JP2005122535A - Device status display program, device status display method and computer system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it easy for a user to grasp the status of a device such as an expansion card incorporated into a computer. <P>SOLUTION: A card status deciding part 210 decides whether a home server card 100 is normally operating on the basis of the presence/absence of a normal status file 120, and a status icon display part 220 displays a status display icon 300 by changing display color on the basis of the decision result. Also, a card detail acquiring part 240 decides whether the home server card 100 is under start processing by using an error log file 120 and, when the home server card 100 is under start processing, calculates the degree of progress of the start processing by using a status storage folder 150. A tool chip display part 250 or a detail dialog display part 260 displays the degree of progress of start processing. further, the card detail acquiring part 240 acquires the error log of the error log file 120, and the detail dialog display part 260 displays the contents of the error log as a detail dialog. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a computer and a device, and the computer relates to a computer system incorporating the device, a device status display program, and a device status display method, and in particular, enables a user to easily grasp the status of the device. The present invention relates to a computer system, a device status display program, and a device status display method.

  In recent years, with a reduction in communication costs in a communication environment, a high-speed Internet environment called broadband such as ADSL, CATV, and FTTH has become widespread not only in companies but also in general homes. In addition, with the spread of personal computers, individual individuals have personal computers in their homes.

  In this way, as home users have more than one personal computer, in order to exchange data between personal computers in the home, a router is introduced to construct a home local network, so-called home network. The proportion is also increasing. By connecting this home network to a broadband modem via a router, a high-speed Internet connection can always be realized from a personal computer in the home.

  Such a broadband router is usually equipped with a status display lamp for indicating a communication start state, a communication state, a disconnection state, an error occurrence state, and the like. This status indicator lamp lights and flashes, and the status indicator lamp color usually changes from green to red when there is an error, so that the internal status of the broadband router can be understood by the user. Yes.

  In addition to the introduction of broadband routers for home networks, an increasing number of households are introducing and operating wireless LAN access points, file servers, and the like.

  However, when installing a broadband router, a wireless LAN access point, a file server, etc. in a home, the installation location is often troubled. Therefore, these functions are realized as an expansion card for a personal computer, and the problem of the installation location can be solved by incorporating the expansion card in the personal computer (for example, Japanese Patent Application Nos. 2003-29923 and 2003-2003). See 29924.). Also, such an expansion card is equipped with a status display lamp so that the user can know the communication status of the broadband router by the lighting state of the lamp.

  Usually, an expansion card for a personal computer is inserted into an expansion card slot inside the personal computer body. This slot is generally located near the back of the PC main unit, and the end of the expansion card inserted into the slot is exposed on the back of the PC main unit, so it is possible to connect a cable directly from the outside to the expansion card. ing.

  Therefore, when a broadband router card is inserted into the expansion card slot, the status display lamp is located on the back of the personal computer body. In general personal computers, since the floppy drive and the CD drive are located on the front side of the main body, the back surface is often placed in a place where it is difficult to see directly from the user side.

  Therefore, there is a problem that when the user tries to check the card status display lamp, the user needs to look into the back of the main body. In addition, when the back of the main unit is hidden, such as when it is stored in a PC rack, there is a problem that the display status of the lamp cannot be confirmed unless the PC main unit is moved to a position where the lamp can be seen. .

  Also, users of other computers connected to the home network and installed in different rooms cannot confirm the lamp display status unless they move to the installation location of the computer where the expansion card is inserted. There was also a problem.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems caused by the prior art, and allows a user to easily grasp the state of the apparatus, the apparatus state display program, and the apparatus state display method. The purpose is to provide.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention is based on the monitoring information acquisition procedure for reading monitoring information in which the internal state of the device built in the computer is recorded in the device, and the monitoring information. The computer is caused to execute a state determination procedure for determining the state of the device and a state display procedure for displaying the state determined by the state determination procedure on a display device.

  Also, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the state determination procedure determines that the state of the device is being activated when the device is neither in a normal operating state nor in an abnormal state.

  Further, in the present invention, in the above invention, when the state determination procedure determines that the state of the device is in the startup process, the progress degree of the startup process is calculated. When displaying that the state is being activated, the state is displayed together with the degree of progress calculated by the state determination procedure.

  Further, in the present invention, in the above invention, when the state determination procedure determines that the state of the device is in the startup process, the remaining time until the startup process is completed is calculated, and the status display The procedure is characterized in that when the status of the card type computer is displayed as being activated, the procedure is displayed together with the remaining required time calculated by the status determination procedure.

  In addition, the present invention provides a device information display method in which a monitoring information acquisition step of reading monitoring information in which an internal state of a built-in device is recorded in the device, and a state determination for determining the state of the device based on the monitoring information And a state display step of displaying the state determined by the state determination step on a display device.

  The present invention also includes a computer and a device, and the computer is a computer system including the device, and the device internally monitors the state of the device and stores monitoring information collected by internal monitoring. Monitoring means for recording in the apparatus, wherein the computer reads monitoring information in which the internal state of the apparatus is recorded in the apparatus; and state determination means for determining the state of the apparatus based on the monitoring information; And a state display means for displaying the state determined by the state determination means on a display device.

  According to the present invention, the monitoring information in which the internal state of the device built in the computer is recorded inside the device is read, the state of the device is determined based on the read monitoring information, and the determined state is displayed on the display device. As a result, the user can easily grasp the state of the apparatus.

  Further, according to the present invention, when the device is neither in a normal operating state nor in an abnormal state, the device state is determined to be in the startup process, so that the user can confirm that the device is in the startup process. There is an effect that it can be easily known.

  Further, according to the present invention, when it is determined that the state of the device is in the startup process, the progress degree of the startup process is calculated, and when the state of the device is displayed as being in the startup process, the calculated progress is calculated. Since it is configured to display with the degree, the user can know how long the device will be available later.

  Further, according to the present invention, when it is determined that the state of the device is in the startup process, the remaining time required until the startup process is completed is calculated, and the state of the device is displayed as being in the startup process. In this case, since the display is displayed together with the calculated remaining required time, the user can know how long the device will be available later.

  Exemplary embodiments of a computer system, an apparatus state display program, and an apparatus state display method according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  In the present embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to a personal computer with a home server function will be mainly described. Here, the personal computer with the home server function is a personal computer in which an expansion card called a home server card is built in and a home network can be easily constructed.

  The home server card has a CPU and has a server function such as a file server and a wireless LAN access point function in addition to a broadband router function. A router, a server, and a wireless LAN access point can be realized with a single card. It is a multifunctional expansion card that can be used. These functions are collectively referred to as a home server function.

  This home server card has an internal status display lamp called a STATUS lamp. This lamp is lit in green when the internal status is normal, but if any error occurs when the home server function starts up, it flashes orange to inform the user of the card abnormality. It has become.

  First, the configuration of the card status display program and the home server card according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a functional configuration diagram illustrating configurations of a card status display program and a home server card according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the card status display program 200 acquires information indicating the status from the home server card 100 and displays the status of the home server card 100 on the personal computer with the home server function.

  The home server card 100 includes an internal state monitoring unit 110, a normal state file 120, an error log file 130, an activation processing unit 140, and a state storage folder 150.

  The internal state monitoring unit 110 is a processing unit that monitors the state of the home server card 100, and creates a normal state file 120 and an error log file 130 based on the monitoring result.

  The normal state file 120 is an empty file created by the internal state monitoring unit 110 when the home server card 100 is operating normally. The normal state file 120 is not created when the home server card 100 is not operating normally.

  The error log file 130 is a file in which the internal state monitoring unit 110 records an abnormal state log when the home server card 100 is in an abnormal state. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of the error log file 130.

  As shown in the figure, the error log of the home server card 100 is recorded in the error log file 130 in a text format. For example, in the figure, “Failed to start up the wireless LAN at 16:47:20 on September 4, 2003” is recorded as an error log.

  As described above, the internal state monitoring unit 110 monitors the state of the home server card 100 and creates the normal state file 120 and the error log file 130 based on the monitoring result. The state of the home server card 100 can be acquired via the file 120 and the error log file 130.

  The activation processing unit 140 is a processing unit that performs activation processing of the home server card 100. In addition, the activation processing of the activation processing unit 140 is divided into a plurality of processing blocks, and each processing block creates an end confirmation file in the state storage folder 150 when the processing ends. That is, the status storage folder 150 is a folder for storing an end confirmation file.

  Each processing block of the activation processing unit 140 creates an end confirmation file in the state storage folder 150 when the processing is completed, so that the card state display program 200 passes through the state storage folder 150 and the home server card 100. The degree of progress of the startup process can be acquired.

  The normal status file 120, the error log file 130, and the status storage folder 150 are created in the shared folder of the home server card 100, and the card status display program 200 accesses the shared folder and relates to the status of the home server card 100. Get information.

  The card status display program 200 includes a card status determination unit 210, a status icon display unit 220, an icon display status storage unit 230, a card detail acquisition unit 240, a tool tip display unit 250, and a detailed dialog display unit 260. Have.

  The card status determination unit 210 is a processing unit that determines the status of the home server card 100 based on whether or not the normal status file 120 exists in the home server card 100. That is, the card state determination unit 210 determines that the home server card 100 is normal if the normal state file 120 is present, and determines that the home server card 100 is abnormal or is being activated if there is no normal state file 120. To do.

  The status icon display unit 220 is a processing unit that displays a status display icon indicating the status of the home server card 100 on the task tray of the display device of the personal computer with the home server function based on the determination result of the card status determination unit 210.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the display color of the status display icon displayed by the status icon display unit 220. The figure shows the state of the home server card 100, the state of the status display lamp attached to the home server card 100, and the display color of the status display icon.

  That is, when the personal computer with the home server function cannot communicate with the home server card 100, the status display lamp is turned off when the power of the home server card 100 is OFF, and the status display is displayed when the home server card 100 is being initialized. The lamp lights in orange, but the status display icon is displayed in black in all cases.

  In addition, when the home server card 100 is in the process of starting, the status display lamp lights up in orange. When a startup error of the home server card 100 occurs, the status display lamp flashes in orange. The icon is displayed in orange in all cases.

  Further, when the home server card 100 is operating normally, the status display lamp is lit in green and the status display icon is displayed in green.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a status display icon displayed on the task tray by the status icon display unit 220. In the figure, the sphere at the left end of the task tray is the status display icon 300 of the home server card 100, and the color of the status display icon 300 is black, orange or green.

  As described above, the status icon display unit 220 displays the status of the home server card 100 on the task tray by changing the color of the status display icon 300, so that the user can look into the back of the main body of the personal computer. It is possible to easily know the state of the home server card 100 without having to do so.

  The icon display state storage unit 230 is a storage unit that stores the color of the state display icon 300. The status icon display unit 220 displays the status display icon 300 and stores the displayed color in the icon display status storage unit 230.

  The card details acquisition unit 240 reads the error log file 130 and the status storage folder 150 when the status of the home server card 100 is in the startup process or when an error occurs in the home server card 100, and the details of the home server card 100 are read. It is a processing unit that acquires information.

  That is, the card details acquisition unit 240 checks whether or not there is an error log file 130, and if there is an error log file 130, acquires information about an error that has occurred in the home server card 100 from the error log file 130. To do.

  On the other hand, if there is no error log file 130, the home server card 100 is in the process of starting, so the number of end confirmation files stored in the state storage folder 150 is checked, and the end confirmation file when the start process is completed. The ratio to the total number is calculated as the progress degree of the startup process.

  The card detail acquisition unit 240 calculates the degree of progress of the activation process using the number of completion confirmation files stored in the state storage folder 150, so that the user can see how much the function provided by the home server card 100 is after. To know if it will be available in the time.

  In addition, when the activation process is sequentially performed, the average processing time of each processing block of the activation process is measured in advance, and the time required for the remaining process blocks is totaled from the currently processed process block. It can also be displayed as the remaining required time.

  The tooltip display unit 250 is a processing unit that displays the status of the home server card 100 acquired by the card detail acquisition unit 240 as a tooltip when the mouse pointer is positioned on the status display icon 300.

  FIG. 5A is a diagram illustrating an example of a tool tip displayed by the tool tip display unit 250. As shown in the figure, this tool chip 400 indicates that the home server card 100 is in the startup process and the progress degree of the startup process is 50%.

  The tooltip display unit 250 displays a pop-up menu when the mouse pointer is positioned on the state display icon 300 and the mouse is right-clicked. FIG. 5B is a diagram illustrating an example of a pop-up menu displayed by the tooltip display unit 250.

  As shown in the figure, the pop-up menu 500 includes “status display (Ctrl-S)” and “end (Ctrl-X)”, and “status display (Ctrl-S)” is selected. The detailed dialog showing the detailed status of the home server card 100 is displayed. When “Exit (Ctrl-X)” is selected, the card status display program 200 is ended.

  The detailed dialog display unit 260 displays a detailed dialog indicating the detailed status of the home server card 100 when “display status (Ctrl-S)” is selected from the pop-up menu 500 displayed by the tooltip display unit 250. Part.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a detail dialog displayed by the detail dialog display unit 260. As shown in the figure, this detailed dialog 600 indicates that the activation of the wireless LAN failed while the home server card 100 was activated.

  The detailed dialog display unit 260 displays the detailed state of the home server card 100 using the detailed dialog 600, so that the user can quickly cope with the abnormality of the home server card 100.

  For example, if the ID or password used for PPPoE connection is incorrect, an error log with the content “ID or password is incorrect” remains in the error log file 130 and is displayed in the detailed dialog 600. Can cope with the abnormality of the home server card 100 by confirming the ID and password.

  Further, even in the case of a network error such as the inability to connect to the Internet because the provider is under maintenance inspection, the details are displayed in the detailed dialog 600, so that the user can easily know the cause of the connection failure.

  Next, a processing procedure of the card status display program 200 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of the card status display program 200 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in the figure, when the card status display program 200 is activated, it generates a message handler and a timer object (step S701). Here, the message handler is a processing unit that receives information such as a mouse operation by the user as a message from the OS, and the timer object is a processing unit that generates a timer message at a specified time interval. The timer message generated by the timer object is passed to the message handler via the OS. Here, the time interval is specified as 5 seconds.

  Then, the message handler receives a message from the OS (step S702), and determines what the received message is (step S703). As a result, if the received message is a timer message, a task tray display process for displaying the status of the home server card 100 on the task tray is performed (step S704), and if the received message is a tooltip display message, Tool tip display processing for displaying the state of the home server card 100 on the tool tip 400 is performed (step S705).

  If the received message is a detailed dialog display message, a detailed dialog display process for displaying the status of the home server card 100 is performed in the detailed dialog 600 (step S706), and the received message is a pop-up menu display message. In this case, a pop-up menu display process for displaying a pop-up menu is performed (step S707).

  When each process ends, the process returns to step S702 to wait for the next message. If the message received by the message handler is an application end message, the process ends.

  As described above, the card status display program 200 receives the information about the elapse of 5 seconds and the user's mouse operation as a message, and returns to the status display icon 300, the tooltip 400, or the detailed dialog 600 based on the received message. By displaying the status of the server card 100, the user can easily know the status of the home server card 100.

  Next, a processing procedure of the task tray display process (step S704) shown in FIG. 7 will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the task tray display process shown in FIG.

  As shown in the figure, in the task tray display process, the card state determination unit 210 refers to the shared folder of the home server card 100 (step S801) and determines whether the shared folder can be accessed (step S802). As a result, when the shared folder can be accessed, the shared folder is searched (step S803), and it is checked whether or not the normal state file 120 exists in the shared folder (step S804).

  If the status display icon display unit 220 does not have the normal status file 120, the status display icon 300 in the task tray is displayed in orange (step S805), and the home server card 100 is in an error state or is being activated. Indicates. On the other hand, when the normal state file 120 exists, the task tray state display icon 300 is displayed in green (step S806), indicating that the home server card 100 is operating normally.

  If the shared folder cannot be accessed, the task tray status display icon 300 is displayed in black (step S807) to indicate that communication with the home server card 100 has failed.

  Then, the color of the status display icon 300 displayed on the task tray is stored in the icon display status storage unit 230 (step S808), and the process ends.

  In this way, this task tray display process accesses the shared folder of the home server card 100, and changes the color of the task tray status display icon 300 based on whether or not the shared folder is accessible and whether or not the normal status file 120 exists. The user can easily grasp the state of the home server card 100.

  Next, the processing procedure of the tool tip display process (step S705) shown in FIG. 7 will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the tooltip display process shown in FIG.

  As shown in the figure, in this tooltip display process, the icon display state stored in the icon display state storage unit 230, that is, the color of the state display icon 300 is confirmed (step S901), and what color is the icon display state? It is determined whether or not there is (step S902). As a result, when the icon display state is green, the tooltip display unit 250 sets “server normal operation” as the tooltip display content (step S903).

  If the icon display state is orange, the card detail acquisition unit 240 accesses the error log file 130 (step S904) and determines whether there is an error log file 130 (step S905).

  If there is an error log file 130, the tooltip display unit 250 sets “server error” as the tooltip display content (step S906). On the other hand, if there is no error log file 130, the tooltip display unit 250 sets “server activation processing in progress” as the tooltip display content (step S907).

  Further, the card detail acquisition unit 240 calculates the progress degree of the activation process based on the number of end confirmation files in the state storage folder 150, and the tool tip display part 250 converts the progress degree of the activation process into the tool tip display content. It adds (step S908).

  If the icon display state is black, “server connection not possible” is set as the tooltip display content (step S909).

  Then, the tool tip display unit 250 displays the tool tip display contents as the tool tip 400 (step S910), and the process is terminated.

  In this way, the tooltip display process determines whether the home server card 100 is in an error state or in the startup process based on the presence / absence of the error log file 130, and displays it on the tooltip 400. In some cases, by calculating the progress degree of the start process based on the state storage folder 150 and displaying it on the tooltip 400, the user can easily grasp the abnormal state and the start process state of the home server card 100. it can.

  Next, the processing procedure of the detailed dialog display process (step S706) shown in FIG. 7 will be described. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of the detailed dialog display processing shown in FIG.

  As shown in the figure, in the detailed dialog display process, the icon display state stored in the icon display state storage unit 230, that is, the color of the state display icon 300 is confirmed (step S1001), and what color the icon display state is. It is determined whether or not there is (step S1002). As a result, when the icon display state is green, the detailed dialog display unit 260 sets “server normal operation” as the detailed dialog display content (step S1003).

  If the icon display state is orange, the card detail acquisition unit 240 accesses the error log file 130 (step S1004), and determines whether there is an error log file 130 (step S1005).

  If there is an error log file 130, the detailed dialog display unit 260 sets the error log in the error log file 130 as the detailed dialog display content (step S1006). On the other hand, if there is no error log file 130, the detailed dialog display unit 260 sets “server activation processing in progress” as the detailed dialog display content (step S1007).

  Further, the card detail acquisition unit 240 calculates the progress degree of the activation process based on the number of end confirmation files in the state storage folder 150, and the detail dialog display part 260 sets the progress degree of the activation process to the details dialog display content. It adds (step S1008).

  If the icon display state is black, “server connection not possible” is set as the detailed dialog display content (step S1009).

  Then, the detailed dialog display unit 250 displays the detailed dialog display content as the detailed dialog 600 (step S1010), and the process ends.

  As described above, the detailed dialog display process displays the details of the error state of the home server card 100 as the detailed dialog 600 based on the error log in the error log file 130, so that the user has an abnormality in the home server card 100. The cause can be easily identified.

  Next, a personal computer with a home server function that executes the card status display program 200 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating a personal computer with a home server function that executes the card status display program 200 according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in the figure, this personal computer 700 with a home server function includes a main body 701, a display 702 for displaying information on a display screen 702a according to an instruction from the main body 701, and various kinds of information on the personal computer 700 with a home server function. A keyboard 703 for inputting information, a mouse 704 for designating an arbitrary position on the display screen 702a of the display 702, and an ADSL modem 705 connected to the public line 707 are provided. The personal computer with home server function 700 is connected to other personal computers (PCs) 711 and 712, a printer 713, and the like via a home network 706.

  12 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the main body 701 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the main body 701 includes a CPU 721, RAM 722, ROM 723, hard disk drive (HDD) 724, CD-ROM drive 725, FD drive 726, I / O interface 727, home Server card 100.

  The card status display program 200 executed in the home server function-equipped personal computer 700 is stored in a portable storage medium such as a floppy disk (FD) 708, a CD-ROM 709, a DVD disk, a magneto-optical disk, and an IC card. It is read from these storage media and installed in the personal computer 700 with a home server function.

  Alternatively, the card status display program is stored in a database of another personal computer (PC) 711 or 712 connected via the home network 706, read out from these databases, and installed in the personal computer 700 with the home server function. Is done.

  The installed card status display program 200 is stored in the HDD 724 and executed by the CPU 721 using the RAM 722, the ROM 723, and the like.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the card state determination unit 210 determines whether the home server card 100 is operating normally based on the presence / absence of the normal state file 120, and the state icon display unit 220 displays the card state. Since the display color of the state display icon 300 is changed based on the determination result of the determination unit 210, the user can easily know the state of the home server card 100.

  In this embodiment, the card detail acquisition unit 240 determines whether or not the home server card 100 is being activated using the error log file 120, and if the activation is being performed, the state storage folder 150 is stored. Since the progress degree of the startup process is calculated and the tooltip display unit 250 or the detailed dialog display part 260 displays the progress degree of the startup process, the user can determine how long after the home server card 100 is left. You can easily know if it will be usable.

  In this embodiment, the card detail acquisition unit 240 acquires the error log of the error log file 120, and the detailed dialog display unit 260 displays the content of the error log as a detailed dialog. The cause of the error that has occurred in the card 100 can be easily identified.

  In this embodiment, the case where the card status display program operates on the home server function-equipped personal computer 700 in which the home server card 100 is mounted has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the home server card 100 is not limited thereto. The present invention can be similarly applied to the case where the card status display program operates on the personal computer 700 with the home server function in which the personal computer 700 is installed and the personal computers 711 and 712 connected via the home network 706.

  In this case, the card status display program displays the status of the home server card 100 mounted on the personal computer 700 with the home server function on the display device of the personal computer 711 or 712.

  Therefore, even when the home server function-equipped personal computer 700 in which the home server card 100 is mounted is installed in a separate place such as another room, the user of the personal computer 711 or 712 can install the home server function-equipped personal computer 700. It is possible to know whether or not the home server card 100 is operating normally without moving to.

(Supplementary note 1)
A monitoring information acquisition procedure for reading monitoring information in which the internal state of the device built in the computer is recorded in the device;
A state determination procedure for determining the state of the device based on the monitoring information;
A device status display program for causing a computer to execute a status display procedure for displaying a status determined by the status determination procedure on a display device.

(Supplementary note 2) The apparatus state display program according to supplementary note 1, wherein the state determination procedure determines that the apparatus state is being activated when the apparatus is neither in a normal operation state nor in an abnormal state. .

(Supplementary Note 3) When the state determination procedure determines that the state of the device is in the startup process, the progress degree of the startup process is calculated,
The apparatus status display program according to appendix 2, wherein the status display procedure displays the status of the apparatus together with the progress degree calculated by the status determination procedure when displaying that the status of the apparatus is being activated.

(Supplementary Note 4) When the state determination procedure determines that the state of the device is in the startup process, the remaining time until the startup process is completed is calculated.
The apparatus status display according to appendix 2, wherein the status display procedure displays the status of the apparatus together with the remaining required time calculated by the status determination procedure when displaying that the status of the apparatus is being activated. program.

(Additional remark 5) The said apparatus is a card-type computer, The apparatus status display program as described in any one of Additional remark 1 thru | or 4 characterized by the above-mentioned.

(Appendix 6) Monitoring information acquisition means for reading monitoring information in which the internal state of the built-in device is recorded in the device;
State determination means for determining the state of the device based on the monitoring information;
An apparatus status display device comprising: status display means for displaying a status determined by the status determination means on a display device.

(Supplementary note 7) The apparatus state display according to supplementary note 6, wherein the state determination means determines that the state of the apparatus is in the startup process when the apparatus is neither in a normal operation state nor in an abnormal state. apparatus.

(Supplementary Note 8) When the state determination unit determines that the state of the device is in the startup process, the progress determination unit calculates the progress of the startup process.
8. The apparatus status display device according to appendix 7, wherein the status display means displays the status of the apparatus together with the degree of progress calculated by the status determination means when displaying that the status of the apparatus is being activated.

(Supplementary Note 9) When the state determination unit determines that the state of the device is in the startup process, it calculates the remaining time required until the startup process is completed,
8. The apparatus status display according to appendix 7, wherein the status display means displays the status of the apparatus together with the remaining required time calculated by the status determination means when displaying that the status of the apparatus is being activated. apparatus.

(Additional remark 10) The said apparatus is a card-type computer, The apparatus status display apparatus as described in any one of additional remark 6 thru | or 9 characterized by the above-mentioned.

(Additional remark 11) The monitoring information acquisition process which reads the monitoring information which recorded the internal state of the built-in apparatus inside this apparatus,
A state determination step of determining the state of the device based on the monitoring information;
A state display step of displaying on the display device the state determined by the state determination step.

(Supplementary note 12) The apparatus state display according to supplementary note 11, wherein the state determination step determines that the state of the apparatus is in a startup process when the apparatus is neither in a normal operation state nor in an abnormal state. Method.

(Additional remark 13) When the said state determination process determines with the state of the said apparatus being in a starting process, the progress degree of a starting process is calculated,
13. The apparatus state display method according to appendix 12, wherein the state display step displays the state of the apparatus together with the progress degree calculated by the state determination step when displaying that the state of the apparatus is being activated.

(Supplementary Note 14) When the state determination step determines that the state of the device is in the startup process, the remaining time required until the startup process is completed is calculated,
The apparatus status display according to appendix 12, wherein the status display process displays the status of the apparatus together with the remaining required time calculated by the status determination process when displaying that the status of the apparatus is being activated. Method.

(Supplementary note 15) The apparatus status display method according to any one of supplementary notes 11 to 14, wherein the device is a card type computer.

(Supplementary note 16) A computer and a device, and the computer is a computer system incorporating the device,
The device is
Monitoring means for internally monitoring the state of the device and recording monitoring information collected by internal monitoring in a storage device;
The computer
Monitoring information acquisition means for reading monitoring information in which the internal state of the device is recorded in the device;
State determination means for determining the state of the device based on the monitoring information;
A computer system comprising: a state display unit that displays a state determined by the state determination unit on a display device.

(Supplementary note 17) The computer system according to supplementary note 16, wherein the state determination unit determines that the state of the device is in a startup process when the device is neither in a normal operating state nor in an abnormal state.

(Supplementary Note 18) When the state determination unit determines that the state of the device is in the startup process, it calculates the progress of the startup process,
18. The computer system according to appendix 17, wherein the status display unit displays the status of the apparatus together with the progress degree calculated by the status determination unit when displaying that the status of the apparatus is being activated.

(Supplementary note 19) When the state determination unit determines that the state of the device is in the startup process, it calculates the remaining time required until the startup process is completed,
18. The computer system according to appendix 17, wherein the status display unit displays the status of the apparatus together with the remaining required time calculated by the status determination unit when displaying that the status of the apparatus is being activated.

(Supplementary note 20) The computer system according to any one of supplementary notes 16 to 19, wherein the device is a card type computer.

  As described above, the apparatus status display program, the apparatus status display method, and the computer system according to the present invention are useful when an apparatus such as an expansion card for constructing a broadband home network is used in a computer. Particularly, it is suitable when it is difficult for the user to directly view the status display lamp provided in the apparatus.

It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the card state display program and home server card | curd which concern on a present Example. It is a figure which shows an example of an error log file. It is a figure which shows an example of the display color of the status display icon which a status icon display part displays. It is a figure which shows an example of the status display icon which a status icon display part displays on a task tray. It is a figure which shows an example of the tool tip which a tool tip display part displays. It is a figure which shows an example of the pop-up menu which a tooltip display part displays. It is a figure which shows an example of the detail dialog which a detail dialog display part displays. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the card | curd state display program which concerns on a present Example. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the task tray display process shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the tooltip display process shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the detailed dialog display process shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows the personal computer with a home server function which performs the card | curd state display program which concerns on a present Example. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the main-body part shown in FIG.

Explanation of symbols

100 Home server card 110 Internal status monitoring unit 120 Normal status file 130 Error log file 140 Startup processing unit 150 Status storage folder 200 Card status display program 210 Card status determination unit 220 Status icon display unit 230 Icon display status storage unit 240 Acquisition of card details Unit 250 tooltip display unit 260 detailed dialog display unit 300 status display icon 400 tooltip 500 pop-up menu 600 detailed dialog 700 home server function-equipped personal computer 701 main unit 702 display 702a display screen 703 keyboard 704 mouse 705 ADSL modem 706 home network 707 public Line 708 floppy disk 709 CD-ROM
711,712 PC (PC)
713 Printer 721 CPU
722 RAM
723 ROM
724 Hard disk drive 725 CD-ROM drive 726 Floppy disk drive 727 I / O interface

Claims (5)

On the computer,
A monitoring information acquisition procedure for reading monitoring information in which the internal state of the device built in the computer is recorded in the device;
A state determination procedure for determining the state of the device based on the monitoring information;
A device status display program for causing a computer to execute a status display procedure for displaying a status determined by the status determination procedure on a display device.   2. The apparatus status display program according to claim 1, wherein the status determination procedure determines that the status of the apparatus is being activated when the apparatus is neither in a normal operation state nor in an abnormal state. When the state determination procedure determines that the state of the device is in the startup process, it calculates the progress degree of the startup process,
The apparatus status display program according to claim 2, wherein the status display procedure displays the status of the apparatus together with a progress degree calculated by the status determination procedure when displaying that the status of the apparatus is being activated. . A monitoring information acquisition step of reading monitoring information in which the internal state of the built-in device is recorded in the device;
A state determination step of determining the state of the device based on the monitoring information;
A state display step of displaying on the display device the state determined by the state determination step. A computer and a device, and the computer is a computer system including the device;
The device is
Monitoring means for internally monitoring the state of the device and recording monitoring information collected by internal monitoring in a storage device;
The computer
Monitoring information acquisition means for reading monitoring information in which the internal state of the device is recorded in the device;
State determination means for determining the state of the device based on the monitoring information;
A computer system comprising: a state display unit that displays a state determined by the state determination unit on a display device.

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