JP2011209783A - Operations management system and method for verifying facility data of the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow disagreement between a facility name and a bit position to be easily detected, wherein the facility name and the bit position are commonly used among a plurality of computers in an operations management control system.SOLUTION: A control computer prepares data into which a display name and a bit position are combined from a facility information database and a display/control database, and sends it to a management computer. A data verification section compares the sent data with the same data prepared from the facility information database and the display/control database, and detects failure in facilities data in its early stage by detecting the presence or absence of the disagreement.

Description

  The present invention relates to a facility data verification method for an operation management system composed of a plurality of computers, and particularly, an operation management system suitable for verifying the consistency of facility software information, particularly computer software developed individually. It relates to the equipment data verification method.

  In recent years, with the strengthening of PC (personal computer) and network technology, control computer systems are rapidly expanding from a conventional central computer centralized computer configuration to a distributed computer configuration. Due to such decentralization, the so-called multi-vendorization is progressing recently, in which the system is not integrated by only one company but the companies in charge of each PC are different.

  Along with this multi-vendorization, the architecture of the control computer system has to be changed greatly. That is, since the computers are distributed by the PC and the input / output devices are made intelligent by the PC, each distributed PC performs an independent function, so that the facility information and display / control information for each PC. Is holding in. The equipment information installed in each PC is not necessarily the same, and in many cases, only necessary information is stored according to the role of each PC.

  When such a system is developed by a single vendor, the customer is generally given the facility management information table and display / control information table of the operation management system to the vendor, and the vendor creates their own development tools based on this information. The necessary information is distributed to each distributed PC by the tool. In addition, even when there is an additional change in equipment information and display / control information, it is easy to make the version of equipment information and display / control information on each PC consistent by distributing information using a deployment tool. .

  However, when the development of such a system becomes a multi-vendor form which has recently increased, various troubles occur. That is, in most cases, when the vendors' PCs configured by receiving the same facility information and display / control information given by the customer are connected and operated via a network, they do not operate normally. There are three causes described in [Patent Document 1].

  In the prior art described in [Patent Document 1], in order to check such a data mismatch, the data verification unit of the control computer creates data in which the equipment name is combined with the equipment number from the equipment information database and the display database. Then, the data verification unit compares the transmitted data with the same data generated from the facility information database and the display information database, and detects whether there is a mismatch.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2001-2116020

  In the conventional technique described in [Patent Document 1], since the data in which the equipment name is combined with the equipment number from the equipment information database and the display database is used, the correspondence between the equipment number and the equipment name on the database is If it is different for each multi-vendor, an accurate check cannot be performed, which may cause incorrect control.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a facility data verification method for an operation management system having a function capable of reliably detecting a mismatch between display / control information (equipment name) commonly used by a plurality of computers of the operation management system and a bit position. There is to do.

  In order to achieve the above object, an operation management system of the present invention is connected to a network, and each includes a facility information database for storing facility attributes including a bit position and related facilities corresponding to the bit position, and a bit position. Management computer and control computer having a display / control information database for storing display names (display characters) corresponding to bit positions and control data, and each control computer has an equipment information database and a display provided in its own computer / The operation management system that executes control using the control information database, and the management computer transmits the bit position information from the management computer at the time of data verification, and the display transmitted as the verification data from the control computer / Merge control information and equipment information database provided in own computer and record as second merge data Comparison database for recording first merge data obtained by merging data fetched from the facility information database and display / control information database provided in the own computer, the first merge data recorded in the database requiring comparison, and the second merge A data verification unit is provided that compares data with each control computer and detects any inconsistency and stores it in the problem file.

  Further, the data verification method of the operation management system includes a facility information database for storing facility attributes including a bit position and related facilities corresponding to the bit position in each of a management computer and a control computer connected to the network, and a bit position. A display / control information database for storing display names (display characters) corresponding to bit positions and control data is provided, and each control computer is controlled using an equipment information database and a display / control information database provided in its own computer. The operation management system for executing the above-mentioned, at the time of data verification, the bit position information is transmitted from the management computer, the display / control information transmitted as verification data from the control computer, and the equipment provided in the own computer Merge the information database and enter it as the second merge data into the comparison database of the management computer The first merge data obtained by merging the data acquired from the facility information database and the display / control information database provided in the own computer is input to the comparison database, and the data verification unit of the management computer is input to the comparison database. The first merge data and the second merge data are compared for each control computer, and if there is a mismatch, it is detected and stored in the problem file.

  According to the present invention, since inconsistencies between facility information and display / control information between individually developed software can be easily detected and corrected, it is distributed in I / F tests between companies by a single data verification process. This is effective in preventing erroneous control in the mold control system.

It is a block diagram of the operation management system which is one Example of this invention. It is a schematic diagram which shows an installation. It is a figure which shows an example of the signal information of equipment data. It is a figure which shows an example of the area information of equipment data. It is a figure which shows an example of the display information of equipment data. It is a figure which shows an example of the control information of equipment data. It is a figure which shows an example of the misinformation of the display information of equipment data. It is a flowchart which shows the traffic signal information verification process of a data verification part. It is a figure which shows an example of the database for a comparison produced | generated by a data verification part. It is a figure which shows an example of the database for a comparison produced | generated by a data verification part. It is a figure which shows an example of the problem file produced | generated by the data verification part. It is a flowchart which shows the whole process of a data verification part.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an operation management system according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the operation management system is connected to one or a plurality of control computers 2 that control the control object 3 and the control computer 2, and inputs necessary information to the control computer 2, A management machine 1 connected to the control computer 2 via the network 6 and managing the entire system using information of the control computer 2; A man-machine device 4 is connected to the computer 1 and inputs / outputs information necessary for the management computer 1.

  The management computer 1 includes an overall management unit 14 for managing the entire system, an equipment information database 11 for storing equipment attributes including related equipment corresponding to the bit position and the bit position, and a display corresponding to the bit position and the bit position. Display information is received from the display / control information database 12 for storing names (display characters) and control data, and the man-machine device 4, converted into bit positions and transmitted to the overall management unit 14, or from the overall management unit 14 A display control unit 15 that receives a position, converts it into display information and transmits it to the man-machine device 4, a data verification unit 13 that performs a mutual check of the bit position and display name of the management computer 1 and the control computer 2, and a network 6 and a communication interface 16. The data verification unit 13 is connected with a work comparison database 17 and a problem file 18 used for processing.

  The control computer 2 includes an individual control unit 24 that performs individual control based on the bit position received from the management computer 1, an equipment information database 21 that stores equipment attributes including bit positions and related equipment corresponding to the bit positions, The display name (display character) corresponding to the bit position, the display / control information database 22 for storing the control data, and the display information from the man-machine device 5 are received, converted into the bit position, and transmitted to the individual control unit 24. Or the display control unit 25 which receives the bit position from the individual control unit 24, converts it into display information and transmits it to the man-machine device 5, and the related equipment of the control computer 2 based on the bit position received from the management computer 1 Is composed of a data verification unit 23 that transmits a bit position including the display name to the management computer 1 and a communication interface 26 of the network 6.

  The above-described overall management unit 14, individual control unit 24, data verification units 13 and 23, and display control units 15 and 25 are incorporated in each computer as programs to be executed.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a simple example of equipment. In the example of the equipment shown in FIG. 2, the section is divided into four sections having section numbers “111”, “121”, “122”, and “131”, and each section has a name “DIT”, “ Circuits indicated by “51T”, “1RAT”, “1RBT”, “62T”, and “13RT” are laid. In addition, a traffic signal is provided near where the circuit branches or merges. In the example shown in FIG. 2, four traffic lights with names “1RA”, “1RB”, “12R”, and “13R” are installed.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the traffic signal information shown in FIG. 2 in the equipment data. Equipment data associated with each of the four traffic lights “1RA”, “1RB”, “12R”, “13R” shown in FIG. 2, that is, an outer circuit, a first inner circuit, a final inner circuit, and an outer section. , The inner section is stored as signal information at bit positions.

  For example, in a traffic light whose equipment name is 1 group 1 bit and whose display name is 1 RA, the outer circuit is 3 groups 1 bit (DIT), the first inner circuit is 3 groups 3 bits (51T), and the final inner circuit is 3 The group 2 bits (1RAT), the outer section 111, and the inner section 121 related equipment data are recorded.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing section information in the facility data shown in FIG. The types of four sections “111”, “121”, “122”, and “131” shown in FIG. 2 are stored as section information. Each type is a column number display position.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing display information in the facility data shown in FIG. As display information in the train facility shown in FIG. 2, display codes and types of traffic lights and circuits are stored. For example, the display code of the traffic light “1RA” is “1 group 1 bit”, and the type is stored as “traffic light”.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing control information in the facility data shown in FIG. As a control code in the train facility shown in FIG. For example, “1 group 1 bit” is stored as the control code of the traffic light “1RA”.

  For example, when the control information indicating that the control code “1 group 1 bit” of the traffic signal “1RA” shown in FIG. 6 is turned on is output, the display code “1 group 1 bit” of the traffic signal “1RA” of FIG. It is transmitted from the control object 3.

  At that time, the traffic light “1RA” is displayed on the man-machine device 5 in a progress display. Further, the route is displayed by changing the colors of the first inner circuit “3 group 2 bits” and the final inner circuit “3 group 3 bits” shown in FIG.

  When the position of the train is changed from the ON state of the outer circuit “3 group 1 bit” shown in FIG. 3 to the ON state of the first inner circuit “3 group 2 bit” shown in FIG. The display position is advanced from “111” to “121”.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example when there is an error in the display information recorded in the control computer 2. The display information shown in FIG. 7 is the same as the display information described with reference to FIG. 5. However, the display name of the display code “3 groups 4 bits” is erroneously input as “1RCT”, and the display code “3 groups 4” is displayed. The “bit” is different from the display name “1RBT” shown in FIG. Here, “3 groups, 4 bits” is also referred to as a bit position.

  The equipment information database 21 recorded in the control computer 2 is the same as the equipment information database 11 shown in FIG.

  The data verification operation performed by the data verification unit 13 of the management computer 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing of the data verification unit 13 of the management computer 1.

  In step 801, the bit position information recorded in the equipment information database 11 of the own computer is transmitted to each control computer 2 via the network 6. In step 802, as verification data from each control computer 2, When the above display / control information is transmitted, it is received, and in step 803, the received data is input to the comparison database 17 as second merge data.

  In step 804, the bit position “1 group 1 bit” and “1 group 2 bit” transmitted from the management computer 1 to each control computer 2 are used as a key from the facility information database 11 to set the bit position “1 group 1 bit” and Equipment information such as “group 2 bits” and related equipment “external circuit” and “final inward circuit” is input to the memory area wk1.

  In step 805, display / control information corresponding to the bit positions “1 group 1 bit” and “1 group 2 bit” and the related equipment is input to the memory area wk2.

  In step 806, the facility information and the display / control information acquired from the facility information database 11 and the display / control information database 12 in steps 804 and 805 are merged and stored in the comparison database 17 as first merge data.

  FIG. 9A is a diagram showing the contents of the comparison database 17 generated in the case of the database shown in FIG. FIG. 9A shows first merge data obtained by merging the data fetched from the facility information database 11 and the display / control information database 12 in steps 804 and 805 in FIG. Are associated.

  The example shown in FIG. 9A is obtained by merging the normal facility information and the display / control information shown in FIG. On the other hand, in the example shown in FIG. 9B, the display / control information database 22 of one control computer 2 is erroneously set as shown in FIG. The same as the example shown in FIG. 9A except that the display name of the bit position “3 groups 4 bits” is set to “1RCT” in the 2 merge data.

  In step 807 of the flow shown in FIG. 8, as described above, the second merge data sent by merging the database of the control computer 2 and the data generated by merging the database of the management computer 1 are generated. Is compared.

  When there are a plurality of control computers 2, there is second merge data for each computer, and the comparison here is also performed for each control computer. As a comparison method, for example, it is checked whether or not the corresponding bit position is matched using the display character as a key in the first and second merge data, and then it is checked whether the corresponding display character is matched using the bit position as a key. The result is stored in the problem file 18. The operator corrects any problem by displaying this.

  FIG. 10 shows a problem file generated by comparing the merge data shown in FIG. 9, and the final inner circuit display character at the bit position “group 2 bits” is the first merge data by the above-described comparison. In the case of “1RBT”, in the second merge data, “1RCT” is found to be inconsistent, and “disagreement” is input to the display character position where the detection result is inconsistent.

  In the check result column shown in FIG. 10, facilities and related facilities are collectively displayed, and “NG” is input as a check result of the “group 1 bit” in which “mismatch” has occurred. On the other hand, since there is no error regarding the equipment “group 1 bit” and the related equipment, “OK” is input as the check result.

  As described above, the display / control information is transmitted to the management computer 1 together with the facility information at the time of data verification, the contents of the database are checked, and if corrected, the bit position is transmitted at the time of actual control operation. Thus, correct control can be performed without any discrepancy with the display / control information.

  In this way, since the display position, display code, and control code are compared using individually distinguishable bit positions as equipment names, accurate checks can be performed and erroneous control can be prevented from being executed. it can.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing the overall processing of the data verification unit 13 in the management computer 1. In this overall process, a traffic signal information verification process 111, a section information verification process 112, an approach detection information verification process 113, a route control information verification process 114, and a route facility information verification process 115 are prepared and described. In addition to traffic lights, section information, approach detection information, and route control information can be verified.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Management computer 2 Control computer 3 Control object 4,5 Man-machine apparatus 6 Network 11, 21 Equipment information database 12, 22 Display / control information database 13, 23 Data verification part 14 Overall management part 15, 25 Display control part 16 , 26 Interface 24 Individual control unit

Claims (3)

  Connected to the network, each stores an equipment information database that stores equipment attributes including a bit position and related equipment corresponding to the bit position, a display name (display character) corresponding to the bit position, the bit position, and control data. A management computer and a control computer having a display / control information database, and each control computer is an operation management system that executes control using the facility information database and the display / control information database provided in its own computer. The management computer transmits bit position information from the management computer at the time of data verification, and the display / control information transmitted as verification data from the control computer and the equipment provided in the own computer The information database is merged and recorded as the second merge data, and the facility information data provided in the computer is stored. A database for comparison that records first merge data obtained by merging data fetched from the database and the display / control information database, and the first merge data and the second merge data recorded in the comparison database for each control computer An operation management system comprising a data verification unit that detects and stores inconsistency if there is a discrepancy in comparison with   The display / control information database has a display character corresponding to a control target facility, and the first and second merge data are data in which the bit position and the display character are associated with each control target facility. The operation management control system according to claim 1.   A facility information database for storing facility attributes including a bit position and related facilities corresponding to the bit position in each of the management computer and the control computer connected to the network, and display names (display characters corresponding to the bit position and the bit position) ) And a display / control information database for storing control data, and each control computer is an operation management system that executes control using the facility information database and the display / control information database provided in the own computer. At the time of data verification, the bit position information is transmitted from the management computer, and the display / control information transmitted as verification data from the control computer and the facility information database provided in the own computer are merged. 2 Merge data is input to the comparison database of the management computer, and the equipment provided in the own computer The first merge data obtained by merging the data fetched from the information database and the display / control information database is input to the comparison database, and the data verification unit of the management computer and the first merge data input to the comparison database A data verification method for an operation management system, characterized in that the second merge data is compared for each control computer, and if there is a mismatch, it is detected and stored in a problem file.

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