JPH0676013A - Design system for work station constitution - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the reliability of the designed constitution by enabling even a person, who has no expert knowledges, to easily design the constitution of a work station and automatically interactively generating the constitution to check the matching of connection relations. CONSTITUTION:This system is provided with an input device 1 for the input of work station constitution data, a machine type data base DB 2-1 where machine types of work stations are stored, a machine type selection processing device 2-2 which is connected to the machine type DB and performs the machine type selection processing, and a standard constitution DB 3-1 where standard constitutions of work stations are stored. Further, it is provided with a standard constitution processing device 3-2 which is connected to the standard constitution DB and performs the standard constitution generation processing, a parts DB 4-1 where constituting parts of work stations are stored, a correction processing device 4-2 which is connected to the parts DB and performs the correction processing of work station constitution, a storage device 5 having a random access storage area, and an output device 6 which outputs the work station constitution. When the work station constitution is designed, the standard constitution of the machine type is generated to generate the well-coordinated constitution.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a workstation configuration design system, and more particularly to a workstation configuration design system for designing a workstation configuration.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in the field of information processing, with the advent of high-performance, small-sized workstations due to rapid technological innovation of hardware, downsizing from a system centering on a large computer to a system centering on a small workstation. Sizing is progressing. Therefore, more and more workstation designs are being designed.

However, there are various types of workstations and a huge number of peripheral devices connected to the workstations, and the connection relations between them are complicated. In order to design the configuration, experts of the model are manually created by referring to various materials. For example, when designing a system of an engineering workstation, first select a model suitable for the job, and select minimum necessary peripheral devices such as a display and a keyboard connected to the main body. Next, if necessary, an additional memory, an additional disk, software, etc. are configured. When selecting components, it is necessary to check the consistency one by one while referring to various materials.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional example, only a person having specialized knowledge can design the configuration of the workstation, so that the number of systems to be designed increases as the number of systems to be designed increases. This is a problem because the man-hours increase. Even if a specialist designs the work, since the work is manual work, errors such as matching of peripheral devices occur, and the reliability of the workstation design is a problem.

[0005]

A workstation configuration design system according to the present invention is a system for designing a workstation configuration. In the system, a model selection signal for selecting a workstation model and a standard for creating a standard workstation configuration are provided. Input device for inputting configuration processing signals, correction signals for modifying the workstation configuration, and workstation configuration data, model database for storing workstation models, and model connected to the model database for model selection processing. A selection processing device, a standard configuration database that stores the standard configuration of the workstation, a standard configuration processing device that is connected to the standard configuration database and performs standard configuration creation processing, and a parts database that stores the components of the workstation, The parts When designing a workstation configuration, the modification processing device connected to the database and performing a modification process of the workstation configuration, a storage device having a random access storage storage area, and an output device for outputting the workstation configuration are provided. Create a standard configuration for that model and create a consistent configuration.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a design system of a workstation configuration of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an input device and an output device. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of a model database (hereinafter referred to as model DB). Figure 4 shows a standard configuration database (hereinafter standard configuration DB
And FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a structure of a parts database (hereinafter referred to as a parts DB). Figure 6
Is a flow chart showing an example of the operation.

As shown in FIG. 1, the design system of the workstation configuration of this embodiment has an input device 1 and a model D.
B2-1, model selection processor 2-2, standard configuration DB
3-1, standard configuration processing device 3-2, parts DB4-1
And a correction processing device 4-2, a storage unit 5, and an output device 6.

The input device 1 includes a display 20, a keyboard 21 and a floppy disk 2 as shown in FIG.
2, the model selection processing device 2-2, the standard configuration processing device 3-2, and the correction processing device 4-2 are input with signals from the keyboard 21, and the workstation configuration data from the FD (floppy disk) 22. Is input.

The output device 6 includes a display 20 and an FD2.
2 and the printer 23, the contents of the created and modified workstation configuration are confirmed on the display 20 and stored in the FD 22 or printed out to the printer 23.

The configuration of the model DB 2-1 according to the embodiment is shown in FIG. Here, the model is registered for each type of workstation and arranged so that it can be easily selected. The workstation system registered here will be designed.

The model selection processing device 2-2 is a model DB 2-1.
, A workstation is selected from the input device 1 and confirmed by the output device 6.

FIG. 4 shows the configuration of the standard configuration DB 3-1 in the embodiment. Here, the standard configuration is registered for each model of the workstation selected by the model selection device 2-2. The standard configuration is the most general-purpose configuration in the model, and the model number of the standard product is preferentially registered for each configuration item such as the main body, display, and keyboard.

The standard configuration processor 3-2 is a standard configuration DB 3
-1, which is connected to the model selection processing device 2-2, creates a standard configuration of the workstation. By creating interactively from the input device 1 and selecting the default, the most standard configuration is created, and in other cases, the design can be performed with a few selection branches.

FIG. 5 shows the configuration of the component DB 4-1 in the embodiment. Here, the attribute and the connection relationship of each part number are registered.

The correction processing device 4-2 is connected to the parts DB 4-1 and the standard configuration processing device 3-2 and the input device 1 are connected.
The standard configuration data input from the above is corrected. Here, the peripheral device that could not be created with the standard configuration is input device 1
Create by entering the model number. At this time, the connection relationship with the designed workstation is checked to ensure its consistency. In addition, the cables connecting the selected parts are automatically added to the components. Also,
Essential software such as OS is automatically added to the system configuration.

The storage device 5 includes a model selection processing device 2-2,
It is connected to the standard configuration processing unit 3-2 and the correction processing unit 4-2, and accesses and processes data in each process.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, it is selected whether to newly create a workstation configuration design or modify an existing system configuration (step 60). When newly creating, a model to be created is selected (step 61) and a standard configuration is created (step 62). To correct it, the configuration data is input (step 63). Next, the configuration data is corrected and the consistency of the parts is checked (step 6).
4), output configuration data (step 65).

[0019]

As described above, the workstation configuration design system according to the present invention allows a person who does not have specialized knowledge to easily design the workstation configuration. Can be dealt with even if it increases. Moreover, since the automatic creation is performed interactively and the consistency of the connection relation is checked, the reliability of the designed configuration is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a workstation configuration design system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing an input device and an output device in the workstation configuration design system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a model database in the workstation configuration design system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a standard configuration database in the workstation configuration design system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a parts database in the workstation configuration design system according to the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation in the workstation configuration design system of the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Input Device 2-1 Model Database 2-2 Model Selection Processing Device 3-1 Standard Configuration Database 3-2 Standard Configuration Processing Device 4-1 Parts Database 4-2 Correction Processing Device 5 Storage Unit 6 Output Device 20 Display 21 Keyboard 22 Floppy disk 23 printer

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. In a system for designing a workstation configuration, a model selection signal for selecting a workstation model, a standard configuration processing signal for creating a standard configuration of the workstation, and a correction signal for modifying the workstation configuration, An input device for inputting workstation configuration data, a model database for storing workstation models, a model selection processing device connected to the model database for performing model selection processing, and a standard configuration for storing standard workstation configurations. A database, a standard configuration processing device that is connected to the standard configuration database and performs standard configuration creation processing, a component database that stores the components of the workstation, and a component database that is connected to the component database and performs modification processing of the workstation configuration. Fix A workstation configuration design system comprising: a processing device; a storage device having a random access storage storage area; and an output device for outputting the workstation configuration.