JPH07261835A - Monitor device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the monitor device with good operability and high maintainability which eliminates a difference in supervisor's handling as to report events as much as possible and can refers to an important report event preferentially and surely handle it without overlooking even one report event when plural reports are made simultaneously. CONSTITUTION:The monitor device 1 consists of detectors 3, 4, and 5 and an instruction input device 6, a monitor and control unit 7 which outputs monitor display information according to their instructions, and a monitor and display device 8 which receives and displays the monitor display information as monitor information. The monitor and display device 8 includes a monitor and display part 11 for visible display, and the display screen that the monitor and display part 11 has is used while divided into four areas which are an alarm lamp display area for displaying alarming, a menu display area for displaying operation menus, an alarm information display area for reporting multiple abnormality detection at the same time, and an application display area for displaying instruction as to the details and behavior of abnormality as a detailed display including characters and figures.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a monitoring device, and more particularly to a monitoring display device for use in a system having a plurality of monitoring points, a plurality of types of events and a plurality of monitoring levels by incorporating various plant equipments and information processing devices inside. The present invention relates to a monitoring device provided with a plurality of types of display functions.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are roughly two types of conventional monitoring devices as monitoring result display means. One is to visually notify the content of the notification event by using an LED lamp, a display screen, or the like.
In Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 120964, a system resource usage measurement value is displayed in real time on an operator console. On the other hand, when the notification event occurs, this is audibly notified by a warning sound. For example, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 58-144968, there is a notification that changes the tone color depending on the type of the notification event. It is shown.

Generally, most of the occurrences of the notification event cannot be estimated, and the observer is always prepared for the notification event to be displayed and displayed on the monitor display device. When a notification event occurs, the observer investigates the details (occurrence content / cause) of the notification event from the document related to the notification event based on the content of the notification event indicated by the monitor display device, and notifies It will be necessary to consider how to deal with the event and take appropriate action.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned conventional monitoring device, in the case of the visual notification means, the display method of the notification event affects the coping method of the monitoring person. JP-A-02-12
In the 0964 publication, the system resource utilization measurement value is displayed. However, if the display content of the notification event is poor at this time, it takes time for the investigation due to the skill of the observer sitting on the operator console at that time. However, there is a problem that the response may be delayed or an incorrect response may be given. On the contrary, when the display contents are enhanced to the extent that the monitor does not need to investigate, when the display contents increase and multiple notification events occur at the same time, the contents displayed on the screen are too large to display the contents of the notification event. However, there is a problem that the observer may miss the notification event due to the overlapping of them.

Further, in the case of an audible notification means, for example, in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 58-144968, notification is made by changing the timbre according to the type of notification event. When notification events occur simultaneously, only one notification event can be recognized, and when events occur in succession, the tone of the previous notification event may be erased by the subsequent notification event. There is a problem that an event is overlooked.

An object of the present invention is to eliminate the difference in correspondence between the notification events by the observer as much as possible, and when a plurality of notification events occur at the same time, immediately delete the notification event from the monitor display device or respond to the notification event. It can be left on the monitor and display device until the action is completed, and operations can be performed according to the wishes of the observer, and if multiple notifications occur at the same time, one notification event will not be overlooked and It is an object of the present invention to provide a monitoring device which can refer to an important notification event with priority and which can be surely handled by a monitoring person according to the notification contents on the monitoring display device and which has good operability and high maintainability.

[0007]

A monitoring device of the present invention outputs a plurality of detectors for monitoring a monitored event and outputting abnormality detection information when an abnormality is detected, and instruction information for a processing method of the abnormality detection information. An instruction input device, a monitor control device that outputs monitor display information that is connected to the detector and the instruction input device and processes the received abnormality detection information according to the instruction of the instruction information, and a monitor display from this monitor control device In a monitoring device having a monitoring display device for receiving information and displaying it as monitoring information, the monitoring display information output by the monitoring control device consists of visible display information and audible display information, and the monitoring display device is for visual display. This is a configuration including a monitoring display section and an audible display alarm sound output section.

In the monitoring device of the present invention, the visual display information in the monitoring display information output by the monitoring control device according to the instruction of the instruction information output by the instruction input device indicates that a plurality of abnormalities of the monitored event are detected. At least one of the outline display information to be notified at the same time and the detailed display information for selecting one of the plurality of abnormalities and displaying the details of the abnormality may be displayed.

In the monitoring device of the present invention, the monitoring display unit of the monitoring display device has a display screen, and the display screen is divided into a plurality of regions classified by display contents, and each of the plurality of regions is monitored by the monitoring device. An alarm lamp display that displays an alarm occurrence that is the display content of the visual display information in the monitoring display information output by the control device, a menu display that displays the operation menu,
It may be displayed in the plurality of areas adapted to the warning notification display for notifying a plurality of abnormality detections at the same time and the application display for displaying the details and actions of the abnormality as detailed instructions including characters and figures. . In the alarm lamp display, the types of notification events may be classified into levels according to their importance, and the display colors may be distinguished by this level.

[0010]

The monitoring device of the present invention divides the display screen provided in the monitoring display unit of the monitoring display device into four areas, and visually confirms the occurrence of a notification event from the monitoring control device by changing the screen display. A warning lamp display area for notification, a warning notification display area that can display a summary of notification events for the number of notification events that occur when the warning lamp display area is in the status of notification events, and the monitoring device On the other hand, a menu display area that can display operation items and operation instructions related to the monitoring operation such as start and end instruction operation of the monitoring operation, and display the details of the notification event and the operation instructed in the menu display area It is used respectively for the application display area used for displaying. The output control of the display content to each of these display areas is performed by the monitoring control device, and the display content itself is input by the monitor from the instruction input device. Also, when a notification event occurs, the warning lamp output area outputs a warning sound at the same time as the warning lamp display area becomes in the state of the notification event, and the notification event is notified aurally. There is.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of a display screen of a monitor display section in FIG.

The monitoring device 1 of the present invention outputs a plurality of detectors 3, 4, 5 for monitoring the monitored device 2 and outputting abnormality detection information when an abnormality is detected, and instruction information for a processing method of the abnormality detection information. An instruction input device 6, a monitoring control device 7 connected to the detectors 3, 4, 5 and the instruction input device 6 and processing the received abnormality detection information according to the instruction of the instruction information and outputting it as monitoring display information; The monitor display device 8 receives the monitor display information from the monitor 7 and displays the monitor display information as the monitor information. The monitor display information output by the monitor control device 7 includes visible display information and audible display information.

Further, in the monitor control device 7, the detailed information definition file 9 in which the meaning and the coping method of the notification event prepared in advance are described, and the simultaneous occurrence number of the same notification event and the latest occurrence time are described. Notification event occurrence status table 10
Includes and. The monitor display device 8 also includes a monitor display unit 11 for visible display and an alarm sound output unit 12 for audible display. The monitor display unit 11 has a display screen 13 as shown in FIG.
An alarm lamp display area 14 for displaying an alarm occurrence, a menu display area 15 for displaying an operation menu, a warning notification display area 16 for notifying a plurality of abnormality detections at the same time, and an instruction regarding details and actions of the abnormality are written in letters and a diagram. It is used by being divided into four areas including an application display area 17 which is displayed as a detailed instruction including a.

Next, the function of each area of the display screen will be described.

When the warning lamp display area 14 receives a warning notification as visible display information from the monitor control device 7, the screen of the warning lamp display area 14 blinks to visually notify the "notification event" to the monitor. It is for. Flashes constantly if there is at least one notification event. In this case, the type of notification event is divided into levels according to importance (partial failure or overall failure, etc.), and the display color is divided according to the level, and the display color of the level of the notification event with the highest level at that time is displayed. By the method, it is possible to inform the observer in an easy-to-understand manner.

The menu display area 15 is used for the monitor display device 8.
The monitor operation start instruction items, the monitor operation stop instruction items, the summary of various notification events displayed when a notification event occurs, and the registration instruction item of the detailed display information are displayed for the monitoring control device 7 connected to the. This is an area for displaying an instruction menu when an operation instruction is given via the instruction input device 6. Here, what the monitor operator has instructed is a monitoring start message if it is a monitoring operation start instruction, a monitoring stop message if it is a monitoring operation stop, and an instruction to register a summary or detailed display information for a notification event. An input screen for an outline or a detailed message to be displayed, if any, is displayed on the application display area 17.

The warning notice display area 16 is provided in the monitor control unit 7
This is a place where a summary notification of a warning is displayed when a warning notification is received as visible display information from. The warning summary notification is a rectangular button-shaped display in which the type and time of the notification event generated by the monitoring control device 7 and the name of the monitoring target device that generated the warning notification are described. In the warning notification display area 16, the above-mentioned button-shaped warning summary notifications can be listed and displayed for the number of occurrences of notification events. As a result, even if a plurality of notification events occur at the same time, they will not be overlooked. Also, when displaying the summary notification of the warning, the contents are displayed in different colors in a square button shape for each type, so that even if the displayed characters are difficult to see, the observer can recognize the type of the notification event only by the color. can do.

The application display area 17 is a place for displaying the detailed notification of the above-mentioned warning and displaying a message or a screen of the operation instructed through the instruction input device 6 in the menu display area 15. As a usage method, when the monitor wants to know the details of the summary notification of the warning displayed in the warning notification display area 16, he / she designates the indication of the square button shape which is the summary notification of the warning from the instruction input device 6. Thus, the detailed notification of the warning corresponding to the summary notification of the warning can be displayed in the application display area 17. At this time, the specified notification of the summary of the warning is deleted from the warning notification display area 16. The detailed notification of the warning is to display the detailed content of the notification event obtained from the monitoring control device 7 in addition to the content of the summary notification of the warning, and the description of the content of the notification event and the handling instruction regarding the notification event to the supervisor. All information is displayed in the entire application display area 17 so that the monitor does not need to investigate again.

When the notification event occurs and the audible display information is received from the monitor control device 7, the warning sound output unit 10 sounds a warning sound (bell / electronic alarm sound / synthesized voice, etc.) to notify the occurrence of the notification event. It is an auditory reminder. This eliminates the need for the monitor to constantly watch the monitor display unit 11.

Next, an outline of the operation of the monitor / display unit when a notification event occurs will be described.

FIG. 3 is a state transition diagram for explaining the operation of the monitor / display unit when a notification event occurs.

The state (a) of FIG. 3 shows the case where no notification event has occurred (normal time), and at this time, the alarm lamp display area 14 remains the initial color set when the monitor display device 8 is activated. In the menu display area 15, monitoring operation start items, monitoring stop items, warning summary notifications, and detailed notification registration instruction items are displayed. The supervisor inputs each item from the instruction input device 6 as necessary. Specify the operation of. At this point, no warning summary notification is displayed in the warning notification display area 16, and the application display area 17 displays the message or screen of the item if an operation is designated in the menu display area 15. , If not, nothing is displayed. Next, the state (b) of FIG. 3 shows a case where a notification event has occurred (at the time of alarm generation), and the alarm lamp display area 14 alternately displays the color that has been displayed until then and another color and blinks. At the same time, the warning sound output unit 10 generates a warning sound to notify the monitor of the occurrence of the notification event. At this time, a plurality of types of display colors of the alarm lamp display area 14 are set in accordance with the importance, so that the supervisor can immediately know the level of importance of the notification event. In addition, in the warning notification display area 16, a square button shape, which is a summary notification of a warning, is displayed at the same time when the warning lamp display area 14 is changed. The observer can know the type of notification event, the time of occurrence, the name of the generating device, etc. from the message displayed on this button. Next, the state (c) of FIG. 3 shows a case where a detailed notification of a warning is given (when the detailed content is confirmed), and the visual notification by the warning lamp display area 14 and the auditory notification by the warning sound output unit 10 are received. In order to confirm the details of the warning summary notification and to know the detailed content of the warning and the action to be taken for the notification event that occurred, the monitor who recognizes the occurrence of the notification event By specifying the display from the instruction input device 6, detailed notification of the warning can be displayed in the application display area 17 and the content can be confirmed. At this time, the warning lamp display area 14 and the warning notification display area 16 are deleted.

FIG. 4 is a state transition diagram for explaining the operation after the state at the time of confirming the detailed contents of FIG.

A confirmation button and a hold button are displayed in the detailed notification of the warning displayed by the above-mentioned instruction of the supervisor. If the observer determines that the detailed notification of the warning may be deleted after confirming the content of the detailed notification of the warning, the confirmation button is pressed from the instruction input device 6 as shown in FIG. By specifying, the detailed notification of the warning in the application display area 17 is deleted. When it is determined that the details of the detailed notification should be held, the application display area 17 is designated by designating the hold button from the instruction input device 6 as shown in FIG. 4B. Since the display is changed to the detailed notification of the warning, the display of the summary notification of the warning that has already been deleted can be reproduced and restored.
As a result, after confirming the content of the notification event, the observer can leave the display of the notification event as needed or immediately delete it from the screen.

Next, the operation of the monitoring device will be described in detail.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the overall operation of one embodiment of the present invention. Note that the names and reference numerals in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be used in the description of each flow chart below.

First, in step (hereinafter referred to as S) 1, as the notification event occurrence initial processing, the detectors 3, 4, 5 for monitoring the monitored device 2 detect the notification event and notify the monitoring control device 7 of the detected content. To report. The monitoring controller 7 includes detectors 3, 4,
When the notification event detection report from 5 is received, monitor display information is created and sent to the monitor display device 8. The monitor display device 8 is
When the monitor display information is received, the alarm lamp display area 14 for displaying the alarm occurrence and the abnormality detection are notified on the display screen 13 of the monitor display unit 11 based on the visible display information and the audible display information contained therein. A warning sound is displayed in the warning notification display area 16 and a warning sound is generated from the warning sound output unit 12 to notify the observer of the occurrence of the notification event in the form of a summary notification.

Next, in order to know the alarm occurrence and the detailed contents of the warning of the notification event and the coping method that must be taken for the notification event that occurred, the monitoring person performs the warning as the detailed notification display start processing in S2. By specifying the display of the detailed notification from the instruction input device 6, the application display area 1
The detailed notification of the warning is displayed on 7 and the content is confirmed. Subsequently, in S3, as the detailed notification display ending process, either the confirmation button or the hold button on the warning detailed notification display is selected and the ending process is performed. Here, the observer selects whether to delete both the summary notification and the detailed notification in the notification event, or to delete only the detailed notification display and leave the summary notification so that the detailed notification can be displayed again. In this way, the observer can freely select, after confirming the content of the notification event, if it is not necessary, delete it, and if necessary, leave it until the response of the notification event is completed. After that, if there is an unprocessed or pending notification event, the process returns to S2, and if all have been processed, the process ends.

First, in S1, notification of the occurrence of a notification event to the monitor is started in the form of a summary notification, and at the same time, S4
As the notification event retention progress display processing, a timer is started from the occurrence of the notification event to monitor whether the notification event is deleted within a certain time. If the notification event is not deleted within the fixed time, the display color of the summary notification of the warning being displayed in the warning notification display area 16 is changed to call the attention of the monitor. Details of this operation will be described separately.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart for explaining the detailed operation of the notification event occurrence initial processing shown in FIG.

The monitoring controller 7 detects the detector 3 in S11.
When the abnormality detection information is received from 4,5, first, in order to confirm the importance level of the abnormality detection information as the notification event in S12, the notification event occurrence state table 10 is referred to and the importance level of the existing notification event is checked. It is determined whether or not it is a higher rank, and if it is a higher rank, the display color of the alarm lamp display area 14 of the monitor display unit 11 is changed to a color corresponding to the importance level of the notification event in S13. In S14, the warning lamp display area 14 is output, and in S15, the warning sound output unit 12
The warning sound is output from. Next, in S16, it is confirmed whether or not the same notification event exists in the monitoring device 1 by referring to the notification event occurrence state table 10, and if it does not exist, the information of the notification event is notified in S17. A record is added to the event occurrence state table 10, and a summary notification of the notification event is displayed in the warning notification display area 16 in S18. If it exists, the number of occurrences is incremented by 1 and the latest occurrence time is updated for the record information of the notification event in the notification event occurrence status table 10 in S19.

FIG. 7 is a flow chart for explaining the detailed operation of the detailed notification display start processing shown in FIG.

When the notification event is displayed on the monitor display device 8 in the form of a summary notification by the notification event occurrence initial processing described above and the instruction input device 6 inputs a detailed notification display instruction in S21, In S22, the detailed information definition file 9 and the notification event occurrence status table 10 are referred to by using the notification event as a key, and in S23, as the information related to the notification event, the generation device name / occurrence time / notification importance level /
The same event occurrence count, the same event latest occurrence time, notification message, etc. are all displayed in the application display area 17 of the monitor display unit 11.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart for explaining the detailed operation of the detailed notification display end processing shown in FIG.

In the detailed notification display state by the detailed notification display start process described above, the confirmation button and the hold button on the application display area 17 displaying the detailed notification of the warning in S31 from the instruction input device 6 are displayed. Select one and enter the end instruction. Upon receiving the end instruction, the monitoring control device 7 confirms the input data in S32, and if the input is “confirmation”, deletes the detailed notification display from the application display area 17 in S33, and subsequently notifies the summary in S34. The display is deleted from the warning notification display area 16. At this time, if the timer of the notification event for displaying the notification event retention progress is running, the stop operation is also performed at the same time. If the input data is “held” as a result of the confirmation of the input data in S32, only the detailed notification display is deleted from the application display area 17 in S35.
By leaving the summary notification of the notification event, the detailed notification can be displayed again.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart for explaining the detailed operation of the notification event retention progress display processing shown in FIG.

With the notification event occurrence initial processing described above, in the state of displaying the summary notification, a timer is started which is stopped at a fixed time in S41. Next, in S42, it is confirmed whether the detailed notification display of the notification event is deleted from the application display area 17, and if it is deleted, S
If the timer is stopped and the process is terminated in 43 and the timer is not deleted, the state of the timer is confirmed in S44. If the timer is operating, the process returns to S42. If the timer is stopped, a notification event for a certain period of time in S45. Is not deleted and remains, so the warning notification display area 16 of the monitoring display unit 11 is displayed.
Change the display color of the summary notification to make the observer aware that the time has passed.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the warning display area is divided into three (alarm lamp display area 1, warning notification display area 3, application display area 4), and each is functionally operated. By doing so, the supervisor can respond efficiently.

First, the difference in the correspondence of the notification event due to the difference in the skill of the observer is obtained by displaying all the information (occurrence status, occurrence cause, response method, etc.) for the notification event generated in the detailed notification of the warning. Even those who do not have the skill will no longer have to investigate, and the response method will be clear and will not vary from person to person.

Next, in the case where a plurality of notification events occur at the same time, the summary notification of the warning is generated by the amount of the notification events generated.
Since the warning notification display area 3 is enumerated and displayed in a dedicated display area, the monitoring person does not miss it.

[0042]

As described above, the present invention relates to the notification event by the monitor by providing the monitor and display device with the monitor and display section capable of visually displaying various levels and the audible alarm sound output section. When multiple notification events occur at the same time, the notification event can be deleted from the monitor display device and held on the monitor display unit until the notification event is dealt with completely. , The operation can be performed according to the wishes of the observer, and when multiple notifications occur at the same time, one notice event is not overlooked, and the observer can preferentially refer to the important notice event among them. The notification content on the monitor display section allows the monitor person to respond surely, and the operability and maintainability are high.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen of a monitor display unit in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a state transition diagram for explaining the operation of the monitor display unit when a notification event occurs.

FIG. 4 is a state transition diagram for explaining an operation after the state at the time of confirming the detailed contents of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the overall operation of one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining detailed operation of the notification event occurrence initial processing shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining detailed operation of the detailed notification display start processing shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining detailed operation of the detailed notification display end processing shown in FIG.

9 is a flowchart for explaining detailed operation of the notification event retention progress display processing shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Monitoring Device 2 Monitored Device 3, 4, 5 Detector 6 Instruction Input Device 7 Monitoring Control Device 8 Monitoring Display Device 9 Detailed Information Definition File 10 Notification Event Occurrence State Table 11 Monitoring Display Unit 12 Alarm Sound Output Unit 13 Display Screen 14 Warning lamp display area 15 Menu display area 16 Warning notification display area 17 Application display area

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of detectors that monitor a monitored event and output abnormality detection information when an abnormality is detected, and an instruction input device that outputs instruction information for a method of processing the abnormality detection information.
A monitor control device that outputs monitor display information that is connected to the detector and the instruction input device and processes the received abnormality detection information according to the instruction of the instruction information, and monitor information that receives the monitor display information from the monitor control device. In a monitoring device having a monitoring display device for displaying as, the monitoring display information output from the monitoring control device includes visible display information and audible display information, and the monitoring display device includes a monitoring display unit for visible display and an audible display. A monitoring device comprising an alarm sound output unit for display. 2. A summary display in which visible display information in the monitor display information output by the monitor control device according to the instruction of the instruction information output by the instruction input device simultaneously notifies a plurality of abnormality detections of the monitored event. 2. The monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the usage information and detailed display information for selecting one of the plurality of abnormalities and displaying details of the content of the abnormality is displayed. 3. The monitor display unit of the monitor display device has a display screen, divides the display screen into a plurality of regions classified by display contents, and outputs each of the plurality of regions to the monitor control device. An alarm lamp display that displays the alarm occurrence that is the display content of the visual display information in the monitor display information, a menu display that displays the operation menu, a warning notification display that notifies you of multiple abnormal detections at the same time, and the details of the abnormalities. The monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the action instruction is displayed in the plurality of areas adapted to an application display in which detailed instructions including characters and figures are displayed.