JPH05314042A - Message selecting and displaying method for work station - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Regarding the selective display method of received messages at workstations, the objective is that each workstation selects and displays only the messages that it needs. [Structure] The information processing apparatus 10 adds predetermined type information to each generated autonomous message and sends the message, and a plurality of workstations 20 connected to the information processing apparatus.
In each of a), a message selection information storage means 21 for storing whether or not autonomous workstations need to be stored in each workstation in advance according to type information, and a type selection information for received autonomous messages in the message selection information storage means. Message selection processing means 22 for accumulating the received autonomous message in the message storage means 23 only when it is confirmed that the accumulation is required by comparison with the rejection information, and reading and message display means 25 for the autonomous message accumulated in the message storage means 23 The message reading processing means 24a for outputting to

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method of selectively displaying received messages in a workstation.

In recent years, workstations have been used in a wide variety of fields. The workstation is an intelligent terminal of the information processing device and performs various processes by connecting to the information processing device itself, and also connects to the information processing device main body for debugging when creating a program for the workstation necessary for the processing. It is used in various forms in combination with information processing devices. In this case, the information processing apparatus to which the workstation is connected is not limited to a computer that performs data processing, but extends to a wide range of fields such as communication systems, such as exchanges.

When the information processing device and the workstation are connected, the information processing device sends out various autonomous messages generated in its own processing device to the workstation, and the workstation temporarily stores the received message in the storage device. After that, it is common to interrupt the process being executed and display it on a display device or the like to confirm the content of the message.

As the functions and processing contents of the information processing apparatus have become more sophisticated or the processing capacity has improved, the types of autonomous messages sent from the information processing apparatus have also increased, but the workstation has specific information. It is designed not to be a dedicated terminal for a processing device (eg, exchange) but to be compatible with a wide variety of information processing devices, so it is usually designed to uniformly handle these autonomous messages. Is. This increases the chances that a message unrelated to the work done by the workstation user will be provided to each workstation, and the workstation users performing different tasks will not need to use it. As a result, the time spent for message confirmation is increased, and the conventional message display is not always easy to understand and convenient for the user of the workstation.

Under these circumstances, for the autonomous message sent from the information processing device, a necessary message and an unnecessary message are defined for each workstation,
There is a demand for a message selection display method in which each workstation displays only necessary messages from important ones.

[0006]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a prior art, FIG. 9 and FIG.
Is a flowchart of the prior art. FIG. 8 shows a case in which a plurality of workstations are connected to the exchange 40 and input / output processing and program creation (including debugging) for the exchange 40
However, in the figure, only one workstation 50 is shown, and other workstations are omitted.

Although the plurality of workstations 50 connected to the exchange 40 execute separate processes, the exchange 40 autonomously sends a message when a failure or other situation that should be notified to the workstation occurs during the process. (This message is called an autonomous message, but it will be simply referred to as a message hereinafter), and each workstation 50
To send to. Each workstation 50 temporarily stores the autonomous message and displays on the display unit 25 that the message has been received.

This message includes a message notifying a failure and a message indicating that the work area of the memory (not shown) in the exchange 40 is full, so that the operator of each workstation 50 When a message is displayed to notify the reception of an autonomous message, the process being executed is interrupted at an appropriate point and the message content is displayed.
Display on 25 and confirm.

Based on the above, the message processing operation of the workstation in the prior art will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that S41 to S58 are symbols showing the steps of the flowcharts of FIGS. 9 and 10.

First, the operation until the autonomous message is stored in each workstation 50 will be described. When the work station 50 is connected to the exchange 40, the work station 50 is started up and a process is executed by a method not shown (see S41 and S42 in FIG. 9). While the process is being executed in the workstation 50, the message receiving unit 59 in the control unit 58 monitors the reception of the autonomous message from the exchange 40, and when the message is received, sends it to the message recording processing unit 52 ( S43, S44).

The message recording processing unit 52 stores the received message in a message storage unit (hereinafter simply referred to as the message file 53) in the message file 53, and when the storage is finished, an appropriate position on the screen of the display unit 25 ( It is displayed (not shown) that the autonomous message has been received (S45, S46). The control unit 58 of the workstation 50 terminates the message recording process by displaying the message reception, and the message receiving unit 59 prepares for the next message reception (S46 → S43).

Next, a message display process in the workstation 50 will be described. Although S51 and S52 in FIG. 10 show the same steps as S42 and S46 in FIG. 9,
When a message is received and displayed on the display unit 25 (S52), the user of the workstation 50 interrupts the process being executed at an appropriate time and makes a message display request from the key input unit 30 (S53, S54). ).

When this message display request is received by the message display request receiving section 31 and sent to the message reading processing section 54, the message reading processing section 54 reads the message stored in the message file 53 (S55). The read message is output from the message read processing unit 54 via the message output unit 32 and displayed on the display unit 25 (S56). When the message is output, the message reading processing unit 54 deletes the message stored in the message file 53 and ends the message display processing (S57, S58).

As described above, the autonomous message of the exchange 40 is transmitted to the workstation 50. As is apparent from the above description, when the autonomous message is sent, the workstation 50 executes the message each time. You have to interrupt the process inside and check the message. As the number of types of autonomous messages increases, the chances of sending messages unrelated to the own workstation increase, but the conventional method requires all messages to be confirmed at the workstation 50. Processing is interrupted by a message irrelevant to the station, and the processing efficiency at the workstation is reduced.

[0015]

When an autonomous message is sent from the information processing device, each time the workstation connected to the information processing device needs to interrupt the process being executed and check the content of the message. However, as the number of types of autonomous messages increases and the processing range of workstations expands, the chances that messages unrelated to their own processing will be sent out will decrease the efficiency of work at the workstation. I was invited.
For this reason, each workstation presets the type of message it needs, stores only the required messages, and displays the stored messages from the most important ones in its own workstation. A display method is required.

It is an object of the present invention that each workstation selects and displays only the message that it needs.

[0017]

1 and 2 are explanatory views of the principle of the present invention. In the figure, 10 is an information processing device, 20a and
Reference numeral 20b denotes a plurality of workstations connected to the information processing device 10. Further, the information processing device 10 in FIGS. 1 and 2 is configured to add predetermined type information to each autonomous message generated in the information processing device 10 and send the message.

Reference numerals 21 to 23 and 25 are provided in each of the plurality of workstations 20a, 20b, and 21 is storage necessity information that determines whether or not the autonomous message is stored in each workstation 20a according to the type information. Message selection information storage means 22 for storing, when the autonomous message is received from the information processing device 10, the message selection information storage means 21 stores the type information of the received autonomous message.
Message storing means for storing the autonomous message received in the message storing means 23 only when it is confirmed that the storing is necessary by comparing with the storage necessity information stored in the message storing means for storing the autonomous message. , 25 are message display means for displaying the autonomous message.

Reference numeral 24a denotes the plurality of workstations
A message which is provided in each of the 20a and which, when receiving a display request for the autonomous message accumulated in the message storage means 23, reads out the accumulated autonomous message from the message storage means 23 and outputs the message to the message display means 25. It is a read processing means.

Reference numerals 24b and 26 are provided in each of the plurality of workstations 20b, and 26 is a message importance degree information storage means for setting and storing importance degree information for each type information in advance for the autonomous message. When receiving a display request for the autonomous message accumulated in the message storage means 23, the autonomous message is read from the message storage means 23 and the importance information is read from the message importance information storage means 26 It is a message read classification processing unit that classifies the autonomous message according to the degree information and outputs the classified message to the message display unit 25.

[0021]

In FIG. 1, the message selection information storage means 21
In the area, storage necessity information in which the necessity of storing the autonomous message is set in advance for each type information of the autonomous message is stored. When an autonomous message is sent from the information processing device 10 in this state, the message selection processing means 22 receives this autonomous message and stores the type information of the received autonomous message in the message selection information storage means 21. Compare with the necessity information. As a result, when it is confirmed that storage is required, the received autonomous message is stored in the message storage means 23.

When the message reading processing means 24a receives the request for displaying the autonomous message after the message accumulation, the message reading processing means 24a reads the accumulated autonomous message from the message storing means 23 and outputs it to the message displaying means 25. To display.

That is, in FIG. 1, each workstation 20a selects and stores only the autonomous message required for itself, and displays the accumulated autonomous message on the message display means 25 when there is a display request. It has become.

In FIG. 2, each workstation 20
In b, the importance of the autonomous message is set for each type information, and is stored in the message importance information storage means 24 in advance as importance information. Workstation 20 in this state
When the autonomous message is received by b, first, the received autonomous message is stored.
It is the same as that shown in FIG. 1 in that only the autonomous message necessary for its own workstation 20b is stored in the message storage means 23.

After receiving the autonomous message display request after accumulating the messages, the message reading and classifying means 24b reads the accumulated autonomous messages from the message storing means 23 as in FIG. 1, but in FIG. The importance information is read from the message importance information storage means 26, and the respective messages are classified according to the importance information and output to the message display means 25.

That is, in FIG. 2, each workstation 20b selects and stores only the autonomous messages necessary for itself, and when displaying, the autonomous messages are sorted in the order of their importance and displayed on the display means 26. It is supposed to be displayed.

[0027]

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention according to the principle explanatory diagram of FIG. 1, FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention according to the principle explanatory diagram of FIG. 2, and FIG. Example information configuration diagram, FIG.
7 and FIG. 7 are flowcharts of an embodiment of the present invention.

Throughout the drawings, the same symbols indicate the same objects, and in the drawings, 10 is an exchange, which is an example of an information processing device, and 20a,
20b is a workstation. A plurality of workstations 20a or 20b are connected to the exchange 10, but one workstation 20a is provided in each of FIGS. 3 and 4.
Or only 20b is shown.

The workstations 20a and 20b are respectively
The control units 28a and 28b, the message management files 27a and 27b for accumulating various information, and the display unit 25 (implementation form of the message display means in FIG. 1) and the key input unit 32 which constitute the man-machine interface portion.

The control unit 28a includes a message receiving unit 29 for receiving a message, a message selection processing unit 22, and a message display request receiving unit 3 for receiving a message display request.
1, a message read processing unit 24a and a message output unit 32 for outputting a message.
Then, the message read processing unit 24a of the control unit 28a is replaced with the message read classification processing unit 24b.

The message management file 27a comprises a message selection information storage unit 21 and a message storage unit 23, while the message management file 27b has a message selection information storage unit 21, a message storage unit 23 and a message importance level information storage unit 26. It is composed of

The workstations 20a, 2 of FIGS. 3 and 4
The message selection information storage unit 21 of 0b stores message necessity information as information for selecting a message, and the message importance information storage unit 26 of FIG. 4 stores message importance information. These pieces of information are set in advance in accordance with the processing contents to be executed by each of the workstations 20a or 20b. First, referring to FIG. 5, the structure of the autonomous message, the message selection information storage unit 21 and the message importance information are shown. The configuration of the storage unit 24 will be described.

FIG. 5 (a) shows an example of an autonomous message sent from the exchange 10 as an example of an autonomous message composed of 4 words of information with 32 bits as one word. The type information is used to classify and assign autonomous messages according to the character and content of the message, and one type of information is assigned to one or more autonomous messages. In the illustrated example, the type information is displayed as a 16-bit binary number. The in-type number is a serial number given to each autonomous message when one type information includes a plurality of autonomous messages.

The date information and the time information are information given by the exchange when an autonomous message occurs. The date information is a 32-bit binary number indicating the year (Y4 digit), month (M2 digit) and day (D2 digit). As the time information, the hour (H2 digit) and the minute (m2 digit) are displayed in a 32-bit binary number. The message is displayed, for example, in English characters (including numbers) within 32 bits. The remaining 16 bits are "empty" and all are "0".

When setting the message selection information in the message selection information storage unit 21, the workstations 20a, 20b
User sequentially outputs all the autonomous messages from the exchange 10 and displays them on the display unit 25 (in this case, the date information and the time information are not output), and whether or not to store the autonomous messages for each type information is displayed. “1” and “0” are added to represent them. The storage necessity information is sequentially stored in the message selection information storage unit 24 in the message management files 27a and 27b, and FIG. 5B is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the message selection information storage unit 21.

The type information column in FIG. 5 (b) is not actually provided. For example, the message management files 27a, 27b
The 0th bit of the 0th word (W) is the type information 0th, 3rd
1 bit is for explaining that the type information is No. 31, and the 0th bit of the first word is the accumulation necessity information of the type information No. 32. That is, only the storage necessity information is actually stored in the message selection information storage unit 21,
In the example of the figure, it is indicated that the message of the type information 0 is not required to be recorded (“0”) and the message of the type information 1 is required to be recorded (“1”). In the case of the figure, the message management file 27 is used as the message selection information storage unit 21.
Since a total area of 8 words from the 0th word to the 7th word of a and 27b is secured, the necessity of the type information of up to 256 types can be recorded.

Although the message importance level information information storage unit 26 is provided only in the workstation 20b, the setting of the message importance level information is performed in the same manner as the storage necessity information. 5C shows the message importance degree information storage unit 26.
However, in this case, the number of types of information stored in one word varies depending on the level of importance set. The figure shows an example in which the importance is set to a number that can be displayed in 4 bits. The 8th to 39th words of the message management file 27b are used as the message importance information storage unit 23, and 8 types of type information per word are used. An example in which the importance of is recorded is shown. It should be noted that importance information is not required for messages having type information for which recording necessity information is set as unnecessary (“0”) in the message selection information storage unit 21, but the importance in this case is “0” in the figure. It is described as ".

The operation of FIGS. 3 and 4 will be described based on the above. Since the message selection and accumulation processing operation of FIGS. 3 and 4 is exactly the same, the operation of FIGS. 3 and 4 will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4 will be described together. Note that the description of the same parts as those of the conventional technique will be omitted. Also, S1 to S10
Is a symbol for identifying each step in FIG.

When the workstations 20a and 20b are connected to the exchange 10, the workstations are started up and the processing is started (S1 and S2 in FIG. 6). While the processing is being executed in the workstations 20a, 20b, the message receiving unit 29 monitors the reception of the autonomous message from the exchange 10, and when the message is received, sends it to the message selection processing unit 22 (S3, S4). ).

The message selection processing unit 22 extracts the type information (see FIG. 5A) stored in the first 2 bytes (16 bits) of the received message, accesses the message management file 28, and selects the message. Information for selecting a message (storage necessity information) is extracted from the information storage unit 21 (S5, S6). Since the type information of the received message indicates the storage location of the message selection information shown in FIG. 5 (b), whether or not the type information of the received message is the type information that needs to be accumulated by extracting two pieces of information. Can be identified.

If the storage necessity information for the type information of the received message is "0" (see FIG. 5), the message selection recording processing unit 22 discards the received message without storing it, but the storage necessity information Is "1", the received message is stored in the message storage unit 23 together with the date information and the time information (S7 to S9). When this accumulation is completed, the message selection processing unit 22 displays that the autonomous message has been received at an appropriate position on the screen of the display unit 25 of the workstation 20a, 20b (S10).

The control units 28a and 28b of the workstation 20 display the reception of the message to end the message recording process, and the message receiving unit 29 prepares for the next message reception (S10 → S3).

Next, the message display processing in the workstations 20a and 20b will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 7, but the description of the portions that overlap with the prior art will be omitted. Note that S11 to S22 are symbols for identifying the steps in FIG.

S11 and S12 in FIG. 7 are S2 and S10 in FIG.
The same steps are shown. When a message is displayed on the display unit 25 (S12), the user of the workstation 20a, 20b knows that the autonomous message has been received, and interrupts the process being executed at an appropriate time to stop the key input unit 30.
A command for requesting the display of a message is input (S13, S14).

In the case of the workstation 20a, when this message display request is received by the message display request receiving section 31 and sent to the message read processing section 24a, the message read processing section 24a accesses the message management file 27a, The message stored in the storage unit 23 is read (S15).

In the case of the workstation 20a, the message importance level information is not stored, and the message reading processing unit 24a also does not have a classification function. Therefore, even if there are a plurality of stored messages, classification is not performed. Message output unit reads the message in the order input
The message is sent to the message output unit 32 and output to the display unit 25 and displayed on the screen of the display unit 25 (S
15, S16 → S19, S20, but the classification process is not actually performed in S19). When you output the message,
The message read processing unit 24a deletes the output message from the message storage unit 23 and ends the processing (S2
1, S22).

Next, the case of the workstation 20a will be described. The operations up to the message extraction (S15) of the message read classification processing section 24b are the workstation 20a.
Since it is the same as the message read processing unit 24a, the operation thereafter will be described.

In the case of the workstation 20b, if a plurality of messages are stored, the message read classification processing section
24b confirms whether message classification necessity information is set in advance or inquires the necessity of classification to the display unit 26 (details of the above are not shown). If classification is necessary, the message management file 27b Message importance information is read from the message importance information storage unit 26 (S
16, S17). When the message importance level information is read, the previously read messages are sorted (sorted) in the order of importance level information.
However, if there are a plurality of messages of the same importance, the message output section 32 arranges the date information and time information stored with the messages in the oldest order (or newest order).
Send to (S18, S19). The message output unit 32 displays this message together with date information and time information on the display unit.
When it is displayed in 25, the message read classification processing section 24b erases the message and the date information and the time information accumulated in the message storage section 23, and ends the processing (S20 to S22).
If message classification is not necessary, for example, only classification by date information and time information is performed, or output is displayed in the order of reading (usually the same as the order of input in the message storage unit 23) ( S16 → S19, S20).

As described above, according to the present invention, only the messages required by each of the workstations 20a and 20b are selected, stored and displayed, so that the user of the workstation executes the messages for messages not directly related to them. There is no need to interrupt the processing inside. Further, in the workstation 20b, the messages can be displayed in order from the most important one in the own workstation 20b or the new message can be displayed, so that the message is easy to read and the message can be understood quickly.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 7, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the illustrated ones. For example, it is needless to say that the structure and the number of bits of the autonomous message shown in FIG. 5 are not limited to those shown. Further, in the above, the message includes the type number
It is easy to configure the type number to be transmitted from the exchange 10 only when the message selection information and the message importance information are set, and not to be transmitted when the autonomous message is generated, or it can be omitted entirely. However, the effect of the present invention does not change in either case.

Further, in the case of the workstation 20b, the message selection processing unit 22 determines whether or not the message needs to be accumulated, and simultaneously confirms the importance of the message. For the message that needs to be accumulated, the importance of the confirmed message is confirmed. Can be easily stored together with the message in the message storage unit 23, which can shorten the entire processing time including the display processing.
Further, by merging the message selection information storage unit 21 and the message importance level information storage unit 24, the memory capacity can be reduced when the number of type information of the memory actually used is small.

In addition, it is possible to change the configurations of the workstations 20a and 20b in accordance with the form of the workstation to which the present invention is applied, but in any case, the effect of the present invention does not change due to the modification.

[0053]

As described above, according to the present invention,
In each of the plurality of workstations that are connected to the information processing apparatus and perform processing, it is possible to set whether or not to accumulate the autonomous message sent from the information processing apparatus according to the actual processing of each workstation. Therefore, it is not necessary to interrupt the process being executed when a message not directly related to the process is output, and the work efficiency is significantly improved.

Further, according to the present invention, since the autonomous messages sent from the information processing device can be displayed in the order of importance set by each workstation, the messages can be easily read by each workstation, and the message can be read easily. It becomes possible to promptly judge the influence of the occurrence of the state shown in, and the processing efficiency of the workstation is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of the principle of the present invention (1)

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of the principle of the present invention (2)

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention (1)

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention (2)

FIG. 5 is an information configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart (1) of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart (2) of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a conventional technique.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart (1) of the related art.

FIG. 10 Flowchart of conventional technology (2)

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 information processing devices 20a, 20b workstations 21 message selection information storage means 22 message selection processing means 23 message storage means 24a message read processing means 24b message read classification processing means 25 message display means 26 message importance level information storage means

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A method of displaying and selecting a message of a workstation when a plurality of workstations (20a) connected to the information processing apparatus (10) receive and display an autonomous message sent by the information processing apparatus (10). The information processing device (10) adds predetermined type information to each autonomous message generated in the information processing device (10) and sends the message, and the plurality of workstations (20a) Message selection information storage means (21) for storing storage necessity information that determines whether or not to store the autonomous message in each workstation (20a) for each type information, and from the information processing device (10). When the autonomous message is received, the type information of the received autonomous message is compared with the storage necessity information stored in the message selection information storage means (21), and storage is required. Message selection processing means (22) for accumulating the received autonomous message in the message storage means (23) only when it is confirmed, and when receiving a display request for the autonomous message accumulated in the message storage means (23) , The message storage means
(23) A message read processing means (24a) for reading the autonomous message and outputting it to the message display means (25) is provided, and each workstation (20a) selects and displays only the autonomous message necessary for itself. A method of selecting and displaying a message on a workstation characterized by. 2. A message selection display method for a workstation when a plurality of workstations (20b) connected to the information processing apparatus (10) receive and display an autonomous message sent by the information processing apparatus (10). The plurality of workstations (20b), in addition to the respective means of the workstation (20a), a message to store and set importance information for each type information in advance for the autonomous message. The message storage means is provided with importance level information storage means (26), and when the display request for the autonomous message accumulated in the message storage means (23) is received instead of the message reading means (24a). (23) reads the autonomous message, reads the importance information from the message importance information storage means (26), and reads the autonomous message according to the importance information. A message reading and classification processing means (24b) for classifying the sage and outputting it to the message display means (25) is provided, and each workstation (20b) selects only the autonomous message necessary for itself and the selected autonomous message. The message selection display method for a workstation according to claim 1, wherein the messages are displayed in the order of importance defined by the user.