System for selecting one cluster of processors and upgrading the version
of the program to be executed by the processors belonging to the
selected cluster
    22.
    发明授权
    System for selecting one cluster of processors and upgrading the version of the program to be executed by the processors belonging to the selected cluster 失效
    用于选择一组处理器并升级要由属于所选集群的处理器执行的程序版本的系统

    公开(公告)号:US5729761A

    公开(公告)日:1998-03-17

    申请号:US436859

    申请日:1995-05-08

    摘要: A plurality of processors of a disk controller are divided into a plurality of clusters. In normal operation, data is transferred between a host computer and a disk drive in a cluster non-restricted processing mode in which a job can be distributedly processed among processors belonging to any clusters without regard to cluster. In response to a program version upgrading command from an operator, the cluster mode is shifted from the cluster non-restricted processing mode to a cluster restricted processing mode in which the cluster to which processors which are permitted to distributedly process one job belong is restricted. When the shifting to the cluster restricted processing mode is completed, one cluster is selected as a cluster to be maintained and version of the programs to be executed by the processors belonging to the cluster to be maintained are upgraded. When the version of the programs of all processors of the cluster to be maintained have been upgraded, the acceptance of a new job by the processors belonging to the cluster to be maintained is resumed and the execution of the new programs is started. The selection of the cluster, the version upgrading of the programs and the start of the execution of the new programs are repeated sequentially for all clusters. When the version upgrading of the programs of all processors is completed, the cluster mode is returned from the cluster restricted processing mode to the cluster non-restricted processing mode.

    摘要翻译: 磁盘控制器的多个处理器被分成多个集群。 在正常操作中,数据在主机计算机和磁盘驱动器之间以集群非受限处理模式传送,其中可以在属于任何集群的处理器之间分散处理作业,而不考虑集群。 响应于来自运营商的程序版本升级命令,集群模式从集群非受限处理模式转移到集群限制处理模式,其中允许分发处理一个作业的处理器所属的集群被限制。 当完成转移到集群限制处理模式时,选择一个集群作为要维护的集群,并升级要由要维护的集群的处理器执行的版本的版本。 当要维护的集群的所有处理器的程序的版本已被升级时,将恢复属于要维护的集群的处理器接受新作业,并开始执行新的程序。 针对所有的集群,顺序重复集群的选择,程序的版本升级和新程序的执行的开始。 当所有处理器的程序的版本升级完成时,集群模式从集群限制处理模式返回到集群非限制处理模式。

    Method and apparatus for recovering normality in moving sequence of
machinery
    23.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for recovering normality in moving sequence of machinery 失效
    在机械运动顺序中恢复正常的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US4638227A

    公开(公告)日:1987-01-20

    申请号:US691910

    申请日:1985-01-16

    摘要: In order to execute a series of moving sequences by synchronous and exclusive control of unit operations taught or programed in advance, there are provided a first storing of the relationship of the sequence of execution of each unit operation to other unit operations to be controlled synchronously or exclusively; a second storing of information relating to the operational status of each unit operation; and a third storing of operating instructions for executing each unit operation. When machine tools have stopped due to the occurrence of an abnormality while a series of unit operations are being executed by the operating instructions stored in the third storing means, a unit operation for restarting on the basis of the relationship of the executing sequence stored during the first storing is appointed, and information concerning the operational status stored during the second storing is corrected. Furthermore, at the time when a junction operation in which there exist two or more sequences leading to a unit operation has been executed, a fourth storing is effected during the normal state of the operation steps relating to that execution. Then the content of the information stored during said second storing is corrected to a state permitting restarting from an appointed unit operation by referring to information stored during the fourth storing.

    摘要翻译: 为了通过预先教导或编程的单元操作的同步和排他控制来执行一系列移动序列,提供了每个单元操作的执行顺序与要同步控制的其他单元操作的关系的第一次存储, 只; 关于每个单元操作的操作状态的信息的第二存储; 以及第三存储用于执行每个单元操作的操作指令。 当由于存储在第三存储装置中的操作指令正在执行一系列单元操作时由于发生异常而使机床停止时,基于存储在第三存储装置中的执行顺序的关系重新启动单元操作 指定第一存储,并且校正在第二存储期间存储的关于操作状态的信息。 此外,当执行存在导致单元操作的两个或更多个序列的结合操作时,在与该执行有关的操作步骤的正常状态期间进行第四次存储。 然后,通过参照在第四次存储期间存储的信息将在所述第二存储期间存储的信息的内容从指定的单元操作修正为允许重新开始的状态。

    Method of and apparatus for automatic recovery of a cache in a storage
system
    25.
    发明授权
    Method of and apparatus for automatic recovery of a cache in a storage system 失效
    用于自动恢复存储系统中的高速缓存的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5375227A

    公开(公告)日:1994-12-20

    申请号:US573784

    申请日:1990-08-28

    IPC分类号: G06F12/08 G11C29/00 G06F13/14

    摘要: Herein disclosed is a disk controller having a cache. This cache is so managed that a predetermined part composed of at least one of a plurality parts divided therefrom is initialized. In response to a request for cache activation from a host computer, the initializations of the cache are partly executed in a repeated manner, and a request for disk input/output is intermittently processed so that the whole initializations of a cache having a large capacity can be executed in parallel with the online process.Moreover, the logic failure of the cache and the hardware failure of a memory are divided. When the logic failure occurs, the use of the case is temporarily prohibited, and the whole initializations of the cache are executed automatically at the side of the disk controller without any intervention of a maintenance man so that the cache can be used again.

    摘要翻译: 这里公开的是具有缓存的盘控制器。 对该高速缓冲存储器进行管理,使由其分割的多个部分中的至少一个构成的预定部分被初始化。 响应于来自主计算机的缓存激活请求,高速缓存的初始化部分地以重复的方式执行,并且间歇地处理对盘输入/输出的请求,使得具有大容量的高速缓存的整个初始化可以 与在线流程并行执行。 此外,缓存的逻辑故障和存储器的硬件​​故障被划分。 当发生逻辑故障时,暂时禁止使用该情况,并且高速缓存的整个初始化在磁盘控制器的一侧自动执行,而不需要维护人员的任何干预,以便可以再次使用高速缓存。

    Process monitoring apparatus for process management in production and
assembly lines
    26.
    发明授权
    Process monitoring apparatus for process management in production and assembly lines 失效
    生产和装配流程管理过程监控装置

    公开(公告)号:US4802094A

    公开(公告)日:1989-01-31

    申请号:US879568

    申请日:1986-06-27

    IPC分类号: G06F19/00 G06F15/46

    CPC分类号: G05B19/4183 Y02P90/10

    摘要: A method and an apparatus of removing works from each of the facilities in a production line is described in order to facilitate changing of a work monitoring operation in accordance with, for example, a layout change in the production line and a change in the facilities. Work tracking conditions are stored in a memory in the form of a table, and work tracking management data and plant status data which have been stored in the memory separately are retrived while the work tracking conditions are referred to, thereby extracting management data for which tracking conditions have been completed. The extracted management data is subjected to processing such as movement and updating in accordance with the contents of the above-described data which are referred to. In addition, in order to efficiently effect a process monitoring operation for each lot even when the arrangement of a lot consisting of a plurality of works joined together arbitrarily changes, such as, as a result of dividing the lot into a plurality of sub-lots, the arrangement of each lot is stored in the form of data of a tree structure, whereby the lot arrangement is readily changed by changing the tree structure.

    摘要翻译: 描述了从生产线中的每个设施中移除工件的方法和装置,以便于根据例如生产线的布局变化和设施的变化来改变工作监视操作。 工作跟踪条件以表的形式存储在存储器中,并且在参考工作跟踪条件的同时检索已经存储在存储器中的工作跟踪管理数据和工厂状态数据,从而提取对其进行追踪的管理数据 条件已经完成。 所提取的管理数据根据所参考的上述数据的内容进行移动和更新等处理。 此外,为了有效地对每个批次进行处理监视操作,即使由连接在一起的多个作品组成的批次的布置任意地改变,例如作为将批次分割成多个分批的结果 每个批次的布置以树结构的数据的形式存储,从而通过改变树结构容易地改变批次布置。

    Method and apparatus for controlling an operation sequence of machinery
    27.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for controlling an operation sequence of machinery 失效
    用于控制机械操作顺序的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US4633385A

    公开(公告)日:1986-12-30

    申请号:US606226

    申请日:1984-05-02

    摘要: In order to execute a series of operation sequence including synchronization and exclusion for an automatic machine such as a robot by combining pretaught or preprogrammed unit operations, there are provided first memory for storing a start sequence of the unit operations to be synchronized or excluded, second memory for storing operation status of the unit operations and third memory for storing operation command to start the unit operations. The unit operations to be started are determined by referring the start sequence and the operation status of the unit operations read from the memories, and the corresponding operation commands are read out of the third memory to squentially start the unit operations.In order to execute an repetitive operation of similar works, there is provided fourth memory for storing basic operation patterns common to the repetitive operation in a non-repetitive manner. Further, sub-parameters are generated as many as the number determined by the number of times of repetition required and the content of operation, desired operation content is selected in accordance with the stored basic operation patterns and the generated sub-parameters, and the selected operation content is executed as many times as the number of sub-parameters, and the number of times of execution of the basic operation pattern executed is counted at an end of a repetitive section.

    摘要翻译: 为了通过组合预处理或预编程单元操作来执行诸如机器人的自动机器的同步和排除的一系列操作序列,提供了用于存储要同步或排除的单元操作的起始序列的第一存储器,第二 用于存储单元操作的操作状态的存储器和用于存储操作命令的第三存储器以开始单元操作。 通过参考从存储器读取的单元操作的开始顺序和操作状态来确定要启动的单元操作,并且从第三存储器中读出相应的操作命令以急剧启动单元操作。 为了执行类似作品的重复操作,提供了用于以非重复方式存储重复操作共同的基本操作模式的第四存储器。 此外,子参数被生成与由所需重复次数确定的数量一致,并且操作内容根据所存储的基本操作模式和生成的子参数选择期望的操作内容,并且所选择的 执行操作内容与子参数的次数一样多,并且在重复部分的末尾对所执行的基本操作模式的执行次数进行计数。

    Multi-processor system, disk controller using the same and nondisruptive maintenance method thereof
    30.
    发明授权
    Multi-processor system, disk controller using the same and nondisruptive maintenance method thereof 失效
    多处理器系统,磁盘控制器使用相同且无中断的维护方法

    公开(公告)号:US06505257B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-01-07

    申请号:US09785318

    申请日:2001-02-20

    IPC分类号: G06F1314

    摘要: A plurality of processors of a disk controller are divided into a plurality of clusters. In normal operation, data is transferred between a host computer and a disk drive in a cluster non-restricted processing mode in which a job can be distributedly processed among processors belonging to any clusters without regard to cluster. In response to a program version upgrading command from an operator, the cluster mode is shifted from the cluster non-restricted processing mode to a cluster restricted processing mode in which the cluster to which processors which are permitted to distributedly process one job belong is restricted. When the shifting to the cluster restricted processing mode is completed, one cluster is selected as a cluster to be maintained and versions of the programs to be executed by the processors belonging to the cluster to be maintained are upgraded. When the versions of the programs of all processors of the cluster to be maintained have been upgraded, the acceptance of a new job by the processors belonging to the cluster to be maintained is resumed and the execution of the new programs is started. The selection of the cluster, the version upgrading of the programs and the start of the execution of the new programs are repeated sequentially for all clusters. When the version upgrading of the programs of all processors is completed, the cluster mode is returned from the cluster restricted processing mode to the cluster non-restricted process mode.

    摘要翻译: 磁盘控制器的多个处理器被分成多个集群。 在正常操作中,数据在主机计算机和磁盘驱动器之间以集群非受限处理模式传送,其中可以在属于任何集群的处理器之间分散处理作业,而不考虑集群。 响应于来自运营商的程序版本升级命令,集群模式从集群非受限处理模式转移到集群限制处理模式,其中允许分发处理一个作业的处理器所属的集群被限制。 当转移到集群限制处理模式时,一个集群被选择为要维护的集群,并且升级要由要维护的集群的处理器执行的要由其执行的版本的版本。 当要维护的集群的所有处理器的程序的版本已经升级时,恢复属于要维护的集群的处理器接受新作业,并开始执行新的程序。 针对所有的集群,顺序重复集群的选择,程序的版本升级和新程序的执行的开始。 当所有处理器的程序的版本升级完成时,集群模式从群集限制处理模式返回到群集非限制进程模式。