JPH103484A - Data logger - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily improve a business form production function by building the general software used for business forms into a processor. SOLUTION: The logging processing is carried out by replacing a business form production part of the exclusive software with the software that is sold on the market for production of the business forms. Therefore, a program storage part stores the programs of the main software that secures a logging data collection function A and the general software that secures a business form production function B respectively. A microprocessor starts its regular processing at every prescribed or fixed time. Under such conditions, various data on the monitoring control which are received from every slave station device are collected and written in a data storage part and then the logging data are collected. Then the logging processing is started and notified under the control of the main software when a logging process is selected. On receiving this notification, the microprocessor starts the general software stored in the program storage part for production of the business forms and carries out the production of business forms.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data logger used for remote monitoring and control of electric power equipment, and more particularly, to creation of a form of collected data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in the field of industrial equipment such as electric power equipment and water treatment equipment and building equipment, monitoring and control of various places are performed by remote monitoring control. Exchanges monitoring control information between the two.

[0003] By exchanging this information, the central monitoring device collects monitoring data at various points in the facility and transmits necessary control data.

Meanwhile, collection of monitoring data of the central monitoring device is performed by a data logger.

This data logger is formed by a processing device having a computer configuration. Conventionally, the data logger collects logging data of a unique specification that has been set in advance and executes software (dedicated software) for creating a form to collect the logging data. It has a form creation function.

[0006] Then, the monitoring data is collected as logging data at regular intervals, for example, by a logging data collection function, and stored in a storage device or the like.

[0007] In addition, the form creation function reads out the logging data held in the storage device or the like, creates the form, and displays the created result on the screen and prints out.

[0008]

In the case of the above-mentioned conventional data logger, the function of collecting logging data and the function of creating a form thereof are formed by dedicated software unique to the data logger. To achieve this, a great deal of labor and time is required for program development, etc. In particular, the form creation function is equipped with commercially available software for form creation, that is, a variety of data processing and graphic processing functions of general software, There is a problem that it is not easy to improve the functions by making it possible to create forms in various forms according to the user's request or the like. The present invention
It is an object of the present invention to easily improve a form creation function of a data logger.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in a data logger according to the present invention, general software for a form is incorporated in a processing unit having a computer configuration having a function of collecting logging data, and a general form is used when a form is created. A form creation function is formed by general software to create a form of collected data.

In this case, general software for creating a form is incorporated in the processing device, and a form creating function is formed by this software at the time of creating the form. Therefore, it is easy to utilize general software excellent in form creation. The form creation function of the data logger can be improved.

[0011]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 shows an apparatus configuration, in which a data logger 1 has a communication port 3, a processing unit 4,
It is formed by connecting a monitor television 5, a printer 6, a keyboard 7, and the like.

The processing device 4 is formed in a so-called dual processor configuration of a first microprocessor 8 for performing main processing such as data collection and the like and a second microprocessor 9 for performing logging processing in terms of processing speed and the like. Is done.

Further, the processing unit 4 is provided with a program storage unit 10 composed of a ROM and a RAM and a data storage unit 11 composed of a so-called external storage device such as a RAM or a floppy disk.

In order to perform the logging process by replacing the form creation part of the conventional dedicated software with commercially available software for form creation, that is, general software, the program storage unit 10 stores the logging data collection function A shown in FIG. Main software for forming the form and the form creation function B of FIG.
The program of the general software that forms

By holding this program, the processing device 4
General software for form creation is incorporated into the system.

The main software and general software for creating a form are described, for example, in “WINDOW”.
S) ”runs on an OS called“ Microsoft ”.

The software of the program storage unit 10 is constantly executed by the microprocessor 8, and the microprocessor 8 executes step S _{1 at a} preset time or at a predetermined time, as shown in FIG. Is passed as affirmative (YES) to start the scheduled processing.

At this time, various data for monitoring and control transmitted from each slave station device in steps S ₂ and S ₃ are collected and written in the data storage unit 11 to collect logging data.

[0019] When the collection is completed, the process proceeds to step S _4, if no logging process (form creation) is selected, the process returns to step S ₁ through step S ₄ in negative (NO), the process steps By the loop of S ₁ and S ₄ , the start of the next scheduled processing or the selection of logging processing (form creation) is waited.

[0020] logging process is selected by operating the keyboard 7 in the waiting, the microcomputer 9 operates shifts from step S ₄ to step S _5, the form creation function B will operate.

That is, when the logging process is selected,
Under the control of the main software, the microprocessor 8 notifies the microprocessor 9 of the start of the logging process, and based on the notification, the microprocessor 9 activates general software for creating a form in the program storage unit 10.

[0022] The microprocessor 9 This starts running form creation step S _6, the form creation function is formed form creation of general software is started.

At this time, the microprocessor 9 automatically reads out necessary collected data from the data storage unit 11 and, in accordance with the interface program created in advance and held in the program storage unit 10, has the format of the general software. Processes the data and sends the processed collected data to the form creation function.

The form is created by the function of the general software. If the form of the form or the graph display of the created result is selected in advance or during the creation by operating the keyboard 7, the selected form is selected. In addition, the form is created, and the creation result is displayed in the selected graph display, and various forms can be created according to the request by utilizing general software.

When the form is created, the created result is displayed on the monitor television 5 and written and stored in the data storage unit 11.

Furthermore, the printer 6 is activated form, and the like are printed in step S _7.

[0027] The print is finished, form creation of general software is completed in step S _8, returns to the collection of logging data by the microprocessor 8, repeat the process from step S _1.

When the general software issues an end notification, the end of the form creation is detected by the microprocessor 9 or the like before the end of the general software based on this notification, and the end notification is not issued. If
The end of the general software is detected by the microprocessor 9 or the like.

Then, the logging process is performed by using general-purpose software which is excellent in form creation and has high versatility, and the form creation function can be easily improved without software development or the like.

In order to use general software,
There is also an advantage that the form creation function can be further easily improved by so-called version upgrade of the software.

By the way, the general software for creating a form may be any type, and it is needless to say that the general software can be applied to the case where the main software and the general software do not operate on the same OS.

It is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to data loggers for various uses.

[0033]

The present invention has the following effects. General software for form creation is incorporated in the processing unit, and the form creation function is formed by this software at the time of form creation. Therefore, the form of data collected from data loggers can be easily created using general software that is excellent in form creation. The creation function can be significantly improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart illustrating a process according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram for executing the processing of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 4 Processing unit 8, 9 Microprocessor A Logging data collection function B Form creation function

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A general form software is incorporated into a processing device having a computer configuration having a function of collecting logging data, and a form creation function is formed by the general software at the time of form creation to create a form of collected data. A data logger characterized by that: