KR100359707B1 - Device management system and method using barcode reader - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a communication equipment management system and method for automatically processing a failure history reception, unused processing, and management switching tasks for various devices mounted on exchange equipment in a telecommunication company providing a mobile communication service through a barcode reader. Regarding, the equipment management system using a barcode reader according to the present invention receives selection information for selecting one of a plurality of equipment management unit for managing the equipment by the user, and receives the barcode information described in the barcode attached to the equipment A barcode reader for receiving input and outputting transmission information including selection information and the barcode information; And a device management device including a plurality of device management units, receiving the transmission information output from the barcode reader, and a device management unit corresponding to the selection information to perform the device management by inputting the barcode information.

According to the present invention, the input error can be reduced by inputting the details of various communication equipments located at a considerable distance from the equipment management computer through a barcode reader, and by selecting a related program provided in the equipment management computer directly from the barcode reader. Equipment management can be efficiently performed without being affected by the obstacles due to the location of the barcode reader and the equipment management computer.

Description

Device management system and method using barcode reader {Device management system and method using barcode reader}

The present invention relates to an equipment management system, and in particular, a telecommunication company that provides a mobile communication service, which automatically handles failure occurrence receipt, unused processing, and management switching tasks for various devices mounted on exchange equipment through a barcode reader. A communication equipment management system and method thereof are provided.

According to the conventional equipment management system, a user selects a type of management through a user interface provided in the equipment management system, and directly inputs an identification number for the equipment to be managed to inquire and change contents on the equipment database. Could. Therefore, the user visually checks the identification numbers for various equipments, and inputs them by input means such as a keyboard, thereby causing malfunctions and inconveniences by manual operation.

In addition, other applications using conventional bar code readers replace keyboard input with data input by bar code readers. However, the bar code reader in this case is used only as an input means of data, and does not control the associated program included in the equipment management system in connection with the equipment management system.

The present invention was made to solve the above problems, and provides an apparatus and a method for managing the communication equipment for automatically processing the identification number input and the user interface screen selection of the target device in the equipment management task through a barcode reader and its method. It is done.

1 conceptually illustrates an equipment management system using a barcode according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the equipment management system using a bar code according to the present invention.

3 illustrates menu screens of a barcode reader.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an equipment management process using a barcode according to the present invention.

Figure 5 illustrates a user interface screen of the equipment management program for the reception / repair request / repair receipt.

Figure 6 illustrates a user interface screen of the equipment management program related to the management switching issue.

In order to achieve the above object, the equipment management system using a barcode reader according to the present invention receives the selection information for selecting one of a plurality of equipment management unit for managing the equipment by the user, the barcode attached to the equipment A barcode reader for receiving the barcode information described in the above and outputting transmission information including the selection information and the barcode information; And a device management device including the plurality of device management units, receiving the transmission information output from the barcode reader, and a device management unit corresponding to the selection information to perform the device management by inputting the barcode information. It features.

In order to achieve the above another object, the device management method using the reader according to the present invention is (a) a selection information for selecting one of a plurality of equipment management programs for managing the equipment using a barcode reader and the equipment Receiving barcode information written on an attached barcode; (b) transmitting the transmission information including the selection information and the bar code information to an equipment management computer; (c) querying the equipment database of the server computer and interpreting the barcode information transmitted to the equipment management computer; And (d) starting the equipment management program corresponding to the selection information among the plurality of equipment management programs by inputting the analyzed barcode information.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

According to Figure 1, the equipment management system using a barcode reader according to the present invention comprises a barcode reader 10 and the equipment management apparatus 12. The apparatus may further include a server device 16 connected to the device management device 12 and the network 14 and having a device database 18 for storing management information and barcode analysis information about the device.

The barcode reader 10 receives selection information for selecting one of a plurality of equipment management programs for managing equipment by a user, and receives barcode information described in a barcode attached to the equipment. The transmission information including the selection information and barcode information input in this way is transmitted to the equipment management apparatus 12.

The equipment management device 12 receives the transmission information from the barcode reader 10 and analyzes the barcode information included in the transmission information. In order to analyze the barcode information, the equipment management device 12 uses the barcode analysis information stored in the equipment database 18 provided in the server device 16. The equipment management apparatus 12 includes a plurality of equipment management programs, and activates a corresponding equipment management program by using the selection information included in the transmission information. The started equipment management program performs the equipment management by inputting the analyzed barcode information.

At this time, the barcode reader 10 and the equipment management device 12 may be provided with a radio modem for transmitting and receiving transmission information, respectively.

Referring to FIG. 2, the barcode reader 10 illustrated in FIG. 1 includes a menu selection unit 20, a barcode input unit 21, and a barcode transmission unit 22.

The menu selection unit 20 displays a menu to the user and determines a control command for controlling the operation of the selection information and other components of the barcode reader 10 by the menu selected by the user.

3 illustrates an example of a menu screen flow provided by the menu selection unit 20. On the main screen provided by the menu selection unit 20 through the liquid crystal display screen provided with the barcode reader 10, menus such as history, status, on, off, cancellation, deletion, editing, and information are displayed. When the user selects '1' among the buttons provided by the barcode reader 10, a screen for inputting a country history is displayed. The national history refers to an area where communication equipment managed by an embodiment of the present invention is installed, and a national history bar code attached to the device is read on the national history input screen. When the user selects '2' among the buttons included in the barcode reader 10, a work state selection screen is displayed. The work state selected by the user is selection information and corresponds to a related equipment management program included in the equipment management apparatus. Among the buttons provided by the barcode reader 10, '3' and '4' correspond to "online transmission" and "offline transmission" of barcode information, respectively. On-line and off-line transmission of barcode information will be described later. Among the buttons provided by the barcode reader 10, '5' and '6' correspond to "cancellation" and "deletion" of the selection information and barcode information input so far, respectively. The user can select '7' among the buttons provided by the barcode reader 10 to edit the selection information and barcode information input so far, and select '8' to select the selection information and barcode information input until gold You can check by categorizing by content.

When the user selects 'C' among buttons provided by the barcode reader 10, the barcode input unit 21 inputs barcode information from a barcode attached to communication equipment. Bar code systems used in one embodiment of the present invention are shown in Table 1.

Barcode system (total length: 22 bytes) Barcode system One 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 company proboscidian Equipment name Components Kinds Year of manufacture Serial Number

▶ Company: Manufacturer Code (Samsung: 001, LG: 002, Daewoo: 003, Hyundai: 004, Lucent: 005)

▶ Equipment: Type of Equipment (PCX: 01, BTR: 02, Measuring Instruments: 03)

▶ Equipment Name: Name of the equipment (M10CN: 001, TDX-10: 002)

▶ Component: Equipment Characteristics (CCS: 001, INS: 002, AST-Y: 003)

▶ Type: Unit type of equipment (rack: 1, self: 2, PBA: 3, other: 4, system: 5, computer equipment: 6)

▶ Year of manufacture: Year of manufacture at the equipment manufacturer (9701: January 1997)

▶ Serial Number

Code example: 001 01 001 114 3 9701 123456

Samsung PCX HD30 ASM U 9701 123456

When the user selects 'F3' among the buttons provided by the barcode reader 10, the barcode transmitter 22 transmits the transmission information including the selection information and barcode information to the equipment management device 12. Transmission information in one embodiment of the present invention has the configuration shown in Table 2.

Composition of Transmission Information Item byte Yes Explanation National code 5 SL001 Selection information 2 01 01: Use, 02: Spare, 03: Breakdown, 04: New, 05: Repair received, 06: Repair request, 07: Repair received, 08: Accepted, 09: Unused, 10: Change management, 11: Change management Goods Issue, 12: Management Conversion, 13: Barcode information 22 0010100111439609123456 Bar code attached to the device

There are two methods of transmitting the transmission information by the barcode transmission unit 22, an online transmission and an offline transmission. The online transmission method is a method in which the barcode transmission unit 22 transmits one piece of transmission information to the equipment management device 12 and then checks whether it is normally received from the equipment management device 12, and the offline transmission method is a barcode transmission unit. After 22 transmits the transmission information including the plurality of bar code information to the equipment management device 12, it is a method of confirming whether or not normally received from the equipment management device (12).

Referring again to FIG. 2, the equipment management apparatus 12 includes a barcode interface unit 24, a barcode information analysis unit 28, and a plurality of equipment management units 32.

The barcode interface unit 24 includes selection information and barcode information from the serial port processor 25 and the barcode transmitter 22 of the barcode reader 10 for establishing and releasing a connection with the barcode reader 10 by a serial port. A bar code receiver 26 for receiving transmission information is provided.

The barcode information analysis unit 28 receives the transmission information from the barcode interface unit 24 and corresponds to the barcode analysis unit 29 and the selection information for interpreting the barcode information using the barcode analysis information stored in the equipment database 18. It is equipped with the equipment management unit start unit 30 for starting the equipment management unit 32.

The equipment manager 32 is activated by the barcode information analyzer 30 and inputs barcode information analyzed by the barcode analyzer 29 to perform equipment management. Each equipment management unit corresponds to each menu of the job status selection screen of FIG. 3, receives additional management information from the user, and displays barcode information analyzed by the barcode analyzer 29 and additional management information input from the user on the monitor screen. It is provided with a database storage unit 34 for storing the bar code information analyzed by the user interface 33 and the bar code analysis unit 29 to display and additional management information input from the user in the equipment database (18).

Hereinafter, with reference to Figure 4 will be described in detail the equipment management process using a barcode reader.

Selection information for selecting one of the plurality of equipment management programs for managing the equipment and the barcode information described in the barcode attached to the equipment is input by the barcode reader (step 400).

The selection information and barcode information input by the barcode reader are composed of transmission information and transmitted to the equipment management computer (step 410).

The barcode information transmitted to the equipment management computer is interpreted by the barcode interpretation information stored in the equipment database of the server computer (step 420), and the equipment of one of the plurality of equipment management programs is selected by the selection information transmitted to the equipment management computer. The management program is selected and started (step 430).

Additional management information is input from the user by the started equipment management program (step 440), and the analyzed barcode information and additionally inputted management information are stored in the equipment database (step 450).

Figure 5 illustrates a user interface screen of the equipment management program related to the failure reception / repair request / repair receipt. When the user selects' 4. If one bar code information is transmitted by the online transmission method, one bar code information is displayed in an area of reference number 50, and the bar code information is interpreted and displayed in an area of reference number 52. If the user enters additional management information in the area of reference numeral 54, the contents are also displayed in the area of reference numeral 50 as well.

If a plurality of barcode information is transmitted by an offline transmission method, a plurality of barcode information is displayed in an area of reference number 50, and a plurality of barcode information is displayed in an area of reference number 52, which is displayed at the end of the barcode information displayed in an area of reference number 50. Barcode information is interpreted and displayed. When the user selects other bar code information in the area of reference numeral 50, the bar code information selected in the area of reference numeral 52 is interpreted and displayed. The user can enter additional management information for the selected bar code information in the area of reference numeral 54, the contents of which are displayed again in the area of reference numeral 50.

If the user inputs additional management information and selects the save button at the bottom of the screen, the contents are stored in the equipment database.

Figure 5 illustrates a user interface screen of the equipment management program related to the management switching issue. The user selects '12. 'On the operation status selection screen of FIG. 3 on the LCD display screen of the barcode reader. When it is selected, the barcode information is interpreted and displayed on the user interface screen of FIG. 5 on the monitor screen of the equipment management apparatus. If the user inputs additional management information and selects the save button at the bottom of the screen, the contents are stored in the equipment database.

According to the present invention, the input error can be reduced by inputting the details of various communication devices located at a considerable distance from the equipment management computer through a barcode reader, and by selecting a related program provided in the equipment management computer directly from the barcode reader. Equipment management can be efficiently performed without being affected by the obstacles due to the location of the barcode reader and the equipment management computer.

Claims (8)

Receiving selection information for selecting one of a plurality of equipment management units for managing equipment by a user, receiving barcode information written on a barcode attached to the equipment, and receiving transmission information including the selection information and the barcode information; An output barcode reader; A device management device including the plurality of device management units, receiving transmission information output from the bar code reader, and a device management unit corresponding to the selection information as the input of the bar code information to perform device management; And And a equipment database for transmitting barcode analysis information corresponding to the barcode information to the equipment management apparatus and receiving and storing equipment management information from the equipment management apparatus. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the barcode reader and the equipment management device are respectively. Equipment management system using a bar code reader, characterized in that it comprises a wireless modem for transmitting and receiving the transmission information. The method of claim 1, wherein the barcode reader A menu selection unit which displays a menu to a user and determines the selection information and a control command by a menu selected by the user; A bar code input unit which receives the bar code information by the control command; And Equipment management system using a bar code reader characterized in that it comprises a bar code transmission unit for transmitting the transmission information to the device management device by the control command. The barcode information input by the barcode input unit is Equipment management system using a bar code reader, characterized in that the bar code information read from a plurality of bar codes attached to a plurality of devices. In claim 1, Further comprising a server device connected to the equipment management device and a network, The equipment database is a equipment management system using a barcode reader, characterized in that provided in the server device. The device management apparatus of claim 5, wherein A barcode interface unit which connects to the barcode reader, receives the transmission information, and disconnects the barcode reader; A bar code information analysis unit which receives the transmission information from the bar code interface unit, interprets the bar code information using the bar code analysis information stored in the device database, and starts the device manager corresponding to the selection information; And Equipment management system using a bar code reader characterized in that it is activated by the bar code information analysis unit, and has a plurality of device management unit for performing the equipment management by inputting the bar code information analyzed by the bar code information analysis unit. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein each of the plurality of equipment managers A user interface for receiving management information from a user and displaying barcode information and input management information interpreted by the barcode information analyzer on a screen; And Equipment management system using a barcode reader characterized in that it comprises a database storage for storing the barcode information and the input management information analyzed by the barcode information analysis unit in the equipment database. (a) receiving selection information for selecting one of a plurality of equipment management programs for managing equipment using a barcode reader and barcode information described in a barcode attached to the equipment; (b) transmitting the transmission information including the selection information and the bar code information to an equipment management computer; (c) querying the equipment database of the server computer and interpreting the barcode information transmitted to the equipment management computer; (d) starting the equipment management program corresponding to the selection information among the plurality of equipment management programs by inputting the analyzed barcode information; (e) receiving additional management information from a user; And (f) storing the analyzed barcode information and the input management information in the equipment database.