JP2000339022A - Facility monitor and display processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a more efficient development environment by making it possible to easily output a document concerned with the specifications of a display picture and test items from a plotting environment in a facility monitor and display processing system provided with a plotting environment capable of setting up a display format or a display condition in each display item on a monitoring display picture. SOLUTION: The system has the plotting environment for setting up display attributes including a display format and a display condition in each of monitoring parts 3 (A to N) to be displayed on a monitoring display picture and is provided with a display attribute storage device 6 for storing the set display attributes, a document edition processing part 11 for editing document data concerned with the monitoring parts 3 and a display attribute output processing part 14 for reading out the display attributes concerned with the monitoring parts 3 from the device 6 and outputting the read contents to the processing part 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display processing system for monitoring a facility, and more particularly to a display processing system suitable for monitoring and controlling a large-scale plant facility such as a thermal power plant using a large-sized display device. The present invention also relates to a facility monitoring display processing system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a display processing system for general facility monitoring of a plant facility or the like, each display item on a display screen is created in order to create a display screen for monitoring each part necessary for operating the facility. There is known a display processing system provided with a drawing environment that enables a display format and a display condition to be set interactively for each of them.

In the process of developing, generating, or inspecting such a monitor display screen, not only graphics and characters displayed on the display screen, but also display attributes such as display screen specifications and test item styles and the like. In some cases, it is also desirable to collect and use history information of monitoring items or test items and their data.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-14 / 1994 discloses that not only graphics and characters displayed on a display screen but also display attributes are recorded.
There is an invention described in 1494. According to the present invention, in creating a display screen, display attributes inputted corresponding to each figure are stored and held in an attribute file,
The display attributes of the screen can be easily changed.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-194656 discloses an invention of a CAD apparatus which adds attribute data to a created graphic, stores the attribute data in a database, and displays the stored attribute data. I have.

[0006]

However, the conventional display processing system collects and edits display data relating to a monitor display screen and data of a monitor item or a test item.
In order to output the data, it is necessary to edit a plurality of different attributes for each component to be monitored. Also,
When a component to be monitored is added, changed, or deleted, it is necessary to make a change in the above process.

An example of such a conventional display processing system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 shows a display screen 120 for monitoring and an editing process 130 in the display processing system for facility monitoring. A plurality of dedicated components A, B, and C corresponding to respective monitoring devices are displayed on a display screen 120 having a drawing environment that can be set interactively. Each component has an attribute part and an operation part. Display screen 12
In order to output the display attribute data of 0, the editing process 13
0, attributes 1, 2,..., N for each of parts A, B, C
Had to be edited. Also, similar processing is required when adding, changing, or deleting components to be monitored. Further, in order to output monitoring history data and the like, each component A, B, C
Each time, it was necessary to perform editing processing on history data and the like.

Therefore, when there are a large number of components to be monitored, such as in a thermal power plant, a large amount of time is required for editing the attributes, and the data of the display items and the monitoring items or test items are not displayed. It was difficult to sufficiently utilize the data in the development, generation process, or inspection process of the monitoring display screen.

Further, in a system such as a thermal power plant in which the information of the monitored component changes, for example, in a system in which a signal relating to the temperature of the monitored component changes its display at a predetermined value, the system is simulated or actually implemented. In some cases, you may want to perform a test to check whether the monitoring display screen operates properly. In conventional display processing systems, there is no one suitable for collecting and editing display data and data of monitoring items or test items in order to perform a dynamic test of a display screen for monitoring.

An object of the present invention is to provide a facility monitoring display processing system having a drawing environment in which a display format and display conditions can be set for each display item of a monitoring display screen. An object of the present invention is to provide a more efficient development environment by creating form data related to a document and making it possible to easily output the data as needed.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a facility monitoring display processing system having a drawing environment in which a display format and a display condition can be set for each display item on a monitoring display screen. It is an object of the present invention to provide an environment in which a dynamic test can be easily performed and an efficient development can be performed by easily outputting a form concerning a specification of a display screen and a test item in a state where the display screen is actually moved.

[0012]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention comprises a monitoring display screen for inputting and displaying monitoring data, and a display attribute including a display format and a display condition for each monitoring component displayed on the monitoring display screen. In a facility monitoring display processing system having a drawing environment for setting a display attribute storage device for storing the set display attribute, a change information storage device for storing a change in the monitoring data, and the monitoring component And a display attribute output processing unit that reads a display attribute related to the change of the monitoring data and the monitoring component from the storage device and outputs the display attribute to the form editing processing unit. It is characterized by.

According to the present invention, in a facility monitoring display processing system provided with a drawing environment in which a display format and a display condition can be set for each display item of a monitoring screen, form data relating to screen specifications and test items is obtained from the drawing environment. Can be created and output as needed, providing a more efficient development environment.

Further, in the facility monitoring display processing system, it is possible to easily output a form relating to the specifications of the display screen and test items in a state where the system is simulated or actually operated from the drawing environment, so that it can be easily output. It is possible to provide an environment that enables dynamic testing and efficient development.

[0015]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a facility monitoring display processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The facility monitoring display processing system 1 includes a plurality of information monitoring control units 3 (3A,
3B, 3C, ---, 3N), and at least one set of a display control unit 7 and a display device 8. Each information monitoring control unit 3 includes a change information storage device 4, a display data editing processing unit 5, a display attribute storage device 6, a signal input / output history editing unit 9,
And a display attribute output processing unit 14. The signal input / output control unit 17 sends a signal from the facility monitoring and display processing system 1 to the monitoring facility 16 and selectively acquires simulated monitoring data from the monitoring facility 16 or monitoring data of an actual system. The data is converted into required data and input to the facility monitoring display processing system 1.

The information monitoring controller 3 detects a change in a signal corresponding to a monitoring item from the monitoring data, and stores the state in the change information storage device 4 as signal change information. On the other hand, display attributes having different display formats depending on the value of the monitoring data are stored in the display attribute storage device 6. The display data edit processing unit 5 compares the signal change information with the display attribute, performs processing corresponding to the target monitoring item, and outputs display data to the display device 8 via the display control unit 7.

At the same time, the signal input / output history editing unit 9 stores the signal change information in the signal input / output history data storage device 10. The display attribute output processing unit 14 reads a display attribute corresponding to the signal input / output from the display attribute storage device 6 and outputs the display attribute to the form editing processing unit 11. The form editing unit 11 edits form data relating to screen specifications, test items, results, and the like from the signal input / output history data and display attributes, and stores the edited form data in the form data storage device 15. The print control unit 12 outputs the form data to the printing device 13 based on the form data. The form data in the form data storage device 15 can be displayed on the display device 8.

The facility monitoring and display processing system 1 is an interactive display screen creating means 2 including a part pallet function.
A and a program for the display attribute setting means 2B, a screen data creation program memory for storing data necessary for screen data creation, and an operation signal from a touch screen, a mouse or a keyboard installed on the display device 8 are taken in. An operation input unit for inputting, a screen data creation processing unit for creating necessary screen data in accordance with an input from the operation input unit,
A screen data memory such as a bit map memory or a frame memory for storing screen data created by the screen data creation processing unit is provided.

As operations related to screen control, operations such as operation, enlargement, reduction, movement, and switching of a screen monitoring device can be performed. For example, when a monitoring device is clicked with a mouse, a pop-up menu for an edit menu of the device is displayed, and one of the menus is selected, and a keyboard is selected based on the selected menu.
(Not shown), necessary menu is input, or a lower menu is displayed based on the selected menu.

The facility monitoring display processing system 1 further includes
A communication control unit for performing data communication with another monitoring system or a portable terminal may be provided.

Next, the operation of the facility monitoring display processing system 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to FIG. First, FIG. 2 shows a procedure for creating a display screen. First, by operating the mouse or the keyboard, the development environment of the facility monitoring display processing system 1 is opened (202), the display screen creation means 2A is started, and one component (for example, 3A) of the control unit 3 is created. Next, a new display screen (300 in FIG. 3) is opened (204). Next, the user operates the mouse to select a required part (304 in FIG. 3) from the parts palette (302 in FIG. 3) (208), pastes it on the display screen (210), and displays the display screen of the part 3A. create.

Further, the display attribute setting means 2B is activated,
Open the display attribute setting screen (400 in FIG. 4) (212),
By operating the mouse or the keyboard, the display attribute (402 in FIG. 4) in the information monitoring control unit 3 for the monitoring item is set on the display screen of the component 3A (21).
4). For example, an ID 4021 for identifying a signal and an attribute 4022 for defining a display format are defined.

The above operation is repeated by the number N of parts,
A display screen and its display attributes are set for each component (3A, 3B, 3C, ---, 3N) (206). The data relating to the display screen and its display attributes input by the above operation are recorded in the display attribute storage device 6. The operator inputs necessary information to the screen of the display device displayed in this manner using a mouse or a keyboard in an interactive manner, and the data is stored in the display attribute storage device 6.

On the other hand, when the display control unit 7 receives the data input from the operation input unit, it determines which point data is in accordance with the screen data creation program, and then determines the data at the corresponding location on the screen data. Rewrite. The screen data memory is configured to store color data representing luminance for each of red, sound, and green for each dot of the screen. The color data stored in the screen data memory is converted and displayed on the display device 8 in the form of a monitored component diagram, for example, a generator.

Next, in the facility monitoring display processing system 1, the display data editing processing unit 5 performs the editing processing of the display data in the facility monitoring using the display screen and its display attribute (402 in FIG. 4). .

This editing process will be described with reference to FIG.
First, the user operates a mouse or a keyboard to open a display screen corresponding to the component of the information monitoring control unit 3 of the facility monitoring display processing system 1, for example, the component 3A, and sets display conditions such as the display color of each component ( 502). Next, a change in the signal corresponding to the monitoring item is detected from the monitoring data,
It is determined whether the signal change information matches the display condition (5).
04). If they match, the display attribute of the corresponding condition is selected (508). If not, a default display attribute is selected (510). In this way, the display data is edited with the selected attribute (512), and the result is recorded in the display attribute storage device 6 (514).

For example, as shown in FIG. 6, in order to change the display format in response to a change in the signal, the display condition 4023 of the display attribute is defined by operating the mouse or the keyboard, and Is defined, and a display attribute 4025 when matching is defined. In this way, a display screen 600 as shown in FIG. 6 that can detect and display a change in a signal corresponding to a monitoring item is completed.

That is, a facility monitoring display processing system is provided in which a display format and display conditions can be created and set for each display item on the monitoring screen in an interactive input format.

Next, a description will be given of a process of outputting a form and data relating to screen specifications and test items in a form from an environment in which a monitoring display screen is created in an interactive input format.

First, the display attribute output processing unit 14 performs display attribute output processing for reading display attributes corresponding to signal input / output from the display attribute storage unit 6 and outputting the display attributes to the form editing processing unit 11. This display attribute output processing is shown in FIG.
This will be described below.

First, from the display attribute storage device 6, the component I
The attribute 710 of the component such as D is output (702). The condition number 720 is output (704), and the output is repeated by the condition number 720 (706). Then, the display attribute of the corresponding condition is output (708).

Next, a signal input / output history editing process for reading a signal input / output history from the signal input / output history editing unit 9 and outputting it to the form editing unit 11 will be described with reference to FIG.

The signal input / output history editing unit 9 outputs signal change information 810 such as an ID for identifying a signal, a data value, and an input date to the corresponding monitoring component every time it is called from outside (802). The signal is stored in the history file of the signal input / output history data storage device 10.

Next, a form editing process for editing and outputting form data relating to screen specifications, test items, results, and the like will be described with reference to FIG. First, the form editing processing unit 11 fetches the format data of the display screen (FIG. 10A) as many as the number of monitoring controls (the number of parts) (90).
Then, the display attribute output processing unit 14 is called to acquire attribute information (906). Further, FIG.
As shown in (C), monitor control numbers 1 to N are pasted on the display screen format (908). For example, in FIG. 10 (C), the number 1 is assigned to the generator G as a part.
Is pasted.

Next, test item information for each component is added to the form (910). For example, in FIG. 10C, an item of the generator 1 as a monitoring component is provided as No. 1 in the form, and the generator is described along with the ID. This process is repeated for the number of conditions (912). Further, display condition information is added (914). For example, in FIG. 10 (C), the items of the generator 1 have Value 0, 1 indicating a normal color or a warning color.
Has been added.

Further, the signal input / output history data storage device 1
It is checked whether or not there is history data matching the condition in the history file of No. 0 (916). For example, in the signal input / output history data shown in FIG. 10 (B), there is a record of the history regarding the generator 1 as No. 1 in the form. If the data matches the conditions, the actual date is added to the column of No. 1 in the form (916 to 918).

By repeating such processing, the display screen format 600 as shown in FIG.
Form data (form file) 1000 including the input information explanation & test result column 1002 is generated and written to the form data storage device 15.

Based on the form data, the print control unit 1
In step 2, form data is output to the printing device 13.

As described above, the screen showing the operating state of the device is displayed on the display device 8, and the operator who monitors the screen operates the touch screen or the mouse to create the monitor screen of the monitoring device. In addition to this, it is possible to easily generate a form relating to screen specifications and test items from this drawing environment, record and hold the form in a form data storage device, and output the form as needed.

FIG. 11 shows an example of a form printed according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the leftmost column of this form, the component numbers corresponding to the components on the monitoring screen, such as 34 and 35, are displayed, and in the next column, the component name and its ID, for example, the generator and the operation location are provided for each component. And their IDs are described. Further, in the next column, the shape and background of the component are described as display attributes. Further, in the next column, each display condition and test result column are described together with their histories.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, in a facility monitoring display processing system provided with a drawing environment in which a display format and a display condition can be set for each display item on the monitoring screen, the screen is changed from the drawing environment to the screen. Form data relating to specifications and test items can be created and output as needed, providing a more efficient development environment. In addition, in the facility monitoring display processing system, it is possible to easily output a report on the specifications of the display screen and test items in a state where this system is simulated or actually operated from the drawing environment, so that dynamic It can provide an environment where testing can be performed and efficient development can be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of a facility monitoring display processing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a processing procedure for creating a display screen for facility monitoring by the system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a new display screen in the processing of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display attribute setting screen in the processing of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display data editing processing procedure by the system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a created display screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing display attribute output processing by the system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a signal input / output history editing process by the system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a form editing process by the system of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a form file obtained by the processing of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a form printed according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a conventional display processing system.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Facility monitoring display processing system, 2A ... Display screen creation means, 2B ... Display attribute setting means, 3 ... Information monitoring control part, 4 ... Change information storage device, 5 ... Display data editing processing part, 6 ... Display attribute storage device , 7 display control unit, 8 display device, 9 signal input / output history editing unit, 10 signal input / output history data storage device, 11 form editing processing unit, 12 print control unit, 13 printing device, 14 … Display attribute output processing unit,
15 form data storage device, 16 monitoring facility, 17 signal input / output control unit, 300 display screen, 302 component pallet, 304 component

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A monitor display screen for inputting and displaying monitor data, and a drawing environment for setting a display attribute including a display format and a display condition for each monitor component displayed on the monitor display screen. A facility monitoring display processing system including a display attribute storage device for storing the set display attributes, a change information storage device for storing a change in the monitoring data, and a form editing device for editing form data relating to the monitoring component. A facility monitoring display process, comprising: a processing unit; and a display attribute output processing unit that reads a change in the monitoring data and a display attribute relating to the monitoring component from the storage device and outputs the read attribute to the form editing processing unit. system. 2. A monitor display screen for inputting and displaying monitoring data, and a drawing environment for setting a display attribute including a display format and a display condition for each monitoring component displayed on the monitor display screen. A facility monitoring display processing system including a display attribute storage device that stores the set display attributes, a signal input / output history data device that stores, as history data, signal change information for the facility monitoring display processing system; A display attribute output processing unit that reads the display attribute from the display attribute storage device and outputs the display attribute to the form editing processing unit; and edits form data relating to the monitoring component from the input / output history data of the signal and the display attribute. A facility monitoring display processing system comprising a form editing processing unit. 3. A system according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of information monitoring control units corresponding to the respective monitoring components, and at least one set of a display control unit and a display device. A facility monitoring display processing system having a processing unit, a display attribute storage device, a signal input / output history editing unit, a display attribute output processing unit, and a form editing processing unit, wherein the information monitoring control unit corresponds to monitoring items from monitoring data. The change in the detected signal is detected, the state is stored in the change information storage device as signal change information, and the display data editing processing unit compares the signal change information with a display attribute and corresponds to a target monitoring item. And outputs display data to a display device via the display control unit. The signal input / output history editing unit transmits the signal change information to the signal input / output history data. The display attribute output processing unit reads the display attribute corresponding to the signal input / output from the display attribute storage device, and outputs the display attribute to the form editing processing unit. Based on the input / output history data and the display attributes, form data relating to screen specifications, test items, results, etc. is edited and stored in a form data storage device. And a facility monitoring display processing system. 4. The facility monitoring and display processing system according to claim 1, wherein said display attribute output processing unit outputs a component ID of a component corresponding to a display condition from said display attribute storage device. A facility monitoring display processing system for outputting display attributes including the display attributes. 5. The facility monitoring display processing system according to claim 2, wherein each time the signal input / output history editing unit is called from outside, an ID for identifying a signal for the corresponding monitoring component is provided. A facility monitoring display processing system for outputting data values and signal change information and storing the data values in a signal input / output history data storage device.