US5243380A
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Board fault isolation technique
Assignee: Xerox Corp
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Filing: 1992-07-17
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Granted: 1993-09-07
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Expires: 2012-07-17
Abstract
Abstract A technique for providing screen dialog related to communication between predetermined control boards of an image processing machine and in particular to the method of analyzing the communication between the control boards by providing a visual indication of the control boards on an interface display, initiating transmission between the control boards at the interface display, displaying data in a window on the interface display to validate communication between selected boards, and scrolling the data within the window to display data among other boards, the data including board identification and validation information.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert J. Pesar
- 👤 Christopher J. AuClair
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 12:00
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03G; G03G15/00; G03G15/55; G06; G06F; G06F11/00; G06F11/30; G06F11/32; G06F11/321; G06F11/22; G06F11/323; G06F11/324; G06F11/328
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
120 words
A method of analyzing communication between control boards in an image processing apparatus having image processing components for forming an image, a controller for directing the operation of the image processing components, the controller including an interface display and a plurality of control boards, comprising the steps of: entering a communications network monitoring mode, automatically displaying a network communication trace in a window of the interface display, the network communication trace including network communications identifying the control board sending a command, the nature of the command, and the control board designated to receive the command, determining whether the control board designated to receive the command actually received the command, and confirming that a correct response to the command was taken.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
120 words
A method of analyzing communication between control boards in an image processing apparatus having image processing components for forming an image, a controller for directing the operation of the image processing components, the controller including an interface display and a plurality of control boards, comprising the steps of: entering a communications network monitoring mode, automatically displaying a network communication trace in a window of the interface display, the network communication trace including network communications identifying the control board sending a command, the nature of the command, and the control board designated to receive the command, determining whether the control board designated to receive the command actually received the command, and confirming that a correct response to the command was taken.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the network communication trace is a real time flow of communications between said plurality of control boards.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the network communication trace includes rows of alpha numeric characters representing messages between predetermined control boards.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of automatically displaying a network communication trace in a window of the interface display includes the step of filtering out selected network communications.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 4 wherein the step of filtering out selected network communications includes the step of displaying network communications between selected control boards.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
138 words
A method of analyzing communication between control boards in an image processing apparatus having image processing components for forming an image, a controller for directing the operation of the image processing components, the controller including an interface display and a plurality of control boards, comprising the steps of: entering a communications network monitoring mode, automatically displaying a real time network communication trace in a window of the interface display, the network communication trace including network communications identifying the control board sending a command, the nature of the command, and the control board designated to receive the command, the network communication trace including rows of alpha numeric characters representing messages between predetermined control boards, determining whether the control board designated to receive the command actually received the command, and confirming that a correct response to the command was taken.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
138 words
A method of analyzing communication between control boards in an image processing apparatus having image processing components for forming an image, a controller for directing the operation of the image processing components, the controller including an interface display and a plurality of control boards, comprising the steps of: entering a communications network monitoring mode, automatically displaying a real time network communication trace in a window of the interface display, the network communication trace including network communications identifying the control board sending a command, the nature of the command, and the control board designated to receive the command, the network communication trace including rows of alpha numeric characters representing messages between predetermined control boards, determining whether the control board designated to receive the command actually received the command, and confirming that a correct response to the command was taken.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the step of automatically displaying a network communication trace in a window of the interface display includes the step of filtering out selected network communications.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the step of filtering out selected network communications includes the step of displaying network communications between selected control boards.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
105 words
A method of analyzing communication between control boards in an image processing apparatus having image processing components for forming an image, a controller for directing the operation of the image processing components, the controller including an interface display and a plurality of control boards, comprising the steps of: entering a communications network monitoring mode, automatically displaying a network communication trace on the interface display, the network communication trace including network communications between control boards, the network communications identifying the control board sending a command, the nature of the command, and the control board designated to receive the command, and selectively filtering out selected network communications.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
105 words
A method of analyzing communication between control boards in an image processing apparatus having image processing components for forming an image, a controller for directing the operation of the image processing components, the controller including an interface display and a plurality of control boards, comprising the steps of: entering a communications network monitoring mode, automatically displaying a network communication trace on the interface display, the network communication trace including network communications between control boards, the network communications identifying the control board sending a command, the nature of the command, and the control board designated to receive the command, and selectively filtering out selected network communications.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 9 wherein the step of filtering out selected network communications includes the step of displaying network communications between selected control boards.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 9 wherein the network communication trace includes rows of alpha numeric characters representing messages between predetermined control boards.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method of claim 9 including the steps of determining whether the control board designated to receive the command actually received the command, and confirming that a correct response to the command was taken.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 9 including the steps of scrolling the network communication trace on the interface display.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method of claim 9 wherein the step of automatically displaying a network communication trace includes the step of validating communication between selected control boards.
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