JPH08147198A - Central monitoring device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To automate operating action reproduction by simultaneously collecting, recording the contents of events to be reported from respective control means to a function processing means, outputting them to an external maintenance tool, interpreting the contents of an input processing log and outputting them to the function processing means. CONSTITUTION: An executing event logging means 21 receives control event reports from control means 3-5 and preserves them in a processing log DB 22 in the format of the processing log. A processing log referring means 23 transmits the contents of the log DB 22 to a maintenance tool 13. According to the operation of the maintenance tool 13, a processing log editing means 24 edits processing log contents in the format of a command. A processing log interpreter executing means 25 analyzes the processing log edited by the processing log editing means 24 and requests the execution of the processing event generated in the past to a function processing means 26. An operation macro registering means 27 transforms an input file from a console 6 to the format of the processing log. Thus, the reproducing operation can be automated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a central monitoring device for monitoring, controlling and setting the condition of facilities and equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a conventional central monitoring apparatus. In the figure, (1) is a central monitoring device composed of a computer, (2) is a function processing means for controlling the entire functional processing having a group of application programs such as a scheduling program, an interlocking program, man-machine control means (3) , DB (database) access control means (4)
And the communication control means (5) are connected. An operation console (6) and a man-machine log (record) file (7) are connected to the man-machine control means (3).

A database (8) and an access log file (9) are connected to the DB access control means (4).
The communication control means (5) is connected to a controller for controlling facilities and equipment and a communication log file (11). (12)
Is a log reference means (12) which is connected to each log file (7) (9) (11) and outputs data, to which a maintenance tool (13) such as a personal computer is connected.

The conventional central monitoring device (1) is configured as described above, and its operation will be described by taking scheduling control as an example. The function processing means (2) responds to the DB access control means (4) in response to a scheduling control activation request.
It issues a command to read scheduling time, target equipment, control details, etc. The DB access control means (4) reads the requested information from the database (8), and the function processing means (2)
Tell to. At this time, the requested information is saved in the access log file (9).

When the scheduling time arrives, the function processing means (2) requests the communication control means (5) to transmit control based on the read information. The communication control means (5) sends a control command to the controller (10). At this time, the transmission contents are saved in the communication log file (11). Then, the controller (10) controls the required equipment. Further, the man-machine control means (3) accepts setting changes such as scheduling time and target equipment input from the operator via the operation console (6), and saves the setting changes in the man-machine log file (7). To do.
Then, the DB access control means (4) changes the data in the database (8).

By the above series of operations, various logs stored in time series are displayed on the maintenance tool (13) as a text file by the log reference means (12) if requested by the maintenance tool (13). Can be referred to.

[0007]

In the conventional central monitoring device as described above, each log file (7) (9) (11) is independent, so when a trouble occurs, a trouble reproduction test is performed at the factory. It takes a lot of time and effort. In other words, it is necessary to artificially combine various logs arranged in time series, and in order to reproduce it, it is necessary to artificially create the operating state and setting state, which requires a huge amount of time. There is a problem.

Further, there is a problem that the operator's setting work increases in proportion to the number of facilities, and the same setting work must be repeatedly set for all the facilities.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a central monitoring device capable of automating the reproducing operation and collectively performing the setting operation work of the operator. .

[0010]

A central monitoring apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention collects the contents of events notified from each control means to a function processing means operating according to an application program group, and internally Execution event logging means to record as a processing log in the database,
Process log reference means for outputting the process log recorded in the internal database to the external maintenance tool, and interpreting the contents of the input process log and outputting to the function processing means to instruct the execution of the application program And a process for executing a log-in interpreter.

The central monitoring apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention is, in addition to that of the first aspect of the present invention, when the maintenance tool is operated, the processing log input to the maintenance tool is edited to perform a processing login interpreter executing means. The processing log editing means for outputting to is provided.

The central monitoring device according to the third aspect of the invention is, in addition to that of the first aspect of the invention, connected to an operation console provided outside and registers a command input through the operation of the operation console, Operation macro registration means for outputting this to the processing login interpreter execution means is provided.

The central monitoring apparatus according to the fourth aspect of the present invention is, in addition to that of the first aspect of the present invention, edits a processing log input to the maintenance tool when the maintenance tool is operated and outputs the processing log to the processing log interpreter executing means. A process log editing means for outputting and a command macro registering means for registering a command which is connected to an operation console provided outside and inputted through the operation of this operation console and outputs this to the process login interpreter executing means. It is provided.

[0014]

In the first aspect of the present invention, the contents of the events notified from the respective control means to the function processing means are collectively collected and recorded, and this is output to an external maintenance tool, and the input processing log Since the contents of the above are interpreted and output to the function processing means, the function processing means operates according to the collected processing log.

In the second aspect of the invention, when the maintenance tool is operated, the processing log input to the maintenance tool is edited and output to the processing login interpreter executing means. Can be edited.

Further, according to the third aspect of the invention, the command input through the operation of the operation console is registered and output, and the command is output to the processing login interpreter executing means. Therefore, the operation from the operation console is a macro. be registered.

Further, in the fourth invention, when the maintenance tool is operated, the processing log input to the maintenance tool is edited and is output to the processing login interpreter executing means. Can be edited. Also, register and output the commands input through the operation of the operation console,
Since this is output to the processing login interpreter execution means, the operation from the operation console is macro-registered.

[0018]

1 to 6 are views showing an embodiment of the first to fourth inventions of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a block diagram, FIG. 2 is a processing log format diagram, and FIG. 3 is a log editing command format diagram. 4, FIG. 4 is an operation macro registration file content diagram, FIG. 5 is an operation flow chart of the execution event logging means, and FIG. 6 is an operation flow chart of the process login interpreter execution means.

In FIG. 1, (21) is each control means (3)-(5).
Control event notification from (input / output with operation console (6), reading from database (8) and database (8)
Access to write to, communication with controller (10), etc.)
Process log DB in the process log format shown in FIG.
Execution event logging means stored in (22), (23) processing log reference means for transmitting the contents of the processing log DB (22) to the maintenance tool (13), (24) according to the operation of the maintenance tool (13), It is processing log editing means for editing the processing log contents in the command format shown in FIG.

Reference numeral (25) is a processing log-in interpreter executing means for analyzing the processing log edited by the processing log editing means (24) and requesting the function processing means (26) to execute a processing event that occurred in the past. Reference numeral (27) is an operation macro registration means for converting a file input from the operation console (6) into a processing log format that can be executed by the processing login interpreter execution means (25) according to the format of the operation macro registration file shown in FIG. .

In FIG. 2, (31) shows the format of the processing log, and (31a) shows the date and time when the event occurs, which is month / day / hour /
"Occurrence date and time" indicated in minutes / seconds, (31b) is the control type of the originator, "Process type" indicated in man-machine / DB access / communication, (31c) is the function processing means at the time of event occurrence
"Operation state" indicating the operation state of (26), (31d) is a detailed type for each control means (3) to (5) in which the event has occurred, and screen access, command number, etc. during man-machine control, DB access It is a "type" such as a file number and a recording number during control, and a message command and communication error during communication control.

(31e) is the content of the event that has occurred, and is a "content" indicating the data content of each processing type (31b) and type (31d).
(Text) ”, (31f) are“ intervals until preprocessing ”indicating the event occurrence interval, (31g) is“ spare ”, and (31h) is“ other ”.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral (32) denotes a log edit command format, which has commands of "processing type", "state", "type", "text", and "interval". "Process type" ... Mx: Man-machine process (x is setting / control / reference, etc.) Dy: DB access process (y is addition / update / deletion, etc.) Cz: Communication process (z is notification / transmission error, etc.) "State "... xx-yy-zz: State number of each processing task)

"Type" ... G _XX : Screen number C _XX : Command number F _XX : File number R _XX : Record number "text" ... Character string "Interval" ... XX (ms) In FIG. (33) is the operation macro registration file,
"XXXXX" is the execution command name, # 1 [...] to # 4 [...]
Indicates the format of commands 1 to 4, respectively.

Next, the operation of the execution event logging means (21) will be described with reference to FIG. Man-machine control means (3),
Under the respective control, the DB access control means (4) and the communication control means (5) notify the execution event logging means (21) of the occurrence of an event by an event message (40) when a processing event occurs. . The event message (40) consists of the notification source (40a), type (40b), type (40
c), text (40d) and spare (40e).

Upon receiving the notification of the event message (40) from each of the control means (3) to (5) in step (41), step (4)
In 2), the current date and time at that time is recorded in the "occurrence date and time" (31a) of the processing log (31). In step (43), the task state of the application program is recorded in the "operation state" (31c) of the processing log (31). At step (44), the notification source (40a) of the event message (40) is checked. If the notification source (40a) is the man-machine control means (3), go to step (45) and the DB access control means (4). If so, the process proceeds to step (46), and if it is the communication control means (5), the process proceeds to step (47).

In step (45), the type X (setting / control / reference, etc.) is extracted from the type (40b) of the event message (40) from the man-machine control means (3), and "M" is extracted in step (48). + Type X is recorded in the processing type (31b) of the processing log (31). In step (46), type Y (add / update / delete, etc.) is extracted from the type (40b) of the event message (40) from the DB access control means (4), and step (49)
Then, "D" + type Y is similarly recorded in the processing type (31b). In step (47), the type C (notification / communication error, etc.) is extracted from the type (40b) of the event message (40) from the communication control means (5), and "C" + type Z is extracted in step (50). Is similarly recorded in the processing type (31b).

In step (51), the type (40c) of the event message (40) is set in the "type" (31d) of the processing log (31) and the text (4
0d) to `` content (text) '' (31e) and spare (40e) to `` spare '' (31e)
Record each in g). Then, in step (52), the elapsed time from the previous event occurrence to the current event occurrence is recorded in the "interval to pre-processing" (31f) of the processing log (31). By the above operation, the processing events generated by the three control means (3) to (5) can be collected in the form of the processing log (31) shown in FIG.

Next, the processing log reference means (23) is a processing log DB stored in the execution event logging means (21).
(22) is transmitted to the maintenance tool (13) by communication. Maintenance tool (13) receives the processing log (31)
Is displayed in the format of the log edit command (32) shown in FIG.
Further, the maintenance tool (13) can edit the data through the processing log editing means (24) using an editor.

Next, the processing login interpreter executing means (2
The operation 5) will be described with reference to FIG. Read the log edit command (32) edited above in step (61), and
In 2), analyze the log edit command (32) for each line (range enclosed by [] in Fig. 3). If there is no command (32), the process ends, and if there is, the process proceeds to step (63). In the step (63), the "processing type" (31b) of the log edit command (32)
Read, write "M", "D" or "C" in the notification source (40a) of the event message (40), and write "X", "Y"
Alternatively, write "Z" in the type (40b).

At the step (64), the "state" of the log editing command (32) is read, and it is checked whether or not it matches the state of the application that is currently activated. If they do not match, the process returns to the step (62), Parse the following command. If they match, in step (65) the log edit command
The "type" of (32) is read, the "type" (40c) of the event message (40) is written, and similarly, the "text" is read and the text (40d) is written in step (66).

Similarly, in step (67), the "interval" is read and the timer is set, and in step (68) the processing is delayed by the timer value, and then in step (69) the event message (40) created above is sent. Notify the function processing means (25). Then, the control command is output again to the control means (3) to (5) via the execution event logging means (21), and the reproduction of the operation is automated.

Further, the operation macro registration means (27) reads the operation macro registration file (33) input from the operation console (6) in the format shown in FIG. 4, and the log edit command (32 in the format shown in FIG. ), The processing login interpreter executing means (25) can execute the operation macro instruction input from the operation console (6). This allows the operator to collectively repeat the setting operation.

[0034]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the contents of the event notified from each control means to the function processing means are collectively collected and recorded, and are output to an external maintenance tool. Since the contents of the input processing log are interpreted and output to the function processing means, the function processing means operates according to the collected processing logs, and there is an effect that the operation reproduction of the operating state can be automated.

Further, according to the second aspect of the invention, when the maintenance tool is operated, the processing log input to the maintenance tool is edited and output to the processing login interpreter executing means. Can be edited, and in addition to the effect of the first invention, there is an effect that a different operation other than the processing log can be performed.

Further, in the third aspect of the invention, the command input through the operation of the operation console is registered and output, and the command is output to the processing login interpreter executing means. Therefore, the operation from the operation console is a macro. In addition to the effect of the first invention registered, there is an effect that the repeated operation of the operator can be collectively performed.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, when the maintenance tool is operated, the processing log input to the maintenance tool is edited and output to the processing login interpreter executing means. Can be edited, and in addition to the effect of the first invention, there is an effect that a different operation other than the processing log can be performed. In addition, the command input through the operation of the operation console is registered and output, and this is output to the processing login interpreter execution means. Therefore, the operation from the operation console is macro-registered, and the repeated operation of the operator is performed. There is an effect that it can be done collectively.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a processing log format diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a log edit command format diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an operation macro registration file content diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

5 is an operation flowchart of the execution event logging unit of FIG.

6 is an operation flowchart of the processing login interpreter executing means of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram showing a conventional central monitoring device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Central monitoring device, 3 man-machine control means, 4 DB
Access control means, 5 communication control means, 6 operation console, 8 database, 10 controller, 13 maintenance tools, 21 execution event logging means,
22 processing log DB, 23 processing log reference means, 24
Processing log editing means, 25 processing login interpreter executing means, 26 function processing means, 27 operation macro registration means, 31 processing log, 32 log edit command, 33 operation macro registration file, 40 event message.

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An apparatus for connecting various control means to a function processing means that operates according to an application program group, monitoring and controlling the states of facilities and equipment connected to each of the control means, and setting the above states. At
An execution event logging unit that collectively collects the contents of events notified from the control units to the function processing unit and records them as a processing log in an internal database, and a processing log recorded in the internal database are provided outside. A processing log reference means for outputting to the maintenance tool, and a processing login interpreter execution means for interpreting the contents of the input processing log and outputting the contents to the functional processing means to instruct the execution of the application program. Central monitoring device characterized by that. 2. The processing log editing means for editing the processing log input to the maintenance tool and outputting the processing log to the processing login interpreter executing means when the maintenance tool is operated. Central monitoring equipment. 3. An operation macro registration means is provided, which is connected to an operation console provided outside and registers a command input through an operation of this operation console and outputs the command to a processing login interpreter execution means. The central monitoring device according to claim 1, which is characterized in that 4. When a maintenance tool is operated, a processing log editing means for editing a processing log input to this maintenance tool and outputting it to a processing login interpreter execution means, and an operation console connected to the outside, are connected to the processing log editing means. 2. The central monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising operation macro registration means for registering a command input through the operation of the operation console and outputting the command to the processing login interpreter execution means.