JP5103888B2 - How to build / change the monitoring screen of the remote monitoring system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make unnecessary the works of generating or modifying a source code, compiling and generating an execution image. <P>SOLUTION: Websites A, B and C connect a client terminal D via the Internet. On the terminal D, a screen having a screen edition function is displayed through a browser. The monitoring screen of each site is edited to implementat or reimplementat it as a monitoring screen of each site. With regard to the screen of an implementation/reimplementation object of the monitoring screen, the terminal D includes processes of displaying a component list on the browser, setting properties of a component selected from the component list on the browser, assigning an input item to be displayed on the system to the component through a drop operation on the browser, displaying a screen having reflected the edited edition contents real time, and transferring the screen to the site side concerned, through the button operation on the browser. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a remote monitoring system (Web monitoring system) that collects monitoring information of a monitoring target device on a monitoring computer via a public line and monitors various monitoring targets on a monitoring screen based on the monitoring information. In particular, the present invention relates to a system monitoring screen construction / change method.

  This type of remote monitoring system includes, for example, a building group monitoring system that monitors a plurality of buildings distributed over a wide area in a central monitoring room, and a public line (telephone line, Internet, etc.) between the central monitoring room and each building. Are connected to each other, and the various statuses of the building equipment (receiving / transforming equipment, air conditioning equipment, lighting equipment, etc.) are collected as monitoring information on the monitoring computer in the central monitoring room and collectively monitored on the monitoring screen of the monitoring computer. In addition, a system that centrally monitors devices to be distributed over a wide area, such as a power distribution system, gas and water pipe network monitoring system, etc., and further connects the measuring instrument and monitoring room via a communication line to remotely monitor the measurement target (For example, refer to Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

For the construction of such a system, the monitoring computer displays a communication screen for collecting various types of monitoring information through a line, an information management unit for managing the monitoring information, as well as a building layout diagram and a power system diagram. It is necessary to install monitoring screen processing means for displaying monitoring information and reflecting monitoring information on the monitoring screen. Many of these monitoring screen processing means are configured as software as monitoring application programs, and are preinstalled in a computer.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-195186 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-256028

  In order to construct a remote monitoring system as described above, it is necessary to develop various monitoring applications unique to the system, in addition to hardware design and procurement. The development of the monitoring application is realized through a procedure of source code creation, compilation thereof, and execution image creation.

  FIG. 6 shows a procedure for developing a monitoring screen of the monitoring application. First, a display screen is determined by meeting the specifications (S1), and an application is constructed according to the procedure of creating the source code / compiling / creating an execution image of the display screen based on the specifications (S2). After delivery of this application product (S3), if there is a display screen change request (S4), the application is reconstructed according to the procedure of correcting / compiling / creating an execution image of the display screen source code based on this change request ( S5), application update of the product is performed (S6).

  Thus, development of an application requires a lot of time and effort. In particular, since the application of the monitoring screen has a screen configuration that is significantly different for each system, it is difficult to use an application developed in the past, and it is necessary to construct a screen dedicated to the system from the beginning. In many cases, specification changes are involved, and it is often necessary to reconstruct applications.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a monitoring screen construction / change method for a remote monitoring system that solves the above-described problems.

  The present invention that has solved the above problems is characterized by the following method.

(1) A monitoring screen construction / modification method for a remote monitoring system that collects monitoring information of a monitoring target device on a monitoring computer via a public line and monitors various monitoring targets on the monitoring screen based on the monitoring information. And
Connect to the monitoring computer via a public line, acquire monitoring screen information, display a screen with a screen editing function in a browser, edit the monitoring screen of each monitoring computer on the browser, and perform the monitoring Equipped with a terminal for constructing / reconstructing a computer monitoring screen
In the terminal,
Get monitoring screen information of the monitoring screen to be built / reconstructed, display the parts list on the browser, set the properties of the parts selected from the parts list on the browser, and system on the browser Edit the monitoring screen to be constructed / reconstructed through the process of assigning the input items to be displayed to the part by drop operation,
By operating the buttons on the browser, the property setting information set for the part in the screen editing and the assignment information of the input items assigned to the part are transferred to the monitoring computer, and the monitoring screen of the monitoring computer is constructed / rebuilt. ,
A screen display of a monitoring screen that changes in real time on the constructed / reconstructed monitoring computer is acquired from the monitoring computer and displayed by a button operation on the browser.

  As described above, according to the present invention, a monitoring computer is connected via a public line, a screen having a screen editing function is displayed in a browser, the monitoring screen of each monitoring computer is edited, and the monitoring computer Since it is constructed / reconstructed as a monitoring screen, the following effects are obtained.

  (1) The conventional operation of creating / changing / compiling / executing an execution image of source code in screen construction / change is not necessary.

  (2) Since an application such as a screen construction dedicated tool is not used, the monitoring screen can be constructed / changed from any client terminal.

  (3) Since a screen for displaying data at a plurality of locations can be constructed on one browser, the monitoring performance can be improved.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a monitoring screen construction / change method of a remote monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The figure shows a system configuration in which remote monitoring is performed by Web monitoring sites A, B, and C, and each site is equipped with a Web monitoring device equipped with a monitoring screen application.

  In this system configuration, in this embodiment, a client terminal D that can be connected to each site A, B, C via the Internet is prepared. The client terminal D is, for example, a laptop computer, accesses the addresses of the sites A, B, and C, displays a screen with a screen editing function in a browser, edits the monitoring screen of each site, and monitors the site. The screen can be constructed / reconstructed.

  FIG. 2 shows a screen construction procedure on the browser. The client terminal D uses, for example, Windows (registered trademark) as its OS, is equipped with software for constructing / changing the monitoring screen shown in FIG. 3, and an editing screen as shown in FIG. A file configuration having an area, a part display area, and a screen editing process area and having an example shown in FIG. 4 is constructed.

In FIG. 2, first, the URL of the target Web monitoring device is input to the address bar, and monitoring screen information of the Web monitoring device (for example, a power system diagram including arrangement of a large number of components and connection lines therebetween) is acquired. Then, it is opened on the terminal screen (S11). When screen editing (change) is performed on the monitoring screen opened on the terminal screen (S12), the menu is displayed by right-clicking on the browser to switch to the “editing” mode (S13).

  Next, a menu is displayed by right-clicking on the browser to display a “parts list” dialog as a screen part (S14), selecting a part from the “parts list” and dropping the part. It is displayed (S15). After selecting this part, right-clicking displays the "Properties" dialog for the part, and sets the line thickness, drawing color, and the like (S16). Furthermore, right-click on the browser to display a menu, display a “TAG list” dialog, display a list of analog and contact input items as monitoring contents (S17), and select an input item from this display. By clicking the part, the input item is assigned to the part (S18).

The above-described steps S14 to S18 are repeated for selection of all parts or part of parts required for construction / change of the monitoring screen, and the screen editing is completed (S19). After that, right-click on the browser to display the menu, select “Execution Mode” on the monitoring screen opened on the terminal screen, display the “Save” confirmation dialog, and press “OK” to edit the screen. The information (property setting information set for the part in screen editing, input item assignment information assigned to the part) is transferred to the Web monitoring device and saved (S20), and the monitoring screen opened on the terminal screen is “executed” A mode display is obtained in which the color or value of the monitoring component changes in real time depending on the current value or state of the monitoring target (S21).

  A part created by a program and a part registered with an image file (JPG, GIF) can be used.

  Therefore, in the monitoring screen construction / change method according to the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, first, a screen is constructed by combining components while looking at the screen on the browser at the specification meeting (S31). This screen construction is, for example, the procedure of FIG. 2, and the conventional procedure of creating / compiling / creating an execution image is not necessary.

  In this screen construction, the product is delivered to the user as the initial product for construction of the monitoring screen (S32), and when a display screen change request is generated (S33), the screen is changed on the browser (S34). Similar to the screen editing in FIG. 2, this screen change is performed by a change operation by the user or a change operation by the product provider without the need to change / compile / execute a conventional source code. Moreover, it is possible to construct / change a screen that displays data at a plurality of locations on one browser.

The schematic diagram of the monitoring screen construction / change method of the remote monitoring system which shows embodiment of this invention. The screen construction procedure figure on the browser in embodiment. The software structural example in embodiment. The file structural example in embodiment. 7 is a procedure example for constructing / changing a monitoring screen in the embodiment. The example of the procedure of the conventional monitoring screen construction / change.

Explanation of symbols

A, B, C Monitoring site D Client terminal

Claims (1)

A monitoring screen construction / modification method for a remote monitoring system that collects monitoring information of a monitoring target device on a monitoring computer via a public line and monitors various monitoring targets on a monitoring screen based on the monitoring information,
Connect to the monitoring computer via a public line, acquire monitoring screen information, display a screen with a screen editing function in a browser, edit the monitoring screen of each monitoring computer on the browser, and perform the monitoring Equipped with a terminal for constructing / reconstructing a computer monitoring screen
In the terminal,
Get monitoring screen information of the monitoring screen to be built / reconstructed, display the parts list on the browser, set the properties of the parts selected from the parts list on the browser, and system on the browser Edit the monitoring screen to be constructed / reconstructed through the process of assigning the input items to be displayed to the part by drop operation,
By operating the buttons on the browser, the property setting information set for the part in the screen editing and the assignment information of the input items assigned to the part are transferred to the monitoring computer, and the monitoring screen of the monitoring computer is constructed / rebuilt. ,
A monitor screen construction / construction of a remote monitoring system characterized in that a screen display of a monitoring screen that changes in real time on the constructed / reconstructed monitoring computer is obtained from the monitoring computer and displayed by a button operation on the browser. Modification method.