JPH01302440A - Operation recording device for external input device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To surely inform a person in charge of OS development of input operation contents by recording the operation contents of an external input operation on a recording medium when a malfunction is generated during the test of the input operation. CONSTITUTION:When the external input operation for the test is executed in the condition in which a recording program (a) is activated by a recording program activating means (b), the operation contents are temporarily held in a memory (c) based on the program (a). Simultaneously, based on the operation, the OS program is activated, and an input processing action is executed. During the test of the external input operation, even when the unexpected operation which cannot be controlled by means of the OS is executed, and the malfunction is generated, the operation contents can be recorded on a recording medium (d) of an external recording device (e). By these recorded contents, the person in charge of the OS development can surely confirm the operation contents in which the malfunction has been generated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a recording device for recording operation details of an external input device such as a keyboard.

[Prior Art] Some conventional external input devices, such as keyboard input devices, manage keystrokes by an OS (operating system). With conventional keyboard input devices, if there is an unexpected manual key operation that is not managed by the O8 during a key operation test, it will be treated as a malfunction, so the tester will report the key operation that caused the malfunction to the O8 developer. We have contacted them and are working to improve the O8 to prevent malfunctions caused by key operations.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] However, when a malfunction occurs due to a key operation that is not managed by O8 during a key operation test, the person in charge of the key operation test remembers it and contacts the person in charge of O8 development. However, there was a problem in that, due to erroneous memory or the like, the wrong key operation contents were reported to the person in charge of O8 development, which hindered the development of O8.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an operation recording device for an external input device that can reliably notify the O8 developer of the contents of an input operation when a malfunction occurs during an input operation test.

[Means for Solving the Problem] As shown in FIG. 1, the operation recording device for an external input device of the present invention has a recording program starting means for starting a recording program a of external input operation contents. When the recording program a is started by means A and an external input operation is performed, a memory C temporarily stores the contents of the operation based on the recording program a, an external recording device e, and an external input operation stored in the memory C. It consists of a recording instruction means f for recording the contents on the recording medium d of the external recording device e and for stopping the start of the recording program a.

[Function] In the present invention having such a configuration, when there is an external input operation for a test while the recording program starting means has started the recording program a, the operation contents are input based on the recording program a. The input data is temporarily stored in memory C, and based on the operation, an operating system program is activated to perform input processing operations. Even if an unexpected operation that cannot be managed by the operating system is performed during an external input operation test, resulting in a malfunction, the contents of the operation at that time will be stored in the memory C.

The operation contents stored in the memory C are recorded on the recording medium d of the external recording device e, and the operating system developer can reliably confirm the operation contents that caused the malfunction based on the contents recorded on the recording medium d. can do.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, the present invention will be described in which the present invention is applied to a PO8 terminal of a POS (point of sale) system.

In Figure 2, 1 is a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that constitutes the main body of the control unit, and 2 is a program memory in which various programs such as OS (operating system) programs and application programs are stored for this CPU to control each part. , 3 is a data memory provided with various memories for data processing.

4 is a transmission interface for controlling transmission with a host device; 5 is a keyboard interface for manually processing keys from a keyboard device 6, which is one of the external input devices; 7
9 is a scanner interface that performs data input processing from a barcode scanner 8, which is also one of the external input devices; 9 is a printer interface that performs data output control to the printer 10; and 11 is a data input process to the CRT display device 12. A display interface 13 is a disk interface that controls data input/output to a floppy disk device 14 as an external recording device having a floppy disk as a removable recording medium.

As shown in FIG. 3, the keyboard device 6 is provided with alphabet keys 6a, numeric keys 6b, and function keys 60. The function key 6
c is provided with a CTRL (control) key, a P key, an S key, a key, a D key, etc.

The CPU 1 is set to perform the processing shown in FIG. 4 when there is a key input from the keyboard device 6.

That is, first, it is checked whether there is an external input to be recorded. If it is an external input that should be recorded, then the normal O8
Check whether the input is input or not. Further, if the external input is to be recorded, the external input is passed to O8 and this processing is completed. Note that when it is determined in this process that the external input should be recorded, the CTR button is pressed on the keyboard device 6.
This is when the L key, P key, and S key are operated simultaneously to start the recording program, and each of these keys constitutes a recording program starting means.

In the next judgment as to whether or not it is a normal O8 input, if it is determined to be a normal O8 input, the contents of the CPUI are saved and external input processing is performed. Then, the contents of the key operation are temporarily stored in the data memory 3. Furthermore, after restoring the contents of CPU1 to the original state, external input is passed to O8 and this processing is completed.

In addition, when an input other than the normal O8 input is made, that is, when the CTRL key, K key, and S key are simultaneously input on the keyboard device 6, the contents of a series of key operations stored in the data memory 3 are transferred to the floppy disk via the disk interface 13. The information is recorded on the floppy disk of the disk device 14, and when the recording is completed, the recording program is stopped from starting and a reset state is entered. (Recording instruction means) Also, on the keyboard device 6, the CTRL key, K key, D
When keys are simultaneously input, the data memory 3 is cleared, the stored key operation contents are cleared, the recording program is stopped, and a reset state is entered.

When the device is in a reset state, the reset state can be canceled by turning off the power and then turning it on again.

In this embodiment with such a configuration, when the O8 of the device is developed by the person in charge of O8 development, and the person in charge of the test conducts an input test on the keyboard device 6 with the O8 installed in the device, he or she first presses the CTRL key. , P key, and S key simultaneously.

In this way, the recording program is started first.

When predetermined key operations are performed on the keyboard device 6 in this state, the contents of the key operations are sequentially stored in the data memory 3. Further, the contents of the key operations are passed to O8, and predetermined input processing is performed based on the program. In this input processing based on O8, printer 10, CRT display 1
2 operations and data transmission with higher-level equipment via the transmission interface 4 are possible.

If a malfunction occurs when a certain key that should normally be operated is performed during a key manual test of the keyboard device 6, this key operation is not managed by the O8.

However, input processing based on this key operation is necessary input processing for the device. The contents of the key operation at this time are also stored in the data memory 3.

Thus, the person in charge of the test operates the CTRL key, K key, and S key simultaneously. As a result, the contents of the series of key operations stored in the data memory 3 up to that point are recorded on the floppy disk of the floppy disk device 14. Then, starting of the recording program is stopped.

The person in charge of testing then takes out the floppy disk from the floppy disk device 14 and brings it to the person in charge of O8 development. The person in charge of O8 development receives the floppy disk, inserts it into a personal computer, etc., and inserts it into a CRT.
Check the contents of a series of key operations on the screen to confirm the key operation that caused the malfunction.

In this way, the person in charge of O8 development will once again check the O8, determine the cause of the malfunction, and work to improve the O8. In this way, the person in charge of O8 development can be reliably informed of the content of the key operation that caused the malfunction.

If no malfunction occurs even after the tester performs a series of manual key operations, the tester determines that the built-in O8 is correct and simultaneously operates the CTRL, K, and D keys. Thus, the contents of the series of key operations stored in the data memory 3 are cleared.

Furthermore, when the recording program is activated, the key operation contents are stored in the data memory 3 by the recording program, and then the key operations are passed to the O8.
As such, there is no need to record the equivalent key presses (therefore, the program can be processed in the same way as with direct key input).

In the above embodiments, a floppy disk device was used as the external recording device, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to this. For example, a magnetic recording device using a magnetic cassette as a recording medium may be used. Furthermore, the recording medium does not necessarily have to be freely insertable and removable in the device; if it is fixed, if a bug occurs in key operation, the contents of the key operation can be reproduced on the CRT display device 12 of the device in which the bug occurred. good.

Further, in the above embodiment, a keyboard device is described as an external input device, but this may also be a barcode scanner. In a barcode scanner, when an error occurs during operation of the scanner, the contents of the error at that time are stored in the data memory. Then, you can record it on a floppy disk.

[Effects of the Invention] As detailed above, according to the present invention, when a malfunction occurs during an input operation test, an operation record of an external input device can be created that can reliably notify the O8 development staff of the contents of the input operation. equipment can be provided.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention, FIGS. 2 to 4 show embodiments of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a keyboard device, and FIG. Figure 4 is C
It is a flowchart which shows main part processing by PU. 1...CPU, 2...Program memory, 3...
Data memory, 6...keyboard device, 8...barcode scanner, 14...floppy disk device. Applicant's agent Patent attorney Takehiko Suzue Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] In an external input device that starts an operating system program based on an external input operation and performs an input processing operation, the recording program starting means starts a recording program of the contents of the external input operation, and the recording program starting means starts the recording program. a memory for temporarily storing the operation contents based on a recording program when an external input operation is performed; an external recording device; and recording the external input operation contents stored in the memory on a recording medium of the external recording device. 1. An operation recording device for an external input device, characterized in that a recording instruction means for stopping the recording program is also provided.