JPH04160403A - Screen display control system of setting display device for control equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the operability for a general operator as an end user and to prevent misoperation by altering and setting the tree structure of a screen display freely on the user side. CONSTITUTION:This system is equipped with plural display screens such as a control parameter setting screen for setting the control parameters of various control equipments such as timers 12 and 14, a counter 16, and temperature controllers 18 and 20 and an operation state display screen for displaying the operation states of the respective control equipments. Then characteristic screen numbers are given to the respective display screens and a screen number is specified as screen transition information on a user screen defined by the user to control the order of screen transition with the screen number. Therefore, the screen number can freely be specified by the user on the user screen as the screen transition information and the tree structure of the screen display can freely be altered and set on the user side.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a screen display control system in a setting display device for control equipment used in various industrial machines, and in particular, to The present invention relates to a screen display control system in a setting display device for individual control equipment.

(Prior art) In industrial machinery that is automatically controlled, multiple timers, counters, temperature controllers, etc. are used as control devices (component units), and a series of automatic controls are performed using these. It has become.

As a setting display device for setting the control parameters of the control equipment as described in ``2'' and displaying the operating status of these,
It has a control parameter setting means using a display such as a CRT or LCD, a keyboard, or a touch panel attached to the display, and is connected to a plurality of control devices as described above, so that the operating status of the plurality of control devices can be determined. A setting display device has been proposed that allows display and control parameter settings to be performed centrally.

, (Problems to be Solved by the Invention) - The operator who operates the setting display device such as the i-double system is responsible for system inspection, initial setting, etc., manufacturer and dealer adjuster, change of setting values, management, etc. Possible examples include an administrator at the end user who performs the change, and a general worker at the end user who changes some setting values for actual daily work.

In such cases, the items that can be changed are restricted according to the level of the operator as described above, that is, the access rights to each functional item are restricted to prevent erroneous settings from being made due to operations by lower-level operators. For the sake of safety, it is desirable that the device be foolproof. In particular, improving operability for end users and general workers,
Preventing a player who misses 1- has become an important issue.

In order to cope with this, we have created screen displays for daily setting items that would normally be used at the end user level.
Configure the screen display sequence to distinguish it from the screen display of setting items that are only set during initial setup, so that, for example, the screen display of the daily setting order 1] can be performed without pressing any key sequence operations. , the initial setting items are not displayed on the screen unless the interval setting mode is set by operating the mode key, etc., and furthermore, it is selected from the menu screen of the initial setting mode which initial setting value to change. Measures are taken to prevent the initial settings from being accidentally changed by end users.

However, the distinction between daily setting items and cutting interval setting item 1 [1] is determined unilaterally by the manufacturer and cannot be changed by the user. Depending on the end user, some of the initial setting items may have a routine setting order, or vice versa. Operability may deteriorate, and operator errors may not be effectively prevented.

The present invention addresses the conventional problems as described in 1. The screen display order can be freely changed and set on the user side according to the operator level of each end user, and this allows the user to easily distinguish between daily setting items and initial setting items. It is an object of the present invention to provide a screen display control system for a setting display device of a control device, which can be freely performed even when using a control device, and is improved in terms of operability for end users and general workers and prevention of operational errors. The purpose is

(Means for Solving the Problems) - According to the present invention, the object as described in L is connected to a plurality of control devices such as timers, counters, temperature controllers, etc., and sets control parameters of the control devices. In addition, in the screen display control system in the setting display device of the control equipment that displays these operating states, a control parameter setting screen for setting the control parameters of each of the control equipment, and the operating status of each of the control equipment. It is equipped with a plurality of display screens such as an operation status display screen for display, a fixed screen number is given to each of the plurality of display screens, and the above is displayed as screen transition information on the user screen defined by the user. This is achieved by a screen display control system in a setting display device for a control device, which is characterized in that a screen number is designated and the order of screen transitions is controlled by this screen number.

(Function) 11] According to the screen display control system as described above, the user can freely designate the screen number as screen transition information on the user screen defined by the user, thereby changing the screen display order, In other words, the order of screen transitions and even the tree structure of screen display can be freely changed and set on the user side.

(Example)' □An example of a setting display device for a control device to which a screen display control system according to the present invention is applied will be described in detail below with reference to the attached drawings.

In this embodiment, a case will be described in which a setting display device for a control device is applied to an automatic bread baking machine for commercial use, and FIG. 1 shows the basic configuration thereof. In Fig. 1, 10 is a setting display, 12 is a fermentation time timer,
14 is a heating time timer, 16 is a production quantity counter,
Reference numeral 18 indicates a temperature regulator for the heater temperature, 20 indicates a temperature regulator for the heater temperature B, and 22 indicates a counter for the number of input pieces.The setting display 10 and the timer 12. 14, counter 16.22,
The temperature regulators 18, 20 are connected to each other by communication means 24.

FIG. 2 shows the front surface of the setting display 100, and the front panel 26 thereof is provided with a flat display section 28 constituted by a liquid crystal display (LCD) or the like. A transparent sheet-like touch switch 30 is attached to the surface of the display section 28. The touch switch 30 functions as a control parameter setting section that is operated by hand.

Figure 3 shows the basic configuration of the display setting device, which consists of a CPU 32 for overall control and a CI'U3 dedicated for display control.
4, and these two CPUs 32 and 34 each have a bus 3
6.38 to the shared DI'RAM 40.

The CPU 32 has a system ROM 42, system 1, and RAM.
44 and a communication interface 46, and the timer 12.14, counter 16.22, temperature regulator 18.
20, and data communication is performed with them.

The CPU 34 has a kanji ROM 50 and an image data ROM 52.
It is connected to the LCD controller 54 and the touch switch peripheral interface 56, and is configured to control the display screen of the display unit 28 and receive input from the touch switch 30.

FIG. 4 shows the basic configuration of control equipment such as timer 12.14, counter 16.22 and temperature regulator 18.20, which have a CI'U 58. CPU
58 includes an input circuit 60 that receives input information such as timer f1 measurement, count number, and measured temperature, and various function settings such as setting the unit of input information, decimal point position, etc., and setting input/output mode. An operation mode setting switch 62 for setting a communication address, an address setting switch 64 for setting a communication address, an operation indicator light 66, and a communication interface 68 are connected, and a communication line 48 is connected to the communication interface 68. This allows data communication to be performed with the setting display 10.

The operation mode setting switch 62 and the communication address setting switch 64 each include a dip switch or the like. The communication address set by the communication address setting switch 64 is set to a different communication address for each control device in the −1 series, and thereby the setting display 10
The Cr'U 32 identifies which control device the communication data from the communication interface 46 comes from.

Setting display 10 and timer 12.14 by communication line 48,
In data communication with control devices such as counters 16 and 22 and temperature controllers 18 and 20, only the set values of control parameters are sent from the setting display 10 to the control devices, and the settings are displayed from the control devices. In addition to the set values of the control parameters, various initial setting data such as current values, output operating states, and operating modes, which are set by dip switches on the control equipment side, are transmitted to the device 10.

The setting display 10 includes a plurality of functionally classified display screens such as a control parameter setting screen for setting control parameters of each control device, and an operation status display screen for displaying the operating status of each control device. On the screen, predetermined control parameter setting items are displayed, and the control parameters of the control parameter setting items displayed on this screen are set by the touch switch 30 of the display unit 28, and the operating status is displayed. On the screen, various initial setting data such as control parameter setting values, current values, output operating states, and operating modes obtained through data communication with each control device are displayed.

A plurality of display screens classified by function on the setting display 10 include a system menu screen, a user setting menu screen, a bank selection screen, a bank selection screen for changing setting values, a setting value changing screen for each screen, a timer, etc. There are a setting value change screen for each setting item, a process display screen, an operating status list display screen, an operating status enlarged display screen, a graph display screen, etc.

The system menu screen is a screen for what the setting display 10 does by default, and as shown in FIG. On the system menu screen, the screen transitions to the system inspection screen, control unit setting value change screen, or additional control unit setting value change screen, depending on the selection item on the system menu screen. Selection type 1] is made by using a roll up key 70 and a roll down key 72 which are graphically displayed on the screen, and the selection is made by a decision key 74 which is graphically displayed on the screen.

The user settings menu screen is a type of user screen.
This is a menu screen freely defined by the user, and as shown in FIG. It has become. These display contents are created and edited by key creation, arrangement, and one-screen transition settings using a tool such as a personal computer.

The transition destination screen on the user settings menu screen is as follows:
Bank selection screen, bank selection screen for setting value changes, setting value change screen for each bank, setting value change screen for each setting item such as timer, process display screen, operating status - list display screen, operating status enlarged display screen, graph Settings can be made for both the display screen, user screen, and system menu. In addition, if there is only one type of lower-level selection item on the user setting menu screen, the key that transitions to the screen of that one selection item will be created and placed in the key creation placement one screen transition setting. By doing so, this user setting menu screen is actually -1
- is not displayed, and the lower selection items are directly displayed on the screen.

The bank selection screen is a screen for setting the bank, for example, selecting and determining a production item, an example of which is shown in FIG. The arrangement of banks on this screen is fixed, but there is a partial user drawing area, and in the user drawing area, it is possible for the user to place characters and the like. Note that if this bank selection screen exists as a screen displaying "lower selection type 1", it is only possible to transition to the previous screen. Note that bank selection in this case is performed using a roll up key 70 and roll down key 72 that are graphically displayed on the screen, and selection and determination is performed using a decision key 74 that is graphically displayed on the screen.

The bank selection screen for setting value change is a screen for selecting and determining the bank in which the setting value should be changed when changing the setting value for each bank. An example of this is shown in Fig. 8. By selecting and determining the bank on this screen, the screen transitions to the setting value change screen for each bank as shown in FIG. Note that bank selection in this case is also done using the roll-up key 70, which is graphically displayed on the screen.
, a roll-down key 72, and a selection/decision key 74 graphically displayed on the screen. In addition, the bank selection screen for changing set values has a return key 78 pressed 6 as shown in FIG. 8, which allows you to return to the previous screen on the bank selection screen. be.

On the setting value change screen for each bank, each setting item 1 is displayed as shown in FIG. , a roll-down key 72, and selection is made by pressing a decision key 74 graphically displayed on the screen.
It is now carried out by The setting value change screen for each bank is displayed by pressing the next page key 8 [1] as shown in FIG.
6, and if there is a next page for the setting item, the screen transitions to the next page by operating the next page key 80.

By selecting and determining the bank on this bank setting value change screen, the screen transitions to the setting value change screen for each setting item as shown in FIG. 10.

Figure 10 shows a timer setting value change screen as an example of the setting value change screen for each setting item, in which the current setting value is displayed, and "h" and "m" are displayed. The time unit set is displayed, and the plus key 82 and minus key 84 are changed by the touch switch 30 for each digit of the set value, and the set value is changed in an up-down manner by operating these keys 82 and 84. Ru.

The process display screen is a double-sided screen that displays the current process in response to an external 4-bit parallel signal, etc. The contents of this process display screen are freely defined by the user's drawings on the double-sided process display screen, and - An example is shown in FIG.

The operating status list display screen is a screen that displays a list of information regarding the operating status from each control device, that is, the current value and output status, as well as the setting values of the control unit. An example of this is shown in Fig. 12. There is. Note that the display contents such as display items on both sides are preliminarily generated by the programmer 11 using a tool such as a personal computer, and are mounted on the setting display 10 in a state where they are written in the image data ROM 52.

The operating status enlarged display screen is a screen that selects one of the eight control devices and enlarges its current value and the setting value of the control unit.This screen is created by the user screen, and an example of this is shown in the first
This is shown in Figure 3.

The graph display screen has two sides that graphically display the progress status of the counter and timer of the control equipment, and an example of this is shown in the first page.
This is shown in Figure 4.

The user screen is a screen freely defined by the user, and an example of this is shown in FIG. 13 as a double-sided enlarged display of operating status. On this screen, depending on the key creation layout one screen transition setting, the bank selection screen, the bank selection screen for changing setting values, the setting value changing screen for each bank, the setting value changing screen for each setting item L1 such as timer, and the process Screen transitions can be made to the display screen, operating status list display screen, operating status enlarged display on both sides, graph display on both sides, other user screens, and system menu screen.

A plurality of display surfaces functionally classified as described in - are managed by changing a fixed screen number for each screen, and the transition control of this display screen is performed by specifying the screen number of the transition destination. As shown in FIG. 15, the setting display 10 displays a plurality of screen transition systems A, B, C, and D in this embodiment. 6.

A protection level is individually determined for each of the four screen transition systems ASBSCSD, and in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. Since one slide switch f word SW1 sends a protect level signal to the CI'U32 and is manually operated, the screen transition systems to be executed according to this protect level signal are divided into four screen transition systems A, B,
One can be selected from C and D. Note that in FIG. 16, the symbol * indicates that it may be either ON or OFF.

Therefore, for example, if the human input signal INI is ON or OFF%IN
2 is ON, lN5T is OFF, slide switch signal S
At protection level 1 where WI is OFF, screen transition system C is executed and a user setting menu screen as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed as an initial screen. In this case, the double-sided transition system ASBSD is not executed, displaying the display screens in these screen transition systems is prohibited, and functional items such as control value setting displayed on those display screens cannot be executed. maintained in a state of no

For screen transition systems A, B, C, and D, individual screen transition orders are defined for each system, and this definition is based on user screen key creation-double-sided transition settings performed using tools such as a personal computer. In this mode, the user specifies a fixed screen number for each screen as screen transition information.

In the key creation one screen transition setting mode, the screen transition information includes the key switch 76 for screen transitions such as -1 series.
etc., and specify the screen number of the screen transition destination along with this key switch data. In addition, if the user screen for setting screen transition information is a user setting menu screen, etc., the screen name and function name of each transition destination should be displayed in menu format corresponding to each key switch.
It is only necessary to specify the screen number of the transition destination together with these data. This data is stored in the image data ROM 52 along with the image data for both sides of each user.

FIG. 17 shows the procedure for creating a screen transition key on the user screen 1. with the tool. This procedure begins with screen 1.
- Draw a graphic showing the shape of the key switch (
Step 10) Next, the entire graphics of the key switches are grouped and registered as one screen transition key switch (Step 20). Once this is complete,
As shown in FIG. 18, a list indicating the screen number, screen name or type and whether editing is possible or not is displayed (step 30), from which the screen name or type is selected.

For example, if the screen type is selected (step 4
0), Next, as shown in FIG. 19, for example, the screen number and screen name for each side of the selected screen type are displayed (Stella 750), and the screen name is displayed. is selected (step 60). As a result, the screen number of the screen transition destination is specified, and the setting of the screen transition destination using one screen transition key is completed. When creating another screen transition key, the process returns to step 20; otherwise, this screen transition key creation routine ends (step 70).

FIG. 20 shows the procedure for executing screen transitions on both sides in which screen transition keys such as those described above are set on screen 1-.

In this case, first, it is determined whether or not a screen transition key has been pressed (step 100), and when it is determined that a screen transition key has been pressed, the screen transition key corresponding to the screen transition key that has been pressed is sent to the IF7. Search for the previous data (Step 110)
, Display the screen with the specified screen transition destination screen number (
Step 120).

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from the explanation in -1- below, in the screen display control system in the setting display device for control equipment according to the present invention, the screen transition information is displayed on the user screen defined by the user. The screen number can be freely designated by the user, and thereby the screen display order, that is, the screen transition order, and furthermore, the tree structure of the screen display can be freely changed and set on the user side. This makes it possible for the user to freely change the screen display order according to the operator level of each end user, and to distinguish between daily setting items and initial setting items. This can be done freely and improves operability for end users and general workers.1. This effectively prevents erroneous operations.

Therefore, according to this screen display control system, the output display screen of each of the plurality of control devices, the item display screen regarding the operating status, or the setting screen of the control parameters of the plurality of control devices is selectively displayed, The display unit can display only the necessary outputs, operating states, or settings of the plurality of controllers in a simplified manner, and unnecessary items can be omitted from being displayed. .

In addition, since the screen transition order can be set arbitrarily by the user, it is difficult for each user to use too many key sequences on the operating status display screen, which is frequently checked, or on the setting value setting screen, which changes on a daily basis. Set the display so that it is displayed without requiring any operation, place the display of infrequently checked items that are only checked during maintenance etc. deep in the key sequence, or place the confirmation screen between the key sequences. It is now possible to arbitrarily set this to encourage interest and prevent erroneous operations. Furthermore, this becomes possible by differentiating control panels for each end user or by assembling key sequences according to the level of workers on site.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the basic configuration when a setting display device for control equipment to which the screen display control system according to the present invention is applied is applied to a commercial automatic bread maker, and FIG. 2 is a double-sided diagram according to the present invention. Settings to which the display control system is applied; FIG. 3 is a front view of the display device; FIG. 3 is a professional line diagram showing the basic configuration thereof; FIG. 4 is a setting to which the screen display control system of the present invention is applied. A block diagram showing the basic configuration of control equipment used in a settings display system including a display device, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of both sides of the system menu, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of both sides of the user setting menu. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of both sides of bank selection,
Fig. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of both sides of bank selection for setting value change, Fig. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of both sides of setting value changing of 8 banks, and Fig. 10 is an example of both sides of setting value changing of each setting item. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a process display screen, FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an operating status list display screen, and FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an operating status enlarged display screen. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the graph display screen, FIG. 15 is a tree diagram showing the tree structure of the display screen, and FIG.
The figure is a table diagram showing the relationship between the protect level signal and the execution screen transition system, Figure 17 is a flowchart showing the procedure for creating a screen transition key for user screen 1- using a tool, and Figure 18 is a table diagram showing the relationship between the protect level signal and the execution screen transition system. type and editable,
An explanatory diagram showing an example of a list display screen indicating "No", FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen displaying the screen number ';j and screen name of each screen in one screen type, and FIG. −ni−
This is a flowchart 1 showing the procedure for executing screen transition on a screen to which a screen transition key as described in IU is set. 10...Setting display 12...Fermentation time timer 16...Production number counter 18.20...Temperature regulator 22...Input number counter 24...Communication means 26...Front panel 28 ...Display section 30...Tudge switch 32, 34...CPU 42...System ROM 44...System RAM 46...Communication interface 48...Communication line 58...CPU 64...・Address setting switch 68...Communication interface Fig. 4 □ Fig. 5 Fig. 6 Fig. 7 Fig. 8 Fig. 9 Fig. 10 Fig. 11 Fig. 12 Fig. 13 Fig. 14 Fig. 16 Fig. 17 □

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A setting display for a control device that is connected to a plurality of control devices such as a timer, a counter, and a temperature controller, sets control parameters of the control devices, and displays the operating status of the control devices. The screen display control system in the device includes a plurality of display screens, such as a control parameter setting screen for setting control parameters of each of the control devices, and an operation status display screen for displaying the operation status of each of the control devices. , a unique screen number is given to each of the plurality of display screens, the screen number is specified as screen transition information on the user screen defined by the user, and the screen transition order is determined by this screen number. 1. A screen display control system in a setting display device for control equipment, characterized in that it is controlled.