A device monitoring method for business digital intelligent evolution

By building a data middle platform and local station in the device monitoring system, importing and configuring driver files, the compatibility problems during device updates and fixed system design services are solved, and the rapid customized development of the device monitoring system and efficient information interaction are realized.

CN114040149BActive Publication Date: 2025-03-21中国卫通集团股份有限公司
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Application Number
CN202111129792.9
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Patents(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2021-09-26
Publication Date
2025-03-21
Estimated Expiration
2041-09-26

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Technical Problem

When the equipment is updated, existing equipment monitoring systems are difficult to be compatible with the new generation of equipment, and the fixed services designed by the system cannot provide intelligent functions in a timely manner, resulting in high management difficulties and difficulty in upgrading.

Method used

By building a database, message bus and service bus in the data middle platform, importing link driver files and device driver files in the local station, configuring driver information, dynamic access and monitoring of devices and links are realized.

Benefits of technology

It realizes the rapid customized development of the equipment monitoring system, improves the system compatibility and flexibility, reduces the cumbersomeness of the equipment access monitoring system, and shortens the device information interaction time through distributed parallelized device information collection and processing methods.

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Abstract

The present invention discloses a device monitoring method for business digital intelligent evolution. The method includes: after the data middle station is built, importing the existing link driver file and device driver file in the local station of the equipment monitoring system; according to the link information composed of the monitored equipment, selecting the link driver file to configure the link driver information; according to the device information of all monitored devices in the link, selecting the device driver file to configure the device driver information; according to the monitoring interface specification requirements and network device configuration requirements of the monitoring device, connecting the monitored device to the network of the local station equipment monitoring system through the network device; according to the link and device conditions, configuring the data interaction information between the local station and the data middle station; through the main interface of the local station or the main interface of the data middle station, checking the equipment and link conditions of the monitored device. The present invention can realize the construction of a plug-and-play monitoring system using driver files.
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Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of information systems, and in particular to a device monitoring method for business digital intelligent evolution. Background Art

[0002] With the development of information technology, the digitalization and intelligence of equipment used in various industries are constantly improving, and the requirements for unified equipment monitoring systems are also increasing. The traditional equipment monitoring system is based on different business functions and uses mainstream products at the time to build a set of equipment monitoring systems. There are problems such as long system construction cycle, large number of equipment, high management difficulty, and difficult upgrades.

[0003] On the one hand, the monitored equipment in the system is tightly bound to the system and is only compatible with existing equipment models. Once put into use, when the equipment is updated, if the original equipment monitoring system is not modified synchronously, the system will not be compatible with the new generation of equipment. Modifying the original equipment monitoring system will not only increase operation and maintenance and management costs, but also bring many inconveniences.

[0004] On the other hand, as the intelligence level of equipment continues to increase, the fixed services originally designed by the system often become outdated with the development of technology, and the equipment monitoring system is unable to provide intelligent business functions in a timely manner. Summary of the invention

[0005] The technical problem solved by the present invention is to overcome the deficiencies of the prior art and provide a device monitoring method for business digital intelligent evolution.

[0006] In order to solve the above technical problems, an embodiment of the present invention provides a device monitoring method for business digital intelligent evolution, which is applied to a device monitoring system, wherein the device monitoring system includes: a monitoring device, a network device, a local station and a data middle station, wherein the method includes:

[0007] After the data middle platform is built, the existing link driver files and device driver files are imported into the local station of the device monitoring system;

[0008] According to the link information composed of the monitored devices, a link driver file is selected to configure the link driver information;

[0009] According to the device information of all monitored devices in the link, select the device driver file to configure the device driver information;

[0010] According to the monitoring interface specification requirements and network device configuration requirements of the monitoring device, the monitored device is connected to the network of the local station device monitoring system through the network device;

[0011] According to the link and equipment conditions, configure the data interaction information between the local station and the data middle station;

[0012] The device and link status of the monitored device can be viewed through the main interface of the local station or the main interface of the data center.

[0013] Optionally, the data center includes: a database, a message bus and a service bus.

[0014] The steps of building the data middle platform include:

[0015] Select MYSQL database as the business data storage database to record user operation information;

[0016] The Cassandra database is selected as the pseudo telemetry storage database of the device to record the status information during the operation of the device;

[0017] Kafka message middleware is used as the message bus, which is responsible for the communication between the data center and the local stations of each equipment monitoring system;

[0018] Use Springcloud microservice framework to build the service bus.

[0019] Optionally, the local station of the device monitoring system includes a device driver file library and a link driver file library, wherein:

[0020] The device driver file is used to obtain and display device status information and alarm information, and complete the function of controlling device parameters.

[0021] The link driver file is used to access the device driver file and display the device topology to implement the combined control logic between devices.

[0022] Optionally, selecting a device driver file according to device information of all monitored devices in the link to configure device driver information includes:

[0023] On the graphical interface of the link driver instance, select the corresponding device driver file according to the device model;

[0024] Automatically generate device numbers based on the link number and the device's position in the link;

[0025] Automatically configure device communication parameters according to device driver files,

[0026] Based on the selected device driver file and device number, the system automatically calls the external unified interface to instantiate the device driver.

[0027] Optionally, the connecting the monitored device to the network of the local station device monitoring system through the network device according to the monitoring interface specification requirements and network device configuration requirements of the monitoring device includes:

[0028] Configure parameters of switches, routers, serial port servers and other devices according to network device configuration requirements;

[0029] Configure equipment power cables and monitoring cables according to equipment interface specification requirements;

[0030] Through the monitoring line, all the equipment in the station and the workstation where the monitoring system is deployed form a monitoring network, build a data channel within the system, and power on the equipment.

[0031] Optionally, configuring the data interaction information between the local station and the data middle station according to the link and device conditions includes:

[0032] Configure the Kafka message bus related information according to the actual link situation;

[0033] According to the Kafka message bus related information, a communication channel is established between the local station of the equipment monitoring system and the data middle station.

[0034] Optionally, viewing the device and link status of the monitored device through the main interface of the local station or the main interface of the data middle station includes:

[0035] By running the local station software of the device monitoring system, check the added link driver instance and device driver instance in turn to monitor the actual device;

[0036] By running the device monitoring system data center client software, view the added link driver instance and device driver instance in turn to monitor the actual device.

[0037] Optionally, after checking the device and link status of the monitored device through the main interface of the local station or the main interface of the data middle station, the method further includes:

[0038] The data center collects, analyzes and stores equipment information, conducts data mining and analysis, and obtains equipment design information and system construction recommendation information.

[0039] The advantages of the present invention compared with the prior art are:

[0040] 1) The system provided by the embodiment of the present invention adopts a component-based event system architecture. By generating driver files by componentizing devices or links, rapid customized development of monitoring system services can be achieved. By building a device data transceiver processing logic template, standardizing the driver interface, and building an adaptive device access framework, a plug-and-play monitoring system can be built using driver files;

[0041] 2) This system is based on device driver files. For devices of the same type but of different manufacturers and models, it has a unified status reporting format and provides a unified format of device control command language to the outside world. This ensures a safe and stable system, convenient operation, and improves system compatibility and flexibility;

[0042] 3) The present invention adopts a distributed parallel device information collection and processing method. Each device driver leads the frequency of receiving and sending information of the monitored object, and sends data communication requests to the monitored device in an exclusive channel mode, which effectively improves the data congestion problem and shortens the information interaction time of the whole system device.

[0043] 4) This system implements the system dynamic loading of equipment monitoring functions by configuring the relevant information of the device driver file, making a single driver compatible with the combined use of different types of equipment, effectively reducing the complexity of equipment access to the monitoring system. By flexibly adjusting the relevant configuration information of the link driver file, it provides customized multi-device combination control capabilities, improves system compatibility and flexibility, and greatly activates the energy efficiency of ground equipment use;

[0044] 5) This system is designed with a dual bus mode of "message bus + service bus". The message bus is used to communicate with the equipment in various remote stations, and the service bus is used to dynamically carry various service programs. New system function requirements are obtained through the mining and analysis of business data, and new function modules can be flexibly added to the service bus. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0045] Figure 1 A flowchart of the steps of a device monitoring method for business digital intelligent evolution provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

[0046] Figure 2 A schematic diagram of a link driver file usage process of a device monitoring system provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

[0047] Figure 3 It is a schematic diagram of a device driver file usage process of a device monitoring system provided by an embodiment of the present invention;

[0048] Figure 4 It is a structural block diagram of a device monitoring system provided by an embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0049] Embodiment 1

[0050] Reference Figure 1 , shows a flow chart of the steps of a device monitoring method for business digital intelligent evolution provided by an embodiment of the present invention, the method can be applied to a device monitoring system, the device monitoring system includes: monitoring equipment, network equipment, local station and data middle station, such as Figure 1As shown, the method may include the following steps:

[0051] Step 101: After the data center is built, the existing link driver files and device driver files are imported into the local station of the device monitoring system.

[0052] The embodiment of the present invention is based on the .net platform and adopts the dynamic link library technology. By abstracting, processing and encapsulating the interface information of the device link model and the mainstream device model, a link driver file and a device driver file with a unique identifier are formed. By configuring and combining the driver files, the device monitoring system can be quickly newly built or transformed, and the system service function can be continuously and intelligently evolved based on business data diagnosis.

[0053] In this embodiment, first, a data middle platform can be built, and after the data middle platform is built, the existing link driver files and device driver files are imported into the local station of the equipment monitoring system. Specifically, a data middle platform of the equipment monitoring system is built, including a database, a message bus, and a service bus. Specifically: 1. Select MYSQL database as the business data storage database to record user operation information; 2. Select Cassandra database as the device pseudo telemetry storage database to record the status information of the device during operation; 3. Select Kafka message middleware as the message bus, which is responsible for the communication between the data middle platform and the local stations of each equipment monitoring system; 4. Select Springcloud microservice framework to build a service bus to support the flexible addition of business function modules.

[0054] Import the existing link driver files and device driver files into the local station equipment monitoring system, specifically: 1. Import the link driver files into the system link driver library folder; 2. Import the device driver files into the system device driver library folder.

[0055] After the existing link driver file and device driver file are imported into the local station of the equipment monitoring system, step 102 is executed.

[0056] Step 102: According to the link information composed of the monitored devices, a link driver file is selected to configure the link driver information.

[0057] Step 103: According to the device information of all monitored devices in the link, a device driver file is selected to configure the device driver information.

[0058] After the existing link driver file and device driver file are imported into the local station of the equipment monitoring system, the link driver file can be selected according to the link information composed of the monitored devices to configure the link driver information, and the device driver file can be selected according to the device information of all monitored devices in the link to match the device driver information. Specifically, the link information composed of the monitored devices can be obtained, and the link information includes the device type information and device quantity information in the link, the device connection relationship, and the device backup relationship. Then, the link driver file is selected according to the link information to configure the link driver information. Then, the device information of all monitored devices in the link, including the device type information, the device model information, and the device interface information, is obtained, and the device driver file of each device is selected in turn according to the information of each device to configure the device driver information.

[0059] After the link driver information and the device driver information are configured, step 104 is performed.

[0060] Step 104: According to the monitoring interface specification requirements of the monitoring device and the network device configuration requirements, the monitored device is connected to the network of the local station device monitoring system through the network device.

[0061] After configuring the link driver information and the device driver information, the monitored device can be connected to the network of the local station device monitoring system through the network device according to the monitoring interface specification requirements and network device configuration requirements of the monitoring device.

[0062] Step 105: configuring data interaction information between the local station and the data middle station according to link and device conditions;

[0063] Step 106: Check the device and link status of the monitored device through the main interface of the local station or the main interface of the data center.

[0064] After the monitored device is connected to the network of the local station equipment monitoring system, the data interaction information between the local station and the data middle station can be configured according to the link and equipment conditions, and the equipment and link conditions of the monitored device can be searched through the main interface of the local station or the main interface of the data middle station.

[0065] In a specific implementation of the present invention, link information of various types of ground equipment in a satellite earth station is obtained, and the link information includes information on the number of equipment types in the link, connection relationships between equipment, backup relationships between equipment, and equipment batch control logic, specifically: 1. Equipment type mainly refers to the specific purpose of the equipment, such as antenna radio frequency equipment and intermediate frequency equipment in the satellite signal modulation and demodulation process, and environmental adjustment equipment and environmental monitoring equipment in the environmental monitoring process; 2. Connection relationships between equipment refer to signal flow information between equipment; 3. Backup equipment connection information refers to the combination and backup relationship of equipment with the same function in the link.

[0066] In a specific implementation of the present invention, a link driver file is selected according to link information, and the link driver information is configured, specifically: 1. According to the actual link situation information, the corresponding link driver file is selected; 2. According to the station network distribution of the equipment monitoring system and the link information, the link number is set. The link number consists of three parts, namely the user number, the site number, and the link instance number. In the equipment monitoring system of a single site, the link instance number is unique; 3. The system calls a unified external interface according to the selected link driver file and link number to instantiate the link driver.

[0067] In a specific implementation of the present invention, the information of all monitored devices in the link is obtained, including device type information, device model information, and device interface information, specifically: 1. The device interface information includes the interface type, interface line sequence, and communication parameters. 2. If the interface type is an Ethernet port, confirm the interface communication parameters, including the network communication protocol type, IP address, and port number information. 3. If the interface type is a serial port, confirm the serial port protocol type, interface line sequence, and interface communication parameters (including baud rate, data bit, stop bit, and check bit).

[0068] In a specific implementation of the present invention, according to the information of each device, the device driver file of each device is selected in turn, and the device driver information is configured, specifically: 1. On the graphical interface of the link driver instance, the corresponding device driver file is selected according to the device model; 2. The system automatically generates the device number according to the link number and the position of the device in the link. In the device monitoring system of a single site, the device number is unique; 3. The device communication parameters are automatically configured according to the device driver file; 4. According to the selected device driver file and device number, the system automatically calls the external unified interface to instantiate the device driver.

[0069] In a specific implementation of the present invention, if there is no corresponding link driver file or device driver file, it is necessary to generate the driver file first, and then import it into the local station equipment monitoring system, and then repeat steps 2 to 5, specifically: use the compilation tool, according to the design requirements of this system, according to the device information and link information, compile and generate the driver file in the form of a .DLL dynamic link library.

[0070] In a specific implementation of the present invention, according to the monitoring interface specification requirements and network device configuration requirements of the required monitoring device, the monitored device is connected to the network of the monitoring system through the network device, specifically: 1. According to the network device configuration requirements, configure the parameters of the switch, router, serial port server and other devices. 2. According to the device interface specification requirements, configure the device power line and monitoring line, and use the monitoring line to connect all the devices in the station and the workstation where the monitoring system is deployed to form a monitoring network, and build a data channel in the system; 3. Power on the equipment and all operate normally;

[0071] In a specific implementation of the present invention, the system communication information is configured according to the link and equipment conditions, specifically: 1. According to the actual link situation information, the Kafka message bus related information is configured to build a communication channel between the local station of the equipment monitoring system and the data middle station.

[0072] In a specific implementation of the present invention, the device and link status are viewed through the main interface of the local station of the device monitoring system, specifically: 1. Run the local station software of the device monitoring system, and view the added link driver instance and device driver instance in turn to realize the monitoring function of the actual device.

[0073] In a specific implementation of the present invention, the device and link status are viewed through the main interface of the device monitoring system data center, specifically: 1. Run the device monitoring system data center client software, and view the added link driver instance and device driver instance in turn to realize the monitoring function of the actual device.

[0074] In a specific implementation of the present invention, the data center automatically collects, analyzes and stores equipment information, and performs long-term data mining and analysis to obtain equipment design and system construction suggestions. The data center automatically collects equipment information, analyzes and stores it. Through long-term data collection, mining and analysis in units of years, based on business function requirements, equipment working performance and other aspects, intelligent analysis results such as equipment performance suggestions, system failure rate, equipment compatibility, system power consumption, etc. are obtained.

[0075] In a specific implementation of the present invention, the service bus of the equipment monitoring system data center continuously evolves service function items according to new demands. Specifically, the database continuously records various business data of users and actual new demands of users, and adds functional modules to the service bus, so that the equipment monitoring system can continuously evolve new functions.

[0076] In a specific implementation of the present invention, the local station of the device monitoring system includes a device driver file library and a link driver file library. The device driver file is used to obtain and display device status information and alarm information, and complete the function of controlling device parameters. The link driver file is used to access the device driver file, display the device topology structure, and realize the combined control logic between devices;

[0077] In a specific implementation of the present invention, the data center of the equipment monitoring system operates in a service bus and message bus mode, and all service modules in the message bus and the service bus operate in a load balancing mode to avoid single point failure.

[0078] In a specific implementation of the present invention, the device communication interface is standardized through internal data processing of the device driver file, and the device monitoring system data center does not need to implement communication with the device.

[0079] In a specific implementation of the present invention, under the condition that the physical equipment allows, the equipment monitoring system data center can record the business data during the entire life cycle of the system, and complete the fault analysis during the operation of the equipment through data flow analysis.

[0080] In a specific implementation of the present invention, the service bus architecture enables the microservices of functional modules to quickly access the system through published interfaces, ensuring the intelligent evolution of the system under normal operation.

[0081] Combine the following Figure 2 to Figure 4 The solution of the embodiment of the present invention is described in detail as follows.

[0082] The device monitoring system link driver usage process of the present invention is as follows Figure 2 As shown, the specific process is as follows:

[0083] (1) Select the link operation to be performed.

[0084] (2) If you want to delete a link, select the link to be deleted. The system determines whether the selected link is in use. If it is, the process ends. If it is not in use, after confirming this operation, the link is deleted, the system automatically completes the configuration, and the process ends.

[0085] (3) If it is a new link, select the new link type and the system determines whether the link driver file library contains the link driver file.

[0086] (4) If the link driver file does not exist, use the compilation tool to update the link driver file, import the link driver file library, and repeat step (3). If the link driver file exists, configure the link driver file.

[0087] (5) The system determines whether the link configuration is normal. If not, reconfigure the device driver until the link configuration is normal; if normal, confirm this operation.

[0088] (6) After the system verifies the configuration information, it automatically completes the system configuration and the process ends.

[0089] The device monitoring system device driver usage process of the present invention is as follows Figure 3 As shown, the specific process is as follows:

[0090] (1) Select the device operation you want to perform.

[0091] (2) If you want to delete a device, select the device to be deleted. The system determines whether the selected device is in use. If it is, the process ends. If it is not in use, after confirming this operation, the system automatically completes the configuration and the process ends.

[0092] (3) If you are adding or replacing a device, select the device driver file and the system determines whether the driver library contains the device driver file.

[0093] (4) If the device driver does not exist, use the compilation tool to update the device driver file, import the device driver file library, and repeat step (3).

[0094] (5) If the device driver file exists, perform device communication configuration according to the device interface protocol and system network planning, and modify device parameters according to the device usage scenario.

[0095] (5) The system determines whether the device configuration is normal. If not, repeat step (5) until the device configuration is normal; if normal, confirm this operation.

[0096] (6) After the system verifies the configuration information, it automatically completes the system configuration and the process ends.

[0097] The structural block diagram of the equipment monitoring system of the present invention is as follows: Figure 4 As shown, the composition is as follows:

[0098] (1) Build the Springcloud microservice framework to form a system service bus. Each service runs in a load-balanced manner.

[0099] (2) Build Kafka message middleware to form a system message bus, and each site has its own TOPIC.

[0100] (3) The MySQL database, Cassandra database and configuration files are deployed in the data persistence layer as a persistent storage method for system data. The device status information is stored in the Cassandra database, the system startup configuration information is stored in the configuration file, and the rest of the operation information such as alarm, login, query, etc. is stored in the MySQL database.

[0101] (4) Written in C# language, the local station of the equipment monitoring system can be deployed in multiple locations, supporting the use of device driver files for dynamic device loading and link driver files for dynamic link loading. It can collect, control, and alarm status information for a single device, or it can combine multiple devices for use, providing a unified northbound interface that can be called and controlled by the data center.

[0102] (5) Written in JAVA language, the data center can record and analyze data, realize data mining, analysis, dynamic addition of functional modules, alarm judgment, report generation and other functions.

[0103] The specific implementation methods described in this application can enable those skilled in the art to understand this application more comprehensively, but do not limit this application in any way. Therefore, those skilled in the art should understand that this application can still be modified or replaced by equivalents; and all technical solutions and improvements that do not deviate from the spirit and technical essence of this application should be included in the protection scope of the patent of this application.

[0104] The contents not described in detail in the specification of the present invention belong to the common knowledge of those skilled in the art.

Claims

1. A device monitoring method for business digital intelligent evolution, characterized in that: Applied to a device monitoring system, the device monitoring system includes: a monitoring device, a network device, a local station and a data center, wherein the method includes: After the data middle platform is built, the existing link driver files and device driver files are imported into the local station of the device monitoring system; According to the link information composed of the monitored devices, a link driver file is selected to configure the link driver information; According to the device information of all monitored devices in the link, select the device driver file to configure the device driver information; According to the monitoring interface specification requirements and network device configuration requirements of the monitoring device, the monitored device is connected to the network of the local station device monitoring system through the network device; According to the link and equipment conditions, configure the data interaction information between the local station and the data middle station; View the device and link status of the monitored device through the main interface of the local station or the main interface of the data center; The local station of the equipment monitoring system includes a device driver file library and a link driver file library; the device driver file is used to obtain and display the equipment status information and alarm information, and complete the function of controlling equipment parameters; the link driver file is used to access the device driver file, display the equipment topology structure, and realize the combined control logic between devices; Link information includes the number of device types within the link, the connection relationship between devices, the backup relationship between devices, and the device batch control logic. Among them, the device type refers to the specific purpose of the device; the connection relationship between devices refers to the signal flow information between devices; the backup device connection information refers to the combination and backup relationship of devices with the same function in the link.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The data center includes: database, message bus and service bus. The steps of building the data middle platform include: Select MYSQL database as the business data storage database to record user operation information; The Cassandra database is selected as the pseudo telemetry storage database of the device to record the status information during the operation of the device; Kafka message middleware is used as the message bus, which is responsible for the communication between the data center and the local stations of each equipment monitoring system; Use Springcloud microservice framework to build the service bus.

3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The selecting a device driver file according to the device information of all monitored devices in the link to configure the device driver information includes: On the graphical interface of the link driver instance, select the corresponding device driver file according to the device model; Automatically generate device numbers based on the link number and the device's position in the link; Automatically configure device communication parameters according to device driver files, Based on the selected device driver file and device number, the system automatically calls the external unified interface to instantiate the device driver.

4. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that: The method of connecting the monitored device to the network of the local station device monitoring system through the network device according to the monitoring interface specification requirements and network device configuration requirements of the monitoring device includes: Configure the device parameters of switches, routers, and serial port servers according to network device configuration requirements; Configure equipment power cables and monitoring cables according to equipment interface specification requirements; Through the monitoring line, all the equipment in the station and the workstation where the monitoring system is deployed form a monitoring network, build a data channel within the system, and power on the equipment.

5. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The configuring of data interaction information between the local station and the data middle station according to the link and device conditions includes: Configure the Kafka message bus related information according to the actual link situation; According to the Kafka message bus related information, a communication channel is established between the local station of the equipment monitoring system and the data middle station.

6. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that The checking of the device and link status of the monitored device through the main interface of the local station or the main interface of the data middle station includes: By running the local station software of the device monitoring system, check the added link driver instance and device driver instance in turn to monitor the actual device; By running the device monitoring system data center client software, view the added link driver instance and device driver instance in turn to monitor the actual device.

7. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that After checking the device and link status of the monitored device through the main interface of the local station or the main interface of the data middle station, the method further includes: The data center collects, analyzes and stores equipment information, conducts data mining and analysis, and obtains equipment design information and system construction recommendation information.

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