Monitoring method and device of two-channel bus data in network system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9537507-B2
Application number	US-201514644955-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 11, 2015
Priority date	Mar 17, 2014
Publication date	Jan 3, 2017
Grant date	Jan 3, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure includes: a first channel unit configured to transmit and receive a data piece with a network bus, to convert the received data piece to an MII data piece, and to transmit and receive the converted MII data piece; a second channel unit configured to transmit and receive a data piece with the network bus, to convert the received data piece to an MII data piece, and to transmit and receive the converted MII data piece; a CPU configured to recognize a carrier detection signal (CRC) of the MII data received from the first channel unit and the second channel unit, and to transmit and receive the MII data; and a monitoring unit configured to perform a data communication with the CPU, and to monitor a data piece by each channel from the MII data received from the CPU.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device for monitoring two channel bus data in a RAPIEnet (Real-time Automation Protocols for Industrial Ethernet) network system, the monitoring device comprising:
a first channel unit configured to receive a first data piece from a network bus, to convert the received first data piece to a converted first MII (Management Independent Interface) data piece, and to transmit the converted first MII data piece to a CPU;
a second channel unit configured to receive a second data piece from the network bus, to convert the received second data piece a converted second MII data piece, and to transmit the converted second MII data piece to the CPU; and
a monitoring unit configured to receive the converted first and second MII data piece from the CPU and to monitor the first and second data piece based on the received converted first and second MII data piece,
wherein the first channel unit converts the first data piece in units of a 16-bit word, and
wherein the second channel unit converts the second data piece in units of a 16-bit word.

2. The monitoring device of claim 1 , wherein:
the first channel unit comprises an MII conversion unit configured to shift an 8-bit data portion of the first data piece and store the converted 8-bit data portion as upper 8 bits to convert; and the second channel unit comprises an MII conversion unit configured to shift an 8-bit data portion of the second data piece and store the converted 8-bit data portion as lower 8 bits to convert.

3. The monitoring device of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring unit is further configured to display a number of reception frames or a number of error frames.

4. The monitoring device of claim 3 , wherein a number of reception frames in a communication parameter group is expressed as five digits by:
placing a zero between an upper two digits and a lower two digits;
displaying a number of reception frames or a number of error frames received from the first channel among data received via the network bus as the upper two digits; and
displaying a number of reception frames or a number of error frames received from the second channel among data received via the network bus as the lower two digits.

5. The monitoring device of claim 1 , wherein monitoring each of the first and second data piece comprises expressing from zero to a predetermined threshold value and again counting from zero when a corresponding value exceeds the predetermined threshold value.

6. The monitoring device of claim 1 , wherein the CPU recognizes a carrier detection signal of the converted first and second MII data piece and transmits the converted first and second MII data piece to the monitoring unit.

7. A method of monitoring two-channel bus data in a RAPIEnet (Real-time Automation Protocols for Industrial Ethernet) network system, the monitoring method comprising:
receiving a first data piece from a network bus, converting the received first data piece to a converted first MII (Management Independent Interface) data piece and transmitting the converted first MII data piece to a CPU;
receiving a second data piece from a network bus, converting the received second data piece to a second MII data piece and transmitting the converted second MII data piece to the CPU second; and
receiving the converted first and second MII data piece from the CPU and monitoring the first and second data piece based on the received converted first and second MII data piece,
wherein the first data piece and the second data piece are converted in units of a 16-bit word.

8. The monitoring method of claim 7 , wherein
converting the first data piece to the first MII data piece comprises shifting an 8-bit data portion of the first data piece and storing the converted 8-bit data portion as upper 8 bits to convert; and
converting the second data piece to the second MII data piece comprises shifting an 8-bit data portion of the second data piece and storing the converted 8-bit data portion as lower 8 bits to convert.

9. The monitoring method of claim 7 ,
further comprising displaying a number of reception frames or a number of error frames.

10. The monitoring method of claim 9 , wherein a number of reception frames of a communication parameter group is expressed as five digits by:
placing a zero between an upper two digits and a lower two digits;
displaying a number of reception frames or a number of error frames received from a first channel among data received via the network bus as the upper two digits; and
displaying a number of reception frames or a number of error frames received from a second channel among data received via the network bus as the lower two digits.

11. The monitoring method of claim 7 , wherein monitoring each of the first and second data piece comprises expressing from zero to a predetermined threshold value and again counting from zero when a value exceeds the predetermined threshold value.

12. The monitoring method of claim 7 , wherein the CPU recognizes a carrier detection signal of the converted first and second MII data piece and transmits the converted first and second MII data piece.

Assignees

• Lsis Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cheong Jeongyun
• Jeon Jongwook

Classifications

• H04L12/40006

  Architecture of a communication node (current supply arrangements H04L12/10; intermediate storage or scheduling H04L49/90) · CPC title

• H04L2012/4026

  Bus for use in automation systems · CPC title

• H04L12/40176 Primary

  involving redundancy (error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in hardware using active fault-masking in interconnections G06F11/2002; error detection or correction of the data by redundancy in hardware using active fault-masking in storage systems using spares or by reconfiguring G06F11/2053) · CPC title

• H03M13/09 Primary

  Error detection only, e.g. using cyclic redundancy check [CRC] codes or single parity bit · CPC title

• H04L43/50 Primary

  Testing arrangements · CPC title