JPH0887357A - Peripheral equipment control unit - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To prevent the power source from being left forgetfully ON by displaying the state of the power sources of connected peripheral equipments on a display device when the power source is turned OFF. CONSTITUTION: This device consists of a power source monitoring means 10, a power source state display means 20, the peripheral equipments 30, the display device 40, a peripheral equipment control means 50, an input processing means 60, an input device 70 such as a keyboard, a power source processing means 80, and a controller 90. The power source monitoring means 10 confirms the states of the electric power by peripheral equipments 30 connected to the peripheral equipment control means 50 and reports the confirmed states of the power sources when inquired of by the power source state display means 20. The power source state display means 20 inquires information regarding the power sources of the respective peripheral equipments 30 of the power source monitoring means 10 when there is a power-OFF indication from a power switch or keyboard, and displays whether or not each peripheral equipment 30 is powered ON on the display device 40.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to supervisory control of power supplies for peripheral devices. Various electronic devices including peripheral devices are required to be monitored unnecessarily when the power is on because the load on the device is greater and the deterioration is remarkable.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when the power supply of a control device for connecting peripheral equipment is cut off, as in the conventional example shown in FIG.
In a device configuration in which the power supplies of peripheral devices are not linked, it is necessary to check the power supply of each connected peripheral device. Also,
In the device configuration in which the power supplies of the peripheral devices are interlocked, as in the conventional example shown in FIG. 6B, when the peripheral devices are shared by a plurality of users, the usage states of all other users must be confirmed. There was a problem that I had to do it. For example, when a power-off instruction is issued from the control device used by one user, the peripheral devices are interlocked and powered off, and then the connection of the peripheral device is switched to another control device and the power is turned on. However, since the peripheral devices remain disconnected, there is a risk of malfunction.

[0003]

Therefore, when the power supply of the control device is cut off, as in the conventional example shown in FIG.
In a device configuration in which the power supplies of peripheral devices are not linked, it is necessary to check the power supplies of the connected peripheral devices and the usage status of other users, which causes a problem of complicated power management. It was When operating the peripheral device remotely, it is not easy to check the power supply of the peripheral device, and the peripheral device malfunctions when the power is turned off.

Further, as in the conventional example shown in FIG.
With a device configuration in which the power supply of peripheral devices are linked, it is necessary to confirm the usage status of other users because the power can be turned off by one user's instruction when sharing peripheral devices with multiple users. The problem was that management was complicated. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to display the power status of a peripheral device connected to the main body in a control device to which the peripheral device is connected when a power-off instruction is given, and to easily confirm power management. To do.

[0005]

For the above-mentioned purpose, the control device of the present invention has a power supply monitoring means for confirming the state of the power supply of the peripheral equipment and a peripheral equipment for confirming the power supply cutoff when the power supply is instructed. It is composed of a power status display means for displaying the power status of the device. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention. In the figure, 10 is a power supply monitoring means, 20 is a power supply status display means, 30 is a peripheral device, 40 is a display device, and 90 is a control device.

[0006]

According to the present invention, when the power supply is cut off, the power supply monitoring means confirms the power supply status of the connected peripheral equipment, and the confirmed power supply status is displayed on the display device by the power supply status display means. Is. Therefore, since the power status of the peripheral device is displayed, it is possible to urge the user to turn off the power of the peripheral device and prevent forgetting to turn off the power.

[0007]

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.
Reference numeral 0 is power supply monitoring means, 20 is power supply status display means, 30 is peripheral equipment, 40 is a display device, 50 is peripheral equipment control means, 6
0 is input processing means, 70 is an input device such as a keyboard, and 8
Reference numeral 0 is a power supply processing means, and 90 is a control device.

The power supply monitoring means 10 is a peripheral equipment control means 5
The state of the power source is confirmed for each peripheral device connected by 0, and the confirmed state of the power source is notified to the inquiry from the power state display means 20. Upon receiving a power-off instruction from the power switch or the keyboard, the power supply status display means 20 inquires of the power supply monitoring means 10 about the power supply status of each peripheral device 30, and whether or not the power supply for each peripheral device 30 remains on. , Is displayed on the display device 40.

The peripheral device 30 is connected by various input / output interfaces. The display device 40 displays the power status of each peripheral device 30 according to an instruction from the power status display means 20. The peripheral device control means 50 controls the connected peripheral device 30. At the request of the power monitoring means 10, the power status of the peripheral device 30 connected by various input / output interfaces is confirmed. Each peripheral device 30 is specified by a port number which is an input / output interface circuit, and the peripheral device control means 50 confirms the information of the power supply state for each port number, and the power supply monitoring means 10
To notify.

The input processing means 60 performs processing relating to the input device. Performs processing such as power-off instruction commands from an input device such as a keyboard. The input device 70 is a keyboard or the like. The power supply processing unit 80 performs processing for powering off by pressing the power switch or the like. The control device 90 connects the peripheral device 30 and the display device 40, and includes a power supply monitoring means 10, a power supply state display means 20, and the like.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a power supply confirmation result display screen of the peripheral device 30 in one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the drawing, the device name of each peripheral device 30 and the state of whether the power is on or off is displayed on the screen of the display device 40. In addition to displaying the confirmation result for a certain period of time so that the operator or the like does not forget to view it, it is possible to display not only the confirmation result but also a message for urging the user to forget to turn off the power.

FIG. 4 shows the data structure in an embodiment of the present invention. The power supply monitoring means 10 is a peripheral device control means 5
Ask 0 to check the power status of each peripheral device.
The peripheral device control means 50 confirms the power state of the corresponding peripheral device by designating the port number of the connected peripheral device, and stores the confirmation result in units of port numbers as shown in FIG. The peripheral device name corresponding to the port number is
Set in advance by the environment setting etc. when connecting the peripheral device as shown in. Based on the stored data, the power supply monitoring means 10 requests the power supply status display means 20 to display the peripheral device name corresponding to the port number and the data indicating the corresponding power supply status for each peripheral device 30. .

FIG. 5 shows a flowchart of the operation in one embodiment of the present invention. The operation will be described below. A power-off request issued by a user, such as a power-off instruction command input or a power switch operation, is input to the input processing unit 60.
Accepted by the power processing means 80 (step 5-1)
Then, the power status display means 20 requests the power monitoring means 10 to confirm the power status of the peripheral equipment. The power supply monitoring means 10 confirms whether the power supply state of each peripheral device 30 connected by the peripheral device control means 50 is the ON state or the OFF state (step 5-2). For example, the peripheral device 30 is an RS
When connected by -232-C, DR (Dat
It is possible to confirm whether or not the peripheral device 30 is powered off by turning on / off the signal line of aSet Ready). The above process is repeated until the confirmation of all the connected peripheral devices 30 is completed (step 5-
3). When all the connected peripheral devices 30 have been checked, the power supply monitoring means 10 causes the power supply status display means 20.
Notify the confirmed result to. The power status display means 20 is
Based on the result confirmed by the power supply monitoring means, the name of the connected peripheral device 30 and the power supply state of each peripheral device are displayed on the display device 40 as shown in FIG. 3 for a certain period of time (step 5-4). ). The user confirms the power status of the peripheral device 30 from the screen, and if necessary, each peripheral device 3
It is possible to control the power supply of 0. The power supply confirmation result of the peripheral device 30 is displayed on the screen for a certain period of time sufficient for the user to confirm the screen, and then the power supply is turned off (step 5-5).

[0014]

According to the above-described embodiment, when the power-off is instructed, the power status of each peripheral device can be checked on the control device that connects each peripheral device. It can be prevented from being left unattended. Further, even when the peripheral device is remote, it is easy to check the operating state of the peripheral device.

As described above, according to the present invention, in a system having a configuration in which a peripheral device is connected to a control device having a power source, when the power source of the control device is cut off, the power source of each peripheral device being monitored is monitored. The status can be displayed on the controller. Therefore, it is possible to prevent forgetting to turn off the power of the peripheral devices, and prevent deterioration and malfunction of the devices due to long-term use. In addition, it greatly contributes to improvement of operability when peripheral devices are located remotely.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a principle explanation of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a data structure in an example of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flowchart in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10: Power supply monitoring means 20: Power supply status display means 30: Peripheral equipment 40: Display device 50: Peripheral equipment control means 60: Input processing means 70: Keyboard etc. 80: Power supply processing means 90: Control device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A power supply monitoring means for monitoring a power supply status of a peripheral device, and a power supply status display means for displaying a power supply status of the peripheral device monitored by the power supply monitoring means when a power-off instruction is given. Peripheral equipment control device.