CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND CONTROL PROGRAM

• Main Authors: ISOBE SATOSHI, KAWASHIMA SHIMPEI, SUZUKI KAZUYA, ONO TAKAHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 05.04.2023
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; LINING MACHINES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; PRINTING; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TYPEWRITERS

To provide a control device, an image forming device and a control program which make it possible to make the devices continuously usable even if an error has occurred in data communication performed by communication I/Fs connecting two control substrates.SOLUTION: A control device 40 includes: a controller substrate 50 which comprises a CPU 11, a first communication I/F 52, and a second communication I/F 53; and an engine control substrate 60 which comprises an ASIC 61, a first communication I/F 62, and a second communication I/F 63. The CPU 11 or ASIC 61 performs data communication via the second communication I/F 53, 63 if connection via the second communication I/F 53, 63 is detected after an error occurring in data communication performed by the first communication I/Fs 52, 62 is detected.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2 【課題】２つの制御基板間を接続する通信Ｉ／Ｆによるデータ通信にエラーが発生した場合であっても、自装置を継続的に使用可能とすることができる制御装置、画像形成装置、及び制御プログラムを提供する。【解決手段】制御装置４０は、ＣＰＵ１１、第１通信Ｉ／Ｆ５２、及び第２通信Ｉ／Ｆ５３を備えたコントローラ基板５０と、ＡＳＩＣ６１、第１通信Ｉ／Ｆ６２、及び第２通信Ｉ／Ｆ６３を備えたエンジン制御基板６０とを含む。ＣＰＵ１１又はＡＳＩＣ６１は、第１通信Ｉ／Ｆ５２、６２によるデータ通信にエラーの発生を検知した後に、第２通信Ｉ／Ｆ５３、６３を介した接続を検知した場合に、データ通信を、第２通信Ｉ／Ｆ５３、６３を介して実行する。【選択図】図２