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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Francotyp-Postalia AG & Co. KG, Birkenwerder, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/30 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/30 ;
Abstract
In an arrangement for a security module that is plugged via an interface onto a base plate of a postal device, particularly a postage meter machine, the battery is replaceably arranged on the security module, and the voltage monitoring unit includes a circuit for a resettable self-holding, the self-holding being triggered when the battery voltage drops below a predetermined threshold. The status can be interrogated by a processor. The resetting of the self-holding can only be triggered when the battery voltage has risen above the predetermined threshold.