ADDRESS MICROMODULE (VARIANTS)
Field of the Invention
The invention relates to automatic means for transmitting over commu- nication lines the information on conditions of "dry contacts" of detectors (sensors), to which those contacts are connected, as well as for providing the integration of those detectors to a controller, mainly in systems related to the address type and having a module distributed structure united with the digital interface (address bus). The address micromodule could be employed, for example, in security and fire alarm or fire-fighting systems, access monitoring and control systems (turnstiles, gates, latches, turnpikes, doors), engineer equipment monitoring and control systems (air conditioning and ventilation, water supply, electric- power supply with regard to the water and/or electric power consumption), light control systems, and also in many other systems including the combined ones.
Background of the Invention
Known is the address micromodule comprising a circuit board with a microprocessor and flexible leads for connecting to communication lines and power supply disposed thereon.
Disadvantage of the known device is a narrow functionality that does not permit to use this device together with various kinds of sensors having normally closed and normally open contacts, and does not permit to use this device for operation with actuators, as well as great size of this device.
The technical problem for the present group of inventions having the same purpose and united by the single technical plan is to provide an effective
compact address micromodule and to broaden a store of address micromod¬ ules.
Summary of the Invention
The technical result ensuring the solution of the raised problem in all variants of invention is in broadening the functionality for transmitting signals and determining the locations of detectors (sensors) of various types differing in structure implementation and monitored parameters, and also for operating along with actuators, for reducing size, increasing the reliability and operation accuracy in noise condition.
The essence of the invention in accordance with the first variant is in that the address micromodule comprising a circuit board with a microproces¬ sor and flexible leads disposed thereon is provided with a direct current (DC) voltage converter and configured having at least four flexible leads, and the circuit board with the microprocessor and voltage converter mounted thereon is potted with compound and covered with an isolation film, at least two flexible leads being made capable of connecting to the detector and address communication line and being connected to respective input/output channels of microprocessor, one flexible lead being made capable of connecting to the neutral wire and being connected to the common input of microprocessor, the voltage converter output is connected to the supply input of microprocessor, one voltage converter input is connected to the neutral wire and another volt¬ age converter input is made capable of connecting to the power supply.
The DC voltage converter could be made in the form of the stabilizer diode and resistor, the flexible lead connected to the common input of micro¬ processor being connected to the first lead of the stabilizer diode, which sec¬ ond lead being coupled to the resistor and connected to the supply input of microprocessor, and the second lead of the resistor being the second flexible
lead of the address micromodule and being made capable of connecting to the DC power supply; in other cases, the DC voltage converter could be made in the form of voltage stabilizer.
Preferably, the micromodule is made having a jumper between an addi- tionally made fifth flexible lead and the neutral wire, the micromodule is made packageless and having overall dimensions in the ratio 3:2:1, and the microprocessor is made having a firmware and individual number recorded while manufacture.
The essence of the invention in accordance with the second variant is in that the address micromodule comprising a circuit board with a microproces¬ sor and flexible leads disposed thereon is provided with a DC voltage con¬ verter and configured having at least five flexible leads, and the circuit board with the microprocessor and voltage converter mounted thereon is potted with compound and covered with an isolation film, at least two flexible leads being made capable of connecting to the detector and address communication line and being connected to respective input/output channels of microprocessor, one flexible lead being made capable of connecting to the neutral wire and connected to the common input of microprocessor, the voltage converter out¬ put is connected to the supply input of microprocessor, one voltage converter input is connected to the neutral wire and another voltage converter input is made capable of connecting to the power supply, a relay being included be¬ tween the fifth flexible lead and the neutral wire, which relay being made ca¬ pable of connecting to actuators and/or signaling devices.
The DC voltage converter could be made in the form of the stabilizer diode and resistor, the flexible lead connected to the common input of micro¬ processor being connected to the first lead of the stabilizer diode, which sec¬ ond lead being coupled to the resistor and connected to the supply input of microprocessor, and the second lead of the resistor being the second flexible
lead of the address micromodule and being made capable of connecting to the DC power supply; in other cases, the DC voltage converter could be made in the form of voltage stabilizer.
Preferably, the micromodule is made having a jumper between an addi- tionally made sixth flexible lead and the neutral wire, the micromodule is made packageless, and the microprocessor is made having a firmware and in¬ dividual number recorded while manufacture (according to Claim 10).
Brief Description of Drawings
Fig. 1 depicts the address micromodule in perspective;
Fig. 2 is the diagram of the address micromodule (according to the first variant of the invention and Claim 2;
Fig. 3 is the diagram of the address micromodule (according to the first variant of the invention and Claim 3; Fig. 4 is the diagram of the address micromodule having a relay (ac¬ cording to the second variant of the invention;
Fig. 5 illustrates the example of connection to the detector and address bus.
Detailed Description of the Invention
An address micromodule (see Fig. 2) in accordance with the first vari¬ ant comprises a circuit board (not marked) on which there are disposed a mi¬ croprocessor 1 and flexible leads as well as a DC voltage converter in the form of stabilizer diode 2 and resistor 3. The circuit board is made with at least four flexible leads (not shown). The circuit board along with the micro¬ processor 1, stabilizer diode 2 and resistor 3 disposed thereon is potted with compound and covered with an isolation film, which are transparent in Fig. 1 so that the circuit board with the microprocessor 1 could be seen. At least two
flexible leads are made capable of connecting to a detector 4 and to a commu¬ nication line and are connected to respective input/output channels of the mi¬ croprocessor 1, one flexible lead being made capable of connecting to the neutral wire 5 and being connected to the common input of the microproces- sor 1 and to the first lead of the stabilizer diode 2 which second lead is cou¬ pled with the resistor 3 and connected to the supply input of the microproces¬ sor 1 , and the second lead of the resistor 3 is the second flexible lead of the address micromodule and is made capable of connecting to the DC power supply (not shown). The address micromodule (see Fig. 3) in accordance with the first variant comprises a circuit board (not marked) on which there are disposed a microprocessor 1 and flexible leads, and is provided with a DC voltage converter in the form of voltage stabilizer 6.
Preferably, the micromodule is made having a jumper 7 between an ad¬ ditionally made fifth flexible lead and the neutral wire 5. The resistor 3 is, for example, made with the resistance of 5.1+0.5 kOhm. The micromodule is made packageless, having, in accordance with the first variant, overall dimen¬ sions in the ratio 3:2:1. The microprocessor 1 is made having a firmware and individual number recorded while manufacture.
An address micromodule (see Fig. 2) in accordance with the second variant comprises a circuit board (not marked) on which there are disposed a microprocessor 1 and flexible leads, and is provided with a DC voltage con¬ verter in the form of stabilizer diode 2 and resistor 3, and is made with at least five flexible leads (not shown). In the micromodule according to the second variant, the DC voltage converter could be made in other cases in form of voltage stabilizer (not shown). The circuit board along with the microproces¬ sor 1 , stabilizer diode 2 and resistor 3 disposed thereon is potted with com¬ pound and covered with an isolation film. At least two flexible leads are made capable of connecting to a detector 4 and to a communication line and are
connected to respective input/output channels of the microprocessor 1. One flexible lead is made capable of connecting to the neutral wire 5 and is con¬ nected to the common input of the microprocessor 1 and to the first lead of the stabilizer diode 2 which second lead is coupled with the resistor 3 and connected to the supply input of the microprocessor 1. The second lead of the resistor 3 is the second flexible lead of the address micromodule and is made capable of connecting to the DC power supply (not shown). A relay 8 is in¬ cluded between the fifth flexible lead and the neutral wire 5, which relay 8 is made capable of connecting to actuators and/or signaling devices (not shown). Preferably, the micromodule is made having a jumper 7 between an additionally made fifth flexible lead and the neutral wire 5. The resistor 3 is, for example, made with the resistance of 5.1±0.5 kOhm, and the microproces¬ sor 1 is made packageless and having a firmware and individual number re¬ corded while manufacture. Preferably, as the microprocessor 1 are used the serially produced mi- crocircuits, namely, the one-chip microcontrollers of the type PIC12C5, PIC12C6 according to the catalogue ["Microcontrollers. Issue 2. One-chip microcontrollers" (in Russian)], Moscow: DODEKA, 2000.
As the relay 8, a solid-state optoelectronic relay 51114.9A could be used, according to the catalogue «Kaτanor 3JieκτpθHHi>ie KOMπoHβHTBi H πpπ- 6opBi» ["Electronic components and devices catalogue" (in Russian)], 2002.
The mentioned lines and the neutral wire as well as the mentioned stan¬ dard elements and their inputs/outputs (channels) have graphic and alphabetic designations in Fig. 2-5 in accordance with the State Standard 2.743-91 "Schematic graphic designations for diagrams. Digital technique elements" (in Russian) and in State Standard 2.709-89 "Schematic designations of wires and contact couplings of electric elements, equipment and circuit sections in electric diagrams" (in Russian).
The address micromodule operates as follows.
The address micromodule performs the transmission of information on condition of "dry contacts" of detectors (sensors), to which those contacts are connected, to the controller. The microprocessor 1 of the address micromodule is interrogated by the controller in a predetermined time intervals and transmits its number and the obtained information on the operation of sensor 4 to the controller. The sensor 4 could be in conditions normal/abnormal, and the controller, using the ad¬ dress micromodule, could receive, over the input/output channels and com- munication line to the controller, the following information on the sensor condition:
1. The sensor is ready for a work - normal, the operating contacts of the sensor 4 are closed (in the case of employing the sensor 4 having normally closed contacts). 2. The sensor 4 has been tripped - abnormal (alarm), the operating con¬ tacts of the sensor 4 are open.
3. No response of the micromodule while interrogating - failure, an in¬ tentional or accidental break on the line (the contacts of sensor supply circuit are open), or a short circuit. In necessary cases, the sensor 4 can produce an analogue signal (tem¬ perature, voltage, humidity, turning angle, etc.). in that way, the microproces¬ sor 1 of the address micromodule makes the conversion of input signal into a digital form.
The final processing of signals from the address micromodule is per- formed by the controller. Besides the information on a condition of the sensor 4, the micromodule transmits its number to the controller, which allows to recognize precisely a place of origination of alarm situation.
Moreover, in the variant with including the optoelectronic relay 8 into the address micromodule, said relay 8 could cany out the processing of in¬ structions of the microprocessor 1 to switch on immediately the actuators, for example, for unlocking a door, and/or releasing a passage through a turnstile, and/or opening a gate, and/or switching on fire-fighting equipment, and/or switching on/off a ventilator or air-conditioner, as well as to employ prohibi¬ tive or allowing signaling devices, for example, sirens, indicator at guard panel, transparent or colour light emitting diode blinking.
The stabilizer diode 2 limits static positive voltage deviations exceed- ing 5 V, transferring the excessive energy to the power network. As a result, the address micromodule transmits, and the controller receives over a com¬ munication line having a length up to 1 km the signals normalized in voltage regardless of presence and duration of noise, without any overload and distor¬ tions. Similar functions are carried out by the voltage stabilizer 6 in the case of its use. The microprocessor I5 in accordance with its program, forms a sig¬ nal in such a form which is compatible with the controller, does not depend on a physical parameter sensed by the sensor 4, and on its design implementa¬ tion.
The program of the microprocessor 1 is synthesized using known rules and techniques.
Thus, the controller and, in the case of his connection, the computer operator receives, besides data on system operation and communication line condition, an information on the place of monitoring sensor 4 giving an alarm signal. For this purpose, a data exchange between the sensor 4 and controller occurs via the microprocessor 1 of the present address micromodule having, in the framework of the whole system, an individual number (a registration) recorded while manufacture.
The technical characteristics of the address micromodule:
Voltage: 10-14 V;
Current: 2 mA;
Overall dimensions according to the first variant of the invention: 15x 10x5 mm, mass 5 g (without considering the relay, jumper and connection wires);
Overall dimensions according to the second variant of the invention: 18x15x 10 mm, mass 5 g (without considering the relay, jumper and connec¬ tion wires);
The address micromodule, due to an appropriate ratio of its overall di- mensions, could be structurally built in standard, for example, fire-alarm or security sensors, pressure sensors, position sensors, level sensors, etc.
Thus, a compact address micromodule is provided, as well as a store of address micromodules is broadened.
In so doing: the functionality is broadened for transmitting signals and determining a location of detectors (sensors) of various types differing in structure implementation and monitored parameters, and also for operating along with actuators; sizes are reduced; the reliability and operation accuracy are increased in noise condition and elongated communication lines.
Information source:
1. US 6661213 Bl, 2003.