JPH0629975A - Communication network central monitor system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute work efficiently such as investigation of a cause of each individual monitor system by providing a proximal operation mouse and also a remote control mouse, accessing any monitor system via a signal exchange so as to operate the system. CONSTITUTION:Normally a control monitor system 4 displays overall items of a communication network being an object of monitor onto a large screen 1 for monitoring. When any fault is found out, each of monitor systems 5-9 is operated to check detailed items. That is, when one remote mouse at hand is selected among lots of remote control mouse sets 15-22 for the operation, the control signal reaches a signal exchange 12 via mouse interface devices 15A-22A and the obtained monitor system such as a power monitor system 9 is accessed via a terminal interface device 9a. Then a command is given to a video changeover controller 11 and items of the power monitor system 9 are displayed on a large screen 2 via a pattern changeover device 3.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention collects each device for individually monitoring each exchange, transmission equipment, electric power equipment, etc. that compose a communication network, and each individual monitoring system corresponding to the equipment in one place for centralized communication. The present invention relates to a communication network centralized monitoring system for monitoring and controlling the entire network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. Since it is also a diagram which can be used for explaining such a conventional communication network centralized monitoring system, necessary parts of FIG. A conventional centralized monitoring system for a communication network will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a large screen (No. 1),
2 is a large screen (No. 2), 3 is a screen switching device, 4 is an integrated monitoring system, 5 to 7 are switching system monitoring systems, respectively.
8 is a transmission equipment monitoring system, 9 is a power monitoring system, 4
A to 9A are terminal interface devices, and 4B to 9A, respectively.
B is a hand operation mouse, 11 is a video switching control device, 12 is a signal exchange device, 15 to 22 are remote operation mice, and 15A to 22A are mouse interface devices.

The communication network is composed of a large number of exchanges, transmission equipment, electric power equipment and the like. Therefore, conventionally, individual exchanges are individually monitored by the exchange monitoring systems 5 to 7, and further, the transmission equipment monitoring system 8 is used for the transmission equipment.
For power equipment, the power equipment monitoring system 9
In order to monitor each, these individual monitoring systems have been gathered in the operation room, where they are centrally monitored and controlled.

Each monitoring system is composed of a workstation and a personal computer, and the necessary screens are displayed on the respective displays to enable monitoring. And, for example, when something happens such as an abnormal operation of the exchange, if you carefully check it, it may be that the cause was a failure of the transmission line equipment, but when investigating the cause of such abnormal operation, As mentioned above, it is convenient to centralize all monitoring systems in one operation room.

Since each of the monitoring systems is provided with the hand-operated mouse 4B-9B corresponding thereto,
By operating each of the hand operating mice, the corresponding monitoring system can be operated via the corresponding terminal interface devices 4A to 9A.

[0007]

In the conventional centralized monitoring system as described above, since each monitoring system can be operated only by the hand-held mouse attached to each,
For example, in the case of an abnormal operation of an exchange and investigating the cause of it, when operating the monitoring system of each exchange or operating the transmission equipment monitoring system, staff members fly around and approach each monitoring system. Each mouse had to be operated, and there was a problem that the work for investigating the cause was inefficient.

An object of the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art and to provide a communication network centralized monitoring system that enables work for investigating the cause to be performed efficiently.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, in the present invention, in a communication network centralized monitoring system, a terminal interface device provided corresponding to each individual monitoring system and a self interface via the terminal interface device are provided. First operation input means for hand operation (hand operation mouse) capable of operating only the individual monitoring system of

A plurality of second operation input means (remote operation mouse) for remote operation are accommodated via an interface device therefor, and any of the second operation input means is the terminal interface device. A signal switching device that connects to any of the individual monitoring systems via the, and enables its operation,

The central screen and the monitoring screen of the individual monitoring system connected by the second operation input means for remote operation via the signal exchange device and the terminal interface device are selected and displayed on the central screen. And a video switching control device.

[0012]

When a failure occurs in the exchange and it is necessary to operate each surveillance system one after another to investigate the cause, one remote control mouse is used to access any surveillance system via the signal exchange device. Since the display screen of the operated monitoring system (workstation or personal computer) can be displayed on the central screen in a large size for observation, it is not necessary for staff to fly around the operation room as in the past, and work can be performed. It is done efficiently.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Although it has already been mentioned that FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating one embodiment of the present invention, reference is again made to FIG. The operation will be described with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 1, the integrated monitoring system 4 is usually used.
Thus, the overall items of the communication network to be monitored are displayed on the large screen (No. 1) 1 for monitoring. The operation of the integrated monitoring system 4 can be performed through the terminal interface device 4A by a hand operating mouse 4B therefor.

When a large screen (No. 1) 1 is being monitored and an abnormality is found, details cannot be understood unless the individual monitoring systems 5 to 9 are operated for investigation. 9 will be selected appropriately for operation.

At this time, there are many remote control mice 15
When the staff member operates one of the equipments 21 to 21 near the remote control mouse, the remote operation mouse reaches the signal exchange device 12 through the mouse interface device, and an arbitrary monitoring system selected by the staff member (for example, power monitoring). In the case of the system 9, 9) can be accessed through the terminal interface device 9A, the power monitoring system 9 can be operated, and the image switching control device 11 is also instructed, and the power monitoring system 9 of the power monitoring system 9 can be accessed through the screen switching device 3. Display the large screen (N
o. 2) Can be displayed in 2.

In this way, the clerk can operate the individual remote monitoring systems efficiently while operating the nearby remote control mouse to display them on the large screen one after another, and investigate the cause of the failure. be able to. Even if there are many staff members in the operation room, if many remote control mice are prepared accordingly, any staff member can easily and efficiently perform the work.

Detailed technical matters will be described below. In FIG. 1, a signal from the remote-control mouse 15 is input to the mouse interface device 15A, converted into a long-distance transmission signal, and transmitted to the signal exchange device 12. The signal exchange device 12 converts this signal to the TTL level, then performs the required exchange, and connects to the desired monitoring system via the terminal interface device.

The terminal interface devices 4A to 9A are composed of the mouse signal from the signal exchange device 12 and the hand operation mouse 4.
The signal from B to 9B is switched, and further converted into a signal according to the model of the monitoring system (workstation or personal computer) and output.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of one (eg, 4A) of the terminal interface devices shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 41 is a signal switching unit, and 42 is a signal interface conversion unit.

In FIG. 2, the signal switching unit 41 has a function of switching between a signal from the hand operating mouse and a signal from the remote operating mouse sent from the signal exchanging device 12, and signals from both mice are transmitted. In case of conflict, the signal from the remote control mouse is prioritized.

The signal interface converter 42 converts the mouse signal into a signal corresponding to the model of the monitoring system (workstation or personal computer). Therefore, the circuit of this signal interface converter differs depending on the model of the connected monitoring system (workstation or personal computer).

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the signal exchange device 12 in FIG. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 121 is a mouse signal input unit, 122 is a mouse signal exchange unit, and 123.
Is a central control unit.

In FIG. 3, the central control unit 123 has a built-in microprocessor, controls the mouse signal exchange unit 122, the mouse interface device and the terminal interface device by software control, and also controls the video switching control device 11 to display an image. It has a function to send a switching signal.

The mouse signal input section 121 converts a remote mouse signal from the mouse interface device into a TTL level signal and outputs it to the mouse signal exchange section 122. The mouse signal exchange section 122 sends this signal to the terminal interface device corresponding to the monitoring system selected by the control signal from the central control section 123.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of one (eg, 15A) of the mouse interface shown in FIG. In FIG. 4, reference numeral 151 denotes a mouse signal transmission unit, 152
Is a signal controller, 153 is a selection switch, and 154 is a mouse-in-use lamp.

In FIG. 4, the signal from the remote mouse is converted into a long-distance transmission signal by the mouse signal transmission unit 151 and output to the signal exchange device 12. Signal controller 1
Reference numeral 52 denotes a signal switch including a selection switch 153 for selecting each monitoring system (workstation or personal computer), a mouse busy lamp 154 indicating that another remote mouse is in use, and a circuit for controlling these. 12
It operates according to a control signal from the central control unit 123.

FIG. 5 shows the video switching control device 1 in FIG.
2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of No. 1. In FIG. 5, 11
1 is a signal interface converter. The signal interface conversion unit 111 has a function of receiving a video switching signal from the central control unit 123 of the signal switching device 12 and converting the video switching signal into a signal corresponding to the model of the surveillance system that is the target of the video switching. Therefore, this signal interface converter 111
The circuit differs depending on the model of the surveillance system that is the target of video switching.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention,
As the communication network centralized monitoring system, there is an advantage that it is possible to provide the communication network centralized monitoring system in which the work for investigating the cause of the accident by the staff can be efficiently performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of one (eg, 4A) of the terminal interface devices in FIG.

3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a signal exchange device 12 in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of one (for example, 15A) of the mouse interface in FIG.

5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a video switching control device 11 in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Large screen (No. 1), 2 ... Large screen (No. 2), 3
... Screen switching device, 4 ... Integrated monitoring system, 5-7 ... Switch monitoring system, 8 ... Transmission equipment monitoring system, 9 ... Power monitoring system, 4A-9A ... Terminal interface device,
4B to 9B ... Hand operation mouse, 11 ... Image switching control device, 12 ... Signal exchange device, 15-22 ... Remote operation mouse, 15A-22A ... Mouse interface device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An apparatus for individually monitoring each exchange, a transmission facility, an electric power facility, etc., which composes a communication network, and an individual monitoring system for each facility are gathered at one place to centrally monitor and control the entire communication network. In the communication network centralized monitoring system, a terminal interface device provided corresponding to each of the individual monitoring systems, and a first for hand operation capable of operating only its own individual monitoring system via the terminal interface device. A plurality of second operation input means for remote operation and a second operation input means for remote operation are accommodated through an interface device therefor.
The operation input means of the above is also connected to any of the individual monitoring systems via the terminal interface device to enable the operation thereof, a central screen, and the second screen for remote operation. The operation input means comprises a signal switching device, and a video switching control device for selecting a monitoring screen of the individual monitoring system connected via the terminal interface device and displaying it on the central screen. Communication network centralized monitoring system.