JPH0414398B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention is applicable to, for example, point-of-sale information management (Point
Of Sales (hereinafter referred to as POS) system, etc., the transaction data processing device (hereinafter referred to as electronic register) relates to a response monitoring method for inquiries to the host device, and in particular, electronic registers that can be monitored at response monitoring times according to the inquiry content. It is related to. In recent years, with the spread of computer network systems, POS systems have become widely adopted in department stores, supermarkets, etc. An electronic register is used as a terminal in this system, and products presented by customers are registered and transactions are processed. In the process of this transaction, inquiries are made to the host device regarding the existence of the product code, the existence of the company's credit card account number, etc., and a response monitoring method that can quickly detect line abnormalities during the inquiry is desired. [Prior Art] Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating an electronic register;
The figure is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of a POS system. The same reference numerals indicate the same objects throughout the figures. In FIG. 4, the electronic register 1 is composed of a display 2, a printer section 3, a keyboard 4, a cash drawer 5, and a control section 6. A receipt issuing port 7 is provided on the top surface of the printer section 3. In addition, one store has multiple electronic registers 1,
Or it is installed on one floor. Further, in FIG. 4, a terminal controller (hereinafter referred to as T/C) 8, a store controller 9, and a host computer 10 of the company are connected to the upper level of the plurality of electronic cash registers 1, and further connected to a host computer 11 of another company. ing. The area to the right of the broken line in the figure shows our own system. Therefore, when the operator inputs transaction data, that is, a product code, from the keyboard 4, an inquiry signal indicating the existence of the product code is transmitted from the rotation control unit (not shown) to the T/C 8, and the response signal causes the display 2 to be displayed. The product code will be displayed. The operator then inputs the price and quantity. If the product code does not exist, an error will be displayed. If you register transaction data sequentially in this way,
The product code, product name, unit price, and subtotal amount of each product are displayed on the display 2. Finally, input end button 4
By pressing a, necessary calculation processing is performed, the total amount is displayed, and the payment is made. The transaction data is printed on the receipt 7 by the printer section 3.
Receipt 7a is printed sequentially on A and Journal.
is issued from the receipt issuing port 7. When the transaction is completed, the transaction end button 4b is pressed, and the data for each transaction is transmitted to the company's host computer 10, categorized and aggregated, and used for sales management as sales information, product information, etc. In addition to such normal transactions, for example, if a customer orders clothes and only pays the down payment, and the customer comes to pick up the item and pay the remaining amount after the item is finished, inquiries for the unbound slip number may be sent to the store. The signal is transmitted to the controller 9. Further, when a transaction is made using the company's own credit, an inquiry is sent to the company's host computer 10 regarding the existence of the company's credit account number. Inquiries to the other company's host computer 11 in the case of other companies' credits are in the planning stage. In this case, the response signal to the inquiry signal sent is monitored by the line control section of the control section 6, and when there is no response for a predetermined period of time, it is determined that the line has exceeded the limit. For example, it is about 15 seconds. [Problems to be Solved by the Invention] According to the above-mentioned conventional method, the response monitoring time for an inquiry signal sent to a device higher than the electronic register 1 is, for example, 15 seconds at a time. The times are as shown in the table below.

[Means for solving problems]

The present invention provides a system comprising a device that performs transaction processing based on transaction data input by an operator and outputs transaction results, and a host device that is connected to the device and responds to inquiries from the device. a storage means for storing in advance a plurality of response monitoring times set corresponding to different inquiry contents, and a plurality of response monitoring times activated when an inquiry is made to the host device and stored in the storage means; and a selection means for selecting a response monitoring time corresponding to the closing content from the transaction data processing device, wherein the transaction data processing device performs response monitoring according to the response monitoring time selected according to the content of the inquiry,
By doing so, the above problems can be solved. [Function] According to the present invention, instead of the conventional method in which a single response monitoring time is set for an inquiry signal, a plurality of response monitoring times set according to the inquiry contents are stored in the storage means. , reads out the response monitoring time corresponding to the inquiry content, counts the time using the time counting means, and when the response monitoring time is reached, displays and notifies the user through the budder. It is possible to set a suitable monitoring time, there is no waste in waiting for a response, and abnormalities in the line can be detected quickly. [Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electronic register showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
This is a flowchart of the figure. The same reference numerals indicate the same objects throughout the figures. In FIG. 1, the main control section 6a has, in addition to the transaction sequence control function described in the conventional example, a function of performing response monitoring control according to the contents of inquiries to the host device. The content/response monitoring time correspondence table 12 is a storage means in which inquiry content codes and corresponding response monitoring time codes are stored. The response monitoring time selection unit 13 has a function of selecting a response monitoring time stored in the conversion memory 14 based on the response monitoring time code sent from the content/response monitoring time correspondence table 12. The conversion memory 14 is a memory that stores the response monitoring time T corresponding to the response monitoring time code. The time counter 15 is connected to the response monitoring time selection unit 1
It has a function of subtracting and counting the response monitoring time T set by 3 and sending a detection signal to the error control unit 18 when it reaches 0. The transmission message editing section 16 has a function of reading the corresponding message from the message editing control table 17 according to the "temporary contents" sent from the main control section 6a, editing it into a temporary message, and sending it to the line control section 19. and the corresponding message from the message editing control table 17
It has a function of sending data to the response monitoring time correspondence table 12. The message editing control table 17 is a memory that stores messages (including destinations) corresponding to the contents of the arrangement. The error control unit 18 has a function of, when a detection signal indicating a line abnormality or the like is sent, a display to notify of the abnormality and a notification using a buzzer (not shown). The line control unit 19 has a function of transmitting and receiving a temporary signal, a response signal, etc. to the host device. In addition, the content/response monitoring time correspondence table 12 and the setting of the "response monitoring time code" and "response monitoring time T" corresponding to the "temporary contents" in the conversion memory 14 are performed using the IPL from the in-house host computer 10. (Initial Program Load) or by inputting the makeshift content code, response monitoring time code, and time from the keyboard 4. The table below shows an example of time settings.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to set an appropriate monitoring time according to the response time for each inquiry content from a data processing device to a host device, and there is no waste in waiting for a response, and line abnormalities can be avoided. This has the effect of being able to be detected quickly.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a flowchart of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating an electronic register, and Fig. 4 is a POS
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the system. In the figure, 1 and 1a are electronic registers, 2 is a display, 3 is a printer section, 4 is a keyboard,
6 is a control unit, 6a is a main control unit, 8 is a T/C, 9 is a store controller, 10 is our own host computer, 11 is another company's host computer, 12 is a transmission message editing unit, 13 is a message editing table, and 14 is the content 15 is a response monitoring time selection section, 16 is a conversion memory, 17 is a time counter, 18 is an error control section, and 19 is a line control section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A system consisting of a device that performs transaction processing based on transaction data input by an operator and outputs transaction results, and a host device that is connected to the device and responds to inquiries from the device. A storage means for storing in advance a plurality of response monitoring times set corresponding to a plurality of different inquiry contents in the device; and a selection means for selecting a response monitoring time corresponding to the content of the inquiry from a plurality of stored response monitoring times, and the response monitoring is performed according to the response monitoring time selected according to the content of the inquiry. transaction data processing device.