Network wiring device and fiber moving control method

Abstract

The invention discloses a network wiring device and a fiber moving control method, relates to the technical field of network wiring, and solves the problems that an existing network wiring device cannot meet the increasing network wiring capacity and needs to control the operation of pressing an optical fiber connector by a multi-control plugging structure, and meanwhile, a reverse hand structure needs two adapter accommodating grooves, so that control steps are redundant and the like. A plurality of first adapters are arranged on a first supporting frame in the device in the radial direction of the supporting frame; the second supporting frame and the first supporting frame are coaxially arranged, and a plurality of second adapters are arranged on the second supporting frame in the radial direction; in the process of controlling the network wiring device, the control instruction is used for controlling a plugging device and a reversing mechanism of the network wiring device to execute each wiring action rule so as to form a complete wiring path. The capacity of the adapter is effectively increased by arranging the inner supporting frame and the outer supporting frame, and the winding problem in the manual optical fiber wiring process is solved by controlling the inner and outer plugging devices and the reversing mechanism to execute the wiring path.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of network wiring, and in particular to a network wiring device and a method for controlling fiber transfer. Background Art

[0002] A network wiring adapter is a device suitable for connecting an optical cable to an optical communication device. Its principle is to lead out an optical signal through an adapter in a wiring box with an optical jumper to achieve the function of optical wiring. It is suitable for the protective connection of an optical cable and a distribution pigtail, and is also suitable for use at the optical fiber terminal point in an optical fiber access network.

[0003] In the existing network wiring device, inner and outer two circles of adapters are arranged at intervals on the body mounting seat for accommodating fiber optic connectors. At the same time, plugging and unplugging structures are arranged on the inner side of the inner circle adapter and the outer side of the outer circle adapter for pulling out or inserting the connector from the adapter. However, each fiber optic connector has a tongue piece. During the process of pulling out the fiber optic connector, the plugging and unplugging structure needs to press the tongue piece to unlock the connector from the adapter, and then pull out the fiber optic connector upward. Since the adapters are arranged along the tangent direction of the support frame, and coupled with the device for pressing the tongue piece, the plugging and unplugging structure is redundant and occupies an increased space. Therefore, the gap between the inner and outer double circles of adapters increases, resulting in a reduction in the number of adapters that can be set in the inner and outer double circles, and it cannot meet the increasing network wiring capacity.

[0004] The existing control network wiring anti-winding algorithm requires multiple controls for the operation of the plugging and unplugging structure to press the fiber optic connector, and two adapter receiving slots are required on the handover structure, resulting in redundant control steps.

[0005] Therefore, a network wiring device using a special fiber optic connector and only controlling the handover mechanism of one adapter is proposed, and an optimized anti-winding control wiring method is proposed for this structure. Summary of the Invention

[0006] In order to solve the problems that the existing network wiring device cannot meet the increasing network wiring capacity, requires multiple controls for the operation of the plugging and unplugging structure to press the fiber optic connector, and two adapter receiving slots are required on the handover structure, resulting in redundant control steps, etc., the present invention provides a network wiring device and a method for controlling fiber transfer, which can insert and carry more fiber optic connectors, improve the capacity of the wiring device, simplify the device structure to the greatest extent, and design a control method to achieve anti-winding during the wiring process, thus completely replacing the manual wiring operation.

[0007] A network wiring device, the device includes a first support frame and a second support frame that are coaxially installed up and down and have increasing diameters inside and outside. A plurality of adapters are arranged on the circumferential platforms of the first support frame and the second support frame, and both ends of the adapter are used for installing fiber optic connectors;

[0008] The handover mechanism is coaxially installed between the first support frame and the second support frame, and the handover mechanism is driven to rotate by the first driving mechanism;

[0009] The plugging and unplugging device, the plugging and unplugging device includes an inner robotic arm and an outer robotic arm, the inner robotic arm is coaxially arranged above the first support frame, the outer robotic arm is coaxially arranged below the second support frame, both the inner robotic arm and the outer robotic arm are driven by the first driving mechanism, and the first driving mechanism is connected to the body mount for driving the plugging and unplugging device to rotate.

[0010] The present invention also provides a method for controlling fiber transfer, and the control method is used for fiber transfer control of the network wiring device; the implementation process of the control method is as follows:

[0011] Control the plugging and unplugging device to take away the fiber optic connector to be moved from the source port, wherein the plugging and unplugging device is used to carry the fiber optic connector to move inside the first support frame or outside the second support frame;

[0012] Compare the fiber numbers on the fiber optic connectors on the first support frame and the second support frame in the moving fiber path with the fiber number of the fiber optic connector to be moved in sequence to determine the fiber transfer path;

[0013] According to the determined fiber transfer path, control the plugging and unplugging device to move the fiber optic connector to be moved to the destination port, insert the fiber optic connector to be moved into the destination port, and the plugging and unplugging device returns to the initial position waiting for the fiber transfer instruction.

[0014] The beneficial effects of the present invention:

[0015] 1. For the network wiring device provided by the present invention, the fiber optic adapter receiving slots on the first support frame and the second support frame are placed at intervals, increasing the capacity of fiber optic connectors, and avoiding the fiber optic connectors on the two support frames being coplanar in terms of geometric relationship due to being located at the same radius and not having a clear left-right spatial relationship, resulting in a principled entanglement during the fiber transfer process.

[0016] 2. For the network wiring device provided by the present invention, the support seat and the mechanical claw structure of the handover mechanism are simplified. A single fiber optic adapter receiving slot is arranged on the support seat of the handover mechanism, and the fiber transfer of the fiber optic connector between the first support seat and the second support seat can be realized through the single fiber optic adapter receiving slot. The mechanical claw structure provided by the present invention simplifies the structure, abandons the method of pressing and unlocking the tongue of the fiber optic connector for plugging and unplugging, and adopts a magnetic fiber optic connector clamping member. The U-shaped gripper of the mechanical claw is equipped with a magnetic attraction device, and the clamping and releasing of the fiber optic connector can be realized only by controlling the current pulse of the energized coil. And due to the simplification of the mechanical gripper mechanism, the gap between the fiber optic adapters on the support frame can be greatly reduced, enabling the network wiring device to accommodate more fiber optic connectors.

[0017] 3. The network wiring device provided by the present invention, both the inner robotic arm and the outer robotic arm can perform circumferential rotation control, which is controlled by a first driving mechanism. The first driving mechanism includes two gears of different sizes and a driving motor. The large gear is coaxially arranged with the first support frame. The small gear is driven by the driving motor to rotate. The large and small gears are correctly meshed. The robotic arm is fixed on the large gear. When the driving motor drives the small gear to rotate, it will also drive the large gear to rotate through gear meshing. Both the inner robotic arm and the outer robotic arm are connected to the large gear of the first driving mechanism through their respective connecting arms. Thus, the large gear can drive the entire robotic arm to perform circular motion on each moving track.

[0018] 4. The fiber transfer control method of the present invention analyzes all possible fiber transfer situations of the entire wiring path, decomposes the entire wiring path into several small action regular paths, and decomposes the control of the entire wiring path into the integration of the control of the small action planning paths, simplifying the control algorithm. Because a single wiring changes from the original complete wiring to a small action route, it avoids non-principle winding caused by too long a single wiring path and wiring winding caused by machine errors or fiber number identification errors. It can also avoid overall winding even if adjusted due to the small action route. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0019] In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention or the prior art, the following will briefly introduce the drawings required for the description of the embodiments or the prior art. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only the embodiments of the present invention. For those of ordinary skill in the art, without creative efforts, other drawings can also be obtained according to the provided drawings.

[0020] Figure 1 It is a schematic structural diagram of the network wiring device provided by the present invention in an embodiment;

[0021] Figure 2 It is a schematic top view structural diagram of the network wiring device provided by the present invention in an embodiment;

[0022] Figure 3 It is a detailed schematic structural diagram of the plug-in device of the network wiring device provided by the present invention in an embodiment.

[0023] Figure 4 It is a schematic structural diagram of the reversing mechanism of the network wiring device provided by the present invention in an embodiment.

[0024] Figure 5 It is a front view of one side of the inner robotic arm provided by the present invention in an embodiment.

[0025] Figure 6 It is an overall view of the inner robotic arm provided by the present invention in an embodiment.

[0026] Figure 7 This is the overall view of the external robotic arm provided in the embodiment of the present invention.

[0027] Figure 8 This is the schematic diagram of the magnetic attraction device provided in the embodiment of the present invention.

[0028] Figure 9 This is the composition diagram of the control scenario of the network wiring device provided in the embodiment of the present invention.

[0029] Figure 10 This is the flowchart of a fiber transfer control method provided in the embodiment of the present invention.

[0030] Figure 11 This is the action path diagram of a fiber transfer scenario provided in the embodiment of the present invention.

[0031] Figure 12 This is the action path diagram of a fiber transfer scenario provided in the embodiment of the present invention.

[0032] Figure 13 This is the simple structure diagram of the connection wires at both ends of the fiber optic terminal provided in the embodiment of the present invention.

[0033] Figure 14 This is the simple top view of the connection wires at both ends of the fiber optic terminal provided in the embodiment of the present invention.

[0034] In the figure: 1. First support frame; 2. Second support frame; 3. Handover mechanism; 31. Support seat; 32. Adapter mounting seat; 33. Connecting arm; 4. Plugging and unplugging device; 41. Inner robotic arm; 411. Inner robotic arm U-shaped gripper; 412. Inner robotic arm connecting arm; 42. Outer robotic arm; 421. Outer robotic arm U-shaped gripper; 422. Outer robotic arm connecting arm; 43. Magnetic attraction device; 431. Magnet; 432. Steel core; 433. Coil; 5. First fiber optic adapter; 51. Clamping member; 52. Slots on both sides; 6. Second fiber optic adapter; 7. Fiber optic cable; 8. Fiber optic outlet end; 9. Body mounting seat; 10. First driving mechanism; 11. Second driving mechanism; 13. Motor; 14. Lead screw; 15. Lead screw slider. Detailed implementation manners

[0035] Next, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. Obviously, the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, rather than all the embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by those of ordinary skill in the art without creative efforts shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

[0036] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that the orientation or positional relationship indicated by "center", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "vertical", "horizontal", "inner", "outer", etc. is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings. It is only for the convenience of describing the present invention and simplifying the description, rather than indicating or implying that the device or element referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation. Therefore, it should not be construed as a limitation to the present invention. In addition, the terms "first", "second", "third" are only used for descriptive purposes and cannot be construed as indicating or implying relative importance.

[0037] In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that unless otherwise clearly specified and defined, the terms "installation", "connection", and "coupling" should be understood in a broad sense. For example, it can be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or an integral connection; it can be a mechanical connection or an electrical connection; it can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and it can enable the internal communication of two elements. For those of ordinary skill in the art, the specific meanings of the above terms in the present invention can be understood according to specific circumstances.

[0038] In addition, the technical features involved in different embodiments of the present invention described below can be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.

[0039] Specific Embodiment 1. In combination Figures 1 to 4 This embodiment will be described. A network wiring device includes a reversing mechanism 3, a plugging and unplugging device 4, and a first support frame 1 and a second support frame 2 coaxially installed up and down.

[0040] The first support frame 1 and the second support frame 2 are arranged with increasing diameters inside and outside. The outer peripheral platforms of the first support frame 1 and the second support frame 2 are respectively used to place a first fiber optic adapter 5 and a second fiber optic adapter 6. Both ends of the first fiber optic adapter 5 and the second fiber optic adapter 6 are used to install fiber optic connectors.

[0041] The reversing mechanism 3 is coaxially installed with the first support frame 1 and the second support frame 2. The first driving mechanism 10 drives the connecting arm 33 through gears to drive the support seat 31 to make a circular motion; as Figure 4 shown, the reversing mechanism 3 includes a support seat 31 and a connecting arm 33. The support seat 31 is located between the first support frame 1 and the second support frame 2. An adapter mounting seat 32 is provided on the support seat 31. The upper end of the adapter mounting seat 32 can be used to place a fiber optic connector. One end of the connecting arm 33 is connected to the support seat 31, and the other end is coaxially installed with the first support frame 1 and the second support frame 2 through a large gear turntable in the middle. The first driving mechanism 10 drives the connecting arm 33 through gears to drive the support seat 31 to make a circular motion.

[0042] The plugging and unplugging device 4 includes an inner robotic arm 41 and an outer robotic arm 42. The inner robotic arm 41 is coaxially arranged above the first support frame 1, and the outer robotic arm 42 is coaxially arranged below the second support frame 2. Both the inner and outer robotic arms are driven by a first driving mechanism 10, and the first driving mechanism 10 is connected to the body mounting base 9 for driving the plugging and unplugging device 4 to rotate. The fiber optic connector on the first fiber optic adapter 5 on the first support frame 1 is plugged and unplugged into the adapter in the support seat 31 on the handover mechanism 3 by the inner robotic arm 41. The fiber optic connector on the second fiber optic adapter 6 on the second support frame 2 is plugged and unplugged into the adapter in the support seat 31 on the handover mechanism 3 by the outer robotic arm 42 of the plugging and unplugging device 4. The above operations of reverse plugging and unplugging can also be performed by the corresponding robotic arms.

[0043] In this embodiment, the inner robotic arm 41 plugs and unpluggs the fiber optic connector on the first support frame 1, and the outer robotic arm 42 plugs and unpluggs the fiber optic connector on the second support frame 2. Both the inner robotic arm 41 and the outer robotic arm 42 can plug and unplug the fiber optic connector on the support seat of the handover mechanism 3. Specifically, the inner robotic arm 41 passes through the gap between two adjacent adapters on the first support frame 1 to plug and unplug the adapter on the support seat of the handover mechanism 3.

[0044] The width of the mechanical gripper for plugging and unplugging at the end of the inner robotic arm 41 and the outer robotic arm 42 is smaller than the straight-line distance between two adjacent adapters on the support frame, ensuring that the mechanical gripper can smoothly plug and unplug the fiber optic connector on the handover mechanism.

[0045] For the network wiring device described in this embodiment, a plurality of adapter receiving slots are radially arranged on the first support frame 1 and the second support frame 2 (the adapter receiving slots on both support frames are through slots). The adapter receiving slots are used to receive the adapters, and the adapters can temporarily store the optical fibers. One axis of the cross-section of the adapter mounting slot extends along the circumferential radial direction of the first support frame, and the other axis is perpendicular to the radius. The adapter mounting slots on the second support frame 2 are arranged in the same way as those on the first support frame 1, but each adapter mounting slot on the second support frame 2 is located between two adapter mounting slots on the first support frame 1 along the radial extension direction.

[0046] The diameter of the second support frame 2 is larger than that of the first support frame 1, and the support seat of the handover mechanism 3 is located between the second support frame 2 and the first support frame 1, facilitating the plugging and unplugging device to smoothly pull out the fiber optic connector on the support seat 31. Similarly, it also facilitates the plugging and unplugging device to insert the fiber optic connector on the first support frame 1 or the second support frame 2 into the fiber optic adapter on the support frame. Both the first support frame 1 and the second support frame 2 are provided with through adapter mounting slots for connecting the upper and lower optical fiber lines;

[0047] In this embodiment, the adapter on the first support frame 1 is arranged on the peripheral platform, and the first fiber optic adapter 5 is arranged along the radial direction of the peripheral platform of the first support frame 1. When the inner robotic arm 41 of the plugging and unplugging device 4 grabs any one of the first fiber optic adapters 5, the interval between two adjacent first fiber optic adapters 5 only allows the U-shaped gripper 411 of the inner robotic arm to pass through. In this way, the interval between two adjacent first fiber optic adapters is effectively reduced, so that more first fiber optic adapters 5 can be arranged on the peripheral platform of the first support frame 1. Similarly, the second support frame 2 and the outer robotic arm 42 are arranged in the same way, and more second fiber optic adapters 6 can also be arranged on the peripheral platform of the second support frame 2. In this way, the overall capacity of the network wiring device is effectively increased.

[0048] As Figures 3 to 8 shown in this embodiment, the body mounting base 9 passes through the plugging and unplugging device 4, the second support frame 2, the handover mechanism 3 and the first support frame 1. Two different driving mechanisms are respectively installed on the body mounting base 9, namely the first driving mechanism 10 for driving the handover mechanism 3 and the plugging and unplugging device 4 to rotate, and the second driving mechanism 11 installed on the plugging and unplugging device 4 for driving the inner and outer robotic arms to move up and down, forward and backward.

[0049] The first driving mechanism 10 includes a driving motor and a gear set (at least one bearing is provided on the inner circumference of the gear set). The driving motor is fixed on the first support frame 1 or the body mounting base 9 by nuts. The gear set consists of three large gear turntables installed on the body mounting base in the upper, middle and lower structures and three small gears connected to the driving motor, namely the upper, middle and lower small gears;

[0050] The inner robotic arm is installed on the upper large gear turntable. The upper large gear turntable is connected to the connecting arm 412 of the inner robotic arm. By meshing the upper large gear turntable with the upper small gear, the whole inner robotic arm 41 is driven to rotate;

[0051] The connecting arm 33 of the handover mechanism is installed on the middle large gear turntable. The other end of the connecting arm 33 is connected to the support seat 31. By meshing the middle large gear turntable with the middle small gear, the middle large gear turntable can drive the support seat 31 to rotate;

[0052] The outer robotic arm is installed on the lower large gear turntable. It is connected to the connecting arm 422 of the outer robotic arm. By meshing the lower large gear turntable with the lower small gear, the outer robotic arm 42 is driven to rotate.

[0053] The upper, middle and lower large gear turntables and the connecting arm 33 of the handover mechanism 3 are spaced apart in height, so that the inner robotic arm 41 and the outer robotic arm 42 of the plugging and unplugging device 4 and the handover mechanism 3 can work independently of each other.

[0054] In this embodiment, the second driving mechanism 11 drives a lead screw slider structure through a motor. When the motor rotates, it drives the lead screw to rotate. The rotation of the lead screw drives the slider structure on the lead screw to move back and forth along the lead screw. The actuator that needs to move back and forth is connected or fixed to the slider structure of the lead screw. The turnover mechanism 3 and the plugging device 4 both need to rotate, so they are driven by the first driving mechanism 10. The U-shaped grippers 411 of the inner robotic arm 41 and the U-shaped grippers 421 of the outer robotic arm 42 need to perform radial movement in the front-back direction and height movement in the up-down direction. Therefore, the second driving mechanism 11 is required.

[0055] As Figures 5 to 7 shown, the inner robotic arm 41 and the outer robotic arm 42 are both equipped with a second driving mechanism; each second driving mechanism 11 includes two driving motors 13 and two lead screw slider structures (lead screw 14 and lead screw slider 15). One of the lead screw slider structures is horizontally placed on the connecting piece of the inner robotic arm 41 or the outer robotic arm 42, so that the rotation of the motor drives the rotation of the lead screw 14, and then the lead screw 14 drives the other part of the robotic arm to perform radial movement in the horizontal direction. The other motor lead screw slider structure is vertically placed to control the vertical movement in height of the U-shaped gripper 411 of the inner robotic arm or the U-shaped gripper 421 of the outer robotic arm. Through the movement in two directions, the U-shaped gripper can smoothly insert and remove the fiber optic connector on the support frame and the turnover mechanism.

[0056] In this embodiment, the inner robotic arm 41 is rotatably arranged on the top of the body mounting base 9 through the inner mechanical connecting arm 412 and the large gear turntable, and the inner robotic arm 41 is located on the side of the first support frame 1 away from the second support frame 2, that is, inside the first support frame 1. The outer robotic arm 42 is also rotatably arranged at the bottom of the body mounting base 9 through the outer robotic arm connecting arm 422 and the large gear turntable, and the outer robotic arm 42 is located on the side of the second support frame 2 away from the first support frame 1, that is, outside the second support frame 2. Both the inner robotic arm 41 and the outer robotic arm 42 can place the fiber optic connector on the adapter mounting seat 32 of the turnover mechanism 3 or pull out the fiber optic connector already placed on the turnover mechanism 3.

[0057] In this embodiment, the inner robotic arm 41 of the plugging device 4 is coaxially connected to the first support frame 1, and is used to pull out the fiber optic connector on the rotated support base 31 and insert the fiber optic connector into the first fiber optic adapter 5 on the first support frame 1. The inner robotic arm 41 can also pull out the fiber optic connector that needs to be cross-connected on the first support frame 1 and insert it into the support base 31 of the turnover mechanism 3.

[0058] In this embodiment, the U-shaped gripper 411 of the inner robotic arm is used to plug and unplug optical fibers by controlling the magnetic force. The first driving mechanism 10 drives the connecting arm 412 of the inner robotic arm, and then drives the U-shaped gripper 411 of the inner robotic arm to rotate. The second driving mechanism 11 can adjust the position of the U-shaped gripper 411 of the inner robotic arm in the radial or height direction.

[0059] The outer robotic arm 42 is coaxially connected to the second support frame 2 and is used to pull out the optical fiber connector on the rotated support base 31 and insert the optical fiber connector into the second optical fiber adapter 6 on the second support frame 2. The outer robotic arm 42 can also pull out the optical fiber connector that needs to jump the fiber on the second support frame 2 and insert it into the support base 31 of the handover structure 3.

[0060] The first driving mechanism 10 controls the rotation of the U-shaped gripper 421 of the outer robotic arm, and the second pivoting driving mechanism can adjust the position of the U-shaped gripper 421 of the outer robotic arm for plugging and unplugging in the radial or height direction.

[0061] In this embodiment, the placement positions of all driving motors of the first driving mechanism 10 and the second driving mechanism 11 in each mechanism do not affect the operation of various structures.

[0062] In this embodiment, by controlling the rotation of the driving motor and selecting the models of the large and small gears, the rotation angle of the robotic arm can be accurately controlled, so as to ensure that the gripper at the end of the robotic arm accurately grabs the optical fiber connector smoothly.

[0063] The radial movement and vertical movement of the mechanical gripper can be controlled inside the robotic arm. The radial movement is to make the mechanical gripper approach and grab the optical fiber connector, and the vertical movement is to drive the mechanical gripper to smoothly pull out the optical fiber connector upward or insert the optical fiber connector into the adapter downward.

[0064] The inner and outer robotic arms are in or return to the initial position before and after each wiring operation starts and ends.

[0065] Such as Figure 4 and Figure 8As shown in the figure, in this embodiment, all adapters adopt special optical fiber plugs. A clamping member 51 made of magnetic adsorption material is fixed on the optical fiber plug. Slots 52 are provided on both sides of the clamping member 51, and convex edges are provided above and below the slots 52. The inner robotic arm U-shaped gripper 411 and the outer robotic arm U-shaped gripper 421 of the plugging and unplugging device 4 adopt U-shaped chucks. A magnetic adsorption device 43 for adsorbing the clamping member 51 of the optical fiber plug is arranged inside the inner robotic arm U-shaped gripper 411. The magnetic adsorption device 43 includes a magnet 431 and a formed magnetic conductor or steel core 432, and includes an insulating coil 433 wound around the steel core 432. When a suitable current is applied to the coil, the net magnetic force at the tip of the steel core 432 will fail. The two straight arms of the inner robotic arm U-shaped gripper 411 are inserted into the slots 52 on both sides of the clamping member 51, and the magnetic adsorption device 43 adsorbs the clamping member 51, so that the inner robotic arm U-shaped gripper 411 clamps the first optical fiber adapter 5. Then, the inner robotic arm 41 drives the inner robotic arm U-shaped gripper 411 to move upward, and the optical fiber adapter can be successfully unplugged. When the coil current pulse cancels the permanent magnetic field generated by the magnet 431, the magnetic adsorption force on the magnetic outer shell of the clamping member 51 is reduced, and the inner robotic arm U-shaped gripper 411 can be successfully separated from the clamping member 51. Through the above operations, the clamping and releasing of the optical fiber adapter can be successfully completed. The magnetic adsorption material can be a material adsorbed by a magnet, such as iron, cobalt, nickel or an alloy including one of the three.

[0066] Specific Embodiment 2: This embodiment is a fiber transfer control method for a network wiring device using the method described in Specific Embodiment 1. The control method is applied to the network wiring device. The method includes: the processor locates the source port and the target port, and determines an overall wiring path by comparing the fiber numbers of the source port optical fiber connector and the optical fiber connectors passed through during the intermediate process one by one. According to the wiring path, the system will control each structure to complete the wiring path.

[0067] The control method divides the entire wiring path into various regular action paths. For example, the inner robotic arm clamps a certain optical fiber connector on the first support frame and then brings it into the inner track. This requires the inner robotic arm to first perform a radial movement to align with the optical fiber connector, then energize to activate the coil magnetic field to successfully assist the inner robotic arm gripper to closely adhere to the optical fiber connector, and then the inner robotic arm gripper performs an upward movement to successfully unplug the optical fiber connector. After that, the mechanical gripper performs a radial movement away from the adapter of the optical fiber connector to successfully bring the optical fiber connector to the inner track. This completes a standardized operation of unplugging the optical fiber connector.

[0068] By comparing the fiber numbers of the fiber transfer path ports with those of the source fiber ports in sequence, it can ensure that the optical fiber moves along the specified direction and path. This not only regularizes the entire wiring process into a combination of various mechanism action sets, but also for different wiring methods, according to the wiring path, only by integrating each action set can the wiring operation between any ports be completed. This method can also prevent the optical fiber from getting entangled during the movement.

[0069] Specifically, it includes comparing the fiber numbers on the fiber connectors on the first support frame 1 and the second support frame 2 in sequence with the fiber number of the fiber connector to be moved during the movement of the optical fiber, so as to determine the fiber transfer path, including:

[0070] The above sequential comparison includes determining the moving track and the regular action route;

[0071] The moving track includes an inner track, a middle track, and an outer track. The inner track is located inside the first support frame 1 and drives the fiber connector to move by the inner robotic arm 41; the middle track is located between the first support frame 1 and the second support frame 2 and drives the fiber connector to move by the reversing mechanism 3; the outer track is located outside the second support frame 2 and drives the fiber connector to move by the outer robotic arm 42;

[0072] The regular action route determines the moving route by determining the fiber number on the fiber connector to be moved and the fiber numbers on the next two fiber connectors;

[0073] It should be noted that the fiber number of the fiber connector to be wired is determined by the height of the terminal wire at the other end of the fiber connector. The higher the height, the smaller the fiber number, and the highest position is No. 1. The fiber outlet ends of the fiber connectors are all on the same Z-axis, only with height differences. Therefore, there are the following rules:

[0074] When the fiber number of a source port on the first support frame 1 is less than the fiber number of the next fiber connector on the second support frame 2 to be passed through, the source port fiber connector needs to move to the outer track and pass through the fiber connector on the second support frame;

[0075] When the fiber number of a source port on the first support frame 1 is less than the fiber number of the next fiber connector on the second support frame 2 to be passed through, the source port fiber connector needs to move to the middle track and pass through the fiber connector on the second support frame 2;

[0076] Therefore, according to the above rules, the entire wiring path can be decomposed into a single action wiring path, that is, to determine the size between the last two fiber numbers and the fiber number to be moved, by sorting out the size relationship of each fiber number, and classifying them into multiple regular wiring paths. During the wiring process, the entire wiring path is completed by selecting regular wiring actions of various situations multiple times, and then each actuator is controlled according to the wiring action. Therefore, the integration of multiple wiring actions and corresponding control instructions completes the entire wiring path, and simplifies the control process through classification.

[0077] Specific implementation method 3: Combination Figures 9 to 14 This embodiment is described as an example of a fiber moving control method of a network wiring device described in the second embodiment.

[0078] In this embodiment, the fiber removal operation can be performed on the optical fiber connector on the network wiring device. Figure 9 The overall operation flow of the present application is provided, and the flow includes: a command input device 110, a processor 120, and a plug-in and hand-over device 130. Specifically, the user issues a fiber moving command (for example, moving fiber No. 10 to adapter No. 37) on the command input device 110. After the fiber moving command is sent to the processor 120, the processor controls the plug-in and hand-over device 130 to perform a fiber moving operation according to a fixed fiber moving path according to the fiber moving command after receiving the fiber moving command.

[0079] In this embodiment, the processor is used as the execution subject to exemplify the control method of fiber transfer provided by some embodiments of the present application. Optionally, the processor can be any electronic device that can control the plug-in and pull-out and hand-over mechanism to complete the fiber transfer. The processor can be integrated in the network wiring device, or in each plug-in device 4 or hand-over mechanism 3, and there is no limitation on this.

[0080] It should be noted that the inner track, middle track and outer track are defined. The inner track is located inside the first support frame, and the optical fiber connector is driven to move by the inner mechanical arm; the middle track is located between the first support frame and the second support frame, and the optical fiber connector is driven to move by the hand-over mechanism; the outer track is located outside the second support frame, and the optical fiber connector is driven to move by the outer mechanical arm.

[0081] like Figure 10 As shown, a fiber transfer control method described in this embodiment is as follows:

[0082] S101. Receive the corresponding fiber moving instruction, control the plug-in and pull-out mechanism to remove the optical fiber to be moved from the source port, and then move to the corresponding track.

[0083] Furthermore, in the fiber moving process, the fiber number corresponding to the source port can always be referred to as the fiber number of the fiber to be moved in a complete fiber moving process.

[0084] S102. Compare the optical fiber numbers passing through the fiber transfer path with the optical fiber number to be transferred in sequence to determine the fiber transfer route and actions.

[0085] Furthermore, classify the fiber transfer actions according to various situations of comparing the optical fiber numbers during the transfer process, make instruction sets for the control instructions required for each situation, and combine various instruction sets to complete the complete fiber transfer path and fiber transfer operation.

[0086] S1021. Compare the optical fiber with the optical fiber numbers of the latter two ports in sequence to determine the fiber transfer situation. The fiber transfer situation includes multiple classifications.

[0087] Specifically, as Figure 11 shown, the source port is the optical fiber No. 25 on the first support frame 1, and its latter two optical fibers are the optical fiber No. 20 on the second support frame 2 and the optical fiber No. 30 on the first support frame 1 respectively. After step S101, the plugging and unplugging device 4 has taken away the optical fiber to be transferred. Since the target optical fiber is on the first support frame 1, the inner robotic arm 41 pulls out the optical fiber No. 25 and has moved to the inner track. After comparing with the next optical fiber, which is the optical fiber No. 20, since the optical fiber No. 25 is greater than the optical fiber No. 20, it is necessary to cross over the optical fiber No. 20 from inside the second support frame 2. However, since the optical fiber No. 25 is less than the optical fiber No. 30, it is necessary to cross over the optical fiber No. 30 from outside the first support frame 1. Therefore, the optical fiber No. 25 cannot stay on the inner track and should cross over the optical fiber No. 20 and the optical fiber No. 30 from the middle track at the same time.

[0088] Furthermore, the optical fiber No. 25 first needs to be driven by the inner robotic arm 42 to make a circular motion to move to the gap between the optical fiber No. 25 and the optical fiber No. 30, and then the inner robotic arm 42 makes a radial motion to insert the optical fiber No. 25 into the support base 31 of the handover mechanism 3 so that the optical fiber No. 25 enters the middle track. After that, the U-shaped gripper 411 of the inner robotic arm 42 returns to the inner track, and the optical fiber No. 25 is driven by the handover mechanism 3 to make a circular motion to cross over the optical fiber No. 20 and the optical fiber No. 30 at the same time.

[0089] Specifically, as Figure 12As shown in the figure, it illustrates a situation where the source port is on the second support frame 2. The source port is the optical fiber No. 12 on the second support frame 2, and the next two optical fiber numbers are the optical fiber No. 11 on the first support frame 1 and the optical fiber No. 13 on the second support frame 2 respectively. After step S101, the plugging and unplugging device 4 has taken away the optical fiber to be moved. Since the source port optical fiber is on the second support frame 2, it is the outer robotic arm 42 that pulls out the optical fiber No. 25. After comparing the next two port optical fiber numbers, since the optical fiber No. 12 on the second support frame 2 is greater than the optical fiber No. 11 on the first support frame 1, it is necessary to cross over the optical fiber No. 11 from the inside of the first support frame 1. However, it is less than the optical fiber No. 13 on the second support frame, so it crosses over the optical fiber No. 13 from the outside of the second support frame 2.

[0090] Furthermore, the optical fiber No. 12 is first inserted into the No. 1 position of the handover mechanism in the middle track by the radial movement of the outer robotic arm 42, and then the U-shaped gripper 411 of the inner robotic arm 41 pulls out the optical fiber No. 12 located at the No. 1 position of the handover mechanism by crossing over the left gap of the optical fiber No. 11. After that, the U-shaped gripper 411 of the inner robotic arm 41 drives the optical fiber No. 12 into the No. 1 position of the inner track by radial movement. Then, the inner robotic arm 41 drives the optical fiber No. 12 to reach the No. 2 position of the inner track by circular movement. Through the gap on the right side of the optical fiber No. 11, the inner robotic arm 41 inserts the optical fiber No. 12 into the No. 2 position of the handover mechanism on the middle track. The handover mechanism drives the optical fiber No. 12 to do circular movement to reach the No. 3 position of the middle track. Then, similarly, the outer robotic arm 42 executes to bring the optical fiber No. 12 into the No. 1 position of the outer track, and finally does circular movement to cross over the optical fiber No. 13 to reach the end position of this situation.

[0091] S1022. According to the above classification, all situations can be planned for execution actions, thereby simplifying the control operation, and combining multiple execution actions to complete the planning and control of the entire wiring path.

[0092] It should be noted that after multiple wirings, the arrangement of the optical fiber numbers does not have any pattern. Therefore, the optical fiber numbers listed in this embodiment are only for illustrating this wiring situation. In fact, as long as the size relationship of the numbers meets the described situation, it can correspond to the fiber moving route.

[0093] S103. Control the plugging and unplugging mechanism and the handover mechanism to insert the optical fiber to be moved into the destination port according to the planned path.

[0094] As Figure 13 and Figure 14 shown, for the numbers of the optical fiber numbers and the arrangement of the optical fiber lines, there are the following implementation manners, Figure 13The relationship between the upper part of the first support frame 1 and the optical fiber lines of the other end terminals of the optical fiber adapters 5 is given. In the optical fiber network, the optical fibers are led out from the previous site to the next site, and within the site, they rely on optical fiber lines for transmission. Therefore, in order to manage the optical fiber lines so that they do not get entangled during the process of moving optical fibers, the idea is to wind the optical fibers into the optical fiber box and then lead out the optical fiber lines from the outlet end and insert the optical fiber adapters onto the support frame. To illustrate the management method of avoiding entanglement, the optical fiber outlet end 8 is introduced. The optical fiber outlet end 8 is located at the center of the first support frame 1 and is perpendicular to the first support frame 1. All the optical fiber lines are located above the first support frame 1. The optical fiber numbers are given according to the height of the optical fiber outlet end 8. The optical fiber number at the topmost is No. 1. However, in order to avoid the repetition of numbers, letters are used for description. The letter order determines the height, and the upper and lower cases respectively correspond to the wiring end and the outlet end. Figure 13 and Figure 14 Five groups of optical fiber lines such as A to a and B to b are marked in. It can be seen that the A - numbered optical fiber line is higher than the B - numbered optical fiber. Therefore, if the first optical fiber adapter 5 corresponding to the A - numbered optical fiber needs to cross over the B - numbered optical fiber adapter, it needs to cross over above the B - numbered optical fiber line. From a top - down Figure 14 view, it can be seen that the upper and lower sides correspond to the inner and outer sides of the circle, that is, the A - numbered optical fiber needs to cross over the B - numbered optical fiber from the outside of the first support frame 1. Similarly, the D - numbered optical fiber is lower than the C - numbered optical fiber. Therefore, if the D - numbered optical fiber needs to cross over the C - numbered optical fiber, it needs to cross over the C - numbered optical fiber line from the inside of the first support frame 1. According to this principle, the optical fiber numbers are determined, and then the action route can be planned according to the optical fiber numbers.

[0095] The technical features of the above - described embodiments can be combined arbitrarily. For the sake of concise description, not all possible combinations of the technical features in the above - described embodiments are described. However, as long as the combinations of these technical features do not conflict, they should be considered as falling within the scope described in this specification.

[0096] The above - described embodiments only represent several implementation manners of the present invention. Their descriptions are relatively specific and detailed, but they should not be construed as limiting the scope of the invention patent. It should be noted that for those of ordinary skill in the art, without departing from the concept of the present invention, several deformations and improvements can still be made, and these all belong to the protection scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the invention patent should be subject to the appended claims.

Claims

1. A network wiring device, characterized in that: Comprising: A first support frame and a second support frame which are coaxially installed up and down with increasing diameters inside and outside. A plurality of adapters are provided on the circumferential platforms of the first support frame and the second support frame. Both ends of the adapter are used for installing optical fiber connectors; A handover mechanism, coaxially installed between the first support frame and the second support frame, and the handover mechanism is driven to rotate by a first driving mechanism; A plugging and unplugging device, the plugging and unplugging device includes an inner robotic arm and an outer robotic arm. The inner robotic arm is coaxially arranged above the first support frame, and the outer robotic arm is coaxially arranged below the second support frame. Both the inner robotic arm and the outer robotic arm are driven by the first driving mechanism, and the first driving mechanism is connected to the body mounting seat for driving the plugging and unplugging device to rotate.

2. The network wiring device according to claim 1, characterized in that: A plurality of adapter mounting slots are provided on the circumferential platform of the first support frame. One axis of the cross-section of the adapter mounting slot is parallel to one radius of the circumference of the first support frame, and the other axis is perpendicular to the radius; The second support frame has the same installation method as the first support frame, and the adapter mounting slots on the second support frame are located in the extension direction of the center positions of two adjacent mounting slots on the first support frame.

3. The network wiring device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The handover mechanism includes a support seat and a connecting arm; The support seat is located between the first support frame and the second support frame. An adapter mounting seat is provided on the support seat. One end of the connecting arm is connected to the support seat, and the other end is connected to the first driving mechanism; The upper end of the adapter mounting seat is used for placing an optical fiber connector.

4. The network wiring device according to claim 3, characterized in that: The radius of the support seat of the handover mechanism is greater than the radius of the first support frame and less than the radius of the second support frame; The widths of the U-shaped grippers on the inner robotic arm and the outer robotic arm are both smaller than the straight-line distance between the optical fiber connectors on the support frame, ensuring that the U-shaped grippers plug and unplug the optical fiber connectors on the handover mechanism.

5. A network wiring device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The inner robotic arm plugs and unplugs the optical fiber connectors on the first support frame, and the outer robotic arm plugs and unplugs the optical fiber connectors on the second support frame. Both the inner robotic arm and the outer robotic arm can plug and unplug the optical fiber connectors on the handover mechanism.

6. The network wiring device according to claim 1, characterized in that: The first driving mechanism includes a driving motor and a gear set; The driving motor is installed on the body mounting seat. The gear set consists of three large gear turntables installed on the body mounting seat in an upper-middle-lower structure and three small gears connected to the driving motor; The inner robotic arm is installed on the upper large gear turntable, and the rotation of the inner robotic arm is realized by the meshing of the upper large gear turntable and the upper small gear; The connecting arm of the handover mechanism is installed on the middle large gear turntable, and the rotation of the support seat of the handover mechanism is realized by the meshing of the middle large gear turntable and the middle small gear; The outer robotic arm is installed on the lower large gear turntable, and the rotation of the outer robotic arm is realized by the meshing of the lower large gear turntable and the lower small gear.

7. The network wiring device according to claim 1, characterized in that: Second driving mechanisms are provided on both the inner robotic arm and the outer robotic arm; The second driving mechanism is composed of two sets of driving components installed vertically, and is used to drive the U-shaped grippers of the inner robotic arm and the outer robotic arm to perform radial movement, and to drive the U-shaped grippers of the inner robotic arm and the outer robotic arm to perform up-and-down movement; through the movement in two directions, the plugging and unplugging of the fiber optic connectors on the first support frame, the second support frame and the handover mechanism are realized.

8. A method for controlling fiber transfer, characterized in that: The control method is used for the network wiring device according to any one of claims 1 to 7; the implementation process of the control method is as follows: Control the plugging and unplugging device to take away the fiber optic connector to be moved from the source port, wherein the plugging and unplugging device is used to carry the fiber optic connector to move inside the first support frame or outside the second support frame; Compare the fiber optic numbers of the fiber optic connectors on the first support frame and the second support frame in the moving fiber optic path with the fiber optic number of the fiber optic connector to be moved in turn to determine the fiber optic moving path; According to the determined fiber optic moving path, control the plugging and unplugging device to move the fiber optic connector to be moved to the destination port, and insert the fiber optic connector to be moved into the destination port, and the plugging and unplugging device returns to the initial position waiting for the fiber optic moving instruction.

9. The control method according to claim 8, wherein: Compare the fiber optic numbers of the fiber optic connectors on the first support frame and the second support frame in the moving fiber optic path with the fiber optic number of the fiber optic connector to be moved in turn to determine the fiber optic moving path, including: The sequential comparison includes determining the moving track and the regular action route; The moving track includes an inner track, a middle track and an outer track. The inner track is located inside the first support frame and drives the fiber optic connector to move by the inner robotic arm; the middle track is located between the first support frame and the second support frame and drives the fiber optic connector to move by the handover mechanism; the outer track is located outside the second support frame and drives the fiber optic connector to move by the outer robotic arm; The regular action route determines the moving route by determining the fiber optic number of the fiber optic connector to be moved and the fiber optic numbers of the next two fiber optic connectors; the rules are as follows: When the fiber optic number of a source port on the first support frame is less than the fiber optic number of the next fiber optic connector on the second support frame to be passed through, the source port fiber optic connector needs to move to the outer track and pass through the fiber optic connector on the second support frame; When the fiber optic number of a source port on the first support frame is less than the fiber optic number of the next fiber optic connector on the second support frame to be passed through, the source port fiber optic connector needs to move to the middle track and pass through the fiber optic connector on the second support frame.

10. The control method according to claim 9, characterized in that: When the fiber optic connector on the first support frame moves to the handover mechanism on the middle track, the inner robotic arm first pulls out the fiber optic connector and moves it to the inner track, and then moves along the inner track according to a specific direction to the gap between the fiber optic connector receiving slot and the next receiving slot in the direction. At the same time, the handover mechanism moves to the extended position of the gap. At this time, the gripper of the inner robotic arm extends radially, and then the inner robotic arm moves the fiber optic connector and inserts it onto the handover mechanism to complete the conversion from the inner track to the middle track. The conversion of the remaining tracks is the same.

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