Redundancy data transmission device

Claim 2

A redundancy data transmission device comprising: a plurality of transmission lines constituting a redundancy transmission line; transmission circuits connected to each of said transmission lines for transmitting, to another device, a transmission signal having information to be transmitted, a sender address, receiver address and an error detection code; a receiver circuit connectable to any one of said transmission lines for receiving a signal from said another device; switch means for selectively connecting said receiver circuit to any one of said transmission lines; check means for checking whether or not each of said transmission lines is normal; detecting means provided for each of said transmission lines for detecting said sender address of the signal transmitted from said another device through said each of said transmission lines; abnormality check means responsive to said check means and said detecting means for determining whether or not said each of said transmission lines is abnormal for each corresponding sender address and for activating said switch means such that said receiver circuit is connected to a normal transmission line when abnormality is determined thereby; a memory for storing check data obtained by said abnormality check means, said memory storing said check data at address locations corresponding to each corresponding sender address; and display means, connected to receive data from said abnormality check means, for displaying the determination made by said abnormality check means together with an indication of said corresponding sender address.

Claim 3

A redundancy data transmission device comprising: a plurality of transmission lines constituting a redundancy transmission line; transmission circuits connected to each of said transmission lines for transmitting, to another device, a transmission signal having information to be transmitted, a sender address, receiver address and an error detection code; a receiver circuit connectable to any one of said transmission lines for receiving a signal from said another device; switch means for selectively connecting said receiver circuit to any one of said transmission lines; check means for checking whether or not each of said transmission lines is normal; detecting means provided for each of said transmission lines for detecting said sender address of the signal transmitted from said another device through said each of said transmission lines; abnormality check means responsive to said check means and said detecting means for determining whether or not said each of said transmission lines is abnormal for each corresponding sender address and for activating said switch means such that said receiver circuit is connected to a normal transmission line when abnormality is determined thereby; a memory for storing check data obtained by said abnormality check means, said memory including a region for storing the status of said each of said transmission lines as being normal or abnormal as well as a characteristic of a detected abnormality, and said memory storing said check data at address locations corresponding to each corresponding sender address; and display means, connected to receive data from said abnormality check means, for displaying the determination made by said abnormality check means together with an indication of said corresponding sender address.

Claim 4

A redundancy data transmission device comprising: a plurality of transmission lines constituting a redundancy transmission line; transmission circuits connected to each of said transmission lines for transmitting, to another device, a transmission signal having information to be transmitted, a sender address, receiver address and an error detection code; a receiver circuit connectable to any one of said transmission lines for receiving a signal from said another device; switch means for selectively connecting said receiver circuit to any one of said transmission lines; check means for checking whether or not each of said transmission lines is normal; detecting means provided for each of said transmission lines for detecting said sender address of the signal transmitted from said another device through said each of said transmission lines; abnormality check means responsive to said check means and said detecting means for determining whether or not said each of said transmission lines is abnormal for each corresponding sender address and for activating said switch means such that said receiver circuit is connected to a normal transmission line when abnormality is determined thereby; a memory for storing check data obtained by said abnormality check means, said memory including a region for storing the status of said each of said transmission lines as being normal or abnormal as well as a characteristic of a detected abnormality, and said memory storing said check data at address locations corresponding to each corresponding sender address; and display means, connected to receive data from said abnormality check means, for displaying the determination made by said abnormality check means together with an indication of said corresponding sender address.