Terminal control substrate which switches connection of a controller between a first module fixed to a base plate and an external connection terminal
AssigneesKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Toshiba Infrastructure Systems & Solutions Corporation
InventorHideaki Arai
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a terminal control substrate includes a base plate mounted on a terminal device, a first module fixed to the base plate, an external connection terminal fixed to the base plate and to which a component including a second module being a substitute for the first module is attachable, a controller configured to perform control in the terminal device by using the first module or the second module, and a switching unit configured to switch a connection destination of the controller to any one of the first module and the external connection terminal to which the second module is attached.
Claims9
A terminal control substrate comprising:
- a base plate mounted on a terminal device;
- a first module fixed to the base plate by solder;
- an external connection terminal fixed to the base plate and to which a second module being a substitute for the first module is attachable, the second module having same function as the first module;
- a controller configured to perform control in the terminal device by using the first module or the second module through one communication line;
- and
- a switching unit configured to switch a connection destination of the controller through the one communication line to any one of the first module and the external connection terminal to which the second module is attached,
- wherein,
- when the second module is attached to the external connection terminal only after the first module fixed to the base plate fails,
- the second module is used for continuous control instead of the first module by the controller through the one communication line.
A terminal control substrate comprising:
- a base plate mounted on a terminal device;
- a first module fixed to the base plate by solder;
- an external connection terminal fixed to the base plate and to which a second module capable of substituting for the first module is attachable, the second module having same function as the first module;
- and
- a controller connected to any one of the first module and the external connection terminal through one communication line,
- wherein,
- when the first module is normal, the controller performs control in the terminal device by using the first module through the one communication line,
- when the first module is not normal, the controller performs control in the terminal device by using the second module attached to the external connection terminal through the one communication line, and
- when the second module is attached to the external connection terminal only after the first module fixed to the base plate fails, the second module is used for continuous control instead of the first module by the controller through the one communication line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.