JPH11272326A - Controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a controller to be adapted to a user's original using purpose for the device and environments by enabling the controller to automatically change its state without setting an operational level by an operator or a manager. SOLUTION: This controller is provided with a display device 22 for man- machine interface so as to execute processing by setting optional parameters in set items on plural set screens to be displayed on the display device 22 by an operator. The controller is also provided with a means 26 for recording the using frequency of each set picture and each set item used by the operator. When the operator sets a parameter based on the using frequency stored in the means 26, information to be provided to a user is dynamically limited by changing a set screen or a set item to be displayed on the display device 22 at real time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a control device, for example, a control device capable of changing an item to be displayed in accordance with an operation level or a purpose of an operator in a plant or an engineering workstation of an FA system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A setting screen of a conventional apparatus is as shown in FIG. 1 is a setting screen, 2 is a setting item, and 3 is a detailed description of the setting item. When the setting item 2 can be input, a detailed description 3 of the setting item is displayed. For example, in the example of this figure, the parameters related to the inverter device that drives the motor of the FA / Frant facility, that is, “instantaneous power failure judgment time”, “starting method at instantaneous power failure recovery”, “ Set "Start method", "Memory selection at start", "Program protection", etc. However, when the user selects a screen, the number of screens that can be selected is too large, and it is difficult to know where in the function of the device the one to be selected exists.
After the user selects a screen, there are many setting items at the stage of inputting setting items, and there are cases where the device is too multifunctional and does not match the intended purpose or environment of the user's original device, such as not knowing the items to be really set. There were problems such as occurrence. Therefore, the operation items are classified into level 1 according to the importance of the operation.
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 9-91001 has been proposed in which an operation level of an operation item can be arbitrarily changed by arbitrarily setting up to level n.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION However, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No.
In the technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 91001, the operation level must be set by an operator or an administrator, and there is a possibility that a mistake in the setting itself may occur. Therefore, the present invention does not require the operator or the administrator to set the operation level, and the control device automatically changes the state of the device, so that the control device can be adapted to the intended use or environment of the user. The purpose is to do so.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention comprises a display for a man-machine interface, and allows an operator to arbitrarily set a plurality of setting screens displayed on the display. A control device that performs processing by setting the parameters of the setting screen, and a means for recording the frequency at which the operator used the setting screen and the setting item for each of the setting screen and the setting item, and A setting screen or a setting item displayed on the display unit is changed in real time at the time of parameter setting by an operator based on usage frequency. This allows
In operation and setting of data at the time of engineering, information provided to a user is dynamically limited.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of the apparatus of the present invention.
21 is a data input device, 22 is a display device, 23 is an operation history database, 24 is an engineering level setting,
25 is an engineering function device. The data input device 21 registers the input operation history in the operation history database 23. The operator sets the engineering level using the engineering level setting 24 (FIG. 4). Based on the data set in the engineering level setting 24, the environment adaptation engine 25 deletes items having values equal to or less than the threshold from display / input items, recalculates menus and screen layouts, and redisplays the display device 2
2 is displayed.

FIG. 3 shows details of the operation of the environment adaptive engine. In Step 1, the minimum and maximum values of the number of operations in the operation history are obtained from the operation history database. / Maximum number of operations ". In Step 3, for each item to be displayed at present, the operation count of the operation history is first obtained from the operation history database, and “data = the obtained number of times Xsa
Create operation history data to be compared with the threshold with "cle". Next, comparison with a threshold value is performed. At this time, "data> =
If it is "engineering level", it is a display (settable) item; otherwise, it is a non-display item.

[0007] By setting the engineering level,
When the vel side is selected, a function selection menu as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed on the display device 22, but when the engineering level is set and the Easy side is selected, a function selection menu as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. Displayed on device 22. Also,
When the HighLevel side is selected, the setting screen as shown in Fig. 2 is also displayed.
When the Easy side is selected, the result is as shown in FIG. In the engineering level setting (Fig. 4), from Easy to High Lev
Selectable in steps up to el, the threshold of the displayed item changes according to the degree, and in the case of High Level, the engineering setting screen such as (FIGS. 1 and 5) is also displayed as Ea
In the case of sy, only items frequently used by the user can be set as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7. According to the above-described means, the dynamic configuration of the function becomes possible based on the data of the frequency of use by the user, and the engineering setting device is automatically customized to the use purpose of the user.

[0008]

As described above, according to the present invention, an apparatus for recording the frequency used by the user for each setting screen or setting item in order to match the setting at the time of engineering with the level and environment of the user. In addition, the user has a device that sets the use level of the function of the engineering setting device, and the user can dynamically limit the information provided to the user in the operation and setting of data at the time of engineering, so that the user can display the screen. In the step of selecting the number of screens that can be selected, only the necessary screens are displayed, the user can see at a glance where the selected screen is among the functions of the apparatus, and the user inputs the setting items after selecting the screen. Only the items that should be set can be displayed and set, and even if the device has multiple functions, the status of the device changes dynamically. There is an effect that adaptation can be.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a setting screen of a conventional engineering setting device.

FIG. 3 is an operation flow of an environment adaptation engine.

FIG. 4 is a setting screen of an engineering level.

FIG. 5 is a setting menu in a case where the engineering level is an advanced setting.

FIG. 6 is a setting menu when the engineering level is Easy.

FIG. 7 is a setting screen dynamically changed according to a setting level.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Setting screen of conventional device 2 Setting items of conventional device 3 Detailed description of setting items of conventional device 21 Data input device 22 Display device 23 Operation history data space 24 Engineering level setting 25 Environment adaptive engine 26 Engineering function device

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A control device including a display for a man-machine interface, wherein an operator sets an arbitrary parameter on a setting item of a plurality of setting screens displayed on the display, and performs a process. A setting screen and means for recording the frequency of use of the setting screen and the setting item by the operator for each of the setting items, based on the use frequency stored by the means, and displaying the display when the operator sets the parameter A control device for changing a setting screen or setting items displayed on a container in real time. 2. An operation history database for recording the frequency, wherein for each item to be displayed at present, the number of operations of the operation history is first obtained from the operation history database, and compared with a threshold value. 2. The control device according to claim 1, wherein if the value is larger than the value, the item is set as a display item (settable item); otherwise, the item is set as a non-display item (settable item).