JPH09185583A - Section registering method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a section registering system allowing an operator to recognize which and which devices a section connects at a glance and a section registering system reducing an operator's burden by reducing procedures the operator should execute. SOLUTION: A desired section on a network graphic picture 4b prepared through the use of the symbol of a communication equipment and that of the section is specified by a pointing device 3. Then, concerning the specified section, the name of the section and the default value of a parameter is read from a regulated file to display on a section registering picture 4a.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a section registration method in a network operation system (NOS) for monitoring and controlling a communication network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a communication network including a communication device and an optical fiber connecting the communication devices, a coaxial cable, and a transmission medium (hereinafter, referred to as a section) constituted by a microwave is called a network operation.
It is monitored and controlled by the system (NOS). This type of NOS employs a method of registering a section by storing section information such as a section name and a parameter value, and recognizing and controlling the failure when a failure occurs in the section. .

Therefore, in order for the NOS to recognize and control a failure or the like of the section, it is necessary to register the section.

As an example, a case of registering a section connecting communication devices in a communication network configured as shown in FIG. 6 will be described with reference to FIG.

When registering a section, a list of communication devices and device names on the network is registered and created in advance prior to section registration.

In this state, the operator 1 designates a section registration menu (not shown) by using pointing means (hereinafter, referred to as pointing means,
The case of using the mouse 3 will be described) to activate the device selection screen 4f in FIG.

Here, the device 1234 and the device 567 of FIG.
For example, the case of registering a section connecting with 8 will be described. First, the operator 1 selects the device selection screen 4f (FIG. 8).
Select the device 1234 from the device name list displayed on the
Select by clicking. Operator 1
After clicking the device 1234, the selection button on the device selection screen 4f (FIG. 8) is clicked to activate the section registration screen 4g of FIG.

Next, the operator 1 inputs the section name and parameters on the section registration screen 4g (FIG. 9) with the keyboard 2 and the mouse 3, and when the input is completed, clicks the execute button with the mouse 3.

When the execute button is clicked, the control unit 4
i reads a section name and parameters from the section registration screen 4g (FIG. 9), registers the selected device 1234 as one end of the section in the section information storage unit 4e, and inputs the section name and the input section name. The parameter is stored as section information.

Next, the operator 1 again clicks the section registration menu with the mouse 3 to activate the device selection screen 4f (FIG. 8).

When the device selection screen 4f (FIG. 8) is started,
The operator 1 selects the device 5678, which is the other end of the section, from the device name list on the device selection screen 4f (FIG. 8) by clicking with the mouse 3.

The operator 1 inserts the device 5678 into the mouse 3
After clicking, the section registration screen 4g (FIG. 9) is activated by clicking the selection button on the device selection screen 4f (FIG. 8).

When the section registration screen 4g (FIG. 9) is activated, the operator 1 inputs return with the keyboard 2 without inputting the section name field and the parameter field, and the section selection screen 4h shown in FIG. To start.

When the section selection screen 4h (FIG. 10) is activated, the operator 1 sets the name of the section connecting the device 5678 (the section name input when the device 1234 was registered) to the section selection screen 4h (FIG. 10). From the section name list (created from the previously registered section names) displayed in, the mouse 3 is clicked to select.

By selecting the section name,
Returning to the section registration screen 4g (FIG. 9), the section name and the parameter input at the time of registration of the device 1234 are displayed in the section name field and the parameter field.

The operator 1 uses the section registration screen 4g.
Confirm the information displayed in (FIG. 9) and click the execute button with the mouse 3.

When the execute button is clicked, the control unit 4
i reads the parameter of the section from the section registration screen 4g (FIG. 9) as in the case of registering the device 1234, and registers the selected device 5678 as the other end of the section in the section information storage unit 4e. Also, the input section name and parameters are stored as section information.

Thus, device 1234 and device 56
Sections between 78 are registered.

Further, by registering sections between the device 0001 and the device 1234, between the device 5678 and the device 9876, and between the device 0001 and the device 9876 by the same procedure, the communication network having the configuration shown in FIG. 6 is registered. Registration of all sections of is completed.

[0020]

However, in the section registration method described above, since the devices are individually selected and registered on the device selection screen, the operator does not select which device is connected to which device. There was a problem that it was not possible to recognize at a glance.

Further, in order to register one section, it is necessary to activate the section registration screen twice and select two devices. That is, there is a problem that many procedures that the operator has to perform are complicated.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a section registration method which enables an operator to recognize at a glance which device is connected to which device.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a section registration method which reduces the operator's burden by reducing the procedure that the operator must perform.

[0024]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the following section registration method.

That is, according to the present invention, a network operation for monitoring and controlling the state of a communication network composed of a plurality of communication devices and a plurality of sections connecting the plurality of communication devices. In the section registration method in the system, a network diagram screen represented by the symbol of the communication device and the symbol of the section is displayed, and the section is registered using the displayed network diagram screen. A method is obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, in the section registration method, there is provided a section registration method characterized by comprising pointing means for designating a target section on the network diagram screen.

Further, according to the present invention, in the section registration method, there is provided a section registration method characterized by comprising a file defining a name of a section corresponding to the network diagram screen and default values of parameters. To be

Further, according to the present invention, in the section registration method, the section is registered by reading the name of the section and the default value of the parameter by accessing the file for the section designated by the pointing means. A section registration method characterized by displaying the section registration screen of is obtained.

Further, according to the present invention, a network operation for monitoring and controlling the state of a communication network composed of a plurality of communication devices and a plurality of sections connecting the plurality of communication devices. In a section registration method for registering the section to monitor and control the state of the section using a system, a step of activating a section registration screen for registering the section, the symbol of the communication device and the section The step of activating the network diagram screen represented by the symbol, the step of preparing a file defining the name of the section and the default value of the parameter, and the section of the section to be registered on the activated network diagram screen. Specify the symbol by pointing means A step, detecting the designated symbol, reading the section name and parameter value from the file as section information according to the detection result, and displaying the section information as the section registration screen; and the section registration screen. The step of confirming or changing the section information displayed on the screen, the step of converting the section information after the checking or changing into a section table format, and notifying the section information storage unit, and the section information storage unit A section registration method characterized in that the section is registered by the step of storing the notified section information as a section information table.

[0030]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Also in the embodiment of the present invention, similar to the description of the conventional technique, the communication network having the configuration shown in FIG. 6 will be described as an example with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5.

First, in the NOS of the present invention, the NOS
Section, the section names and the default values of the parameters are defined in advance, and these data are stored in the control unit 4d.
The default value file is stored in the format shown in FIG.

Also, using the device symbol and the section symbol, the network diagram screen 4 as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed.
b has been created. This network diagram screen 4b (FIG. 3) may be created by the operator 1 or N
Plug and play (Plug & Play) in OS
It may be created by a function such as Play).

A method of registering a section in the state where the file defining the default values and the network diagram screen 4b are prepared in this way will be described by taking the case of registering a section connecting the device 1234 and the device 5678 as an example. .

First, by the operation of the operator 1, the section registration screen 4a and the network diagram screen 4b of FIG. 4 are displayed.

As described above, in this embodiment, the network diagram screen 4b and the section registration screen 4a are separately prepared and displayed, so that the operator 1 has the position of the section in the network and the data regarding the section. It is possible to perform work while contrasting with each other, and it is possible to improve work efficiency.

Next, the operator 1 designates the symbol of the section to be registered on the network diagram screen 4b by the pointing means (hereinafter, the mouse 3 is used as the pointing means, and the designation method is as follows. explain).

When the symbol of the section to be registered with the mouse 3 is designated on the network diagram screen 4b, that is, clicked with the mouse 3, the symbol of the designated section is notified to the mouse click detection unit 4c.

Upon receiving the notification from the network diagram screen 4b, the mouse click detector 4c detects the symbol of the section designated by clicking with the mouse 3. In this example, since the symbol 1 in the section between the device 1234 and the device 5678 is clicked, the symbol 1 is detected, and the mouse click detection unit 4c notifies the control unit 4d of the detection result.

The control unit 4d has a mouse click detection unit 4c.
Upon receiving the notification from, the section name and the default value of the parameter are automatically generated from the file in which the default value of the section is specified, and the value of the section parameter is automatically read, as shown in FIG. The section registration screen 4a is displayed.

The operator 1 uses the section registration screen 4a.
Check the name and parameter value of the section displayed in (FIG. 4), and change the name or value using the keyboard 2 and mouse 3 if desired.

Next, the operator 1 clicks the execution button of the section registration screen 4a with the mouse 3 in order to request the execution of registration of the section whose name and parameter value have been confirmed or changed.

When the operator 1 clicks the execution button on the section registration screen 4a with the mouse 3 to request execution of section registration, the control section 4d displays the section name and parameters displayed on the section registration screen 4a. The section information such as reading and section names and parameters is converted into the section information table format as shown in FIG. 5, and the section information storage unit 4e is notified.

The section information storage unit 4e stores the notified section information as a section information table (FIG. 5).

Thus, device 1234 and device 56
The section between the two and 78 (symbol 1; FIG. 3) will be registered.

By registering each section indicated by symbol 2 to symbol 4 in FIG. 3 by the same procedure,
Registration of all the sections shown in FIG. 6 will be completed.

Although the ring type communication network has been described in the present embodiment, the form of the communication network is not limited to this, and may be, for example, a bus type and is limited to the present embodiment. It is not something that will be done.

In the present embodiment, an example in which the section registration screen 4a and the network diagram screen 4b are displayed at the same time has been described. However, the section registration screen 4a and the network diagram screen 4b may not be displayed simultaneously but may be displayed sequentially. It is not limited.

[0049]

As described above, according to the present invention, the operator can recognize at a glance which device is connected to which device by showing the network configuration in the figure.

Further, according to the present invention, since a file in which default values such as section names and parameter values are defined is prepared, a section symbol on the network diagram showing the network configuration is clicked with a mouse. Since the section registration can be performed only by itself, the burden on the operator can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a section registration method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a description example of a file that defines section names and default values of parameters.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a network diagram screen.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a section registration screen.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a section information table stored in a section information storage unit.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a configuration of a communication network.

FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of a conventional section registration method.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional device selection screen.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional section registration screen.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional section selection screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 operator 2 keyboard 3 mouse 4 NOS (network operation system) 4a section registration screen 4b network diagram screen 4c mouse click detection unit 4d control unit 4e section information storage unit 4f device selection screen 4g section registration screen (conventional) 4h section selection Screen 4i Control unit (conventional)

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A network for monitoring and controlling the state of a communication network comprising a plurality of communication devices and a plurality of sections connecting the plurality of communication devices.
In the section registration method in the operating system, a network diagram screen represented by the symbol of the communication device and the symbol of the section is displayed, and the section is registered using the displayed network diagram screen. Section registration method. 2. The section registration method according to claim 1, further comprising pointing means for designating a target section on the network diagram screen. 3. The section registration method according to claim 2, further comprising a file defining a name of a section corresponding to the network diagram screen and default values of parameters. 4. The section registration method according to claim 3, wherein the section is registered by reading the name of the section and default values of parameters by accessing the file for the section designated by the pointing means. A section registration method characterized by displaying a section registration screen. 5. A network for monitoring and controlling the state of a communication network composed of a plurality of communication devices and a plurality of sections connecting the plurality of communication devices.
In the section registration method of registering the section to monitor and control the state of the section using an operating system, a step of activating a section registration screen for registering the section, and a symbol of the communication device and The step of activating the network diagram screen represented by the symbol of the section, the step of preparing a file that defines the name of the section and the default value of the parameter, and the step of registering on the activated network diagram screen Specifying a section symbol by pointing means; detecting the specified symbol; reading the section name and parameter value as section information from the file according to the detection result; Displaying the section registration screen, confirming or changing the section information displayed on the section registration screen, converting the section information after the checking or changing into a section table format, and storing the section information A section registration method characterized in that the section is registered by the step of notifying the section and the step of storing the notified section information as a section information table in the section information storage section.