CA1277789C - Method of controlling the electric power supplied to a modem - Google Patents

Method of controlling the electric power supplied to a modem

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CA1277789C
CA1277789C CA000553363A CA553363A CA1277789C CA 1277789 C CA1277789 C CA 1277789C CA 000553363 A CA000553363 A CA 000553363A CA 553363 A CA553363 A CA 553363A CA 1277789 C CA1277789 C CA 1277789C
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Tae-Young Cho
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Samsung Electronics Co Ltd
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G06COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06FELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F13/00Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H04ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04LTRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L12/00Data switching networks
    • H04L12/02Details
    • H04L12/12Arrangements for remote connection or disconnection of substations or of equipment thereof
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02DCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE
    • Y02D30/00Reducing energy consumption in communication networks
    • Y02D30/50Reducing energy consumption in communication networks in wire-line communication networks, e.g. low power modes or reduced link rate

Abstract

ABSTRACT

There is disclosed a method of controlling the electric power supplied to a modem in a data communication interface circuit. A
power supplying and blocking is additionally combined with the interface. The power supplying and blocking which is controlled by the controller supplies only the controller and the ring detector of the data access with the electric power when the interface stands by. The modem is supplied with the power only when transmitting or receiving the data.

Description

127778g Method of controlling the electric power supplied to a modem Technical background This invention relate~ to a method of controlling the power suppiied to a modem for transmitting or receiving data through a telephone line from a computer.
When the data is transmitted or received by the operation of a computer in the state of the art, the electric power is supplied to the modem of the data communication $nterface circuit and the perLpheral circuitry 80 as to operate all the elements of the inter-lG face clrcuit even during the data transmission being not carried out,thereby increasing the power consumption. Furthermore, the undesir-able electromagnetic radiation and heat generated by the elements receiving the electrlc power influences the peripheral èquipment of the computer.
Sumnary of the invention It iB an ob~ect of the present invention to provide a method of controlling the electric power supplied to the modem whereby the modem is supplied with the electric power to carry out the data processing during the data being transmitted and is blocked off the electric power to stand by the interface circuit, 80 that the power consumption of the modem is decreased and the undesirable electromagnetic radiation is not generated.
The present invention consists in a po~er supplying and blocking combined with a conventional data communication interface circuit for controlling the data transmission of a computer. The conventional data communication interface circuit compri~es a RS-232 C connector, a modem, a controller and a data access. According to the pre~ent invention, at the normal state where data i8 not transmitted or received, "; ~
~, , 12777~9 the controller and the ring detector of the data access are only supplied with power, but when data is transmitted or received by the computer, the controller controls the power supplying and blocking by sensing the data transmission input signal coming from the computer or the calling signal coming through the ring detector from the other data transmission station, so that the circuitry of the modem is supplied with power.
8rief description of the drawings Fig. l i5 a bock diagram illustrating the data communication interface circuit according to the presen~ invention;
Fig. 2(A) is a flow chart of the operating sequence during the data transmlssion; and Flg. 2(B) 18 a flow chart of the opeTating sequence durlng the data receivlng.
Detailed description of a preferred embodiment The ~resent invention will be more specifically explained with reference to the drawings attached only by way of example.
Fig. 1 illustrates the data communicatlon interface clrcuit embodying the present invention. The data coming from the computer is input~ed into controller 3 and modem 2 through RS-232 C connector.
Controller 3 is connected with modem 2 which in turn is connected with data access 4 connected wlth a telephone line. Thus, the data is ~ransmitted or received through the telephone line.
The present invention consists in that power supplying and blocking 5 is combined with a conventional data communicatlon circuit so that it is controlled by the controller 3 to ~upply the modem with the electric power or bolck it off the power.

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On the lower side of Fig. 1 is depicted a detailed circuit of the data access 4. The data is input~ed into the modem 2 succe-sslvely throùgh the telephone line, surge protector 8, transformer 7 and surge protector 6, The calling signal coming from the other transmission side i8 inpu~ed into the controller 3 successively through the surge protector 8 and the ring detector 9.
On the other hand, the data modulated by the modem 2 is transmitted successively through the surge protector 6, transformer 7, surge protector 8 and telephone line.
The surge protectors 6 and 8 comprise varistors and zener dlodes in order to protect the modem from the lightning or high voltage accldentally entering the telephone line.
The ring detector 9 comprislng an opto-coupler transforms the calllng ~lgnal comlng from the other transmisslon statlon lnto a 6quare wave which is input~ed into the controller 3.
From the following description with reference to Fig. 2(A) and 2(B) is clearly understoo,d the operation of the data communica-tion interface circuit comprising the power supplying and bloc~ing controlled by the controller Fig. 2~A) and (B) are flow charts of the operating sequence respectively during the data transmission and data receiving.
The program for controlling the power supplled to the modem is stored in the ROM of the controller 3 comprislng one chlp micro-computer. In the ROM is also stored the means for controlling the data processing of the modem.
Because the controller 3 and the ring detector 9 of the data access 4 are only supplied with the power at the normal state where data is not transmitted or received, the modem 2 is not supplied ~Z777~

with the power with the interface circuit being standby When the interface circuit receives the data transmission lnput signal AT, the controller 3 controls the power suppying and blocking 5 by checking ~he signal so that the power supplying and blocking supplies the modem 2 and the peripheral circuitry with the power.
Subsequently, on receiving the operating command from the computer, the modem 2 modulates the data input~ed through the RS-232 C connector 1 and supplies the data access ~ with the data~
The data access 4 transforms the modulated signal to the transmis-sion level 50 as to transmit it through the telephone line.
The data transmission input signal AT i~ the command of the HAY~S commutsble Protocol commonly used for the modem to modulate or demodulate data, by which command the controller 3 causes the modem to operate.
On the other hand, if 20 seconds has elapsed without the operating command since the time when the data transmission signal AT was input~ed, the controller checks out whether there appears the mode of co~and or not.
Consequently, if there appears the mode of command, the controller makes the power supplying and blocking off so as to stand by the lnterface circuit. If there does n~ appear the mode of command, the controller again checks out the input of the opera-ting command with the modem being supplied with the power.
Namely, as shown in Fig. 2(A), if the data transmission signal AT is not inputted~the interface circuit stands by so that the controller and ring detector are only supplied with the power. If the signal AT is inputted, the modem and the peripheral circuitry .

are supplied with the power. Then,the operating command is inputted with the modem being supplied with the power, the modem function routine ls carried out. But, if 20 seconds elapse without the operating command, whether there appears the mode of command or no i8 checked out. Then, if there appears the mode of command, the interface circuit is caused to stand by, or otherwise, the operating command is checked out with the modem being supplied with the power.
If the controller 3 receives the calling signal coming from the other data trasmission station through the surge protector 8 and the ring detector 9, it checks out the calling signal to supply the - modem with the power according to the operating sequence shown in ~ig. 2(B), thereby the transmitted data being inpu~ed into the modem through the surge protector 8, transformer 7 and surge portector 6.
Thus, the controlling of the interface circuit is same in transmitting or receiving the data, except the calling signal coming Pra~ the other data transmission station causes the interface circuit to 3upply the modem with the power when recelving the data.
Here, the functioning of the modem is well-known in the technl-cal field to which the present invention b ~ ongs. -Hence, according to the present invention, the modem of the data communication interface circuit is supplied with the electric power only when transmitting or receiving the data, or otherwise, the interface circuit stands by to reduce the power consumption and prevent the generation of the undesirable electro-magnetic radiation.

Claims

What is claimed is:
In a data communication interface circuit comprising an RS-232C connector connected with a computer, a modem, a controller and a data access, a method of controlling the electric power supplied to a modem characterized in that a power supplying and blocking controlled by said controller supplies only said controller and the ring detector of said data access with the electric power when the interface circuit stands by, said modem being supplied with said power depending on the data transmission input signal AT or the calling signal coming from the other transmission station when transmitting or receiving the data, said interface circuit being caused to be set if a certain time elapses after the operating command is inputted with said modem being supplied with said power.
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