JP6449103B2 - Processor built-in device software management device, management system, and management method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a maintenance technique for a processor built-in device that operates by software.

  Various processors with built-in processors that operate with software have been introduced in the home and industrial fields. The processor built-in device incorporates a processor as hardware, and performs a desired operation by executing software by the processor. Examples of the processor built-in device include a control device that controls various equipment and a display device that displays various information on a screen.

  Some of such processor-incorporated devices are connected to a management server via a network and operate according to a control instruction from the management server. In this case, the management server monitors the state of the processor built-in device or gives a control instruction to the processor built-in device.

  When such a processor built-in device fails, the user removes the failed processor built-in device, and installs a replacement processor built-in device (hereinafter referred to as “replacement”) having the same configuration at the place where the device is connected. . Replacement parts must be prepared as spares or ordered as needed.

  A spare replacement or a replacement that has just been ordered may be in a factory-shipped state or an OS (Operating System) may be an old version. If it is necessary to update the OS of the replacement product, the OS update is performed, for example, after the replacement product is attached and before the operation is started.

  In a configuration in which a processor built-in device is connected to a maintenance computer or management server via a network, the latest OS is normally distributed from the maintenance computer or management server to the processor built-in device before the operation is started.

  In an information processing system including a plurality of processor built-in devices, it may be necessary to simultaneously replace the plurality of processor built-in devices. If the number of devices with built-in processors that simultaneously update the OS is large, the load on the management server that transmits the OS to these devices with built-in processors increases.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a system configured to acquire an OS from another robot control apparatus operating with the same software, instead of distributing the OS from the management server to the robot control apparatus. This reduces the load on the management server.

JP 2008-139972 A

  In the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, OS versions are compared between robot control apparatuses to determine whether or not OS updating is necessary. However, for example, a processor built-in apparatus having the same hardware configuration has several uses, and there may be cases where the versions of the OS to be used for each use are different. In that case, since the newly installed processor built-in device does not know its own use, it cannot be determined from which device the OS should be acquired.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a technique for facilitating new installation or replacement of a processor built-in device in an information processing system in which a plurality of processor built-in devices operate with a plurality of versions of software.

  A management apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention is a processor built-in apparatus software management apparatus that manages a plurality of processor built-in apparatuses. A device configuration management unit that stores device configuration management information that associates identification information of a device with a built-in processor installed in the computer with version information indicating a version of software to be used by the device with a built-in processor at the installation position; and the processor Notification information including identification information of the processor built-in device and installation position information indicating the installation position where the processor built-in device is installed is received from the built-in device, and the identification information included in the device management configuration information and the The processor built-in device is newly installed based on the identification information included in the notification information Detecting and determining a version of software to be used by the processor built-in device based on the identification information contained in the notification information and the identification information and version information contained in the device configuration management information, and the processor built-in device The processor built-in device determines which other processor built-in device should acquire the software based on the version of software to be used and the version information and identification information included in the device configuration management information, and And an update management unit that instructs transfer of the software to a newly installed processor built-in device and / or a processor built-in device serving as the provider.

  According to the present invention, the management device determines an appropriate version to be used in the newly installed processor built-in device and transfers the software between the processor built-in devices, so that the management device transmits the software to each of the processor built-in devices. Even without this, it is possible to manage a newly installed processor-integrated device so that it operates with the correct version of software.

It is a block diagram of the advertisement guidance information system by this embodiment. The advertisement guidance information system 1 of this example is installed in a railway vehicle. It is a figure which shows a mode that the display apparatus 21 was replaced | exchanged in this embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the management server and display apparatus in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of apparatus structure management information. It is a figure which shows the other example of apparatus structure management information. It is a figure which shows the definition of the status of the display apparatuses 21 and 31 in this embodiment. It is a sequence diagram which shows operation | movement of an advertisement guidance information system when a display apparatus is replaced | exchanged. It is a sequence diagram which shows operation | movement of an advertisement guidance information system when a display apparatus is replaced | exchanged. It is a state transition diagram of a display device.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an advertisement guidance information system according to this embodiment. The advertisement guidance information system 1 of this example is installed in a railway vehicle.

  Referring to FIG. 1, the advertisement guidance information system 1 includes a management server 10 and a plurality of display devices 21a to 21d. The management server 10 and the plurality of display devices 21 a to 21 d are connected to each other via the network 40.

  Here, the display devices 21a and 21c are devices intended to display advertisement information to passengers. The display devices 21b and 21d are devices intended for displaying guidance information such as the current position of the train and the operation status of surrounding routes to passengers. For example, a display device for displaying advertisements and a display device for displaying guidance make a pair, and the same number is installed in one vehicle.

  Although the display devices 21a and 21c and the display devices 21b and 21d do not change in hardware configuration, different versions of an operating system (OS) corresponding to each application is applied.

  In FIG. 1, two display devices 21 for advertisement display and two for guidance display are depicted, but the number of display devices 21 is not limited to this number. In addition, here, an example is shown in which the display device 21 has two uses, but the number is not limited to this. This embodiment is suitable when there are a plurality of uses.

  If any of the display devices 21a to 21d fails, the failed display device 21 needs to be replaced.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a state where the display device 21 is replaced in the present embodiment. Referring to FIG. 2 in comparison with FIG. 1, the display device 21c is replaced with a display device 31a which is a replacement. As an example, since the display device 21c has failed, a state in which a replacement display device 31a is installed instead is shown.

  The display device 31a is a display device prepared as a spare. The display device 31a is not different from the display device 21 in the hardware configuration. However, the display device 31a is in a state before shipment from the factory before being installed, and can be used for both advertisement display and guidance display depending on the OS to be applied.

  For example, the display device 31a does not operate for the purpose of displaying an advertisement before the OS is updated, and operates for the purpose of displaying an advertisement by updating the OS after the replacement. In the example of FIG. 2, the display device 31 a installed as a replacement product is installed at an advertisement display installation position, and operates as an advertisement display display device by applying an advertisement display OS. It has become. If the display device 21b fails and is replaced with the display device 31a, the display device 31a operates for guidance display after the OS update.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the management server and display device in the present embodiment. FIG. 3 shows a display device 21a and a display device 31a as display devices.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the management server 10 is a management device that performs a desired operation by executing software with a processor (not shown), and includes a device configuration management unit 51 as a functional unit realized by execution of software. The display device update management mechanism 52 is provided.

  The display device 21a is a device that includes a processor (not shown) and operates by executing software on the processor, and includes an operating system 60a that is software and a device ID 70a that is data for operation. The operating system (OS) 60a includes a device information notification mechanism 61a, an update management mechanism 62a, a common unit 63a, a usage dependency unit 64a, and an update unit 65a. There are different versions of OS for advertisement display and guidance display. Here, it is assumed that the application-dependent version 64a and the update unit 65a are different between the advertisement display version OS and the guidance display version OS.

  Similarly to the display device 21a, the display device 31a that is a replacement includes an operating system 60b and a device ID 70b. The operating system (OS) 60b includes a device information notification mechanism 61b, an update management mechanism 62b, a common unit 63b, a usage-dependent unit 64b, and an update unit 65b. It should be noted that the application dependent unit 64b and the updating unit 65b of the display device 31a need only have an area in the state before installation, and the OS data may not be arranged in the area yet.

  In the management server 10, the device configuration management unit 51 includes installation position information indicating the installation positions of the display devices 21 and 31, and identification information of the display devices 21 and 31 installed at the installation positions indicated by the installation position information. The device configuration management information is associated with the version information indicating the version of the OS 60 to be used by the display devices 21 and 31 at the installation positions.

  The update management mechanism 62a receives notification information including the identification information and the installation position information indicating the installation position from the display devices 21 and 31. Then, the update management mechanism 62a determines whether the display devices 21 and 31 are based on the identification information included in the device management configuration information held by the device configuration management unit 51 and the identification information included in the notification information. Detect new installation.

  When detecting that the display devices 21 and 31 are newly installed, the update management mechanism 62a detects the update based on the identification information included in the notification information and the identification information and version information included in the device configuration management information. The version of the OS 60 to be used by the display devices 21 and 31 is determined. Further, the update management mechanism 62a determines which other display the display device 21, 31 is based on the version of the OS 60 to be used by the display device 21, 31 and the version information and identification information included in the device configuration management information. It is determined whether the OS 60 should be acquired by using the devices 21 and 31 as a provider. Then, the update management mechanism 62a instructs the OS 60 to be transferred to the display device (for example, the display device 31a) newly installed and / or the display device (for example, the display device 21a) that is the providing source.

  According to this, the management server 10 determines an appropriate version of the OS 60 to be used in the newly installed display device 31 a and transfers the OS 60 between the display devices 21 and 31. , 31 can be managed so that the newly installed display device 31a operates with the correct version of the OS 60.

  For example, the display devices 21 and 31 may transmit notification information to the management server 10 at the time of activation. By doing so, it is possible to determine whether or not the display devices 21 and 31 have been replaced at the time of startup, so that the transfer of the OS 60 can be performed only when necessary.

  In addition, when the display devices 21 and 31 acquire the OS 60 from the other display devices 21 and 31 and apply the OS 60 to their own devices, the display devices 21 and 31 notify the management server 10 that the OS 60 has been normally applied, thereby managing the display device update management. The mechanism 52 may update the device configuration management information in accordance with the normal application of the OS 60 by the display devices 21 and 31. According to this, it is possible to grasp the installation positions, identification information, and OS 60 versions of all the display devices 21 and 31 including the newly installed display device 31a.

  When there are a plurality of newly installed display devices 31 and a plurality of display devices 21 that can serve as providers, the display device update management mechanism 52 serves as a plurality of providers of the newly installed display devices 31. It may be assigned to the display device 21 that can be used. According to this, the load can be distributed to the display devices 21 that can be a plurality of providers.

  Further, when there are a plurality of newly installed display devices 31, the display device update management mechanism 52 may distribute the timing at which the plurality of newly installed display devices 31 acquire the OS 60. According to this, even when a plurality of newly installed display devices 31 need to acquire software from a single provider, the load on the provider can be reduced by distributing the acquisition process over time. Can be reduced.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the display devices 21 and 31 are display devices mounted on a railway vehicle, and the display devices 21 and 31 have two uses of guidance display and advertisement display. The version of the OS 60 is different between the case of the display devices 21 and 31 for guidance display and the case of the display devices 21 and 31 for advertisement display. As a result, after the display devices 21 and 31 for displaying railway vehicles and the display device for displaying advertisements are used in the same processor built-in device, and the shared processor built-in device is attached to any application By updating the software, it is possible to operate in a desired application, and the update can be performed without transmitting software from the management apparatus.

  In this embodiment, the display devices 21 and 31 transmit notification information including individual identification information of the own device and version information indicating the version of the OS 60 used by the own device to the management server 10 at the time of activation. . Further, the display devices 21 and 31 are detected by the management server 10 that the display devices 21 and 31 are newly installed, and from which the other display devices 21 and 31 should be obtained from the management server 10 as the provider. When the instruction is received, the OS 60 is acquired from the display devices 21 and 31 of the provider and applied to the own device.

  When the display device 21 or 31 is the side where the own device acquires the OS 60, the display device 21 or 31 notifies the providing device of the display device 21 or 31 of the version of the OS 60 of the own device. Then, the notification of the version of the OS 60 is received from the newly installed display devices 21 and 31, the file necessary for updating the OS 60 is determined based on the notified version, and only the necessary file is newly installed. You may transmit to 21 and 31. According to this, since only the files necessary for the update are transferred based on the version of the OS 60 currently owned by the newly installed display devices 21 and 31, the load on each device and communication path when the OS 60 is updated is reduced. can do.

  In the display devices 21 and 31, the update management mechanisms 62a and 62b deliver the data of the usage-dependent unit 64a, which is a part depending on the usage of the OS 60a, to the usage-dependent unit 64b in response to an instruction from the display device update management mechanism 52. The data of the update unit 65a, which is a part depending on the use of the OS 60a, is distributed to the update unit 65b.

  If there is no difference between the application dependent unit 64a and the application dependent unit 64b even if the versions of the OS 60 are different, the data of the update unit 65a may be distributed to the update unit 65b, and the data of the application dependent unit 64a may be distributed to the application dependent unit 64b. There is no need to deliver to. Further, if there is no difference between the update unit 65a and the update unit 65b even if the versions of the OS 60 are different, it is only necessary to distribute the data of the use dependent unit 64a to the use dependent unit 64b.

  At this time, the confirmation of whether or not there is a difference between the application dependent unit 64a and the application dependent unit 64b may be, for example, comparing data of the application dependent unit 64a and the application dependent unit 64b. Alternatively, in order to confirm whether or not there is a difference between the application dependent unit 64a and the application dependent unit 64b, the application dependent units 64a and 64b are assigned versions of the application dependent units 64a and 64b that are not versions of the OS 60, and You may have a file indicating the version. In that case, the version files of the application dependent unit 64a and the application dependent unit 64b may be compared.

  Whether or not there is a difference between the update unit 65a and the update unit 65b is similar to the use dependent units 64a and 64b, the version is given to the update unit 65a and the update unit 65b by giving a version file. May be compared, or the data of the update unit 65a and the update unit 65b may be compared.

  The device information notification mechanisms 61a and 61b are functions for notifying the device configuration management unit 51 of the management server 10 of the device IDs 70a and 70b of the own device. The device IDs 70a and 70b may be recorded in the OS 60 as long as each device is unique.

  An embodiment of the device configuration management information held by the device configuration management unit 51 will be described.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of device configuration management information. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating another example of the device configuration management information. 4 and 5, in the device configuration management information, an installation position list 511, a device type list 512, a device ID list 513, and a status list 514 are recorded in association with each other.

  The installation position list 511 corresponds to the above-described installation position information, and the device ID list 513 corresponds to identification information. It can be said that the device type list 512 corresponds to version information because the version of the OS 60 differs depending on the device type for advertisement display or guidance display.

  In the installation position list 511, installation positions 1R, 1L, 2R, and 2L of display devices in the advertisement guidance information system 1 are defined. In the device type list 512, device types of display devices installed therein are defined for each installation position. Here, as the device type, there are a display device for displaying advertisements and a display device for displaying guidance. In the device ID list 513, unique identification information (device ID) for each of the display devices 21 and 31 installed at each installation position is set.

  FIG. 4 shows an example in which the device ID of the display device 21a is DISP001, the device ID of the display device 21b is DISP002, the device ID of the display device 21c is DISP003, and the device ID of the display device 21d is DISP004.

  In the present embodiment, information indicating the state (status) of each of the display devices 21 and 31 is further stored as the status list 514.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing definition of status of the display devices 21 and 31 in the present embodiment. The display devices 21 and 31 include “OFF” 514a in which the power of the device is OFF, “ON” 514b in which the power can be turned on and operation can be started, and “OS” waiting for OS update. There are five statuses: “WAIT” 514c, “UPDATE” 514d in which the power is on and the OS is being updated, and “SERVER” 514e in which the power is on and the OS is being distributed to another device, Take one of these states.

  The example of FIG. 5 shows an example in which the replacement display device 31a is updating the OS. The display device 21c with the device ID DP0003 shown in FIG. 4 is replaced with the display device 31a with the device ID DP0010, and the OS is distributed from the display device 21a with the device ID DP0001 to the display device 31a.

  7 and 8 are sequence diagrams showing the operation of the advertisement guidance information system when the display device is replaced. FIG. 9 is a state transition diagram of the display device.

  7 and 8 show the operation at the first startup after the replacement display device 31a is installed.

  Immediately after the management server 10 is activated, the statuses 514 of all the display devices in the device configuration management information held by the device configuration management unit 51 are OFF 514a.

  Referring to FIG. 7, when the display devices 21a, 21b, and 21d and the display device 31a that is a replacement are activated, first, the management device 10 is notified of activation (step S101).

  When the management server 10 receives the activated notification from each of the display devices 21 and 31, the management server 10 checks the installation position 511 and the device ID 513 included in the notification, and sets the status 514 of the display devices 21 and 31 (step S102). ).

  At this time, if the installation position 511 and the device ID 513 included in the notification are the same as the installation location 511 and the device ID 513 in the notification received at the previous activation, the management server 10 sets the status 514 of the display device 21 to ON 514b. (Transition S201). On the other hand, if the device ID 513 for the installation position 511 included in the notification is different from that at the previous activation, it is considered that the display device 31 at the installation position has been exchanged. WAIT 514c is set (transition S202).

  In the example of FIG. 7, the display devices 21a, 21b, and 21d have the same device ID 513 as that at the previous activation, so the status is ON 514b. On the other hand, in the installation position 2R, since the display device 21c was used last time, but this time it is a display device 31a for replacement, the device ID 513 is changed. Therefore, the status of the display device 31a at the installation position 2R becomes WAIT 514c.

  Next, the management server 10 detects that the display device 31a at the installation position whose status is WAIT 514c is a newly installed replacement (step S103).

  Next, the management server 10 determines the display device 21 that is a source of providing the OS 60 to the newly installed display device 31a (step S104). Here, since the installation type 2R of the display device 31a of the replacement item is an advertisement display, it is assumed that the provider is the display device 21a in which the device type is an advertisement display and the status is ON 514b. The management server 10 sets the status of the display device 21a to SERVER 514e (transition S205) and sets the status of the replacement display device 31a to be updated to UPDATE 514d (transition S207).

  As a method of selecting a provider when there are a plurality of display devices 21 having the same update target and device type and the ON 514b status, the display device update management mechanism 52 refers to the device configuration management information of the device configuration management unit 51. Alternatively, the display device 31a to be updated may be selected close to the installation position. Or you may decide to make it a provider preferentially in the order which the management server 10 received the notification of starting.

  In the example of FIG. 7, since the display device 21 whose device type is the advertisement display is only the display device 21a whose installation position is 1R, the status of the display device 21a whose installation position is 1R is set to SERVER514e, and the installation position to be updated is 2R. The status of the display device 31a is set to UPDATE 514d.

  After changing the status list 514 of the device configuration management unit 51, the display device update management mechanism 52 transmits an update request to the replacement display device 31a (step S105).

  Receiving the update request, the display device 31a prepares for updating the use-dependent unit 64b and the update unit 65b of the OS 60 (step S106). For example, if the application dependent unit 64b and the update unit 65b cannot be rewritten while the display devices 21 and 31 are in operation, the operation can be stopped and the application dependent unit 64b and the update unit 65b can be rewritten. To.

  When the preparation for the update is completed, an OS acquisition request is transmitted from the replacement display device 31a to the providing display device 21a (step S107).

  Upon receiving the acquisition request (step S108), the display device 21a distributes the application dependent unit 64a and the update unit 65a to the replacement display device 31a (step S109). The exchange display device 31a receives the application-dependent unit 64b and the update unit 65b and updates the OS of its own device (step S110).

  Note that the replacement display device 31a may send the OS version of its own device to the display device 21a of the provider when transmitting the acquisition request in step S107. In this case, the providing display device 21a may determine an OS update portion to be transmitted to the display device 31a from the received OS version, and send the file of the update portion to the display device 31a.

  When the distribution of the OS file ends, the management server 10 sets the status of the display device 21a to ON 514b (transition S206).

  Next, the flow of processing after OS update will be described with reference to FIGS.

  When the update of the OS of the own device is completed, the display device 31a notifies the management server 10 of the completion of the update (step S111). Upon receiving the update end notification, the management server 10 rewrites the device ID 513 in the row whose installation position is 2R in the device configuration management information with the device ID of the display device 31a, and rewrites the status in that row to OFF 514a (step S112, transition S208).

  After sending the notification of the end of the update, the replacement display device 31a restarts itself (step S113). The display device 31a performs the initialization process after the restart if the initialization process to be executed by the startup after the update is necessary after the restart (step S114). If the initialization process is unnecessary after the restart, the display device 31a may not execute the process of step S114.

  After the process to be executed after the restart is completed, the replacement display device 31a notifies the management server 10 of the start (step S115). When the management server 10 that has received the notification receives the activated notification (step S116), the device configuration management unit 51 has updated the device ID of the display device 31a in the device configuration management information. Is set to ON 514b (transition S201).

  Thereafter, for example, when the display devices 21a, 21b, 21d, and the display device 31a are stopped, the management server 10 sets the status of the display devices 21a, 21b, 21d, and the display device 31a to OFF 514a (transitions S203, S204, S208, and S209). ).

  The above-described embodiments of the present invention are examples for explaining the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention only to those embodiments. Those skilled in the art can implement the present invention in various other modes without departing from the gist of the present invention.

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Claims (9)

A processor built-in device software management device for managing a plurality of processor built-in devices,
The installation position information indicating the installation position of the processor built-in device, the identification information of the processor built-in device installed at the installation position indicated by the installation position information, and the version of software to be used by the processor built-in device at the installation position A device configuration management unit that stores device configuration management information associated with version information;
The notification information including the identification information of the processor built-in device and the installation position information indicating the installation position where the processor built-in device is installed is received from the processor built-in device, and the identification information included in the device configuration management information And the identification information included in the notification information are detected, and the identification information included in the notification information and the identification information included in the device configuration management information are detected. The software version to be used by the processor built-in device is determined based on the information and the version information, and based on the software version to be used by the processor built-in device and the version information and identification information included in the device configuration management information. The processor built-in device acquires software from any other processor built-in device. Determining whether to management device having, with both or update management unit for instructing the transfer of the software on one of the newly installed processor containing apparatus and the provider to become a processor containing apparatus. The processor built-in device transmits notification information to the management device at startup.
The processor built-in device software management device according to claim 1. When the processor built-in device acquires software from another processor built-in device and applies it to its own device, it notifies the management device that the software has been successfully applied,
The update management unit updates the device configuration management information when the processor built-in device normally applies the software.
The processor built-in device software management device according to claim 1.   When there are a plurality of newly installed processor-incorporated devices and a plurality of processor-incorporated devices that can serve as the providing source, the update management unit may use the plurality of newly installed processor-incorporated devices as the plurality of providing sources. The processor built-in device software management device according to claim 3, wherein the device built-in processor software management device is assigned to a processor built-in device.   4. The processor built-in device software according to claim 3, wherein when there are a plurality of newly installed processor built-in devices, the update management unit distributes the timing at which the plurality of newly installed processor built-in devices acquire software. 5. Management device. The processor built-in device is a display device mounted on a railway vehicle, and the display device includes a guide display and an advertisement display,
The version of software is different between the display device for displaying guidance and the display device for displaying advertisements,
The processor built-in device software management device according to claim 1. A plurality of processor built-in devices;
A management device for managing the plurality of processor built-in devices,
The management device
The installation position information indicating the installation position of the processor built-in device, the identification information of the processor built-in device installed at the installation position indicated by the installation position information, and the version of software to be used by the processor built-in device at the installation position Device configuration management information associated with version information is held, and notification information including identification information of the processor built-in device and installation position information indicating the installation position where the processor built-in device is installed from the processor built-in device. And detecting that the processor built-in device is newly installed based on the identification information included in the device configuration management information and the identification information included in the notification information, and is included in the notification information. Based on the identification information and the identification information and version information included in the device configuration management information. The version of software to be used by the apparatus is determined, and the processor built-in apparatus is incorporated in any other processor based on the version of software to be used by the processor built-in apparatus and the version information and identification information included in the apparatus configuration management information. Determining whether to obtain software from the device as a provider, instructing the transfer of the software to the newly installed processor-incorporated device and / or the processor-incorporating device as the provider,
The processor built-in device is:
At the time of startup, notification information including individual identification information of the own device and version information indicating the version of software used by the own device is transmitted to the management device. It is detected that a new installation has been made, receives an instruction from the management device as to which other processor built-in device should obtain software, obtains software from the processor built-in device of the providing source, and sends it to its own device. Apply,
Processor built-in device software management system. The processor built-in device is:
When the own device becomes the software acquisition side, the software version of the own device is notified to the processor built-in device of the provider,
When the device itself provides the software, it receives a notification of the software version from the newly installed processor built-in device, determines a file necessary for the software update based on the notified version, and Sending the file to the newly installed processor-integrated device;
The processor built-in device software management system according to claim 7. A processor built-in device software management method for managing software of the processor built-in device in an information processing system having a plurality of processor built-in devices,
The device configuration management means
The installation position information indicating the installation position of the processor built-in device, the identification information of the processor built-in device installed at the installation position indicated by the installation position information, and the version of software to be used by the processor built-in device at the installation position Holds device configuration management information associated with version information,
Update management means
Receiving notification information including identification information of the processor built-in device and installation position information indicating an installation position where the processor built-in device is installed from the processor built-in device;
Detecting that the processor built-in device is newly installed based on the identification information included in the device configuration management information and the identification information included in the notification information;
Determine software version to be used is the processor internal device based on the included identification information and the device configuration identification information included in the management information and version information in the notification information,
Acquiring software all of which processor-containing system the processor containing apparatus is other based on the version information and the identification information contained in the device configuration management information and software version to be used is the processor containing apparatus as sources Determine
Instructing the transfer of the software to either or either of the newly installed processor built-in device and the processor built-in device serving as the provider,
Processor built-in device software management method.

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