JPH08328646A - Plant supervisory controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To allow even an unskillful operator to quickly execute the operation of a plant equipment by displaying text window information onto a display device based on a command input to an input processing section. CONSTITUTION: An input processing section 4 detects a touched (or clicked) button assigned on a screen by the operator and a window display processing section 8 seeks a window number linked with the touched button from a link table in a window information storage section 7. The text window information described in the window with the window number sought in this way is selected from the window information storage section 7 and displayed on a display device 1. When the operator desires to know hot to operate an equipment, the text window information describing how to operate the equipment is displayed at a prescribed position on a screen by touching a button of an operation procedure assigned on a screen of the display device 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a plant monitoring and controlling apparatus for monitoring and controlling a plant, and more particularly to a plant monitoring and controlling apparatus for displaying messages relating to operation and events of plant equipment as text window information on a display device. It is a thing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a conventional plant monitoring control apparatus, in which 1 is a display device and 2 is a display device.
Is a screen display processing unit that processes display data displayed on the display device 3, 3 is a screen information storage unit that stores and stores screen information to be displayed, and 4 is an input processing unit that processes input data input by an operator. .

Next, the operation will be described. First, an operator performs an input operation to display input data such as equipment operation, data setting, and equipment abnormal state data on a screen.

As a result, the input processing section 4 receives this input data, and based on this input data, the screen display processing section 2
Selects the screen information to be displayed from the screen information stored in the screen information storage unit 3 and causes the display device 1 to display the screen information.

FIG. 12 is a front view showing an example of the screen displayed on the display device 1 as described above. In FIG. 12, reference numeral 5 is a symbol to be operated, which is touched by the operator. Display window 6.

Subsequently, after selecting and pressing the "run" or "stop" button on the window 6, the "output" button can be pressed to operate the equipment.

Since the operation procedure of the operation on this screen is not displayed on the screen, the operator operates while referring to the manual.

[0008]

Since the conventional plant monitoring and control apparatus is constructed as described above, when an operator unfamiliar with the operation attempts to operate the equipment or to set data. However, there is a problem that it is necessary to find the corresponding part of the operation manual and operate it while referring to it if the operation method is not known.

Further, in particular, when an abnormality occurs in a device and it is necessary to perform an operation immediately, it takes time before the operation, and the influence of the operation of one device on other devices, etc. There was a problem in that it was difficult to obtain the necessary information accurately regarding operational precautions and operations under special circumstances such as when an abnormality occurred in the device.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and even an operator unfamiliar with the operation can quickly operate the plant equipment according to the message displayed on the screen of the display device. The purpose is to obtain a plant monitoring control device.

Further, according to the present invention, by touching a button on the screen of the display device and selecting the text data information of the window number linked to this button and displaying it on the display device, the plant according to the required operating procedure is displayed. It is an object of the present invention to obtain a plant monitoring control device that can correctly operate equipment.

Further, according to the present invention, when the operator operates the plant equipment, the text window information describing the user's peculiar operational notes is automatically displayed to avoid the erroneous operation of the plant equipment. The purpose of the present invention is to obtain a plant monitoring control device that can be used.

It is another object of the present invention to obtain a plant monitoring and control apparatus which can display an emergency event on a display device together with precautions when the event occurs and can promptly confirm emergency measures.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a plant monitoring control device capable of arbitrarily creating and changing text information by an external personal computer even during operation control of plant equipment.

A further object of the present invention is to obtain a plant monitoring control apparatus capable of arbitrarily editing text window information using a dedicated window editing processing means.

[0016]

A plant monitoring control apparatus according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an input processing unit for inputting a command for driving operation by touching a button assigned on the screen of a display device. A window information storage unit that stores text window information that describes how to operate plant equipment, and displays the text window information on the display device based on a command input to the input processing unit. It is the one.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a plant monitoring control apparatus, wherein an input processing section for inputting a command for driving operation by touching a button assigned on a screen of a display device and a driving operation for plant equipment. A window information storage unit storing text window information describing a method is provided, and the window display processing unit is searched for the window number linked to the touched button from the link table in the window information storage unit. Then, the text window information in the text storage section described in the window number is displayed on the display device.

The plant monitoring control apparatus according to the invention of claim 3 touches the symbol of the plant device displayed on the screen of the display device to input an instruction for driving operation, and the plant device. And a window information storage unit that stores text window information describing the operation method, and the window display processing unit stores the window information linking the window number linked to the plant device performing the touched operation. The text window information in the text storage section described in the window number is displayed on the display device by searching the link table in the section.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a plant monitoring control apparatus, which includes an event display processing section for displaying an event occurring in a plant device during a plant operation on a display device, and a text window describing a method of operating the plant device. A window information storage unit that stores information is provided, and the window display processing unit is made to find the window number linked to the event from the link table in the window information storage unit, and is described in the window number. The text window information in the text storage section is displayed on the display device.

In the plant monitoring control apparatus according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the text window information stored in the window information storage section can be edited by a personal computer externally connected.

In the plant monitoring control apparatus according to the invention of claim 6, the text window information selected from the window information storage section is arbitrarily edited on the display unit, and the edited text window information is stored in the window information storage section. It is designed to be stored in.

[0022]

In the plant monitoring control apparatus according to the invention of claim 1, the text window information in which the standard operation method according to the function of each plant equipment is described by touching the button set on the display device. , Is displayed on the display device to speed up and facilitate the operation of plant equipment.

In the plant monitoring control apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention, in the window display processing unit, the window number linked to the button touched on the display apparatus is searched from the link table, and the text described in the window number is displayed. The window information is displayed on the display device to inform the operator of the operation method of the plant equipment.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the plant monitoring and control apparatus finds the plant equipment to be operated and the display text number from the link table by touching the symbol of the plant equipment, and further describes it in the text storage section of the window number. Text window information, which is the operation information peculiar to the user, is automatically displayed on the display device.

In the plant monitoring control apparatus according to the invention of claim 4, when an event such as equipment failure occurs during operation of the plant equipment, the window display processing unit searches the link table for a window number linked to the event, and applies the relevant information. The text window information is selected from the text storage section and automatically displayed on the display device.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the plant monitoring control apparatus enables the creation and modification of the text window information according to the modification of the plant configuration through a personal computer externally connected to the window information storage section.

In the plant monitoring control apparatus according to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the text window information editing process is executed by the window editing processing unit while monitoring and controlling the plant.

[0028]

【Example】

Example 1. An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a block diagram showing a plant monitoring apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 7 is a window information storage unit that stores and stores a window in which a method of operating plant equipment is stored, and 8 is window information stored in the window information storage unit 7.
This is a window display processing unit that selects screen information to be displayed and causes the display device 1 to display the screen information.
It should be noted that the same reference numerals as those shown in FIG. 11 which is a conventional technique indicate the corresponding portions, and thus duplicated description will be omitted.

FIG. 2 is a format diagram of the data stored in the window information storage section 7. In the figure, 9 is a link table for linking the button to be touched with the number of the text window to be displayed. Is a text storage unit that stores the contents (text data) described in the text window.

Next, the operation will be described. Since the operation of displaying the screen information is the same as that of FIG. 11 which is a conventional technique, the window display will be described here. When the operator touches (or clicks) the button assigned on the screen, the input processing unit 4 causes the window display processing unit 8 to store the window number linked to the touched button in the window information storage unit 7.
Search from the link table 9 inside.

The text window information described in the window number thus found is selected from the window information storage section 7 and displayed on the display device 1. Here, the creation and setting of the text window information to be displayed are all performed on the plant monitoring control device and stored in the window information storage unit 7 in advance.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing an example of the screen displayed on the display device 1 as described above. According to this,
When the operator wants to know how to operate the equipment, the operation procedure buttons 11 assigned on the screen of the display device 1 are used.
When is touched, the text window information 12 in which the operation method is described is displayed at a predetermined position on the screen. Therefore, the operator can smoothly proceed the driving operation by using this display screen.

Example 2. In the above embodiment, the text window information describing the standard operation method according to the function of each plant device is displayed when the button on the screen is touched (or clicked). It is not limited to.

That is, in place of the link table 9 of FIG. 2 stored in the window information storage unit 7, as shown in FIG. 4, a link table 13 for linking a device to be operated with a window to be displayed is a text. It is stored in the window information storage unit 7 as window information.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 5, when the operator operates the equipment, the text window information describes the operational notes peculiar to the user, such as the influence on the other equipment by the operation of the equipment. Can be automatically displayed during operation.

As a result, it is possible to know in advance the situation in which the operation cannot be performed, the influence of the operation on other devices, and the like. In particular, it is possible to prevent the plant control from proceeding in a direction different from the originally intended control due to an operator who is not familiar with plant control performing an erroneous device operation.

Next, the operation will be described. First, when the operator starts a driving operation, for example, when a device to be driven is touched on the screen, the input processing unit 4 receives the touch data, and the window display processing unit 8 stores the window information based on the touch data. The corresponding window number is searched for from the link table 13 stored in the section 7.

The text window information described in the window number thus found can be selected from the text storage section 10 stored in the window information storage section 7 and automatically displayed on the display device 1. Note that the link table 13 and the text storage unit 10 are created and set on the plant monitoring control device and stored in the window information storage unit 7 in advance, as in the above embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a front view showing an example of the screen displayed on the display device 1 as described above. According to this,
Symbol 5 on the screen for the operator to drive
When is touched, the window 6 for driving operation is displayed, and at the same time, the text window information 14 in which information peculiar to the user such as attention on operation is described as text data is automatically displayed. Therefore, the operator can use this display screen to smoothly proceed with the driving operation without error.

Example 3. In the first embodiment, when the operator wants to obtain some information such as the operation method, the operation of touching (or clicking) a button on the screen to display the text window information on the screen has been described. It is not limited to this.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a plant monitoring control apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
Reference numeral 5 denotes an event display processing unit for displaying the generated event on the display device 1. The same reference numerals as those shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a format diagram of the data stored in the window information storage unit 7. In the figure,
Reference numeral 16 is a link table that links the generated event and the number of the window to be displayed, and 10 is a text storage unit similar to that shown in FIGS.

In this embodiment, the link table 16 has a structure in which the generated event and the window number to be displayed are linked as shown in FIG. 7, so that an event such as a device failure occurs and the text storage unit 10 When the information in the window is displayed on the screen, the text window information in which the text data such as the notes is described can be automatically displayed at the same time. By doing this, you can quickly know the first aid and emergency contact when a failure occurs,
Prevents major accidents and minimizes damage.

Next, the operation will be described. First, when an event such as equipment failure occurs while the plant equipment is operating, the event display processing unit 15 displays the event on the display device 1. At this time, the window display processing unit 8 searches the link table 16 for the window number linked to this event, selects the text window information described in the corresponding window from the text storage unit 10 stored in the window information storage unit 7, Display device 1
To automatically display.

The link table 16 and the text storage unit 10 are created and set on the plant monitoring control device and stored in the window information storage unit 7 in advance, as in the above embodiments.

FIG. 8 is a front view showing an example of the screen displayed on the display device 1 as described above. According to this,
An event occurs, a message 17 is displayed on the screen, and text window information 18 describing text data such as notes is automatically displayed.

Example 4. In addition, in the said Examples 1-3,
Although the text window information to be displayed is all created on the plant monitoring control device and stored in the window information storage unit 7 in advance, the present invention is not limited to this. By connecting with a network (LAN) and transferring data, it is possible to create and change a text window displayed on a personal computer.

By doing so, even if the contents are to be added or changed due to a change in the plant configuration or the like, it is possible to respond while the plant is being monitored and controlled online. .

Next, the operation will be described. In FIG. 9, a personal computer 19 is connected to the plant monitoring control device via a local area network 21, and text window information is edited on the personal computer 19.
The data is transferred to the window information storage unit 7 of the plant monitoring control device.

When displaying the text window information, the window display processing unit 8 selects the corresponding text window information from the window information storage unit 7 that stores the new text window information transferred from the personal computer 19. Can be selected and automatically displayed on the display device 1.

Embodiment 5 FIG. In addition, in the said Examples 1-3,
Although it has been stated that the text window information to be displayed is all created on the plant monitoring control device and stored in the window information storage unit 7 in advance, the present invention is not limited to this.

That is, as shown in FIG. 10, by providing the window edit processing unit 20 that specially edits the description content of the text window information, the text window is displayed on the plant monitoring control device while it is online. You can edit the information.

In this way, the operator himself can edit the text window information while monitoring and controlling the plant, so that the text window can be used for exchanging information when the operator changes, such as a message board. Information can be used.

Then, the text information described in the window on the screen is edited as needed, and the window information processing unit 20 stores the edited text window information in the window information storage unit 7. By doing so, the driving operation can be smoothly proceeded without error even after the operator change.

[0055]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the input processing unit for inputting the command for the driving operation by touching the button assigned on the screen of the display device, and the plant equipment. And a window information storage unit that stores text window information describing the driving operation method, and is configured to display the text window information on the display device based on a command input to the input processing unit. Therefore, even an operator unfamiliar with the operation can quickly operate the plant equipment according to the message displayed on the screen of the display device.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the input processing section for inputting a command for operation by touching the button assigned on the screen of the display device and the operation method for the plant equipment are described. A window information storage unit that stores text window information is provided, and the window display processing unit is made to find the window number linked to the touched button from the link table in the window information storage unit. Since the above text window information in the text storage section described in the window number is configured to be displayed on the above display device, the text data information of the window number linked to the button touched on the screen of the display device is selected and displayed. By doing so, there is an effect that the plant equipment can be correctly operated according to the required operation procedure. That.

According to the invention of claim 3, an input processing section for inputting a command for operation by touching the symbol of the plant device displayed on the screen of the display device, and a method for operating the plant device. And a window information storage section that stores the text window information describing
The window display processing unit is made to find the window number linked to the plant device performing the touched operation from the link table in the window information storage unit, and the text in the text storage unit described in the window number. Since the window information is configured to be displayed on the display device, when the operator operates the plant equipment, by viewing the text window information that describes the user's peculiar operational notes, This has the effect of avoiding driving operations.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, an event display processing section for displaying an event occurring in the plant equipment during the plant operation on the display device, and text window information storing the operation method of the plant equipment are stored. The window display processing unit is made to find the window number linked to the event from the link table in the window information storage unit, and the window storage unit described in the window number is stored in the text storage unit. Since the text window information is configured to be displayed on the display device, there is an effect that when an event occurs, the information can be displayed on the display device together with cautions and the first aid can be promptly confirmed.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, the text window information stored in the window information storage section is configured to be editable by an externally connected personal computer, so that the text information can be created and changed in the plant equipment. There is an effect that it can be arbitrarily implemented even during operation control.

According to the invention of claim 6, the text window information selected from the window information storage section is edited on the display device, and the edited text window information is stored in the window information storage section. Therefore, the text window information can be edited arbitrarily and easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a plant monitoring control apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a format diagram of data in a window information storage unit in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a display screen by the plant monitoring control device of FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 is a format diagram of data in a window information storage unit according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a front view showing a display screen displayed using the data in FIG. 4. FIG.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a plant monitoring control apparatus according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

7 is a format diagram of data in a window information storage unit in FIG.

8 is a front view showing a display screen displayed by using the data in FIG. 7. FIG.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a plant monitoring control apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a plant monitoring control apparatus according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a conventional plant monitoring control device.

FIG. 12 is a front view showing a display screen by the plant monitoring control device of FIG. 11.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 display device, 4 input processing unit, 7 window information storage unit, 8 window display processing unit, 9, 13, 16 link table, 10 text storage unit, 15 event display processing unit, 19 personal computer, 20 window editing processing unit.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. An input processing unit for inputting an operation command by touching a button assigned on the screen of the display device, and text window information storing an operation method for plant equipment is stored. A plant monitoring control device comprising: a window information storage unit that stores the window information; and a window display processing unit that displays the text window information on the display device based on a command input to the input processing unit. 2. An input processing unit for inputting a command for operation by touching a button assigned on the screen of the display device, and text window information storing an operation method for plant equipment is stored. The window information storage unit that is present and the window number linked to the touched button are searched from the link table in the window information storage unit, and the text window information in the text storage unit described in the window number is displayed in the display device. A plant monitoring and control device having a window display processing unit for displaying on a screen. 3. An input processing unit for inputting a command for operation by touching the symbol of the plant device displayed on the screen of the display device, and text window information describing a method for operating the plant device. The window information storage unit that stores the window number linked to the plant equipment that performs the touch operation is searched from the link table in the window information storage unit,
A plant monitor control device comprising: a window display processing unit that causes the display device to display the text window information in the text storage unit described in the window number. 4. An event display processing unit for displaying on a display device an event that has occurred in the plant equipment during operation of the plant equipment, and window information storing text window information describing a method of operating the plant equipment. Window display processing for searching the storage unit and the window number linked to the event from the link table in the window information storage unit and displaying the text window information in the text storage unit described in the window number on the display device And a plant monitoring and control device. 5. The text window information stored in the window information storage section can be edited by an externally connected personal computer, according to any one of claims 1 to 4.
Item 2. A plant monitoring control device according to item. 6. The text window information selected from the window information storage section is edited on a display device,
5. The plant monitoring control apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a window edit processing unit that stores the edited text window information in the window information storage unit.