JPS62247666A - Facsimile equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the automatic check of a facsimile control program and to improve the checking efficiency by loading an artificial man-machine interface program to a facsimile equipment. CONSTITUTION:An artificial man-machine interface program and the checking procedure are stored in an external memory device 3 and this program is loaded by turning a switch 4 toward a load control part 5. A man-machine interface program area 6 contains a RAM and the part 5 loads said interface program read out of the device 3 to the RAM. Then the program is carried out by turning the switch 4 toward the area 6. In this case, a command signal is outputted to a facsimile control program area 7 to check the corresponding answer is correct or not while the checking procedure is inputted from the device 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application J] The present invention relates to a facsimile machine, and more particularly to a facsimile machine having an automatic inspection function for a facsimile control program.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, when testing the operation of a facsimile machine, a tester presses an operation button according to a predetermined test procedure to check whether a desired operation is executed.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The above-mentioned conventional inspection method has the drawback that many manual steps, such as the press of operation buttons by the inspector, require too much man-hours, resulting in poor inspection efficiency.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a facsimile machine that can automatically perform inspection and has improved inspection efficiency compared to conventional machines by replacing the machine interface program of the facsimile machine with a pseudo machine interface program.

[Means for solving problems]

The facsimile apparatus of the present invention includes a load control unit that loads a pseudo man-machine interface program from an external storage device, inputs a test procedure from the external storage device when the pseudo man-machine interface program is executed, and controls the facsimile according to the test procedure. The apparatus includes an interface program means for sending a command to a program, causing a response to be returned, and outputting a test result indicating whether the response is correct or not to the external storage device and the test result display.

〔Example〕

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an embodiment of the invention.

In the figure, the pseudo machine interface program and inspection procedure are stored in an external storage device 3 in advance. The pseudo machine interface program is loaded by switching the switch 4 to the load control section 51. The load control unit 5 includes a read-only memory (ROM) in which a load program is stored in advance, and reads the load program from the ROM to control loading.The machine interface program area 6 is a random access memory (RAM). The load control unit 5 reads the pseudo man-machine interface program stored in the external storage device 3 and loads it into the RAM of the man-machine interface program area 6.

To execute the pseudo machine-machine interface program, change the switch 4 to the man-machine interface program area 6.
Turn it to the side. When executing the pseudo man-machine interface program, while inputting the inspection procedure from the external storage device 3, a command (command signal) is output to the facsimile control program area 7 which stores the program for controlling the operation of the facsimile machine. The response (response signal) is input from the facsimile control program area 7 and checked to see if it is a correct response.

The test results are displayed on the test result display 2 and simultaneously output to the external storage device 3.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of this embodiment,
The above-mentioned operating procedure is shown.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention has the function of loading and executing a pseudo man-machine interface program on a facsimile machine, thereby making it possible to automate the inspection of a facsimile control program and improve inspection efficiency compared to the past. effective.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart explaining its operation. 1...Facsimile device, 2...Test result display, 3...External storage device, 4...
...Switcher, 5...Load control section, 6...
...Man-machine interface program area, 7
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Claims (1)

[Claims] load control means for loading a pseudo man-machine interface program from an external storage device; inputting a test procedure from the external storage device when the pseudo man-machine interface program is executed; and sending a command to a facsimile control program according to the test procedure to generate a response. A facsimile machine comprising an interface program means for sending back test results indicating whether the response is correct or not and outputting the test results to the external storage device and the test result display.