JPS63276937A - Data communication monitor system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain monitoring independently of the experience of a supervisor by using a terminal equipment having an A1 function, analyzing a communication recording outputted from the system to judge the normality, in connecting centers provided at plural points by a communication line to form a data communication network system. CONSTITUTION:In providing centers A, B, C to plural points such as A, B, C to tie them by a communication line, each center, e.g., A1 incorporates a central processing unit 2, which is connected to a terminal equipment 4. Moreover, an intelligent base storage device 3 and an alarm output device 5 are connected to the equipment 4. Through the constitution above, in operating the equipments, a communication state recording such as transmission/reception time and transmission/reception location outputted sequentially from the unit 2 is read by the equipment 4, compared and checked for the judgement based on the data of,e.g., the center C and an alarm is raised from the device 5 if an error exists. Thus, the monitor is attained even by a supervisor having no professional knowledge independent of the hardware and the software.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a method for monitoring a data communication system.

(Prior Art) This type of conventional method uses a monitoring program built into the system (computer) to detect abnormalities in various hardware (including line conditions) and outputs the detected abnormalities to an alarm device. According to this conventional method, system abnormalities caused by software bugs cannot be detected, and humans must judge whether or not communication is occurring normally by looking at communication status records that show the flow of each individual data. .

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) As mentioned above, in the above system, the program that monitors the system is incorporated into the system itself, so not only system abnormalities due to bugs in the monitoring program but also other problems can occur. It is also difficult to detect system abnormalities caused by program bugs.

In order to discover these system abnormalities, there is a problem in that it is necessary to constantly visually check communication status records that record the flow of each data and rely on the supervisor's judgment based on their experiential knowledge.

Therefore, the present invention eliminates this problem and detects system abnormalities and outputs an alarm without being affected by bugs in the system program or by the experiential knowledge of the supervisor. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a data communication monitoring method that can be used to monitor data communications.

[Structure of the invention]

(Means for Solving the Problem) The present invention imports communication status record data output from the system into a terminal device equipped with an AI function, and compares the data based on the knowledge base stored in the terminal in advance. Consider,
The terminal itself is configured by determining whether the communication (system) is normal or abnormal.

(Function) In the present invention, instead of a monitor with experiential knowledge looking at communication status records and determining whether the system is normal or abnormal, a terminal with an AI function that stores that experiential knowledge in a knowledge base makes the determination. This allows system monitoring to be carried out regardless of whether the supervisor has experience or not.

(Embodiment) The figure shows an embodiment of the present invention, in which A, B, and C are centers of a communication network system, and a is center A.
, b is a terminal device with an AI function, C is a knowledge base storage device, and d is an alarm output device.

To operate this, b reads the communication status records (each transmission/reception record of data from A4+B, A4-+C) sequentially output from a, and compares and examines the data based on the data from C to make a decision. If there is an abnormality, an alarm will be output from d. .

Because of this structure, the effect is
Abnormalities in a communication network system centered on A, B, and C can be detected regardless of whether they are hardware or software. Furthermore, since the communication status record is monitored by b rather than by visual inspection, there is no need for a monitor with specialized knowledge.

Furthermore, data within the knowledge base can be added as an element of judgment.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, since system monitoring is performed using a device that is separate from the original system (in place of human visual monitoring), abnormalities can be discovered regardless of whether the cause of system trouble is software or hardware. It has the advantage of being able to

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The figure is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Center A12... Central processing unit, 3... Knowledge base storage device, 4... Terminal device, 5... Alarm output device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a data communication network system that has centers at multiple locations and connects each center with communication lines, communication records output by the system (data transmission/reception times, transmission/reception times,
A data communication monitoring method that is characterized by analyzing the communication status record (which continuously outputs the reception location) using a terminal device equipped with an AI function to determine whether the system is normal or abnormal.