WO2016141700A1

WO2016141700A1 - Method and device for realizing parameter configuration

Info

Publication number: WO2016141700A1
Application number: PCT/CN2015/089647
Authority: WO
Inventors: 孙先江
Original assignee: 中兴通讯股份有限公司
Priority date: 2015-03-06
Filing date: 2015-09-15
Publication date: 2016-09-15
Also published as: CN105991341A

Abstract

Disclosed are a method and device for realizing parameter configuration. The method for realizing parameter configuration comprises: presetting a batch configuration policy for configuring one or more parameters, wherein the parameter configuration strategy comprises one or more configuration conditions, one or more parameter identifications and parameter values corresponding to the configuration conditions, and one or more controlled device identifications corresponding to the configuration conditions, wherein the configuration conditions are classified into a time condition and an event condition; and carrying out batch parameter configuration according to the batch configuration policy when determining that configuration is needed.

Description

Method and device for realizing parameter configuration

Technical field

This document relates to, but is not limited to, network management technology, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for implementing parameter configuration.

Background technique

With the continuous expansion of communication networks such as cable television networks, the effective management of various devices in communication networks has attracted more and more attention. Taking a cable television network as an example, a large number of controlled devices such as set top boxes in a cable television network are usually managed by a management device running a network management system. In managed device management, configuring a controlled device, such as configuring various parameters in a controlled device, is an important function that is often used.

Taking the cable television network as an example, when the external command indicating the configuration of the controlled device is received, the management device configures the specified parameter in the controlled device specified by the received external command to a specified value. It should be noted that usually the controlled device and parameters are respectively specified by the controlled device identification and the parameter identification. The management device obtains an external command through an existing human-computer interaction mode, such as through a graphical user interface; the management device controls the controlled device to complete the configuration by sending a command message. It is not difficult to see that the existing method for implementing parameter configuration, such as the existing parameter configuration method in the set top box, can only configure a single parameter in a single controlled device at a time, which increases the time and complexity of managing a large number of controlled devices. Reduced the user experience of managing devices.

Summary of the invention

The following is a summary of the subject matter described in detail herein, and is not intended to limit the scope of the claims.

The embodiment of the invention provides a method and a device for implementing parameter configuration, which can reduce the complexity of managing a large number of controlled devices and improve the efficiency of managing a large number of controlled devices.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a method for implementing parameter configuration, including:

Pre-setting a batch configuration policy for configuring one or more parameters; wherein the parameters The number configuration policy includes: one or more configuration conditions, one or more parameter identifiers and parameter values corresponding to the configuration conditions, and one or more controlled device identifiers corresponding to the configuration conditions, wherein the configuration conditions are classified as Time conditions and event conditions;

When the configuration needs to be configured, batch parameter configuration is performed according to the batch configuration policy.

The determining that the configuration needs to be performed includes: determining that the configuration condition in the batch configuration policy takes effect.

The performing the batch parameter configuration includes: determining each controlled device corresponding to the effective configuration condition, determining each parameter corresponding to the effective configuration condition, and configuring each parameter of each controlled device as A parameter value corresponding to each of the parameters.

Optionally, after the performing the batch parameter configuration, the method further includes: recording a configuration result of each controlled device corresponding to the effective configuration condition.

Optionally, when the configuration condition that is valid is the event condition, and the configuration result of the controlled device corresponding to the effective configuration condition is that the number of configuration failures is greater than a preset number of times threshold, The method also includes:

The detected configuration conditions, corresponding controlled devices, and corresponding parameter identifiers and parameter values are deleted from the batch configuration policy.

Optionally, after the deleting, the method further includes: recording and prompting to delete the information; wherein the deleting information includes the content deleted from the batch configuration policy.

An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus for implementing parameter configuration, including a policy setting unit and a batch configuration unit, where

a policy setting unit configured to store a preset batch configuration policy for configuring one or more parameters;

The batch configuration unit is configured to perform batch parameter configuration according to the batch configuration policy when determining that the configuration needs to be performed; wherein the parameter configuration policy includes: one or more configuration conditions, one or more corresponding to the configuration condition The parameter identification and parameter values, and one or more controlled device identifications corresponding to the configuration conditions, wherein the configuration conditions are classified into time conditions and event conditions.

The batch configuration unit is further configured to: determine a match in the batch configuration policy. When the condition is valid, each controlled device corresponding to the effective configuration condition is determined, each parameter corresponding to the effective configuration condition is determined, and each parameter of each controlled device is configured to be The parameter value corresponding to each parameter.

The batch configuration unit is further configured to: record a configuration result of each controlled device corresponding to the effective configuration condition.

Optionally, the batch configuration unit is further configured to: when the configuration condition that is valid is the event condition, and the configuration result of the controlled device corresponding to the valid configuration condition is continuously configured as the number of configuration failures is greater than When the preset threshold is set, the detected configuration conditions, the corresponding controlled device, and the corresponding parameter identifier and parameter values are deleted from the batch configuration policy.

Optionally, the batch configuration unit is further configured to: record and prompt to delete information; wherein the deletion information includes the content deleted from the batch configuration policy.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer readable storage medium, which stores program instructions, and when the program instructions are executed by the processor, implements a method for implementing parameter configuration provided by an embodiment of the present invention.

Compared with the prior art, the technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention includes: pre-setting a batch configuration policy for configuring one or more parameters, where the parameter configuration policy includes: one or more configuration conditions, and configuration conditions Corresponding one or more parameter identifiers and parameter values, and one or more controlled device identifiers corresponding to the configuration conditions, wherein the configuration conditions are classified into time conditions and event conditions; when it is determined that configuration is required, according to the batch Configure a policy to configure batch parameters. Through the technical solution of the present invention, on the one hand, batch configuration of one or more parameters in one or more controlled devices is implemented, thereby reducing the complexity of managing a large number of controlled devices and improving the management of a large number of controlled devices. Efficiency improves the user experience of the management device; on the other hand, the configuration conditions in the parameter configuration policy are classified into time conditions and event conditions, and can support classification management such as classification display, thereby improving the manageability of the configuration policy.

Other aspects will be apparent upon reading and understanding the drawings and detailed description.

BRIEF abstract

The drawings are used to provide a further understanding of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, and constitute a description. A part of the book is used together with the embodiment of the present application to explain the technical solution of the present invention, and does not constitute a limitation of the technical solution of the present invention.

1 is a flowchart of a method for implementing parameter configuration according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for implementing parameter configuration according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

Preferred embodiment of the invention

The embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the features in the embodiments and the embodiments in the present application may be arbitrarily combined with each other.

The steps illustrated in the flowchart of the figures may be executed in a computer system such as a set of computer executable instructions. Also, although logical sequences are shown in the flowcharts, in some cases the steps shown or described may be performed in a different order than the ones described herein.

Embodiment 1

A method for implementing parameter configuration, the flow of which is shown in Figure 1, including:

Step 101: Pre-set a batch configuration policy for configuring one or more parameters.

The parameter configuration policy includes: one or more configuration conditions, one or more parameter identifiers and parameter values corresponding to the configuration conditions, and one or more controlled device identifiers corresponding to the configuration conditions. among them,

Configuration conditions are classified into time conditions and event conditions. The time condition may be configured every hour, or the time condition may also be configured daily, and the like. The event condition can be configured when the controlled device is powered on.

a parameter identifier for uniquely representing a parameter in the controlled device, for example, address information of the parameter in the controlled device;

The controlled device identifier is used to uniquely represent one of the controlled devices under the management of the management device.

Step 102: When it is determined that the configuration needs to be performed, the batch parameter configuration is performed according to the batch configuration policy.

In the embodiment of the present invention, it is determined in step 102 that the configuration needs to be configured to: determine that the configuration condition in the batch configuration policy takes effect. For example, when the configuration condition is configured every hour, the configuration condition takes effect every 1 hour. When the configuration condition is configured when the controlled device is powered on, the configuration condition takes effect when the detected device is detected to be powered on.

In an embodiment of the present invention, performing the batch parameter configuration in step 102 may include: determining one or more controlled devices corresponding to the valid configuration conditions, and determining one or more parameter identifiers and parameters corresponding to the effective configuration conditions. And determining, in the determined controlled device, the determined parameter as its corresponding parameter value. In this way, parameter batch configuration of one or more controlled devices corresponding to the valid configuration conditions is implemented.

Optionally, after the step 102, the method further includes: recording a configuration result of each controlled device corresponding to the effective configuration condition, such as: configuration success or configuration failure. In this way, the monitorability of the technical solution of the embodiment of the present invention is improved.

Optionally, when the configuration condition that is valid is an event condition, and the configuration result of the controlled device corresponding to the valid configuration condition is that the number of the configuration failures is greater than the preset number of times, the method of the embodiment of the present invention further includes : The detected configuration conditions, corresponding controlled devices, and corresponding parameter identifiers and parameter values are deleted from the batch configuration policy. Optionally, the deleting may further include: recording and prompting to delete the information; wherein the deleting information includes the content deleted in the batch configuration policy.

In this way, on the one hand, the configuration is still avoided after multiple consecutive failures, and the load of the management device is reduced; on the other hand, the deletion information intuitively records the information about the configuration failure, and improves the failure of finding multiple consecutive failure configurations. The reason for the work efficiency, thus improving the maintenance efficiency.

Embodiment 2

A method for implementing parameter configuration, including the steps in the first embodiment, wherein the batch configuration policy preset in step 101 is as follows:

Table 1 Batch Configuration Policy

In a preset batch configuration policy, the configuration condition included in each configuration policy may be one or more; the corresponding parameter identifier and parameter value may be one or more groups; the corresponding controlled device may be One or more. The setting according to actual configuration requirements is not limited to the contents exemplified in the practice of the present invention.

In step 102, when it is determined that the configuration needs to be performed, the batch parameter configuration is performed according to the batch configuration policy. According to the configuration policy in Table 1, it can be:

According to the configuration policy 1: the configuration takes effect every hour; the controlled device corresponding to the policy is: device 1 (device ID 1) and device 2 (device ID 2); determine the parameter identifier and parameter value corresponding to the policy. : Parameter ID 1: Parameter value 1; Parameter ID 2: Parameter value 2 and parameter ID 3: Reference Value 3; every hour, the parameters corresponding to parameter ID1, parameter ID2 and parameter ID3 on device 1 and device 2 are configured as: parameter value 1, parameter value 2 and parameter value 3;

Optionally, for a device that has successfully configured the corresponding parameter, when the subsequent configuration conditions take effect, the configuration task will not be repeated to avoid repeated writes.

According to configuration policy 2: The configuration takes effect every other day; the controlled devices corresponding to the policy are: device 3 (device ID 3), device 4 (device ID 4), device 5 (device ID 5), and device 6 (device) ID 6); determine the parameter identification and parameter values corresponding to the policy: parameter ID 4: parameter value 4; and parameter ID 5: parameter value 5; every other day, device 3, device 4, device 5, and device 6 The parameter corresponding to parameter ID4 and parameter ID 5 is configured as: parameter value 4 and parameter value 5;

According to configuration policy 3: The configuration takes effect when the device is powered on; the controlled device corresponding to the policy is: device 3 (device ID 3) and device 7 (device ID 7); determine the parameter identifier and parameter value corresponding to the policy: ID 4: parameter value 6 and parameter ID 6: parameter value 7; when device 3 and device 7 are powered on, the parameters corresponding to parameter ID4 and parameter ID 6 on device 3 and device 7 are respectively configured as: parameter value 6 and parameter Value 7;

According to configuration policy 4: The configuration takes effect when the first-time power-on registration occurs; the controlled devices corresponding to the policy are: device 3 (device ID 3) and device 7 (device ID 7); determine the parameter identifier and parameter value corresponding to the policy. : parameter ID 6: parameter value 8; when device 3 and device 7 are first turned on, the parameters corresponding to parameter ID 6 on device 3 and device 7 are respectively configured as: parameter value 8;

According to configuration policy 5: The configuration takes effect when the first-time power-on registration is performed; the controlled devices corresponding to the policy are: device 3 (device ID 3) and device 7 (device ID 7); determine the parameter identifier and parameter value corresponding to the policy. It is: parameter ID 7: parameter value 9; when device 3 and device 7 are not registered for the first time, the parameters corresponding to parameter ID 7 on device 3 and device 7 are respectively configured as: parameter value 9;

According to configuration policy 6: The configuration conditions include: the first time the power is turned on and the first time the first time the device is registered, the configuration is effective; the controlled device corresponding to the policy is: device 3 (device ID 3), device 4 (device ID 4), device 5 (device ID 5) and device 6 (device ID 6); determine the parameter identification and parameter values corresponding to the policy: parameter ID 4: parameter value 10 and parameter ID 6: parameter value 11; when device 3, device 4, When the device 5 and the device 6 are first turned on or not registered for the first time, the parameters corresponding to the parameter ID 4 and the parameter ID 6 on the device 3, the device 4, the device 5, and the device 6 are respectively configured as: parameter value 10 and parameter value 11 ;

In the implementation of the solution in the embodiment of the present invention, referring to Table 1, one or more batch configuration policies are adopted according to actual configuration requirements. Specifically, Table 1 exemplifies a preset batch policy, which does not mean that all batch policies are included in the actual application. The multiple batch configuration strategies exemplified in Table 1 should be understood independently.

Optionally, after step 102, the configuration result of each controlled device corresponding to the effective configuration condition is recorded, for example:

Table 2 configuration result record

Optionally, it is also possible to record the time of each configuration, the number of successful configuration or failures, the number of consecutive configuration failures, and the like.

Optionally, after the configuration result of each controlled device is recorded, when the configured configuration condition is the startup configuration, the device 7 (device ID 7) is detected to perform parameter 4 (parameter ID 4) when the power is turned on four times in succession. And the configuration of parameter 6 (parameter ID 6) fails. Since the preset number of times threshold is 3, and the number of consecutive failures 4 is greater than the preset number of times threshold, the detected configuration conditions and corresponding corresponding controlled devices will be detected. And corresponding parameter identifiers and parameter values are removed from the batch configuration policy. Compared with Table 1, the configuration information of the configuration device 7 (device ID 7), corresponding configuration parameter 4 (parameter ID 4) and parameter 6 (parameter ID 6) is deleted. The batch configuration strategy after deletion is:

Table 3 Batch configuration strategy after deletion

Optionally, after the deleting, the method further includes: recording and prompting to delete the information; wherein the deleting information includes the content deleted in the batch configuration policy.

Embodiment 3

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a device for implementing parameter configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the device 300 is disposed in a management device. As shown in FIG. 2, the apparatus 300 includes a policy setting unit 10 and a batch configuration unit 20, where

The policy setting unit 10 is configured to store a preset batch configuration policy for configuring one or more parameters;

The parameter configuration policy includes: one or more configuration conditions, one or more parameter identifiers and parameter values corresponding to the configuration conditions, and one or more controlled device identifiers corresponding to the configuration conditions. Here, the configuration conditions may be classified. For time conditions and event conditions.

The batch configuration unit 20 is configured to perform batch parameter configuration according to the batch configuration policy when it is determined that configuration is required.

The batch configuration unit 20 is configured to: when it is determined that the configuration condition in the batch configuration policy is effective, determine each controlled device corresponding to the effective configuration condition, and determine each parameter corresponding to the effective configuration condition, Each of the parameters of each of the controlled devices is configured as a parameter value corresponding to each of the parameters.

Optionally,

The batch configuration unit 20 is further configured to: record the configuration result of each controlled device corresponding to the effective configuration condition.

Optionally,

The batch configuration unit 20 is further configured to: when the configuration condition that is valid is an event condition, and the configuration result of the controlled device corresponding to the valid configuration condition is continuously determined to be greater than the preset threshold number, the detected configuration is detected. The configuration conditions, corresponding controlled devices, and corresponding parameter identifiers and parameter values are deleted from the batch configuration policy.

Optionally,

The batch configuration unit 20 is further configured to: record and prompt to delete the information; wherein the deletion information includes the content deleted in the batch configuration policy.

Embodiment 4

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer readable storage medium, which stores program instructions, and when the program instructions are executed by the processor, a method for implementing parameter configuration provided by Embodiment 1 of the present invention can be implemented.

One of ordinary skill in the art will appreciate that all or a portion of the steps of the above-described embodiments can be implemented using a computer program flow, which can be stored in a computer readable storage medium, such as on a corresponding hardware platform (eg, The system, device, device, device, etc. are executed, and when executed, include one or a combination of the steps of the method embodiments.

Alternatively, all or part of the steps of the above embodiments may also be implemented by using an integrated circuit. These steps may be separately fabricated into individual integrated circuit modules, or multiple modules or steps may be fabricated into a single integrated circuit module. achieve.

The devices/function modules/functional units in the above embodiments may be implemented by a general-purpose computing device, which may be centralized on a single computing device or distributed over a network of multiple computing devices.

When each device/function module/functional unit in the above embodiment is implemented in the form of a software function module and sold or used as a stand-alone product, it can be stored in a computer readable storage medium. The above mentioned computer readable storage medium may be a read only memory, a magnetic disk or an optical disk or the like.

Industrial applicability

The embodiment of the invention implements batch configuration of one or more parameters in one or more controlled devices, thereby reducing the complexity of managing a large number of controlled devices, improving the efficiency of managing a large number of controlled devices, and improving management. User experience of the device.

Claims

A method for implementing parameter configuration, comprising:

A batch configuration policy for configuring one or more parameters is preset; wherein the parameter configuration policy includes: one or more configuration conditions, one or more parameter identifiers and parameter values corresponding to the configuration conditions, and configuration conditions Corresponding one or more controlled device identifiers, wherein the configuration conditions are classified into time conditions and event conditions;

When the configuration needs to be configured, batch parameter configuration is performed according to the batch configuration policy.
The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that configuration is required comprises determining that a configuration condition in the batch configuration policy is effective.
The method of claim 2, wherein the performing the batch parameter configuration comprises: determining each controlled device corresponding to the validated configuration condition, determining each parameter corresponding to the validated configuration condition, each of the parameters Each of the parameters of the controlled device is configured as a parameter value corresponding to each of the parameters.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, after the performing batch parameter configuration, the method further comprises: recording a configuration result of each controlled device corresponding to the effective configuration condition.
The method according to claim 4, wherein the effective configuration condition belongs to the event condition, and the configuration result of the controlled device corresponding to the effective configuration condition is continuously determined to be that the number of configuration failures is greater than a preset number of times. At the threshold, the method further includes:

The detected configuration conditions, corresponding controlled devices, and corresponding parameter identifiers and parameter values are deleted from the batch configuration policy.
The method according to claim 5, after the deleting, the method further comprises: recording and prompting to delete the information; wherein the deleting information comprises the content deleted from the batch configuration policy.
An apparatus for implementing parameter configuration, comprising a policy setting unit and a batch configuration unit, wherein

The policy setting unit is configured to store a preset for configuring one or more parameters Number of batch configuration strategies;

The batch configuration unit is configured to perform batch parameter configuration according to the batch configuration policy when determining that the configuration needs to be performed; wherein the parameter configuration policy includes: one or more configuration conditions, one or more corresponding to the configuration condition The parameter identification and parameter values, and one or more controlled device identifications corresponding to the configuration conditions, wherein the configuration conditions are classified into time conditions and event conditions.
The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the batch configuration unit is further configured to: determine, when the configuration condition in the batch configuration policy is valid, determine each controlled device corresponding to the effective configuration condition, and determine Each of the parameters of each of the controlled devices is configured as a value corresponding to each of the parameters for each parameter corresponding to the effective configuration condition.
The apparatus according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the batch configuration unit is further configured to: record a configuration result of each controlled device corresponding to the effective configuration condition.
The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the batch configuration unit is further configured to: the configuration condition that the effective configuration condition belongs to the event condition, and the configuration result of the controlled device corresponding to the effective configuration condition is detected If the number of consecutive configuration failures is greater than the preset number of times, the detected configuration conditions, corresponding controlled devices, and corresponding parameter identifiers and parameter values are deleted from the batch configuration policy.
The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the batch configuration unit is further configured to: record and prompt deletion information; wherein the deletion information comprises the content deleted from the batch configuration policy.
A computer readable storage medium storing program instructions that, when executed by a processor, implement the method of any of claims 1-6.