JP3367550B2 - System connection data creation method and creation device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for creating system connection data for connecting a plurality of computer devices in a computer system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a plurality of computer devices are connected to each other to construct a computer system, an instruction to connect the interface has been made by writing an image diagram with a graphic editor indicated on a computer screen.

[0003]

However, the conventional method has the following problems.

The first problem is that the connection instruction by the graphic editor is inefficient. The reason is that the operation of connecting instructions in the graphic editor is complicated.

The second problem is that detailed knowledge of the products that make up the system is required. The reason is,
In the graphic editor, since it is necessary to instruct the connection in the state that different connection connectors are mixed among all types of devices, it is necessary to have knowledge about the types and number of the inter-device connection connectors possessed by the devices in advance. Because it is necessary.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a system connection data creating method and a creating device which can easily instruct a connection between computer devices without knowledge of the type and number of the device connecting connectors of each computer device. It is in.

[0007]

A system connection data creating method of the present invention is a system connection data creating method for connecting a plurality of computer devices constituting a computer system. A step of creating model name information based on the information of the contents and quantity of the computer equipment to be configured, and a device-to-device connector of the computer equipment from a library recorded in advance for each computer equipment described in the model name information. Of the interface connection information by searching the information of each device and writing out the read device connection connector name together with the computer device model name for each device connection connector type, and the connection between the device connection connectors entered by the creator The connection symbol indicating the relationship is displayed for each device displayed in the interface connection information. And appended to the section between the connector, and a step of outputting a step to complete the interface connection information, the system connection data including the type name information and interface connection information created, to the output device.

After the interface connection information is completed, the system connection data creating method further reads in the image graphic corresponding to each computer device recorded in advance for each computer device described in the model name information, The process of creating connection graphic information, the process of transferring the connection relation information described in the interface connection information to the image graphic of each device in the interface connection graphic information, and completing the interface connection graphic information are created. And outputting the system connection data including the interface connection graphic information to the output device.

The system connection data creation device of the present invention is
A system connection data creation device for connecting a plurality of computer devices constituting a computer system, which includes an input device, a data processing device that operates under program control, a storage device, and an output device. The storage device includes a library in which, for each model name of a computer device, the type and number of inter-device connection connectors of the device are described. The data processing apparatus is a system having model name information in which a list of model names of computer devices to be connected is described, and interface connection information indicating a connection relationship between the computer devices described in the model name information. A library for all of the connection data section, product input means for creating the model name information of the devices that make up the system according to the addition or deletion information of the computer devices input from the input device, and the computer devices described in the model name information. Scan all the types and number information of the inter-device connection connectors of the equipment, and list the equipment and the inter-device connection connector name of the equipment by the inter-device connection connector type in the interface connection information. Interface expansion means and the connection between the device-to-device connectors input from the input device. A symbol indicating the relationship is described on each inter-device connection connector generated by the interface expansion means and described in the interface connection information, the interface connection table input means for completing the interface connection information, and the system connection for instructing the connection. And a recording medium recording a program for creating data.

The system connection data creating apparatus further includes a graphic library in which the storage device stores a fixed graphic image of a computer device recorded in the library, and the data processing device includes a system data connection. From the graphic library, the interface connection graphic information that shows the connection relationship between the computer devices described in the model name information and the image graphic of the device corresponding to the computer device described in the model name information. The interface connection graphic initialization means for reading and displaying the interface connection graphic information, and the connection relation information described in the interface connection information added to the interface connection graphic information initialized by the interface connection graphic initialization means, Interface connection figure information completed A, and a interface connection graphic connection means.

According to the present invention, in a program for creating "system connection data" for instructing a connection when a plurality of computer devices are connected to each other to construct a computer system, from a list of computer devices constituting the system, All the device-to-device connectors of the computer equipment are automatically extracted for each device-to-device connector type, and the extracted connection information between the devices is manually filled with the connection information between the specified device-to-device connector connectors of the specified computer equipment. It provides a function of giving a connection instruction to a computer device by simply adding it.

The library stores the information of the inter-device connection connector of each computer device, and the product input means is the model name of the computer device that constitutes the system according to the product addition / deletion information input by the input device. Create a list (type name information). Interface (hereinafter IF
The expansion means reads the model name information, extracts the inter-device connection connector of each computer device described in the model name information from the library, and the extracted inter-device connection connector is the type of the inter-device connection connector. Described separately in the IF connection information. The IF connection table input means adds the connection relation information between the computer devices to the IF connection information generated by the IF expansion means to complete the IF connection information. As a result, as long as there is a list of model names, a connection instruction between computer devices can be easily issued without knowledge of the type and number of inter-device connection connectors of each computer device.

In another aspect, the computer equipment is marked with a graphic, and the connection relation information between the computer equipments is written in this, so that the connection instruction between the computer equipments can be performed more easily.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a creating apparatus for executing the system connection data creating method according to the first embodiment of this invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a creating device for executing the system connection data creating method of the first embodiment is an input device 1 such as a keyboard, a data processing device 2 operated by program control, a disk device and the like. Storage device 3
And an output device 4 such as a display device or a printing device.

The storage device 3 has a library 31. The library 31 describes, for each model name of a computer device, the type and number of inter-device connection connectors of the device.

The data processing device 2 has a product input means 211.
And IF (interface) expansion means 212, IF connection table input means 213, model name information 221, and IF connection information 22.
2 and the system connection data 22 including 2 and the program for creating the system connection data for instructing the connection is read from the recording medium 29 to the data processing device 2.

The model name information 221 is a memory in which a list of model names of computer devices constituting the system to which a connection instruction is given is written. The IF connection information 222 is model name information 2
21 is a list showing the connection relationship between the computer devices, and is composed of a table for each type of inter-device connection connector. The product input unit 211 creates the model name information 221 of the device that constitutes the system according to the addition or deletion information of the computer device that intends to configure the system, which is input from the input device 1.

The IF developing means 212 scans the library 31 for all of the computer equipment described in the model name information 221, extracts all the type and number information of the inter-device connection connectors of the equipment, and outputs the result. A list of inter-device connection connector names for each inter-device connection connector type and each device is described in the IF connection information 222.

The IF connection table input means 213 is an input device 1.
The symbol indicating the connection relationship between the inter-device connection connectors input from the
22 to each device-to-device connecting connector,
The F connection information 222 is completed.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the system connection data creating method according to the first embodiment of this invention.

First, when a program for creating system connection data for instructing connection is started (S1
1), the creator inputs the contents and quantity of computer equipment constituting the system from the input device 1, and the product input means 2
Reference numeral 11 creates the model name information 221 in the system connection data 22 based on the information input from the input device 1. FIG. 3 shows the model name information 221 created in the system connection data 22.
It is a list diagram showing an example of the product type name, quantity,
The product outline is described as a list (S12).

When the model name information 221 is created, the IF developing means 212 reads one model name described in the model name information 221 and searches the library 31 of the storage device 3 for information on the device-to-device connector of the device. Yes (S13). As a result of the search, if an inter-device connection connector exists for the device (S
14 Yes), the inter-device connection connector is read and written in the IF connection information 222 together with the model name (S15). FIG. 4 is a list diagram showing an example of the IF connection information 222 created in the system connection data 22. However, the connection symbol column is not filled in at this point. IF connection information 222
Is displayed for each type of inter-device connection connector. For example,
One Centronics inter-device connector, RS23
In the case of a printer device having two 2C inter-device connection connectors, one inter-device connection connector is expanded in the Centronics IF connection information, and two inter-device connection connectors are expanded in the RS232C IF connection information.

When all the inter-device connection connectors of the read device are expanded in the IF connection information 222 (S14N
o), the model name of the next device is read from the model name information 221 (S16 Yes), and the inter-device connection connector is similarly developed. When all the devices of the model name information 221 are read and the inter-device connection connectors are expanded to the IF connection information 222 (No in S16), the creator inputs the connection symbol indicating the connection relationship between the inter-device connection connectors from the input device 1 to the device. The IF connection table input means 213 inputs each inter-connector connector, and the inter-device connecter connector 213 displays the connection symbol indicating the connection relationship between the inter-device connecter connectors supplied from the input device 1 in the IF connection information 222. To complete the IF connection information 222 (S18). As shown in FIG. 4, the same connection symbol is assigned to each type of the same inter-device connection connector, and the same connection symbol is assigned to the inter-device connection connectors to be connected.

The system connection data 22 including the created model name information 221 and the IF connection information 222 is output by the output device 4
Is output to.

The control program of the system connection data creation method of the first embodiment is read from the recording medium 29 to the data processing device 2 and controls the operation of the data processing device 2. The data processing device 2 executes the following processing under the control of the control program.

That is, the product input means 211 is the input device 1
The process of creating the model name information 221 in the system connection data 22 based on the information of the contents and the quantity of the computer devices that make up the system input by the creator, and the model name information 2
When 21 is created, the model name information 22 is obtained by the IF developing means 212.
The model names described in 1 are read one by one, and the storage device 3
Processing for retrieving information on the inter-device connection connector of the device from the library 31 and reading out the inter-device connection connector and writing to the IF connection information 222 with the model name;
When all the devices 21 are read and the inter-device connection connectors are expanded in the IF connection information 222, the IF connection table input means 213 indicates the connection relationship between the inter-device connection connectors input by the creator from the input device 1. System connection data including processing for writing the connection symbol on each inter-device connection connector displayed in the IF connection information 222 to complete the IF connection information 222, and the created model name information 221 and IF connection information 222 22 is output to the output device 4.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 5 is a block configuration diagram of a creating apparatus for executing the system connection data creating method according to the second embodiment of this invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, in the present embodiment, the storage device 8 has a graphic library 82 and the data processing device 7 has an IF.
Connection figure initialization means 714 and IF connection figure connection means 71
5. IF connection graphic information 723 in the system connection data 72
Is different from the first embodiment in that Input device 6,
Product input means 711, IF expansion means 712, IF connection table input means 713 in the data processing device 7, model name information 721 and IF connection information 722 in the system connection data 72, library 81 in the storage device 8, and output device. 9 is the first
The description is omitted because it is the same as the part with the same name in the embodiment.

The IF connection graphic information 723 is model name information 721.
3 is a diagram showing the connection relationship between the computer devices described in FIG.

The graphic library 82 includes a library 81.
Stored are fixed-form figures that image the device recorded in.

The IF connection graphic initialization means 714 reads the image graphic of the device corresponding to the computer device described in the model name information 721 from the graphic library 82 and displays it in the IF connection graphic information 723.

The IF connection figure connection means 715 adds the connection relation information described in the IF connection information 722 to the IF connection figure information 723 initialized by the IF connection diagram initialization means 714 to obtain the IF connection figure information. 723 is completed.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the system connection data creation method according to the second embodiment of this invention.

The operations of the product input means 711, the IF expansion means 712 and the IF connection table input means 713 in the present embodiment shown in steps S21 to A27 of FIG. 6 are the same as those of the first embodiment shown in FIG. Since the operations of the corresponding product input unit 211, IF expansion unit 212, and IF connection table input unit 213 are the same, the description thereof will be omitted.

In the present embodiment, the IF connection table input means 7
After the connection information between the computer devices is written in the IF connection information 722 by means of 13, the IF connection figure initialization means 7
14 reads the image graphic corresponding to the computer device described in the model name information 721 from the graphic library 82 for each device and displays it in the IF connection graphic information 723 (S28). Next, the IF connection figure connection means 715
IF displayed by the IF connection figure initialization means 714
The connection relationship information described in the IF connection information 722 is automatically transferred to the image graphic of each device in the connection graphic information 723 to complete the IF connection graphic information 723 (S2
9) and ends (S30).

The data processing device 7 executes the following process in addition to the process of the first embodiment under the control of the control program read from the recording medium 79.

That is, the IF connection table input means 713 converts the connection information between computer devices into the IF connection information 72.
2, the IF connection figure initialization means 714,
The process of reading the image graphic corresponding to the computer device described in the model name information 721 for each device from the graphic library 82 and displaying it in the IF connection graphic information 723, and the IF connection graphic connection unit 715, the IF connection graphic initial IF connection graphic information 72 displayed by the conversion means 714
The processing of copying the connection relation information described in the IF connection information 722 to the image graphic of each device of No. 3 and completing the IF connection graphic information 223 is executed.

[0039]

The first effect of the present invention is that connection instructions between computer devices can be efficiently performed. The reason for this is that the creator can simply enter the connection relations between the device-to-device connectors according to the device-to-device connection connector type in the table that automatically extracts the device-to-device connection connectors for each device according to the device-to-device connection connector type. Because you can.

The second effect is that leakage of connection between computer devices is unlikely to occur. The reason is that all the inter-device connection connectors are automatically extracted in the IF connection information, and therefore the inter-device connection connectors that have not issued a connection instruction can be seen at a glance.

The third effect is to prevent the mistake of mistakenly connecting different types of inter-device connection connectors. The reason is that the inter-device connection connector of the device is developed for each type of inter-device connection connector.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a creation device for executing a system connection data creation method according to a first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a system connection data creation method according to the first embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 3 is a list diagram showing an example of model name information created in the system connection data.

FIG. 4 is a list showing an example of IF connection information created in the system connection data.

FIG. 5 is a block configuration diagram of a creation device for executing the system connection data creation method according to the second embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart of a system connection data creation method according to the second embodiment of this invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,6 Input device 2.7 Data processing device 3,8 storage device 4, 9 Output device 22, 72 System connection data section 29, 79 recording medium 31, 81 library 82 Graphic Library 211,711 Product input means 212, 712 IF expansion means 213 and 713 IF expansion means 221, 721 Model name information 222, 722 IF connection information 714 IF connection figure initialization means 715 IF connection figure connection means 723 IF connection figure information Steps S11 to S18 and S21 to S30

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. A method for creating system connection data for connecting a plurality of computer devices that make up a computer system, wherein a model is created based on information about the contents and the quantity of computer devices that make up the system, entered by the creator. A step of creating name information, and for each of the computer equipment described in the model name information, the information of the equipment connection connector of the computer equipment is searched from a prerecorded library, and the read equipment connection connector The interface connection information is created by writing the interface name together with the computer device model name for each type of inter-device connection connector, and the connection symbol indicating the connection relationship between the inter-device connection connectors entered by the creator. Add to the section of the inter-device connection connector displayed in A method for creating system connection data, comprising the steps of completing face connection information and outputting system connection data including the created model name information and interface connection information to an output device. . 2. The system connection data creating method further comprises: after the interface connection information is completed, an image figure corresponding to each of the computer devices recorded in advance is stored in the computer device described in the model name information. For each device, and the interface connection graphic information is created, and the connection relationship information described in the interface connection information is transferred to the image graphic of each device of the interface connection graphic information, and the interface connection graphic information is transferred. The system connection data creating method according to claim 1, further comprising: a step of completing and a step of outputting system connection data including the created interface connection graphic information to an output device. 3. A system connection data creating device for connecting a plurality of computer devices constituting a computer system, comprising an input device, a data processing device operated by program control, a storage device, and an output device. The storage device comprises a library in which, for each model name of a computer device, the type and number of inter-device connection connectors of the device are described, and the data processing device comprises a model of the computer device targeted for connection instruction. A system connection data section having model name information in which a list of names is described and interface connection information indicating a connection relationship between the computer devices described in the model name information; and a computer device input from the input device. Product input means for creating the model name information of the devices that make up the system according to the addition or deletion information; Wherein for all computer equipment that is described in the type name information scanning the library, it extracts all the type and number information of the inter-device connector having the the device,
A connection between the interface expansion means that describes the equipment and the name of the equipment connection connector of the equipment by type of the equipment connection connector in the interface connection information, and the equipment connection connector input from the input device. A symbol indicating a relationship is written on each of the inter-device connection connectors generated by the interface expansion unit and described in the interface connection information, and an interface connection table input unit that completes the interface connection information and a connection instruction are given. And a recording medium recording a program for creating system connection data for the system connection data creation device. 4. The system connection data creation device, further comprising: a graphic library in which the storage device stores a fixed graphic image of a computer device recorded in the library. Corresponds to the interface connection graphic information provided in the system data connection unit and showing the connection relation between the computer devices described in the model name information, and the computer device described in the model name information. The interface connection graphic initialization means for reading the image graphic of the device from the graphic library and displaying it in the interface connection graphic information, and the interface connection information in the interface connection graphic information initialized by the interface connection graphic initialization means. Connection-related information described in In addition, the system connection data generating apparatus according to claim 3 and a interface connection graphic connection means for completing the interface connection graphical information. 5. A recording medium for recording a control program for creating system connection data for connecting a plurality of computer devices constituting a computer system, the computer device constituting a system input by an creator from an input device. The procedure for the product input means to create the model name information in the system connection data based on the content and quantity information, and when the model name information is created, the model name described in the model name information is expanded to the interface. Read one by one,
A procedure for retrieving information on the inter-device connection connector of the device of the model name stored in the library of the storage device, reading out the corresponding inter-device connection connector, and writing the type name and the interface connection information for each type of the inter-device connection connector, , All the devices listed in the model name information are loaded,
When all the inter-device connection connectors have been expanded to the interface connection information, a connection symbol indicating a connection relationship between the inter-device connection connectors input by the creator from the input device is added to each device displayed in the interface connection information. The interface connection table input means is described on the connection connector,
A recording medium recording a program for executing a procedure for completing the interface connection information and a procedure for outputting system connection data including the created model name information and the interface connection information to an output device. 6. An interface connection graphic after the recording medium on which a control program for creating system connection data is recorded, and further, connection information between computer devices is written in the interface connection information by the interface connection table input means. The initialization means reads an image graphic corresponding to the computer device described in the model name information from the graphic library for each device and displays it in the interface connection graphic information. A procedure for transferring the connection relation information described in the interface connection information to the image graphic of each device of the interface connection graphic information displayed by the interface connection graphic initialization means, and completing the interface connection graphic information; The inn created A recording medium on which the program according to claim 5 for executing the procedure of outputting the interface connection graphic information to an output device is executed.