TWI753454B - Method for monitoring electronic devices - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention discloses a method for monitoring electronic devices. The method for monitoring electronic devices includes the following steps. First, according to the relative positions of electronic devices in a cabinet, a display position correspondence table is set, and the display position correspondence table records a plurality of network location information corresponding to the electronic devices and display positions on a browsing interface. And, each electronic device is connected to obtain a device pattern and the corresponding network location information, and the device pattern is associated with an appearance shape of the corresponding electronic device. Moreover, according to the network location information of each electronic device, the display location correspondence table is searched to display the corresponding device pattern in the display location in the browsing interface. The relative position of the device pattern displayed in the browsing interface is the same as the relative position of the corresponding electronic device in the cabinet.

Description

Electronic equipment monitoring method

The present invention relates to an electronic device monitoring method, in particular to an electronic device monitoring method for remote operation.

Traditionally, when the number of electronic devices is large, a main computer is often used to control and manage all electronic devices. In practice, it is assumed that multiple electronic devices are placed in one room, and most of the main computers are set up in the same place, so that engineers can operate on the spot. The advantage is that engineers can directly see each electronic device on site, it is easier to determine that the correct electronic device is controlled, and they can also check the working status of each electronic device in real time. In other words, engineers can use the main computer more intuitively in the field and avoid misuse. However, if the electronic equipment needs to be in operation for an extended period of time, it is obviously not efficient to leave the engineer on site. Also, if the engineer needs to manage electronic equipment in multiple locations, it is not convenient and fast enough for the engineer to actually move to multiple locations.

In order to allow engineers to work remotely, the current solution is to connect electronic devices to the network and connect them to the electronic devices one by one for the engineers to operate, so that the engineers can browse the working status of the electronic devices in a fixed office. However, it is not easy for the engineer to determine that the correct electronic device has been controlled because the engineer is not on site, and it is not intuitive to wire the electronic devices one by one. Accordingly, the industry needs a new monitoring method for electronic equipment, which not only needs to be able to remotely control electronic equipment, but also allows engineers to operate and use it more intuitively.

The present invention provides an electronic device monitoring method, which can simultaneously display a plurality of electronic devices in a browsing interface, and the electronic devices displayed in the browsing interface and the real electronic devices can have the same positional relationship, so that engineers can be more intuitive operation and use.

The present invention provides an electronic device monitoring method for monitoring multiple electronic devices, and the electronic device monitoring method includes the following steps. First, according to the relative positions of the plurality of electronic devices in the cabinet, a display position correspondence table is set, and the display position correspondence table records the network location information corresponding to each electronic device and the display position on the browsing interface. Moreover, each electronic device is connected to read the device pattern and network location information, and the device pattern is associated with the appearance shape of the corresponding electronic device. Moreover, according to the network location information of each electronic device, the display location correspondence table is searched to display the corresponding device pattern at the display location in the browsing interface. The relative position of the device pattern displayed in the browsing interface is the same as the relative position of the corresponding electronic device in the cabinet.

In some embodiments, the device pattern may be a realistic appearance pattern of the corresponding electronic device, and the device pattern may be stored in the corresponding electronic device. The electronic device monitoring method may further include the following steps. First, obtain working status information of each electronic device. In addition, the working status information of each electronic device is linked to the device pattern corresponding to each electronic device in the browsing interface. In addition, when the device pattern is selected in the browsing interface, the working status information of the corresponding electronic device can be displayed. In addition, the working status information of each electronic device can also be displayed on the corresponding device pattern in the browsing interface. When the working status information includes alarm information, the alarm sound effect corresponding to the alarm information can also be played in the browsing interface.

In some embodiments, the browsing interface is further configured to receive an operation command, and the operation command is used to control at least one device pattern displayed in the browsing interface. In addition, the browsing interface can also be used to receive the full setting command. When the browsing interface receives the full setting command, the operation command is used to control all the device patterns displayed in the browsing interface.

To sum up, the electronic device monitoring method provided by the present invention can simultaneously display a plurality of device patterns associated with a plurality of electronic devices in one browsing interface. Here, since each device pattern simulates the appearance and shape of the electronic device, and the relative position of the device pattern in the browsing interface echoes the positional relationship of the actual electronic device, engineers can operate intuitively in the browsing interface. with use.

The features, objects and functions of the present invention will be further disclosed below. However, the following descriptions are only examples of the present invention, and should not be used to limit the scope of the present invention, that is, any equivalent changes and modifications made according to the scope of the patent application of the present invention will still be the essence of the present invention, Without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, it should be regarded as a further embodiment of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 together. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a test system to which the electronic device monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be applied. Schematic diagram in the interface. As shown in the figure, the electronic device monitoring method of the present invention can be applied to a test system 1, and the test system 1 can include a cabinet 10 and a plurality of electronic devices 12a-12e. Here, the cabinet 10 may be a box or shelf for storing the electronic devices 12a-12e, and the electronic devices 12a-12e may be various machines for performing electrical tests, such as a voltage supply, a current supply or The instrument for detecting voltage or current is not limited in this embodiment. In addition, although FIG. 1 shows one cabinet 10 and five electronic devices 12a to 12e placed in the cabinet 10, this embodiment does not actually limit the number of cabinets 10 that can be included in the test system 1, and each cabinet The number of electronic devices that can be included in 10. In addition, the cabinet 10 in FIG. 1 demonstrates that the electronic devices 12a to 12e are placed in a stacked manner. For convenience of description, this embodiment is not limited. For example, the electronic devices 12a to 12e may also be placed in a horizontally adjacent manner. in cabinet 10.

In addition to the functions of the electronic devices 12a to 12e that can be used to perform electrical tests, each of the electronic devices should also have the function of network communication. For example, each of the electronic devices 12a-12e can be wired or wirelessly connected to the Internet, and each can be assigned an identifiable network location information (IP address). In practical operation, in order to remotely control the electronic devices 12a-12e in the cabinet 10, the engineer can design a network platform 2, and the network platform 2 can be formed in the form of a web page or an application program, for example. In order to facilitate the engineer's control, the network platform 2 may include a graphical browsing interface 20, and the browsing interface 20 may be used to display a plurality of device patterns 22a-22e. In one example, the device patterns 22a-22e may be two-dimensional drawings or three-dimensional models for representing the physical electronic devices 12a-12e. In practice, the device patterns 22a-22e are not pre-stored in the network platform 2, but are stored in the electronic devices 12a-12e. For example, the electronic device 12a can store the device pattern 22a associated with its own machine, and when the network platform 2 is connected to the electronic device 12a, the network platform 2 needs to obtain the relevant device pattern 22a from the electronic device 12a.

This embodiment demonstrates that the electronic devices 12a to 12e can each store their own device patterns 22a to 22e. One of the advantages is that because there are many models of electronic devices in practice, storing their own device patterns can save the storage space of the network platform 2. It is not used for the network platform 2 to pre-store device patterns corresponding to too many models. For example, the electronic device 12a can store its own device pattern 22a when it leaves the factory. On the one hand, it can ensure that the device pattern 22a matches the appearance and shape of the electronic device 12a, and because the electronic device 12a only needs to store a single (self ) device pattern 22a, which requires little storage space and will not affect other functions of the electronic device 12a. In one example, the device pattern 22a may be an appearance-like pattern of the electronic device 12a, and the appearance-like pattern may completely simulate the appearance shape of the electronic device 12a. That is to say, when the network platform 2 is connected to the electronic device 12 a, the device pattern 22 a is obtained from the electronic device 12 a and displayed on the browsing interface 20 . At this time, the device pattern 22a seen by the engineer in the browsing interface 20 can completely correspond to the actual electronic device 12a, and there is no need to doubt or guess which machine the device pattern 22a refers to.

On the other hand, after the test system 1 is set up, a display position correspondence table (not shown) can be set according to the relative positions of the electronic devices 12a to 12e in the cabinet 10 . In one example, the display location correspondence table may record the network location information corresponding to each of the electronic devices 12 a to 12 e and the display location in the browsing interface 20 to display the network location information. For example, the display position correspondence table can record that the electronic device 12a corresponds to the network location information IP1, and the display position 24a in the browsing interface 20 can be marked under the field of the network location information IP1. Similarly, the display position correspondence table may record in order that the electronic devices 12b to 12e correspond to the network location information IP2 to IP5, and the network location information IP2 to IP5 respectively correspond to the display positions 24b to 24e in the browsing interface 20. This implementation Examples are not repeated here. In practice, the display position correspondence table can be manually set by an engineer. For example, the engineer can connect the electronic devices 12a to 12e first, and record the network location information IP1 to IP5 of the electronic devices 12a to 12e in the display position correspondence table. Next, the engineer can also see the relative positions of the electronic devices 12a to 12e in the cabinet 10 at the scene. From top to bottom, they are the electronic device 12a, the electronic device 12b, the electronic device 12c, the electronic device 12d, and the electronic device 12e. At the same time, the network location information IP1~IP5 can be corresponding to the top-down display positions 24a~24e respectively.

Taking a practical example, when the network platform 2 is connected to the electronic device 12a, the network platform 2 not only obtains the device pattern 22a from the electronic device 12a, but also obtains the network location information IP1 of the electronic device 12a. At this time, since the display location correspondence table is known, the network platform 2 only needs to query the display location correspondence table from the network location information IP1 to know that the network location information IP1 corresponds to the display location 24a. Then, the network platform 2 can display the device pattern 22a in the display position 24a. That is to say, after the network platform 2 is successively connected to other electronic devices, such as the electronic devices 12b to 12e, the display positions 24b to 24e corresponding to the network location information IP2 to IP5 can also be known, and the devices can be correctly The patterns 22b to 22e are displayed at the display positions 24b to 24e, respectively. Those skilled in the art should understand that, since the relative positions of the electronic devices 12a-12e in the cabinet 10 have been set in the display position correspondence table, and the network platform 2 will also display the device pattern according to the display position correspondence table. 22a-22e, so the relative positions of the electronic devices 12a-12e in the cabinet 10 and the relative positions of the device patterns 22a-22e in the browsing interface 20 will of course be the same.

In addition, the browsing interface 20 can display not only the device patterns 22a-22e, but also the respective working status information of the device patterns 22a-22e. In one example, after the network platform 2 is connected to the electronic device 12a, the network platform 2 can also obtain working status information of the electronic device 12a. Taking the electronic device 12a as an example of a power supply, the network platform 2 can know the voltage, current, and power that the electronic device 12a is outputting, or the voltage, current, and power that the electronic device 12a is set to output, and the work to be obtained. Status information is linked to the device pattern 22a. Of course, there are many means for the network platform 2 to link the working state information to the corresponding device pattern 22a, which is not limited in this embodiment. Taking a practical example, suppose that when the engineer wants to view the working state information of the electronic device 12a in the browsing interface 20, the network platform 2 can directly display the working state information of the electronic device 12a around the device drawing 22a, so that the engineer can It can be seen that the working state information is associated with the device pattern 22a, so it can be understood that the working state information is obtained from the electronic device 12a. In addition, the network platform 2 may not directly display the working status information on the browsing interface 20, but when the engineer clicks on the device icon 22a to indicate that he wants to view the working status information of the electronic device 12a, he then uses a pop-up dialog box or window to display the working status information of the electronic device 12a. The working status information of the electronic device 12 a is directly displayed on the browsing interface 20 . In addition, assuming that the network platform 2 is a web page structure (such as a web browser), when the engineer clicks on the device icon 22a to indicate that he wants to view the working status information of the electronic device 12a, the network platform 2 can also open a new page to display the electronic device 12a. The working status information of the device 12a is displayed directly in the new tab.

Please refer to FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 together. FIG. 3 and FIG. 3 are schematic diagrams of the electronic device monitoring method in the browsing interface according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, as in the previous embodiment, the network platform 3 can also have a browsing interface 30, and the browsing interface 30 can also display device patterns 32a-32e, and the device patterns 32a-32e can also correspond to electronic devices Devices 12a to 12e. Different from the previous embodiment, the browsing interface 30 may also include other information. For example, the browsing interface 30 may include a control panel pattern 34 , an input row 36 and a key pattern 38 corresponding to each device pattern. In one example, if the device patterns 32a to 32e are of the same model, the respective correspondence of the device patterns 32a to 32e to the control panel pattern 34 should also be the same. Taking the control panel pattern 34 corresponding to the device pattern 32a as an example, the control panel pattern 34 may include a working state information block 340 and an input block 342 . Here, the working status information block 340 can be used to display the working status information of the electronic device 12a, and the input block 342 can provide the engineer to directly input various operation instructions. For example, when the electronic device 12a is a power supply, the working status information block 340 can display the current voltage and current supplied by the electronic device 12a, and the engineer can set the voltage or current to be output by the electronic device 12a through the input block 342 .

Of course, although the input block 342 shown in FIG. 3 includes numeric keys, this embodiment is not limited, as long as the engineer can control the corresponding electronic device 12a through the input block 342, it should belong to the scope of this embodiment. In addition, the input column 36 in the browsing interface 30 can input operation commands or logic commands. For example, the engineer can set the voltage or current to be output by the electronic device 12 a in the input block 342 , and input “loop”, “delay” in the input column 36 ” and other logic commands to remotely control the electronic device 12a more accurately. In addition, the engineer may also directly set the voltage or current to be output by the electronic device 12 a in the input row 36 and add logic instructions. The present embodiment does not limit the use of the input row 36 .

In one example, the key pattern 38 can be a select-all key, for example, all device patterns 32a-32e can be selected to be marked, or none of the device patterns 32a-32e can be marked. Taking the above example as an example, assuming that the engineer wants the electronic devices 12a to 12e to perform the same operation, he can input the operation command in the input column 36 or the input block 342 corresponding to the device pattern 32a, and click the button pattern 38 to select all the The device patterns 32a-32e, so that the operation command received in the input column 36 or the input block 342 can be applied to all the device patterns 32a-32e. That is to say, the engineer can synchronously control all the electronic devices 12a-12e by clicking on the key pattern 38, thereby avoiding the trouble of inputting operation instructions one by one. It is worth mentioning that the control panel drawing 34 may also be part of the device drawing 32a. For example, as long as the electronic device 12a itself includes a control panel, since the device design 32a is a realistic design of the electronic device 12a, of course, the device design 32a may be more complex and may include the control panel design 34 .

In one example, the working state information of the electronic device 12a may further include alarm information, and the alarm information may be used, for example, to remind the electronic device 12a of overheating, abnormal output or various other faults, which is not limited in this embodiment. In practice, when the electronic device 12a fails, the network platform 3 can play an alarm sound effect corresponding to the alarm information in the browsing interface 30. For example, when the electronic device 12a is overheated, the browsing interface 30 can play a voice such as "The electronic device 12a is overheating". , or a special audio can be played to indicate the type of failure. Of course, this embodiment does not limit that one alarm signal can only be voiced in one language. In one example, the network platform 3 can also selectively play voices corresponding to various languages in the browsing interface 30 based on the country or a custom language (eg, Chinese, English, Japanese, etc.) set in the browsing interface 30 .

It is worth mentioning that the device pattern 32a in this embodiment may also be updated at a certain time. For example, after the electronic device 12a is repaired or hardware upgraded, the device pattern 32a can be updated to the latest appearance of the electronic device 12a. Alternatively, the device pattern 32a may reflect the most immediate appearance shape of the electronic device 12a. For example, when the aforementioned electronic device 12a fails, the physical electronic device 12a may light up a certain light indicating the failure. At this time, since the network platform 3 can receive the alarm information, in practice, it is possible to actively update the device pattern 32a in the browsing interface 30, and make the device pattern 32a also display the corresponding fault lights. That is to say, the network platform 3 can make the device pattern 32a simulate the real-time appearance of the electronic device 32a, so that the engineer may directly see the on-site status of the electronic device 12a in the browsing interface 20.

For convenience of explaining the electronic device monitoring method of the present invention, please refer to FIG. 1 , FIG. 2 and FIG. 4 together. FIG. 4 is a flow chart showing the steps of the electronic device monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, in step S40, a display position correspondence table may be set according to the relative positions of the electronic devices 12a-12e in the cabinet 10, and the display position correspondence table records the network corresponding to each electronic device (eg, the electronic device 12a). The location information (eg, the network location information IP1 ) and the display location (eg, the display location 24 a ) on the browsing interface 20 . In step S42, the network platform 2 can connect to each electronic device (such as the electronic device 12a) to read the device pattern (for example, the device pattern 22a) and the network location information (for example, the network location information IP1), the device pattern (eg, device pattern 22a) is associated with the appearance shape of a corresponding electronic device (eg, electronic device 12a). In step S44, the network platform 2 may search the display location correspondence table according to the network location information (eg, the network location information IP1) of each electronic device (eg, the electronic device 12a), so as to map the corresponding device pattern (eg, the device The pattern 22a) is displayed at a display position (eg, the display position 24a) in the browsing interface 20. The relative positions of the device patterns 22 a to 22 e displayed in the browsing interface 20 are the same as the relative positions of the corresponding electronic devices 12 a to 12 e in the cabinet 10 . The steps of the electronic device monitoring method in this embodiment can all be found in the foregoing embodiments, which will not be repeated in this embodiment.

To sum up, the electronic device monitoring method provided by the present invention can simultaneously display a plurality of device patterns associated with a plurality of electronic devices in one browsing interface. Here, since each device pattern simulates the appearance and shape of the electronic device, and the relative position of the device pattern in the browsing interface echoes the positional relationship of the actual electronic device, engineers can operate intuitively in the browsing interface. with use.

1: Test system 10: Cabinets 12a~12e: Electronic equipment 2: Internet Platform 20:Browse interface 22a~22e: Equipment drawings 24a~24e: Display position 3: Internet Platform 30:Browse interface 32a~32e: Equipment drawings 34: Control panel pattern 340: Working status information block 342: input block 36: Input column 38: Key Pattern S40~S44: Step flow

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a test system to which an electronic device monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention can be applied.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating an electronic device monitoring method in a browsing interface according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a monitoring method of an electronic device in a browsing interface according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the steps of an electronic device monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

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Claims (8)

An electronic device monitoring method for monitoring a plurality of electronic devices, the electronic device monitoring method comprising: setting a display position correspondence table according to the relative positions of the electronic devices in a cabinet, and the display position correspondence table records each A network location information corresponding to the electronic device and a display location on a browsing interface; connecting each of the electronic devices to read a device pattern and the network location information, the device pattern being associated with the corresponding electronic device look up the display position correspondence table according to the network location information of each electronic device, so as to display the corresponding device pattern in the display position in the browsing interface; and wherein the device pattern is displayed in the The relative position in the browsing interface is the same as the relative position of the corresponding electronic device in the cabinet. The electronic equipment monitoring method according to claim 1, wherein the equipment pattern is a realistic appearance pattern of the corresponding electronic equipment. The electronic device monitoring method according to claim 1, further comprising: obtaining a working state information of each electronic device; and linking the working state information of each electronic device to each electronic device in the browsing interface The device pattern to which the device corresponds. The electronic device monitoring method according to claim 3, further comprising: when the device pattern is selected in the browsing interface, displaying the corresponding working status information of the electronic device. The electronic equipment monitoring method as described in claim 3, further comprising: The working state information of each electronic device is displayed on the corresponding device pattern in the browsing interface. The electronic equipment monitoring method according to claim 3, wherein when the working state information includes an alarm information, the electronic equipment monitoring method further comprises: playing an alarm sound effect corresponding to the alarm information in the browsing interface. The electronic device monitoring method according to claim 1, wherein the browsing interface is further configured to receive an operation command, and the operation command is used to control at least one device pattern displayed in the browsing interface. The electronic device monitoring method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the browsing interface is further configured to receive a full setting command, and when the browsing interface receives the full setting command, the operation command is used to control all settings displayed in the browsing interface of the device.

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