Communication control system and communication control method

• Main Authors: FUNAKI SATORU, MASHIKO NAOYA, KOKURA SHIN, SEKI YUUSUKE, OOTANI TATSUYUKI, FURUTA YASUYUKI, BANDOU AKIRA, SHIRAISHI MASAHIRO, KOBAYASHI MASAMITSU, UMEHARA TAKASHI, ONOZUKA AKIHIRO, KOBAYASHI EIJI, ISHIKAWA MASAKAZU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.01.2011
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; CONTROLLING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS ORELEMENTS; PHYSICS; REGULATING; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A programmable electronic controller in which one central arithmetic processing unit and a plurality of input devices and output devices are connected by means of a parallel bus, the controller being basically configured to activate a self-diagnostic function and a diagnostic test of the input devices and the output devices with an instruction from a microprocessor of the central arithmetic processing unit; and to judge the result with the microprocessor of the central arithmetic processing unit, by using the microprocessor installed in the central arithmetic processing unit also as a processor for tests (diagnostic tests) of the self-diagnostic function of the input devices and output devices and conducting tests of the self-diagnostic function of the plurality of input devices and output devices with the central arithmetic processing unit.