JPS62284413A - Message output system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily set up and change a message output terminal by forming a control table allowing a terminal equipment for outputting the kind of a message and the message to correspond to a system operating state to process the message. CONSTITUTION:At the time of driving a system, a terminal equipment control table defining means 10 is used to form a display terminal control table 7. When interruption signals 14, 24 are generated from a peripheral device 1 and an environment sensing mechanism 2 or a message MGB request 34 is generated from a program 3, an MG forming means 4 forms MG information 45 corresponding to these signals and transfers the information 45 to a display terminal determining means 5. The means 5 actuates a system state reporting means 6 based on the information 45. The means 6 detects the operating state of the system and reporting the detected result to the means 5 as system state information 65. The means 5 determines the terminal outputting the MG based on the information 65, 45 and the contents of the table 7, forms MG display information and sends the formed information 58 to an MG terminal display means 8. The means 8 transfers the MG information to the specified terminal out of terminal equipments 9a-9n based on the information 58 to display the MG information.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] 3. Detailed Description of the Invention [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a message output method in an electronic computer system. The present invention relates to a method for determining a terminal device to which a message should be output according to the contents of a management table registered in the system, and outputting a message to the determined terminal device.

[Conventional technology]

In computer systems, when an abnormality occurs in a peripheral device, when a fire or the like is detected by the environment sensing mechanism, or when there is a request from a program, etc.
If a center console device or remote display device is connected, a message is output to these devices, and the same message is also output to a terminal device.

In this case, conventionally, which terminal device among a plurality of connected terminal devices a message is to be outputted to is specified by the programmer side that has caused the message output request.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

Therefore, even if there is a problem with the same message, if the operating conditions of the system are different, such as during normal operation on weekdays and during automatic operation at night or on holidays, the message may have to be output to different terminal devices. (For example, fire alarm messages may be output to a terminal installed in a factory on weekdays, and output to a terminal installed at a security company, etc. during automatic operation at night or on holidays.) The problem is that the designation information of the terminal device according to the operating status of the system must be individually incorporated into each program, making it troublesome to create a program, and when changing the message output terminal. The problem is that the contents of the program must be modified individually, making changes cumbersome.
There was a problem in that the program had to be manually notified of changes in the operating status of the system.

The present invention solves these conventional problems, and its purpose is to facilitate the setting and change of message output terminals, and to automatically switch message output terminals according to changes in system operating conditions. The purpose is to make the person do what he or she does.

Amnion for Solving Problems C] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a system for outputting messages to a terminal device in a computer system, by providing information on types of messages, terminal devices outputting the messages, and system operating conditions. a management table for associating the system operating status with the system operating status detecting means for detecting the operating status of the system; An output terminal determining means for determining a terminal device to which the generated message should be outputted from a management table, and a message outputting means for outputting the generated message to the terminal device determined by the output terminal determining means.

[Effect]

Information that associates the type of message, the terminal device that outputs the message, and the operating status of the system is registered in advance in the management table. 0 peripheral devices that are automatically detected by the system operating status detection means.

When there is a request to output a message from a program, etc., the output terminal determining means determines the terminal device to which the message should be output based on the requested message, the detected system operating status, and the contents of the management table. is determined, and the message output means sends the message to the determined terminal device.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. The computer system of this embodiment includes a peripheral device 1 such as a magnetic disk device or a magnetic tape device, which is not shown in FIG. 1. An environment sensing mechanism 2 that detects abnormal temperature rises, dew condensation, etc. around the host computer, programs 3 such as user programs and operating system control programs running on the host computer, and interrupt signals 14 from the peripheral device 1. Message generating means 4 receives the attention interrupt signal 24 from the sensing mechanism 2 and the message output request 34 from the program 3, and generates a corresponding message.
a system status reporting means 6 that detects and reports the operating status of the computer system; a display terminal management table 7 that stores information that associates the type of message, the terminal device that outputs the message, and the system operating status; The display terminal management table definition means 10 that generates and changes this management table 7, the message information 45 generated by the message generation means 4, the system status reported from the system status reporting means 6, and the display terminal management table 7
The display terminal determining means 5 determines the terminal to which the message information 45 should be output based on the contents of the message information 45, and the message display information 58 to which information specifying the terminal to output is added is input, and a plurality of terminal devices 9a to and a message terminal display means 8 for sending message information 89 to a designated terminal device among the terminal devices 9n. Note that in FIG. 1, broken lines indicate the flow of commands.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the display terminal management table 7, and uses weekday operation, nighttime, and holiday operation as examples of system operation status. I listed in the message type column
D1. ID2. The symbol ``...'' is an identification number added to each message, and the number 9 written in the display terminal device column is
a to 9n correspond to the symbols of the terminal devices in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing performed by the display terminal determining means 5, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing performed by the system status reporting means 6. Explain the operation.

First, when operating the system, the display terminal management table definition means 1O is used, and the second
A display terminal management table 7 with the contents shown in the figure is generated.

When an interrupt signal 14 is generated from the peripheral device 1, an attention interrupt signal 24 is generated from the environment sensing mechanism 2, or a message request 34 is generated from the program 3, the message generating means 4 is activated. When the message generation means 4 is activated, it identifies the contents of the interruption or the contents of the message request, generates message information 45 corresponding thereto, passes this to the display terminal determination means 5, and activates it. In addition,
The message information 45 contains a message identification number! D is added.

When the display terminal determining means 5 is activated, it receives the message information 45 (31) as shown in FIG. 3, and then activates the system status reporting means 6 (S2).

When the system status reporting means 6 is activated, it detects the operating status of the computer system (310) as shown in FIG. Here, as a method for detecting the system operating status, for example, a clock means for measuring the current time and a work schedule table (for example, starting time, working time, etc. If the current time is not during working hours, it is detected as night or holiday driving, and if it is during working hours, it is detected as weekday driving, or if the current time is during weekday driving, the terminal A method that utilizes the fact that the total number of operating devices 9a to 9n is a certain number or more can be adopted.

Now, when the display terminal determining means 5 receives the system status information 65 (S3), it then sends the system operation status reported with this information, the identification number ID added to the message information 45, and the path 75. Based on the contents of the imported display terminal management table 7, the terminal device to which the current message should be output is determined (S4), and when the output terminal device is determined, the message display information is added with this information to the message information 45. 58 and sends it to the message terminal display means 8 to activate it (35).

In response, the message terminal display means 8 displays the received message display information 5 among the plurality of terminal devices 9a to 9n.
The message information part in the message display information 58 is output as message information 89 to the terminal device according to the output terminal device setting information in 8.

As a result, the message will be displayed on the terminal device.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of an electronic computer system to which the present invention is applied. In the figure, 50 is a host computer, 51 is a main storage device, 52 is an external storage device,
53 is a magnetic tape device, 54 is a magnetic disk device, 55
56 is an abnormal temperature detection device, 56 is a dew condensation detection device, 57 is a center console, and 583 to 58n are terminal devices. The abnormal temperature detection device 55 and the dew condensation detection device 56 constitute the environment sensing mechanism 2 shown in FIG. 1, and send an interrupt signal to the host computer 50 when an abnormality is detected. Furthermore, the program 3, display terminal management table 7, message generation means 4, display terminal determination means 5, and display terminal determination means 5 in FIG. System status reporting means 6
A program for realizing the message terminal display means 8 is stored in advance in the external storage device 52, and is transferred to the main storage device 51 as necessary. When the display terminal management table definition means 10 of FIG. 1 is implemented as a program, the program is also stored in the external storage device 52 and called up as needed. Although the terminal devices 588 to 58n are all directly connected to the host computer 50 in the figure, some of them may actually be installed in remote locations, in which case a line or the like is involved.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention provides a management table that associates the type of message, a terminal device that outputs the message, and the system operation status, and a management table that associates the type of message with the terminal device that outputs the message and the system operation status, and whether the system is in operation on weekdays or automatic operation at night or on holidays. A system operating status detection means for detecting the status, and an output terminal that determines the terminal device to which the generated message should be output based on the message, the detected system operating status, and the contents of the management table when a message to be output occurs. The system is equipped with a determining means and a message output means for outputting the generated message to the terminal device determined by the output terminal determining means, and determines which terminal device a certain message should be output to under what driving conditions. The settings for whether to
This can be done centrally using the management table, and changes can be made by simply changing the contents of the management table, which has the effect of eliminating the need for setting and modifying each program individually as in the past. Further, since changes in the operating status of the system are automatically detected by the system operating status detecting means, there is an effect that the effort of manually inputting the operating status of the system as in the past can be saved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the contents of the display terminal management table 7, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing performed by the display terminal determining means 5. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of processing performed by the system status reporting means 6, and FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of a computer system to which the present invention is applied. In the figure, l...peripheral device, 2...environment sensing mechanism, 3...program, 4...message generation means,
5... Display terminal determining means, 6... System status reporting means, 7... Display terminal management table, 8... Message terminal display means, 9a to 9n... Terminal device, IO/
...Display terminal management table definition means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a method for outputting messages to a terminal device in a computer system, there is provided a management table that associates the type of message, the terminal device that outputs the message, and the operating status of the system, and a system that detects the operating status of the system. an operating condition detecting means; when a message to be outputted occurs, a terminal device to which the generated message should be output is determined from the message, the system operating condition currently detected by the system operating condition detecting means, and the management table; A message output method comprising: an output terminal determining means for determining an output terminal; and a message outputting means for outputting the generated message to the terminal device determined by the output terminal determining means.