JP2002175114A - Method for dynamically changing popup menu - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve such problem of a supervisory control system that, because a table of functions on a popup menu p activated by clicking on an equipment symbol displayed on a monitor screen is fixed in terms of a program, if additionally registering this equipment into a function application, the user is made impossible to grasp all of supervisory control functions using the menu p, and the user cannot directly shift from the menu p to the screen on which the additionally registered function is being run. SOLUTION: When the equipment on which to perform functions is additionally registered by the user into the function application, the contents to be registered are written into a storage means in the system. When the popup menu p is activated, the storage means in the system is consulted to create a table of functions that can be performed as to the equipment.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a monitor control system, which is activated by clicking a device symbol displayed on a monitor screen displayed on a monitor device, and displays a pop-up menu for displaying a list of functions executable for the device. Dynamic change method.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a monitoring control system for a water treatment facility or the like,
A monitor screen representing a monitoring target facility by arranging a plurality of device symbols in a predetermined layout is displayed on the monitor device. When one of the device symbols is selected and clicked with a mouse, a pop-up menu p of the selected device symbol (device 3) rises as shown in FIG. The pop-up menu p displays a list of monitoring control functions that can be executed on the selected device 3 as menu selection items.

[0003] The monitoring control function includes, for example, a trend graph (function A) for displaying the values measured for the device in time series, and an ON / OFF control function for the device (function B).
When the function A is selected and clicked on the pop-up menu p in FIG. 3, the function application of the corresponding function A is activated, and the trend graph which is the content of the function A for the device 3 is displayed.

[0004] By adopting a method of launching a dedicated pop-up menu for each device symbol in this manner, a supervisor can click on a device symbol to know all the monitoring control functions that can be performed on the device. Can be
Furthermore, by selecting one of these functions,
It is possible to directly transition to the execution screen. For this reason, it is possible to easily grasp and execute the monitoring control contents for all the devices.

The selection items (monitoring control function) of the pop-up menu are determined for each device according to the request of the user who places an order for the monitoring control system, and are incorporated in the pop-up menu program of each device as fixed data. .

[0006] On the other hand, a device to be executed by a functional application is individually registered for each functional application, and can be additionally registered by an administrator of the monitoring control system. In addition to being called from the pop-up menu, the function application can be started by calling a function list screen from the main screen and selecting and executing a registered device.

[0007]

In the field of supervisory control,
In some cases, a device to be executed is additionally registered in the functional application. For example, when the function C is to set the order and time for automatically controlling the ON / OFF operation of a plurality of devices, the device 1 and the device 2 are added to the already registered function C, And register the device 1
2 and 3 show a case where the cooperative operation is performed by the automatic control.

In this case, the registration by the system administrator is as follows:
For example, a function C is selected on a device registration screen as shown in FIG. 4, devices executable by the function C are displayed as a candidate list, and the device 3 is selected from these and added to the registration list. .

When the additional registration is performed as described above, the function C is selected on the function contents screen shown in FIG. 5 and the screen is changed to the function C execution screen. Will appear. Therefore, settings can be made for the device 3.

However, even if the device 3 is additionally registered in the function C, the pop-up menu p of the device 3 shown in FIG. 3 does not change, and the function C is not displayed in the function list. Since the display items of the pop-up menu are fixed programmatically, the system administrator who has performed the additional registration cannot make the function appear in the selected item.

[0011] Therefore, not all of the functions available in the device are displayed in the function list of the pop-up menu, and it is not possible to grasp the entire monitoring control performed by the pop-up menu.

To execute a function which is not displayed on the pop-up menu for a certain device, the monitor examines the device registered in the function by searching, calls the function table of FIG. 5 from the main screen, and It is necessary to go through an indirect procedure of transiting to a function screen as follows.
Therefore, execution of the function of the added device takes time.

In order to solve this problem, the pop-up menu of the device symbol must be reconstructed (software change) every time a device is additionally registered in the function. However, this is a task performed at the request of the software provider, and is time-consuming and expensive.

In view of the above, according to the present invention, when a device to be executed is additionally registered in a function application, the function is automatically added to a pop-up menu of the device without changing software, and monitoring is performed. It is an object of the present invention to grasp the contents of the control and enable a transition from a pop-up menu to all function screens related to the device, thereby ensuring efficient monitoring control.

[0015]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of dynamically changing a pop-up menu, comprising a plurality of function applications for executing predetermined functions for monitoring and control for individually registered devices. Click the device symbol that is installed and displayed on the monitor screen of the monitor device to start up, display a list of functions that can be executed for that device, and when a function is selected,
In a monitoring and control system that has a pop-up menu that launches the function application, when a user registers an additional device to be executed in the function application by the user, the function is dynamically added to the function list in the device menu's pop-up menu It is characterized by having a mechanism to be performed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the method for dynamically changing a pop-up menu according to the first aspect, the mechanism for dynamically adding a function refers to a storage unit in the system. A pop-up menu configured to create a list of executable functions for the device, and a registration unit that writes the registered contents to the storage unit when registering the device to be executed in the function application. It is characterized by.

[0017]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention is to dynamically update a function list of a pop-up menu which starts up when a device symbol is clicked, according to a registration status of a device in a function application. This is performed by automatically creating a function list by referring to a storage unit that stores the registration status, for example, a database of the monitoring control system when the pop-up menu is started.

This embodiment will be described with reference to the flow charts of FIGS. 1A and 1B, taking as an example a case where the device 3 is additionally registered in the function C described above.

FIG. 1A shows a procedure for additionally registering the device 3 in the function application. First, the system administrator sets the monitor device of the supervisory control system in FIG.
Call up the device registration screen as shown in. Next, a function for additionally registering a device is selected on this screen. When the function C is selected, the screen changes to a device registration screen for the function C. On this screen, registered devices 1 and 2 and a list of candidates that can be registered are displayed. Therefore, the device 3 to be additionally registered is selected from the candidates, and the registration is performed by clicking the registration button r, and the registered contents are stored in a storage means in the system, for example, a database of the monitoring control system. After this,
If the screen changes to a registration confirmation screen, it can be confirmed that the device 3 has been added.

FIG. 1 (b) shows a procedure for starting up the pop-up menu p for the device 3. When the device symbol (device 3) is clicked as shown in FIG. The device 3 checks the registered functions, and launches a pop-up menu p having a list of those functions as selection items. The reason why the function C is added in this pop-up menu is that a function list is created by reading the storage contents that the device 3 is registered in the function C from the storage means. When the function C is selected from the function list of the pop-up menu by clicking, the function application is activated, and the screen transitions to the execution screen of the function C including the device 3 as the execution target.

In this example, the function C is activated with a plurality of devices including the device 3 as execution targets, but each function is executed with a plurality of devices as execution targets, and one function as shown in FIG. There are cases where devices are targeted for execution. This is because the activation of the function application is performed from multiple registered devices.
This is because there are cases where a plurality of devices registered as a group are targeted and cases where a single designated device is targeted. The pop-up menu calls a functional application by designating one device to be executed.
The functional application is activated with this one device or a group including this one device as an execution target.

In the embodiment described above, a case where a device to be executed is additionally registered in a function application already installed in the monitoring control system, but a new function application is installed. In such a case, the method of the present invention can be applied.

This is achieved by allocating a storage area in the storage means for a newly installed function application, and configuring the pop-up menu to create a function list with reference to this area. . In this case, if a new function application is installed and a device is registered in this function application, this function is automatically added to the pop-up menu of the device symbol.

[0024]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a device is additionally registered in a function application, the function is automatically added to a pop-up menu of the device symbol, and the original operation of the pop-up menu is always performed. Can be maintained. That is, the content of the pop-up menu is
All the functions available for the clicked device are always displayed, so that the entire monitoring control function can be easily grasped, and additional registered functions can be directly transitioned from the device symbol on the monitoring screen via the pop-up menu. .

In the invention according to claim 2 of the present invention, the invention according to claim 1 can be implemented only by a partial change of a program.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which (a) shows a procedure for additionally registering a device in a functional application, and (b) shows a procedure for starting a pop-up menu for the additionally registered device. Is shown.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a start-up state of a pop-up menu according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a pop-up menu that starts up from a monitoring screen in the monitoring control system.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a device registration screen.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a function table of contents screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 p Pop-up menu r Register button

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of function applications for executing predetermined functions for monitoring and control for individually registered devices are installed, and are activated by clicking a device symbol displayed on a monitor screen of the monitor device. Displays a list of functions that can be executed for the device,
In a monitoring and control system that has a pop-up menu that activates a function application when a function is selected, when a user adds a device to be executed to the function application by the user, the function list in the pop-up menu of the device symbol A method of dynamically changing a pop-up menu, which has a mechanism for dynamically adding the function. 2. A mechanism for dynamically adding a function, wherein a pop-up menu configured to create a list of executable functions for the device with reference to a storage unit in the system, and a function application executed by a function application 2. The method of dynamically changing a pop-up menu according to claim 1, wherein, when registering a target device, the registration unit writes the registration contents into the storage unit.