Method of identifying connection error and electronic apparatus using same
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsKatsuki Morimoto, Akira Takaishi, Motohisa Furukawa
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus is formed with a first module having a plurality of connectors and a plurality of second modules each connected to the first module through a different one of the connectors. The second modules are identified for each connector or as a combination corresponding to a plurality of connectors and it is checked whether they are preliminarily registered or not. If any of them is found to be not preliminarily registered, a display is made to the effect that a connection error has been committed and the start of a normal operation of the apparatus of prevented.
Claims12
A method of identifying a connection error when a first module is electrically connected to a plurality of second modules, said method comprising the steps of:
- distinguishing said second modules connected to said first module;
- determining whether said distinguished second modules are preliminarily registered or not;
- and
- judging that there is a connection error if said distinguished second modules are not preliminarily registered;
- wherein each of said steps is carried out by one of the modules selected from the group consisting of said first module and said plurality of second modules.
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a first module having a plurality of connectors;
- a plurality of second modules each connected to said first module through a different one of said connectors;
- a registration part where a plurality of types of second modules are preliminarily registered;
- a distinguishing part for distinguishing second modules connected to said connectors;
- a determining part for determining whether the distinguished second modules are of a type preliminarily registered in said registration part;
- and
- a judging part for judging that there is a connection error of said second module if said distinguished second modules are determined to be not registered in said registration part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.