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    • 6. 发明授权
    • Method and apparatus for converting IEEE 1284 signals to or from IEEE 1394 signals
    • 将IEEE 1284信号转换为IEEE 1394信号或从IEEE 1394信号转换的方法和装置
    • US06643728B1
    • 2003-11-04
    • US09583662
    • 2000-05-30
    • David Allen CrutchfieldStephen Kelly CunnaginTimothy John Rademacher
    • David Allen CrutchfieldStephen Kelly CunnaginTimothy John Rademacher
    • G06F1336
    • G06F13/387
    • An improved signal converter is provided to interface between an IEEE 1284 (parallel) bus or device and an IEEE 1394 (serial) bus or device. The converter in its preferred embodiment is designed for use with printers, in which the printer communicates with the converter through either the converter's 1284 port or its 1394 port. In one system, the converter acts as a “1284-to-1394 converter” to interface between a printer (on the 1394 port) and a host computer (on the 1284 port). In a second system, the converter acts as a “peer-to-peer 1394-to-1284 converter” to interface between a printer (on the 1284 port) and some type of 1394 compliant device (on the 1394 port), such as a digital camera. The converter includes a Link layer that is embedded within an ASIC, which preferably includes a microcontroller or a logic state machine, to facilitate asynchronous data transfer. The ASIC acts as an interpreter between the 1284 bus and the microcontroller interface of the Link layer, and is responsible for mode negotiation and mode operation as defined in the IEEE 1284 standard. In the 1284-to-1394 converter mode of operation, the converter provides a 1284 controller in a “slave” mode, thereby allowing the 1394 side of the microcontroller to act as the controlling “master” of the converter system. In the peer-to-peer 1394-to-1284 converter mode of operation, the converter provides a 1284 controller which operates as a “master” for the printer's slave controller, thereby initiating and controlling the flow of data on the 1284 interface. Since the converter is the master of the 1284 interface, it is also responsible for reading the alerts from the printer, once the printer is “armed” to provide such alerts.
    • 提供改进的信号转换器以在IEEE 1284(并行)总线或设备与IEEE 1394(串行)总线或设备之间进行接口。 其优选实施例中的转换器设计用于打印机,其中打印机通过转换器的1284端口或其1394端口与转换器通信。 在一个系统中,转换器用作“1284到1394转换器”,用于在打印机(1394端口)和主机(在1284端口)之间进行接口。 在第二个系统中,转换器充当“对等1394到1284转换器”,用于在打印机(1284端口)和某种类型的1394兼容设备(1394端口)之间进行接口,例如 数码相机 该转换器包括嵌入在ASIC内的链路层,其优选地包括微控制器或逻辑状态机,以促进异步数据传输。 ASIC作为1284总线与链路层的微控制器接口之间的解释器,负责IEEE 1284标准中定义的模式协商和模式操作。 在1284-to-1394转换器工作模式下,转换器以“从”模式提供1284控制器,从而允许微控制器的1394侧作为转换器系统的控制“主”。 在对等1394至1284转换器的操作模式下,转换器提供了一个1284控制器,该控制器作为打印机从属控制器的“主”操作,从而启动和控制1284接口上的数据流。 由于转换器是1284接口的主控,因此一旦打印机“挂起”提供此类警报,它也负责从打印机读取警报。