JPH05108519A - Remote control system for terminal function - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To test a terminal function while eliminating the need for a system designer to go to a working site concerning the remote control system for the terminal function to test the functions of a terminal connected to a network. CONSTITUTION:A test terminal 2 for executing a test processing receives transmitting destination terminal ID information to designate the terminal as the display output destination of a message showing the test processing result and transmitting destination process ID information to designate the display output process of the terminal and when obtaining the message of the test processing result by executing the test processing to the function of terminal in use, the test processing result is displayed on a display part 3 of the terminal at a distant place by transmitting the message to the display output process designated by the transmitting destination process ID information of the terminal designated by the transmitting destination terminal ID information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is applied to a remote control system for a terminal function that enables the function of a terminal connected to a network to be tested from a remote location, and a new data processing system connected to the network. A remote control method for terminal functions that enables remote monitoring of various data processing functions, and the cause of failure occurring in a data processing system that consists of multiple terminals distributed over a network can be specified from a remote location. The present invention relates to a remote control system for terminal functions.

When installing a user system or when the user system does not operate normally, it is required to test the user system. And
When additionally updating the software of the existing user system, it is required to monitor whether or not the software works properly. Then, when a failure occurs in the user system, it is required to identify the cause of the failure that has occurred. Such test processing, monitoring processing and failure cause investigation processing are
System designers who are familiar with the details of the system,
It is preferably performed by an experienced inspector who has acquired a lot of know-how. However, when the user system has a configuration in which the user system is distributed over a large area or is provided to users in a large area, as a practical problem, a system designer or an inspector who is familiar with inspection processing is a real problem. In reality, such test processing cannot be executed. Against this background, the construction of a new user system testing / monitoring / fault investigation processing method is being called for.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when it becomes necessary to test a user system, a system designer or inspector goes to the site to test the user system. From now on, when installing a user system or when the user system does not operate normally, the system designer or inspector will go to the installation location of the user system to test the user system. The method was adopted.

Further, conventionally, when it becomes necessary to monitor the user system, a system designer or inspector goes to the site to monitor the user system. From now on, when additionally updating the software of the existing user system, if it is necessary to check whether the software works properly or to monitor the reason why it does not work normally, the system The designers and inspectors went to the installation location of the user system to monitor the user system.

Further, conventionally, when a failure occurs in the user system, the system designer or inspector goes to the site to investigate the cause of the failure in the user system. From now on, when a failure occurs in the user system composed of terminals distributed in a wide area, multiple system designers and inspectors should go to the location of each terminal and use a telephone etc. The method of investigating the cause of the failure of the user system was adopted while communicating with each other.

[0006]

However, such a conventional technique has a problem in that a system designer who is already insufficient and a veteran inspector must be sent to the site. From now on, if the user system to be tested or monitored is provided to users in a wide area, or if the terminals of the user system to be investigated for the cause of failure are distributed over a large area, these The long restraint time of the system designer and the experienced inspector has caused a big problem that the test processing of other user systems that require urgent delay is delayed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and a new remote control system for a terminal function, which enables the function of a terminal connected to the network to be tested from a remote location, and a new remote control method for the terminal function. Remote control method for new terminal functions that enables remote monitoring of new data processing functions deployed in a data processing system, and a data processing system composed of multiple terminals distributed over a network It is an object of the present invention to provide a new remote control system for terminal functions that enables remote causes to be identified as to the cause of failure.

[0008]

FIG. 1 shows the principle configuration of the first invention for realizing the remote control system for the terminal function of the present invention, and FIG. 2 shows the remote control system for the terminal function of the present invention. Two
FIG. 3 shows the principle configuration of the invention of FIG. 3 and the principle configuration of the third invention of the present invention for realizing the remote control system of the terminal function of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a network line such as a public line, 2 is a test terminal connected to the network line 1, which is a test target of the terminal function, and 3 is a CRT or the like provided in the test terminal 2. A display unit that is prepared as one of the display output processes and displays a message or the like of the test processing result, and 4 is a test processing unit included in the test terminal 2 that executes the test processing of the terminal function. Reference numeral 5 denotes a display table provided in the test terminal 2, which is a destination terminal for editing the message of the test processing result obtained by the test processing unit 4 and designating the edited message the terminal as the display output destination of the message. The ID information and the destination process ID information for designating the display output process at the terminal are added.

A message management process 6 included in the test terminal 2 reads a message from the display table 5 and displays the message in the display output process specified by the destination process ID information of the terminal specified by the destination terminal ID information. On the other hand, when the test execution instruction of the test processing instruction is received from the other terminal, the test execution instruction is notified to the test processing unit 4, and the destination terminal ID information and the transmission added to the test execution instruction are sent. The destination process ID information is notified to the display table 5.

Reference numeral 7 is a test display terminal connected to the network line 1 for displaying and outputting a test processing result message sent from the message management process 6 of the test terminal 2, and 8 is a test display terminal 7. Prepare C
A display unit such as RT, which is prepared as one of the display output processes and executes a specific display output process of the message of the test process result, 9 is a test execution command issuing unit included in the test display terminal 7. That is, a test execution command is issued to the test terminal 2, and 10 is a message management process provided in the test display terminal 7, which sends a message sent from the test terminal 2 to a designated display output process. The display output is performed and the test execution instruction issued by the test execution instruction issuing unit 9 is transmitted to the test terminal 2. Here, the test execution instruction issuing unit 9
To the test instruction issued by, the destination terminal ID information for designating the test display terminal 7 and the destination process ID information for designating the display output process of the test display terminal 7 are added.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 20 is a network line such as a public line, 21 is a maker terminal connected to the network line 20, which is provided on the maker side and develops a newly developed data processing function. Reference numeral 22 is a display unit such as a CRT included in the maker terminal 21, which is prepared as one of the display output processes and displays a message or the like sent from another system, and 23 is the maker terminal 2
24 newly developed data processing function
Is an installation unit included in the maker terminal 21, which installs the newly developed data processing function 23 in another system connected to the network line 20,
Reference numeral 25 denotes a display output control unit provided in the maker terminal 21, which displays a message sent from another system.
2, a data processing system connected to the network line 20, a data processing system 27 included in the data processing system 26, which executes prescribed data processing, and a data processing system 26. Is a message sending unit provided in the data processing unit 27 and sends a message of a data processing result obtained by the data processing executed by the data processing unit 27 to the maker terminal 21.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 40 is a network line such as a public line, 41 is a plurality of terminals connected to the network line 40 to form a data processing system, and 42 is a fault monitoring terminal connected to the network line 40. ,
A display unit such as a CRT provided in the failure monitoring terminal 42 for displaying and outputting the failure information generated in the terminal 41, which is prepared as one of the display output processes and displays the failure information and the like. Reference numeral 44 denotes a failure matrix management unit provided in the failure monitoring terminal 42, which manages communication connection relationship information between the terminals 41 and failure relationship information related to each failure, and 45 is failure monitoring. Terminal 4
The failure analysis unit provided in 2 collects the failure occurrence information when a failure occurs in the terminal 41 and analyzes the collected failure state according to the management data of the failure matrix management unit 44, thereby The source terminal and the type of the fault that has occurred are identified. 46 is the fault monitoring terminal 4
The display output control unit included in 2 outputs the failure information to the display output process.

[0014]

First, the operation of the first invention of the present invention will be described. In the first aspect of the present invention, the system designer and the inspector who is familiar with the inspection process (hereinafter sometimes referred to as the main tester) go to the test terminal 2 for which the terminal function test process is required. Instead of operating the prescribed test display terminal 7 prepared by the manufacturer,
The test function of the test terminal 2 is configured to be able to be tested.

That is, the main tester instructs the test execution instruction issuing unit 9 to issue a test execution instruction for the terminal function of the test terminal 2 via a man-machine interface (not shown). Upon receiving this issuance instruction, the test execution instruction issuing unit 9 adds the destination terminal ID information that specifies the own terminal and the destination process ID information that specifies the display output process of the own terminal that is the target of display output. Then, the test execution instruction that has been issued is issued, and in response to this issuance processing, the message management process 10 of the test display terminal 7 sends the issued test execution instruction to the test terminal 2 via the network line 1. Send.

Message management process 6 of test terminal 2
When the test execution instruction is received via the network line 1, notifies the display terminal 5 of the destination terminal ID information and the destination process ID information added to the test execution instruction, and also tests the test execution instruction. Notify the processing unit 4. When the test execution instruction is notified in this way, the test processing unit 4 executes the test processing of the notified test execution instruction, and the display table 5 displays the message of the test processing result obtained by the test processing unit 4. While editing, the destination terminal ID information and the destination process ID information notified from the message management process 6 are added to the edited message. At this time, the display table 5 prepares the same message separately when displaying and outputting the message of the test processing result to the display output process of the own terminal, and includes the destination terminal ID information for specifying the own terminal in the message. , And the destination process ID information that specifies the display output process of the own terminal that is the target of display output.

When the display table 5 finishes the editing process of the test result message, the message management process 6 of the test terminal 2 performs the test according to the destination terminal ID information and the destination process ID information added to the message. The message of the processing result is transmitted to the designated display output process of the test display terminal 7, and the message management process 10 of the test display terminal 7 displays and outputs the transmitted message to the designated display output process.

As a result, the main tester can test the function of the test terminal 2 from a remote location. In the test processing procedure described above, the main tester instructs the issuance of the test execution instruction from the test display terminal 7, but the operator is not required to be the main tester on the test terminal 2 side. Alternatively, the operator may instruct the test processing unit 4 to execute a test via a man-machine interface (not shown) of the test terminal 2. Even with this,
Since the message of the test processing result is displayed and output to the display output process of the test display terminal 7 where the main tester is, the main tester can test the function of the test terminal 2 from a remote location while communicating with the operator. Of.

In this way, in the first aspect of the present invention, the main tester can test the function of the test terminal 2 from a remote location. Next, the operation of the second invention of the present invention will be described. According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the software of the data processing system 26 on the user side is additionally updated, the main tester does not need to bring the software to the data processing system 26, but rather the maker terminal 21. From the data processing system 2 on the user side, the function of the software that has been added and updated can be monitored.
6 is configured so that it can be executed from the maker terminal 21 without going to 6.

That is, a new data processing function 23 that is added to or updated in the data processing system 26 on the user side.
When the data is created, the main tester
3 is expanded on the maker terminal 21, and then the installation unit 24 is instructed to execute the installation process. Upon receiving this execution instruction, the installation unit 24 installs the new data processing function 23 deployed in its own terminal on the network line 2
0 to the data processing system 26 on the user side. In this way, the main tester does not have to bring the data processing function 23 created by the manufacturer to the data processing system 26 on the user side.
The data processing unit 27 can be expanded.

The message transmitting unit 28 of the data processing system 26 receives the data processing unit 27 when the newly expanded data processing unit 27 starts executing data processing.
The message of the data processing result obtained by the data processing executed by is transmitted to the maker terminal 21. Then, when the display output control unit 25 of the maker terminal 21 receives this message via the network line 20, the display output control unit 25 displays and outputs the sent message to the display output process of its own terminal.

In this way, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the main tester can add new software to the data processing system 26 on the user side from the manufacturer terminal 21 at a remote place. At the same time, the function of the additionally updated software can be monitored from the remote maker terminal 21.

Next, the operation of the third aspect of the present invention will be described. In a data processing system composed of a plurality of terminals 41 distributed over a network line 40, when a failure occurs in any one of the terminals 41, the failure that occurs induces the next failure, which complicates the entire system. Various failure situations are triggered. In the third invention of the present invention,
From such a failure situation, the type of failure that occurred first,
By making it possible to identify in which terminal 41 the fault that has occurred first occurs, the main tester can identify the cause of the fault without going to each terminal 41.

That is, when a failure occurs in the terminal 41 on the network line 40, the failure analysis section 45 first collects what failure occurred in which terminal 41. Next, according to the management data of the failure matrix management unit 44 that manages the communication connection relationship information between the terminals 41 and the failure chain relationship information that causes each failure,
By analyzing the collected failure occurrence information, the terminal name of the terminal 41 in which the failure first occurred and the failure type of the failure that occurred first are specified. In this way, when the terminal 41 that is the source of the failure and the type of the failure that have occurred are specified, the display output control unit 46 displays and outputs the specified failure information to the display output process of its own terminal. The main tester in the fault monitoring terminal 42 is notified of the cause of the fault in the data processing system.

In this way, according to the third aspect of the present invention, when a failure occurs in the data processing system composed of a plurality of terminals 41 distributed over the network line 40, the main tester is The cause of the failure that occurred can be specified from the ground failure monitoring terminal 42.

[0026]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to examples. First, the embodiment of the first invention of the present invention described with reference to FIG. 1 will be described, and then the second embodiment of the present invention described with reference to FIG.
Embodiment of the invention will be described, and subsequently, an embodiment of the third invention of the present invention described in FIG. 3 will be described.

FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the first invention. In the figure, the same components as those described in FIG. 1 are indicated by the same symbols. Reference numeral 11 denotes a keyboard included in the test terminal 2, which inputs a command of a test execution instruction to the test processing unit 4 and displays the destination terminal ID and the destination process ID described in FIG. Inputs, 12 is a variable file included in the test terminal 2, which stores data information necessary for message transmission processing and various variable data to be transferred, and 13 is a communication process included in the test terminal 2. And 14 is a communication process provided to the test display terminal 7, which controls a specific communication control process with the network line 1, and a specific communication control process with the network line 1. It is a thing. This communication process 1
Specifically, in response to a request from the corresponding message management process 6 or 10, 3 or 14 transmits a message or a test execution instruction to another designated terminal via the network line 1 or the network line 1 The process of delivering a message or a test execution command from another terminal sent via the to the corresponding message management process 6, 10 is executed. Although not explained in FIG. 1,
The display units 3 and 8 may be provided in plural in each terminal, and are not limited to CRTs and printers, and those capable of displaying and outputting a message in some form such as a lamp array and audio equipment. If so, the device configuration does not matter.

As described with reference to FIG. 1, the display table 5
Will notify the message management process 6 of the message of the test processing result obtained by the test processing unit 4. FIG. 5 illustrates a message structure to be notified at this time. As shown in this figure, the display table 5 has a configuration in which the message of the test processing result obtained by the test processing unit 4 is added with the transmission destination terminal ID and the transmission destination process ID to notify the message management process 6. Here, the content of the message varies depending on the test content, and even the same test content varies depending on the device configuration of the display output destination.

The destination terminal ID added at this time is for designating the terminal which is the display output destination of the message, and specifically for designating the test display terminal 7 where the main tester is. In addition to this, the test terminal 2 of the own terminal may be designated. In this way, when a message is displayed and output to a plurality of terminals, a plurality of messages will be prepared accordingly. On the other hand, the destination process ID designates which display output process of the terminal designated by the destination terminal ID the message is to be displayed and output. For example, the test display terminal 7 is output to a printer (not shown). When the test terminal 2 of its own terminal is displayed on the display unit 3, the transmission destination process ID designating the display output process is added to each message.

The display table 5 is composed of, for example, a buffer for display, temporarily stores a message of the test processing result obtained by the test processing unit 4, edits it as necessary, and edits it. The message is processed by adding the destination terminal ID and the destination process ID designated by the keyboard 11 to the message and notifying the message management process 6. Here, the transmission destination terminal ID and the transmission destination process ID do not require an operator on the side of the test terminal 2 when the test display terminal 7 is configured to issue a test execution command to the test terminal 2. However, it is preferable to adopt a configuration in which the test execution instruction issued is designated in association with the issued test execution instruction.

Next, the processing functions of the message management process 6 of the test terminal 2 and the message management process 10 of the test display terminal 7 will be described. First, the message management process 6 provided in the test terminal 2 has a search function of the display table 5. According to this search function, the message management process 6 may send the message to which display output process of which terminal by searching the destination terminal ID and the destination process ID added to the message in the display table 5. To determine. The destination terminal specifying process manages the correspondence between the destination terminal ID and the telephone number of the terminal designated by this ID in the variable file 12, and according to this management data, the telephone number of the destination terminal is calculated. It will be executed by specifying. According to this search function, the designated display output process of the test display terminal 7 can be specified as the destination of the test result message.

Secondly, the message management process 6 has a transmission function of transmitting the message expanded in the display table 5 to the specified display output process of the terminal specified by the first search function. According to this transmission function, the message of the test processing result obtained by the test terminal 2 can be transmitted to the designated display output process of the test display terminal 7.

Thirdly, in the case where the message management process 6 has a configuration in which a test execution command is sent from the test display terminal 7, an instruction function for instructing execution of test processing in accordance with the test execution command. Have. According to this instruction function, the test processing unit 4 is activated to instruct the execution of the test processing, and the destination terminal ID and the destination process ID added to the test execution instruction.
Is notified to the display table 5, the test terminal 2
It would be possible to eliminate the need for an operator on the side.

On the other hand, first, the message management process 10 provided in the test display terminal 7 has a function of outputting the message sent from the test terminal 2 to the designated display output process. According to this function,
The test display terminal 7 can display and output the processing result of the test processing executed by the test terminal 2. Secondly, when the test display terminal 7 is configured to issue a test execution command to the test terminal 2, a function of transmitting the test execution command to the message management process 6 of the test terminal 2 is provided. Have. According to this function, as described above, it is not necessary to have an operator on the test terminal 2 side.

Next, two message management processes 6,
The process of the first embodiment of the present invention thus configured will be described in detail according to the process flow of FIG. The message management process 6 of the test terminal 2, as shown in step 1 of the processing flow of FIG.
If there is a screen display request for the message of the test processing result,
In the next step 2, according to the destination terminal ID added to the message, it is determined whether or not the own terminal is designated as the destination terminal. If it is determined in step 2 that the own terminal is designated as the destination terminal, the process proceeds to step 3, and the message is displayed on the display of the own terminal designated by the destination process ID added to the message. Is displayed and the process ends.

On the other hand, when it is judged in the step 2 that the own terminal is not designated as the destination terminal, the process proceeds to step 4, where the variable file 12 is referred to,
The terminal information of the destination of the message is acquired by identifying the telephone number information pointed to by the destination terminal ID added to the message, and in the following step 5, the connection with the network line 1 is performed, and then the identification is performed. The message is sent to the terminal specified by the specified terminal information, and the process ends. In this way, the test terminal 2 that executes the test processing sends a message of the test processing result to the test display terminal 7 where the main tester is.

The message management process 10 of the test display terminal 7 receives the message of the test processing result as shown in step 1 of the processing flow of FIG. 6 to obtain the test processing executed by the test terminal 2. When it is detected that there is a screen display request for the message of the test processing result, in the next step 2, it is confirmed that the own terminal is designated as the destination terminal. Then, in the following step 4, by specifying the display output process indicated by the destination process ID added to the sent message, the display output process information of the display output destination of the message is acquired, and in the following step 5. , Step 4 in response to the fact that the self terminal is the display output target of the message
A message is displayed on the display of the display output process specified by and the processing ends.

As described above, in the first aspect of the present invention, the test processing result of the test processing executed by the test terminal 2 can be monitored by the test display terminal 7 at a remote place. The test of the test terminal 2 can be executed without going to the terminal 2. Moreover,
When the test display terminal 7 issues a test execution command, it is not necessary for an operator to be attached to the test terminal 2.

Next, an embodiment of the second invention of the present invention described with reference to FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 7 illustrates an embodiment of the second invention. In the figure, the same components as those described in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same symbols. 30 is one or more sensors included in the data processing system 26,
An object that detects sensing data such as a temperature value, 31 is an object newly developed in the data processing system 26, and that executes the function of collecting the sensing data of the sensor 30, 32-1 is the data processing system 26 A variable file that stores sensing data collected by the object 31, and 33-1 is a fixed file that the data processing system 26 has, and is fixed data that is displayed on the display and does not change. For storing data, 34-1 is a data processing system 26
35-1 is a terminal output file provided for managing combination information of sensing data stored in the variable file 32-1 and fixed data stored in the fixed file 33-1; and 35-1 is a data processing system 26. A display table provided by the terminal output file 34
The variable file 32-1 for each of the sensing data and the fixed data to be displayed according to the combination information of -1
And a control for reading the fixed file 33-1 and synthesizing and displaying on the display, 36-1 is a display included in the data processing system 26, and displays the display data controlled by the display table 35-1. It is a thing.

The maker terminal 21 is the data processing system 2
In order to enable the function of the object 31 newly developed in 6 to be checked at the own terminal, the variable file 32-1
Variable file 32-2 corresponding to and fixed file 33-1
Fixed file 33-2 corresponding to and terminal output file 34-2 corresponding to terminal output file 34-1
And a display table 35-2 corresponding to the display table 35-1
And display 36-2 corresponding to display 36-1
The configuration including and is adopted.

Next, the second aspect of the present invention configured as described above
The processing of the embodiment of the invention will be described in detail. When the maker terminal 21 finishes the system development of the object newly developed in the data processing system 26 and the confirmation of the function is completed, the main tester sends the developed object to the data processing system 2 via the network line 20.
Data processing system 26
Then, the object 31 which becomes a new data processing function is expanded.

When the object 31 is expanded in this way, the data processing system 26 starts up the object 31 to collect the sensing data output from the sensor 30 and store it in the variable file 32-1. ,
In response to this storage processing, the display table 35-1 reads the sensing data and the fixed data to be displayed from the variable file 32-1 and the fixed file 33-1 respectively according to the combination information of the terminal output file 34-1. Then, the composite display is made on the display 36-1 of the own system and the composite display is made on the display 36-2 of the maker terminal 21 via the network line 20.

As described above, in the second aspect of the present invention, the main tester can add new software to the data processing system 26 on the user side from the maker terminal 21 at a remote place and update it. , This manufacturer terminal 2
From 1, it becomes possible to monitor the function of the added and updated software. From this, the main tester can monitor various data processing situations that could not have been predicted at the development stage on the maker terminal 21 side. Therefore, the software can be rapidly improved based on the monitoring result, and the data processing system can be re-established. Can be installed on.

Next, the third embodiment of the present invention described with reference to FIG. 3 will be described. 8 and 9 show an example of the management data managed by the failure matrix management unit 44 described with reference to FIG. The failure matrix management unit 44
As described with reference to FIG. 3, the communication connection relation information between the terminals 41 and the chain relation information of the faults caused by each fault are managed. That is, as the terminals 41 connected to the network line 40, station A, station B, station C, station D, station E,
Assuming that there are six terminals 41 called station F, the failure matrix management unit 44 connects station A with station B and station F, and station B with station A and station C, as shown in FIG. In addition to managing communication connection relation information between the terminals 41 for communication connection, as shown in FIG. 9, when a failure alarm a occurs in the terminal 41, a failure alarm b is triggered in the communication connected terminal 41. When a fault alarm b is generated in the terminal 41, fault chain relation information such that the fault alarms e and f are triggered in the terminal 41 connected for communication is managed.

Next, the processing of the third embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail according to a concrete example. When the failure analysis unit 45 of the failure monitoring terminal 42 described in FIG. 3 fails in the terminal 41 connected to the network line 40,
The terminal 41 collects what kind of failure has occurred. This failure collection process collects failure occurrence information as shown in FIG. 10A and also failure occurrence information as shown in FIG. 11A. When the failure occurrence information is collected in this way, the failure analysis unit 45
Next, the collected failure occurrence information is analyzed according to the management data of the failure matrix management unit 44 to identify the terminal name of the terminal 41 in which the failure first occurred and the failure type of the failure that occurred first. As a result of this specifying process, the terminal 41 connected to the network line 40 is displayed on the terminal 41 in FIG.
If a failure such as that shown in FIG.
By performing the analysis process shown in (b), it is determined that the cause of the failure has its root cause in the occurrence of the failure alarm a at station C and the failure alarm b at station F. When a failure as shown in FIG. 11 (a) occurs, the cause of the failure is the alarm c of the failure at station B by executing the analysis processing shown in FIG. 11 (b). When,
The occurrence of the fault alarm d at station D is identified as having its root cause.

In this way, according to the analysis processing of the failure analysis unit 45, when the terminal 41 that is the source of the failure and the type of the failure that has occurred are specified, the display output control unit 46 of the failure monitoring terminal 42 makes this specification. The displayed fault information is displayed on the display of the own terminal. As described above, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the failure occurs in the data processing system including the plurality of terminals 41 distributed over the network line 40. The cause of the failure that occurred can be specified from the ground failure monitoring terminal 42.

[0047]

As described above, according to the present invention,
System designers and inspectors who are familiar with inspection processing will be able to test the functions of terminals from remote locations without having to visit the site. Then, the system designer and the inspector who is familiar with the inspection process can add new software to the data processing system on the user side from the terminal on the maker side, and the function of the added and updated software. Will be able to monitor. Then, when a system designer or an inspector who is familiar with inspection processing experiences a failure in a data processing system composed of a plurality of terminals distributed over a network, the cause of the failure can be identified from a remote location. It becomes possible to identify.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an example of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a structural diagram of a message notified to a message management process.

FIG. 6 is an example of a processing flow executed by a message management process.

FIG. 7 is an example of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of management data of a failure matrix management unit.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of management data of a failure matrix management unit.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of processing of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of the processing of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 network line 2 test terminal 3 display unit 4 test processing unit 5 display table 6 message management process 7 test display terminal 8 display unit 9 test execution command issuing unit 10 message management process

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Toshitsugu Yata 100-1 Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture Fujitsu Network Engineering Co., Ltd. (72) Toshiki Shitara, Innovator 100-1 Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture Fuji Totsu Network Engineering Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Jun Saito Jun 1-100, Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture Fuji Totsu Network Engineering Co., Ltd. (72) Yoshiaki Kusaba 100-1 Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture Fuji Totsu Network Engineering Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Shingo Hirono 100-1 Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Fuji Fuji Network Ltd. (72) Akira Hashimoto 100-1 Sakado, Takatsu-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Fuji Communication network Qu Engineering Co., Ltd.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A remote control method of a terminal function for remotely testing a function of a terminal connected to a network, wherein a test terminal (2) executing a test process sends a message of a test process result. The configuration is such that the destination terminal ID information that specifies the terminal that is the display output destination and the destination process ID information that specifies the display output process at the terminal are received, and test processing is performed for the function of the own terminal. When the message of the test processing result is obtained by executing, the message is transmitted to the display output process designated by the destination process ID information of the terminal designated by the destination terminal ID information via the network. By doing so, in the specified display output process of the specified terminal located in the remote place,
A remote control method for terminal functions, which is characterized by processing to display and output the message of the test processing result executed by the own terminal. 2. The remote control system for terminal function according to claim 1, wherein the test display terminal (7) for displaying and outputting a message of the test processing result of the test terminal (2) is connected via a network.
A test execution command for instructing the test contents is sent to the test terminal (2), and the destination terminal ID information for designating the self terminal and the display output destination of the self terminal are associated with the test execution command. The test terminal (2) is configured to send the destination process ID information that specifies the display output process.
The message of the test processing result is obtained by executing the test execution instruction sent from the device, and the message is sent to the destination terminal ID information and the destination process ID sent from the test display terminal (7). By sending according to the information specified, the test display result message of the own terminal is displayed and output to the specified display output process of the above-mentioned test display terminal (7) located at a remote location. A remote control method for terminal functions that is characterized by 3. A remote control method of a terminal function for remotely monitoring a new data processing function developed in a data processing system connected to a network, which is newly developed in a manufacturer terminal (21). Data processing functions
Data processing system (26) requiring the data processing function
, And the data processing system (26) executes data processing according to the installed new data processing function, and sends a message of the data processing result. The maker terminal (21) is configured to transmit to the maker terminal (21), and the maker terminal (21) displays the message of the test processing result transmitted from the data processing system (26) on its own display output process. A remote control method for terminal functions, which is characterized by processing to output. 4. In a data processing system comprising a plurality of terminals distributed over a network, any terminal connected to the network induces communication connection relationship information between the terminals and each failure. Failure matrix management unit (44) that manages the chain relationship information of different failures
When a failure occurs in a terminal on the network, the failure information is collected, and the collected failure status is analyzed according to the management data of the failure matrix management unit (44), whereby the failure source terminal And a failure analysis unit (45) that identifies the type of failure that has occurred, and processing is performed so that the analysis result of the failure analysis unit (45) is displayed and output to the display output process of the own terminal. Remote control system for terminal functions.