JPH11245486A - Announcement typewriter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a printer that can confirm newest data instantly at a low cost, and has versatility by preserving one page of information data received at a communication function part in a buffer, displaying data every time the data is input, and printing the preserved data by the printer. SOLUTION: Information data from a host commuter 1 so as to manage a plant are connected to an announcement typewriter 7 having a communication function part 4 for receiving the data via an interface 3. The announcement typewriter is constituted of a data preservation buffer 8 for preserving the information data in units of pages, a page printer 9 for printing out the input preserved information data in the data preservation buffer by every one page, and a display deuce 10 such as a liquid crystal display device or the like for displaying contents of data every time the data are input to the data preservation buffer 8 and continuing the display until the completion of printing. In the constitution, a user can confirm the information data instantly.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an announcement typewriter for displaying information on a monitoring device of various plants.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the functions of a conventional monitoring apparatus for monitoring a plant or the like. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a host computer for managing a plant, and 2 denotes a host computer. In the announcement typewriter device connected via the interface 3, the announcement typewriter device 2 receives the information data from the host computer 1 via the interface 3, and stores the information data. The data storage buffer 5 includes a printing device 6 that prints out information data input to the data storage buffer 5.

In the conventional monitoring apparatus thus configured, when the host computer 1 monitoring a plant needs to transmit information data, an announcement typewriter apparatus 2 is transmitted via a communication line and an interface 3.
The data is transmitted to the communication function unit 4. The communication function unit 4 transfers the received information data to the data storage buffer 5, and the data storage buffer 5 stores the data and prints it by the printing device 6 to transmit it to the administrator. In the plant monitoring device, such information data is transmitted at any time, and since it is necessary to always provide the latest data, the printing device 6 usually uses a line printer that is printed each time an input is made. Was.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional announcement typewriter 2, a line printer is used for the printing device 6, but the line printer prints one line at a time. There are problems such as slow printing speed and noise during printing if you check immediately, and line printers must be installed in each data storage buffer, making it difficult to reduce the price. However, it cannot be shared with printing for other purposes in plant management, and there is a problem that the use is limited.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and a printing apparatus which can confirm the latest data instantly, has versatility, and can respond at low cost. It is an object of the present invention to obtain an announcement typewriter device provided with such a device.

[0006]

An announcement typewriter according to the present invention comprises: a communication function unit for receiving information data; a data storage buffer for storing one page of the information data received by the communication function unit; The display device includes a display device for displaying input information data each time an input is made in the buffer, and a page printer for printing data stored in the data storage buffer.

A communication function unit for receiving information data, two sets of data storage buffers for separating the information data received by the communication function into normal information and announcement information and storing the data for one page, The display device includes a display device for displaying input information data each time an input is made in a data storage buffer for a statement, and a set of page printers for printing data stored in each data storage buffer.

Further, the data storage buffer stores a plurality of types of information data for each type of information. Furthermore, a display switching function is provided for selecting a plurality of types of information data stored in the data storage buffer for each type of information and displaying the information on a display device.

Further, a backup power supply is added to the data storage buffer. Further, a data copy device for storing information data stored in a data storage buffer in a memory card is provided.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a plant monitoring apparatus having an announcement typewriter according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The same reference numerals are given to the same parts as those in the conventional example shown in FIG. In the figure, 1 is a host computer for managing a plant, 7 is an announcement typewriter connected to the host computer 1 via an interface 3, and an announcement typewriter 7 interfaces information data from the host computer 1. A communication function unit 4 for receiving via
A data storage buffer 8 that stores this information data in page units, a page printer 9 that prints out the information data input and stored in the data storage buffer 8 in page units, and a data storage buffer 8 such as an LCD, for example. A display device 10 such as a liquid crystal display device or the like that displays the content each time data is input and displays the content each time data is input, and continues the display until printing is completed.

In the thus configured announcement typewriter 7 of the first embodiment of the present invention, the data received by the communication function unit 4 and transferred to the data storage buffer 8 is input to the display device 10 each time the data is input. , And is printed at high speed by the page printer 9 in page units. With this configuration, the information data can be immediately confirmed to the user by the display device 10, and particularly, emergency alarm information can be confirmed before being printed out. It is possible to use a low-priced page printer 9 with low noise, high versatility, and low cost. Further, the page printer 9 can be set so as to print in units of information input.

Embodiment 2 FIG. FIG. 2 shows a configuration of an announcement typewriter 11 according to a second embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the information of the normal business in the contents received by the communication function unit 12 is stored in the normal business data storage. Saved in the buffer 13 and printed out by the page printer 9,
Announcement information data is stored in an announcement data storage buffer 14, displayed on the display device 10, and printed by the page printer 9. In plant management, a printing device for ordinary business such as a form business is required, but according to this embodiment, the content of the announcement is immediately displayed on the display device 10, and printing is performed at high speed in page units. Since the page printer 9 is printed, there is no need to always make the page printer 9 wait for an announcement, and the page printer 9 can be used for normal work, and the equipment cost can be reduced by sharing the printing apparatus. is there. At this time,
Announcement information can be a priority interrupt.

Embodiment 3 FIG. 3 shows a configuration of an announcement typewriter 15 according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
A plurality of types of announcement information are grouped for each type of information and stored, and the group of data is printed and output by the page printer 9 page by page for each group. Since printing by the page printer 9 is high-speed and can cope with an increase in the amount of information, the configuration as in this embodiment can be used, for example, to print out the background of information and the latest information by group. Information that can be easily output can be output. Although the third embodiment has been described with reference to the case where the third embodiment is applied to the first embodiment, the third embodiment may be applied to the second embodiment.

Embodiment 4 FIG. 4 shows a configuration of an announcement typewriter 17 according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, announcement information is grouped according to the type of information and a data storage buffer 16 is provided.
From the group in which the data is stored, and print out the page by the page printer 9 for each group, and add the display switching function 18 to the data storage buffer 16 to switch the display contents of the display device 10 in the group unit. It is made possible. With this configuration, it is possible to confirm each unprinted information content before printing while obtaining the same group-based print output as in the third embodiment, which is effective for confirming the urgent content. be able to. Note that the fourth embodiment is different from the first embodiment.
Although the description has been given of the case where the present invention is applied, the present invention may be applied to the second embodiment.

Embodiment 5 FIG. 5 shows a configuration of an announcement typewriter 19 according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
And a backup power source such as a battery. With this configuration, the stored data is not lost even in the event of an unexpected accident such as a power failure of the monitoring device, and the reliability of data output can be increased. Although the fifth embodiment has been described with reference to the case where the fifth embodiment is applied to the first embodiment, the fifth embodiment may be applied to the second embodiment.

Embodiment 6 FIG. 6 shows a configuration of a plant monitoring apparatus according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, each of which has announcement typewriters 21 and 22 includes: A data copy function 24 for storing data in the removable memory card 23 is added. With this configuration, for example, if a failure occurs in the printing device of one of the announcement typewriters 21, data printing can be confirmed by the other announcement typewriter 22, which hinders plant operation. Can be avoided.

[0017]

As described above, according to the announcement typewriter of the present invention, a data storage buffer for storing one page of data and displaying information to be inputted each time it is inputted, Because of this, it is possible to obtain a low-priced announcement typewriter with less noise during printing while enabling prompt confirmation of urgent information such as information data, particularly alarm information. In addition, the information data is separated into normal information and announcement data and stored in a data storage buffer, and each can be printed out by a page printer. Therefore, equipment costs can be reduced. In addition, a data copy function that groups information and saves it in the data storage buffer, enables switching of the display on the display device, adds a backup power supply to the data storage buffer, and saves data in the data storage buffer using a removable memory card Was added,
The information history and the latest information are published for each group,
Unprinted contents can be checked prior to printing while obtaining printouts by group, and even if an unexpected accident such as a power failure or a failure of the printing device occurs, data is not lost. This makes it possible to obtain a highly reliable announcement typewriter such that data can be confirmed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration of an announcement typewriter according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of an announcement typewriter according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of an announcement typewriter according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of an announcement typewriter according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of an announcement typewriter according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of an announcement typewriter according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a conventional announcement typewriter.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 host computer, 3 interfaces, 4, 12
Communication function part, 7, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22
Announcement typewriter, 8, 13, 14, 1
6, 20 data storage buffer, 9 page printer,
10 display device, 18 display switching function, 23 memory card, 24 data copy function.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A communication function unit for receiving information data, a data storage buffer for storing one page of the information data received by the communication function unit, and a display device for displaying input information data each time data is input to the data storage buffer. And a page printer for printing data stored in the data storage buffer. 2. A communication function unit for receiving information data, two sets of data storage buffers for separating the information data received by the communication function unit into normal information and announcement information and storing them for each page, and an announcement. An announcement typewriter comprising: a display device for displaying input information data each time an input is made in a data storage buffer for a comment; and a set of page printers for printing data stored in each data storage buffer. . 3. The announcement typewriter according to claim 1, wherein the data storage buffer stores a plurality of types of information data for each type of information. 4. The announcement typewriter according to claim 3, further comprising a display switching function of selecting a plurality of types of information data stored in the data storage buffer for each type of information and displaying the information on a display device. . 5. The announcement typewriter according to claim 1, wherein a backup power supply is added to the data storage buffer. 6. The announcement typewriter according to claim 1, further comprising a data copy device for storing information data stored in the data storage buffer in a memory card.