JPH048830B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a transaction testing method for so-called automatic teller machines, such as automatic teller machines, automatic teller machines, or dual-purpose machines.

Automatic teller machines generally include a magnetic card mechanism that reads/writes information recorded on the magnetic stripe on the card, a bill dispensing mechanism that counts and discharges banknotes, and a banknote dispensing mechanism that determines the denomination and authenticity of the inserted banknotes. It is equipped with a banknote deposit mechanism, a printing mechanism for keeping transaction records, and an operating mechanism operated by customers and staff. If a transaction test of such an automatic teller machine is conducted by communicating with a center, the following problems arise. That is, in a financial institution online system, the center file stores the user's personal identification number, deposit data, etc., and there is a risk that it will be destroyed during testing of the automated teller machine.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and an object of the present invention is to prevent destruction of the center file during a transaction test of an automatic teller machine.

Therefore, a feature of the present invention is that, in an automatic teller machine that performs a transaction test by an operator's operation, a program for performing transmission/reception processing with a center is executed in a pseudo manner within the machine for testing purposes during an online transaction. This is what I did.

Hereinafter, the contents of the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a conceptual front view of the automatic teller machine. This is the side that the customer interacts with. In the figure, 1 is a card insertion slot, 2 is a bill receiving slot, 3 is a bill return slot, 4 is a character display, 5 is an operation guidance display, 6 is a customer operation keyboard, 7 is a bill deposit slot,
8 is the passbook entrance, and 9 is the clerk key. Taking the case of a payment transaction as an example, a customer inserts a magnetic card into the card insertion slot 1 and then inputs a personal identification number and withdrawal amount using the customer operation keyboard 6 according to the guidance on the operation guide display 5. Since the withdrawal amount is displayed on the character display 4, it is possible to confirm the amount specified by the user. When the input is completed, online transmission and reception with the central system is executed, the banknotes are ejected from the banknote receiving slot 2, and the card is returned from the card insertion slot 1. The above operations are guided one by one by the display on the operation guide display 5. The above is an example of a payment transaction, but the basic form is the same for deposit transactions and passbook transactions.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the above-mentioned normal transaction by the automated teller machine. A normal transaction begins with the press of the transaction selection button. Selectable transactions include payment, deposit, balance inquiry, bookkeeping, etc., and FIG. 2 shows an example when payment is selected. After selecting a transaction, insert the magnetic card. A magnetic card records a personal identification number, account number, bank number, etc. After reading the magnetic card, enter the PIN number. If the PIN is correct, enter the payment amount. When all input is completed, online transmission and reception is performed between the automated teller machine and the connected central system. After online transmission and reception, printing of slips for transaction records, cards, and banknotes are executed.
1 by the customer removing the slip, card, or banknote.
The transaction ends. This is an example of a normal transaction, where the part shown in Figure 2 is input, the part marked is processed by the central system, and the part marked is output.

FIG. 3 shows the overall status flow of the device. There are usually three statuses after the power is turned on: closed, online, and offline. If the online opening condition is met while the station is closed, the status will change to online open status, and if the condition is not met, the status will change to the online status while the station is closed. If offline opening conditions are met while the station is closed,
If the status is not established, the status will be changed to offline status if the status is not established. The online and offline statuses change depending on the line status. The test function shall be performed in closed status.

Among the test functions, the function of testing each constituent mechanism individually (referred to as unit test) is executed using the operator operation panel shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, 101 is an attendant operation panel, 102 is a hexadecimal numeric display, and 103 is a data setting keyboard. In this example, the O to F display on the keyboard 103 is a hexadecimal keyboard display, but in actual equipment, it is normally a display for staff operation, and when used as a test function, it functions as a hexadecimal keyboard. It is the meaning. When using the test function, press the test key before using the keyboard. If you press the keyboard in the test state, the fifth
Inputs as shown in the figure are possible. In FIG. 5, by defining a 2-digit test unit designation, a 2-digit denomination designation, and a 2-digit number designation, various types of test contents can be specified. However, the test using the clerk operation panel is a separate operation from normal transaction conditions, and a series of transaction condition tests as shown in FIG. 1 are not possible.

In order to perform a comprehensive trading test, it is essential to operate from the same interface as the customer. That is,
It can be seen that the inputs and outputs in FIG. 2 are exactly the same as those for normal transactions, and that they can be easily switched so that online transmission and reception processing can be executed in a pseudo manner within the device.

FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of the automated teller machine. In FIG. 6, numeral 11 is an arithmetic processing circuit, and a microprocessor is usually used. Reference numeral 12 denotes a storage device for storing programs and data for controlling the apparatus. 13
is a line connection circuit, which is connected to the arithmetic processing circuit 11 via a signal bus 30 and is controlled by the arithmetic processing circuit 11.
The card mechanism 15, bill payment mechanism 17, bill deposit mechanism 19, printing mechanism 21, character display 23, operation guidance display 25, customer operation keyboard 27, and staff operation panel 29 are connected to the respective control circuits 14, 16, 1.
8, 20, 22, 24, 26, and 28, it is similarly connected to the arithmetic processing circuit 11 by a signal bus 30, and is controlled by the arithmetic processing circuit 11.

An example of a program for controlling the apparatus shown in FIG. 6 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 7, the program is roughly divided into three parts. That is, there are a control program that controls the operation of the entire device, a hardware control program that controls the operation of the hardware, and a business processing program that processes transaction operations. The hardware control program shown in FIG. 7 is further divided into individual mechanisms, each of which can operate independently. The business processing programs in the three statuses of closed office, online open office, and offline open office use respective necessary hardware control programs to execute required operations. In the unit test shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the closed office processing program is executing the unit test using the hardware control program for each unit specified from the staff operation panel. In order to easily conduct the trading test which is the purpose of the present invention,
It is necessary to be able to easily put the business processing program into a test state during online and offline operations.

FIG. 8 shows a flowchart of a normal transaction and a transaction test according to an embodiment of the present invention. When the attendant key shown at 9 in FIG. 1 is inserted, the program will be able to detect that the attendant key has been inserted.

In Fig. 8, check the insertion state of the attendant key,
If inserted, staff guidance will be displayed. The staff guidance is displayed on the operation guidance display 5 shown in FIG. 1, for example. Here, return, restoration, and opening each indicate processing by special staff.
It is not directly related to the present invention. When the transaction test key is pressed according to the staff guidance display, the display on the operation guidance display 5 becomes as follows. This display is the same as the one displayed at the beginning of a normal transaction,
Thereafter, the same processing as the normal transaction shown in FIG. 2 is executed by the normal transaction program. That is, the eighth
The part in the figure is exactly the same as the part in Figure 2,
Further parts are also the same in FIG. 8 and FIG. 2.
During this time, the insertion state of the clerk key is detected again in the part of Fig. 8, and if it is inserted, the automatic teller machine is prepared in advance without executing the online transmission/reception with the center shown in Fig. 2. Transaction test message processing is executed in a pseudo manner within the device.

As explained above, according to the present invention, when conducting a transaction test of an automated teller machine, a program for performing online transmission/reception processing with a center during an online transaction is used almost as is for testing in a pseudo-transaction test within the machine. By executing the
Trading tests can be conducted without destroying the Centafile.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a front conceptual diagram of the automated teller machine, Figure 2
The figure is a flow diagram to explain normal transactions, Figure 3 is a transition diagram to explain the status transition of the automated teller machine, Figure 4 is a conceptual diagram of the staff operation panel, and Figure 5 is a unit test item input. FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram of the automated teller machine, FIG. 7 is a conceptual diagram of a program for controlling the machine, and FIG. 8 is a flow diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. 1...Card insertion slot, 2...Banknote receiving slot, 3...
...Banknote return slot, 4...Character display, 5...Operation guide display, 6...Customer operation keyboard, 7...Banknote deposit slot, 8...Passbook entrance, 9...Attendant key.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An automatic cash transaction device that performs a transaction test using an operator's operation, and is characterized in that a program for performing transmission and reception processing with a center is executed in a simulated manner within the device for testing purposes during online operation. Trading test method for equipment.