JPH10177413A - Platen alarm monitoring device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily judge an alarm main cause with a high emergency degree and also to enable abolishing the alarm window of an auxiliary monitoring board by providing a tagging information part where a tagging request command which is optionally inputted as against the alarm main cause with the low emergency degree is stored. SOLUTION: Whole alarm data registered in an alarm information part 18 is sight-displayed in a display device 14. A campaigner optionally executes tagging as against the alarm main cause with the low emergency degree, where alarm occurrence is previously predicted. An alarm point where tagging is requested is registered in the tagging information part 17 as tagging information by way of an input device and an interactive input processing means 16. An alarm processor 12 judges whether or not an alarm occurrence point is in a tagging state by data from the tagging information part 17. When it is in the tagging state, it is added to alarm message information supplied to a display processing means 13 that tagging is being executed so that it is reported. The alarm message is sight displayed in a display device 14 together with presence or absence of the tagging state.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an abnormal state at the request of an operator when the operating state of a plant, the state of equipment constituting the plant, and the state of a control device for controlling the plant become abnormal. The present invention relates to a plant alarm monitoring device that displays a certain process value and a state value as an alarm message on an alarm screen on a display, and notifies an operator of an alarm state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when an operating state of a plant, a state of equipment constituting the plant, and a state of a control device for controlling the plant become abnormal, a plant notifies the operator of the contents. A plant alarm monitoring device is installed.

In this plant alarm monitoring device, a display device is provided on a main control panel and an alarm window is provided on an auxiliary monitoring control panel so that an operator can recognize the content of the error when an error occurs. ing.

This plant alarm monitoring device is provided on the auxiliary monitoring control panel when the operating state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the state of the control device for controlling the plant become abnormal. The alarm window is turned on to notify the operator, and an alarm message is displayed on the alarm screen of the display device on the main control panel, so that more detailed information is notified to the operator.

[0005] Then, the operator confirms the content of the alarm generated by the illuminated alarm window and the alarm message displayed on the alarm screen, determines a treatment for the plant, and performs a corresponding operation.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional plant alarm monitoring device. As shown in FIG. 17, the plant alarm monitoring device has an alarm monitoring processing means 1, and the alarm monitoring processing means 1 is a control device that controls the operation state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the control of the plant. It is determined whether or not the alarm is an alarm based on the monitoring information indicating the state of (1). If the alarm is an alarm, the corresponding portion of the alarm window 2 provided on the auxiliary monitoring and control panel is turned on.

At the same time, an alarm message is displayed on an alarm screen on the display device 3. This alarm screen is displayed so that the latest message can always be confirmed in the order in which alarms are generated. Therefore, the operator confirms the contents of the alarm by the illuminated alarm window 2 and the alarm message on the alarm screen on the display device 3, and determines a method of responding to the plant.

On the other hand, an alarm window image can be displayed on the screen according to a request from the operator. When a display request is issued from the operator, the corresponding window on the alarm screen is turned on by the data of the alarm window information 4. It is displayed on the display device 3.

From the screen of the alarm window image, each alarm window 2
Can be displayed. When the alarm window 2 is designated by the operator's request and the input device 5 notifies the dialogue input processing means 6 of the alarm window 2 of the alarm factor display request, the request is issued. The alarm window 2 is notified to the alarm monitoring processing means 1.

The alarm monitoring processing means 1 notifies the corresponding alarm window 2 and the cause thereof to the display processing means 7, and the display processing means 7 displays the requested alarm factor of the alarm window 4 on the display device 3. I do. Then, the operator can also determine a corresponding operation method for the plant from the displayed alarm factor.

[0011]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional plant alarm monitoring device, the alarm monitoring is performed by the alarm window 2 on the auxiliary monitoring control panel and the alarm message on the alarm screen on the display device 3 on the main control panel. When performing a plurality of alarms, an alarm message is displayed on the alarm screen in the order of occurrence.

In this method, when a plurality of alarms are simultaneously generated, the generated alarm factors are output to the display device 3 in the same display order in the order of occurrence, so that the most urgent alarm factors are instantaneously determined. It is difficult to grasp.

Therefore, as one means for grasping the plurality of warning messages more accurately, the operator switches to the display of the warning window image screen and sequentially displays the cause of the lit warning window 2 so that each warning is displayed. Although the message is associated with the alarm window 2, the number of operation steps is increased, so that the operability is poor. In addition, the installation of the alarm window 2 on the auxiliary monitoring panel is an essential condition for plant monitoring, and there is a problem that the panel becomes large.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in consideration of the above-described circumstances, and it has been made possible to easily determine a more urgent alarm factor and to eliminate the alarm window on the auxiliary monitoring panel. It is an object to provide a plant alarm monitoring device.

[0015]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a first aspect of the present invention provides a method for controlling the operation of a plant, the state of equipment constituting the plant, and the state of a control device for controlling the plant. In the event of an abnormal state, a plant alarm monitoring device that displays a process value and a state value in an abnormal state at the request of an operator as an alarm message on an alarm screen on a display and notifies the operator of the alarm state, A plant input processing unit for inputting process values and state values relating to the operating state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the state of the control device for controlling the plant at a constant scanning cycle; The transmitted process value and status value are monitored at regular scanning intervals to determine whether or not they are abnormal. An alarm processing unit for notifying the sage,
Display processing means for displaying a notification message from the alarm processing device or an alarm message in response to a request from the operator, a display device for displaying information from the display processing means, and inputting a request from the operator on the display device An input device to perform, an interactive input processing means for notifying the alarm processing device of the request of the operator input through the input device, an alarm information unit storing an alarm state determined by the alarm processing device, A tagging information section for storing a tagging request command arbitrarily input for a low urgency alarm factor in which the operator can predict that an alarm will be generated in advance via the input device.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, when the operating state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the state of the control device for controlling the plant become abnormal, the state is changed to an abnormal state at the request of the operator. In a plant alarm monitoring device which displays a certain process value and a state value as an alarm message on an alarm screen on a display and notifies an operator of an alarm state, the operation state of the plant, the state of equipment constituting the plant, and the plant And a plant input processing device for inputting a process value and a state value related to the state of the control device that controls the control at a constant scanning cycle, and determining whether the process value and the state value transmitted from the plant input processing device are abnormal. Is monitored at a constant scanning cycle, and when it is determined that an abnormality has occurred, an alarm processing device that notifies an alarm message, And display processing means for displaying a warning message by put these notifications, or the operator request,
A display device for displaying information from the display processing means, an input device for inputting an operator's request on the display device,
Interactive input processing means for notifying an operator of a request input through the input device to an alarm processor; an alarm information section storing an alarm state determined by the alarm processor; An alarm group registration information unit for storing an alarm group registration request command input via the input unit; and an alarm display selection information unit for storing an alarm display selection request command input by the operator via the input device. And

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the operating state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the state of the control device for controlling the plant become abnormal, the state becomes abnormal at the request of the operator. In a plant alarm monitoring device which displays a certain process value and a state value as an alarm message on an alarm screen on a display and notifies an operator of an alarm state, the operation state of the plant, the state of equipment constituting the plant, and the plant And a plant input processing device for inputting a process value and a state value related to the state of the control device that controls the control at a constant scanning cycle, and determining whether the process value and the state value transmitted from the plant input processing device are abnormal. Is monitored at a constant scanning cycle, and when it is determined that an abnormality has occurred, an alarm processing device that notifies an alarm message, And display processing means for displaying a warning message by put these notifications, or the operator request,
A display device for displaying information from the display processing means, an input device for inputting an operator's request on the display device,
Interactive input processing means for notifying an operator of a request input through the input device to an alarm processor; an alarm information section storing an alarm state determined by the alarm processor; And a display character setting unit for storing a display character size and a font request command of an alarm message input via the PC.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the plant alarm monitoring device according to the third aspect, the plant operation state is determined based on the process value and the state value from the plant input processing device, and an alarm is generated based on the determination result. The plant operation determination device that determines the display character size and font of the message and notifies the display character setting unit of the message, and the display character size and font setting command of the warning message from the plant operation determination device And a switch for switching between a display character size and a font request command of the warning message input through the switch according to the request of the operator.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of a plant alarm monitoring device according to the present invention. The plant alarm monitoring device according to the present invention is in an abnormal state at the request of an operator when the operating state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the state of the control device that controls the plant become abnormal. The process value and the state value are displayed as an alarm message on an alarm screen on the display to notify the operator of the alarm state.

As shown in FIG. 1, a plant alarm monitoring device according to the first embodiment comprises process values and statuses related to the operation status of the plant, the status of the equipment constituting the plant, and the status of the control device for controlling the plant. A plant input processor 11 for inputting a value at a constant scanning cycle, and monitoring at a constant scanning cycle whether the process value and the state value transmitted from the plant input processor 11 are abnormal,
An alarm processing device 12 is provided for notifying the display processing means 13 of an alarm message displayed on the display device 14 when it is determined to be abnormal.

The plant alarm monitoring device includes the display processing means 13 for displaying an alarm message in response to a notification from the alarm processing device 12 or a request from an operator, and the display device for displaying information from the display processing means 13. 14
An input device 15 for inputting an operator's request on the display device 14; an interactive input processing means 16 for notifying the operator's request input via the input device 15 to the alarm processing device 12; The alarm information section 18 storing the alarm state determined by the processing device 12 and the operator arbitrarily input via the input device 15 a low-urgent alarm factor that can be expected to generate an alarm in advance. It has a tagging information section 17 for storing a tagging request command, so that it is possible to classify and display alarm messages on an alarm screen of the display device 14.

That is, the plant input processing device 11 of the present embodiment scans a process value and a state value relating to the operation state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the state of the control device for controlling the plant by a constant scanning. It is input periodically and notified to the alarm processing device 12.

The alarm processing device 12 determines whether or not the data from the plant input processing device 11 is in an alarm state at a point registered in the alarm information section 18 and displays the information as display message means 13 as alarm message information. Notify. At this time, it is determined from the data from the tagging information section 17 whether or not the alarm generating point is in the tagging state. If the alarming point is in the tagging state, the alarm message information to the display processing means 13 is being tagged. Is notified.

The display processing means 13 includes the alarm processing device 1
The warning message information notified from 2 is displayed on the warning screen of the display device 14 as a warning message, and when it is added that the tag is being attached, the message is also displayed together with the warning message. I do.

Further, when the alarm processing unit 12 determines that another point is an alarm based on the data from the alarm information unit 18, the alarm processing unit 12 similarly adds the tagging information to the alarm message based on the data from the tagging information unit 17. It determines whether or not to do so, and notifies the display processing means 13 of an alarm message.

Therefore, on the alarm screen of the display device 14, a list of alarm messages notified from the alarm processing device 12 is displayed together with the presence or absence of a billing state.

On the other hand, in addition to the alarm screen, the display device 14 has an input device 15 and a dialogue input means 16 in response to a request from the operator.
Has a function of displaying a list of all alarm data registered in the alarm information section 18 via the. Then, the operator can arbitrarily apply a tag to all the alarm data displayed in the list, and the alarm point requested to be tagged is input as tag information via the input device 15 and the interactive input processing means 16. It is registered in the billing information section 17.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described.

The flow of processing as a warning message the process values and status values relating to the operating state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the state of the control device for controlling the plant will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. I do.

Process values and state values relating to the operation state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the state of the control device for controlling the plant are input to the plant input processing device 11 as monitoring information.

In the alarm processing unit 12, the presence or absence of the alarm registration is determined based on the data from the alarm information unit 18 in step S1 with respect to the data from the plant input processing unit 1. Further, it is determined from the data from the alarm information section 18 whether or not the monitoring information input in step S2 is in an alarm state. Here, if the alarm is not registered in step S1 and if the monitoring information is not in the alarm state in step S2, the process proceeds to step S3 to perform general monitoring.

When the step S2 is completed, it is determined whether or not the point has an alarm condition.
In step S5, it is determined whether or not the alarm point is in a billing state based on the data in the billing information section 17. If the warning point is in the billing state, the billing information is added in step S5.
At 6, the display device 14 is notified as a warning message. On the other hand, if the alarm point is not in the billing state in step S4, the display device 14 is notified as an alarm message in step S7.

The tagging setting data of the tagging information section 17 for executing step S4 can be set for an arbitrary alarm registration point by the operator from the list screen as shown in FIG. Is registered in the billing information section 17 via the interactive input processing means 16. FIG. 3 is an example of a screen for attaching a tag to the alarm message (1).

By executing steps S1 to S7, an alarm message is output on the alarm screen of the display device 14 in step S8. An example of this display screen is shown in FIG. In the example of the screen shown in FIG.
And B are warnings being attached, and warning messages C and D are warning messages not attached.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the alarm messages are displayed in a list on the alarm screen of the display device 14 in the order in which the alarms are generated, and the operator can preliminarily generate a low-urgent alarm factor that can be expected to generate an alarm. Is arbitrarily placed on a wallet, and when a plurality of warnings are generated, they are displayed separately from other warnings. This allows the operator to easily determine a more urgent alarm factor.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the plant alarm monitoring apparatus according to the present invention. The same parts as those in the first embodiment will be described with the same reference numerals as in FIG. The same applies to the following embodiments.

As shown in FIG. 5, the plant alarm monitoring device according to the second embodiment is similar to the first embodiment in that the operation status of the plant, the status of the equipment constituting the plant, and the control device for controlling the plant are controlled. A plant input processing device 11 for inputting a process value and a state value related to a state at a constant scanning period, and a fixed scanning period for determining whether the process value and the state value transmitted from the plant input processing device 11 are abnormal. And if it is determined that it is abnormal,
An alarm processing device for notifying the display processing means of an alarm message to be displayed on the display device;

The plant alarm monitoring device includes the display processing means 13 for displaying an alarm message in response to a notification from the alarm processing device 12 or a request from an operator, and the display device for displaying information from the display processing means 13. 14
An input device 15 for inputting an operator's request on the display device 14; an interactive input processing means 16 for notifying the operator's request input via the input device 15 to the alarm processing device 12; An alarm information section 18 storing an alarm state determined by the processing device 12, and an alarm group registration information section storing a group registration request command set for each point of an alarm input by the operator via the input device 15. 19
And an alarm display selection information section 20 for storing a display selection request command that sets whether or not to display an alarm message for each group input by the operator via the input device 15 and sets a display method. It is possible to display the selected alarm message.

That is, the plant input processing device 11 of the present embodiment scans process values and state values related to the operating state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the state of the control device that controls the plant by a constant scan. It is input periodically and notified to the alarm processing device 12.

The alarm processing device 12 determines whether or not the data from the plant input processing device 11 is in an alarm state at a point registered in the alarm information section 18, and displays it as display message means 13 as alarm message information. Notify. At this time, whether the alarm generation point is registered in the alarm group, and if the alarm generation point is registered in the group, an alarm message is output to the display device 14. After determining from the data from the alarm group registration information section 19 whether to display by name, the display processing means 13 is notified as alarm message information.

The display processing means 13 is provided for the alarm processing device 1
The warning message information notified from 2 is displayed on the warning screen of the display device 14 as a warning message. Further, when it is determined that another point is an alarm based on the data from the alarm information section 18, the alarm processing device 12 similarly determines whether or not the alarm group has been registered based on the data from the alarm group registration information section 19, If a group is registered, an alarm message is output to the display device 14, and if it is displayed, it is determined whether to display it with an individual point name or a group registration name, and the result is displayed as an alarm message. Notify the processing means 13.

Accordingly, on the alarm screen of the display device 14, a list of alarm messages notified from the alarm processing device 12 is displayed.

Next, the operation of the second embodiment will be described.

The flow of processing as a warning message the process value and the state value relating to the operation state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the state of the control device for controlling the plant will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. I do.

Process values and state values relating to the operation state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the state of the control device for controlling the plant are input to the plant input processing device 11 as monitoring information.

The alarm processor 12 determines whether or not an alarm has been registered for the data from the plant input processor 11 in step S11 based on the data from the alarm information section 18. Further, it is determined from the data from the alarm information section 18 whether the monitoring information input in step S12 is in an alarm state. Here, if the alarm is not registered in step S11 and if the monitoring information is not in the alarm state in step S12, the process proceeds to step S13 to perform general monitoring.

When step S12 is completed, it is determined whether or not the point has an alarm condition.
At 14, it is determined from the data of the alarm group registration information section 19 whether or not the alarm point has been registered in the alarm group. If the alarm group registration has been set, then at step S15, the alarm point is generated. It is determined from the data from the alarm group registration information section 19 whether or not the operator is notified as a warning message.
If not displayed as a warning message, step S1
The display shifts to 6 and is hidden.

Further, in the case of displaying as an alarm message, it is determined from the data from the alarm display selection information section 20 whether or not to display as a group name or individual point names in step S17.

As described above, if the alarm point has been registered in the alarm group and has been set to be displayed by the group name when an alarm occurs, an alarm message is notified to the display processing means 13 by the alarm group name in step S18a. I do.

On the other hand, if the alarm point is not registered in the alarm group or is registered in the alarm group but is set to be displayed by the name of each point, the display processing means 13 is sent to the display processing means 13 in step S18a. A warning message is notified by each point name.

Here, steps S14 to S17
The alarm group setting data of the alarm group registration information section 19 for executing the operation can be set by the operator for an arbitrary alarm registration point from the screen shown in FIG. The information is registered in the alarm group registration information section 19 via the terminal. The setting data of the necessity and display method of the display as the alarm message in the alarm display selection information section 20 can be set by the operator for each group. 15, selected via the dialogue input processing means 16.

FIG. 7 is an example of a screen for setting an alarm group registration. Also, from step S11 to step S1
By executing the steps up to 8a and S18b, an alarm message is output on the alarm screen of the display device 14 and the step S1 is executed.
9a, the group name is displayed, and at step S1
9b displays the individual point names. FIG. 8 shows an example of the display screen. Here, in the screen example, the alarm messages A and B are individual alarm point names, and the alarm message C indicates an alarm group registration name.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, the alarm messages are displayed in a list on the alarm screen of the display device 14 in the order in which the alarms are generated, and the operator can arbitrarily set the group registration for each point of the alarm, and By setting the necessity and display method of the warning message for the group, the operator can select and display the warning factor and display method according to the request, and easily select the alarm factor with higher urgency. It is possible to make a judgment.

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

As shown in FIG. 9, the plant alarm monitoring device according to the third embodiment is similar to the first embodiment in that the operating state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the control device for controlling the plant are controlled. A plant input processing device 11 for inputting a process value and a state value related to a state at a constant scanning period, and a fixed scanning period for determining whether the process value and the state value transmitted from the plant input processing device 11 are abnormal. And if it is determined that it is abnormal,
An alarm processing device for notifying the display processing means of an alarm message to be displayed on the display device;

The plant alarm monitoring device includes a display processing means 13 for displaying a warning message in response to a notification from the alarm processing device 12 or a request from an operator, and a display device 14 for displaying information from the display processing means 13. Input device 15 for inputting the operator's request on the display device 14
Dialog input processing means 16 for notifying the operator's request input through the input device 15 to the alarm processing device 12,
An alarm information unit 18 storing an alarm state determined by the alarm processing unit 12; and a display character setting unit 21 storing a display character size and a font request command of an alarm message input by an operator via the input device 15. The warning message of the display character size and font selected by the operator can be displayed.

That is, the plant input processing device 11 of the present embodiment scans a process value and a state value relating to the operation state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the state of the control device for controlling the plant by a constant scanning. It is input periodically and notified to the alarm processing device 12.

The alarm processing device 12 determines whether or not the data from the plant input processing device 11 is in an alarm state at a point registered in the alarm information section 18 and displays it as display message means 13 as alarm message information. Notify.

The display processing means 13 displays the alarm message information notified from the alarm processing device 12 in the display character setting section 21.
Is displayed on the alarm screen of the display device 14 as an alarm message in the character size and font set for the alarm point.

Further, when another point is notified from the alarm processing device 12 as alarm information, the display processing means 13 similarly sets the display character setting section 2 for the alarm point.
Display device 1 with character size and font set to 1
4 is displayed as a warning message on the warning screen.

Therefore, the warning message of the character size and font set by the display character setting unit 21 is sequentially displayed on the warning screen of the display device 14.

On the other hand, in addition to the alarm screen, the display device 14 has an input device 15 and a dialogue input means 16 in response to a request from the operator.
Has a function of displaying a list of all alarm data registered in the alarm information section 18 via the. Further, the operator can arbitrarily set the character size and font for all the alarm data displayed in the list, and the alarm point requested to be set is transmitted via the input device 15 and the interactive input processing means 16 to the character size and font information. Is registered in the display character setting section 21.

Next, the operation of the third embodiment will be described.

The flow of processing as a warning message the process values and the status values relating to the operation status of the plant, the status of the equipment constituting the plant, and the status of the control device for controlling the plant will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. I do.

Process values and state values relating to the operation state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the state of the control device for controlling the plant are input to the plant input processing device 11 as monitoring information.

The alarm processor 12 determines whether or not an alarm has been registered for the data from the plant input processor 11 in step S21 based on the data from the alarm information section 18. Further, it is determined from the data from the alarm information section 18 whether or not the monitoring information input in step S22 is in an alarm state. Here, when the alarm is not registered in step S21, and when the monitoring information is not in the alarm state in step S22, the process proceeds to step S23 to perform general monitoring.

When step S22 is completed, it is determined whether or not the point has an alarm condition, and the display processing means 13 is notified as alarm message information in step S24.

The display processing means 13 recognizes the display character size and font of the alarm point registered in the display character setting section 21 in step S25, and issues an alarm to the display device 14 with the set display character and font. Display as a message.

The display character size and font of the display character setting unit 21 for executing step S25 are as shown in FIG.
The operator can set any alarm registration point from the list screen shown in FIG. 1 and is registered in the display character setting unit 21 via the input device 15 and the interactive input processing means 16.

Further, steps S21 to S25
By executing the above, an alarm message is output to the alarm screen of the display device 14 in step S26, and an example of the display screen is shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the third embodiment, the alarm messages are displayed in a list on the alarm screen of the display device 14 in the order in which the alarms are generated, and the operator can arbitrarily set the display character size and font for each point of the alarm. I do. As a result, the operator can select and display the character size and font of the alarm display according to the request, and can easily determine the alarm factor with a higher urgency.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the plant alarm monitoring device according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 13, the plant alarm monitoring device of the fourth embodiment determines the plant operation state based on the process value and the state value from the plant input processing device 11 in addition to the configuration of the third embodiment. Based on the determination result, the display character size and font of the warning message are determined, and the plant operation determination device 22 that notifies the display character setting unit 21 of the determined character size and font, and the display character size of the warning message from the plant operation determination device 22 A switch 23 for switching between a font setting command and a display character size of a warning message input by the operator through the input device 15 and a font request command according to the operator's request, and a display character corresponding to the operation state of the plant. It is possible to display warning messages of dimensions and fonts.

The plant input processing device 11 of the present embodiment
Inputs the process values and state values related to the operation state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the state of the control device for controlling the plant at a constant scanning cycle,
Notify the alarm processing device 12.

The alarm processor 12 determines whether or not the data from the plant input processor 11 is in an alarm state for a point registered in the alarm information section 18.
The display processing means 13 is notified as alarm message information.

The display processing means 13 is provided for the alarm processing device 1
The warning message information notified from 2 is displayed as a warning message on the warning screen of the display device 14 in the character size and font set for the warning point by the data of the display character setting unit 21.

Further, when another point is notified as alarm information from the alarm processing device 12, the display processing means 13 similarly sets the display character setting unit 2 for the alarm point.
Display device 1 with character size and font set to 1
4 is displayed as a warning message on the warning screen.

Therefore, the warning message of the character size and font set by the display character setting unit 21 is sequentially displayed on the warning screen of the display device 14.

On the other hand, a command for registering the display character size and font of the alarm message to the display character setting section 21 is output from the switch 23, which is operated as shown in the third embodiment. Input device 1 for arbitrary setting from staff
5. There are two commands: a command input via the interactive input processing means 16 and a command from the plant operation determining device 22.

The plant operation judging device 22 inputs monitoring information for judging the operation status of the plant from the plant input processing device 11 and can automatically set the character size and font of the warning message according to the operation status of the plant. It has various functions.

Next, the operation of the fourth embodiment will be described.

A flow of processing as a warning message a process value and a state value relating to the operation state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the state of the control device for controlling the plant will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. I do.

Process values and state values relating to the operation state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the state of the control device for controlling the plant are input to the plant input processing device 11 as monitoring information.

The alarm processor 12 determines whether or not an alarm has been registered for the data from the plant input processor 11 in step S31 based on the data from the alarm information section 18. Further, it is determined from the data from the alarm information section 18 whether or not the monitoring information input in step S32 is in an alarm state. Here, when the alarm is not registered in step S31 and when the monitoring information is not in the alarm state in step S32, the process proceeds to step S33 to perform general monitoring.

When step S32 is completed, it is determined whether or not the point has an alarm state, and the display processing means 13 is notified as alarm message information in step S34.

The display processing means 13 recognizes the display character size and font of the alarm point registered in the display character setting unit 21 in step S35, and issues an alarm to the display device 14 with the set display character and font. Display as a message.

The display character size and font of the display character setting unit 21 for executing step S34 are shown in FIG.
There is a method in which the operator sets an arbitrary alarm registration point from the list screen shown in FIG. 1 and a method in which the plant operation determination device 22 automatically sets the display character size and font according to the operation state of the plant. Can be arbitrarily selected by the operator from the input device 15.

Also, from step S31 to step S35
By executing the above steps, an alarm message is output on the alarm screen of the display device 14 in step S36, and an example of the display screen is shown in FIG.

As described above, according to the fourth embodiment, the plant operation judging device 22 sets the character size and font of the display of the warning message according to the operation state of the plant, so that the operator can respond to the operation state of the plant. The alarm can be monitored based on the character size and font of the alarm message display, and the cause of the alarm having a higher urgency can be easily determined.

[0091]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention,
According to the above, the operator can arbitrarily tag a low-urgent warning factor that can be expected to generate a warning in advance, so that when a plurality of warnings are generated, the warning is separated from other warnings. The warning can be displayed, so that the operator can easily determine a more urgent alarm factor.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the operator can arbitrarily set the group registration for each point of the alarm, and set the necessity and display method of the display as the alarm message for each group. Depending on the operating condition of the plant, it is necessary to select the alarm factor display method according to the request, such as displaying with the name of each alarm point, displaying with the name of the alarm group, or not displaying the alarm This makes it possible to easily determine the cause of an alarm with a higher degree of urgency, and to monitor an alarm with a limited range.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the operator can arbitrarily set the display character size and font for each point of the alarm. This makes it possible to easily determine the cause of an alarm with a higher degree of urgency, and to monitor an alarm with a limited range.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the plant operation determination device can set the display character size and font of the warning message according to the operation state of the plant.
The warning message can be monitored by displaying the character size and font of the warning message according to the operation state of the plant, and it is possible to easily determine the more urgent and important alarm factor in the operation state of the plant.

Further, according to claims 1 to 4 of the present invention,
The alarm screen on the main control panel's display device makes it easy to recognize and restore the alarm screen, so the alarm window on the auxiliary monitoring control panel can be eliminated and the panel can be made more compact. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an alarm processing operation according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a warning tag hanging setting screen according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an alarm screen according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the plant alarm monitoring device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating an alarm processing operation according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an alarm registration screen according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an alarm screen according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a third embodiment of the plant alarm monitoring device according to the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an alarm processing operation according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a display character setting screen according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an alarm screen according to the third embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a fourth embodiment of the plant alarm monitoring device according to the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an alarm processing operation according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a display character setting / selection screen according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an alarm screen according to the fourth embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional plant alarm monitoring device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Plant input processing device 12 Alarm processing device 13 Display processing means 14 Display device 15 Input device 16 Interactive input processing means 17 Wallet information part 18 Alarm information part 19 Alarm group registration information part 20 Alarm display selection information part 21 Display character setting part 22 Plant operation judgment device 23 Switch

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. When the operating state of a plant, the state of equipment constituting a plant, and the state of a control device for controlling the plant become abnormal, process values and state values in an abnormal state at the request of an operator. Is a warning message displayed on a warning screen on a display to notify an operator of an alarm state, a control device for controlling the operation state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the control of the plant. A plant input processing device for inputting a process value and a state value related to the state at a constant scanning cycle, and determining whether the process value and the state value transmitted from the plant input processing apparatus are abnormal at a constant scanning cycle. When an abnormality is determined by monitoring, an alarm processing device that notifies an alarm message and a notification from the alarm processing device are provided. Display processing means for displaying an alarm message upon request of the operator, a display device for displaying information from the display processing means, an input device for inputting a request from the operator on the display device, A dialogue input processing means for notifying the alarm processing device of the operator's request input via the device, an alarm information section storing an alarm state determined by the alarm processing device, and a driver operating the input device via the input device. A plant alarm monitoring device comprising: a tagging information section for storing a tagging request command arbitrarily input for a low urgency alarm factor that can be predicted to generate an alarm in advance. 2. A process value and a state value which are in an abnormal state at the request of an operator when an operation state of a plant, a state of equipment constituting the plant, and a state of a control device for controlling the plant are in an abnormal state. Is a warning message displayed on a warning screen on a display to notify an operator of an alarm state, a control device for controlling the operation state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the control of the plant. A plant input processing device for inputting a process value and a state value related to the state at a constant scanning cycle, and determining whether the process value and the state value transmitted from the plant input processing apparatus are abnormal at a constant scanning cycle. When an abnormality is determined by monitoring, an alarm processing device that notifies an alarm message and a notification from the alarm processing device are provided. Display processing means for displaying an alarm message upon request of the operator, a display device for displaying information from the display processing means, an input device for inputting a request from the operator on the display device, A dialogue input processing means for notifying the alarm processing device of the operator's request input via the device, an alarm information section storing an alarm state determined by the alarm processing device, and a driver operating the input device via the input device. An alarm group registration information unit that stores an input group registration request command of an alarm, and an alarm display selection information unit that stores a display selection request command of an alarm input by an operator via an input device. Plant alarm monitoring device. 3. When the operating state of the plant, the state of the equipment constituting the plant, and the state of the control device for controlling the plant become abnormal, the process value and the state value in the abnormal state at the request of the operator. Is displayed on a warning screen on the display as an alarm message to notify an operator of an alarm state. A plant input processing device for inputting a process value and a state value related to the state at a constant scanning cycle, and determining whether the process value and the state value transmitted from the plant input processing apparatus are abnormal at a constant scanning cycle. When an abnormality is determined by monitoring, an alarm processing device that notifies an alarm message and a notification from the alarm processing device are provided. Display processing means for displaying an alarm message upon request of the operator, a display device for displaying information from the display processing means, an input device for inputting a request from the operator on the display device, A dialogue input processing means for notifying the alarm processing device of the operator's request input through the device, an alarm information section storing an alarm state determined by the alarm processing device, and a driver operating the input device via the input device. A plant alarm monitoring device comprising: a display character setting unit that stores a display character size of an input alarm message and a font request command. 4. The plant alarm monitoring device according to claim 3, wherein a plant operation state is determined based on a process value and a state value from the plant input processing device, and a display character size of an alarm message is determined based on the determination result. A plant operation determination device that determines a font and notifies the display character setting unit of the font, a display character size of a warning message from the plant operation determination device, a font setting command, and an alarm message input by an operator via an input device. Display character size,
A switch for switching between a font request command and an operator's request in response to a request from the operator.