JPH0322074A - Data processor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute macro functions even at the time of the absence of an operator by providing a macro executing means which executes a registered macro instruction at the set time set by an alarm setting means. CONSTITUTION:An alarm setting means 100 which sets an alarm function, a macro register means 200 which registers plural instructions due to key operations performed in a prescribed order as a macro instruction, and a macro executing means 300 which executes the registered macro instruction at the set time set by the alarm setting means 100 are provided. That is, the time when alarm should be generated is set by the alarm setting means 100, and desired instructions are registered as a macro instruction by the macro register means 200. This macro instruction is executed at the set time by the macro executing means 300. Thus, a series of operations are surely executed even at the time of the absence of the operator.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention executes a registered macro instruction when a set time comes by an alarm function. Word processors and the like each had an alarm function and a macro function.

In these devices, the alarm function is to set an alarm at a certain time and to sound an alarm sound (warning) at the set time. This is to notify the operator that the set time has arrived.

On the other hand, the macro function is a function that allows a processing procedure consisting of a plurality of instructions to be performed with one macro instruction. That is, to print out a certain document file, first search for that file, call up that file, print it out, and then store this file. This series of processing is performed by performing a plurality of key operations in a fixed order. Save these multiple key operations as a macro file and register them as macro keys. Thereafter, when the operator presses the registered macro key, the above-described multiple key operations are performed.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, in such conventional data processing devices, the alarm function merely sounds an alarm sound at a set time. Furthermore, the macro function is operated by an operator by pressing a macro key, separately from the above-mentioned alarm function.

For example, the file printing operation described above is performed by a single key operation. As a result, in conventional data processing equipment, each function was only executed separately, so if the operator was absent, the alarm function was not valid, and the macro function could not be activated. The problem was that the various functions were not working effectively.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, the present invention provides a data processing device that can execute a macro command using an alarm function, thereby allowing the macro function to be executed even in the absence of an operator, thereby expanding the scope of use of the macro function. Its purpose is to.

<Means for Solving the Problems> As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 1, the present invention has an alarm function that issues an alarm at a set time, and a macro function that converts multiple commands into a single macro command. Alarm setting means 100 for setting the above-mentioned alarm function, and macro registration means 200 for registering a plurality of commands by key operations in a predetermined order as macro commands.
and macro execution means 300 for executing a registered macro command at a set time set by alarm setting means 100.

<Operation> In the data processing apparatus according to the present invention, the alarm setting means 100 sets the time at which an alarm is issued, and the macro registration means 200 registers a desired command as a macro command. Then, the macro execution means 300 executes this macro instruction at the set time. Therefore, even in the absence of an operator, a series of operations can be executed reliably.Embodiments> Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a data processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In this figure, reference numeral 11 denotes a keyboard, and inputs from the keyboard are inputted manually to a key processing control section 13 . The key manual processing control section 13 is constituted by, for example, a known CPU.

15 is a macro file storage unit that exchanges data with this key manual processing control unit 13, and this macro file storage unit 15 stores key data K indicating key operation 1.
A plurality of macro files MF are stored in which D is stored in a sequential order. The macro file MF is composed of, for example, a floppy disk, a magnetic tape, or the like.

17 is a queue for temporarily loading the key data I<D of this macro file MF,
3, the key data KD is read/written.

Reference numeral 19 denotes a system processing control section, which executes processing, such as printing out, in accordance with the contents of the key data KD sent from the key manual processing control section 13. This system processing control section 19 is constituted by a known microprocessor or the like.

Note that the key manual processing control section 13 sends either the key data KD from the keyboard l1 or the key data KD loaded in the queue 17 to the system processing control section 19.

On the other hand, 2l is an alarm processing control section, into which data from the alarm information storage section 23 and the real-time clock 25 are input. This alarm processing control section 21 is constituted by, for example, a known microprocessor ζ7, and performs alarm processing based on alarm information AD shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the alarm information storage unit 23 stores alarm information AD,
That is, alarm time, presence or absence of alarm sound, and macro keys are stored.

In the data processing device having the above configuration, first, the alarm setting means sets an alarm time at which a warning is to be issued. Next, the macro registration means registers the desired command as a macro command.

Then, when the set alarm time comes, the macro command is executed by the macro execution means.

In this case, the setting of the alarm time, etc. is done manually using the keyboard 11, and as described above, the alarm information AD is set while looking at the menu displayed on the CRT. As shown in FIG. 3, the alarm information AD includes alarm time, presence or absence of alarm sound, and macro key settings.

Here, the alarm time is a set date and time, and if an alarm sound is set, the alarm sound (beep sound) is sounded at the set time, and if not set, it is not sounded.

Note that this macro key is executed at the alarm time set in this manner.

Further, this alarm information AD is stored in the alarm information storage unit 2.
3. Note that this alarm information AD is not limited to a single alarm information, and a plurality of alarm information AD may be set.

Next, the setting of macro instructions will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. This flowchart shows the processing procedure of the CPU in the key manual processing control section l3.

First, when defining a macro function, if there is no key force (KD) in queue l7 (step S1 negative), and if there is key force from keyboard II (step S
2) is assumed.

In step S3, it is determined whether or not the operator has pressed the macro definition start key on the keyboard 11. If the operator has pressed the macro definition start key (Yes in step S3), a macro function is defined (steps S4 to S6).

That is, as will be described later, if a plurality of desired data keys are pressed in a desired order (Yes at step S4), the process continues until the macro definition end key is pressed (step S5).
(Affirmative) data key manpower constitutes a plurality of instructions.

In this case, the manual input of a plurality of data keys (key data KD) from when the macro definition start key is pressed until when the macro definition end key is pressed is stored in the macro file MF (step S6).

When the macro definition end key is pressed (step S5W fixed)
, this macro file MF is assigned to an arbitrary macro key (step S7).

The above is the procedure for registering a plurality of commands as macro commands in the macro file MF by key operations in a predetermined procedure.

For example, a case will be described in which a group of instructions for printing out a document file called "rtestl" is defined as one macro instruction.

In this case, the file rtestlJ is searched for, called, printed out by the printer, and then stored. The procedure for this series of key operations is as follows.

That is, press ``■rFiles key''. ■Press the "F4 key" to display the search menu on the screen. ■rAl
t+X key" erases the characters in the field part of the search menu. ■rjJ, reJ, rsJ, rt
Key input J, rlJ into the field part of Search Four. ■Press the "rENTER key" to execute a file search.

The rtestlJ file was searched, so ■rS
Select with the ELECT key. ■rENTER
Press the "key" to call rtestlJ. ■rPR
Press the INT key and set the parameters correctly. ■
Press "rENTER key" to print rtestlJ. (11DrFiles key), press rte
stl" file.

By defining the above key operations from (1) to (phase) as macro commands, predetermined operations and processing can be performed simply by pressing the macro keys.

That is, in a normal key operation, when the operator presses the macro key assigned in this way, the key operation stored in the macro file MF is executed.

Here, when this macro instruction is executed, the key manual processing control unit 13 checks whether any instruction KD is loaded in the queue 17 before receiving an input from the keyboard 11 (step Sl). If no command is loaded, key input from the keyboard 11 is obtained (step S2).

If this key is neither a macro definition key nor a macro key (step S3 negative, step S8 negative), normal system processing is performed in the system processing control section 19 (step S9). In step S8, if the key is a macro key, the macro file MF assigned to this macro key is searched for in step S8.
O) Load the series of key inputs stored in the macro file MF into the queue 17 (step S11).

Thereafter, the process returns to step S1 and proceeds to step S12, and the process continues until the queue 17 has no key personnel.
The key manpower obtained from this process is treated as normal key manpower (steps Sl, S12, S8, S9).

As a result of the above, the key operations stored in the macro file MF are executed.

Next, the alarm function of the present invention will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In this embodiment, the alarm function is performed by a timer interrupt at fixed time intervals (for example, every 50 msec). When a timer interrupt occurs, the alarm processing control unit 21
The processing is performed according to the procedure shown in FIG.

This process first checks whether the counter N is greater than O (step S21), and if the counter N is O, compares the current time (read by the real time clock 25) with the already set alarm time ( Step S22,S
23) If the two times are different, the interrupt process ends (No in step S23). This is because the alarm time has not yet arrived.

If both times match, it is determined whether or not an alarm sound is set based on the alarm information AD (step S24), and if the alarm sound is set, the alarm sound is sounded (step S25), and if not set, the alarm sound is sounded (step S25). does not sound (proceeds directly from step S24 to step 326).

Furthermore, it is checked from the alarm information AD whether a macro key has been set (step 826), and if so, a counter is set to N=3600 (step 828).

Then, the counter is decremented (step S29).
). And if N = not 0 (Step S30 negative)
This interrupt processing is terminated without execution, and the counter N is checked first in the next timer interrupt (step S21).
). Since it is Neo, check whether there is key power (step S27), and if there is key power, set the counter again to N = 36.
It is reset to 00 (step 828). Further, the counter N is decremented, and only if N=O (step S30 affirmative), proceed to the next step S31,
The macro key is loaded into the queue 17 and the interrupt processing is terminated.

Here, since macro keys are stacked in queue 17,
The system gets this macro key as a key input.

Then, as described above, the operation of the macro file assigned to this macro key is executed.

As described above, in steps 827 to S31, after the alarm sound is sounded, the reason why the operator waits for a predetermined period of time, e.g., 3 minutes, for executing the macro key is because the operator This is to give priority to that process when it is being executed. While the operator is executing a process, timer interrupts are allowed, but execution of macro keys is delayed by the waiting time. Note that execution of the macro key can also be started at the same time as the alarm sound is generated.

It is also possible to add a waiting time to the alarm information AD so that the setting of the waiting time can be changed using one menu.

As described above, in addition to printing out the document file at the set time, the macro command can also print out the document file at the set time.
Various things can be considered, such as displaying a calendar, running communication application programs (this is especially effective for facsimile communications to foreign countries with large time differences), printing out or sending correspondence such as letters, calculations at regular time intervals, etc. It will be done.

<Effects> As described above, according to the present invention, by executing the macro command using the alarm function, the macro function can be executed even when the operator is absent, expanding the scope of use of the macro function. can do.

Further, in the above embodiment, execution of the macro command can be temporarily delayed while the operator is performing other processing at the set time. Furthermore, in this case, the macro command can be easily executed at the set time without preparing a special program.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a data processing device according to the present invention as a function realizing means, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the data processing device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. A configuration diagram showing alarm information according to one embodiment, FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in a key manual processing control section according to one embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a process in an alarm processing control section according to another embodiment. It is a flowchart showing the procedure. 100●●・・●◆・◆・Alarm setting means, 200・
・・・・・・Macro registration means, 300・・・・・・
...Macro execution means. Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A data processing device having an alarm function that issues an alarm at a set time and a macro function that converts a plurality of commands into a single macro command, comprising: an alarm setting means for setting the alarm function; The present invention is characterized by comprising: macro registration means for registering a plurality of commands by key operations in a predetermined procedure as macro commands; and macro execution means for executing the registered macro commands at a set time set by an alarm setting means. data processing equipment.