JP2003256036A - Monitoring controller - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a monitoring controller capable of selecting a suitable alarm outputting means from a plurality of alarm outputting means. <P>SOLUTION: The monitoring controller is provided with a failure level determining means 9 for determining a failure level on the basis of a detection signal of a monitored part, a CRT failure displaying means 11, a speech outputting means 12 and a mouse device notifying means 13 used as the plurality of alarm outputting means for respectively outputting alarms of different types, and a failure notifying mode discriminating means 10 for determining which alarm type is to be used in response to the failure level and instructing an alarm output to the alarm outputting means corresponding to the determined alarm type. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a supervisory control device for monitoring an abnormality in a monitored part such as a plant, which takes an appropriate alarm output from a plurality of alarm output means in consideration of the type of operator in the abnormality level. The means can be selected.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the structure of a conventional monitor and control system. In the figure, 1 is a monitored part, 2 is a monitoring control device for monitoring an abnormality of the monitored part 1, and is a detection means 3 for detecting a detection signal of the monitored part 1 and an abnormal level based on the detection signal. Judgment means 4 for judgment, voice output means 5 for which the alarm type is voice as the alarm output means, display output means 6 for which the alarm type is display as the alarm output means, and each alarm output means desired according to the abnormal level. The determination means 7 for instructing each alarm is provided.

The operation of the conventional monitor and control apparatus configured as described above will be described. First, the detection signal of the monitored portion 1 is input by the detection means 3. Next, the determination means 4 determines the abnormal level of the detection signal input. Then, the determining means 7 instructs the display output means 6 and the voice output means 5 to issue each alarm according to the abnormal level. Then, each display output means 6 displays the content corresponding to the abnormal level, and the audio output means 5 outputs the audio having the content corresponding to the abnormal level.

[0004]

Since the conventional monitoring control device is constructed as described above, the alarm output means of all alarm types are operated regardless of the abnormal level.
In particular, the output from the voice output means notifies the information to a third party who has nothing to do with the abnormality processing.
There is a problem in that it causes inconvenience to the person.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a monitoring control device capable of selecting and determining an alarm type according to an abnormal level. .

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] Claim 1 according to the present invention
The monitoring control device of the above, the determination means for determining the abnormal level based on the detection signal of the monitored portion, a plurality of alarm output means for respectively outputting different alarms, and which alarm type according to the abnormal level. It is provided with a decision instructing means for deciding whether to use and for instructing the alarm output means corresponding to the decided alarm type to issue an alarm.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a monitor control device according to the first aspect, further comprising a first discriminating means for discriminating an operator abnormality type according to an abnormality level of each operator, and the decision instructing means is abnormal. The operator abnormality type is added to the level to determine which alarm type to use.

Further, a monitor control device according to a third aspect of the present invention is the monitor control device according to the first or second aspect, wherein the monitored portion has a plurality of areas, and an operator according to each area of each operator. A second discriminating unit for discriminating the area type is provided, and the determination instructing unit determines which alarm type to use by taking the operator area type into consideration in the abnormal level.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a monitor and control apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects.
When one of the plurality of warning output means is provided with a voice output means whose warning type is voice, the decision instructing means does not select voice as the warning type when the abnormal level is low.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a monitor control device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects.
One of the plurality of alarm output means is provided with a vibration output means whose alarm type is vibration.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiment 1. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a supervisory control device according to a first embodiment of the present invention, FIG.
Is a diagram showing a flowchart for explaining the operation of the supervisory control device shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a failure determination table, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a failure level definition table, and FIG. 5 is a failure notification. It is the figure which showed the mode definition table.

In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a monitored part, and 7 is a monitoring control device for monitoring the monitored part 1, which comprises the following:
Reference numeral 8 is a failure detecting means for detecting the detection signal of the monitored portion 1, 9
Is a failure level judging means for judging a failure (abnormality) level based on this detection signal, 11, 12, 13
Are CRT failure display means, voice output means, as a plurality of alarm output means for respectively outputting different types of alarms,
It is a mouse device notification means. The mouse device notification means is for outputting an alarm by causing the mouse to vibrate.

Reference numeral 10 is a failure notification mode discriminating means as a decision instructing means for deciding which alarm type to use according to the failure level and instructing the alarm output means corresponding to the decided alarm type to output an alarm. Is a failure determination table connected to the failure detection means 8, and a table as shown in FIG. 3 is stored. Reference numeral 15 is a failure level definition table connected to the failure level determination means 8 and stores a table as shown in FIG. Reference numeral 16 is a failure notification mode definition table connected to the failure notification mode determination means 10, and a table as shown in FIG. 5 is stored.

The details of each table will be described below. First, the failure determination table shown in FIG. 3 is a plant data name for determining a failure, for example, the temperature of the equipment B,
The temperature of the equipment C and the like are shown, and the upper limit value, lower limit value, upper upper limit value, lower lower limit value, etc. of each detection data are set. Next, in the failure level definition table shown in FIG. 4, the failure level corresponding to each detected value is set,
The upper limit abnormality is determined to be a medium failure, the lower limit abnormality is determined to be a low failure, and the upper upper limit abnormality and the lower lower limit abnormality are determined to be serious failures.

Next, the failure notification mode definition table shown in FIG. 5 sets the action ID of each notification destination process. The action ID 1 is set as CRT failure display means, the action ID 2 is set as voice output means, and the action ID 3 is set as mouse device notification means. Then, which action ID is selected according to each failure level is defined. Action ID1 for minor failures, action ID1,2 for medium failures, action ID for major failures
It is set to select 1, 2, and 3.

Next, the first embodiment configured as described above
The operation of the supervisory control device will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, the failure detection unit 8 determines whether or not there is data whose value has been changed to the value of the detection signal (step S1 in FIG. 2). If there is no change, return to the original. When there is a change, the failure determination table corresponding to the item of the plant data name is extracted (step S2 in FIG. 2). For example, if the temperature of the equipment B is 101.0 and it is detected that a change has occurred, the table of the temperature of the equipment B is extracted. Next, it is determined whether the detected value is within the normal range (step S3 in FIG. 2).

If it is determined to be normal, the process returns to the original. If not normal, information indicating which of the upper limit value abnormality, the lower limit value abnormality, the upper upper limit value abnormality, and the lower lower limit value abnormality is transmitted to the failure level determination means 9. 10 here
Since it is 1.0, the information that the upper limit value is abnormal is transmitted. Next, the failure level determination means 9 extracts the failure level definition table shown in FIG. 4 (step S in FIG. 2).
4).

The failure levels are light failure, medium failure,
Notify which of the major failures (step S in FIG. 2)
5). Here, since the upper limit value is abnormal, it is determined to be a medium failure. Next, the failure notification mode definition table corresponding to this failure level is extracted (step S in FIG. 2).
6). Here, a table of medium failures is extracted. next,
The execution action ID is determined, and the execution action list is generated (step S7 in FIG. 2). Here, the execution action IDs 1 and 3 are determined and a list is generated.

Next, it is judged whether or not there is an action ID to be executed (step S8 in FIG. 2). Since the execution action ID exists here, first, the execution action I
D1 is instructed to execute the alarm output. Next, the CRT failure display means 11 performs failure level color discrimination according to the failure level (step S9 in FIG. 2). For example, it is assumed that a light failure is displayed in green, a medium failure is displayed in yellow, and a serious failure is displayed in red. Then, since it is a medium failure here, a failure message is displayed in yellow (step S1 in FIG. 2).
0).

Next, it is judged whether or not there is an action ID to be executed again (step S8 in FIG. 2). Then, if there is no action ID to be executed, it is determined whether the system is terminated (step S15 in FIG. 2),
If YES, the process ends. If NO, the process returns to step S1 of FIG. Since there is still an action ID3 to be executed here, the action ID3 is instructed to execute the alarm output.

Next, the mask device notifying means 13 determines the vibration level (step S13 in FIG. 2). If it is a medium failure, it is weak vibration, and if it is a serious failure, it is strong vibration. Then, since it is a middle failure here, an alarm is output by weak vibration (step S14 in FIG. 2). Also, although it is not the action ID here, if the action ID is 2, the alarm output is executed to the action ID2. Is instructed. Next, the voice output means determines the voice message according to the failure level (step S11 in FIG. 2). Since the output of the voice output means is only for a serious failure, a message corresponding to this serious failure is set. Then, an alarm is output by this message (step S12 in FIG. 2).

Since the supervisory control device of the first embodiment configured as described above determines and issues which of the alarm output means is to be used among the respective alarm output means according to the level of the failure, It is possible to take necessary measures depending on the level of failure. Further, since the voice output means is not used at a low level failure, it is possible to know a slight change without attracting the attention of other workers. Further, although an example in which a mouse is used as the vibrating means is shown here, the vibrating means is not limited to this, and for example, a communication terminal such as a mobile phone equipped with a communication means and always carried by an operator is used to perform this communication. You may make it vibrate a terminal.

Embodiment 2. In the above-described first embodiment, the type of operator who operates the monitoring control device is not particularly shown. Here, a case where the type of operator is taken into consideration will be described. First, the supervisory control device is provided with an operator discrimination means. The operator discriminating means stores an operator I having a table as shown in FIG.
The D management table and the operator authority definition table in which the table as shown in FIG. 7 is stored are connected.

Here, the details of each table will be described. An operator ID for each operator is set in the operator ID table shown in FIG. For example, monitor 1 has operator ID 1, monitor 2 has operator ID 2,
The operator 1 has an operator ID 3, and the system general manager has an operator ID 4.

In the operator authority definition table shown in FIG. 7, the authority is set for each operator ID. For example, operator IDs 1 and 2, that is, a supervisor who only monitors the monitored portion has low authority, and operator ID 3, that is, an operator who can operate the monitored portion is authorized, operator ID 4, that is, the monitored person. High authority is set for the system general manager who needs to manage the entire system of the department. Note that the low authority shown here indicates that the authority is known only for serious failures. “Authorized” means that the user has the authority to know a medium failure or a serious failure. High authority means having authority to know all failures.

Next, the second embodiment configured as described above
The operation of the monitoring control device will be described. First, the monitoring control device performs the same operation as in the first embodiment, and after determining the failure level in step S5 of FIG. 2, the operator discriminating means adds the authority of the operator. For example, in the case of the monitor 1, the operator ID is 1 and the authority is low.

In this case, the judgment that it is not necessary to inform that the failure is not a serious one is taken into consideration. If the determination in step S5 is a serious failure and it is necessary to notify an alarm, the process moves to the next step and the same operation as in the above-described first embodiment is performed. Further, if the determination in step S5 is a medium failure or a minor failure, it is not necessary to give an alarm, so the process proceeds to step S15 in FIG.

The monitoring control apparatus of the second embodiment configured as described above determines the operator abnormality type according to the failure level of each operator, and uses any alarm type in consideration of this operator abnormality type. Since it is determined, the alarm type can be selected according to each operator.

In the second embodiment, although the number of areas of the monitored portion is not particularly shown, for example, in the monitoring control device in which the monitored portion has a plurality of areas, FIG.
In place of the operator authority definition table shown in FIG. 8, operator area types according to each area of each operator are set in the area-specific operator authority definition table as shown in FIG.

After determining the failure level in step S5 of FIG. 2, the operator discriminating means adds the authority of the operator. For example, in the case of the monitor 1, the operator ID is 1. If the detected signal is area A, the authority is low.

The following operation can be performed in the same manner as in the second embodiment. In this way, it is possible to determine which alarm type to use by adding the operator area type to the abnormal level, so that each operator can select the alarm type according to the required area.

[0032]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the determination means for determining the abnormal level based on the detection signal of the monitored portion and the plurality of alarms for outputting different alarms respectively. Since the output means and the determination instruction means for determining which alarm type to use according to the abnormal level and for giving an alarm output to the alarm output means corresponding to the determined alarm type are provided, It is possible to provide a monitoring control device capable of selecting an alarm type according to the above.

Further, according to claim 2 of the present invention, in claim 1, there is provided a first discriminating means for discriminating an operator abnormality type according to an abnormality level of each operator, and the decision instructing means has an operator at an abnormality level. Since which alarm type is used is determined in consideration of the abnormality type, it is possible to provide the monitoring control device capable of selecting the alarm type according to each operator.

Further, according to claim 3 of the present invention, in the monitor control device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a plurality of areas are present in the monitored portion, the operator area type corresponding to each area of each operator is set. Since the determination instructing means determines the alarm type to be used by adding the operator area type to the abnormal level, the determination instructing means determines the alarm type according to the required area for each operator. It is possible to provide a monitor control device that can be selected.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to third aspects, one of the plurality of alarm output means is provided with a voice output means whose alarm type is voice. Since the decision instructing means does not select the voice as the alarm type when the abnormality level is low, the operator can know the abnormality without notifying the operator who cannot process the abnormality when the abnormality level is low. Can be provided.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth aspects, one of the plurality of alarm output means is provided with a vibration output means whose alarm type is vibration. Therefore, it becomes possible to provide a monitoring control device capable of visually confirming an abnormality.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a supervisory control device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a flowchart for explaining an operation of the supervisory control device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a failure determination table of the supervisory control device shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a failure level definition table of the supervisory control device shown in FIG. 1.

5 is a diagram showing a failure notification mode definition table of the supervisory control device shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an operator ID management table according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an operator authority definition table according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing another example of an operator authority definition table according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a configuration of a conventional monitoring control device.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 monitored part, 2, 7 supervisory control device, 8 failure detection means, 9 failure level determination means, 10 failure notification mode determination means, 11 CRT failure display means, 12 voice output means, 13 mouse device notification means.

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A judging means for judging an abnormal level based on a detection signal of a monitored part, a plurality of alarm output means for respectively outputting different kinds of alarms, and which alarm type is selected according to the abnormal level. A supervisory control device, comprising: a decision instructing unit that decides whether to use the alarm and outputs an alarm output to the alarm output unit corresponding to the determined alarm type. 2. A first determining means for determining an operator abnormality type according to an abnormality level of each operator, wherein the determination instructing means uses which alarm type in consideration of the operator abnormality type in the abnormality level. The supervisory control device according to claim 1, wherein 3. A supervisory control device having a plurality of areas in a monitored part, comprising second discriminating means for discriminating an operator area type according to each area of each operator,
3. The supervisory control device according to claim 1, wherein the decision instructing means decides which alarm type to use by taking the operator area type into consideration with the abnormal level. 4. When one of the plurality of alarm output means is provided with a voice output means whose alarm type is voice, the decision instructing means does not select the voice as the alarm type when the abnormal level is low. The monitoring control device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. The monitoring control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein one of the plurality of alarm output means is provided with a vibration output means whose alarm type is vibration.