JPH0799741A - Automatic testing apparatus of computer system for power system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the automatic confirmation from the simulated information generation to the result recording data collection by a method wherein, after simulated data are written in a measured value storing area, the software control is transferred into an existing measurement monitoring program. CONSTITUTION:A measured value simulated information generating means 11 inputs respective set input data into a measured value storing area 4 from a set data file 20. If an initial data is 0, an OFF-state setting process is executed and, if the initial data is 1, an ON-state setting process is executed to rewrite the measured value storing area 4 with the initial data. Then synchronism is obtained upto a time corresponding to a generating time interval by a time appointing process and a delaying process while the respective measured value informations are judged to be a mounting information or not in the increasing order of the magnitude of the measured values up to the maximum value of the measured value information of a system by a process of repeating as many times as the mounting numbers and a mounting judgement process. Then, simulated set value data are written into the measured value storing area 4 and an interruption is appled to a central processing controller 5 by a pseudointerruption generating process and the software control is transferred into a measurement monitoring program 10. If this procedure is repeated as many time as the mounting number, the system data can be tested automatically.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a simulation data generation method by a software program in a computer system for a power system, and automatically measures in the computer system in place of actual measured value information input from outside the computer system. The present invention relates to a test device that generates value simulation information.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 60-254940 as an apparatus for generating measurement value simulation information. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing this conventional technique, in which a CRT input / output device (2) is provided by the measured value simulation information generating means 11.
Input simulated generated data from the operator via 9,
The simulation data is used to execute the same processing as when the measurement value information is actually input from the remote monitoring and control device 1.

According to this prior art, even if the remote monitoring control device 1 and the direct memory access device 3 (hereinafter referred to as a DMA device) are not used, the measurement value information is simulated and input to monitor the state of the equipment and the measurement value. The function of the computer system to be performed can now be fully confirmed by a simple method. Recently, a computer system having a simulation function for simulating a system with the software as described above is becoming popular.

[0004]

However, the above-mentioned conventional technique has a function of enabling selection of a channel, a word, and a bit, a value given to the channel, a word, and how to change the value over time. However, it is necessary for the operator to set and input the above three types of simulated data one by one,
In particular, it took a great deal of effort to check all the measured value information at the initial construction of the system and at the time of new / expansion of facility data after that. In addition, when the simulated information of all points is generated in a batch, the state change record data, etc. greatly exceeds the capacity of the record storage data area, and the result data can be collected without omission due to overwriting. It was impossible.

As described above, there is a problem that the operator takes a very long time to operate in front of the computer system and that all the result data cannot be collected. Therefore, the present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and even when checking all points, the operator once gives an instruction to generate simulated information, and the mounting data stored in the system by the computer. We provide a measurement value simulation information generation function that searches all and simulates it, and a measurement value simulation information registration function that can collect all a large amount of result data without fail, and automatically from simulation generation to result record data collection The purpose is to do. In particular, it is possible to significantly reduce the period for confirming system data when initially constructing the system.

[0006]

First, in the invention described in [Claim 1], C
The simulated information generation data is input to the setting data file from the operator via the RT input / output device, and the simulated data is written in the measured value storage area for all the mounting data of the system, and then the control on the software is not changed. By shifting to the measurement monitoring program, the same processing as when the measured value information is actually input to the computer system is executed.

Further, in the invention described in [Claim 2], when the simulated information generated by the simulated information generating means is output as result data to the man-machine device by the measured value simulated information registration means, the result is output. When recording and saving data, even if the record saving area is full, the result data is not overwritten and the saving is interrupted and the result record data is automatically output to a printing device to make a space in the record saving area and the area is released. , It is intended to restart the saving of the succeeding record data and register the result data without omission. Note that a form management flag indicating that the form is being output is provided using the record storage area, and the measured value simulation information generating means and the registration means perform waiting.

[0008]

According to the invention of claim 1, the operator inputs the three kinds of setting data by means of the measured value simulated information generating means, and thereafter, all the mounting of the system is carried out by instructing the simulated information generation. Data can be checked automatically.

According to the invention of [Claim 2], when the measurement value simulation information registration means cannot register the result data, when the result data cannot be registered, it waits and outputs the form automatically, and then the result data is displayed. By continuing to register, result data can be collected without omission.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a measurement value simulation information generating means according to the present invention.
1 is an overall configuration block diagram showing an example of a computer system in which 11 and measured value simulation information registration means 12 are incorporated. The remote monitoring control device 1 is for transmitting the actual measurement value information to the computer system 2, and the computer system 2 is a DMA device 3 for inputting the actual measurement value information transmitted from the remote monitoring control device 1. The central processing unit 5 for executing the measured value storage area 4 on the main memory, which is processed by this and the DMA information is written, the measured value monitoring program 10, the measured value simulated information generating means 11, and the measured value simulated information registration means 12.
And the measured value information generating means 11 and the measured value information registration means 12
Has a setting data file 20, a record storage area, and a form management flag 33.

It is composed of a printing device 7 used as a man-machine device, a CRT input / output device (1) 8 and a CRT input / output device (2) 9. The CRT input / output device (2) 9 is an input CRT for setting simulated data used when the measured value information generating means 11 is executed.

The CRT input / output device (1) 8 is an output CRT for outputting the processing result of the measurement value monitoring program 10 via the measurement value information registration means 12. The operation of the embodiment of the automatic test apparatus according to [Claim 1] according to the present invention having the above structure will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. The actual measurement value information depends on the remote monitoring control device 1 and the DMA device 3, but the method of generating the measurement value simulation information is as follows.

First, the operator displays a measurement value simulation information setting screen prepared in advance on the CRT input / output device (2) 9 and inputs the following three types of setting data only once while having a conversation with the CRT input / output program. .

The measurement value simulation setting screen displays the initial value data (1 (ON or closed) or 0 (OF) in the measurement value storage area.
F or open)), and simulated setting value data (1 or 0) of how to change the value, and a function of setting the generation time interval of the measured value simulation information. The data input by setting is stored in the setting data file 20 from this screen. When the operator gives an instruction to start the generation of the simulated information from this screen, the measured value simulated information generating means 11 operates to take out the data set by the operator from the setting data file 20 and proceed the processing. This process is based on the flowchart of FIG.

The measured value simulation information generating means 11 first inputs each setting input data from the setting data file 20 in the setting data input processing 21, and in the initial value determination processing 22, the set initial value data is 0 or Is it 1? To judge. When the initial value data is 0, the OFF state setting process 23 is executed, and when the initial value data is 1, the ON state setting process 24 is executed and the measured value storage area 4 is rewritten with the respective initial value data.

Next, is the mounting information in the ascending order up to the maximum value of the measurement value information of the computer system in the mounting repetition processing 25 and the mounting determination processing 26? The subsequent processing group is repeatedly executed while determining. First, the time designation process 27 and the delay process 28
Synchronize until occurrence time interval time.

Further, the registration possibility judgment processing 29 and the registration delay processing
At 30, the form management flag 33 is used to determine whether the measured value simulation information of this time can be registered in the record storage area. If registration is not possible, the system waits for the scheduled time (print output time = semi-fixed value; 5 minutes) until registration becomes possible.

Thereafter, in the measured value information storing process 31, the simulated set value data set by the operator, which is taken in in the setting data input process 21, is written in the measured value storing area 4. Further, in the pseudo interrupt generation process 32, the central processing control unit 5 is interrupted, and the control of the software ewa is transferred to the measurement monitoring program 10. In this way, one measurement value information can be simulated. By repeating this for the number of mountings in the ascending order of the channel, word, and bit of the system, the same as the actual measurement value transmitted from the remote monitoring control device 1. The system data test of the computer system can be automatically executed in a batch.

Next, an embodiment of the automatic test apparatus according to [Claim 2] of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3. Measurement monitoring program 10
Saves the processing result data in the external memory 6 and outputs it to the printer 7 and the CRT input / output device (1) 8.

At this time, the measured value simulation information registration means 12 synchronizes with the printing process of the result data. This process is shown in Figure 3.
According to the flowchart of. Measured value simulation information registration means 12
First, in storage area fullness determination processing 42, it is determined whether or not the result data of the measurement value generated this time can be stored in the recording storage area 41 in the external memory 6 based on the number of storages. The record storage area is usually managed in a fixed number of cases, and when the maximum number of stored items is exceeded, the storage process continues without delay by overwriting,
In the present invention, in order to eliminate the loss of the result data, the number of stored items in the storage area is determined when registering the measurement value simulation information, and if the storage is full, the output of the form is waited. If it can be registered, the result data of this time is registered in the record storage area 41 in the record data registration processing 47.

When the storage area is full, the form management flag 33 is set to the form output state (= 1) in the full process 43, and waiting is performed in the registration possibility judgment process 29 and the registration delay process 30 of the measured value simulation information generating means 11. Due to occurrence, delay.

Subsequently, in the form output process 44, the full record storage area 41 is output to the printing device 7. Whether or not all the outputs have been completed is determined in the form completion determination processing 45. When all the outputs are completed, the empty process 46 resets the form management flag 33 to the form completion state (= 0), and measures value simulation information generating means.
The waiting of the registration possibility judgment processing 29 of 11 is canceled.

Then, in the recording data registration process 47, the result data of this time is registered in the recording storage area 41. As a result, the recorded data can be printed without overwriting without being overwritten, and the print data can be confirmed later on the desk.

According to the above-mentioned automatic test apparatus of [Claim 1] of the present invention, all the mounting data of the computer system are automatically retrieved, and all the mounting data are collectively or sequentially at time intervals. By automatically generating the simulation information, the operator's work of inputting settings one by one into the computer is reduced.

According to the automatic test apparatus of the second aspect of the present invention, even if the result data is full, the result data can be collected without omission by resuming the registration after waiting without overwriting.

Other Embodiments Not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, the following modifications are possible. (1) Although description has been made in the embodiment by inputting measurement value information by the remote monitoring control device 1 and the DMA device 3, any information transmission device may be used. That is, the measured value simulation information generating means 11 for the input data and the information storage area of each information transmission device may be used.

(2) The measurement value simulation information registration means 12 has been described with reference to the printing device 7 capable of collecting a large amount of result data and outputting the form which remains as record data.
The T input / output devices 8 and 9 may be used. In addition, we explained that there is a limit to the number of records that can be registered in the record storage area, but it was explained by waiting when it is full. good.

(3) Generation of actual information during system operation,
Mixing the generation of simulated information in the present invention leads to false information, but unimplemented channels, words, which are not used as actual information,
By allocating bits only to the simulated information, it is possible to mix them.

(4) Saving and recording of the result data has been described by using an existing program. However, when the simulated data is generated, a mark indicating that the simulation is performed is added to the result data so that only the result data is real data. It is also possible to determine whether it is simulated data.

In the cases (3) and (4), the system operation state including the measurement and monitoring program can be diagnosed by periodically (for example, once an hour) generating simulation information at several places.

[0031]

As described above, with respect to [Claim 1],
With the simple instruction from the operator, all the measured value data implementations registered in the system can be automatically generated as a batch, and for [Claim 2], the result data can be collected without omission. , It will be possible to confirm later on the desk.

As a result, it is not necessary for the operator to set the simulated data one by one in front of the computer, and significant labor saving can be achieved. In particular, at the time of initial construction of the system, conventionally, it was possible to eliminate the trouble of generating information one by one for each channel, word and bit and checking the result data each time.
As a result, it is effective in shortening the system development period and reducing the system development cost. Further, it can be sufficiently applied as a system response test and a load test, and is effective in quality improvement.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration block diagram for implementing the present invention,

FIG. 2 is a simulation generation flowchart according to claim 1 of the present invention,

FIG. 3 is a simulation registration flowchart according to claim 2 of the present invention,

FIG. 4 is an overall configuration block diagram of a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Remote monitoring control device 2 ... Computer system 3 ... DMA device 4 ... Measured value storage area 5 ... Central processing control device 6 ... External memory 7 ... Printing device 8 ... CRT input / output device (1) 9 ... CRT input / output device ( 2) 10 ... Measurement monitoring program 11 ... Measured value simulated information generating means 12 ... Measured value simulated information registration means 20 ... Setting data file 21 ... Setting data input processing 33 ... Form management flag 41 ... Record storage area

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Inputting measured value information into a computer system,
In a computer system that monitors, records, and controls the state of equipment and measurement values, means for simulating the measurement value information is provided, and software testing can be performed using predetermined simulated measurement value data. In the power system computer system, when the simulation information is generated, all the mounting data of the computer system is initialized to an arbitrary state, and means for automatically generating all the mounting data is provided. In addition, the automatic test equipment of the computer system for the electric power system is characterized in that the information generation time interval can be set. 2. The automatic test device for a power system computer system according to claim 1, further comprising means for storing and outputting all of the automatically generated data when the information generation result is stored and output as recorded data. An automatic test device for a power system computer system characterized by being provided.