JP5110305B2 - Communication system, light emission control device, light emission control method, and program thereof - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to light emission control, and more particularly, to a light emission control technique for representing an operation state of a communication apparatus by a light emission color and a light emission operation.

  An ATCA communication apparatus related to the present application will be described.

  Software installed in SBC (Single Board Computer) in ATCA (Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture) communication equipment manufactured in accordance with PICMG (PCI Industrial Manufacturing Group) standard is ATCA communication with LED specifications similar to that of our own. It is built to emit light applied to the specifications of the SBC LED of the device.

  For example, the SBC manufactured by Company A has LED-A and LED-B lit green when the operation state of its own SBC is “normal”, and LED-A illuminates red when “failure”. Suppose that -B lights up in orange. Then, when “normal” is detected, LED-A and LED-B are lit green, and when “failure” is detected, LED-A is lit red and LED-B is lit orange.

  On the other hand, it is assumed that the SBC LED manufactured by B company cannot be lit in red and orange. Then, the specifications made by Company B are specifications that do not use red and orange, that is, when the operation status of the own SBC is “normal”, LED-A is turned on in green, LED-B is turned off, and “failure” Is a specification that turns off LED-A and LED-B. Then, when “normal” is detected, LED-A is turned on in green, LED-B is turned off, and when “failure” is detected, software for turning off LED-A and LED-B is created.

  For this reason, when the SBC is changed from the company A to the company B, there is a problem that the software cannot be displayed correctly even if the software built for the company A is applied to the company B. And in order to make LED light-emit correctly, it was necessary to adapt or modify software or create it from the beginning.

  Patent Document 1 is cited as a technique for controlling the light emission of the LED. This technology is a technology for displaying an incoming call according to the content set by the user in the mobile phone. However, since it is not assumed that the configuration of the LED is changed, and the display method that can be handled by the configuration of the LED provided in the device itself is selected and set one by one. The technology is the same as creating software one by one.

Therefore, even if the technique of Patent Document 1 is used, it is necessary to cope with the modification or creation of software from the beginning.
JP 2005-269255 A

  The problem to be solved by the present invention is to cause the LED to emit light correctly without creating software for each vendor even if the specifications of the SBC and the configuration of the LED are different for each vendor.

Invention for solving the aforementioned problem is a communication system, PICMG (PCI Industrial Manufacturing Group) ATCA (Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture) produced by the standard is detachable, which plurality is provided to the communication device, a plurality Monitoring means for monitoring the operating state of SBC (Single Board Computer) supplied by different vendors, and when a change in the operating state is detected by the monitoring, the emission color of the light emitting unit in each SBC having different specifications for each vendor Referring to the table in which the light emission operation is set according to the operation state, the light emitting unit emits light based on the light emission color and the light emission operation corresponding to the operation state after the change of the SBC in which the operation state has changed. And a control unit for controlling.

The invention for solving the above-mentioned problem is a light emission control device, which is detachable provided in a plurality of ATCA (Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture) communication devices manufactured in accordance with PICMG (PCI Industrial Manufacturing Group) standards , Monitoring means for monitoring the operating state of an SBC (Single Board Computer) supplied by a plurality of different vendors, and when a change in the operating state is detected by the monitoring, the emission color of the light emitting unit in the SBC with different specifications for each vendor Referring to the table in which the light emission operation is set according to the operation state, the light emitting unit emits light based on the light emission color and the light emission operation corresponding to the operation state after the change of the SBC in which the operation state has changed. And a control unit for controlling.

The invention for solving the above-mentioned problem is a light emission control method, which is detachable provided in a plurality of ATCA (Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture) communication devices manufactured according to PICMG (PCI Industrial Manufacturing Group) standards , A monitoring step for monitoring the operating state of an SBC (Single Board Computer) supplied by a plurality of different vendors, and when a change in the operating state is detected by the monitoring, the emission color of the light emitting unit in the SBC having different specifications for each vendor A step of referring to a table in which the light emission operation is set according to the operation state, and a light emission color and a light emission operation corresponding to the operation state after the change of the SBC in which the operation state is set, which is set in the table And a light emitting step for causing the light emitting unit to emit light.

An invention for solving the above-described problem is a program, which is detachable provided in a plurality of ATCA (Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture) communication devices manufactured according to the PICMG (PCI Industrial Manufacturing Group) standard . A monitoring step for monitoring the operation state of an SBC (Single Board Computer) supplied by a different vendor, and when a change in the operation state is detected by the monitoring, the light emission color and light emission operation of the light emitting unit in the SBC having different specifications for each vendor And a step of referring to a table set according to the operation state, and a light emission color and a light emission operation corresponding to the operation state after the change of the SBC in which the operation state is changed, which is set in the table. Based on this, the light emission control device is caused to execute a light emission step of causing the light emitting unit to emit light.

  When the present invention is used, since the LED light emission operation has a database based on the specifications of each vendor, it is sufficient to prepare one operation or program for causing the LED to emit light. There is no need to change the program.

  In order to explain the features of the present invention, it will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.

  A first embodiment for carrying out the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  An embodiment of the configuration of the ATCA communication apparatus will be described with reference to FIG.

  ATCA (Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture) communication devices are manufactured in accordance with the PICMG (PCI Industrial Manufacturing Group) standard, and have multiple (at least one) SBC (Single Board Computer) communication information devices. is doing. Each SBC is removable and is provided by a plurality of different vendors. In FIG. 1, the case where SBC by A company and SBC by B company are mounted is shown.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration of the SBC.

  The specifications of SBC differ depending on the vendor that provides the SBC. Therefore, the configuration of the LEDs provided in the SBC (the number of LEDs and the colors that can emit light) and the light emitting operation of the LEDs vary from vendor to vendor. In the present embodiment, every SBC is described using a case of having three of LED-A, LED-B, and LED-C, but this is not restrictive.

  4 and 5 are tables for explaining a specification example of the SBC manufactured by the company A and a specification example of the SBC manufactured by the company B.

  FIG. 4 is a table for explaining an example of LED specifications. The SBC LED-A manufactured by Company A can emit green, red, and orange, and the light emission operation can be turned on, blinked, and turned off. The SBC LED-B manufactured by Company A can emit green, red, and orange, and the light emission operation can be turned on, blinked, and turned off. The SBC LED-C manufactured by Company A can emit blue light, and the light emission operation can be turned on / off. On the other hand, the SBC LED-A manufactured by B Company can emit green light, and the light emission operation can be turned on, blinked, and turned off. The SBC LED-B manufactured by B Company can emit orange light, and its light emitting operation can be turned on, blinked, and turned off. The BBC SBC LED-C can emit blue light, and the light emission operation can be turned on and off. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the color that can be emitted by LED-A and LED-B differs between SBC manufactured by A company and SBC manufactured by B company.

  FIG. 5 is a table for explaining a specification example of light emission with respect to the operation state. In the case of A company, when the operation state is normal, LED-A lights green, LED-B lights green, and LED-C turns off. When the operation state is standby, LED-A lights green, LED-B lights orange, and LED-C turns off. When the operation state is a failure, LED-A is lit red, LED-B is lit orange, and LED-C is turned off. When the operation state is disconnected, LED-A is lit in orange, LED-B is lit in orange, and LED-C is turned off. When the operation state is power OFF, LED-A does not require a light emitting operation, LED-B does not require a light emitting operation, and LED-C lights up blue.

  On the other hand, for the company B, when the operation state is normal, LED-A is lit green, LED-B is turned off, and LED-C is turned off. When the operation state is standby, LED-A is turned off, LED-B is lit orange, and LED-C is turned off. When the operation state is a failure, LED-A is turned off, LED-B is turned off, and LED-C is turned off. When the operation state is disconnected, LED-A is lit in orange, LED-B is lit in orange, and LED-C is turned off. When the operation state is power OFF, LED-A does not require a light emitting operation, LED-B does not require a light emitting operation, and LED-C lights up blue.

  The SBC includes an SBC operation state monitoring unit 21, a database 22, an LED control unit 23, an LED light emitting unit 24, and an LED 25 (LED-A, LED-B, and LED-C).

  The SBC operation state monitoring unit monitors the operation state of its own SBC, and when detecting a change in the state, notifies the LED control unit of a state change request including information indicating the state after the change. In this embodiment, the normal state in which the operation state is operating without failure, the standby state in preparation, the failure state in which some failure has occurred, the disconnection state in which the SBC is disconnected, and the power is turned off. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the database stores an LED operation table and an LED control table. The LED operation table and the LED control table are created for at least one of each SBC vendor and each SBC type.

  In the LED operation table, LED operation information indicating the color and light emission operation of each LED provided in the own SBC is set according to the operation state. This is set based on the specification of the own SBC. The color emitted by the LED is a color such as green, red, or orange emitted by the LED, and the light emission operation indicates an operation such as lighting, blinking, or extinguishing.

  In the LED control table, LED control information corresponding to the LED operation information is set. This is set based on the specification of the own SBC. The LED control information indicates the color to be emitted and the light emission operation.

  FIG. 6 is an example of an LED operation table and an LED control table manufactured by company A created based on the specifications manufactured by company A shown in FIGS. 4 and 5. FIG. 7 is an example of the LED operation table and the LED control table manufactured by company B created based on the specifications manufactured by company B shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.

  The LED control unit receives the status display request from the SBC operation status management unit, and reads the LED operation information from the LED operation table of the database based on the operation status of the own SBC indicated in the status display request. Then, based on the read LED operation information, the LED control information is read from the LED control table, and the control information of each LED is notified to the LED light emitting unit.

  The LED light emitting unit causes each LED to emit light based on the LED control information from the LED light emitting unit.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 8 shows an outline of the operation of the components mounted on the SBC shown in FIG.

  It is assumed that the settings of the tables shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 are set at a stage before operating the SBC.

  First, when the SBC operation state management unit detects a change in the operation state of the own SBC, it transmits a “state change request” including information indicating the operation state after the change to the LED control unit.

  When the LED control unit receives the “state change request”, the “LED display table” in the DB is searched using the designated operation state as a key. Here, when the operation state of “standby” is designated, in the ABC SBC, “LED-A operation” is “green light”, “LED-B operation” is “orange light”, and “LED-C operation”. Is searched for “off”. In the B company SBC, “LED-A operation” is searched for “off”, “LED-B operation” is “lit orange”, and “LED-C operation” is “off”.

  After this search, the LED controller first searches the “LED control table” using “LED-A operation” as a key. As a result, the ABC SBC searches for “lit” for “control” and “green” for “color” using “green lighting” as “LED-A operation” as a key. Similarly, in the B company SBC, “LED-A operation” “light-off” can be used as a key, and “control” can be detected as “light-off” and “color” can be detected as “NULL”. The LED control unit designates the searched “control” and “color” for the LED to be controlled, in this case LED-A, and transmits an “LED display request” to the LED light emitting unit.

  Upon receiving the “LED display request” from LED-A, the LED light emitting unit turns on, turns off, or blinks the designated LED according to “control” and “color”. Here, the LED-A of the SBC manufactured by company A is lit in green, and the LED-A of the SBC manufactured by company B is turned off. However, when “control” is designated as “light-off”, “color” is not referred to and is turned off.

  As described above, the LED control unit searches the database for LED-B and LED-C similarly to LED-A, and sequentially transmits “LED display requests” based on the search results. Upon receiving this “LED display request”, the LED light emitting unit operates as instructed.

  In the above embodiment, the case where the LED display table and the LED control table are set as separate tables has been described. However, the LED display table is configured such that the LED control information of each LED is associated with the operation state of the SBC. In addition, the table may be a table in which the LED control tables are combined into one table.

  Each SBC has been described using a configuration having an SBC operation state monitoring unit, a database, an LED control unit, an LED light emitting unit, and LEDs (LED-A, LED-B, and LED-C). A configuration in which an SBC operation state monitoring unit, a database, and an LED control unit are provided for each communication device may be employed. In this case, the database stores an LED operation table that can correspond to the SBC specifications of all vendors and an LED control table, and the LED control unit searches for data corresponding to each SBC and notifies the LED light emitting unit of the data. Shall be taken.

  Further, as apparent from the above description, the present invention described above can be configured by hardware, but can also be realized by a computer program. Functions and operations similar to those of the above-described embodiments are realized by a processor that operates with a program stored in a program memory. Note that only a part of the functions of the above-described embodiment can be realized by a computer program.

  As described above, when the present invention is used, since the LED light emission operation has a database based on the specifications of each vendor, one operation or program for causing the LED to emit light may be prepared. Therefore, it is not necessary to change the operation or the program every time the SBC is replaced.

  Further, since the database based on the specifications of each LED emission operation is provided, even the SBC of a vendor having a different LED emission specification can display the correct LED according to the operation state.

  In addition, since the LED control unit instructs the LED emission according to the search result with reference to the database, each vendor can change the operation control for LED emission according to the configuration and the operation operation state. The LED can emit light correspondingly.

  Next, a second embodiment will be described. In addition, the same number is attached | subjected about the structure similar to the said 1st Embodiment, and detailed description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In the second embodiment, in addition to the first embodiment, a database setting unit is configured in the SBC.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the second embodiment.

  It is an example of the system configuration | structure which has the monitoring control apparatus which monitors and controls an ATCA communication apparatus, and several ATCA communication apparatuses. The ATCA communication apparatus is the same as the ATCA communication apparatus shown in FIG.

  The monitoring control device has an LED display table and an LED control table corresponding to SBCs of all vendors. The monitoring control device may be a server.

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram of the SBC according to the second embodiment.

  When the B company SBC is activated, the database setting unit reads the PKG-ID stored in the ROM (read-only memory) on the SBC as an initial setting operation. The PKG-ID is an ID that can identify the vendor that provides the SBC, the model number within the vendor, and the like. Then, an LED information transfer request including the read PKG-ID information is transmitted to the monitoring control device. The LED display table and the LED control table transmitted in response to the LED information transfer request are stored in the database of the own SBC.

  Subsequently, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. In addition, since the failure occurred in the SBC manufactured by the company A, it will be described by using a case where it is disconnected and replaced with the SBC manufactured by the company B.

  FIG. 11 is a chart when setting the database of its own SBC.

  When the SBC manufactured by B company is exchanged and the SBC manufactured by B company is started, the database setting unit reads the PKG-ID stored in the ROM on the SBC. Here, the PKG-ID indicating the SBC manufactured by company B is read.

  Then, an LED information transfer request including the read PKG-ID information is transmitted to the monitoring control device.

  The monitoring control device acquires the LED display table and the LED control table of the corresponding SBC using the PKG-ID indicated in the transmitted LED information transfer request as a key. Here, the LED display table and LED control table of SBC manufactured by B company are acquired.

  Further, the monitoring control device transmits the LED display table and the LED control table to the SBC that transmitted the LED information transfer request, and notifies the completion of the LED information transfer.

  When the company B SBC receives the LED information transfer completion, the company B SBC writes the LED display table and the LED control table in the database in its own SBC with the LED display table and the LED control table.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the database setting unit is provided in each SBC has been described, but a configuration provided for each ATCA communication apparatus may be used.

  Further, as described in the above embodiment, it may be realized by a computer program.

  As described above, when the present invention is used, since the LED light emission operation has a database based on the specifications of each vendor, one operation or program for causing the LED to emit light may be prepared. Therefore, it is not necessary to change the operation or the program every time the SBC is replaced.

  In addition, when the present invention is used, a database based on the specifications of each LED emission operation is provided, so that even the SBC of a vendor having a different LED emission specification can display the correct LED according to the operation state. It is.

  In addition, since the LED control unit instructs the LED emission according to the search result with reference to the database, each vendor can change the operation control for LED emission according to the configuration and the operation operation state. The LED can emit light correspondingly.

  Further, since the database corresponding to the vendor is set when the SBC is activated, the correct LED emission according to the operation state can be automatically executed even after the SBC board of a different vendor is replaced.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of an ATCA communication apparatus. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the database. FIG. 4 is a diagram for explaining an example of specifications for each vendor. FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a specification example of light emission for each vendor. FIG. 6 is an example of an LED operation table and an LED control table. FIG. 7 is an example of an LED operation table and an LED control table. FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining the operation of each component according to the first embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining a system configuration according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the second embodiment. FIG. 11 is a chart for explaining the operation of the second embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

21 SBC operation state monitoring unit 22 database 23 LED control unit 24 LED light emitting unit 25 LED
26 Database setting section

Claims (8)

Operating status of SBC (Single Board Computer) supplied by multiple different vendors that are provided in multiple ATCA (Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture) communication devices manufactured according to the PCI Industrial Manufacturing Group (PICMG) standard Monitoring means for monitoring
When a change in the operation state is detected by the monitoring, the operation state is changed by referring to a table in which the emission color and the light emission operation of the light emitting unit in each SBC having different specifications for each vendor are set according to the operation state. A communication system comprising: a control unit that causes the light emitting unit to emit light based on a light emission color and a light emission operation corresponding to an operation state after a change in SBC . A server storing the table for each SBC ;
The communication system according to claim 1, further comprising: an update unit that reads a table corresponding to the SBC from the server when the SBC is activated. Operating status of SBC (Single Board Computer) supplied by multiple different vendors that are provided in multiple ATCA (Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture) communication devices manufactured according to the PCI Industrial Manufacturing Group (PICMG) standard Monitoring means for monitoring
When a change in the operating state is detected by the monitoring, the SBC whose operating state has changed is referred to by referring to a table in which the emission color and the light emitting operation of the light emitting unit in the SBC having different specifications for each vendor are set according to the operating state. A light emission control device comprising: a control unit that causes the light emitting unit to emit light based on a light emission color and a light emission operation corresponding to the operation state after the change. The light emission control device according to claim 3, further comprising an update unit that reads a table corresponding to the SBC from a server storing the table for each SBC when the SBC is activated. Operating status of SBC (Single Board Computer) supplied by multiple different vendors that are provided in multiple ATCA (Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture) communication devices manufactured according to the PCI Industrial Manufacturing Group (PICMG) standard A monitoring step for monitoring
When detecting a change in operation state by the monitoring, referring to a table in which the light emission color and light emission operation of the light emitting unit in the SBC having different specifications for each vendor are set according to the operation state;
A light emission step of causing the light emitting unit to emit light based on a light emission color and a light emission operation corresponding to the operation state after the change of the SBC in which the operation state has changed set in the table. The light emission control method. 6. The light emission control method according to claim 5, further comprising a step of reading a table corresponding to the SBC from a server storing the table for each SBC when the SBC is activated. Operating status of SBC (Single Board Computer) supplied by multiple different vendors that are provided in multiple ATCA (Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture) communication devices manufactured according to the PCI Industrial Manufacturing Group (PICMG) standard A monitoring step for monitoring
When detecting a change in operation state by the monitoring, referring to a table in which the light emission color and light emission operation of the light emitting unit in the SBC having different specifications for each vendor are set according to the operation state;
The light emission control device executes a light emission step for causing the light emitting unit to emit light based on the light emission color and the light emission operation corresponding to the operation state after the change of the SBC in which the operation state is changed set in the table. A program characterized by letting SBC at the start of the program according to the table corresponding to the SBC, in claim 7, characterized in that to execute a reading step of reading from a server the table for each SBC is stored.

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