Distribution Station ID Setting With Visual Confirmation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional identifier-based communication systems make it difficult for users to select and visually confirm the determined identifier values of distribution stations, leading to a complex configuration and lack of visibility in the identifier settings.
Innovation Solution
The proposed system includes a center station and distribution stations with display modules and selection keys, allowing users to input identifier setting or modification commands, where distribution stations can store and display determined identifier values differently from preliminary values, and increment these values for broadcasting, enabling easy selection and visualization of identifier values.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If automatic identifier assignment is used from the center station, then the configuration process is simplified, but users cannot select specific identifier values as needed
Solution Approach 1:
Each distribution station is equipped with a display module and selection key, enabling the station itself to present and allow selection of identifier values. This self-service mechanism lets users directly interact with distribution stations to choose identifier values without relying on automatic assignment from the center station, thereby improving selection flexibility while maintaining configuration simplicity.
2Device complexity
If on-off switches are installed at each distribution station connection point, then identifier assignment can be controlled, but the common communication path configuration becomes complicated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical on-off switch system with an electronic display and selection key interface. Instead of using physical switches to control identifier assignment, the system uses display modules to show identifier values and selection keys to capture user choices, eliminating the need for complex mechanical switching infrastructure while improving operational visibility and ease of use.
3Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If identifier values are not displayed on distribution stations, then the system operates with fewer components, but users cannot visually confirm identifier settings
Solution Approach 1:
The display module presents identifier values in a visually distinct manner, using different display states or formats to indicate selected versus unselected identifiers. This visual differentiation allows users to easily confirm identifier settings without adding complex components, as the display itself provides the necessary visual confirmation through its presentation capabilities.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed herein is an identifier based communication system including: a common communication path; a center station having a center station communication module and a center station controller connected to the center station communication module and connected to the common communication path through the center station communication module; and a plurality of distribution stations each including a distribution station communication module connected to the common communication path, a distribution station controller connected to the distribution station communication module, and a distribution station memory connected to the distribution station controller and storing a determined identifier value of the distribution station, wherein the center station controller transmits an identifier setting mode command including a center transmission preliminary identifier value to the distribution stations following an identifier setting request input from the outside; each of the distribution stations includes a distribution station display displaying information on the identifier value and an identifier selection key operated to select the preliminary identifier value displayed on the distribution station display as the determined identifier value of the distribution station; and wherein in a state where either a next preliminary identifier value of the setting mode or the center transmission preliminary identifier value is displayed on a corresponding distribution station display of each distribution, when a corresponding identifier selection key of each distribution station is operated to be on, the distribution station controller stores the preliminary identifier value displayed on the corresponding distribution station display in a corresponding distribution station memory of the distribution station as a determined identifier value of the setting mode of the distribution station, the distribution station controller displays the corresponding determined identifier of the setting mode on the corresponding distribution station display in a form different from the preliminary identifier value of the setting mode, the distribution station controller stores the corresponding determined identifier of the setting mode in the corresponding distribution station memory, and then transmits to other distribution station, a next preliminary identifier value of the setting mode, which is a value increased by the number N (positive integer) from the corresponding determined identifier value of the setting mode, the distribution station controller displays the center transmission preliminary identifier value received from the center station on the corresponding distribution station display after receiving the identifier setting mode command from the center station and until the distribution station controller receives the next preliminary identifier value of the setting mode from the other distribution station, and the distribution station controller sequentially displays the next preliminary identifier value of the setting mode received from the other distribution station on the corresponding distribution station display before the corresponding determined identifier of the setting mode is stored in the corresponding distribution station memory. In this manner, the identifier (ID) based communication system in the disclosure allows the user to easily select the determined identifier value of the distribution station as needed, has a simple configuration of the common communication path, and allows the user to easily visually confirm the determined identifier value of each distribution station.