JPH0583253A - Network monitor system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To use the system not only for the display but also for the generation of a network monitor diagram, its correction and editing of a monitor diagram control procedure by using an editer at a terminal equipment so as to realize the network monitor diagram. CONSTITUTION:A network monitor editer 7 of a terminal section 6 applies pattern control to an event from a system center of a main body section 5 and displays the result onto a display device 8. A mouse 11 and a key board 12 are used to generate a network monitor diagram based on monitor diagram data 13 from an edit function 9 and an event processing procedure 14 defines the procedure executed by the entry from the user. A diagram generation tool 15 of the monitor diagram data 13 is used to generate foreground data and an image data generating tool 16 is used to generate background data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a network monitoring system for monitoring a network in which electronic devices such as computers, electronic exchanges, and transmission devices are used as a plurality of nodes. The present invention relates to a network monitoring method with a graphic user interface construction editor for performing a process.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional network management system, network monitoring is performed by retrieving stored messages of each station. Recently, in order to improve the work efficiency of maintenance personnel, a graphic user interface called a network monitoring diagram that can visually grasp the state of the network has come to be used.

[0003]

In the conventional network management system described above, the components of the network on the network monitoring diagram are usually created when the system is created. The network monitoring diagram is only for the network to be managed, and the setting was described in the display attribute program of the network element or in the data file, and it was displayed on the diagram based on it. It took a very long time to set the size of data and coordinates. In addition, even if there is a change due to an addition or the like, it is basically impossible for the user to change the display data on the network monitoring diagram.

The object of the present invention is to realize not only the display but also the creation and modification of the network monitoring diagram and the editing of the monitoring diagram control procedure by realizing the network monitoring diagram by using the editor in the terminal. The purpose is to provide such a network monitoring method.

[0005]

According to the network monitoring method of the present invention, in a network monitoring method for monitoring a network in which electronic devices such as a computer, an electronic exchange, and a transmission device are used as a plurality of nodes, data is transmitted from the plurality of nodes. Collects and stores messages that represent changes in the operating status of each incoming node, and displays the network status represented by the messages on a screen that is stepwise detailed from the entire network to allow the user to take appropriate action. A terminal unit is provided, and this terminal unit displays the image attributes such as the display attributes such as the name, shape, color, size, and position of the constituent elements of the network displayed on the network monitoring diagram and the change of the display state of the element corresponding to the message. An editing function that edits the geographical background data based on, a class that defines the characteristics of display elements, and an instance that defines each display element. Includes an editing function for editing a foreground data according to the definition of the layer, the network monitoring editor with the editing function of the event processing procedure for controlling the display elements.

[0006]

Now, the function that the network monitoring editor should have will be described. The network monitoring editor has three modes: a monitoring diagram editing mode, an event processing procedure editing mode, and a monitoring mode.

First, the monitor diagram edit mode is a tool for constructing a monitor diagram interactively with the creator by using a graphic display device, a mouse, a keyboard, and the like. Conventionally, the creation of the monitoring diagram is executed by executing the drawing program many times,
Although it was a time-consuming task of determining the shape of the display figure, in the monitoring diagram editing mode according to the present invention,
Editing efficiency is good because you can proceed to edit the monitoring diagram while accessing the display target with the mouse.

The editing method in the monitor diagram editing mode will be described below. The objects to be edited by the network monitoring editor are roughly divided into background data and foreground data.

The background data is a picture as a background of the network monitoring map such as topographical information, and the display does not change due to the event reception. The background data is created as a graphic on the editor based on an image such as a map read in the editor using an image scanner. (Here, an event is an action that notifies the network monitoring editor when the main body that collects network data detects a certain state of the network.) On the other hand, foreground data is the event reception. It is data that changes dynamically according to the network monitoring diagram.In the network monitoring diagram, the nodes that represent electronic devices in the shape of icons, the arcs that represent the logical relationships between the nodes in lines, and the geographic areas covered by the electronic devices. It consists of regions that represent the target area. Editing (definition) of foreground data is done in two layers: class and instance. The class defines the characteristics of the constituent elements such as the shape of the node and the style of the arc, and one class corresponds to the same kind of network constituent element. On the other hand, an instance is a substance of a node, an arc, or a region, and has a display position, size, etc. of a figure as a value. An instance inherits the properties of the class to which it belongs. A new class can be defined by combining base classes and inheriting the graphical operations of the base class on which it is based.
Instances belonging to a class can perform the graphical operations defined in the class.

Next, the event processing procedure edit mode is a portion for defining a procedure to be executed by the terminal when the terminal receives an event. The definition of the procedure includes the operation of the monitoring diagram. The operation of the monitoring diagram is achieved by, for example, when a message indicating an abnormality of the device is received from an electronic device, a graphical operation visually indicating the abnormality is performed on the node instance corresponding to the device.

In the past, the action for an event was determined by a program, and in many systems it was impossible to change the behavior of the program after the system was constructed, but with the event processing procedure edit mode according to the present invention, Since the user can change the event processing procedure, it is possible to easily cope with the change of the monitoring chart and the display method. In order to realize this function, an interpretive environment for interpreting and executing the event processing procedure may be prepared.

Next, the monitoring mode is a mode in which the terminal has an event reception and the event processing procedure is activated by the reception, and the monitoring diagram is displayed in the editor. That is, the monitoring diagram and the event processing procedure created in the edit mode can be immediately used in the monitoring mode.

As described above, according to the present invention, by implementing the network monitoring diagram by using the editor, the mouse and keyboard can be used in addition to the conventional network monitoring function.
You can create and change the network monitoring diagram more flexibly.

[0014]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a network management system showing an embodiment of a network monitoring system of the present invention.

The network management system with a graphic user interface construction editor of this embodiment is a system for monitoring and controlling the state of the electronic control unit network 1.
The main body 5 receives the message 3 indicating the state change of the device generated by each electronic control unit 2 constituting the electronic control unit network 1 irregularly, accumulates it in the secondary memory 4, and analyzes the message to determine the network state. To monitor. The terminal unit 6 notifies the user of the network state represented by the message and causes the user to take a corresponding action.

The terminal unit 6 has a network monitoring editor 7
There is a display function 9 and an edit function 10 for receiving an event from the system core of the main body 5 and controlling the screen to display it on the display 8. Edit function 10 is mouse 11
And a monitoring chart data 13 for creating a network monitoring chart using the keyboard 12 and an event processing procedure 14 for defining a procedure executed by an input from a user. The monitoring diagram data 13 is a figure creation tool 15 used for creating the foreground data, and an image data creation tool 1 used for creating the background data.
6 and the latter is connected to the image scanner 17. The event processing procedure 14 has a script interpreter 18 as an environment for executing and interpreting it. In the system of this embodiment configured as described above, the user uses the mouse 11 and the keyboard 12 while watching the display 8 to monitor and edit the network.

As described above, according to the present invention, a network monitoring diagram capable of visually grasping the state of the network is realized by using an editor.
This has the effect that a more flexible monitoring system can be efficiently created.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a network management system showing an embodiment of a network monitoring system of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Electronic Control Device Network 2 Electronic Control Device 3 Message 4 Secondary Storage 5 Main Body 6 Terminal 7 Network Monitoring Editor 8 Display 9 Display Function 10 Editing Function 11 Mouse 12 Keyboard 13 Monitoring Diagram Data 14 Event Processing Procedure 15 Graphic Forming Tool 16 Image data creation tool 17 Image scanner 18 Script interpreter

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a network monitoring system for monitoring a network having electronic devices such as a computer, an electronic exchange, and a transmission device as a plurality of nodes, a message indicating a change in the operating state of each node transmitted from the plurality of nodes. Is provided with a terminal unit for collecting and accumulating information, displaying the network state represented by the message on a screen that is stepwise detailed from the entire network, and performing a corresponding action for the user. Name and shape of the components of the network displayed above,
A class that regulates the display attributes such as color, size, position, etc. and the change in the display state of the element corresponding to the message, which edits the geographical background data based on the image data, and the nature of the display element. , A network monitoring editor having an editing function for editing foreground data by defining two layers of instances that define individual display elements and an event processing procedure editing function for controlling display elements Monitoring method.