JPH09101909A - Parallel maintenance work guidance system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simplify parallel maintenance work, to prevent work error and to secure the safety of a worker by suitably guiding a work procedure to a maintenance person in parallel maintenance work. SOLUTION: Concerning a parallel maintenance system, this system is provided with an operation storage part 2 for storing series of operations for fault recovery, display part 3 for displaying these operations and control part 1, which has a mouse 4 for operating the guidance function of fault recovery, for displaying the operations stored in the storage part 2 on the display part 3 according to the order decided in advance and executing the operation displayed on the display part 3 based on the input information from the mouse.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parallel maintenance system in which, when a failure occurs in an information processing system, processing is continued except for the failure occurrence part, and only the failure occurrence part is separated from the system to perform work such as parts replacement. The present invention relates to a guidance system that simplifies work, prevents work mistakes, and ensures worker safety by appropriately guiding work procedures to maintenance personnel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a failure occurs in an information processing system, processing is continued except for the failure occurrence part, and only the failure occurrence part is separated from the system. When maintenance personnel identify the faulty part and need to replace the part, refer to the parallel maintenance operation manual to disconnect / connect the faulty part, turn off the power of the faulty part, replace the part, turn on the power of the faulty part, The reconnection was being led by maintenance personnel. Therefore, a certain amount of experience and knowledge is required to perform the work in the parallel maintenance method.

[0003]

The work in the above-mentioned parallel maintenance system is composed of an extremely large number of work procedures, and each work procedure is complicated and difficult, and a certain amount of experience and knowledge is required to carry out the work smoothly. Become. This increases the load on maintenance personnel and hinders efficient work. In addition, it is difficult to secure the maintenance personnel as described above, and if the maintenance personnel are unfamiliar with the work, for example, the failure recovery cannot be performed or the power of the failure location is cut off by mistakenly identifying the failure location.
When the power is turned on, a work error may occur, which may destroy the device itself, which may result in a great deal of inconvenience to the customer.

Further, it becomes difficult to ensure the safety of the maintenance personnel themselves.

The present invention improves the above-mentioned drawbacks and simplifies maintenance work, so that work can be carried out without requiring experience and knowledge, work mistakes are prevented, and worker safety is ensured. The purpose is to provide a guidance system that can.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is an operation storage section for storing a series of operations for recovering from a failure, a display section for displaying the operation, and a failure recovery. Having a mouse for operating the guidance function of, the operation stored in the storage unit is displayed on the display unit according to a predetermined order, and the operation displayed on the display unit based on the input information from the mouse. Is provided with a control unit for executing.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the parallel maintenance work guidance system according to the first aspect, an LED lamp is provided for each processing device, and the power of the processing device in which a failure occurs is shut off, and at the same time, the LED lamp is turned on. It has a section.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the parallel maintenance work guidance system according to the first aspect, the parallel maintenance work guidance system has a signal line for identifying whether or not all the processing devices are mounted, and sends specific information to this signal line. It is provided with a control unit that determines the mounting status of the processing device based on whether or not information is sent back, and if it is not mounted, the control unit that does not turn on the power of the failure occurrence site.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the parallel maintenance work guidance system according to the first aspect, the next operation is performed only when each operation executed in the predetermined order from the operation storage unit is normally performed. A control unit that causes the display unit to output and prohibits switching to the next operation when the operation is not normally performed, and causes the display unit to display that the operation is not normally performed. It is a thing.

According to another aspect of the present invention, an operation storage section for storing a series of operations for recovering from a failure, a display section for displaying the operation, and a mouse for operating a failure recovery guidance function are provided. The operation stored in the storage unit is displayed on the display unit in a predetermined order, and the control unit executes the operation displayed on the display unit based on the input information from the mouse.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the parallel maintenance work guidance system of the first aspect, an LED lamp is provided for each processing device, and the power is cut off at the processing device in which a failure has occurred. Turn on the light.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the parallel maintenance work guidance system according to the first aspect, the parallel maintenance work guidance system has a signal line for identifying whether or not all the processing devices are mounted, and sends specific information to this signal line. A control unit that determines the mounting status of the processing device based on whether or not information is sent back is provided. If the processing unit is not mounted, the control unit does not turn on the power of the failure occurrence site.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the parallel maintenance work guidance system according to the first aspect, the next operation is performed only when each operation executed in a predetermined order from the operation storage unit is normally performed. When the operation is not normally performed, the control unit prohibits switching to the next operation and causes the display unit to display that the operation is not normally performed.

[0014]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a parallel maintenance guidance system according to the present invention.

The parallel maintenance guidance system includes a control unit 1,
It is composed of an operation storage unit 2, a display unit 3, and a mouse 4.

The operation storage unit 2 includes a guidance activation operation,
A series of operations for failure recovery of the processing device disconnection operation, the processing device power supply disconnection operation, the processing device power-on operation, and the processing device reconnection operation are stored.

When a failure occurs in the processing device 2 in the information processing system 100 composed of a plurality of processing devices, the failure information is sent to the control unit 1 in the parallel maintenance work guidance system via the route 300. The control unit 1, which has received the report of the failure occurrence from the processing device 2, sequentially reads the guidance starting operation, the processing device disconnection operation, the processing device power disconnection operation, the processing device power-on operation, and the processing device reconnection operation from the operation storage unit 2. It is displayed on the stock display unit 4. According to the operation screen displayed on the display unit 3, the mouse 4
Each operation is sequentially executed by the control unit 1 according to the input information from.

Next, embodiments of the guidance starting operation, the processor disconnecting operation, the processor power disconnecting operation, the processor power-on operation, and the processor reconnecting operation in the parallel maintenance guidance system will be described.

FIG. 2 shows a flow chart in the guidance starting operation.

The control unit 1 reads out the guidance starting operation from the operation storage unit 2 in step S10, and in step S11.
The guidance activation operation screen is displayed on the display unit 3. At this time, the operation screen 200 shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the display unit 3. In response to the guidance instruction on the operation screen 200, the user clicks Start or Quit with the mouse 4 in step S12 of FIG. When Quit is clicked in step S12, the control unit 1 ends the guidance system in step S13. When Start is clicked in step S12, the control unit 1 proceeds to the processing device disconnection operation of step S14.

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of the operation for disconnecting the processing device.

The control unit 1 reads out the processing device disconnection operation from the operation storage unit 2 in step S15, and in step S16.
The processing device disconnection operation screen is displayed on the display unit 3. At this time, the operation screen 201 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the display unit 3. When OK is clicked by the mouse 4 in step S17 of FIG. 3 in response to the guidance instruction on the operation screen 201, the control unit 1 executes step S1.
At 8, the processing device is disconnected. As shown in FIG. 6, the disconnection of the processing device is performed by the control unit 1 rewriting the connection information 101 for the processing device 2 in the information processing system 100 from 1 to 0 through the path 301. The rewritten connection information 101 is sent to the control unit 1 via the route 302,
In step S19 of FIG. 4, it is determined whether the connection information is zero. When the connection information is not 0 in step S19, the control unit 1 displays the execution result and the next procedure on the display unit 3 in step S20. At this time, the operation screen 202 shown in FIG. 7 is displayed on the display unit 3. In response to the guidance instruction on this operation screen 202,
When OK is clicked with the mouse 4 in step S21 of FIG. 4, the control unit 1 interrupts the guidance system in step S22, and the maintenance staff checks the connection information. When the connection information is 0 in step S19, the control unit 1 displays the execution result and the next procedure on the display unit 3 in step S23. At this time, the operation screen 203 shown in FIG. 8 is displayed on the display unit 3.
When OK is clicked by the mouse 4 in step S21 of FIG. 4 in response to the guidance instruction on the operation screen 203, the control unit 1 proceeds to step S24 of powering off the processing device.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart of the power-off operation of the processing device.

The control unit 1 reads out the power-off operation of the processing device from the operation storage unit 2 in step S25, and in step S25.
At 26, the power-off operation screen of the processing device is displayed on the display unit 3. At this time, the operation screen 204 shown in FIG. 10 is displayed on the display unit 3. This operation screen 204
When the OK is clicked from the mouse 4 in step S27 of FIG. 9 in response to the guidance instruction of No. 3, the control unit 1 executes power-off of the processing device in step S28. As shown in FIG. 11, the power to the processing device is cut off by connecting the connection switch 102 from the power supply unit to the processing device 2 in the information processing system 100 to the LED by the control unit 1 through the path 303.
It is done by switching to 2 lamps. As a result, the power supply of the failure processing device is cut off, and the LED2 lamp indicating the failure processing device is turned on. The LED lamp is provided for each processing unit. The state of the connection switch after the switching is sent to the control unit 1 via the path 304, and it is determined in step S29 in FIG. 9 whether the power is cut off.
If the power is not cut off in step S29,
The control unit 1 displays the execution result and the next procedure on the display unit 3 in step S30. At this time, the display unit 3
The operation screen 205 shown in FIG. 12 is displayed on. When OK is clicked from the mouse 4 in step S31 of FIG. 9 in response to the guidance instruction on the operation screen 205, the control unit 1 interrupts the guidance system in step S32, and the maintenance staff checks the connection switch. Be seen.
When the power is cut off in step S29, the control unit 1 displays the execution result and the next procedure on the display unit 3 in step S33. At this time, the operation screen 206 shown in FIG. 13 is displayed on the display unit 3. In response to the guidance instruction on the operation screen 206, the maintenance staff uses the LED
When the processing device 2 with the lamp turned on is replaced and the OK button is clicked on by the mouse 4 in step S34 of FIG. 9, the control unit 1 proceeds to power-on operation of the processing device in step S35.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the power-on operation of the processing apparatus.

First, in step S36, the control unit 1 checks whether or not all the processing devices are installed, and the installation status. As shown in FIG. 15, the installation status is checked by arranging identification signal line paths 305 to 308 for each processing device in the information processing system 100, and the control unit 1 is attached to this identification signal line.
From the respective processing devices, it is determined that the information is installed, and if the information is not returned, it is determined that the information is not installed.

When it is determined in step S36 in FIG. 14 that all the processing devices are not installed, the control unit 1 displays the following procedure on the display unit 3 in step S37. At this time, the operation screen 207 shown in FIG. 16 is displayed on the display unit 3. In response to the guidance instruction on the operation screen 207, when the maintenance staff checks the mounting status and then clicks OK with the mouse 4 in step S38 of FIG. 14, the control unit 1 re-executes the mounting check of the processing device in step S36. To do. When it is determined in step S36 that all the processing devices are installed, the control unit 1 reads the power-on operation of the processing device from the operation storage unit 2 in step S39, and powers on the processing device in step S40. The operation screen is displayed on the display unit 3. At this time, the operation screen 208 shown in FIG. 17 is displayed on the display unit 3. When OK is clicked with the mouse 4 in step S41 of FIG. 14 in response to the guidance instruction on the operation screen 208, the control unit 1 executes power-on of the processing device in step S42. As shown in FIG. 18, the power-on execution of the processing device in step S42 is such that the control unit 1 controls the connection switch 102 from the power supply unit to the processing device 2 in the information processing system 100 from the LED lamp to the processing device via the route 303. This is done by switching to the other side. As a result, the power of the processing device is turned on, and the lighting of the LED lamp indicating the fault processing device is turned off. The state of the connection switch after the switching is sent to the control unit 1 through the path 304, and it is determined in step S43 of FIG. 14 whether the power is turned on. When the power is not turned on in step S43, the control unit 1 displays the execution result and the next procedure on the display unit 3 in step S44. At this time, the operation screen 20 shown in FIG.
9 is displayed. In response to the guidance instruction on the operation screen 209, the mouse 4 is pressed in step S45 of FIG.
If K is clicked, the control unit 1 interrupts the guidance system in step S46, and the maintenance staff checks the connection switch. When the power is turned on in step S43, the control unit 1 displays the execution result and the next procedure on the display unit 3 in step S47. At this time, the operation screen 21 shown in FIG.
0 is displayed. In response to the guidance instruction on the operation screen 210, the mouse 4 is pressed in step S45 of FIG.
When K is clicked, the control unit 1 shifts to the reconnection operation of the processing device in step S48.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart of the processing device reconnection operation.

The control unit 1 reads out the processing device reconnection operation from the operation storage unit 2 in step S49, and in step S50.
The processing device reconnection operation screen is displayed on the display unit 3. At this time, the operation screen 211 shown in FIG. 22 is displayed on the display unit 3. When OK is clicked with the mouse 4 in step S51 of FIG. 21 in response to the guidance instruction on the operation screen 211, the control unit 1 executes reconnection of the processing device in step S52. As shown in FIG. 23, the reconnection of the processing device is performed by the control unit 1 through the route 3 for the connection information 101 for the processing device 2 in the information processing system 100.
This is done by rewriting 0 to 1 at 02. The connection information after rewriting is sent to the control unit 1 via the route 303, and
In step S53 of 1, it is determined whether the connection information is 1. If the connection information is not 1 in step S53, the control unit 1 displays the execution result and the next procedure on the display unit 3 in step S54. At this time, the operation screen 212 shown in FIG.
Is displayed. In response to the guidance instruction on the operation screen 212, the mouse 4 is OK in step S55 of FIG.
When the button is clicked, the control unit 1 interrupts the guidance system in step S56, and the maintenance staff checks the connection information. When the connection information is 1 in step S53, the control unit 1 displays the execution result and the next procedure on the display unit 3 in step S57. At this time, the operation screen 213 shown in FIG.
Is displayed. When OK is clicked in step S55 in response to the guidance instruction on the operation screen 213, the control unit 1 terminates the guidance system in step S58. This completes a series of operations of the guidance system.

[0031]

As described above, in an information processing system including a plurality of processing devices, when a failure occurs in a certain processing device, processing is continued except for the failure processing device, and only the failure processing device is informed. In a parallel maintenance system for performing failure recovery such as replacement of parts of a processing device by separating from the processing system, an operation storage section for storing a series of operations for failure recovery, and a display section for displaying the operation,
Having a mouse for activating the guidance function for failure recovery, the operations stored in the storage unit are displayed on the display unit according to a predetermined order, and displayed on the display unit based on the input information from the mouse. By having a control unit that executes the above operation, parallel maintenance work can be advanced by just clicking with the mouse,
It is possible to reduce the load on maintenance personnel who perform work, prevent work mistakes, prevent equipment damage, waste work time, and perform highly productive parallel maintenance work.

Further, each processing device has an LED lamp, and at the same time when the power of the processing device in which a failure has occurred is cut off,
By providing a control unit for lighting the lamp, the LED
By making it clear to the maintenance staff that the power has been cut off by turning on the lamp and the processing equipment to be replaced, the safety of the maintenance staff can be ensured and work errors can be prevented. .

Further, it has a signal line for identifying whether or not all the processing devices are mounted, sends out specific information to this signal line, and determines the mounting status of the processing device depending on whether or not the information is sent back. It is possible to prevent the device from being damaged by providing a control unit that makes a determination and, if the device is not installed, does not turn on the power of the failure occurrence site.

Further, only when each operation in the parallel maintenance work is normally performed, the next operation is output to the display section, and when the operation execution is not normally performed, the switching to the next operation is prohibited. By providing the display unit with the control unit for displaying that the operation has not been normally performed, the safety of the maintenance personnel can be ensured and the device can be prevented from being damaged.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a concurrent maintenance work guidance system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an operation flow of a guidance activation operation in the parallel maintenance work guidance system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an operation screen in a guidance activation operation.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an operation flow of a processing device disconnection operation in the parallel maintenance work guidance system.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a disconnection operation screen in a processing device disconnection operation.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a separating operation in a processing device separating operation.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an operation screen at the time of disconnection failure in the processing device disconnection operation.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an operation screen at the time of successful disconnection in the processing device disconnection operation.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an operation flow of a processor power-off operation in the parallel maintenance work guidance system.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a power cutoff operation screen in a processing device power cutoff operation.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a power cutoff operation in a processing device power cutoff operation.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an operation screen at the time of power-off failure in the processing apparatus power-off operation.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an operation screen at the time of successful power-off in the processing device power-off operation.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an operation flow of a processing device power-on operation in the parallel maintenance work guidance system.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a processing device mounting check operation in the processing device power-on operation.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an operation screen when not all processing devices are mounted in the processing device power-on operation.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing an operation screen when all the processing devices are mounted in the processing device power-on operation.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a power-on operation in a processing device power-on operation.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an operation screen at the time of power-on failure in the power-on operation of the processing device.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an operation screen at the time of successful power-on in the processing device power-on operation.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an operation flow of a processing device reconnection operation in the parallel maintenance work guidance system.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a reconnection operation screen in a processing device reconnection operation.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a reconnection operation in a processing device reconnection operation.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an operation screen at the time of reconnection failure in the processing device reconnection operation.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing an operation screen at the time of successful reconnection in the processing device reconnection operation.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Control unit, 2 ... Operation storage unit, 3 ... Display unit, 4 ... Mouse.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. In an information processing system including a plurality of processing devices, when a failure occurs in a certain processing device, processing is continued except for the failure processing device, and only the failure processing device is separated from the information processing system. In a parallel maintenance system that performs fault recovery such as component replacement of a processing device, an operation storage unit that stores a series of operations for fault recovery, a display unit that displays the operation, and a guidance function for fault recovery to operate A control unit for holding the mouse, displaying the operations stored in the storage unit on the display unit according to a predetermined order, and executing the operation displayed on the display unit based on the input information from the mouse. A parallel maintenance work guidance system characterized by 2. The work guidance system for parallel maintenance according to claim 1, wherein each processing device has an LED lamp to shut off the power supply of the processing device in which a failure has occurred, and
A parallel maintenance work guidance system including a control unit for lighting an LED lamp. 3. The work guidance system for parallel maintenance according to claim 1, further comprising a signal line for identifying whether or not all the processing devices are mounted, sending specific information to this signal line, and sending back the information. Whether the processing device is installed is determined by whether or not it is installed, and if it is not installed,
A parallel maintenance work guidance system including a control unit for preventing power-on of a failure occurrence site. 4. The guidance system according to claim 1, wherein the next operation is output to the display unit only when each operation executed in a predetermined order from the operation storage unit is normally performed, When the operation execution is not normally performed, switching to the next operation is prohibited, and the display unit includes a control unit for displaying that the operation execution is not normally performed. Maintenance work guidance system.