JP2000075921A - Alarm display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize the improvement in easy understanding, etc., on a user side as for an alarm display system which is used for an electronic component mounted machine, etc., and displays an alarm message on the screen when an alarm is detected by software in a hierarchical structure. SOLUTION: Each software module in a layer concerned in a detected alarm in the software 11 in a hierarchical structure is equipped with an alarm processing means 10 which supplies alarm codes corresponding to the contents of the alarm, an alarm display process means 9 which displays alarm messages corresponding to the alarm codes hierarchically on the same screen, and a storage means 4 which stores the alarm messages independently of the alarm display process means 9. Then the alarm display process means 9 reads in the alarm messages from the storage means 4 when started.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an alarm display system for displaying an alarm message on a screen when an alarm is detected in various devices, devices, and systems, and more particularly, to an improvement in user friendliness and ease of use. It is related to what realized the above.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An electronic component mounting machine that automatically mounts electronic components on a board in a production line transmits an alarm message to a display device when an alarm (error) is detected by software for controlling the entire system. An alarm display system that displays on the screen is used.

[0003] Here, various causes can be assumed as the cause of the alarm in the electronic component mounting machine. However, it is difficult to identify the root cause on the software side due to hardware restrictions and the like. Often.

[0004] Also, every time an alarm is detected,
If all possible causes are listed and displayed as an alarm message on the screen, the amount of text of the alarm message that must be read by the user increases, and a large amount of storage is required when storing the history of alarm messages. The storage capacity is required and the storage contents are often duplicated.

[0005] For this reason, in the conventional alarm display system, the result of the occurrence of the alarm is displayed on the screen as a simple message in a simple expression defined by the development side of the alarm display system as an alarm message. Codes (a series of numbers and symbols) were displayed on the screen together with this alarm message. And if the user wants to get more detailed information, he relies on this error code to refer to the manual or manual.

[0006]

However, with only one kind of alarm message of a sentence expression that is unilaterally defined by the developer of the alarm display system, the user can intuitively determine the state of the trouble in a very intuitive manner. It is hard to understand.

Further, it is very difficult for a user to use because an error code that has no meaning for humans must be stored or the error code must be searched for in a manual or manual.

In addition, since the conventional alarm display system does not have a function of storing information created by the user and displaying the information on the screen, for example, when the same alarm is detected in the past, the user can solve the trouble. Even if there is know-how accumulated for each person, this know-how
The only option was to use media other than the alarm display system to tell others, or to leave at the individual level.

As a result, it is difficult for this know-how or the like to become a common property of all the users, and it is difficult to quickly and accurately deal with the trouble.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an alarm display system used for various devices, devices, and systems including an electronic component mounting machine, and to improve the user's comprehension and ease of use. ,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a system that enables a user to quickly and appropriately deal with a trouble.

In this specification, a logical set of a display device for displaying an alarm message or the like on a screen and a circuit such as a CPU for performing processing for displaying the alarm message or the like on the display device is referred to as an alarm display. Called the system.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an alarm display system comprising software having a hierarchical structure (for example, a program for controlling the entire system of the above-mentioned electronic component mounting machine includes such a hierarchical program). In the alarm display system that displays an alarm message on the screen when an alarm is detected by an alarm that has been detected, the contents of this alarm are determined for each software module in the layer that is involved in the detected alarm. It is characterized by comprising alarm processing means for supplying corresponding alarm codes, and alarm display processing means for displaying alarm messages corresponding to each of these alarm codes hierarchically on the same screen.

In this alarm display system, an alarm code is supplied to each software module of a layer related to a detected alarm among software having a hierarchical structure, and an alarm message corresponding to each of the alarm codes is displayed on the same screen. Are displayed hierarchically. (For example, when an alarm is detected by a software module of a layer that controls only the motor of one robot in the electronic component mounting machine, the software module of the layer and a software module of a higher layer that controls the entire robot are controlled by the second layer. Alarm messages with the same sentence expression are displayed hierarchically on the same screen.)

As described above, since the alarm message of a plurality of text expressions relating to the software modules of a plurality of hierarchies related to the detected alarm is hierarchically displayed on the screen, a single text expression of a conventional text message is displayed. Compared to the case where only an alarm message is displayed on the screen, the state of the specific trouble can be intuitively understood by the user.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an alarm display system according to the first aspect, further comprising storage means for storing an alarm message independently of the alarm display processing means. It is further provided that the alarm display processing means reads the alarm message from the storage means at the time of activation.

In this alarm display system, the alarm message is stored in storage means independent of the alarm display processing means. (For example, the alarm message is stored as a text file in an external storage device or stored in a database.) Then, when the alarm display processing means is started, the alarm message read from the storage means is sent to the alarm display processing means. Displayed on the screen.

Therefore, the user can change the sentence expression of the alarm message and store it in this storage means, or furthermore, can use a plurality of sentence expressions (for example, a plurality of languages) corresponding to one alarm code. It is possible to create an alarm message and store it in this storage means, and thus an alarm message in a sentence expression that can be freely changed by the user is displayed on the screen.

As a result, the user can more intuitively know the state of the trouble as compared with the conventional case where an alarm message in a sentence expression defined unilaterally by the developer of the alarm display system is displayed on the screen. It becomes easy to understand.

Next, according to a third aspect of the present invention, in the alarm display system according to the first or second aspect, the alarm processing means also supplies parameter information associated with the detected alarm. The alarm display processing means displays the parameter information on the same screen as the alarm message.

In this alarm display system, not only the alarm message but also the parameter information associated with the detected alarm is displayed on the same screen as the alarm message. (For example, as this parameter information, the unit number and axis number in the electronic component mounting machine and their detected values are displayed.)

This makes it easier for the user to more intuitively understand the state of the trouble than in the conventional case where only the alarm message is displayed on the screen.

Next, an alarm display system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the alarm display system according to any one of the first to third aspects, further comprising storage means for storing supplementary explanation information on the alarm. And
The alarm display processing means displays the supplementary explanation information stored in the storage means for the detected alarm on the same screen as the alarm message.

In this alarm display system, supplementary explanation information on the alarm (for example, information in which a place where an alarm occurs and a coping method is described in detail in a graphic or diagram and text) is stored in the alarm display system itself. The supplementary explanation information on the detected alarm is displayed on the same screen as the alarm message.

As described above, the supplementary explanation information on the detected alarm is displayed on the same screen as the alarm message, so that detailed information cannot be obtained without referring to a manual or manual by relying on an error code as in the related art. The usability for the user is also improved as compared with the case where it cannot be obtained.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an alarm display system according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, wherein the memo information created by the user for the alarm is stored for the alarm. Means for displaying the memo information stored in the storage means for the detected alarm on the same screen as the alarm message.

In this alarm display system, memo information created by the user on the alarm (for example, know-how accumulated by the user for solving the trouble on the user side) can be stored in the alarm display system itself. Then, this memo information on the detected alarm is displayed on the same screen as the alarm message.

As described above, since the memo information created by the user is stored in the alarm display system itself and displayed on the same screen as the alarm message, this know-how and the like are shared by all users on the user side. Become. As a result, it is possible to deal with the trouble quickly and accurately as compared with the conventional case where the information created by the user is not displayed on the screen.

[0028]

FIG. 1 shows an example of the configuration of an alarm display system according to the present invention. This alarm display system comprises a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1, a work memory composed of a RAM (random access memory) 2, a program memory composed of a ROM (Read Only Memory) 3, F
External storage device 4, CRT including DD (floppy disk drive) or HDD (hard disk drive)
It comprises a display device 5 for displaying an alarm message or the like on the screen, a keyboard 6, a mouse 7, and a database 8 for the operator to input requests and information.

The program memory 3 stores, as programs to be executed by the CPU 1, three programs: an alarm display processing section 9, an alarm processing section 10, and an application control section 11.

The application control unit 11
Is a program for controlling the entire system (for example, an electronic component mounting machine) in which the alarm display system is used. (The application control unit 11 may be executed by a CPU different from the CPU 1 instead of being stored in the program memory 3 and executed by the CPU 1 as in the example of FIG. May be transmitted to the CPU 1 by communication from the other CPU.)

The application control unit 11 activates the software module of the lowest hierarchy in response to a request from a software module (client) of the next higher hierarchy and operates as a server of the client, and the client further increases the next higher hierarchy. Acting as a client server, it has a hierarchical software structure such as ... lower level software modules are responsible for controlling small hardware in the electronic component mounting machine, and higher level software modules It is in charge of controlling large hardware, which is a collection of such small hardware, and also controlling software of the entire electronic component mounting machine.

When an alarm occurs in the electronic component mounting machine,
The alarm is detected by the software module of the hierarchy which is in charge of controlling the portion where the alarm has occurred among these software modules.

As will be described in detail later, the alarm processing unit 10 includes an alarm code corresponding to the content of the alarm detected by the application control unit 11 and parameter information associated with the alarm (unit number in the electronic component mounting machine). , A parameter code corresponding to a parameter name such as an axis number, and a parameter value which is a detected value for each parameter code), and the like.

The alarm display processing unit 9 records the alarm code and parameter information transmitted from the alarm processing unit 10 in the database 8 and stores the information read from the database 8 and the external storage device 4 as described later in detail. This is a program for displaying a screen on the display device 5.

Hereinafter, the application control unit 11 and the alarm processing unit 10 are collectively referred to as a client / server (C / S) side, and the alarm display processing unit 9 is also referred to as a GUI (graphical user interface) side. I do.

The external storage device 4 has the following roles (a) to (c). (A) The role of storing an alarm message corresponding to each alarm code as a text file independently of the alarm display processing unit 9. On the user side, by operating the keyboard 6, the text expression of the alarm message can be freely changed and stored in the external storage device 4,
Further, it is possible to create an alarm message of a plurality of types of sentence expressions (for example, a plurality of types of languages such as Japanese and English) for one alarm code, and store the generated alarm message in the external storage device 4.

(B) Alarm The role of storing the supplementary explanation information file prepared by the developer of the alarm display system. In the external storage device 4, the supplementary explanation information (for example, the place where the alarm occurred and the coping method is explained in detail by graphic or diagram and text) in correspondence with the alarm code of each alarm by the development side of the alarm display system. Information) is stored in advance.

(C) The role of storing the memo information created by the user for the alarm as a text file. On the user side, by operating the keyboard 6, for example, when the same alarm is detected in the past, the know-how accumulated by each person in order to resolve the trouble is stored as external memo information in association with the alarm code of the alarm. It can be stored in the storage device 4.

The database 8 is for recording the alarm code and parameter information transmitted from the alarm processing unit 10 when the CPU 1 executes the alarm display processing unit 9.

When the CPU 1 executes the program in the program memory 3, the work memory 2 stores information to be recorded in the database 8, information read from the database 8 and the external storage device 4, and various internal data. This is a memory for temporarily storing.

When the alarm display processing unit 9 is started, the alarm message stored in the external storage device 4 (that is, the alarm message in the sentence expression changed by the user) is read from the external storage device 4 and stored in the work memory 2. Retained as a table.

Next, FIG. 2 shows an example of the processing contents of the alarm processing section 10, and FIG. 3 shows an example of the processing contents of a real-time display every time an alarm is detected in the alarm display processing section 9. 4 shows the procedure of communication between the client / server side and the GUI side (alarm display processing unit 9) by these processes.

The alarm processing unit 10 is activated based on an alarm generated in the electronic component mounting machine being detected by the application control unit 11. Then, the value of the variable N specifying the software module of the application control unit 11 is set to 1 which is the value specifying the software module that has detected the alarm (step S101 in FIG. 2).

Subsequently, the software module C / S1 which has detected the alarm transmits an alarm code 1 corresponding to the content of the alarm to the alarm display processing section 9 (step S102 in FIG. 2).

Thus, as shown in FIG. 4, in the software module C / S1 which has detected the alarm, the alarm code 1 corresponding to the content of the alarm is set.
Is transmitted from the client / server side to the GUI side.

The alarm display processing unit 9 is activated in advance and is in a state of waiting for reception from the client / server side (step S200 in FIG. 3), and upon receiving this alarm code 1 (steps S201 and S205 in FIG. 3). ,
The alarm code 1 is recorded in the database 8 together with a time stamp indicating the time when the alarm was detected, and a new alarm identification number for the alarm code 1 which is different from any alarm identification numbers already recorded in the database 8 is recorded. An alarm identification number 1 is issued (step S206 in FIG. 3).

Then, the alarm identification number 1 is returned to the alarm display processing section 9 to the software module C / S1 on the client / server side, which is the source of the alarm code 1, (step S207 in FIG. 3). The process returns to the reception waiting process in S200.

Thus, as shown in FIG. 4, the alarm identification number 1 issued for the alarm code 1
Is returned from the GUI side to the client / server side.

The alarm processing section 10 receives the alarm identification number 1 (step S103 in FIG. 2), and sets the parameter code number N.N. Variable n that specifies the number of parameter codes among variables N and n of n
(N is the same variable as the variable N specifying the software module described above) is set to 1 (step S104 in FIG. 2).

If the software module C / S1 has the first parameter code 1.1 accompanying the detected alarm (step S10 in FIG. 2).
5) The parameter code 1.1 and its parameter value are transmitted to the alarm display processing unit 9 together with the alarm identification number 1 (step S106 in FIG. 2).

In this way, as shown in FIG. 4, the software module C /
The first parameter code 1.1 of S1 and its parameter value are transmitted from the client / server to the GUI together with the alarm identification number 1.

Subsequently, the alarm processing section 10 increments the value of the variable n by 1 (step S10 in FIG. 2).
7) Returning to the processing of step S105 again, if the software module C / S1 has the second parameter code 1.2 accompanying the detected alarm, this parameter code 1.2 and its parameter The value is transmitted to the alarm display processing unit 9 together with the alarm identification number 1.

In the following, the last n-th parameter code 1... Until the transmission for n is completed, the processing of steps S105 to S107 is repeated.

In this way, as shown in FIG. 4, the software module C /
All the parameter codes 1.1 to S1 have
1. n and their parameter values together with the alarm identification number 1
Sent to the UI side.

The alarm display processing section 9 determines whether these parameter codes 1.1 to 1.. n and the parameter values (steps S200 to S202 in FIG. 3), the parameter codes 1.1 to 1.. n and the parameter values are recorded in the database 8 (step S208 in FIG. 3), and step S20
The process returns to the process of waiting for reception of 0.

The reason why the alarm processing unit 10 is created as a process for separately transmitting the alarm code and the parameter information to the alarm display processing unit 9 is that the number of parameter codes is not constant and the This is for generalizing the processing with respect to the number of parameter codes because the processing differs depending on the content.

The alarm processing unit 10 performs the last n-th parameter code 1.... Of the software module C / S1. When transmission of n is completed, since the variable N is not greater than 1 here (step S108 in FIG. 2), the software module C / S1 must be a software module of the highest hierarchy among software modules involved in this alarm. (That is, if it is a server of a higher-level client C / S2) (step S in FIG. 2)
110), and notifies the client C / S2 of the alarm identification number 1 (step S111 in FIG. 2). As a result, the fact that the alarm is detected by the server C / S1 is transmitted to the client C / S2.

Subsequently, the client C / S2 is designated by incrementing the value of the variable N by 1 (step S112 in FIG. 2), and steps S102 to S102 are performed again.
The processing of S108 is performed.

In response to this, the alarm display processing section 9 again executes steps S200 to S201 and S205 to S205 in FIG.
207 and steps S200 to S202, S208
And the processing of.

In this way, as shown in FIG. 4, the client C / S2 of the server C / S1 which has detected the alarm now outputs the alarm code 2 corresponding to the content of the alarm to the client / server side. To G
The alarm identification number 2 transmitted to the UI side and issued for this alarm code 2 is returned from the GUI side to the client / server side, and thereafter, the client C / S2 has the alarm attached thereto. All parameter codes 2.1 to 2. n ′ and their parameter values are transmitted together with the alarm identification number 2 from the client / server side to the GUI side.

The alarm processing unit 10 determines that the variable N> 1
Therefore (step S108 in FIG. 2), the alarm code 2
The grouping request for linking the alarm identification number 2 issued to the alarm code 2 with the alarm identification number 1 issued as the parent identification number and the alarm identification number 1 issued for the alarm code 1 as the child identification number is sent to the alarm identification number 2, 1 together with the data (step S10 in FIG. 2).
9).

In this way, as shown in FIG. 4, the grouping request and the alarm identification numbers 2 and 1 are transmitted from the client / server to the GUI.

When the alarm display processing unit 9 receives this grouping request (steps S200 to S20 in FIG. 3)
3) The grouping information in which the alarm identification number 2 and the alarm identification number 1 received together are linked as a parent identification number and a child identification number, respectively, is recorded in the database 8 (step S209 in FIG. 3), and The process returns to the reception waiting process in S200.

The alarm processing unit 10 is provided for the client C /
S2 is not the highest-level client involved in the detected alarm (that is, is the server of the higher-level client C / S3) (step S11 in FIG. 2).
0), and again in steps S111 to S112 and S10 in FIG.
Steps 2 to S109 are performed, and thereafter, these steps are repeated until the client C / SN at the highest level involved in the detected alarm is reached. The alarm display processing unit 9 also
Correspondingly, steps S200 to S201, S in FIG.
Processing of 205 to S207 and steps S200 to S20
2, processing of S208 and steps S200 to S203, S
209 is repeated.

In this way, as shown in FIG. 4, the highest-level client C / SN involved in the detected alarm
Up to the above, communication similar to that performed on the client / server side / GUI side is performed for the client C / S2.

The grouping information for each of the client C / S2 to the highest-order client C / SN is recorded in the database 8, so that the server C / S1 that has detected the alarm can respond to the contents of the alarm. From the alarm identification number 1 issued for the alarm code 1 that is issued, the alarm identification issued for the alarm code N corresponding to the content of this alarm in the highest-level client C / SN involved in this alarm All alarm identification numbers up to number N
They will be linked in a chain in the database 8.

The alarm processing unit 10 performs steps S111 to S11 of FIG.
2, when the processing of S102 to S109 is completed (step S110 in FIG. 2), a screen display update request is transmitted to the alarm display processing unit 9 together with the alarm identification number N (FIG. 2).
Step S113). Then, the process ends.

In this way, as shown in FIG. 4, the display update request and the alarm identification number N are transmitted from the client / server to the GUI.

The alarm display processing section 9 receives this display update request (steps S200 to S20 in FIG. 3).
4) The alarm code, time stamp, parameter code and parameter value are read from the database 8 using the alarm identification numbers 1 to N linked to the alarm identification number N received together as a key, and these are read in the message table of the work memory 2. The alarm message corresponding to the alarm code is displayed on the display device 5 hierarchically on the screen, and the parameter name and the parameter value corresponding to the parameter code are displayed on the same screen (step S210 in FIG. 3). Then, the process returns to the reception waiting process in step S200.

Subsequently, when a request to display supplementary explanation information and memo information is received based on the operator designating any one of the alarm messages displayed on the screen with the mouse 7 (see FIG. 3). Step S2
(00 to S204, S211), the supplementary explanation information and the memo information corresponding to the alarm code of the designated alarm message are read from the external storage device 4, and the supplementary explanation information and the memo information are displayed on the same screen, respectively ( Step S212 in FIG. 3). Then, step S20
The process returns to the process of waiting for reception of 0.

On the other hand, when information other than the information and the request described above is received, an error message is displayed on the display device 5 (step S213 in FIG. 3), and the process is terminated (or the process of waiting for reception in step S200). You may return.)

FIG. 3 shows the contents of the real-time display processing each time an alarm is detected in the alarm display processing section 9. There is also a program for displaying a history of alarms detected in the past.

FIG. 5 shows an example of the screen configuration of the display device 5 by the alarm display processing section 9. Upper frame 5a of screen
The alarm message is displayed together with the alarm code, the time stamp and the alarm identification number, and the parameter name and the parameter value are displayed in the lower left frame 5b of the screen. At the bottom center of the screen is a frame 5c for displaying supplementary explanation information, and at the bottom right of the screen is a frame 5 for displaying memo information.
There is d.

At the right end of the screen, various menu icons are displayed. The "history" icon 5f is an icon for both real-time display and history display of an alarm. When the mouse 7 is clicked with the mouse pointer positioned at this icon 5f, the alarm shown in FIG. The real-time display for each detection is performed in frames 5a to 5d, and the history of alarms detected in the past is displayed in frames 5a to 5d.

The "language switching" icon 5g is for switching the language of the alarm message. When the mouse 7 is clicked with the mouse pointer positioned at this icon 5g, the alarm message displayed in the frame 5a is displayed. Is created on the user side and the external storage device 4
Can be switched between a plurality of languages stored in.

FIG. 5 shows a state in which the "history" icon 5f is clicked, and a display indicating the history display mode is displayed at the top of the screen.

Next, the frame 5a in this history display mode
Here, an example of display on 5d will be shown. FIG. 6 shows a display example of an alarm message in the frame 5a of FIG. In this example, the alarm is displayed from the top in the order of the latest detected date and time, and one line of software module of one layer involved in each alarm is displayed. In each row, the date and time when the alarm was detected, the alarm code, the alarm message, and the alarm identification number are displayed in order from the left.

Here, of the lines on which the alarm message is displayed, for example, two lines from the second line to the third line from the top are included in one line detected by the motor of one robot in the electronic component mounting machine. For each of the alarms, the third line displays an alarm message for the server that controls only that motor (that detected the alarm), and the second line displays an alarm for the client that controls the entire robot. A message is displayed.

Similarly, the two lines from the fourth line to the fifth line from the top also include one detected alarm.
Alarm messages are displayed for the two layers of software modules involved in the alarm.

As described above, for one detected alarm, a plurality of different sentence-expressed alarm messages of software modules of a plurality of layers involved in the alarm are hierarchically displayed on the screen. It is easy for the user to intuitively understand the condition of the trouble.

Further, since the sentence expression of the alarm message can be freely changed on the user side, the user can more easily and intuitively understand the specific trouble state from this point.

When the alarm message is displayed, the mouse pointer is moved to the icon 5g in FIG.
When the mouse 7 is clicked in the state where the alarm message is positioned, the language of the alarm message is switched from Japanese to another language (for example, English) defined on the user side and stored in the external storage device 4.

In FIG. 6, the line where the mouse pointer p is located is displayed in a black and white inverted manner (not shown in FIG. 6 for the sake of drawing), and is placed in the lower left frame 5b in FIG. Displays the parameter name and parameter value of the alarm on the line where the mouse pointer p is located (in the hierarchically displayed alarm, the software module on the line on which the mouse pointer p is located).

Therefore, when the operator moves the mouse pointer p to a desired line in the frame of FIG. 6, the display of the parameter name and the parameter value is also switched to that of the line. FIG. 7 shows a display example of the parameter names and the parameter values when the mouse pointer p is at the position of FIG.

As described above, since the parameter information associated with the alarm is displayed on the same screen as the alarm message, the user can more intuitively understand a specific trouble state from this point. .

When the operator clicks the mouse 7 while moving the mouse pointer p to a desired line in the frame of FIG. 6, the alarm display processing unit 9 displays the alarm of the line where the mouse pointer p is located. The supplementary explanation information and the memo information corresponding to the alarm code are read from the external storage device 4, and the supplementary explanation information and the memo information are respectively stored in the lower center frame 5c and the lower right frame 5d of the screen shown in FIG. To be displayed.

FIG. 8 shows a display example of supplementary explanation information in the frame 5c when the mouse pointer p is at the position shown in FIG.
In this example, the mount conveyor where the alarm occurred is indicated by a line diagram (perspective view) at the top of the frame and graphically displayed at the center of the frame (in the figure, a line diagram is drawn for convenience of drawing). And how to deal with the trouble is described in text at the bottom of the frame.

FIG. 9 shows a display example of memo information in the frame 5d when the mouse pointer p is at the position shown in FIG. In this example, the know-how accumulated by each person for solving the trouble when the same alarm is detected in the past is displayed.

As described above, supplementary explanation information prepared by the developer of the alarm display system for the detected alarm (for example, information in which a place where an alarm occurs and a coping method are described in detail using graphics or diagrams and text)
Is displayed on the same screen as the alarm message, making it easier for the user side to use than if the detailed information could not be obtained without referring to the manual or manual relying on the error code as in the past. Has improved.

The memo information created by the user (for example, know-how accumulated by each person to resolve a trouble when the same alarm was detected in the past) is displayed on the same screen as the alarm message. Since the know-how becomes a common property of all the users,
Compared with the case where the information created by the user is not displayed on the screen as in the related art, it is possible to deal with the trouble quickly and accurately.

As described above, in this alarm display system, the state of a specific trouble can be intuitively and very easily understood on the user side, and the usability for the user side has been improved. In addition, troubles can be quickly and accurately dealt with.

In the above example, the alarm message in a sentence expression defined by the user is stored in the external storage device 4. However, the alarm message may be stored in the database 8.

Further, the screen configuration of the display device 5 by the alarm display processing section 9 may be an appropriate one other than that illustrated in FIG. That is, the arrangement of the frames may be different from that shown in FIG. 5, or the display positions of the alarm message, the parameter information, the supplementary explanation information, and the memo information may not be clearly separated by the frames.

In the above example, the alarm display system according to the present invention is used for an electronic component mounting machine. However, the alarm display system may be used for various other devices, devices and systems. In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and may take various other configurations without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0095]

As described above, according to the alarm display system according to the first aspect of the present invention, an alarm message of a plurality of types of sentence expressions for software modules of a plurality of layers involved in a detected alarm is generated. Since the screen is displayed in a hierarchical manner, the user can intuitively understand a specific trouble state as compared with the case where only one type of alarm message of the text expression is conventionally displayed on the screen.

Further, according to the alarm display system according to the second aspect of the present invention, an alarm message in a sentence expression that can be freely changed on the user side is displayed on the screen. Compared to the case where an alarm message in a sentence expression that is unilaterally defined by the system developer is displayed on the screen, the specific trouble state becomes more intuitive for the user.

According to the alarm display system of the third aspect of the present invention, the parameter information associated with the detected alarm is displayed on the same screen as the alarm message. Compared to the case where no screen is displayed, the specific trouble state becomes more intuitive on the user side.

Further, according to the alarm display system of the fourth aspect of the present invention, since supplementary explanation information on the detected alarm is displayed on the same screen as the alarm message, it is possible to rely on the error code as in the prior art. As compared with the case where detailed information cannot be obtained without referring to the manual or manual, the usability for the user is also improved.

According to the alarm display system of the present invention, the memo information created by the user is stored in the alarm display system itself and displayed on the same screen as the alarm message. As a result, the know-how accumulated by each user to resolve the trouble on the user side becomes a common property for all the users, so it is compared with the case where the information created by the user is not displayed on the screen as in the past As a result, troubles can be quickly and appropriately dealt with.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of an alarm display system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of processing contents of an alarm processing unit 10;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of processing contents of an alarm display processing unit 9;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a procedure of communication between a client / server side and a GUI side.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a screen configuration of the display device 5;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of an alarm message and the like on a screen of a display device 5;

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a display example of parameter information on a screen of a display device 5;

8 is a diagram showing a display example of supplementary explanation information on a screen of the display device 5. FIG.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a display example of memo information on the screen of the display device 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... CPU, 2 ... Work memory, 3 ... Program memory, 4 ... External storage device, 5 ... Display device, 6 ... Keyboard, 7 ... Mouse, 8 ... Database, 9 ...
Alarm display processing unit, 10 ... Alarm processing unit, 11
… Application control unit

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[Claims] 1. An alarm display system for displaying an alarm message on a screen when an alarm is detected by software having a hierarchical structure, wherein the alarm is generated for each software module of a layer involved in the detected alarm among the software. An alarm processing means for supplying an alarm code corresponding to the content of the alarm code; and an alarm display processing means for hierarchically displaying alarm messages corresponding to the respective alarm codes on the same screen. . 2. The alarm display system according to claim 1, further comprising storage means for storing the alarm message independently of the alarm display processing means, wherein the alarm display processing means is activated. An alarm display system, wherein the alarm message is read from the storage unit. 3. The alarm display system according to claim 1, wherein the alarm processing means also supplies parameter information associated with the alarm for each software module of a layer involved in the detected alarm, The alarm display processing means, the parameter information,
An alarm display system, wherein the alarm message is displayed on the same screen as the alarm message. 4. The alarm display system according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit for storing supplementary explanation information on the alarm, wherein the alarm display processing unit is configured to detect the detected alarm. An alarm display system, wherein the supplementary explanation information stored in the storage means is displayed on the same screen as the alarm message. 5. The alarm display system according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit for storing memo information created by a user for the alarm, wherein the alarm display processing unit detects the alarm. An alarm display system, wherein the memo information stored in the storage means for the set alarm is displayed on the same screen as the alarm message.