System for maintenance and diagnosis of mobile telephone equipment

• US 4,554,410 A
• Filed: 11/10/1983
• Issued: 11/19/1985
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1982
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: Furumoto, Takayuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Rubinson, Gene Z.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brady, W. J.
• Application Number:
  US06/550,588
• Time in Patent Office: 740 Days
• Field of Search: 179/2 E-2 EC, 455/67, 455/115, 455/226, 455/33
• US Class Current: 379/27.08
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 24/00 Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements

Abstract

For maintenance and diagnosis of mobile telephone equipment carried on a vehicle such as a car, ship or airplane, an input/output port of a control unit for effecting desired controlling and processing for individual parts of the mobile telephone equipment on the basis of stored program control is inputted with test mode information in the form of a logic signal supplied manually or a specified dial number signal supplied by dialing a telephone unit so as to switch the mobile telephone equipment to a test mode. Thereafter, a predetermined test instruction and a predetermined additional data are inputted to the input/output port by dialing the telephone unit. The control unit then reads the instruction and data to select and execute a desired, predetermined test program. A result of the execution is indicated on an indicator of the telephone unit for maintenance and diagnosis.

Claims

1. A system for maintenance and diagnosis which is adapted for mobile telephone equipment of the type having a telephone unit, a control unit operable on the basis of stored program control, a radio transmitter/receiver unit and an antenna unit, said system comprising:

means for generating a specified dial number signal from a dial of the telephone unit;

means included in said control unit for reading the specified dial number signal and selecting a desired program previously stored in said control unit to perform diagnosis of said mobile telephone equipment; and

means for indicating a result of the diagnosis on an indicator.

2. A system for maintenance and diagnosis of mobile telephone equipment according to claim 1 wherein said control unit comprises an input/output port for connection of the telephone unit and the radio transmission/reception unit, said input/output port having an input port connected with switch means for inputting test mode information and an output port connected with a data sending/reception circuit, a tone signal sending/reception circuit and an audio circuit.

3. A system for maintenance and diagnosis which is adapted for mobile telephone equipment having a telephone unit with an indicator for indication of at least dial numbers in addition to ordinary functions of a telephone set, a radio transmission/reception unit and an antenna unit for transmission and reception of control signals, data signals and audio signals used for telephone communication, and a control unit for effecting controlling and processing required for the aforementioned units on the basis of stored program control, said system comprising:

means for inputting to an input/output port of said control unit test mode information in the form of a logic signal supplied manually or a specified dial number signal supplied by dialing the telephone unit so as to switch the mobile telephone equipment to a test mode and thereafter for inputting a predetermined test instruction and a predetermined additional data to said input/output port by dialing said telephone unit;

means included in said control unit for reading the input instruction and data and selecting a desired, predetermined program to execute the same; and

means for indicating a result of the execution on an indicator of said telephone unit.