CN106648007B - A kind of universal slot realization method, device and communication equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provides a method, a device and communication equipment for realizing a universal slot position, wherein the method comprises the following steps: when the module is inserted into the target slot position, acquiring a module identifier of the module; determining the module as a power module or a battery module according to the module identifier; when the module is a power supply module, inputting a first type control signal to a control signal pin of a connector corresponding to the target slot position; and when the module is a battery module, inputting a second type of control signal to a control signal pin of the connector corresponding to the target slot position. The embodiment of the invention can improve the safety of the communication equipment.

Description

A kind of universal slot realization method, device and communication equipment

technical field

The present invention relates to the field of communication technologies, and in particular, to a method, an apparatus and a communication device for realizing a universal slot.

Background technique

At present, for various types of communication devices in the field of communication technology (taking storage devices as an example), on the one hand, it is necessary to supply power to the system, which requires a power supply module (usually a primary power supply module); After the power is turned on, it is necessary to ensure the integrity of the system data. This requires a battery module to supply power to the system in time when the mains power fails abnormally, so as to ensure that the system completely flushes the data in the memory cache (cache memory) to the system disk.

In practical applications, storage devices generally have a large number of disks, which leads to high system power consumption. This leads to a storage device requiring multiple power modules and multiple battery modules. However, the number of power modules and battery modules is too large. , it is easy to be confused in use, especially for non-hardware developers (such as testers, software personnel, market maintenance personnel), it is easy to insert the battery module into the power module slot, which may cause damage to the device. It is also extremely inconvenient for usability and maintainability.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The invention provides a general slot realization method, device and communication equipment, so as to improve the security of the general equipment.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a general slot realization method, comprising:

When detecting that a module is inserted into the target slot, obtain the module identifier of the module;

Determine that the module is a power module or a battery module according to the module identifier;

When the module is a power module, input the first type of control signal to the control signal pin of the connector corresponding to the target slot;

When the module is a battery module, the second type of control signal is input to the control signal pin of the connector corresponding to the target slot.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a universal slot realization device, comprising:

an obtaining unit, used to obtain the module identifier of the module when it is detected that a module is inserted into the target slot;

a determining unit, configured to determine whether the module is a power module or a battery module according to the module identifier;

The processing unit is used for inputting the first type control signal to the control signal pin of the connector corresponding to the target slot when the module is a power module; when the module is a battery module, corresponding to the target slot The control signal pin of the connector inputs the second type control signal.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a communication device is provided, comprising a plurality of slots, any one of the plurality of slots is used for inserting a power module or a battery module, and a control signal tube of a connector corresponding to each slot A logic processor is deployed between the pin and the control signal transceiver device of the communication device; wherein:

The logical processor includes the above general slot implementation device.

By applying the technical scheme disclosed in the present invention, when a module is detected to be inserted into a target slot, the module identifier of the module is obtained; the module is determined as a power module or a battery module according to the module identifier; when the module is a power module, the module is sent to the target slot. The first type of control signal is input to the control signal pin of the connector corresponding to the bit; when the module is a battery module, the second type of control signal is input to the control signal pin of the connector corresponding to the target slot, so that the power module and the The battery module slots are shared, which improves the security of communication equipment.

Description of drawings

1 is a schematic flowchart of a method for implementing a general slot position provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

2 is a schematic structural diagram of an application scenario provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for implementing a universal slot provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed ways

In order for those skilled in the art to better understand the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, and to make the above objects, features, and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention more clearly understood, the following describes the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. Further detailed instructions.

Please refer to FIG. 1. FIG. 1 is a schematic flowchart of a general slot implementation method provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the slot implementation method may include the following steps:

Step 101: When it is detected that a module is inserted into the target slot, the module identifier of the module is acquired.

It should be noted that the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention can be applied to any communication device that needs to deploy the power module and the battery module slot at the same time, for example, a storage device. For convenience of description, the following description will be given by taking the execution subject of steps 101 to 104 as a communication device.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the target slot does not specifically refer to a fixed slot, but may refer to any power module or battery module slot deployed in the communication device, which will not be repeated in the embodiments of the present invention.

In the embodiment of the present invention, considering that in the design scheme of the existing communication equipment, the power module slot and the battery module slot are incompatible, and it is easy to cause the connection corresponding to the slot due to the power module or the battery module being inserted into the wrong slot. Therefore, in order to improve the security of the communication equipment, the power module slot and the battery module slot deployed in the communication device can be set as common slots, that is, for the same slot, you can choose to insert the power supply according to your needs. module or battery module.

In order to achieve the above purpose, in this embodiment of the present invention, when a module is inserted into a target slot, the communication device needs to be able to identify the inserted module as a power module or a battery module, so as to provide a corresponding connector for the target slot control signal.

Correspondingly, when the communication device detects that a module is inserted into the target slot, the communication device can acquire the module identifier of the module, so as to be able to identify the module as a power module or a battery module according to the module identifier.

As an optional implementation manner, in the above step 101, acquiring the module identifier of the module includes:

Obtain the input signal of the preset pin in the connector corresponding to the target slot;

The module identifier of the module is determined according to the input signal of the preset pin.

In this embodiment, according to the type signal output characteristics of the power module and the battery module, the pins of the connector corresponding to the target slot may be determined in advance to receive the type signal input by the power module or the battery module (herein referred to as the pin). It is a preset pin, which is set according to the actual scene).

Correspondingly, when the communication device detects that a module is inserted into the target slot, the communication device can obtain the input signal of the preset pin in the connector corresponding to the target slot, and determine the module according to the input signal of the preset pin. the module ID.

It is worth noting that the above-mentioned implementation of obtaining the input signal of the preset pin in the connector corresponding to the target slot, and determining the module identifier of the module according to the input signal of the preset pin is only the realization of obtaining the module in the embodiment of the present invention. A specific example of a module identifier is not intended to limit the protection scope of the present invention, that is, in this embodiment of the present invention, the module identifier of the module may also be obtained in other ways.

For example, a mode selection switch can be designed for the target slot in advance, and through the module selection switch, the target slot can be selected as the power module mode or the battery module mode; when the user needs to insert a power module or a battery module into the target slot, the Select the power module mode or the battery module mode according to the actual situation. Correspondingly, when the communication device detects that a module is inserted into the target slot, the value of the current mode selection switch can be used as the module ID of the inserted module, and the module ID can be determined according to the module ID. The type of module.

Step 102: Determine according to the acquired module identifier that the inserted module is a power module or a battery module.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the communication device acquires the module identifier of the module inserted in the target slot, it can determine whether the module inserted in the target slot is a power module or a battery module according to the acquired module identifier.

For example, assuming that the type signal of the power module is 00, the type signal of the battery module is 01, and the preset pins are pin a and pin b, when the communication device detects that a module is inserted into the target slot, the communication device can obtain The input signal of pin a and pin b in the connector corresponding to the target slot; if the input signal of pin a is 0 and the input signal of pin b is 0, the communication device can determine the module inserted in the target slot is a power supply module; if the input signal of pin a is 0 and the input signal of pin b is 1, the communication device can determine that the module inserted in the target slot is a battery module.

It is worth noting that, in the embodiment of the present invention, if the communication device cannot obtain the input signal from the preset pins of the connector corresponding to the target slot, or, according to the preset pins of the connector corresponding to the target slot If the input signal obtained in the device determines that the target slot is neither a power module nor a battery module, the communication device can perform alarm processing to prompt the user (such as an administrator) for processing.

Step 103: When the module is a power module, input a first type of control signal to the control signal pin of the connector corresponding to the target slot.

Step 104: When the module is a battery module, input a second type of control signal to the control signal pin of the connector corresponding to the target slot.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when the communication device determines that the module inserted in the target slot is a power module or a battery module according to the acquired module identifier, the communication device can input the corresponding control signal pin in the connector corresponding to the target slot. control signal.

Specifically, when the communication device determines that the module inserted in the target slot is a power module, the communication device may input a control signal of the corresponding power module into the control signal pin of the connector corresponding to the target slot (herein referred to as the first power module). type control signal);

When the communication device determines that the module inserted in the target slot is a power module, the communication device can input a control signal corresponding to the battery module (herein referred to as the second type control signal) into the control signal pin of the connector corresponding to the target slot. ).

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, among the control signal pins of the connector corresponding to the target slot, the signal directions of the same control signal pin corresponding to the power supply module and the battery module need to be consistent; wherein, the signal direction may include a signal input or signal output.

Specifically, in the embodiment of the present invention, for any control signal pin of the connector corresponding to the target slot, when the control signal pin is a signal input pin for the power module, the control signal pin is for the battery module. It also needs to be a signal input pin; similarly, when the control signal pin is a signal output pin for the power module, the control signal pin also needs to be a signal output pin for the battery module.

It can be seen that in the method flow shown in FIG. 1, for any general slot, the communication device obtains the module identifier of the module when detecting that a module is inserted in the slot, and identifies the inserted power module according to the module identifier. Or a battery module, and further, according to the identification result, input a corresponding control signal to the signal pin of the connector corresponding to the slot, realize the sharing of the slot of the power module and the battery module, and improve the security of the communication device.

In addition, in the embodiment of the present invention, since the power module and the battery module share the same slot, therefore, in the case that the number of communication device slots is fixed, the number of the power module and the battery module can be flexibly configured according to actual needs, thereby improving the power supply module. and flexibility in battery module configuration.

For example, for scenarios with relatively stable power supply, more power modules can be configured to ensure power consumption requirements; for scenarios prone to abnormal power failures, more battery modules can be configured to ensure system reliability during power failures

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, among the power signal pins of the connector corresponding to the target slot, the same power signal pin corresponds to the same signal of the power supply module and the battery module.

Specifically, in this embodiment of the present invention, the power supply module and the battery module share a power supply signal (including system power supply information and grounding) channel, and the power supply signal pins in the connector corresponding to the target slot can be directly connected to the slot power supply and grounding ( GND). For any power signal pin in the connector corresponding to the target slot, the signal definition of the power signal pin corresponding to the power module is the same as the definition of the corresponding battery signal.

For example, suppose that the power signal pin 1 is the 5V_SB (standby, waiting voltage) signal for the power module, then the power signal pin 1 is also the 5V_SB signal for the battery module; similarly, it is assumed that the power signal pin 2 is the ground signal for the power module , then the power signal pin 2 is also a ground signal for the battery module.

It should be noted that, in the embodiment of the present invention, the above-mentioned general slot supports hot swapping.

In order for those skilled in the art to better understand the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention, the technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention are described below with reference to specific application scenarios.

Please refer to FIG. 2 , which is a schematic diagram of the implementation principle of a universal slot provided by an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2 , the power signal pins in the connector corresponding to the universal slot are directly connected to the power supply and GND of the slot, respectively. A logic processor (LOGIC) is disposed between the control signal pins of the device and the control signal transceiver device (not shown in the figure) of the communication device.

Based on the schematic diagram of the principle shown in FIG. 2 , the working principle of the general slot provided in the embodiment of the present invention is as follows:

When the communication device detects that a module is inserted into the slot, the communication device can obtain the module identifier of the module, and determine that the module is a power module or a battery module according to the module identifier through the logic processor.

When the module is a power module, the communication device processes the control signal into a power module control signal through the logic processor, and outputs the control signal to the control signal pin of the connector.

When the module is a battery module, the communication device processes the control signal into a battery module control signal through the logic processor, and outputs it to the control signal pin of the connector.

Among them, the processing method of each PIN pin (pin) of the connector is as follows (take the connector corresponding to the slot as a 70pin connector as an example):

PIN12-PIN21, PIN49-PIN59 are shared GND, directly connected to the board ground.

PIN24-PIN47 is a shared 12V, which is 12V output for the power module, 12V input when charging the battery module, 12V output when discharging, and directly connected to the system 12V.

PIN65, PIN66 are shared 5V_SB, directly connected to the front power supply 5V of the system.

PIN1 is the pin shared by the switch of the power module and the switch of the battery module. It is an input signal for the module. The logic processor determines the module type to determine whether to input MCU_PSU_ON_N or MCU_BAT_OFF to the module to achieve compatibility.

PIN2 is the PSKILL pin of the power module, which is connected to GND on the board, and also directly connected to GND for the battery module.

PIN3 is NC for the power module, and the input control signal MCU_BAT_CTRL0 for the battery module, which can achieve the purpose of compatibility.

PIN4 is NC for the power module, and the input control signal MCU_BAT_CTRL1 for the battery module, which can achieve the purpose of compatibility.

PIN5 for the power module is its internal EERPOM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory) address input signal ADDRESS0; for the battery module, it is the input control signal MCU_BAT_CTRL2, which is determined by the logic processor to determine the module type. The module input address signal is also the battery control signal to achieve compatibility.

PIN6 is its internal EERPOM address input signal ADDRESS1 for the power module; it is the input control signal MCU_BAT_CTRL3 for the battery module, and the logic processor determines the module type to determine whether to input the address signal or the battery control signal to the module to achieve compatibility.

PIN7 is NC for the power module; it is the output signal battery status BAT_MCU_STS0 for the battery module.

PIN8 is the output signal ALERT_N for the power module; it is the output signal battery status BAT_MCU_STS1 for the battery module. The purpose of compatibility can be achieved by determining the type of the module by the logic processor to determine the control signal input to the module.

PIN9 is the output signal PSU_MCU_AC_OK for the power supply module; it is the output signal battery status BAT_MCU_STS2 for the battery module. The purpose of compatibility can be achieved by determining the type of the module by the logic processor to determine the control signal input to the module.

PIN10 is NC for the power module; it is the output signal battery status BAT_MCU_STS3 for the battery module.

PIN11 is NC for the power module; it is the current sharing signal of the battery module for the battery module.

PIN22 is NC for the power module and BAT_MCU_PRE_VOL for the battery module.

PIN23 and PIN48 are NC for the power module and BAT_MCU_POST_VOL for the battery module.

PIN60 is the in-position signal of the module.

PIN61 is the PCB version number of the module.

PIN62 and PIN63 are the type signals of the module, and the logic processor determines that the inserted module is a power module or a battery module according to the input signals of the two pins.

PIN64 is the I2C (Inter-Integrated Circuit, serial bus) data signal SMBUS_SDA for the power module, and accesses the internal EEPROM of the power module; for the battery module, it is NC.

PIN67 is the I2C clock signal SMBUS_SCL for the power module, which accesses the internal EEPROM of the power module; it is NC for the battery module.

PIN68 is NC for the power supply module; it is the input signal BAT_PSU_MCU_PWRGD for the battery module.

PIN68 is the output signal PSU_MCU_PWRGD for the power module and NC for the battery module.

PIN70 is the current sharing signal for the power module; it is NC for the battery module.

It should be recognized that although the above-mentioned embodiment takes the connector corresponding to the general slot as a 70pin connector as an example, this does not limit the protection scope of the present invention, that is, the connection corresponding to the general slot in the embodiment of the present invention The connector is not limited to the 70pin connector, for example, the connector corresponding to the general slot may also include a power supply unit corresponding to the power signal and a 2mm low-speed connector corresponding to the control signal. On the basis of the embodiments of the present invention, the adjustment and modification of the connector corresponding to the general slot and the definition of the connector pin signal by those skilled in the art without creative work shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

It can be seen from the above description that in the technical solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention, when it is detected that a module is inserted into the target slot, the module identifier of the module is obtained; the module is determined to be a power module or a battery module according to the module identifier; when When the module is a power module, the first type of control signal is input to the control signal pin of the connector corresponding to the target slot; when the module is a battery module, the first type of control signal is input to the control signal pin of the connector corresponding to the target slot. The second type of control signal realizes the sharing of the power module and the battery module slot, and improves the security of the communication equipment.

Please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a schematic structural diagram of an apparatus for implementing a universal slot provided by an embodiment of the present invention, wherein the apparatus for implementing a universal slot may be applied to the communication equipment in the above method embodiments. As shown in FIG. 3 , the Universal slot implementation means may include:

an acquiring unit 310, configured to acquire the module identifier of the module when it is detected that a module is inserted into the target slot;

a determining unit 320, configured to determine whether the module is a power module or a battery module according to the module identifier;

The processing unit 330 is configured to input the first type control signal to the control signal pin of the connector corresponding to the target slot when the module is a power module; when the module is a battery module, to the target slot The control signal pins of the corresponding connectors input the second type of control signals.

In an optional embodiment, the obtaining unit 310 may be specifically configured to obtain the input signal of the preset pin in the connector corresponding to the target slot; determine the module's input signal according to the input signal of the preset pin Module ID.

In an optional embodiment, the acquiring the input signal of the preset pin in the connector corresponding to the target slot; and determining the module identifier of the module according to the input signal according to the preset pin.

In an optional embodiment, among the power signal pins of the connector corresponding to the target slot, the same power signal pin corresponds to the same signal of the power module and the battery module.

Further, an embodiment of the present invention also provides a communication device, the communication device includes a plurality of slots, any slot in the plurality of slots is used for inserting a power module or a battery module, and the connector corresponding to each slot is A logic processor is deployed between the control signal pins and the control signal transceiver device of the communication device; wherein:

The logical processor may include the general slot implementation device shown in FIG. 3 .

In an optional embodiment, at least one power module is inserted into the plurality of slots, and the remaining slots can be selectively inserted into a power module or a battery module according to actual requirements.

For details of the implementation process of the functions and functions of each unit in the above device, please refer to the implementation process of the corresponding steps in the above method, which will not be repeated here.

For the apparatus embodiments, since they basically correspond to the method embodiments, reference may be made to the partial descriptions of the method embodiments for related parts. The device embodiments described above are only illustrative, wherein the units described as separate components may or may not be physically separated, and the components displayed as units may or may not be physical units, that is, they may be located in One place, or it can be distributed over multiple network elements. Some or all of the modules can be selected according to actual needs to achieve the purpose of the solution of the present invention. Those of ordinary skill in the art can understand and implement it without creative effort.

It can be seen from the above embodiment that when it is detected that a module is inserted into the target slot, the module identifier of the module is obtained; according to the module identifier, it is determined that the module is a power supply module or a battery module; when the module is a power supply module, it is corresponding to the target slot. The first type of control signal is input to the control signal pin of the connector; when the module is a battery module, the second type of control signal is input to the control signal pin of the connector corresponding to the target slot, so as to realize the power supply module and the battery module. Slots are shared, which improves the security of communication equipment.

Other embodiments of the invention will readily occur to those skilled in the art upon consideration of the specification and practice of the invention disclosed herein. This application is intended to cover any variations, uses or adaptations of the invention which follow the general principles of the invention and which include common knowledge or conventional techniques in the art not disclosed by the invention . The specification and examples are to be regarded as exemplary only, with the true scope and spirit of the invention being indicated by the following claims.

It should be understood that the present invention is not limited to the precise structures described above and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and that various modifications and changes may be made without departing from its scope. The scope of the present invention is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A method for implementing a universal slot, comprising:

when detecting that a module is inserted into the target slot, acquiring a module identifier of the module, including: designing a mode selection switch aiming at a target slot position in advance, and selecting the target slot position as a power module mode or a battery module mode through the mode selection switch; when the module is detected to be inserted into the target slot position, taking the value of the current mode selection switch as the module identification of the inserted module;

determining the module as a power module or a battery module according to the module identifier;

when the module is a power supply module, inputting a first type control signal to a control signal pin of a connector corresponding to the target slot position;

and when the module is a battery module, inputting a second type of control signal to a control signal pin of the connector corresponding to the target slot position.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining the module identifier of the module comprises:

acquiring an input signal of a preset pin in a connector corresponding to the target slot position;

and determining the module identification of the module according to the input signal of the preset pin.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein in the control signal pins of the connection corresponding to the target slot, the signal directions of the power module and the battery module corresponding to the same control signal pin are consistent; wherein the signal direction comprises a signal input or a signal output.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the power signal pins of the connector corresponding to the target slot correspond to the same power signal pins corresponding to the power module and the battery module.

5. A universal slot implementation device, comprising:

the obtaining unit is used for obtaining the module identifier of the module when detecting that the module is inserted into the target slot position, and comprises the following steps: designing a mode selection switch aiming at a target slot position in advance, and selecting the target slot position as a power module mode or a battery module mode through the mode selection switch; when the module is detected to be inserted into the target slot position, taking the value of the current mode selection switch as the module identification of the inserted module;

the determining unit is used for judging that the module is a power module or a battery module according to the module identifier;

the processing unit is used for inputting a first type of control signal to a control signal pin of the connector corresponding to the target slot position when the module is a power supply module; and when the module is a battery module, inputting a second type of control signal to a control signal pin of the connector corresponding to the target slot position.

6. The apparatus of claim 5,

the acquisition unit is specifically configured to acquire an input signal of a preset pin in a connector corresponding to the target slot; and determining the module identification of the module according to the input signal of the preset pin.

7. The apparatus according to claim 5, wherein in the control signal pins of the connection corresponding to the target slot, the signal directions of the power module and the battery module corresponding to the same control signal pin are consistent; wherein the signal direction comprises a signal input or a signal output.

8. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the power signal pins of the connector corresponding to the target slot correspond to the same power signal pins corresponding to the power modules and the battery modules.

9. A communication device is characterized by comprising a plurality of slot positions, wherein any slot position in the plurality of slot positions is used for inserting a power module or a battery module, and a logic processor is arranged between a control signal pin of a connector corresponding to each slot position and a control signal transceiver of the communication device; wherein:

the logical processor comprises the universal slot implementation apparatus of any of claims 5-8.

10. The communications device of claim 9, wherein at least one power module is inserted into the plurality of slots.

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