JPH09288511A - Monitor device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To freely set an alarm processing content on an alarm system by providing a registration task for selecting a necessary setting item among alarm processing setting items and registering it as alarm processing data. SOLUTION: An alarm system registration means HD 15, the registration task 111, an alarm processing task 112, an alarm history processing task 113, an external unit output task 114, a display task 115 and the like are provided. The necessary setting item is taken out from the alarm processing setting items in an alarm processing item storage area in accordance with a tag and alarm related data, and it is registered in the alarm processing content part of the alarm system storage area having an alarm related item part, a state part and an alarm processing content part in such constitution. When alarm related data containing the tag is received from a controller 3 or an input unit, alarm processing data corresponding to the tag and alarm related data is read and an alarm processing is executed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a monitoring device for monitoring the operating states of various plant facilities, public facilities, and the like, and more particularly to a monitoring device capable of coping with diversification of alarm systems.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when monitoring various plant facilities, building facilities, water facilities, public facilities such as tunnel facilities, etc. in a factory, the control state quantity to be monitored is captured and displayed, and this control is also performed. There is used a monitoring device that changes the control state quantity by obtaining an operation signal from the deviation between the state quantity and the target value.

In such a monitoring device, when it is judged that there is an abnormality from the control state quantity of the equipment to be monitored or the equipment to be monitored for detecting the equipment to be monitored, CRT display, LED lighting, automatic screen display, alarm history message addition display,
Buzzer alert, guidance alert, voice alert alert, etc.
Notify the operator of the occurrence status of the abnormality.

The alarm processing and reporting method (hereinafter referred to as an alarm method) differs depending on the monitored equipment such as a motor to be monitored, and even if the equipment is the same, for example, a detected detection equipment such as a sensor. Depending on the type of alarm, some alarm methods are predetermined.

FIG. 9 shows some conventional alarm systems.
This will be described with reference to FIG. (1) Method A: As shown in FIG. 7A, this method A is in an unconfirmed state, that is, a blinking display state when an alarm occurs. When the confirmation operation CNF is performed, it is determined that the confirmation has been completed, the blinking display is turned off, and the alarm is turned on. Even if the abnormal state is recovered, the process of keeping the alarm lighting state is performed until the display restoration operation LO is performed. (2) Method B: In this method B, when an alarm occurs, a blinking display state, which is an unconfirmed state, occurs as shown in FIG. When the confirmation operation CNF is performed, it is determined that the confirmation has been completed, the blinking display is turned off, and the alarm is turned on. After the confirmation, when the abnormal state is recovered, the original normal state is turned off. (3) B1 method ... In this B1 method, when an alarm occurs, a red blinking display state, which is an unconfirmed state, occurs as shown in FIG. When the first confirmation operation CNF1 is performed, it is determined that confirmation has been made, the blinking display is turned off, and the alarm lighting state is set. When the abnormal condition is recovered, an unconfirmed recovery alarm condition, that is, a green blinking display,
When the confirmation operation CNF2 is performed, the method is the one in which the original normal state is turned off for the first time.

The abbreviations given in FIG. 9 have the following meanings. CNF: Confirm operation, LO: Display return operation, AWON: Automatic window display, AWOF: Automatic window deletion, AD: Automatic screen display, HM: Alarm history message (occurrence / number of times), BZ: Buzzer alarm,
GD: Guidance issuance, VA: Voice alert issuance.

And, in the above alarm system,
Detailed settings are made for each tag that identifies the equipment to be monitored and the equipment to be detected. Here, the tag corresponds to each monitored device such as a sensor and each equipment such as a motor, and a current value, set value, alarm set value (upper / lower upper limit value, lower / lower lower limit value, etc.) for each tag. ) And the like are collectively stored, and the normality / abnormality of the monitoring target, the monitoring target equipment device, or the monitoring target detection device is determined from the state quantity from these devices.

[0008]

Therefore, in the above monitoring apparatus, a plurality of alarm methods are prepared in advance to select the alarm method according to the monitoring target, the monitoring target equipment, and the monitoring target detecting device. As a result, it is possible to perform operation and monitoring while confirming which equipment to be monitored, that is, the importance of the alarm.

However, since there are various kinds of monitored objects, monitored equipments and monitored objects, there are various problems as follows. Multiple alarm methods are prepared in advance, but there are various patterns for alarm processing and notification, and it is not possible to handle all these alarm processing patterns. Also, since it is set for each tag, it is possible to subdivide the alarm processing, but the operation is very troublesome when the same setting is made in a certain large lump or when the setting contents are changed. There is a problem.

The inventions set forth in claims 1 to 3 are made in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the invention to provide a monitoring device capable of freely setting alarm processing contents concerning an alarm system. The invention described in claims 4 and 5 is to provide a monitoring device in which an alarm method can be set in a large unit.

[0011]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claims 1 to 3 is to generate an alarm from a control device or an input device that manages equipment to be monitored and equipment to be detected. A monitoring device that receives alarm-related data such as alarm recovery, confirmation operation, and display return operation and performs alarm processing has an alarm-related item section, a status section, and an alarm processing content section. Based on the alarm method storage area for storing data, the alarm processing setting item storage area for storing alarm processing setting items, the tag for identifying the monitoring target equipment and the detection target device, and the alarm related data, the alarm related item section And in the alarm processing content section corresponding to the status section, When receiving alarm-related data including a tag from the control device or the input device and alarm-method registration means for selecting necessary setting items and registering them as alarm processing data, there is a correspondence relationship with the alarm-related data including the tag. Alarm processing means for reading and storing alarm processing data of the alarm method registration means,
Monitoring provided with alarm history message information based on the alarm processing data read and stored by the alarm processing means, external alarm output information for outputting an alarm to an external device, and information creating means for creating alarm information to be displayed on the display section. It is a device.

Therefore, by taking the above-mentioned means, the required setting items are extracted from the alarm processing setting items in the alarm processing item storage area according to the tag and the alarm-related data, and the alarm-related item section and the status section are fetched. Also, since it is registered as alarm processing data in the alarm processing content part of the alarm method storage area having the alarm processing content part, when the alarm related data including the tag is received from the control device or the input device, the tag and the alarm related data are registered. Since the corresponding alarm processing data is read out and the alarm processing is performed, it is possible to perform any alarm processing according to the tag and the alarm-related data.

The inventions corresponding to claims 4 and 5 are related to alarms such as alarm generation, alarm recovery, confirmation operation, display restoration operation, etc. from the control device and the input device for managing the equipment to be monitored and the equipment to be detected. In a monitoring device that receives data and performs alarm processing, the monitoring target equipment device group and the monitoring target detection device group that form plant equipment, public equipment, etc. are hierarchically divided in the order of system, signal division, and tag, and It is a monitoring device that sets tags for each system or each signal division to the same alarm system and exceptionally sets individual alarm systems.

By taking such a measure, it is possible to set an alarm system collectively for each system, and to set another alarm system exceptionally as needed, and to flexibly set an alarm system.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a system to which the device of the present invention is applied. 1,
1, ... are monitoring devices having a human interface function, and the plurality of monitoring devices 1, 1, ... Have a configuration of mutually exchanging data with the control devices 3, 3 via the transmission line 2. There is. The control device 3 stores data such as a tag name for identifying a control target, a monitoring target facility device, a monitoring target detection device, and upper and lower limit setting values in advance, and generally monitors the tag name and the current state amount. Although it is transmitted to the device 1, it has a function of transmitting a tag name, a current state amount, and an alarm when the current state amount exceeds the upper / lower limit set values. Reference numeral 4 denotes an external device for which the control device 3 takes in the state quantity or controls the operation, that is, a control target equipment device or a control target detection device, and corresponds to, for example, a sensor or a motor.

FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a monitoring device which is a main part of the present invention. This monitoring device has a data processing unit 11 such as a CPU that executes an alarm process related to an alarm method according to a program task,
The data processing unit 11 has a CRT for displaying an alarm or the like.
A display unit 12, a touch panel 13 for operating the screens displayed on the CRT display unit 12, and an operator's keyboard 14 for issuing a necessary screen development instruction to the CRT display unit 12 are provided. Reference numeral 15 has an alarm method storage area for storing alarm processing data relating to the alarm method shown in FIG. 3 and an alarm processing setting item storage area for storing alarm processing setting items shown in FIG. 4, and is appropriately selected by the operator from the alarm processing setting items. Then Fig. 3
Alarm system registration means such as a hard disk, which is set in the alarm process setting content section of the device, and 16 stores alarm process data relating to the alarm system displayed on the CRT display unit 12 and data of the alarm process, for example R.
Processed data storage means such as AM, 17 is an external alarm device for issuing a sound or the like. The setting items shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 are provided for each tag.

The alarm processing data of the alarm system shown in FIG. 3 is divided into "alarm related items", "states", and "alarm processing setting contents section". , Alarm occurrence,
Five items such as alarm recovery, confirmation operation CNF, and display restoration operation LO are described. Next, as the "state",
In the case of "alarm method type", for example, any one of the conventional A method, B method, B1 method and other methods is set, and in the case of "alarm recovery", confirmation operation CNF has been completed and confirmation operation CNF has been performed. Not yet, "Confirmation operation CN
In case of “F”, an alarm is occurring, the alarm has been recovered,
In the case of "display restoration operation LO", confirmation operation CNF has been completed,
Confirmation operation CNF is not set.

Further, in the "alarm processing setting contents section", alarm processing data corresponding to "alarm related item" and "state (condition)" is set. This "alarm processing setting content section" is used by the user to select a tag, "alarm-related item" and "state (condition)" from the alarm processing setting items stored in the alarm processing setting item storage area shown in FIG. And selectively read and set appropriately.
Especially, "alarm system type" includes A system, B system, and B system.
This is a type of alarm system such as 1 system, and the user can easily assign a name such as a character string to easily classify and understand. "Alarm recovery"
In the case of 1, the processing differs depending on whether the confirmation operation CNF has been performed or not, and therefore the processing is set separately. Similarly, when the confirmation operation CNF key is pressed, the display return operation L
It is also set when the O key is pressed.

Next, FIG. 5 shows the data processing unit 11 shown in FIG.
It is a figure which shows the correlation of the internal function process (task) of.
That is, the data processing unit 11 reads the data shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 from the alarm system registration means 15 of the hard disk with the tag names of the equipment to be monitored, the equipment to be monitored, the equipment to be monitored, etc., in advance regarding the system construction. CRT
Alarm method registration means for displaying on the display unit 12, selecting necessary setting items from the alarm processing setting items of FIG. 4 for each tag name, and registering as alarm processing data in the area of the alarm processing setting content unit of FIG. Registration task 1 as
11 and data such as tag name, current state quantity and alarm occurrence / recovery from the control device 3, and confirmation operation CNF
/ When receiving data of the confirmation operation CNF or the display return operation LO from the display return operation LO key 14a, the alarm method alarm processing data is read out from the alarm method registration means 15 based on the tag name and used for various alarm output processing. An alarm processing task 112 as an alarm processing means for writing the processed data in the processing data storage means 16 such as RAM.
Then, an alarm history message such as the alarm type and the number of times of alarm is created from the alarm processing data stored in the processing data storage means 16, is stored in the alarm method registration means 15, and is stored again in the processing data storage means 16. An alarm history processing task 113 as an alarm history message creating means, and a processing data storage means 16
External device output task 1 as an alarm output creating means for taking out alarm processing data stored in the external device and creating external alarm output information for operating the external alarm device 17.
14 and a display task 115 as an alarm display means for reading the storage contents stored by the alarm processing task 112 and the alarm history processing task 112 and creating alarm information to be displayed on the CRT display unit 12.

Next, the operation of the monitoring apparatus of the above embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Now, control device 3
The alarm generation including the tag name and the current state amount and the subsequent alarm recovery data are transmitted to the monitoring device 1 via the transmission path 2. The monitoring device 1 includes an alarm generation and alarm recovery data from the control device 3, and a confirmation operation CNF / display return operation LO related to the operator's keyboard 14.
When the confirmation operation CNF or the display return operation LO is input from the key 14a (ST1), the alarm processing task 112 reads the alarm processing alarm processing data registered in advance in the Framing method registration means 15 based on the tag name. (ST2), for each event, that is, for alarm occurrence,
Depending on the alarm recovery / confirmation operation CNF or the display recovery operation, the process branches to each event (ST3). That is, in the alarm processing task 112, when an alarm including a tag name is received, the alarm processing task 112 displays the tag name and the alarm-related item as shown in FIG.
The alarm method storage area shown in (1) is searched, and the "status" and "alarm processing setting contents" related to "alarm occurrence" among the alarm-related items in this storage area and other alarm processing data related to the alarm are read out to process data storage means. Store in 16. On the other hand, when the alarm processing task 112 receives an alarm recovery, it also searches the alarm method storage area shown in FIG. 3 from the tag name and confirms from the “state” related to “alarm recovery” in the alarm-related items of this storage area. Check if operation CNF is not done Operation CNF is completed and "alarm processing settings" and other alarm processing data related to alarm is read (ST
4), stored in the processed data storage means 16. Confirmation operation C
When NF is received, the alarm method storage area shown in FIG. 3 is searched based on the tag name, and an alarm is being generated or an alarm has been recovered from the “state” related to “confirmation operation CNF” in the alarm-related items of this storage area. Then, the alarm processing data related to the alarm and the "alarm processing setting contents" and other alarms are read (ST5) and stored in the processing data storage means 16. Further, when the display restoration operation LO is received, the "display restoration operation L" in the alarm-related items of the alarm method storage area shown in FIG.
From the “state” relating to “O”, the state of whether the confirmation operation CNF is completed or not, and the “alarm processing setting content” and other alarm processing data related to the alarm are read (ST6) and written in the processing data storage means 16.

After the alarm processing task 112 stores the alarm processing data relating to the required alarm method in the processing data storage means 16 in this way, the alarm history processing task 113 determines from the contents stored in the processing data storage means 16 for each tag. An alarm history message including the alarm state and the number of times of alarm is created (ST7), and the alarm method registration means 15 and the processing data storage means 16
To be stored. Further, in the display task 115, the alarm processing task 112 and the alarm history processing task 1
The stored contents of the processed data storage means 16 stored in 13 are read out to create the required CRT display information (ST8),
It is displayed on the CRT display unit 12. Further, in the external device output task 114, external alarm output information is created based on the setting contents of the processing data storage means 16 (ST9),
The creation information of these tasks 114 and 115 is written in the processing data storage means 16 (ST10).

Therefore, according to the monitoring apparatus of the above embodiment, the alarm processing setting item storage area for storing the alarm processing setting items shown in FIG. 4 in advance is provided, and the alarm processing setting items can be selected from among the alarm processing setting items. Since the alarm processing setting contents of the alarm method can be changed as appropriate for each monitored equipment and monitored equipment, the processing pattern relating to the alarm method can be freely changed according to various monitored equipment and monitored equipment.

Also, the user can use the alarm system registration means 15
In addition to registering the processing content related to the optimum alarm method for the equipment to be monitored, the detection equipment to be monitored, etc., read the alarm processing content related to this alarm method to create alarm history message information, external alarm information, and display alarm information. Since it is output in the same manner, an optimum alarm can be output for the user, an optimum alarm recovery action can be taken, and flexibility in alarm output can be enhanced.

Next, FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment of the setting example of the alarm processing related to the alarm system. This alarm system is set by system 31, signal division 32.
In principle, alarm processing related to the alarm method is executed collectively in the system 31 as a unit in the order of the tag 33 and the tag 33. At this time, if the signal division 32 and the tag 33 are unreasonable, another alarm method is exceptionally used. It is to execute the alarm processing regarding.

That is, in general, various plant facilities, public facilities, etc. can be systematically divided into a plurality of systems, and therefore, the signal division 3 for each system 31a, 31b ,.
2. Tag 33 is hierarchized. For example, focusing on the system 31a, the signal segment 32 related to the system 31a is
a and 32b, ... And tags 33a, 33b, ... are all included, and if the system 31b is focused on, it means that all the signal sections and tags related to the system 31b are included. In other words, if the system is different, it means that the monitoring device 1 is different and the monitoring target is different.

Therefore, an alarm method is set for each of the systems 31a, 31b, ...
If there are 2b and a tag 33b, the alarm system is individually set.

The signal division 32 unit is a unit obtained by dividing each system by function. For example, it is divided into the unit of the input side and the output side of the plant line. A plurality of signal sections 32a, 32b, ... Are associated with the system 31a, and also 31b ,. Of the plurality of signal divisions 32a, 32b, ... Related to the system 31a, the signal division 32a is an alarm method according to the system 31a, for example, A method, but the signal division 32b is exceptionally other than the A method. This is a setting example that is effective when the alarm method is adopted.

Furthermore, the tag 33 unit under each signal division is
It is the same as the conventional setting. Since the tag is always included in some signal division, if a certain system unit and an alarm method that is a signal division unit are set, the setting contents will be set. However, depending on the tag, an alarm method different from the whole may be required, and in this case, another alarm method is set.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart for explaining the alarm type setting process shown in FIG. When the alarm type setting operation starts, the alarm type setting unit is displayed on the CRT display unit 12 as a menu, and the operator inputs the setting unit by touch or key input from the touch panel 13 or the operator's keyboard 14. When the alarm system setting unit is accepted (ST11), the process branches to the set alarm setting unit (ST1).
2).

Here, when set in system units,
All tags associated with each system registered in the alarm method registration means 15 are taken out (ST13), the alarm method is set (ST14), and then written again in the hard disk constituting the alarm method registration means 15 (ST1).
5).

Next, when set in the signal division unit, the tag included in the signal division is taken out (ST16),
After the alarm system is set for these tags taken out (ST17), the alarm system registration means 15 is again set in the same manner.
Is written in the hard disk constituting the (ST15).

Further, in the case of a tag, an alarm method is set for each tag based on the same setting method as in the conventional case (ST18), and the alarm method registration means 15 is similarly written. Therefore, according to the monitoring device of such an embodiment, the user can set the optimum alarm method according to each system of the plant and can easily change the alarm method. Moreover, the alarm method can be set collectively for each system or signal division, and particularly, only different tags can be changed, so that the alarm method can be flexibly set.

[0033]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to variably and variably set the alarm processing related to the alarm method, so that it is possible to easily distinguish the alarm processing while considering various complicated events, conditions and processing. You can set the alarm method.

Further, the user can create an alarm processing pattern in accordance with the configuration of the plant and the like, and an alarm system that can be easily understood in advance can be set, which contributes to quick monitoring and reliability. Furthermore, regarding the alarm system,
Since they can be set collectively, the trouble of setting each tag one by one can be eliminated, and the tags can be set systematically.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a system to which a monitoring device according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a hardware configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a monitoring device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a data array diagram of alarm processing data related to an alarm system.

FIG. 4 is an array diagram of alarm processing setting item data for selectively setting alarm processing data.

FIG. 5 is a correlation diagram of a task that executes alarm processing related to an alarm method.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a processing operation of alarm processing related to a set alarm method.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing another embodiment in which alarm methods are collectively set.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a processing example when collectively setting alarm methods.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a conventional alarm system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Monitoring device 3 ... Control device 11 ... Data processing part 12 ... CRT display part 15 ... Alarm system registration means 16 ... Process data storage means 17 ... External alarm device

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A monitoring device that receives alarm-related data from a control device or an input device that manages equipment to be monitored and detection equipment to be monitored, and performs alarm processing on the alarm-related item section, status section, and alarm processing content section. An alarm method storage area that stores alarm processing data related to the alarm method, an alarm processing setting item storage area that stores alarm processing setting items, and a tag that identifies the monitoring target equipment device or monitoring target detection device And a registered task for registering, as alarm processing data, desired setting items selected from the alarm processing setting items in the alarm processing content section corresponding to the alarm related item section and the status section based on the alarm related data A monitoring device characterized by being provided. 2. A monitoring device that receives alarm-related data from a control device or an input device that manages equipment to be monitored and detection equipment to be monitored, and performs alarm processing, includes an alarm-related item section, a status section, and an alarm processing content section. An alarm method storage area for storing alarm processing data related to the alarm method, an alarm processing setting item storage area for storing alarm processing setting items, a tag for identifying the monitoring target equipment device and the monitoring target detection device, and the above Alarm method registration means for selecting required setting items from the alarm processing setting items and registering them as alarm processing data in an alarm processing content part corresponding to the alarm related item part and the status part based on the alarm related data; Alarms including tags from the controller or input device Alarm processing means for reading and storing the alarm processing data of the alarm method registration means having a corresponding relationship with the alarm-related data including this tag when receiving the engagement data, and the alarm processing data read and stored by the alarm processing means. An information creating unit that creates predetermined alarm information based on the above, and a monitoring device. 3. The information creating means includes alarm history message creating means for creating alarm history message information,
The monitoring device according to claim 2, further comprising: an alarm output creating unit that creates external alarm output information that outputs an alarm to an external device; and an alarm display information creating unit that creates alarm information to be displayed on the display unit. 4. A monitoring device that receives alarm-related data from a control device or an input device that manages equipment to be monitored or detection equipment to be monitored, and performs alarm processing on the monitored equipment, which constitutes plant equipment, public equipment, or the like. The equipment group and the detection target detection equipment group are hierarchically arranged in the order of system, signal division, and tag, and the tags are grouped into the same alarm system for each system or each signal division to create an exceptional alarm method. A monitoring device characterized by setting an alarm method. 5. The alarm-related data includes an alarm occurrence,
The monitoring apparatus according to claim 2 or 4, wherein the monitoring operation is one of an alarm recovery operation, a confirmation operation, and a display return operation.