Patent Description:
At present, switches on the market are mainly classified by management function into two types:
The first type is a management type switch that can be remotely managed in a networking mode. This switch is powerful in management function and can be managed through a WEB page, a serial port and the like, but a computer must be connected to achieve the purpose of management.

The other type is a non-management type switch without a management function, commonly referred to as a "fool" switch. This switch cannot optimize operating parameters according to a use environment, and is prone to soft failures during long-term use.

However, these two types of switches have their own deficiencies specifically as follows:
<CIT>
relates to a local management-based PoE switch according to the preamble of claim <NUM>. <CIT> relates to a PoE switch of ustensil human-computer interaction function.

The present invention aims to overcome the deficiencies in the prior art. By adding a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screen and keys on a panel of a non-management type Power Over Ethernet (PoE) switch as a human-machine interaction interface, the non-management type PoE switch not only has some important functions for on-site management, but also avoids a complicated operation process of a management type PoE switch. Therefore, on-site construction personnel can set different parameters respectively according to the characteristics of terminal equipment connected with a PoE switch. The difficulty of setting and debugging is lowered, and the workload of daily maintenance is reduced. The technical solution of the present invention is defined by claim <NUM> and is as follows: A local management-based PoE switch includes a casing, an LCD screen, a monitoring Micro Control Unit (MCU) module, a power system module, a display module, a PoE system module and a switch system module. The monitoring MCU module is connected with the display module, the PoE system module and the switch system module respectively through a bus. The monitoring MCU module monitors working states of the PoE system module and the switch system module in real time, and displays relevant information through the display module. The local management-based PoE switch further includes a key group and a key module. The key group is arranged on the casing, and the monitoring MCU module is connected with the key module through a bus. The key module transmits information to the monitoring MCU module through the display module, and the monitoring MCU module performs corresponding operation according to the received information.

The local management-based PoE switch can optionally be configured so that the key group is arranged around the LCD screen.

The local management-based PoE switch is characterized in that the key group includes five keys, namely a menu key, a confirm key, a back key, an up key and a down key.

The local management-based PoE switch is characterized in that the key module is configured to set the switch system module.

An implementation method of a management system of the local management-based PoE switch includes the following steps:.

The implementation method of a management system of the local management-based PoE switch can optionally be configured so that information of the key module, which is fed back to the monitoring MCU module, includes switch mode, bandwidth prewarning, PD type, Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) power fine adjustment, PSE port priority level, PSE port ON/OFF, LCD ON/OFF and fan control.

The implementation method of a management system of the local management-based PoE switch can optionally be configured so that information is selected and information data are confirmed through the key module, and the monitoring MCU module reads the information data through the bus and correspondingly processes the information data.

By the adoption of the above technical solutions, the monitoring MCU module is connected with the PoE system module, the switch system module, the display module and the key module respectively through the bus, and reads the working states of the PoE system module and the switch system module. An MCU microcontroller unit module further analyzes the information, and visually displays the working states of the PoE system module and the switch system module on the LCD screen. Meanwhile, the information provided by the key module is correspondingly processed, and then is displayed on the LCD screen. Construction or maintenance personnel can quickly determine a working condition of a PoE system through the information displayed on the LCD screen, so that the debugging time or maintenance time of equipment is reduced, and the working efficiency is improved.

The technical solution of a local management-based Power Over Ethernet (PoE) switch of the present disclosure is further described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

As shown in <FIG>, the local management-based PoE switch includes a monitoring Micro Control Unit (MCU) module, a power system module, a display module, a PoE system module, a switch system module and a key module. The monitoring MCU module is connected with the display module, the PoE system module and the switch system module respectively through a bus. The monitoring MCU module monitors working states of the PoE system module and the switch system module in real time, and displays relevant information through the display module. The monitoring MCU module is connected with the key module through the bus, and the key module transmits information to the monitoring MCU module through the display module. The monitoring MCU module performs corresponding operation according to the received information. A port <NUM>, a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screen <NUM> and a key group <NUM> are arranged on a casing <NUM> of the PoE switch. The display module is the LCD screen <NUM> which is arranged on the casing <NUM>. The key module is the key group <NUM> which is arranged on the casing <NUM>. The key group <NUM> is arranged around the LCD screen <NUM>. The key group <NUM> includes a menu key, an up key, a down key, a confirm key and a back key.

A working process of an implementation method of a management system of a local management-based PoE switch is as shown in <FIG> and <FIG>:
The implementation method of the human-machine interaction function management system of the local management-based PoE switch involves a monitoring Micro Control Unit (MCU), a display module and a key module.

After the power system module supplies power to all the modules, the monitoring MCU module starts to work, and initializes all the functional modules. After the initialization is completed, the display module sends an instruction to a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screen to display a company Logo for five seconds and then display information of a port. The monitoring MCU module accesses the key module in real time through an Input/Output (I/O) bus, monitors in real time whether a key instruction is received, processes the key instruction if the key instruction is received, and commands the display module to display an information state of the port after the processing is completed.

If the key instruction is not received, the monitoring MCU module reads information of a PoE system module, acquires a state of the port, detects whether the PoE system module is normal at first, resets the PoE system module if the PoE system module is abnormal, and then continuously detects the PoE system module. If the PoE system module is normal, the monitoring MCU module initializes the PoE system module, then detects whether a power voltage is normal, sounds an alarm if the power voltage is abnormal, and detects and controls the power voltage in real time. If the power voltage is normal, the monitoring MCU module detects whether a temperature of a control chip is normal, sounds an alarm if the temperature of the control chip is abnormal, and detects and controls the temperature of the control chip in real time. After the above work is done, the monitoring MCU module detects whether the port is connected with a PD, detects whether the port has an underload, overload or short circuit phenomenon if the port is connected with the PD, reads output power of the port if the port does not have the underload, overload or short circuit, and displays the output power on the LCD screen and detects in real time the port. If the port has the underload, overload or short circuit phenomenon, the monitoring MCU module sounds an alarm and detects the port, eliminates the abnormality of the PoE system module through a series of operations such as resetting, and displays the information of the port on the LCD screen if the abnormality is eliminated, or continuously operates an abnormality elimination instruction if the abnormality is not eliminated. If the port is not connected with the PD, the monitoring MCU module detects the power voltage of the port and the temperature of the control chip in real time.

After the underload, overload or short circuit of the port is eliminated, the monitoring MCU module starts to detect the switch system module. The switch system module detects in real time whether the broadband of each port has an abnormality, powers off and resets the PD of the corresponding port if the abnormality exists, detects whether the abnormality is eliminated after the resetting, continuously resets the PD if there is still the abnormality and detects the number of times of resetting. If the number does not exceed <NUM>, the resetting is continued. If the number exceeds <NUM>, the voltage of the port is directly cut off. If the broadband of each port does not have the abnormality, the monitoring MCU module accesses the switch system module through the bus, respectively acquires uploaded and downloaded data volumes of the port, calculates uploaded and downloaded data bandwidths of the port, and displays the bandwidths on the LCD screen.

Embodiment I: referring to <FIG>, contents displayed on the LCD when the PoE switch works normally.

Embodiment II: referring to <FIG>, the content displayed in this figure is information displayed on the LCD screen when the menu key in the key group is pressed, and this is a main menu. A worker may carry out system setting, troubleshooting and maintenance on the PoE switch on this interface. Long press on an operation key: It refers to a press on the key for five seconds or longer; short press: It refers to a press on the key for not longer than three seconds. A long press on the menu key enables the LCD screen to display a menu. Different menu items are selected through the up key and the down key. After a short press on the confirm key, a corresponding menu item is opened. A short press on the back key will return to the previous menu till the menu is quit.

Embodiment III: referring to <FIG>, in the main menu, "<NUM>-Switch mode" is selected through the up key and the down key; a submenu of the "<NUM>-Switch mode" is opened by pressing the confirm key; an item corresponding to the symbol "<" in the figure denotes settings of the current switch; different options are selected through the up key and the down key; after an option is clicked, the confirm key is pressed to select this option; and the symbol "<" moves to the right of this option. The back key is pressed to return to the main menu.

Embodiment IV: referring to <FIG>, in the main menu, "<NUM>-Bandwidth prewarning" is selected through the up key and the down key; a submenu of the "<NUM>-Bandwidth prewarning" is opened by pressing the confirm key; an item corresponding to the symbol "<" in the figure denotes settings of the current switch; different options are selected through the up key and the down key; after an option is clicked, the confirm key is pressed to select this option; and the symbol "<" moves to the right of this option. The back key is pressed to return to the main menu.

Embodiment V: referring to <FIG>, in the main menu, "<NUM>-PD type" is selected through the up key and the down key; a submenu of the "<NUM>-PD type" is opened by pressing the confirm key; an item corresponding to the symbol "<" in the figure denotes settings of the current switch; different options are selected through the up key and the down key; after an option is clicked, the confirm key is pressed to select this option; and the symbol "<" moves to the right of this option. The back key is pressed to return to the main menu.

Embodiment VI: referring to <FIG>, when the surplus power of the PoE is too high due to a power distribution strategy of the PSE, much power may be distributed by ports as far as possible by increasing the power of the PSE, so as to increase the utilization rate of the power supply power of the PSE. In order to ensure that a power supply of the PSE is not used under a long-term overload, the value of TP is ensured to be less than the value of PB as far as possible.

In the main menu, "<NUM>-PSE power fine adjustment" is selected through the up key and the down key; a submenu of the "<NUM>-PSE power fine adjustment" is opened by pressing the confirm key; an item corresponding to the symbol "<" in the figure denotes settings of the current switch; different options are selected through the up key and the down key; after an option is clicked, the confirm key is pressed to select this option; and the symbol "<" moves to the right of this option. The back key is pressed to return to the main menu.

Embodiment VII: referring to <FIG>, in the main menu, "<NUM>-PSE port priority level" is selected through the up key and the down key; a submenu of the "<NUM>-PSE port priority level" is opened by pressing the confirm key; in the figure, the port number at this time is green, and may be changed through the up key and the down key; and meanwhile, the symbol "<" of the priority level column indicates a priority level of a corresponding port. After the port number is selected, the confirm key is pressed to make the port number turn into white at this time, and the option corresponding to the priority level column will turn into green. An item corresponding to the symbol "<" denotes settings of the current switch; different options are selected through the up key and the down key; after an option is clicked, the confirm key is pressed to select this option; and the symbol "<" moves to the right of this option. The back key is pressed to return to the main menu.

Embodiment VIII: referring to <FIG>, in the main menu, "<NUM>-PSE port ON/OFF" is selected through the up key and the down key; a submenu of the "<NUM>-PSE port ON/OFF" is opened by pressing the confirm key; in the figure, the port number at this time is green, and may be changed through the up and the down keys; and meanwhile, the symbol "<" of the state column indicates a state of a corresponding port. After the port number is selected, the confirm key is pressed to make the port number turn into white at this time, and the option corresponding to the state column will turn into green. An item corresponding to the symbol "<" denotes settings of the current switch; different options are selected through the up key and the down key; after an option is clicked, the confirm key is pressed to select this option; and the symbol "<" moves to the right of this option. The back key is pressed to return to the main menu.

Embodiment IX: referring to <FIG>, in the main menu, "<NUM>-LCD ON/OFF" is selected through the up key and the down key; a submenu of the "<NUM>-LCD ON/OFF" is opened by pressing the confirm key; an item corresponding to the symbol "<" in the figure denotes settings of the current switch; different options are selected through the up key and the down key; after an option is clicked, the confirm key is pressed to select this option; and the symbol "<" moves to the right of this option. The back key is pressed to return to the main menu. After the LCD enters a sleep state, any key on the panel is pressed to make the LCD quit the sleep state.

Embodiment X: referring to <FIG>, in the main menu, "<NUM>-Fan control" is selected through the up key and the down key; a submenu of the "<NUM>-Fan control" is opened by pressing the confirm key; an item corresponding to the symbol "<" in the figure denotes settings of the current switch; different options are selected through the up key and the down key; after an option is clicked, the confirm key is pressed to select this option; and the symbol "<" moves to the right of this option. The back key is pressed to return to the main menu.

Embodiment XI: referring to <FIG>, in the main menu, "<NUM>-Language" is selected through the up key and the down key; a submenu of the "<NUM>-Language" is opened by pressing the confirm key; an item corresponding to the symbol "<" in the figure denotes settings of the current switch; different options are selected through the up key and the down key; after an option is clicked, the confirm key is pressed to select this option; and the menu changes to the selected language. The back key is pressed to return to the main menu.

Claim 1:
A local management-based Power Over Ethernet, PoE, switch, comprising a casing (<NUM>), a port (<NUM>), a Liquid Crystal Display, LCD, screen (<NUM>), a monitoring Micro Control Unit, MCU, module, a power system module, a display module, a PoE system module and a switch system module, the switch system module being configured for detecting in real time an abnormality of the bandwidth of the port (<NUM>), powering off and resetting a powered device, PD, of the corresponding port if the abnormality exists, detecting whether the abnormality is eliminated after the resetting, continuously resetting the PD if there is still the abnormality and detecting the number of times of resetting , wherein the monitoring MCU module is connected with the display module, the PoE system module and the switch system module respectively through a bus; the monitoring MCU module is configured to monitor working states of the PoE system module and the switch system module in real time, and is configured to display relevant information through the display module; wherein the local management-based PoE switch further comprises a key group (<NUM>) and a key module, the key module being configured to set the switch system module; the key group (<NUM>) comprising five keys, namely a menu key, a confirm key, a back key, an up key and a down key, the key group (<NUM>) being arranged on the casing (<NUM>), and the monitoring MCU module is connected with the key module through the bus; the key module is configured to transmit information through the monitoring MCU module to the display module, and the monitoring MCU module is configured to perform corresponding operation according to the received information.