO LTD), 18 February 1988 (18.02.88). * |
| PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN, Vol. 12, No. 303, P-746; & JP,A,63 075 850 (SEKISUI CHEM CO LTD), 6 April 1988 (06.04.88). * |
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| Publication number | Publication date |
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| FI925779A7 (en) | 1994-06-19 |
| ATE181431T1 (en) | 1999-07-15 |
| FI93589B (en) | 1995-01-13 |
| FI93589C (en) | 1995-04-25 |
| NO309118B1 (en) | 2000-12-11 |
| EP0627101B1 (en) | 1999-06-16 |
| JP3299755B2 (en) | 2002-07-08 |
| AU5652794A (en) | 1994-07-19 |
| EP0627101A1 (en) | 1994-12-07 |
| NO943048D0 (en) | 1994-08-17 |
| DE69325365D1 (en) | 1999-07-22 |
| JPH07504059A (en) | 1995-04-27 |
| FI925779A0 (en) | 1992-12-18 |
| NO943048L (en) | 1994-08-17 |
| AU669042B2 (en) | 1996-05-23 |
| DE69325365T2 (en) | 1999-11-18 |
| US5504671A (en) | 1996-04-02 |
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