JPH10214170A - Display screen deigning device, and recording medium for recording display screen designing program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display screen designing device that can print not all but only necessary screen constitution items so as to be easily viewed in a small number of pages, and a recording medium for recording a display screen designing program. SOLUTION: This is a display screen designing device 4, which designs a display screen 33a of a display 3 connected with a programmable controller 2 for controlling an outside equipment 1 for displaying at least the operating situation of the outside equipment 1. This device is provided with a selected item printing means, which printing-sets selected screen constitution items selected from among the plural screen constitution items constituting the display screen 33a.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a display screen designing apparatus for designing a display screen of a display connected to a programmable controller, and a recording medium storing a display screen designing program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of display screen design apparatus, there is a personal computer in which a display screen design program recorded on a recording medium is installed. This is, using a display screen design program, the contents of the display screen that displays the operation status of the external device controlled by the programmable controller, for example, the number of planned production, the number of current production, or a graph display of the production achievement rate, etc. It is designed to be located at a desired size and a predetermined position as appropriate.

[0003] More specifically, the display screen of the display device can display not only the operation status of the external device but also a clock or the like, and a sticker tag on which a switch, a graph, or the like is pasted, a color of a backlight, or the like. Are configured with a plurality of screen configuration items. The recording medium records a printing program for printing screen configuration items constituting the display screen in addition to the display screen design program.

[0004]

In the above-described conventional display screen designing apparatus, the display screen of the display can be designed and the screen configuration items can be printed.

However, since all the screen configuration items are printed, even if there are unnecessary screen configuration items for the user, they are also printed at the same time, making it difficult to see.
In addition, there is a problem that a printed material covers not a single page but a plurality of pages.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a display screen design apparatus and a display screen design capable of easily printing only necessary screen configuration items with a small number of pages instead of all of them. It is to provide a recording medium on which a program is recorded.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display screen designing apparatus which is connected to a programmable controller for controlling an external device and displays at least an operation state of the external device. A display screen designing apparatus for designing a display screen of a container, wherein a selection item printing means for printing and setting a selection configuration item selected from a plurality of screen configuration items configuring the display screen is provided. is there.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the display screen designing apparatus of the first aspect, a print position setting means for setting a print position of the selected configuration item at a predetermined position is provided.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the display screen designing apparatus according to the first or second aspect, one of the selected configuration items is a screen of the display unit, and the magnification of the screen is set at a predetermined magnification. The screen magnification setting means is provided.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the recording medium is a display screen design program for designing a display screen of a display connected to a programmable controller for controlling an external device and displaying at least an operation status of the external device. The printing apparatus is configured to record a selection item printing program, which is characterized in that a selection configuration item selected from a plurality of screen configuration items constituting a screen is set for printing.

A recording medium according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the recording medium according to the fourth aspect, wherein a printing position setting program for setting the printing position of the selected configuration item at a predetermined position is recorded. .

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium according to the fourth or fifth aspect, one of the selected configuration items is a screen of the display unit, and the magnification of the screen is set to print at a predetermined magnification. And a screen magnification setting program recorded.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

Reference numeral 1 denotes an external device such as a temperature control device for automatically controlling the temperature, which is provided with a sensor, a switch (not shown), and the like. Reference numeral 2 denotes a programmable controller, which controls the external device 1 by inputting external signals such as sensors and switches.

Reference numeral 3 denotes a display unit, which includes a control unit 31, a communication unit 32,
A display unit 33, an operation unit 34, and a memory unit 35 are provided.
The control unit 31 uses a central processing unit (CPU) to execute a system R storing an operation system program.
An OM is incorporated to control the entire system. The communication unit 32 is connected to the programmable controller 2 by the RS232C or RS422C communication method, and transmits and receives data to and from the programmable controller 2.

The display unit 33 displays the operation status such as the production status or the operation status of the external device 1 controlled by the programmable controller 2 on the display screen 33a using the dot matrix liquid crystal. The display screen 33a not only displays the operation status of the external device 1, but also displays, for example, switches, graphs, data, clocks, and the like, and includes a plurality of screen configuration items. Here, the screen configuration items are, for example, the screen itself, that is, the graphic data of the screen, the color of the backlight, the page number, the attachment tag of a switch, a graph, a keyboard, or the like, the automatic paging, the comment, or the like.

The operation unit 34 is a switch displayed on the display screen 33a, and operates when pressed to operate the programmable controller 2. The memory unit 35 stores, using a ROM or a RAM, screen data of a display screen 33a created by the display screen design device 4 described later.

Reference numeral 4 denotes a display screen design device. A recording medium 5 composed of a floppy disk is loaded on a hard disk by a personal computer having a memory, and a display screen design program recorded on the recording medium 5 is installed. Using the display screen design program, the contents of a display screen 33a for displaying the operation status of the external device 1,
For example, a graphic display of a planned production number, a current production number, or a production achievement rate, or a switch, a clock, or the like is designed to be appropriately positioned at a desired size and a predetermined position.

Here, the recording medium 5 stores a selection item printing program, a printing position setting program, and a screen magnification setting program in addition to the display screen design program. The selection item printing program prints only the selected configuration item 41 selected from a plurality of screen configuration items constituting the display screen 33a. The print position setting program sets the print position of each of the selected configuration items 41 to a predetermined position,
The screen magnification setting program sets the screen magnification, which is one of the selected configuration items 41, to a predetermined magnification.

The handling operation at the time of printing of the display screen designing apparatus 4 in which the selection item printing program, the printing position setting program, and the screen magnification setting program are installed will be described. When each program is installed in the display screen design device 4, as shown in FIG. 4, a print area 42, a screen magnification 43, and a storage area 4a for storing the selected configuration item 41 are allocated to the memory.

First, as shown in FIG. 5, a print preview screen 4b appears on the CRT of the display screen design device 4, and all the initially set screen configuration items are displayed. Click the edit button of the menu item 44, and select the configuration item 41 to be printed from all the screen configuration items, that is, the screen No.
41a, number 41b, comment 41c, screen 41
d, SW41e, etc. are selected and print settings are made. Here, “output destination R10” of SW41e indicates that the output signal is output to the internal memory (not shown) of R10 of programmable controller 2.

For each of the selected configuration items 41 selected from all the screen configuration items, the printing position is set to a desired predetermined position with a mouse, and the magnification of the screen is enlarged or reduced to set the magnification. The setting data thus set is stored in the storage area 4a of the memory, and when each setting is changed, the changed setting data is stored in the storage area 4a each time. When the print button of the menu item 44 is clicked, the stored setting data is called from the storage area 4a, and the selected configuration item 41 is displayed on the print sheet 4c at a predetermined position and at a predetermined magnification in the print preview screen 4b. Printed.
Then, based on the printed selected configuration item 41, the display screen 33a of the display 3 is reviewed and designed again, and the output destination of the SW 41e, which is one of the selected configuration items 41, is confirmed to control the external device 1. A control program for the programmable controller 2 is created.

In the display screen designing apparatus according to the embodiment, as described above, the selected configuration item 4 selected from the plurality of screen configuration items constituting the display screen 33a.
Since the selection item printing means for printing 1 is provided, only the necessary screen configuration items, not all, are printed in a small number of pages in an easy-to-read manner, so that the display screen 33a of the display 3 can be designed efficiently and the external device 1 can be designed. A control program of the programmable controller 2 to be controlled can be efficiently created.

Further, since the position setting means for setting the printing position of the selected configuration item 41 is provided,
Can be printed in a classified state to make it easier to see.

One of the selected configuration items 41 is the display 3
In the case of the screen, the screen magnification setting means for setting the magnification of the screen is provided, so that the screen can be printed in an enlarged or reduced state, and the display screen 33a of the display 3 can be designed in a well-balanced manner.

[0026]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since a selection item printing means for printing a selection configuration item selected from a plurality of screen configuration items constituting a display screen is provided, not all but necessary screens are provided. By printing only the configuration items in a small number of pages in an easy-to-read manner, the display screen of the display device can be efficiently designed, and the control program of the programmable controller for controlling external devices can be efficiently created.

According to the second aspect, in addition to the effect of the first aspect, since the position setting means for setting the printing position of the selected configuration item is provided, printing is performed in a state where the selected configuration item is classified. , Can be more easily viewed.

According to the third aspect, in addition to the effect of the first or second aspect, if one of the selected configuration items is a display screen, screen magnification setting means for setting the magnification of the screen is provided. Since the screen is provided, the screen can be printed in an enlarged or reduced state, and the display screen of the display device can be designed in a well-balanced manner.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the recording medium, since a selection item printing program for printing a selection configuration item selected from a plurality of screen configuration items constituting a display screen is recorded, not a whole but a necessary screen configuration The display screen of the display can be efficiently designed by printing only the items with a small number of pages in an easy-to-read manner, and the control program of the programmable controller for controlling the external device can be efficiently created.

In the recording medium according to the fifth aspect, in addition to the effect of the fourth aspect, since a position setting program for setting the printing position of the selected configuration item is recorded, printing is performed in a state where the selected configuration item is classified. To make it easier to see.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effects of the fourth or fifth aspect, a screen magnification setting program for setting a magnification of the screen if one of the selected configuration items is a display screen. Is recorded, printing can be performed in a state where the screen is enlarged or reduced, and the display screen of the display device can be designed in a well-balanced manner.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the same display device.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the display screen designing apparatus and the recording medium according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a storage area in a memory of the display screen designing apparatus according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a print preview screen of the above.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example in which the same selected configuration item is printed.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 external device 2 programmable controller 3 display 33 a display screen 4 display screen design device 41 selected configuration item 5 recording medium

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A display screen designing apparatus connected to a programmable controller for controlling an external device and designing a display screen of a display device for displaying at least an operation state of the external device, wherein a plurality of screens constituting the display screen are provided. A display screen designing apparatus characterized by comprising a selection item printing means for printing and setting a selected configuration item selected from among the configuration items. 2. The display screen designing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a print position setting unit that sets a print position of the selected configuration item at a predetermined position. 3. The display device according to claim 1, wherein one of the selected configuration items is a screen of the display unit, and screen magnification setting means for setting print magnification of the screen to a predetermined magnification is provided. Display screen design device as described. 4. A display screen design program for designing a display screen of a display connected to a programmable controller for controlling an external device and displaying at least an operation state of the external device, the display screen comprising a plurality of screens constituting the display screen A recording medium on which a selection item printing program is recorded, wherein a selected configuration item selected from the configuration items is set for printing. 5. The recording medium according to claim 4, wherein a print position setting program for setting the print position of the selected configuration item at a predetermined position is recorded. 6. A screen magnification setting program according to claim 4, wherein one of the selected configuration items is a screen of the display unit, and a screen magnification setting program for printing and setting a magnification of the screen to a predetermined magnification. The recording medium according to the above.