JP2010140409A - Monitoring screen generation device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a monitoring screen generation device capable of improving work efficiency by collectively generating all definition information of a monitoring screen. <P>SOLUTION: The monitoring screen generation device is provided with: a reading means 2 for reading a monitoring screen file 5 being a source file, which has data for laying out a part 101 to be monitored to be displayed on a screen and data of symbols for displaying a state of the part 101 to be monitored; a displaying means 3 for displaying the monitoring screen file 5, the part 101 to be monitored displayed according to the monitoring screen file 5 and the symbols on the screen and displaying a definition table 7 for defining data representing a state of the part 101 to be monitored on the screen; and a definition information setting means 4 for displaying all symbols defined by the monitoring screen file 5, and data representing a state of the part 101 to be monitored associated with the symbols because there is no data to be associated with the symbols or because of a user's operation in a list on the screen and generating a definition information file 6 being a source file that represents the displayed contents. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a monitoring screen generating apparatus capable of generating all definition information of a monitoring screen at once and improving work efficiency.

  In the conventional system, the definition file generating means for extracting the variable elements and creating the definition file at the screen design stage for generating the monitoring screen for the monitoring terminal, and monitoring based on the definition file created by the definition file creating means A monitoring screen is created by an automatic screen generation program (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2002-351756 A

  Conventional monitoring screen generation separately manages a plurality of definition information necessary for generating a screen, or definition information and a monitoring screen. Therefore, when changing multiple definition information or monitoring screens and definition information related to each other, corrections are made separately, resulting in the occurrence of omissions and incorrect corrections, and the amount of work and work time required to check them. There was a problem. In addition, when checking the generated monitoring screen, it is necessary to check after creating the Web server and DB server, connecting to the network, starting up, and checking the generation / correction result of the monitoring screen. There was a problem that it took time and effort from the viewpoint of quantity and work time.

  The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-described problems, and provides a monitoring screen generating apparatus capable of generating all the definition information of the monitoring screen at once and improving work efficiency.

The present invention provides a reading means for reading a monitoring screen file which is a source file having data for laying out the monitored portion and displaying the screen and data of a symbol indicating the state of the monitored portion;
A monitoring table file read by the reading means, a monitored table and / or a symbol displayed according to the monitoring screen file are displayed on the screen, and a definition table that defines data representing the status of the monitored unit Display means for displaying on the screen;
List all the symbols defined in the monitoring screen file and the data indicating that there is no data associated with the symbol, or the status of the monitored part associated with the symbol by user operation, and display the displayed contents. It is provided with definition information setting means for generating a definition information file that is a source file to be expressed.

The monitoring screen generating apparatus of the present invention includes a reading unit that reads a monitoring screen file that is a source file having data for laying out a monitored portion and displaying the screen and data of a symbol that displays the state of the monitored portion;
A monitoring table file read by the reading means, a monitored table and / or a symbol displayed according to the monitoring screen file are displayed on the screen, and a definition table that defines data representing the status of the monitored unit Display means for displaying on the screen;
List all the symbols defined in the monitoring screen file and the data indicating that there is no data associated with the symbol, or the status of the monitored part associated with the symbol by user operation, and display the displayed contents. Since the definition information setting means for generating the definition information file that is the source file to be expressed is provided, the definition information file can be generated in association with the monitoring screen file, and the work efficiency can be improved.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a monitoring screen generation device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a relationship with a general-purpose file editor that creates a monitoring screen file of the monitoring screen generation device shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the relationship between the monitoring screen generating device shown in FIG. 1, the monitored section, and the network, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of the monitoring screen template file of the monitoring screen generating device shown in FIG. Is a diagram showing a symbol table set in the monitoring screen template shown in FIG. 4, FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the configuration of the monitoring screen file of the monitoring screen generating device shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 7 is shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the configuration of the definition table of the monitoring screen generating device, and FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the configuration of the definition information file of the monitoring screen generating device shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 1, the monitoring screen generation device 1 generates a monitoring screen file 5 which is a source file having data for laying out the screen of the monitored unit 101 and displaying the screen, and symbol data for displaying the status of the monitored unit 101. The reading unit 2 to be read, the monitoring screen file 5 read by the reading unit 2, and either or both of the monitored unit 101 and the symbol displayed according to the monitoring screen file 5 are displayed on the screen. The display means 3 for displaying on the screen a definition table 7 that defines data representing the state, all symbols defined in the monitoring screen file 5, and there is no data associated with the symbols, or they are associated with the symbols by user operation The data representing the status of the monitored unit 101 is displayed as a list on the screen, and the displayed contents are displayed. It includes a definition information setting unit 7 for generating the definition information file 6 is a source file.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the monitoring screen file 5 includes a symbol table in which data of a plurality of symbols necessary for screen display is monitored by the general-purpose file editor 22 to monitor the monitored screen 101 on the monitoring screen template file 20. 21 is added and formed. In addition, the monitored unit 101 and the monitoring screen generation device 1 are connected by a network 108. A monitoring terminal 109 for monitoring the monitored unit 101 and a Web server 104 are connected to the network 108. The monitoring terminal 109 includes a general-purpose browser 110 and the monitoring screen generation device 1.

  The web server 104 includes an application server 105. The application server 105 inputs the definition information file 6 generated by the monitoring screen generation device 1 from the general-purpose browser 110 of the monitoring terminal 109 and the monitoring screen file 5 corresponding thereto. In the application server 105, the data acquisition function unit 106 acquires necessary data from the definition information file 6 and the monitoring screen file 5 from the database 103 of the database server 102, and distributes the data to the monitoring terminal 109. Distribution is performed from the function unit 107 via the network 108.

  The operation of the monitoring screen generating apparatus of the first embodiment configured as described above will be described. First, since the monitoring screen template file 1 displays the layout of the monitored unit 101 on the screen as shown in FIG. 4A when, for example, the facility A, the facility B, and the facility C exist, for example, FIG. As shown in FIG. 5, the source file is created by, for example, HTML. In order to add data of a plurality of symbols which are necessary to be displayed on the monitor screen template file 1 in order to monitor the monitored unit 101, the general-purpose file editor 22 uses symbols such as those shown in FIG. A necessary symbol is selected and added using the table 21, and the monitoring screen file 5 is created.

  Specifically, a symbol table 21 is displayed, and a symbol, for example, a double circle display (rainfall symbol) is dragged from the symbol table 21 to a necessary location on the screen display of the monitoring screen template file 1, such as a facility. By dropping on A, the monitoring screen file 5 is created. Then, for example, the screen is displayed as shown in FIG. 6A, and the source file as shown in FIG. 6B is provided. At this time, when the same symbol is set at a plurality of locations, the symbol ID is assigned with a multiple number, for example, a1, a2,.

  Specifically, here, a double-circle symbol (rainfall amount) and a symbol Δ (water level) in the circle need to be displayed on the screen for monitoring, so that they are added to the facility A. Then, the ID “a1” of the double circle symbol (rainfall) and the ID “b1” of the symbol (water level) of Δ are added to the location corresponding to the facility A in the source file. A double circle symbol (rainfall) is added to the facility B because it needs to be displayed on the screen for monitoring. Then, the ID “a2” of the double circle symbol (rainfall) is added to the location corresponding to the facility B in the source file. The facility C is added with a double-circle symbol (rainfall amount) and a symbol (alarm) marked with a circle in order to be displayed on the screen for monitoring. Then, the ID “a3” of the double-circle symbol (rainfall) and the ID “c1” of the symbol (alarm) of × in ○ are added to the source file at the location corresponding to the facility C.

  The monitoring screen file 5 created in this way is read by the reading means 2 of the monitoring screen generation device 1. Next, the display unit 3 displays the monitoring screen according to the monitoring screen file 5 read by the reading unit 2. The display at this time is, for example, as shown in FIG. Next, the definition information setting means 4 creates a list of all symbols in the read monitoring screen file 5 as shown in FIG. Specifically, each symbol is displayed in a list at a1, a2, a3, b1, c1,. Initially, nothing is associated with the symbol, so the item number field in the list is blank.

  Next, definition information for selecting which symbol ID of the list or a symbol displayed on the screen is selected and which state of the monitored part 101 associated with the symbol is to be expressed is set. Is selected and set from the definition table 7 displayed on the screen. As shown in FIG. 7, the definition table 7 expresses the state of rainfall, water level, alarm, etc. at any location (facility A, facility B, facility C...) Of the monitored unit 101. Each item is given an item number and shown as definition information. When the symbol and the definition information are associated, the item number of the associated definition information is displayed in the item number column in the symbol list display. The item number column may be selected, and the user may input the item number from a keyboard or the like. When the location of the monitored unit 101 is associated with all symbols, a display as shown in FIG. A definition information file 6 that is a source file representing the contents is generated from the contents displayed as a list of symbols according to a user instruction. Note that the definition information file 6 can be generated even when there is a symbol that is not associated with the location of the monitored unit 101.

  Next, the definition information file 6 and the monitoring screen file 5 generated by the monitoring screen generation device 1 are input from the monitoring terminal 109 to the application server 105 of the Web server 104 by the general-purpose browser 110 via the network. In the application server 105, the data acquisition function unit 106 extracts and acquires the item number data set in the input definition information file 6 from the database 103 of the database server 102. The data acquired in association with the definition information file 6 and the monitoring screen file 5 is transmitted from the data distribution function unit 107 to the general-purpose browser 110 of the monitoring terminal 109 via the network 108, and each symbol is displayed on the monitoring screen of the monitoring terminal 109. Is displayed. Then, the monitored unit 101 is monitored by the monitoring terminal 109.

  According to the first embodiment as described above, the monitoring screen file and the definition information file can be collectively managed and the definition information file can be generated in association with the monitoring screen file. The amount of work and time required to confirm corrections can be greatly reduced. In addition, the monitor screen file is read and displayed, and it is possible to check the layout of the monitor screen file on the spot while generating the definition information file. There is no need to start various servers, connect to the network, and confirm using a general-purpose browser from a monitoring terminal, which has been necessary for confirming the monitoring screen. And productivity can be improved. On the screen, a monitoring screen file 5 that is a source file of the monitoring screen may be displayed together with the monitoring screen. Only the monitoring screen file may be displayed without displaying the monitoring screen. The monitoring screen file may be created without using the monitoring screen template file.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the configuration of the monitoring screen generating apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. In the figure, the same parts as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted. In the figure, the monitoring screen generating apparatus 1 is provided with a fetching means 8 for fetching the definition table 7.

  The monitoring screen generating apparatus of the second embodiment configured as described above passes through the same steps as those of the first embodiment, and before the definition information setting unit 4 creates the definition information file 6, the definition table 7 The take-in means 8 takes it in. Then, the definition information file 6 is created through the same steps as those in the first embodiment. Then, monitoring of the monitored unit 101 is performed by the monitoring terminal 109.

  According to the monitoring screen generation apparatus of the second embodiment configured as described above, the same effect as that of the first embodiment can be obtained, and the definition table is imported before the definition information file is created. Therefore, the processing time can be shortened.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the configuration of the monitoring screen generation apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. In the figure, the same parts as those in the above embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. In the figure, the monitoring screen generating apparatus 1 is provided with definition information output means 9 for adding a definition information file 5 to the monitoring screen file 6 and outputting it as a monitoring screen file 10 with definition.

  The monitoring screen generating apparatus of the third embodiment configured as described above creates the definition information file 6 by the definition information setting means 4 through the same steps as those of the above-described embodiments, and thereafter, the definition information file 6 The definition information file 5 is added to the monitoring screen file 6 read in advance by the output means 9 and output as a monitoring screen file 10 with definition. Then, the monitoring terminal 109 uses the monitoring image file with definition 10 to monitor the monitored unit 101 using the monitoring terminal 109 as in the above embodiments.

  According to the monitoring screen generating apparatus of the third embodiment configured as described above, the definition information file is added to the monitoring screen file and added with the definition as well as the same effects as the above-described embodiments. Since the definition information output means for outputting as a monitoring screen file is provided, it is possible to cope with one file of the monitoring screen file with definition in order to acquire data for monitoring, and monitoring is performed more efficiently. be able to.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a configuration of a monitoring screen generating apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. In the figure, the same parts as those in the above embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. In the figure, the monitoring screen generating apparatus 1 is provided with consistency checking means 11 for determining the consistency between the definition information file 6 and the definition table 7.

  The monitoring screen generating apparatus of the fourth embodiment configured as described above creates the definition information file 6 by the definition information setting means 4 through the same steps as those of the above-described embodiments. The consistency check unit 11 checks the consistency between the definition information file 6 and the definition table 7. For example, if there is an item number that does not exist in the definition table 7 in the definition information file 6, it is determined that there is no consistency. In that case, it is conceivable to correct the definition information file 6 by deleting a part corresponding to the item number of the definition information file 6. Thereafter, similarly to each of the above embodiments, the monitoring unit 109 monitors the monitored unit 101.

  According to the monitoring screen generating apparatus of the fourth embodiment configured as described above, the same effects as those of the above-described embodiments are obtained, and the consistency between the definition information file and the definition table is checked. Therefore, a definition information file having reliability can be created.

Embodiment 5 FIG.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing the configuration of the monitoring screen generation apparatus according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. In the figure, the same parts as those in the above embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. In the figure, the monitoring screen generation device 1 is provided with definition information input means 12 that reads from a definition information file 6, here a monitoring screen file with definition 10. Then, the definition information setting unit 4 resets the definition information for each symbol in the input definition information file 6 to regenerate the definition information file 6.

  The monitoring screen generating apparatus of the fifth embodiment configured as described above outputs the monitoring screen file with definition 10 through the same processes as those of the above-described embodiments. Then, the monitoring terminal 109 uses the monitoring image file with definition 10 to monitor the monitored unit 101 using the monitoring terminal 109 as in the above embodiments. However, if there is any inconvenience in this monitoring, the definition information input means 12 reads the definition information file 6 of the definition-added monitoring image file 10. Then, again, the definition information setting unit 4 resets the definition information in each symbol of the read definition information file 6 to regenerate the definition information file 6. Thereafter, similarly to each of the above embodiments, the monitoring unit 109 monitors the monitored unit 101. The processing by the consistency check unit 11 can be performed without resetting by the definition information setting unit 4.

  According to the monitoring screen generating apparatus of the fifth embodiment configured as described above, it is possible to read the definition information file and perform the setting again, as well as the same effects as the above-described embodiments. Therefore, it is possible to set a definition information file corresponding to inconvenience in monitoring of the monitored unit.

Embodiment 6 FIG.
FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a configuration of a monitoring screen generation device according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention, and FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen of the monitoring screen generation device shown in FIG. In the figure, the same parts as those in the above embodiments are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. In the figure, both the monitored portion 101 and the symbol are displayed on the display means 3 according to the monitoring screen file 5 and the monitoring screen file 5, and the symbol and the source in the monitoring screen file 5 corresponding to the symbol are selected. It is provided with a link means 13 for distinguishing and displaying what is present.

  The monitoring screen generation apparatus of the sixth embodiment configured as described above displays the monitoring screen file 5 read by the reading means 2 by the display means 3 through the same steps as those of the above-described embodiments. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, the display at this time is provided with the link means 13, so that the screen display of each symbol of the monitoring screen file 5 (FIG. 14A) and the source file of each symbol (FIG. 14). (B)) is displayed as a link (portion shown in gray on the drawing). Next, the definition information file 6 is generated by setting definition information for setting which part of the monitored unit 101 each symbol corresponds from the definition table 7. At this time, since the link is displayed, the setting can be performed with high accuracy. Thereafter, similarly to each of the above embodiments, the monitoring unit 109 monitors the monitored unit 101.

  According to the monitoring screen generating apparatus of the sixth embodiment configured as described above, the screen display of each symbol and the source file can be obtained by the linking means as well as the same effects as the above-described embodiments. Is displayed as a link, making it easier to set up the definition information file.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the monitoring screen production | generation apparatus of Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the relationship with the general purpose file editor which produces the monitoring screen file of the monitoring screen generation apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the monitoring screen production | generation apparatus shown in FIG. 1, a to-be-monitored part, and a network. It is the figure which showed the structure of the monitoring screen template file of the monitoring screen generation apparatus shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed the symbol table set to the monitoring screen template shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed the structure of the monitoring screen file of the monitoring screen production | generation apparatus shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed the structure of the definition table of the monitoring screen production | generation apparatus shown in FIG. It is the figure which showed the structure of the definition information file of the monitoring screen production | generation apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the structure of the monitoring screen production | generation apparatus of Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the monitoring screen production | generation apparatus of Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the monitoring screen production | generation apparatus of Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the monitoring screen production | generation apparatus of Embodiment 5 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the monitoring screen production | generation apparatus of Embodiment 6 of this invention. It is the figure which showed the example of the display screen of the monitoring screen production | generation apparatus shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

1 monitoring screen generation device, 2 reading means, 3 display means, 4 definition information setting means,
5 monitoring screen file, 6 definition information file, 7 definition table,
9 definition information output means, 10 monitoring screen file with definition, 11 consistency check means,
12 definition information input means, 13 link means.

Claims (5)

Reading means for reading a monitoring screen file which is a source file having data for laying out a monitored portion and displaying the screen and data of a symbol indicating the state of the monitored portion;
The monitoring screen file read by the reading means, the monitored portion displayed according to the monitoring screen file, and the symbol, or both of them are displayed on the screen, and data expressing the state of the monitored portion Display means for displaying on the screen a definition table for defining
All the symbols defined in the monitoring screen file and the data representing the state of the monitoring unit associated with the symbol by the user's operation that there is no data associated with the symbol are displayed in a list on the screen, A monitoring screen generating apparatus comprising definition information setting means for generating a definition information file, which is a source file representing the displayed contents. 2. The monitoring screen generation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising definition information output means for adding the definition information file to the monitoring screen file and outputting the definition information file as a monitoring screen file with definition. The monitoring screen generation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising consistency check means for determining consistency between the definition information file and the definition table. The monitoring screen generation apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising definition information input means for reading the definition information file. The display means displays both the monitored part and the symbol according to the monitoring screen file and the monitoring screen file, and selects the symbol and the source in the monitoring screen file corresponding to the symbol. The monitoring screen generating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a link unit that distinguishes and displays what is being displayed.

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