JPH06169493A - Monitor device provided with screen display part - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To effectively use a memory to easily confirm whether input designation of a mask pattern is correct or not concerning the monitor device which monitors a fault occurring in an apparatus to be monitored and is provided with a picture display part. CONSTITUTION:Test operation is added to an apparatus 1 to be monitored from a test means 3, and as the result, plural test result signals are generated from the apparatus 1 to be monitored. For the purpose of preventing an alarm signal from being generated by these test result signals, a mask designating means 6 uses dot patterns of display use characters and symbols stored in a pattern storage means 5 to designate a test result signal to be masked to a mask means 4. The mask means 4 masks the test result signal from the apparatus 1 to be monitored corresponding to the designated test result signal to prevent the alarm signal from being generated. A mask designating means 6 displays the mask pattern to be constituted by the designated test result signal to be masked on a picture display part 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a monitoring device equipped with a screen display unit for monitoring a fault occurring in a monitored device, and more particularly to monitoring the condition of a wireless device or the like and displaying the condition on the screen display unit. The present invention relates to a monitoring device that is provided with a screen display unit.

[0002] Public telephone line networks are sometimes connected to each other by wireless devices, and a station building accommodating such wireless devices includes a transmitter / receiver consisting of many lines including a standby line, a generator, an air conditioner, etc. It is necessary to understand the status of these devices and perform control according to the status. That is, it is necessary to monitor and control each device, for example, by grasping the working line of the transmitter / receiver in which a failure has occurred and switching to the standby line, or driving the air conditioning equipment according to the temperature inside the station building. . A device for performing this monitoring control usually includes a screen display device for displaying monitoring results and the like.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a monitoring control device in a radio station building is
In order to monitor and control monitored equipment such as transceivers, generators, air conditioning equipment, etc., test operations are periodically added to the monitored equipment, and as a result, referring to the test result response generated from the monitored equipment, It is trying to understand the status of monitored equipment.

On the other hand, normally, when a failure or the like occurs in a monitored device, an alarm signal is generated in the monitoring device, and the alarm signal causes the position of each device displayed on the screen of the screen display device. The failure content is displayed in red or flicker display, or
An alarm sound is generated. In addition, switching to a spare device or the like is performed according to the content of the failure.

However, the alarm signal may be generated by the previous test operation. Therefore, it is possible to mask the response signal of the test result associated with the test operation so that it is not displayed as an alarm on the screen display device or the alarm signal is not generated in the monitoring device. It is being appreciated. Since there are usually a plurality of response signals generated by a certain test operation, it is necessary to perform mask designation for a combination of a plurality of response signals for each test operation for such mask processing. In this mask designation, the dots corresponding to the response signal to be masked are manually selected by using the n × n dot screen in which each dot corresponds to the response signal, and the designation is made to that effect.

Conventionally, the mask pattern data designated by the dot screen is stored in the RAM of the screen display device.

[0007]

However, in a small-sized screen display device, effective use of the memory is required in order to perform a large amount of data processing with one CPU, and the memory capacity occupied by the mask pattern data is also reduced. , Reduction is requested.

Further, when a mask is designated using the dot screen, in order to confirm the correctness of the designation, it is necessary to confirm the corresponding dot for each response signal, which is a very troublesome confirmation. Work was needed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has made effective use of the memory by paying attention to the fact that the mask pattern can be shared with the display character pattern.
An object is to provide a monitoring device including a screen display unit.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a monitoring apparatus having a screen display section, which facilitates confirmation of correctness of input designation of a mask pattern.

[0011]

In the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, as shown in FIG. 1, a testing means 3 for performing a test operation on a monitored device 1 and a test device 3 and a monitored device 1 by the test operation. A masking means 4 for masking a plurality of test result signals generated from the above, a pattern storing means 5 for storing a dot pattern of characters and symbols displayed on the screen display unit 2,
Provided is a monitoring device having a screen display unit, which has a mask designating unit 6 that designates a test result signal to be masked to a masking unit 4 using a dot pattern stored in a pattern storing unit 5. .

Further, the mask designating means 6 pattern-displays the designated test result signal to be masked on the screen display section 2.

[0013]

With the above configuration, in FIG. 1, first, the test means 3 applies a test operation to the monitored device 1, and as a result, the monitored device 1 generates a plurality of test result signals.
The state of the monitored device 1 is grasped by referring to these test result signals.

On the other hand, in order to prevent the alarm signal from being generated by these test result signals, the mask designating means 6 uses the dot pattern of the characters and symbols for display stored in the pattern storing means 5, Mask means 4,
Specifies the test result signal to be masked. That is, each test result signal generated from the monitored device 1 by the test operation is associated with each dot position of the dot pattern of characters and symbols in advance, and based on the correspondence relationship, the test result signal to be masked A suitable dot pattern is selected, and the test result signal to be masked is specified in the mask means 4 using the dot pattern. The mask means 4 is
The test result signal from the monitored device 1 corresponding to the designated test result signal is masked to prevent the alarm signal from being generated.

As a result, it is not necessary to store the mask pattern in the RAM as in the conventional case, and the memory can be effectively used. Further, the mask designating means 6 displays on the screen display unit 2 a mask pattern composed of the designated test result signal to be masked. Therefore, the specified mask pattern can be visually confirmed, and the correctness of the mask pattern input designation can be easily confirmed.

[0016]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of a wireless station building device including the monitoring device of the present invention. That is, the wireless station building 10 includes a transmitter (Tx) 11, a receiver (Rx) 12, and other station building devices such as a generator (G) 13 and an air conditioner (A) 1.
4 and the like, and further, the monitoring control unit 1
5, a communication unit 16, and a display unit 17. The monitoring control unit 15 monitors and controls the transmitting unit 11, the receiving unit 12, and the other station building devices 13 and 14, and the transmitting unit 11, the receiving unit 12, and the other station building devices 13 and 14
Data input / output device and a microprocessor. The communication unit 16 controls communication between the monitoring control unit 15 and the monitoring control units of other station buildings. Display 17
Displays the content of the monitor control of the monitor controller 15 on the screen, and the detailed configuration thereof will be described later with reference to FIG.

The transmitting unit 11 and the receiving unit 12 of the radio station building 10
Is connected to the dedicated line network 30 and is also connected to the transmitter and the receiver in the wireless station building 20 by a wireless line. The configuration in the wireless station building 20 is the same as the configuration in the wireless station building 10, and the transmitting unit and the receiving unit of the wireless station building 20 are connected to the dedicated line network 40.

In the above configuration, when a failure or the like occurs in any one of the transmitting unit 11, the receiving unit 12, and the other station building devices 13 and 14, an alarm signal is generated in the monitoring control unit 15. By this alarm signal, each device position displayed on the screen of the display unit 17 is
The content of the failure is displayed, for example, by a red display or a flicker display, or an alarm sound is generated. In addition, switching to a spare device or the like is performed as necessary.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a detailed structure of the display unit 17, (A) is a front external view of the display unit 17, and (B) is a block diagram showing its internal structure. An image display device 17a of a color liquid crystal display system and a key input device 17b are arranged in front of the display unit 17, and the monitor control contents of the monitor control unit 15 are displayed in characters or figures on the display device 17a. In addition, the mask pattern designated by the key input device 17b is displayed as will be described later. The mask pattern is designated from the key input device 17b,
Various inputs are made.

The display unit 17 includes a CPU 17c and a RAM 17 in addition to the display device 17a and the key input device 17b described above.
d, ROM 17e, EEPROM 17f, communication device 17
It is composed of g. The communication device 17g includes a monitoring controller 15
Communication between the CPU and the CPU 17c.
Composed of AM. RAM17d, ROM17e, and EE
The data types stored in the PROM 17f will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 4 is a memory map showing storage areas for various data in the RAM and ROM. (B) is a memory map in the present invention, and (A) is a conventional memory map shown for comparison. That is, conventionally, in the RAM area 51, an area 51a for storing general data stored in the normal RAM, an area 51b for storing mask pattern data, and an area 51c for storing input / output (I / O) data are provided. Provided, ROM area 5
2, an area 52 for storing character pattern data
The area 52b for storing a and the program is provided. On the other hand, in the present invention, the mask pattern data is shared with the character pattern data, and RA
Area 53a for storing general data in area 53 of M
An area 53b for storing input / output (I / O) data is provided, and an area 54a for ROM is provided with an area 54a for storing character pattern data and mask pattern data and an area 54b for storing a program. As a result, the capacity of the area 53a for storing general data is expanded. On the other hand, with respect to the area 54a, the mask pattern data is shared with the character pattern data, and the newly provided mask pattern data is sufficiently stored in the empty area of the area 54a which was empty only by storing the character pattern data. There is no need to expand the capacity. A method of sharing the mask pattern data and the character pattern data will be described later with reference to FIGS.

The RAM area 53 is the RAM 17d.
Of the ROM area 54,
The area 54a corresponds to the storage area of the EEPROM 17f, and the area 54b corresponds to the storage area of the ROM 17e.

Next, the mask processing performed in the present invention will be described. First, in FIG. 2, when a test operation is applied to any of the transmission unit 11, the reception unit 12, and the other station building devices 13 and 14, a response signal of the test result is output from these devices. This test operation is performed at regular maintenance or when a failure occurs, and for example, an operation such as switching the active device to a standby device or inputting a pseudo signal is performed.

Since an alarm signal may be generated in the monitor control unit 15 based on the response signal of the test result, the display unit 17 performs mask processing on the response signal of the test result accompanying the test operation. Thus, the red display or flicker display indicating the occurrence of a failure is not displayed on the display screen. Therefore, a plurality of response signals to be masked are designated in advance using a dot pattern.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are views for explaining a mask pattern, FIG. 5A is an 8 × 8 dot pattern, and FIG. 5B is a view showing a correspondence relationship between each dot and each response signal. That is, there are, for example, 64 types of response signals associated with the test operation. These response signals are arranged on the 8 × 8 dot pattern as one dot for each response signal. This arrangement order requires some measures as described later. As a result of devising the arrangement, as shown in FIG.
The th dot is matched. Then, when it is desired to mask the nth response signal, the nth dot is set to "1", and when the mask is not required, the dot is set to "0".

By the way, normally, a plurality of types of response signals are generated by a certain test operation. Therefore, although the masked dots form a pattern, the arrangement order of the response signals is devised so that the pattern has a specific shape, especially a character pattern of characters or symbols.

6 and 7 show examples of mask patterns obtained as a result of devising such arrangement order. In the figure, the hatched portion indicates a dot to which “1” is set to be masked. That is, for example, FIG. 6A shows a mask pattern in which the 33rd to 64th response signals corresponding to the 33rd to 64th dots are masked, and can be used for a horizontal thick line, a vertical broken line pattern, or the like. The character pattern is shown.

A code is attached to the mask pattern and stored in the area 54a of the ROM area 54 in FIG. Therefore, such a mask pattern can also be used as a character when the monitor control content of the monitor controller 15 is displayed in characters or figures on the display screen 17a of the display 17 of FIG. The original character pattern originally stored in the area 54a is also set to be an 8 × 8 dot pattern.

On the other hand, the mask pattern thus stored is used as the original mask information as shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the mask processing method according to the present invention. That is, various signals 55 for generating an alarm signal are input from the monitoring control unit 15 to the display unit 17. Among the various signals 55, for example, n to (n + 1
The 5) th signal is a response signal accompanying the test operation, and m
The second signal is assumed to be a signal indicating an actual failure that has occurred in any of the transmission unit 11, the reception unit 12, and the other station building devices 13 and 14.

The various signals 55 are input to the register 56 composed of 8 × 8 storage elements, and the mth and n to (n
“1” is stored in the +15) th storage element. on the other hand,
From the area 54a of the ROM area 54 in advance, as shown in FIG.
The mask pattern shown in (A) is read by inputting a code into the key input device 17b of the display unit 17,
It is stored in the register 57. The mask pattern shown in FIG. 7A is a pattern for masking the nth to (n + 15) th signals. The read mask pattern is enlarged and displayed on the display device 17a of the display unit 17 for visual confirmation.

Then, the content of the storage element of the register 56 corresponding to the storage element in which "1" is stored in the register 57 is converted into "0". That is, a masked pattern 58 is obtained which is masked and only the m-th is "1".
Based on this pattern 58, an alarm is displayed on the display device 17a. That is, the m-th alarm is displayed in red or flicker on the display device 17a.
The (n + 15) th alarm is not displayed or is displayed in green. As a result, n to (n
The +15) th alarm can be recognized separately from the alarm associated with the actual failure, and the alarm display is provided for the actual failure.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the monitoring device for monitoring the wireless station building device has been described, but the present invention does not limit the monitoring target of the monitoring device in particular, and the present invention can be applied to the monitoring device for various devices. Applicable.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention, the mask pattern is shared with the display character pattern. Therefore, it is not necessary to store the mask pattern in the RAM as in the conventional case, and effective use of the memory can be achieved. To be

Further, the designated mask pattern is displayed on the screen display section. Therefore, the specified mask pattern can be visually confirmed, and the correctness of the mask pattern input designation can be easily confirmed.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram of a wireless station building device including a monitoring device of the present invention.

3A and 3B are diagrams showing a detailed configuration of a display unit, FIG. 3A is a front external view of the display unit, and FIG. 3B is a block diagram showing its internal configuration.

FIG. 4 is a memory map showing storage areas of various data in a RAM and a ROM.

5A and 5B are diagrams illustrating a mask pattern, FIG. 5A showing an 8 × 8 dot pattern, and FIG. 5B showing a correspondence relationship between each dot and each response signal.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a mask pattern obtained as a result of devising the arrangement order.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a mask pattern obtained as a result of devising the arrangement order.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a masking method according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Monitored Equipment 2 Screen Display Section 3 Test Means 4 Mask Means 5 Pattern Storage Means 6 Mask Designating Means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A monitoring device equipped with a screen display unit (2) for monitoring a failure occurring in a monitored device (1), comprising a test means (3) for performing a test operation on the monitored device (1) and performing a test. ), A mask means (4) for masking a plurality of test result signals generated from the monitored device (1) by a test operation, and a dot pattern of characters and symbols displayed on the screen display section (2). A pattern storage means (5) for performing masking, and a mask designation means (6) for designating a test result signal to be masked in the mask means (4) using the dot pattern stored in the pattern storage means (5). A monitoring device provided with a screen display unit. 2. The mask designating means (6) is a dot pattern of characters and symbols displayed on the screen display section (2) for each test result signal generated from the monitored device (1) by a test operation. The monitoring device having a screen display unit according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring device is configured so as to correspond to each dot position in advance. 3. The screen according to claim 1, wherein the mask designating means (6) is configured to pattern-display the designated test result signal to be masked on the screen display section (2). Monitoring device with a display.