JPS63212553A - Hard copy controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the defect of data and to eliminate the temporary interruption of monitoring, talking operations by preserving information which is not displayed periodically in a memory according to an operator's hard copy request in an event, and reproducing it at the time of necessity. CONSTITUTION:Hard copy information automatic recording means 7 stores a hard copy information automatic recording timing requested by a talking unit 1 in an internal memory. A plant signal for discriminating the recording timing of stored automatic recording data is input, and when the timing holds, a hard copy information preservation request is notified to hard copy information preserving means 8. The means 8 inputs display screen information and preserves it in a memory 10 when a hard copy information preservation request is delivered from the means 7. Hard copy information reproducing means 9 reads out the information preserved in the memory 10 by a hard copy information reproduction request requested by the unit 1, and starts a write hard copy unit 5 in the memory of a hard copying unit 5 to hard copy it.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a hard copy control device connected to a plant monitoring and control device.

(Prior Art) In a supervisory control device having a monitoring device including an interactive device, a display device, and a hard copy device, it is common to use a hard copy device as a means for recording data displayed on the display device. .

When making a hard copy (recording) of the screen displayed on this display device, the dialog device sends a hard copy request to the display control means, and the display control means transfers the six display screen information held in the internal memory to the on/off hard drive. The data is converted into copy image data, outputted as a hard copy request signal to the internal memory of the hard copy device, and a hard copy is taken.

Currently, the time required to make one hard copy is about 30 seconds to 2 minutes for a color hard copy, and about several seconds for a black and white copy.

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) With this conventional hard copy device, when attempting to obtain a continuous hard copy (record) of information that is displayed moment by moment on the display device, such as when a trip accident occurs in a plant, etc. ,1
Since the next copy cannot be made until the copying of one sheet is completed, the second and subsequent copies will be made after the required time of the hard copy device has elapsed.

However, changes caused by plant trip accidents and the like usually occur rapidly on the order of several milliseconds to several seconds, so the information displayed on the display device is erased within the required time of the hard copy device, and the necessary hard copy ( There were cases in which records) could not be obtained.

Furthermore, unless the operator makes a hard copy request to the hard copy device, the hard copy (recording)
There are problems such as forgetting to take out the hard copy because of the inability to obtain the information. In addition, with conventional technology, it is only possible to obtain a hard copy on the screen displayed on the display device.
If a hard copy of the screen that is not displayed on the display device is required, monitor and display it once on the display device.
There was a problem that temporarily interrupted dialogue operations.

Therefore, the present invention saves information that is not displayed in a storage device according to the operator's hard copy request in one period and at an event regardless of the operating time of the hard copy device, and reproduces the stored information when necessary. The purpose is to prevent the loss of Further, by storing hard copy information in a storage device and reproducing it, it is possible to obtain hard copy data without displaying it on a display device, and the purpose is to eliminate temporary interruptions in monitoring and dialog work.

[Structure of the invention]

(Means for solving problems) Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the present invention.

The hard copy information automatic recording means 7 stores the hard copy information automatic recording timing set by the dialogue device 1 in an internal memory, determines the stored hard copy information automatic recording timing using a plant signal, and when the timing is established, Make a request to save hardcopy information.

The hard copy information storage means 8 collects hard copy information to be stored in response to a hard copy information storage request requested by the interactive device 1 or the hard copy information automatic recording means 7, and stores it in the storage device 10. The hard copy information reproducing means 9 is an interactive device! 1 or by a copy information reproduction request.

The hard copy information stored in the storage device 110 is read, converted into data that can be copied by the hard copy device 5, the converted data is written to the internal memory of the hard copy device 5, and the hard copy device 5 is activated.

(Operation) The hard copy information automatic recording means 7 stores the hard copy information automatic recording timing requested by the interactive device 1 in the internal memory.

In order to judge the recording timing of the automatically recorded data that has been stored, a plant signal is input and the recording timing is determined.

As a result of the determination, if the recording timing is established, a hard copy information storage request is notified to the hard copy information storage means 8.

The hard copy information storage means 8 is an interactive device! If the hard copy information storage request requested by 1 is a hard copy information storage request from the hard copy information automatic recording means 9, the display screen information is input and stored in the storage device IO. In the hard copy information reproducing means 9, the dialogue bag W11
In response to a hard copy information playback request, the display screen information stored in the storage device 10 is read, written into the internal memory of the hard copy device 1E5, and the hard copy device 5 is activated to perform hard copying.

(Example) An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a hard copy control device of the present invention. In response to a request from the dialogue bag w1, the display control means 2 displays a system screen, etc. on the display device 3 based on data from the plant.
The hard copy control device 6, which performs plant monitoring and control, includes a hard copy information automatic recording means 7, a hard copy information storage 8, a hard copy information reproducing means 9, and a storage device 10.

The hard copy information automatic recording means 7 stores the automatic recording timing of the hard copy information set by the dialogue device 1 in an internal memory, and uses the stored automatic recording timing using the plant signal inputted from the plant signal input means 11. making a determination and requesting the hard copy information storage means 8 to store the hard copy information when the timing is established;
The hard copy information automatic recording timing requested by the dialogue device 1 is stored in the internal memory as automatic recording data as in No. 7gA.

The stored automatic recording timing is determined by inputting a replant signal from the plant signal input means 11 at a high frequency (0.5 seconds to 1 second).

As a result of the determination, if the recording timing is established, the automatic recording data request screen No. is notified to the hardcopy information storage means 8 as a hardcopy information storage request.

The hard copy information storage means 8 collects hard copy information to be stored according to a hard copy information storage request requested by the dialogue bag W1 or the hard copy information automatic recording means 7, and stores it in the storage device 10. That is, it is determined whether the hardcopy information storage request requested by the dialog device 1 is a hardcopy information storage request from the hardcopy information automatic recording means 7. Dialogue device! In the case of a request from 1, the display screen information displayed in the 1 display bag wt3 is inputted from the display control means 2 and is stored in the memory bag [10. On the other hand, in the case of a request from the hard copy information automatic recording means 9, input the displayed information as shown in Fig. 8 on the notified request screen No.
Display device! 3, the display screen information is exchanged with one that can be displayed and saved in the memory bag filO.

The hardcopy information reproducing means 9 reads the hardcopy information stored in the storage bag [10] in response to a hardcopy information reproduction request requested by the interaction device 1, and converts it into data that can be copied by the hardcopy device W5. The converted data is written to the internal memory of the hard copy device 5, and the hard copy device 5 is activated to take a hard copy.

In other words, in the hard copy information reproducing means 9, the dialogue bag [1
In response to a hard copy information reproduction request requested by the user, the display screen information stored in the memory bag Wt10 is read,
According to the display screen information for each coordinate, b1 displays the display data for each coordinate as shown in (d) in Figure 6.

It converts into hard copy image information 45 of on (2) and off (0), writes it to the internal memory of the hard copy device 5, starts the hard copy device it5, and performs hard copy.

The effects of the embodiments of the present invention will be explained below.

The hard copy information automatic recording means 7 inputs the hard copy information automatic recording request g requested by the dialogue device 1 into the automatic recording data storage means 71 in FIG. 2, extracts the recording timing and request screen number, and automatically stores the recorded data. It is stored in the memory 72 and outputs an automatic recording data update notification γ to the automatic recording timing determining means 73. The automatic recording timing determining means 73 inputs the automatic recording data S stored in the automatic recording data storage memory once in a period, and determines whether it is the recording timing based on the state of the plant signal. , the request screen number stored in the automatic recording data of the established recording timing is output to the hardcopy information storage means 8 as a hardcopy information storage request Ω.

The hardcopy information storage means 8 inputs the hardcopy information storage request f from the interactive device 1 and the hardcopy information storage request Q from the hardcopy information automatic recording means 9 to the storage request determination means 81 in FIG. In the case of a hard copy information storage request f from the interactive device 1, the storage request determining means 81 outputs a display double-sided information reading request t to the display screen information loading means 848. In addition, in the case of a hard copy information storage request Q from the hard copy information automatic recording means 7, the display information processing means 82 displays the request screen No.
The display information processing means 82 outputs a request screen N.

The display information in FIG. 8 corresponding to t is stored in the auxiliary memory bag [from 4,
Input as display information i. The input display information i is inputted to the display screen information creation means 83 by inputting the value of the display point shown in the display information U from the plant signal p, and the value of the input display point can be displayed on the display device 3 for each display type.
The code is converted into display screen information and output as display screen information X to display screen information writing means 85.

In response to the display screen information reading request V, the display screen information reading means 84 inputs the display screen information axis code of the screen displayed on the display device 3 from the display control means 2 as 1 display screen information code h, and reads the display screen information. It is output to the writing means 85 as display image information @W. The display screen information writing means 85 outputs the display screen information m to the storage device 10 every time the display screen information W or the display screen information X is input.

The hard copy information reproducing means 9 inputs screen information to be reproduced as a revert copy reproduction request e from the interactive device 1, and inputs corresponding display screen information n from the storage device 10. The input display screen information n is divided into analysis dots on the hard copy device as characters or curves displayed in coordinate units on the display device 3, as shown in (C) in FIG. Convert the non-displayed portions to off (0) signals column by column as shown in Figure 6(d), and print the hard copy device w5.
The hard copy image data 〇 is output to the internal memory of the hard copy device 5, and the hard copy information is reproduced.

In the above explanation, the dialog device 1 requests the hardcopy information reproduction means 9 to reproduce the hardcopy information, but the hardcopy information automatic recording means 7 has a hardcopy information reproduction timing determination means. In addition, by requesting the hard copy reproducing means 9 when the timing is established, it is possible to automatically reproduce the hard copy information and to start the hard copy device 5.

As explained above, the automatic recording function of hard copy information makes it possible to reduce human errors such as forgetting to take the hard copy information, which conventionally occurred because the operator always had to request it. Furthermore, by storing a large amount of hard copy information, it can be used as a plant operation history and can be useful in investigating the cause of accidents such as plant trips. Furthermore, by using the automatic recording function to save and reproduce hard copy information on the screen that is not displayed on the display device in the storage device, it becomes possible to eliminate temporary interruptions in monitoring and dialog work.

〔Effect of the invention〕

Therefore, in the present invention, since hard copy information is stored separately from the front thread and reproduced as desired, it is possible to hard copy (record) necessary data without being affected by the time required by the hard copy device.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing a hard copy control device of the present invention;
The second [is a configuration diagram of the hard copy information automatic recording means, the third
The figure is a block diagram of the hard copy information storage means, Figure 4 is an example of the display screen of the display device, Figure 5 is a side view of the display screen information, and Figure 6 is a diagram of the display screen of the display device.
The figure shows an example of hard copy image data conversion, FIG. 7 shows a configuration of an example of automatically recorded data, and FIG. 8 shows a configuration of an example of display information. 1... Dialogue device 2... Display control device 3.
...Display bag ffl 5...Hard copy device 6...Hard copy control device 7...Hard copy information automatic recording means 8...Hard copy information storage means 9...Hard copy information reproducing means 10. ...Storage device Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Claims] Hard copy information automatic recording means that determines the hard copy information recording timing set from the dialog device and issues a hard copy information storage request; and hard copy information storage means that stores the hard copy information in the storage device in response to the hard copy information storage request. and a hard copy information reproducing means for reproducing the hard copy information stored in the storage device by the hard copy information storing means in response to a hard copy information reproducing request requested from the dialog device. Control device.