JP2001282860A - Control signal allocation device for control board - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a control signal allocation device for control board by which connection information and appliance information such as the composition of related control boards or the like can be obtained from control signal information by computer processing. SOLUTION: A control signal allocation device is provided with a control signal information storage means 11, a computing means 12, and a first storage means 13. The computing means 12 is provided with a control signal expansion processing part 15 that expands control signal information depending on allocation rules supplied by the first storage means 13, and a control signal allocation processing part 16 that allocates control signal information depending on the allocation rules. The control signal expansion processing part 15 expands control signal information into plurality of items, and the control signal allocation processing part 16 allocates control signals to appliances and acquires connection information and appliance information automatically.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a control signal for a control panel which makes it possible to automatically obtain connection information and equipment information for an instrument such as a control panel from control signals for controlling devices and equipment. It relates to an assignment device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A control signal for a device such as a lighting device or an air conditioner or a device such as a meter or a switch is given from a control panel electrically connected to the device or device. As used herein, the control panel refers to a concept including a board that is a substantial element thereof and a unit that is an aggregate thereof. The box housing the board and the unit is simply called a panel to distinguish it from the control panel.

A typical control panel is, as shown in FIG.
It comprises a board 1, a plurality of units 2 and a plurality of substrates 3. Each board 1 is given a number that distinguishes it from other boards. A number is given to the plurality of units 2 and further to the plurality of substrates 3 to distinguish between them.

By assigning individual numbers to these appliance parts, the board 1 is specified from the board number A shown in the figure, and the position of the unit 2 with respect to the board 1 is specified from the unit number B,
The position of the board 3 with respect to the unit 2 can be specified from the slot number C. Further, the wiring position in the substrate 3 is given as a terminal number D so as to prevent confusion between the wirings in the substrate 3.

[0005] On the other hand, before the connection between the device and the equipment and the control panel is completed, the connection relationship between each control signal and the above-mentioned panel number A, unit number B, slot number C and terminal number D must be clear. The board 3 is the most important in clarifying the connection relation, and each control number is assigned based on this. Assignment of control signals to the boards 3 becomes more difficult as the number of boards 3 increases. Depending on the device, control signals must be allocated while voluminous data (for example, thousands) is collated, and frequent work is forced for a long time.

[0006]

The assignment of the control signals described above largely depends on humans, and a great deal of time must be spent to complete the connection information without omission. In addition, there is an unexpected mistake in the human judgment, and even if it is finished once, if a mistake is found in a subsequent check etc., it must be corrected each time, and the completion of the connection information will be prolonged by that much .

[0007] On the other hand, in the work that requires a long time, for example, when the completion of connection information is urgently required, a large number of personnel are required to be input, and the assignment method is greatly different depending on the individual, and the uniformity is reduced. It becomes difficult to have.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a control panel control signal allocating apparatus which can automatically obtain connection information and related equipment information such as the configuration of a control panel from control signal information by processing by a computer. It is in.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a control signal information storage means for storing control signal information for controlling a device, and a development rule and control for developing the control signal information into a plurality of items for each signal type. First storage means for storing an allocation rule for allocating signal development information to an appliance for each information type, a control signal development processor for developing control signal information in accordance with the deployment rule, and control for allocating control signals to the appliance in accordance with the allocation rule A signal allocation processing unit and an operation unit having an allocation information output unit for outputting allocation information.

In the control signal allocating apparatus having the above configuration, detailed connection information for a board or the like can be automatically obtained based on each control signal information, and the data creation efficiency can be significantly improved.

Further, detailed equipment information such as the configuration of the control panel can be obtained, and labor in designing and manufacturing the control panel can be greatly reduced.

Preferably, the present invention further comprises a second storage means for storing control signal development information and control signal allocation information provided from the arithmetic means.

In the control signal allocating apparatus having the above configuration, the control signal developing information and the control signal allocating information from the arithmetic means can be temporarily stored in the second storage means. Then, it is possible to take it out from the second storage means and use it.

Further, the present invention desirably includes a control signal allocation changing unit for changing the control signal allocation information by the arithmetic means.

In the control signal allocating device having the above configuration, when any error is found in the control signal allocation information, the error of the information can be immediately corrected.

In the present invention, preferably, the first storage means includes an expansion rule recording section for storing an expansion rule and an allocation rule recording section for storing an allocation rule.

In the control signal allocating device having the above configuration, the development rule recording unit and the allocation rule recording unit are separately configured, so that the transfer (download) of the development rule and the allocation rule can be easily performed.
Even when the control signal information is extremely enormous and a large number of personnel are to be used for data creation, the data can be unified and processed according to the same assignment rule.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, the control signal allocating apparatus includes a control signal information storage unit 11 for storing input control signal information. Further, the control signal allocating device includes an operation unit 12, a first storage unit 13, and a second storage unit 14. The calculation means 12 calculates a control signal development processing unit 15 for classifying the given control signals into control signal points, and a board, a unit, and a board to be used based on the control signal information. A control signal assignment processing unit 16 for assigning a connection point; and a control signal assignment change unit 17 for manually correcting an error in the control signal assignment information when any error is found.
And an assignment information output unit 18 for outputting the obtained various data and forms.

Further, the first storage means 13 comprises an expansion rule recording section 19 for storing information relating to an expansion rule, which will be described in detail later, and an allocation rule recording section 20 for storing information relating to a control signal allocation rule described later. Become. Also,
The second storage means 14 is provided with a control signal expansion information recording section 21 for temporarily storing control signal expansion information output from the signal information expansion processing section 15, and a control signal allocation processing section 16 and a control signal allocation change section 17. Control signal allocation information recording unit 2 for temporarily storing output control signal allocation information
And 2.

This embodiment has the above configuration.
In developing the control signal, control signal information storage means 1
From 1, control signal information is input to the control signal development processing unit 15. Usually, this control signal information includes a plurality of items. A typical example of this item is shown in FIG. In this example, the total number of items is 12, and the signal type indicates the type of a control signal described later. 6 to 12 indicate the number of points of the control signal. For example, considering a case in which a certain device breaks down and returns, first, information No. 1 is used to detect a fault. No. 9 has one fault, and information No. 9 is a signal of a switch restarting after repair. There are one state point of 8, and the signal is composed of a total of two signals. FIG. 3 shows the data contents of this specific example.

Next, the input control signal information is developed according to the development rule from the development rule recording unit 19. FIG. 4 shows an example of this development rule. AI, AIO,
A link with control signal information can be made by a signal type such as DI, DIO, MS, and SU and the information No.

The processing flow will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, an expansion rule is read (step 101), then it is determined whether or not it is the last control signal information (step 102), and further, the control signal information is read for each record (step 103). Next, it is determined whether or not the signal type is the same as the signal type of the expansion rule (step 104).

If they are the same, the board name is obtained from the deployment rule information, the status is divided by the delimiter ("/" in this example) from the status item of the control signal, and assigned to the score unit (step 105). If they are not the same, the process returns to step 102 for processing. Next, data is written in point units (step 106). The control signal development information obtained here is temporarily stored in the control signal development information recording unit 21.

Further, in allocating control signals, control signal development information is input from the control signal development information recording unit 21 to the control signal allocation processing unit 16. This assignment follows the assignment rule stored in the assignment rule recording unit 20. FIG.
(A), (b), and (c) show examples of typical allocation rules. Here, (a) is an example in which rules regarding board information are described, which are classified by board size, the number of units to be housed in the board, the number of boards to be housed in the unit, the allowable power of one unit, and the number of electric wires stored per board. Is specified.

FIG. 3B shows an example in which rules regarding board information are described.
Specify the number of points per board, the number of cables used, and the amount of power used. (C) describes a rule related to the point constraint.
Limit the number of points in a unit.

The flow of the process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. First, the control signal development information is read in units of one record (step 201), and then it is determined whether the control signal development information is the last control signal development information (step 20).
2) Further, it is determined whether there is a board that can be allocated (step 203). Here, the assigned boards are collated in order, and only when there is no board, the board addition processing (step 204) is executed.

Next, whether there is a unit that can be assigned,
It is determined whether or not a unit can be added (step 205).
06). Here, the units are collated in order,
If no, that is, if there is no additional space for the unit, the process returns to step 203 and must be processed separately. On the other hand, when it is possible, that is, when there is an additional space for the unit, the unit is added in the next step (step 207).

Next, it is determined whether there is a board that can be allocated (step 208). In this case, if there is a board having a vacant point in the unit, the assignment to the point is possible, and the assignment processing described later is executed. On the other hand, if there is no board with an empty point, it is determined in the next step whether or not the number of electric wires in the board is within a specified value and whether or not a board can be added (steps 209 and 210). ).

The reason for judging whether or not the number of electric wires in the panel is within a specified value is that the number of electric wires increases with the addition of a board.
This is to confirm that the number of wires in the panel does not exceed the specified value. As a result of the determination, if the value exceeds the specified value, the process must return to step 203 to perform another process. On the other hand, whether or not a board can be added is determined in order to confirm that there is an empty slot in the unit and that the power amounts of all the boards in the unit are within the allowable power amount. As a result of the determination, if both conditions are not satisfied, it is necessary to return to step 205 and perform another processing.

Next, if the number of electric wires in the board is within the specified value and a board can be added, a board is added (step 211). After that, the board number, unit number, slot number,
A terminal number is assigned (step 212). FIG. 8 shows an example of information obtained together with the above numbers. The control signal allocation information obtained here is stored in the control signal allocation information recording unit 2.
2 temporarily.

Further, when outputting allocation information and the like, a command is input to the allocation information output unit 18 to output data and the like. The desired data is output from the control signal allocation information stored in the control signal allocation information recording unit 22. The data items are equivalent to the information in FIG. The form that can be output is at least a unit to be used as a result of allocation, a list of equipment parts used, which is a total of equipment parts such as boards, and an outline / mounting list that shows how units should be arranged for each panel It includes a table and a board arrangement list showing which boards should be contained in each unit. FIGS. 9, 10 and 11 show output examples of the used part list, the outline / mounting list and the board arrangement list.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, it is possible to manually change the control signal allocation information using the control signal allocation changing unit 17. Items that can be changed are a board number, a unit number, a slot number, and a terminal number. Provide a check function so that data is not duplicated in the change input.

The first storage unit 13 of the present embodiment
May be constituted by a single recording unit having a hierarchical structure. In this case, the development rule and the allocation rule are distinguished by the directory. Similarly, the second storage unit 14 may be constituted by a single recording unit having a hierarchical structure. In this case, the control signal deployment information and the control signal allocation information are distinguished by a directory.

In the present embodiment, detailed connection information for a board or the like can be automatically obtained based on each control signal information, and it takes a long time to complete accurate connection information as in a method depending on human labor. There is no need to spend time, and data creation efficiency can be significantly improved.

The assignment of each control signal is performed by a computer, and there is no room for individual differences in the assignment method, and it is possible to provide uniformity in the entire control panel.

Further, not only the connection information but also the equipment information such as the configuration of the control panel (the number of surfaces, the number of boards, etc.) can be obtained together, so that the labor in the control panel design and manufacturing can be greatly reduced. Become.

[0037]

According to the present invention, detailed connection information can be automatically obtained from each control signal information, and the data creation efficiency can be greatly improved. Further, detailed appliance information such as the configuration of the control panel can be obtained, and labor in designing and manufacturing the control panel can be greatly reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a control signal allocating device for a control panel according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of items of control signal information according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data example of control signal information according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a control signal expansion rule according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control signal expansion processing procedure of the present invention.

6A and 6B show examples of control signal allocation rules according to the present invention, wherein FIG. 6A shows an example of board information, FIG. 6B shows an example of board information,
(C) is a diagram showing an example of a point constraint condition.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a control signal allocation processing procedure according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of control signal allocation information according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an output example based on allocation information according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an output example based on allocation information according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an output example based on allocation information according to the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a perspective view showing a configuration example of a conventional control panel.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 11 control signal information storage means 12 arithmetic means 13 first storage means 14 second storage means 15 control signal expansion processing section 16 control signal allocation processing section 19 expansion rule recording section 20 allocation rule recording section

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A control signal information storage means for storing control signal information for controlling a device, an expansion rule for expanding the control signal information into a plurality of items for each signal type, and control signal expansion information for each information type. First storage means for storing an allocation rule to be allocated to an appliance, a control signal expansion processing unit for expanding control signal information according to the expansion rule, a control signal allocation processing unit to allocate a control signal to the appliance according to the allocation rule, and A control signal allocating device for a control panel, comprising: an arithmetic unit having an allocation information output section for outputting allocation information. 2. The control signal allocating device for a control panel according to claim 1, further comprising second storage means for storing control signal development information and control signal allocation information provided from said arithmetic means. 3. The control signal allocating device for a control panel according to claim 1, further comprising a control signal allocation changing unit for changing the control signal allocation information obtained by the control signal allocation processing unit.