JPH04184655A - Download information management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily take a recovery countermeasure in the case of an omission of update and trouble occurrence by controlling terminal information and transmission file information by a host computer. CONSTITUTION:When a download system is actuated, the names TERM01, TERM02, and TERM03 of terminals which actuate the download system are obtained from a terminal information control part 6. Then the name a52 of a file to be sent is read out of a transmission information file 52. According to the terminal names TERM01, TERM02, and TERM03 which are already obtained, a process transaction TERM01 of each terminal reads (a) out of an equipment constitution information file 53, a TERM02 reads (a), and a TERM03 reads (b) and (c). Then the file names which are previously read are matched with process transactions of the respective terminals and the file (a) is sent to the TERMs 01 and 02. The end state of the transmission is checked and when the transmission ends normally, a history information file 54 is updated to sets the number 01 of processed file in the data records of the TERMs 01 and 02. The TERM03 is therefore not updated because no transmitting process is performed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention manages file names, processing operations, hardware options, etc. to be sent when downloading in a table on a host computer, and reads data from the table. This invention relates to a download information management method that allows information such as file names to be sent to a terminal without being conscious of it.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, for systems where many terminals have been introduced,
The procedures for reflecting modified programs and data were made individually on each local terminal.

In order to reduce the amount of work required, download systems have been developed that transfer programs and data from a host computer to each terminal, but the startup method is usually a menu selection method from the terminal and command input by hand. In addition, the terminal operator had to enter the name of the file to be sent on each terminal.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional management method described above, the terminal operator had to select the file name using the menu selection method or command input method, so it was necessary to understand all the file names and program names registered in the terminal. For example, when a terminal operator in a certain department tries to download something while he is away on a business trip, there are many file names and program names, and he does not know which one to select. At the same time,
Because the startup operation (program execution procedure) is complicated, it cannot even be started.

[Means to solve the problem]

According to the present invention, "a means for storing data for managing transmission files, a means for accepting a process start request from a terminal and starting downloading, a means for referring to a transmission file to be transmitted to a terminal, and a means for storing data for managing transmission files, and means for transmitting programs and data files to a terminal.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings showing one embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, one embodiment of the present invention includes a process starting means 1 that prompts the execution of a process and acquires a terminal name, and a process initiator 1 that prompts the execution of a process and acquires a terminal name, and a process start means 1 that prompts the execution of a process and acquires a terminal name, A data storage means 3 for storing data, a data reference means 2 for referencing and inputting the data, a data transmitting means 4 for transmitting the referenced data file to a terminal, and a data updating means for outputting and updating the transmission result in a file. It consists of

The processing starting means 1 is composed of a terminal interface section 8 and a terminal name acquisition section 7. The terminal interface section 8 receives and accepts processing start messages from the terminal.

The terminal name acquisition unit 7 acquires from the terminal information management unit 6 the terminal name of the terminal that sent the process start message.

The data storage means 3 includes a transmission information file 9, an equipment configuration information file 10, a history file 11, and a transmission file 12. The transmission information file 9 is the second
As shown in the figure, file registration date 21, number of sent files 2
2, transmission file name 23, transmission file divisions 24 and 25, and transmission file record length 26 fields. The file registration date 21 is set to the date when the file to be sent to the terminal was registered in the host computer, the number of sent files 22 is set to the number of files to be sent in the -degree process, and the sent file name 23 is set to the date when the file to be sent to the terminal was registered on the host computer. The name of the file to be transmitted is set, the transmission file classifications 24 and 25 are set with 1-byte alphabetic characters for the processing type of the file to be transmitted, and the transmission file record length 26 is the length of the code of the file to be transmitted. is set in bytes.

As shown in FIG. 3, the device configuration information file 10 includes a line name 31, a terminal name 32, and a hardware option 3.
3. It consists of each field of processing business classification 34,
The information for one terminal is a - record. Line name 31
is set to the name of the line to which the terminal is connected online, terminal name 32 is set to a unique name for the terminal, hardware option 33 is set to the hardware connected to the terminal device, and processing Business category 34
, terminal-specific processing tasks are set.

As shown in FIG. 4, the history information file 11 consists of fields such as a terminal name 41, a processing date 42, a number of processed files 43, and a file registration date 44, and the information of one terminal is a - record. . The terminal name 41 is set to a name unique to the terminal, the processing date 42 is set to the date on which the file was sent, and the number of processed files 43 is set to the number of files sent to the terminal. The date 44 is set to the date when the file sent to the terminal was registered in the host computer.

The data reference means 2 acquires the latest data from the transmission file 9, and according to the values of the transmission file categories 24 and 25, acquires data from the device configuration information file 10 based on the terminal name acquired by the terminal name acquisition section 7, Check processing operations.

The data transmission means 4 inputs data from the transmission file 12 based on the file name obtained by the data reference means 2, and sends it to the terminal.

The data updating means 5 operates depending on the termination state of the data transmitting means 4, and if the data transmitting means 4 has terminated normally, it updates the history information file 11, and if it has terminated abnormally, it does not operate anything. Finish the process.

Next, an example of the processing operation of the download system will be explained using FIG.

When each terminal 55, 56, 57 is powered on and connected to the host computer 51, the download system is automatically started.

When the download system is started, the name rT of the terminal that started the download system is sent from the terminal information management section 6.
ERMO155・TERMO256・TERMO357
Get J.

Next, the file name to be transmitted from the transmission information file 52'
a Read 52J and enter the terminal name rTER obtained earlier.
Based on MO155, TERMO256, and TERMO357J, from the equipment configuration information file 53, each terminal's processing task r7ERMo 1 is a, TERMO2 is a, TERMO
3 reads "b and C".

After that, a matching check is performed between the previously read file name and the processing operations of each terminal, and in the case of this embodiment, the TE
Send file a to RMOI 55 and TE RM0256.

Next, check the end status of transmission, and if it has ended normally, update the history information file 54 t), step 01
55. Set the number of files "Olj" processed for the data record of TERMO256.

Therefore, the TERMO 357 is not updated because it is not performing transmission processing.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the present invention, by managing terminal information and transmission file information on a host computer, anyone can execute processing in real time at any time, and programs can also be executed by connecting online from the terminal. It can be done only with a chisel.

Therefore, it can be executed at any time during daily work, by each terminal operator and the person in charge of each terminal installation department, and its execution status can be centrally managed by the host computer.
It also facilitates recovery measures in the event of a new leak or failure.

Additionally, the number of man-hours required to distribute patch programs and the like is reduced, and the load on the program management department is also reduced.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG.
4 and 4 are diagrams respectively showing the formats of the transmission file 91, device configuration file 10, and history information file 11 in this embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining the operation of this embodiment. 1... Processing start means, 2... Data reference means, 3.
...Data storage means, 4...Data transmission means, 5...
- Data update means, 6... terminal information management section, 7...
Terminal name acquisition unit, 8...Terminal interface unit, 9.
...Transmission file, 10...Device configuration information file,
11... History information file, 12... Transmission file, 13... Terminal.゛Embedded patent attorney club sound

Claims (1)

[Claims] A means for storing data for managing transmitted files, a means for accepting processing start requests from terminals and starting downloading, a means for referencing transmitted files to be transmitted to terminals, and a means for transmitting programs and data to terminals based on the acquired information. A download information management method comprising: means for transmitting files.