JPH09233572A - Monitor controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To confirm monitor information while observing a screen by extracting monitor information from an object data storage means, using conversion information of a control data storage means so as to convert the information into recognition enable information and displaying the information. SOLUTION: After a data transmission section 21A of a monitor 2 receives designation data from a terminal equipment 1, a data discrimination section 21B discriminates an object file 22 and a range of data from the received data. A data conversion section 21C reads monitor information in a data range in the discriminated file 22 based on the discrimination result of the discrimination section 21B. After the monitor information is recognized, the information is converted into recognition enable information such as numerals and characters based on the conversion information of a control file 23 and the converted information is sent to the terminal equipment 1. An image data processing section 22C converts the information into image data, which are stored in an image memory 15 and displayed on a CRT display section 14 by a display control section 11 then the monitor information is displayed easily as the recognition enable information such as numerals and characters.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a supervisory control device for monitoring the operating conditions of equipments installed in buildings, sewerage plants, factories and other various plant measurement control systems, and particularly to operating statuses of equipments. The present invention relates to a supervisory control device that performs an adequacy test of supervisory information for monitoring.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art This type of monitor and control device is used in many industrial fields such as buildings, sewerage plants, factories, and various plant instrumentation systems. There are also many types of equipment.

By the way, these monitor control devices are subjected to various product tests from the viewpoint of ensuring quality assurance before being manufactured by the manufacturer and shipped as final products. Normally, tests are conducted in the order of unit-level tests, combination tests, and comprehensive tests. The first stage of the tests is a test for judging the quality of monitoring information for monitoring the operating status of equipment. And so on.

Conventionally, in this first stage test, simulated data is created one by one by program data and input,
As a result, the shape and color (including color change) of the graphic symbol appearing on the monitor screen, the message in the alarm window, etc. are checked, but these tasks should be checked if the simulated data is correctly created by the program. In that test, all of them are checked one by one, relying only on human eyes.

[0005]

Therefore, in the quality assurance test of the monitor and control apparatus as described above, since the change in the shape and color of the symbol is visually confirmed, it is necessary to make a subjective check. Since it cannot be obtained and can be confirmed only while the simulated data is being input, it is unavoidable to rely on temporary judgment. Moreover, since the visual confirmation is mainly performed, when the number of monitoring points is large or the number of screens and graphic symbols is large, the change in the shape and the color is swiftly developed immediately, so that it is difficult to make a perfect confirmation. Further, this confirmation work can be confirmed only while the simulated data is being input, and it is not possible to confirm the test result later or leave the state of change as evidence.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a monitoring control device capable of displaying a test result of monitoring information in a state where an operator can easily recognize it.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is an object in which monitoring information related to equipment to be monitored is arranged in a predetermined order. Data storage means, control data storage means that stores conversion information for converting the monitoring information into recognizable information such as recognizable characters and numbers, and an object that receives a data range designation from the outside. Monitoring control device provided with data conversion display means for extracting monitoring information within the data range from the data storage means, converting the monitoring information into the recognizable information using the conversion information of the control data storage means, and displaying the information. Is.

According to the invention corresponding to claim 1, by taking the above-mentioned means, when the data conversion display means receives the designation of the data range from the outside, the data range is stored in the object data storage means. Since the monitoring information in the inside is taken out and this monitoring information is converted into the recognizable information using the conversion information of the control data storage means and displayed, the operator can easily adapt the monitoring information from the displayed recognizable information. Can judge.

According to a second aspect of the invention, in a supervisory control device in which a terminal device and a surveillance device are connected by a transmission line, and the surveillance information of the surveillance device is tested from the terminal device,
The monitoring device is an object data storage unit in which monitoring information related to equipment to be monitored is arranged according to a predetermined order, and recognizable information such as characters and numerical values capable of recognizing the monitoring information. Control data storage means for storing conversion information for converting to
Data judging means for judging a data range inputted from the outside, and monitoring information within the data range is taken out from the object data storing means on the basis of this judgment result, and this monitoring information is converted into the conversion information of the control data storing means. And a data conversion means for converting into recognizable information such as recognizable characters and numerical values using
The terminal device displays on the display unit transmitting means for designating and inputting the data range and transmitting to the monitoring device, and recognizable information transmitted from the monitoring device according to the data range transmitted from the transmitting device. It is a monitoring control device provided with a display control means.

According to the second aspect of the invention, when the data designating the data range is received from the terminal device, the monitoring device stores the data within the data range from the object data storage means based on the data designating the data range. The monitoring information is taken out, and this monitoring information is converted into recognizable information using the conversion information of the control data storage means and transmitted to the terminal device. Therefore, the terminal device displays the recognizable information of the specified data range on the display unit. Then, the terminal device can easily test the status of the monitoring information of the monitoring device.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a supervisory control device according to the present invention. In this monitor control device, a terminal device 1 and a monitor device 2 are connected by a transmission line 3. This terminal device 1 has a function of receiving necessary information from all of the monitoring information stored on the monitoring device 2 side and creating and displaying a screen. Specifically, the terminal device 1 performs required data processing according to a program. An input device 12 such as a keyboard or a mouse, which has a terminal device main body 11 to execute, and an operator inputs a data request by key input or mouse operation, and request data input from these input devices 12. Buffer memory 13 for temporarily storing the data, or for temporarily storing the data transmitted from the monitoring device 1 side, the CRT display unit 14, and an image for creating and storing a screen based on the data transmitted from the monitoring device 1 side. The memory 15 is connected.

The terminal device body 11 stores the input request data (data range designation data) in the buffer memory 13.
Data input section 11A to be stored in this buffer memory 1
The data transmission section 11B for transmitting the request data stored in 3 to the monitoring device 2 side, the data transmitted from the monitoring device 2 side and stored in the buffer memory 13 is processed so that it can be displayed as an image, and is stored in the image memory 15. Image data processing unit 1
1C and the like are provided, and a display control unit 11D that takes out the data stored in the image memory 15 and displays it on the CRT display unit 14 is provided.

On the other hand, the monitoring device 2 has a monitoring device main body 21 for converting the data corresponding to the request data from the terminal device 1 side into recognizable characters and numerical values and returning the data. 16 sets the monitoring information related to the equipment to be monitored according to the order predetermined in the development stage.
Object file 2 that is arranged and stored as a base number
2, a control file 23 that stores conversion information for converting the monitoring information into recognizable information such as recognizable characters and numbers, and a CRT display unit 24 are connected.

The monitoring device main body 21 receives the request data from the terminal device 1 side, and can easily recognize characters,
The data transmission unit 21A that converts the data to a numerical value and returns the data, determines the object file 22 and the data range based on the request data from the terminal device 1 from all the monitoring information stored in the object file 22. A data determination unit 21B for performing data conversion and a data conversion unit 21C for converting data within a predetermined data range of the selected object file 22 into characters and numerical values that can be easily recognized by humans are provided. Further, a display control unit 21D for displaying character / numerical value data or the like which is recognizable converted as necessary on the CRT display unit 24 is provided.

The object file 22 is shown in FIG.
As shown in, the monitoring information, which is a monitoring item for each measurement point or facility device, is defined in advance in a predetermined order, for example, by a hexadecimal number or the like, as shown in FIG. More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2B, the first column means the point number, for example, 01 is the first.
A point number, 02 is a second point number, 03 is a third point number, ..., And the second column means screen No., for example, 01 is screen No. Nos. 1, 02 are screen numbers. Nos. 2, 03 are screen numbers. 3, the third column means a color at the time of ON, for example, 03 indicates a dark gray color, ..., Similarly, the fourth column means a color at the time of OFF, for example, 05 indicates a red color, 5 The sixth column means the symbol number, and the sixth column means the failure grade.

The control file 23 recognizes the structure of the object data defined in the object file 22 in a predetermined order, and the object data of the hexadecimal number can be easily read as shown in FIG. 3, for example. The conversion information for converting into a recognizable numerical value (for example, a decimal number) or a character is stored.

Furthermore, when it is actually applied to a plant, it has the following configuration. That is, the terminal device 1 and the monitoring device 2 are connected by a transmission line 3, and a plurality of remote control stations 5, ... Are connected to the monitoring device 2 via a LAN 4 or the like, and each of these remote control stations 5 is connected. At least one or more facility devices 6 to be monitored are connected to.

Next, the operation of the embodiment having the above configuration will be described. When the operator uses the terminal device 2 to test whether the monitoring information of the monitoring device 1 is operating properly, the terminal device 2 is put into the operation start state. As a result, a menu screen (a) of graphic information and signal information as shown in FIG. 4, for example, is displayed on the CRT display unit 14.

Here, the operator operates the CRT display unit 14
For example, graphic information is selected by key input or mouse operation according to the menu screen. Here, for example, a menu screen (b) as illustrated is displayed. This menu screen (b) shows what kind of object file 22 is selected, which data range (corresponding to one screen) in the object file 22 is selected, and whether a symbol is selected. It is a menu screen for designating which monitoring information to retrieve. As a result, for example, if a symbol in a certain data range is selected, a graphic symbol, a text symbol, a numerical symbol, etc. are displayed in a menu. Here, for example, if a data range in a certain object file 22 is designated and a graphic symbol is designated by key input or mouse operation, the data input unit 11A of the terminal device 2 fetches the designated data and stores it in the buffer memory. After storing in 13,
Data is transmitted to the monitoring device 2 side via the transmission line 3 by the data transmission unit 11B.

The data transmission section 21 in this monitoring device 2
In A, after receiving the designated data from the terminal device 1, the data determination unit 21B determines the object file 22 and the data range from the received data. In this object file 22, it is assumed that hexadecimal monitoring information is defined in the order of columns as shown in FIG. For example, the graphic symbol number, the coordinate, the assigned signal number, the color when turned on / off, and the like.

Therefore, the data conversion unit 21C reads out the monitoring information of a certain data range in the judged object file 22 based on the judgment result of the data judging unit 21B, and after recognizing the structure of the monitoring information, According to the conversion information of the control file 23, the recognizable information is converted into easily recognizable numerical values or characters, and the recognizable information is transmitted to the terminal device 1 via the data transmission unit 21A.

Therefore, the terminal device 1 receives the recognizable information from the monitoring device 2, converts it into image data by the image data processing section 11C, stores it in the image memory 15, and then stores it in the display control section 11D by the CRT display section. If the screen is displayed on screen 14,
It is possible to display the recognizable information in an easily recognizable numerical value, character, etc. as shown in FIG.

When the variable numerical symbol coordinates shown in FIG. 5 are selected, the recognizable information is displayed in the recognizable numerical values and characters as shown in FIG. Next, in the menu screen (a) shown in FIG. 4, when it is desired to see the monitoring information related to the signal name defined in the object file 22, the signal information is selected by key input or mouse operation, and the menu screen (c) is displayed. indicate. Here, if the object type 22 and the data range are input by selecting the signal type by key input or mouse operation and further specifying the data range, the data transmission unit 11
In B, the designated data is transmitted to the monitoring device 2 through the transmission line 3.

The data transmission section 21 in this monitoring device 2
In A, after receiving the designated data from the terminal device 1, the data determination unit 21B determines the object file 22 and the data range from the received data. In this object file 22, hexadecimal monitoring information is defined in the order of columns as shown in FIG. For example, it is defined in the order of signal name, screen No., alarm grade, ...

Therefore, the data conversion unit 21C reads the monitoring information of a certain data range in the determined object file 22 based on the determination result of the data determination unit 21B, and after recognizing the configuration of the monitoring information, According to the conversion information of the control file 23, the recognizable information is converted into easily recognizable numerical values or characters, and the recognizable information is transmitted to the terminal device 1 via the data transmission unit 21A.

As a result, the terminal device 1 receives the recognizable information from the monitoring device 2, converts it into image data by the image data processing unit 11C, stores it in the image memory 15, and then displays it on the CRT by the display control unit 11D. When the screen is displayed on the section 14, the signal name, the screen number to which the point is assigned, the alarm grade, the form number, etc. are expressed by characters and numerical values as shown in FIG. 9, and can be understood at a glance. By looking at these screens, the operator can easily confirm the monitoring information in the monitoring device.

Therefore, according to the above configuration, the monitoring information of the monitoring device 2 is expressed by recognizable information such as easily recognizable characters and numerical values so that it can be judged by human eyes. It is possible to make an objective judgment from subjective confirmation. In addition, the data confirmed by the operator can be saved in the buffer memory 13 or other files, so that objective judgment can be supported.

The above embodiment is an example of only the monitoring screen and signal name data of an industrial plant or building facility, but it is not limited to these systems and monitoring information. For example, in addition to an online system such as seat reservation for passenger aircraft, a data table (for example, date, time, destination, etc.) to be accessed in response to a request from the terminal device (client) and host computer (server).
When confirming whether to correctly access the data range such as flight number and seat type, the data of the accessed location can be displayed on the terminal device in characters and numerical values.

If a personal computer is used as the monitoring device 2, without using the terminal device 1,
Specify the data range directly from the personal computer,
The monitoring information stored in the personal computer can be confirmed.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, the monitoring information, which is the monitoring item for monitoring the equipment, is displayed in easily recognizable characters / numerical values, so that the operator can see the screen. You can check the monitoring information in the monitoring device.
By expressing the monitoring information of the monitoring device with recognizable information such as easily recognizable characters and numerical values by this, it becomes possible to make an objective judgment from the subjective confirmation by the judgment made by human eyes. Confirmation data can be saved easily.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a supervisory control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an object data array of the object file shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a data array of the control file shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a menu screen on the terminal device side when a confirmation test is performed on the monitoring information of the monitoring device from the terminal device.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an array example of monitoring information of monitoring devices.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of the terminal device in which the monitoring information is converted into easily recognizable data.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing another display example of the terminal device in which the monitoring information is converted into easily recognizable data.

FIG. 8 is a view for explaining an arrangement example of monitoring information of monitoring devices.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example of the terminal device in which the monitoring information is converted into easily recognizable data.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Terminal device. 2 ... Monitoring device. 3 ... Transmission line. 22 ... Object file. 23 ... Control file.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An object data storage means in which monitoring information relating to equipment to be monitored is arranged in a predetermined order, and recognizable information such as characters and numerical values capable of recognizing the monitoring information. Control data storage means for storing the conversion information for converting into the control data storage means, and the monitoring information within the data range is taken out from the object data storage means by receiving the designation of the data range from the outside, A monitor control device comprising: data conversion display means for converting and displaying the recognizable information using the conversion information of the data storage means. 2. A monitoring control device in which a terminal device and a monitoring device are connected by a transmission line, and the monitoring information of the monitoring device is tested from the terminal device, wherein the monitoring device becomes a monitoring target in a predetermined order. Object data storage means in which monitoring information related to equipment is arranged, and control data storage in which conversion information for converting the monitoring information into recognizable information such as recognizable characters and numerical values is stored. Means, data judging means for judging a data range input from the outside, and monitoring information within the data range is taken out from the object data storing means on the basis of the judgment result, and this monitoring information is stored in the control data storing means. A data converter for converting into recognizable information such as recognizable characters and numerical values using the conversion information of and transmitting the recognizable information to the terminal device. And the terminal device displays the recognizable information transmitted from the monitoring device according to the data range transmitted from the transmitting device, which specifies and inputs the data range and transmits the data range to the monitoring device. And a display control means for displaying on the unit.