JP2000267721A - Operation menu controller for monitor control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an operation menu controller for a monitor control system capable of easily performing each kind of operation. SOLUTION: An operation is selected according to guidance from an operation menu having a hierarchical structure. When the selection is wrong, 'return' is instructed so that a screen one before the last can be restored. Also, at the time of ending all selected selection items, 'cancellation' is instructed. At the time of ending the selection of all the election items, 'completion' is instructed, and a list of selection items is displayed, and whether any selection item is not wrong is confirmed, and then 'execution' is instructed so that the selecting operation can be completed. When the operation is actually performed, guidance and a list of selection are displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an operation menu control device such as a monitoring control system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a monitoring control system,
The user operates a device to be monitored or controlled after learning a predetermined operation procedure on a screen of the monitoring and control system. If the user is not familiar with the procedure for such an operation, the device to be controlled or the direction of control may be erroneously operated or an inappropriate screen may be displayed. Therefore, in such a case, by reading the attached instruction manual, the operation is performed while confirming various operation procedures such as control of those devices.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional monitoring and control system, when performing various operations, it is necessary to memorize all the operations and, depending on the desired operation, it is necessary to open a plurality of screens in order. Therefore, there is a problem that useless operations increase. Further, there is also a problem in that some screens are opened to search for and display a desired screen, so that it takes time.

[0004] Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an operation menu control device of a monitoring control system capable of easily performing various operations.

[0005]

According to the operation menu control device of the monitoring control system of the present invention, a display means for displaying various information, and an operation menu storage unit provided with a plurality of operation menus provided in each hierarchy and stored. Selecting means for selecting one operation menu from a plurality of operation menus, and selecting one operation menu from the plurality of operation menus displayed on the display means by the selection means, so that the next Central control means for controlling an operation menu of a lower hierarchy of the operation menu to be called and displayed on the display means, a selection item storage means for storing the operation menu selected by the selection means, and an instruction by the selection means Selection item display control means for displaying the selection items stored in the selection item storage means on the display means; An execution unit that executes the plurality of selection items displayed by the item display control unit; and, if there is an error in the plurality of selection items displayed by the selection item display control unit, displays the operation menu of the immediately preceding hierarchy. Change processing means for controlling the display to return to the display state.

[0006]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of an embodiment of an operation menu control device of a monitoring control system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as a CPU), 2 is an input control unit for controlling an input from a pointing device (selection means) such as a mouse, and 3 is an operation menu having a hierarchical structure. An operation menu storage unit 4 for controlling a window for displaying an operation menu; 4, a window buffer for storing a plurality of windows separately;
Is a CRT output device (display device), 7 is a CRT output device 6
A frame buffer for storing data to be output to
8 reads out data from the frame buffer 7 and
A CRT controller for outputting to the output device 6; a selection item storage unit (selection item storage means) 9 for storing information about windows stored in the window buffer 5 in the order in which the windows are opened; A selection item display window control unit (selection item display control means) for controlling a window for displaying the contents of the storage unit 9; 11, a selection item display processing unit (display processing means) for displaying a list in the order of selected items; 12 is a selection item display processing unit 11
Is an execution processing unit (execution processing means) that controls the execution operation of the contents of the above.

Next, the operation menu will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 2, for example, in the menu 21, the menu 21 includes a guidance 22 of a selection item, operation elements such as items 23 a, 23 b, and 23 c, and an index of the menu, and the CRT display device 6.
Has an instruction to be displayed.

[0008] The operation of the operation menu control device of the monitoring and control system of the present invention configured as described above will be described below. First, when an operation is selected by using a pointing device from the operation menu displayed on the CRT display device 6, the window control unit 4 reads an operation menu list corresponding to the selected operation from the operation menu storage unit 3, and A rectangular area in the window buffer 5 is designated, and the read operation menu list is written therein.

Next, the CPU 1 reads out the rectangular area in which the operation menu is written from the window buffer 5 and transfers it to the frame buffer 7. The contents of the frame buffer 7 are read out by the CRT
It is sent to the T display device 6 and is visually displayed. at the same time,
The information about the window just opened and the operation menu displayed in the window is stored in the selection item storage unit 9.

In the displayed operation menu display window, for example, when "control" is selected from the operation menu of the screen information as shown in step 301 of FIG. 3, an operation menu display window having an index "control" is displayed. The operation menu includes operation elements [equipment control] and [numerical control], a [cancel] command for canceling all selection items,
It has a [return] command for returning to the previous selection operation screen and a [next] command for proceeding to the next selection screen.

Subsequently, similarly, when an operation element is selected from the operation menu display window, an operation menu window corresponding to the selected operation element is displayed on the CRT display device 6. For example, when [Device Control] is selected in step 302, a device control menu window is displayed as shown in step 303,
When [No. 1] is selected, as shown in step 304,
A selection screen for [Run] / [Stop] is displayed in the menu window of the first unit. If the user makes a mistake in the selection, an instruction of [Return] is given by the pointing device, and the process returns to the previous selection screen, step 303. Similarly, when all the operations are to be ended, when "cancel" is instructed by the pointing device, the selection operation screen is ended.

Here, in step 304, [operation]
Is selected using the pointing device, the CPU 1 issues a selection item list display instruction to the selection item window control unit 10. Then, the selection item window control unit 10 performs the same control as the window control unit 4, opens a window on the CRT display device 6, reads the index of the operation menu that has been selected and displayed so far from the selection item storage unit 9, and Step 30
As shown in 5, display the list of selected items in the newly opened window.

In step 305, when the "output" portion in the list menu window is designated by using a pointing device, the CPU 1 causes the selection item execution section 12 to execute.
To execute the control of the selected item.
When the on-site equipment operates normally, a message shown in step 306 is displayed. As described above, according to the present embodiment, the operation is performed while following the guidance in a hierarchical manner, the executed operation menu is stored, and the list is displayed before the operation is performed. Therefore, operability is improved without erroneous operation. .

[0014]

According to the present invention, since the operation is performed according to the guidance, even a person who is not familiar with the operation can easily perform the operation. In addition, by displaying a list of operation menus selected at each level by the selection means, and confirming and executing the operation, it is possible to confirm that the selected operation menu is correct, so that the operation menu can be quickly executed. Extremely operable.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating an example of an embodiment of an operation menu control device of a monitoring control system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a structure of an operation menu having the hierarchical structure.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a case where the operation is performed using a display window of the operation menu.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Central processing unit 2 Input control part 3 Operation menu storage part 4 Window control part 5 Window buffer 6 CRT display device 7 Frame buffer 8 CRT controller 9 Selection item storage part 10 Selection item display window control part 11 Selection item display processing part 12 Selection item execution section

Claims (1)

[Claims] A display unit for displaying various information; an operation menu storage unit in which a plurality of operation menus are provided and stored in each hierarchy; a selection unit for selecting one operation menu from the plurality of operation menus; By selecting one operation menu from the plurality of operation menus displayed on the display unit by the selection unit, the operation menu of the next lower hierarchy is called from the operation menu storage unit and displayed on the display unit. Control means for controlling the selection menu, a selection item storage means for storing an operation menu selected by the selection means, and a display means for displaying the selection items stored in the selection item storage means in response to an instruction from the selection means. Selection item display control means to be displayed on the display, and an execution unit for executing a plurality of selection items displayed by the selection item display control means When there is an error in a plurality of selection items displayed by the selection item display control unit, a change processing unit that performs control to return to a state in which the operation menu of the immediately preceding hierarchy is displayed. Operation menu control device for monitoring and control system.