SETTING CONTROL DEVICE, TEXTILE MACHINE, YARN WINDING MACHINE, AND
SPINNING MACHINE
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field 5 of the Invention
The present invention relates to a setting control device a
textile machine, a yarn winding machine, and a spinning machine.
2. Description of the Related Art
10 A setting control device adapted to set an operation and to check
an operational state is provided to a textile machine. As an
conventional setting control device, there is known a setting control
device described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No.
2004-332175, for example.
15 In the setting control device described in Japanese Patent
Application Laid-open No. 2004-332175, by specifying an information
item of information on weaving and also by selectively specifying
a work type in a weaving field, weaving data is prevented from being
input by a person not engaged in a corresponding work type.
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SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A setting control device of a textile machine may have an access
property function in which an access authority for each setting item
of a lot, a machine, and the like can be changed for every access
25 level (work type). In this setting control device, the access
authority for a prescribed setting item can be changed from a
“non-displayed” to a “setting changeable” by the access property
function at an access level of an operator, for example. However,
in the conventional setting control device, since the access authority
30 for a display screen is fixed by an initial setting, in a case where
an access authority for a screen that displays the setting item is
not granted to the operator (in a case of a “non-displayed” setting),
the screen itself in which the access authority for the setting item
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has been changed is not displayed to the operator. Therefore, in the
conventional setting control device, inconsistency may occur in which
even if the access authority for the setting item has been changed,
the screen that displays the setting item cannot be browsed and the
5 setting item cannot be accessed.
An object of the present invention is to provide a setting
control device, a textile machine, a yarn winding machine, and a
spinning machine each capable of preventing inconsistency of an access
authority relating to display from occurring.
10 A setting control device according to the present invention is
a setting control device of a textile machine including a display
section capable of displaying a plurality of display screens on a
surface thereof. The setting control device includes a display
control section adapted to control display of the display screens
15 on the display section. The display control section is adapted to
display on the display screen, a first setting region in which an
access authority for the display screen is set for every display screen
and for every access level of an accessing person accessing the display
screen. The display screen is an image (a picture) displayed on the
20 display section. The plurality of display screens are displayed on
the display section in a switching manner.
A textile machine (in other words, a system of textile machines)
according to the present invention includes a plurality of machines
each having the above-described setting control devices. Each of the
25 setting control devices is adapted to be capable of communicating
with each other. In the textile machine, inconsistency in which even
if the access authority for a setting item has been changed, a display
screen that displays the setting item cannot be browsed can be
prevented from occurring. Furthermore, in the textile machine, since
30 each of the setting control device is provided capable of
communicating with each other, a setting of another setting control
device can be performed by performing a setting in one control setting
device, and thus efficiency can be achieved.
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A textile machine (in other words, a system of textile machines)
according to the present invention includes an overall control device
having the above-described setting control devices, and a plurality
of machines adapted to be controlled by the overall control device.
In the textile machine, 5 chine, inconsistency in which even if the access
authority for a setting item has been changed, a display screen that
displays the setting item cannot be browsed can be prevented from
occurring. Furthermore, in the overall control device, a setting of
the access authority can be performed.
10 A yarn winding machine (in other words, a system of yarn winding
machines) according to the present invention includes the
above-described setting control devices. In the yarn winding machine,
inconsistency in which even if the access authority for a setting
item has been changed, a display screen that displays the setting
15 item cannot be browsed can be prevented from occurring.
A spinning machine (in other words, a system of spinning
machines) according to the present invention includes the
above-described setting control devices. In the spinning machine,
inconsistency in which even if the access authority for a setting
20 item has been changed, a display screen that displays the setting
item cannot be browsed can be prevented from occurring.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
25 FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a textile machine including
a setting control device according to one embodiment;
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the setting
control device;
FIG. 3 is a view illustrating an example of an access authority
30 setting screen displayed on a touch panel;
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration
of a hierarchical structure of a menu;
FIG. 5 is a view illustrating an example of the access authority
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setting screen of when a setting button is pressed;
FIG. 6 is a view illustrating an example of the access authority
setting screen of when a setting button is pressed;
FIG. 7 is an extract view of a first setting region and a second
5 setting region;
FIG. 8 is a view illustrating an example of a display screen
displayed on the touch panel;
FIG. 9 is a table illustrating an example of control by a setting
change section;
10 FIG. 10 is a table illustrating an example of the control by
the setting change section;
FIG. 11 is a table illustrating an example of the control by
the setting change section;
FIG. 12 is a table illustrating an example of the control by
15 the setting change section;
FIG. 13 is a table illustrating an example of the control by
the setting change section;
FIG. 14 is a table illustrating an example of the control by
the setting change section;
20 FIG. 15 is a table illustrating an example of the control by
the setting change section;
FIG. 16 is a table illustrating an example of the control by
the setting change section;
FIG. 17 is a table illustrating an example of the control by
25 the setting change section;
FIG. 18 is a table illustrating an example of the control by
the setting change section;
FIG. 19 is a table illustrating an example of the control by
the setting change section;
30 FIG. 20 is a table illustrating an example of the control by
the setting change section;
FIG. 21 is a table illustrating an example of the control by
the setting change section;
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FIG. 22 is a table illustrating an example of the control by
the setting change section;
FIG. 23 is a table illustrating an example of the control by
the setting change section;
FIG. 24 is a table illustrating an example of the control 5 ontrol by
the setting change section;
FIG. 25 is a table illustrating an example of the control by
the setting change section;
FIG. 26 is a table illustrating an example of the control by
10 the setting change section;
FIG. 27 is a table illustrating an example of the control by
the setting change section;
FIG. 28 is a table illustrating an example of the control by
the setting change section;
15 FIG. 29 is a view illustrating an example of a monitor screen
displayed on the touch panel; and
FIG. 30 is a diagram illustrating a textile machine including
a setting control device according to another embodiment.
20 DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be
hereinafter described in detail with reference to the attached
drawings. The same reference numerals are denoted on the same or
corresponding elements throughout description of the drawings, and
25 redundant description will be omitted.
FIG. 1 is a view illustrating a textile machine including a
setting control device according to one embodiment. As illustrated
in FIG. 1, a system of textile machines 1 includes a plurality of
machines 3. “A system of textile machines 1” is also called “a textile
30 machine 1” simply. Each of the machines 3 has a same configuration.
One machine 3 will be hereinafter described as an example.
The machine 3 includes a plurality of units (not illustrated),
a machine control device (not illustrated) adapted to integrally
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control operations of the units, and a setting control device 5. In
a case where the textile machine 1 is a spinning machine, the unit
(a spinning unit) includes, for example, a draft device, a pneumatic
spinning device, a yarn accumulating device, a waxing device, and
a winding device, each of which is not illustrated. The 5 machine
control device is adapted to control operations of each device
provided to the unit based on setting contents set by the setting
control device 5. The setting control device 5 may be regarded as
a device independent of the machine control device, and may be regarded
10 as a component (device) in the machine control device.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the setting
control device 5. The setting control device 5 is adapted to perform
an operation such as inputting a setting of an operational condition
of the machine 3 and to monitor production status such as machine
15 efficiency, yarn quality control, or the like. Specifically, in the
setting control device 5, inputting a setting of various operational
conditions of the machine 3, saving, allocating and deleting of a
lot setting, and a setting of various maintenance modes can be
performed. In addition, in the setting control device 5, data of
20 operational status of the machine 3 and analysis result thereof, and
an alarm occurrence status of the machine 3 can be displayed.
Furthermore, in the setting control device 5, a setting of an access
authority, which is to be described later, can be performed as an
access property function.
25 As illustrated in FIG. 2, the setting control device 5 includes
a touch panel (a display section) 10, a display control section 12,
a storage section 14, a setting change section 16, a communication
section 18, and an input/output section 20. The setting control
device 5 includes a Central Processing Unit (CPU), a Random Access
30 Memory (RAM), and a Read Only Memory (ROM).
The touch panel 10 is adapted to display information relating
to various settings of the unit, and information relating to an
operational state of the unit, and to accept an operation by an
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accessing person. That is, the touch panel 10 functions as a display
section and an operation input section. The touch panel 10 is arranged
on a drive box (not illustrated) of the machine 3, for example. The
touch panel 10 displays a display screen based on display information
output from the display control section 12. When the accessing 5 person
performs an operation of touching the display screen, the touch panel
10 outputs the operational information to the display control section
12 or the storage section 14.
The display control section 12 is adapted to control the display
10 screen displayed on the touch panel 10. The display control section
12 generates the display information based on setting information
stored in the storage section 14, and outputs the display information
to cause the touch panel 10 to display the display screen.
FIG. 3 is a view illustrating an example of an access authority
15 setting screen D displayed on the touch panel 10. The display control
section 12 outputs the display information to the touch panel 10,
and as illustrated in FIG. 3, causes the touch panel 10 to display
the access authority setting screen D, which is one of the display
screens. The access authority setting screen D is a screen where the
20 access property function is realized and where the access authority
for the display screen to be displayed on the touch panel 10 is set
in the setting control device 5. On the access authority setting
screen D, for example, a main menu M1, a second menu M2, a third menu
M3, a forth menu M4, a sub menu M5, a content C, and a tree path T
25 are displayed. The main menu M1, the second menu M2, the third menu
M3, and the fourth menu M4 form a hierarchical structure, and contents
of the main menu M1 are minutely classified by the menus M2 to M4.
The hierarchical structure of the menus M1 to M4 corresponds to a
hierarchical structure of the display screen. The hierarchical
30 structure of the display screen is formed as illustrated in FIG. 4,
for example. This hierarchical structure is one example, and has up
to a fourth hierarchy in the present embodiment, but the number of
the hierarchies is not limited thereto.
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The main menu M1 is displayed in an upper left part of a screen.
In the main menu M1, for example, categories of a “setting”, an
“operation monitor”, a “quality”, a “maintenance”, a “lot control”,
and an “administrator” are displayed with icons.
The “setting” displays a screen on which a new lot is 5 created
and set. The “operation monitor” displays a screen on which operation
data of the machine 3 and analysis result thereof are displayed. The
“quality” displays a screen on which data relating to quality is
displayed. The “maintenance” displays a screen on which maintenance
10 such as a setting of various maintenance modes, alarm history,
download of a program, and the like is performed. The “lot control”
displays a screen on which lot allotment, lot cancellation, and the
like are performed. The “administrator” displays a screen on which
various basic settings such as time, unit, language switching, shift
15 time, an access property, a specification change of the machine 3
are performed. In FIG. 3, the “administrator” (an icon arranged on
a right end of the main menu M1 in FIG. 3) is selected to display
the access authority setting screen D.
The second menu M2 is displayed below the main menu M1. The
20 second menu M2 includes categories corresponding to each of the
categories (the “administrator”, etc.) of the main menu M1, and is
set as a hierarchy lower than the main menu M1. The third menu M3
is displayed in a right part of the screen. The third menu M3 includes
categories corresponding to each of the categories of the second menu
25 M2, and is set as a hierarchy lower than the second menu M2. The fourth
menu M4 is displayed on a left side to the third menu M3. The fourth
menu M4 includes categories corresponding to each of the categories
of M3, and is set as a hierarchy lower than the third menu M3. A menu
in a hierarchy lower than the main menu M1 (for example, the fourth
30 menu M4) is not set in some cases. The accessing person operates
(touches) the main menu M1, the second menu M2, the third menu M3,
and the fourth menu M4 in this order, for example, and displays a
desired display screen on the touch panel 10. The sub menu M5 is
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displayed in an upper right part of the screen, and is an icon for
displaying a screen and a function that are frequently used. The
positions where each of the menus M1 to M5 is displayed are not limited
thereto.
The content C displays contents that correspond to the 5 e selected
menus M1 to M5. In FIG. 3, contents of a menu selected in hierarchies
of the main menu M1 (the “administrator”) → the second menu M2 (a
“user management”) → the third menu M3 (the “access property setting”)
→ the fourth menu M4 (a “basic setting”) are displayed. A hierarchical
10 structure (a path) of the contents displayed in the content C can
be checked with the tree path T displayed in a lower part of the screen.
A first setting region A1 and a second setting region A2 are
displayed in the content C of the access authority setting screen
D. That is, the display control section 12 reads out the setting
15 information stored in the storage section 14 and displays the first
setting region A1 and the second setting region A2 in the content
C of the touch panel 10 based on the setting information. In the
content C, the first setting region A1 and the second setting region
A2 are vertically arranged in this order. However, a display mode
20 of the first setting region A1 and the second setting region A2 is
not limited thereto. For example, the first setting region A1 may
be displayed below the second setting region A2. For example, the
first setting region A1 and the second setting region A2 may be
displayed side by side. For example, there may be a space between
25 the first setting region A1 and the second setting region A2, or may
be not.
The first setting region A1 is a part where the access authority
for the display screen is set for every display screen and for every
access level of the accessing person who accesses the display screen.
30 Specifically, when an accessing person at an access level of a
“MANUFACTURER” sets the access authority for a display screen of a
“package (production)”, as illustrated in FIG. 3, for example, three
screen items of a “hierarchy 1: setting”, a “hierarchy 2: lot”, and
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a “screen: package (production)”, and three access levels of an
“OPERATOR”, a “MAINTENANCE”, and an “ADMINISTRATOR”, which
respectively corresponds to the three screen items, are displayed
in the first setting region A1.
The screen item includes an item (an actual screen item) 5 of a
selected display screen itself and an item (a hierarchical screen
item) that corresponds to a higher hierarchy of a hierarchical
structure to which the display screen belongs. That is, in the first
setting region A1, the access authority for each of the selected
10 display screen and the higher hierarchy of the hierarchical structure
to which the display screen belongs can be set for every access level.
For example, in a case where the selected display screen is a screen
positioned in a third hierarchy, in addition to the selected display
screen, the access authority can be set also for a first hierarchy
15 and a second hierarchy of the hierarchical structure to which the
selected display screen belongs. In a case where the access authority
for a screen item in the hierarchy is changed, the access authorities
are changed also for all the other display screens in hierarchies
lower than the hierarchy. The access authority for a selected display
20 screen itself will be hereinafter referred to as an access authority
for a screen item of a “screen”. In addition, the access authority
for a higher hierarchy of a hierarchical structure to which the
selected display screen belongs will be hereinafter referred to as
an access authority for a screen item of a “hierarchy”. The access
25 authority for the “hierarchy” is naturally the access authority for
the display screen also.
In the present embodiment, the access level includes four levels
of the “OPERATOR”, the “MAINTENANCE”, the “ADMINISTRATOR”, and the
“MANUFACTURER”.
30 The “OPERATOR”, the “MAINTENANCE”, and the “ADMINISTRATOR” are
levels prepared for a user who uses the textile machine 1. The
“MANUFACTURER” is a level prepared for a maker who has produced the
textile machine 1. The access levels of the “OPERATOR”, the
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“MAINTENANCE”, the “ADMINISTRATOR”, and the “MANUFACTURER” become
higher in this order. That is, the access level satisfies a relation
of the “OPERATOR” < the “MAINTENANCE” < the “ADMINISTRATOR” < the
“MANUFACTURER”.
In the setting control device 5, when operating the settin5 g
control device 5, the accessing person inputs a log-in password of
each access level and logs in at each access level. The method for
logging-in is not limited to the input of the password, and a key
or an ID card may be used. In this case, the access level is judged
10 by identification information embedded in the key or the ID card.
In the setting control device 5, actions that the accessing
person can perform are different according to the access level. For
example, normally in a case where the accessing person logs in as
the “OPERATOR”, the setting item and a monitoring item can be browsed.
15 In a case where the accessing person logs in as the “MAINTENANCE”,
in addition to the browsing as described above, general changes of
a setting related to operation and maintenance are possible. In the
“ADMINISTRATOR”, in addition to the browsing, and the changes of the
setting as described above, management of setting such as machine
20 specifications, a password, and the like can be changed. In the
“MANUFACTURER”, further more actions can be performed.
Since the access authority setting screen D of FIG. 3
illustrates a screen of a case where the accessing person has logged
in as the “MANUFACTURER”, the access levels are displayed up to the
25 “ADMINISTRATOR”. However, in a case of logging in as the
“ADMINISTRATOR”, the access levels are displayed merely up to the
“MAINTENANCE”, and in a case of logging in as the “MAINTENANCE”, the
access level is displayed merely up to the “OPERATOR”. In the case
of logging in as the “OPERATOR”, the access authority setting screen
30 D itself is not displayed. That is, only the access property at an
access level lower than the access level of logging in is displayed
on the access authority setting screen D, and thus only the access
property at the access level lower than the access level of the
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accessing person can be changed.
In the first setting region A1, a “displayed” and a
“non-displayed” can be set for every access level as the access
authority for each screen item. The “displayed” is a setting for
displaying a certain display screen, and the “non-displayed” is 5 a
setting for not displaying a certain display screen. In other words,
two different access authorities of the “displayed” and the
“non-displayed” are prepared. The “displayed” is stronger than the
“non-displayed” in terms of the access authority, which satisfies
10 a relation of the “non-displayed” < the “displayed”.
In the first setting region A1, setting buttons (first setting
buttons) B1 respectively corresponding to each of the access levels
are provided for each screen item. The setting buttons B1 are buttons
for setting the “displayed” and the “non-displayed” of the screen
15 items. The display control section 12 displays a current setting
status of the access authority in the setting buttons B1 based on
the setting information stored in the storage section 14. For example,
in the setting buttons B1 illustrated in FIG. 3, the “displayed” is
displayed at all the access levels of each screen item.
20 The second setting region A2 is a part where the access authority
for a setting item relating to an operational condition and the like
of the textile machine 1 is set for every setting item and for every
access level. Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 3, for example,
ten setting items of an “a” to a “j” are displayed in the second setting
25 region A2. In a case where the display screen of the “package
(production)” is selected in a spinning machine, for example, the
setting items are related to a setting of package production and are
a yarn type, a material, a yarn count, a package length, a package
weight, and the like, for example.
30 In the second setting region A2, a “non-displayed”, a “reading
only”, and a “setting changeable” can be set for every access level
as the access authority for each setting item. The “non-displayed”
is a setting for not displaying the setting item on the display screen.
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The “reading only” is a setting for displaying the setting item on
the display screen, but not accepting a setting change. The “setting
changeable” is a setting for allowing a setting of the setting item
to be changed on the display screen. In other words, three different
access authorities of the “non-displayed”, the “reading only”, 5 , and
the “setting changeable” are prepared. The strength of these access
authorities is incremental, and satisfies a relation of the
“non-displayed” < the “reading only” < the “setting changeable”.
In the second setting region A2, setting buttons (second setting
10 buttons) B2 respectively corresponding to each of the access levels
displayed in the first setting region A1 are provided for each setting
item. The setting buttons B2 are buttons for setting the
“non-displayed”, the “reading only”, and the “setting changeable”
of the setting items. The display control section 12 displays a
15 current setting status of the access authority in the setting buttons
B2 based on the setting information stored in the storage section
14.
Operations in a case where the access authority is changed in
the first setting region A1 will be described. FIG. 5 is a view
20 illustrating an example of a setting screen of when the setting button
B1 is pressed. First, the accessing person presses the setting button
B1 that corresponds to a prescribed access level and a prescribed
screen item (for example, the “screen: package (production)” of the
“OPERATOR”) of which access authority is to be changed.
25 When the setting button B1 is pressed by the accessing person,
the touch panel 10 outputs the operational information to the display
control section 12. In response to this, as illustrated in FIG. 5,
the display control section 12 displays a pop-up screen PD1 on the
touch panel 10. Options of the “displayed” and the “non-displayed”
30 for the access authority are displayed on the pop-up screen PD1. When
the touch panel 10 outputs operational information indicating that
either one has been selected from the options of the “displayed” and
the “non-displayed” on the pop-up screen PD1, the display control
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section 12 changes display of the setting button B1 according to the
selected option. The touch panel 10 also outputs the operational
information to the storage section 14, and the storage section 14
stores the received operational information as the setting
information. The setting information includes 5 information
indicating a screen item, information indicating an access level of
the screen item, and information indicating the access authority for
the screen item.
Next, operations in a case where the access authority is changed
10 in the second setting region A2 will be described. FIG. 6 is a view
illustrating an example of the setting screen of when the setting
button B2 is pressed. First, the accessing person presses the setting
button B2 that corresponds to a prescribed access level and a
prescribed setting item (for example, the setting item “a” of the
15 “OPERATOR”) of which access authority is to be changed.
When the setting button B2 is pressed in the second setting
region A2, the touch panel 10 outputs the operational information
to the display control section 12. In response to this, as illustrated
in FIG. 6, the display control section 12 displays a pop-up screen
20 PD2 on the touch panel 10. Options of the “non-displayed”, the
“reading only”, and the “setting changeable” for the access authority
are displayed on the pop-up screen PD2. When the touch panel 10
outputs operational information indicating that one has been selected
from the options of the “non-displayed”, the “reading only”, and the
25 “setting changeable” on the pop-up screen PD2, the display control
section 12 changes display of the setting button B2 in the second
setting region A2 according to the selected option. The touch panel
10 also outputs the operational information to the storage section
14, and the storage section 14 stores the received operational
30 information as the setting information. The setting information
includes information indicating a setting item, information
indicating an access level of the setting item, and information
indicating the access authority for the setting item.
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When a setting is changed in the first setting region A1 and
the second setting region A2 as described above, the display control
section 12 changes a color of display of the setting buttons B1 and
B2 of which setting has been changed. FIG. 7 is an extracted view
of the first setting region A1 and the second setting region A2. 5 As
illustrated in FIG. 7, for example, in a case where an initial setting
of the setting item “e” in the second setting region A2 is the “setting
changeable”, when the setting is changed to the “non-displayed”, the
display control section 12 displays display of the “non-displayed”
10 in a color (blue, for example) that can be distinguished from a color
(black, for example) of another display. A similar operation is
performed for the setting item “h”. Accordingly, in the setting
control device 5, when viewing the access authority setting screen
D, the accessing person can recognize at first sight, an item that
15 has been changed this time.
When the access authority is set in the first setting region
A1 and/or the second setting region A2, the display control section
12 controls display of the display screen based on set contents. FIG.
8 is a view illustrating an example of the display screen. FIG. 8
20 illustrates a display screen D2 based on a setting on the access
authority setting screen D illustrated in FIG. 3 in a case where the
“OPERATOR” has accessed.
When the accessing person presses the menu buttons of the main
menu M1 (the “setting”), the second menu M2 (the “lot”), and the third
25 menu M3 (the “package (production)”) in this order, the display
control section 12 reads out the setting information corresponding
to the display screen of this hierarchical structure from the storage
section 14. The display control section 12 displays the display
screen D2 on the touch panel 10 based on the setting information that
30 has been read out. In a content C1 of the display screen D2, the
setting items the “a” to the “e” illustrated in FIG. 3, and items
a “lot 1” to a “lot 4” for each setting item are displayed. Setting
contents of a plurality of setting items are collectively referred
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to as a lot. A plurality of lot settings can be saved in the textile
machine 1.
Since the setting items “a” and “e” are set to the “setting
changeable” in the second setting region A2 illustrated in FIG. 3,
setting buttons B3, B4 are displayed in the content C1 of the 5 display
screen D2. When the setting button B4 of the setting item “e” in the
“lot 1” is pressed, for example, the touch panel 10 outputs operational
information to the display control section 12. In response to this,
the display control section 12 displays a pop-up screen (not
10 illustrated) on which a numerical value is to be input, for example.
When operational information including the numerical value input on
the pop-up screen is output from the touch panel 10, the display
control section 12 changes display (an “e-1”) of the setting button
B4. Furthermore, the touch panel 10 outputs the operational
15 information to the storage section 14, and the storage section 14
stores the received operational information as the setting
information. In a case where the setting button B3 is pressed, a
similar control is performed.
Since the “b” to the “d” in the content C1 are set to the “reading
20 only” in the access authority setting screen D of FIG. 3, numerical
values (a “b-2” and the like) are displayed, for example. The “f”
to the “j” set to the “non-displayed” on the access authority setting
screen D of FIG. 3 are not displayed in the content C1 of FIG. 8.
Referring back to FIG. 2, the storage section 14 is adapted to
25 store for each access level, the access authority for every display
screen set in the first setting region A1 and the access authority
for every setting item set in the second setting region A2. When
receiving operational information output from the touch panel 10,
the storage section 14 writes the operational information as the
30 setting information over the existing setting information and stores
the updated information. The storage section 14 sequentially stores
operational data of the machine 3.
The setting change section 16 is adapted to change the setting
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information stored in the storage section 14. In a case where a
setting of a certain access authority stored in the storage section
14 is changed with an operation in the first setting region A1 and
the second setting region A2 by the accessing person, the setting
change section 16 changes a setting of another access 5 authority stored
in the storage section 14 in conjunction with the change. The setting
change section 16 has a plurality of prescribed conjunction patterns
(rules) in accordance with the access level and the setting content,
and changes the setting of the access authority according to the
10 conjunction patterns. Control of the setting change section 16 will
be hereinafter described in detail.

As described above, the two access authorities of the “displayed”
15 and the “non-displayed” can be set in the first setting region A1.
The setting change section 16 links the access authority for every
screen item of each display screen that is set in the first setting
region A1 among the access levels (a higher access level and a lower
access level) and/or among screen hierarchies (a higher hierarchy
20 and a lower hierarchy). Specific control of the setting change
section 16 in the first setting region A1 will be described with
reference to FIGS. 9 to 16. FIGS. 9 to 16 are views each illustrating
an example of control of the setting change section 16.
[Conjunction pattern 1 Screen item: Conjunction of a
25 “displayed” setting with a higher access level]
As indicated by boldface in FIG. 9, in a case where a setting is changed
from the “non-displayed” to the “displayed” in a screen item of a
prescribed access level, the setting change section 16 sets the
“displayed” for a screen item of an access level higher than the
30 prescribed access level. Specifically, the setting change section
16 changes information of the access authority included in the setting
information of the storage section 14 from the “non-displayed” to
the “displayed”. At this time, the display control section 12 changes
19
display of the setting button B1 to the “displayed” based on the
changed setting information in the storage section 14. In the
following description, description related to control of the setting
change section 16 over the storage section 14 and control of the
5 display control section 12 will be omitted.
That is, as illustrated in an uppermost row of FIG. 9, for example,
in a case where current settings of the screen items of the “screen”
are the “non-displayed” and where a setting of the “OPERATOR”, for
example, is changed to the “displayed” by the accessing person as
10 illustrated in a second row of FIG. 9, the setting change section
16 also changes the “MAINTENANCE” and the “ADMINISTRATOR”, which are
access levels higher than the “OPERATOR”, to the “displayed”. In a
case where a setting is changed to the “displayed” at a prescribed
access level, the setting change section 16 does not change the access
15 authority for an access level lower than the prescribed access level.
[Conjunction pattern 2 Screen item: Conjunction of a
“non-displayed” setting with a lower access level]
As indicated by boldface in FIG. 10, in a case where a setting is
changed from the “displayed” to the “non-displayed” in a screen item
20 of a prescribed access level, a screen item of an access level lower
than the prescribed access level is also set to the “non-displayed”.
That is, for example, in a case where the current settings of
the screen items of the “screen” are the “displayed” as illustrated
in an uppermost row of FIG. 10 and where a setting of the
25 “ADMINISTRATOR”, for example, is changed to the “non-displayed” by
the accessing person as illustrated in a lowermost row of FIG. 10,
the setting change section 16 also sets the “OPERATOR” and the
“MAINTENANCE”, which are access levels lower than the “ADMINISTRATOR”,
to the “non-displayed”. In a case where a setting is changed from
30 the “displayed” to the “non-displayed” at a prescribed access level,
the setting change section 16 does not change the access authority
for an access level higher than the prescribed access level.
[Conjunction pattern 3 Screen item: Conjunction of the
20
“displayed” setting with a higher hierarchy]
As illustrated in FIGS. 11 and 12, in a case where a screen item at
a prescribed hierarchical position is changed from the “non-displayed”
to the “displayed”, the setting change section 16 also sets the
“displayed” for a screen item in a hierarchy higher than 5 the prescribed
hierarchy.
That is, as illustrated in FIG. 11, for example, in a case where
the current settings of all the screen items of the “screen” and the
“hierarchies” are the “non-displayed” and where the screen item of
10 the “screen”, for example, is changed to the “displayed” by the
accessing person, the setting change section 16 also sets the screen
items in hierarchies (“hierarchies 1 to 3”) higher than the “screen”
to the “displayed”. Furthermore, as illustrated in FIG. 12, for
example, in a case where the screen item in the “hierarchy 2”, for
15 example is set to the “displayed” by the accessing person, the setting
change section 16 also sets the screen item in the higher hierarchy
(the “hierarchy 1”) to the “displayed”. In a case where a prescribed
screen item is changed from the “non-displayed” to the “displayed”,
the setting change section 16 does not change the access authority
20 for a screen item in a hierarchy lower than the prescribed screen
item. That is, in a case of FIG. 12, for example, the setting change
section 16 does not change the access authorities for the screen items
in the hierarchies (the “hierarchy 3” and the “screen”) lower than
the changed screen item.
25 [Conjunction pattern 4 Screen item: Conjunction of the
“non-displayed” setting with the higher hierarchy]
As illustrated in FIGS. 13 to 16, in a case where a screen item at
a prescribed hierarchical position is changed from the “displayed”
to the “non-displayed”, the setting change section 16 also sets the
30 screen item in a hierarchy higher than the prescribed hierarchy to
the “non-displayed”. However, in a case where there is a screen, which
is set to the “displayed”, of a screen item at an access level
associated with a hierarchy higher than the prescribed hierarchy,
21
the setting is not changed to the “non-displayed” for the hierarchy
higher than the prescribed hierarchy.
That is, as illustrated in FIG. 13, for example, in a case where
a current settings of all the screen items are the “displayed” and
where the setting item of the “screen”, for example, is 5 changed to
the “non-displayed” by the accessing person, and there is not the
screen, which is set to the “displayed”, of a screen item at an access
level associated with the hierarchies higher than the “screen”, the
setting change section 16 also sets the “non-displayed” for the screen
10 items in the hierarchies (the “hierarchies 1 to 3”) higher than the
“screen”.
Furthermore, as illustrated in FIG. 14, for example, in a case
where the “hierarchy 3”, for example, is changed to the “non-displayed”
by the accessing person and where there is not the screen, which is
15 set to the “displayed”, of a screen at an access level associated
with hierarchies, the “hierarchy 1” and the “hierarchy 2” that are
higher than the “hierarchy 3”, the setting change section 16 sets
the screen items (the “hierarchy 1”, the “hierarchy 2”) in the
hierarchies higher than the “hierarchy 3” to the “non-displayed”.
20 The access authority for the screen item (the “screen”) in a hierarchy
lower than the “hierarchy 3” is not changed.
Furthermore, as illustrated in FIG. 15, in a case where the
“screen”, for example, is changed to the “non-displayed” by the
accessing person, the setting change section 16 basically sets the
25 screen items (the “hierarchies 1 to 3”) in hierarchies higher than
the “screen” to the “non-displayed”. However, in a case where there
is the screen, which is set to the “displayed” of a screen at an access
level associated with the hierarchy 2, for example, the access
authorities are not changed for the screen items (the “hierarchy 1”,
30 the “hierarchy 2”) in hierarchies equal to or higher than the hierarchy
2.
Furthermore, as illustrated in FIG. 16, in a case where the
“hierarchy 3”, for example, is changed to the “non-displayed” by the
22
accessing person and where the screen, which is set to the “displayed”,
of the screen at the access level associated with the hierarchy 2,
for example, the setting change section 16 does not change the access
authorities for the screen items (the “hierarchy 1”, the “hierarchy
2”) in the hierarchies equal to or higher than the hierarchy 5 2 and
the screen item (the “screen”) in a hierarchy lower than the hierarchy
3.

10 As described above, the three access authorities of the
“non-displayed”, the “reading only”, and the “setting changeable”
can be set in the second setting region A2. Specific control of the
setting change section 16 in the second setting region A2 will be
hereinafter described with reference to FIGS. 17 to 19. FIGS. 17 to
15 19 are views each illustrating an example of the control of the setting
change section 16. In FIGS. 17 to 19, the “non-displayed”, the
“reading only”, and the “setting changeable” are respectively
referred to as a “non”, a “reading”, and a “setting”. As described
above, the following description is on the premise that the strength
20 of the access authorities satisfies the relation of the “non-displayed”
< the “reading only” < the “setting changeable”.
[Conjunction pattern 5 Setting item: Conjunction of a
“setting changeable” setting with a higher access level]
As indicated by boldface in FIG. 17, in a case where a setting is
25 changed to the “setting changeable” in a setting item of a prescribed
access level, the setting change section 16 also sets the “setting
changeable” for a setting item at an access level higher than the
prescribed access level. Relating to a conjunction with the higher
access level, in a case where the current access authority at the
30 higher access level is authorities (the “reading only”, the
“non-displayed”) weaker than the “setting changeable”, the setting
change section 16 sets the “setting changeable”. In a case where the
access authority is set to the “setting changeable”, the setting
23
change section 16 maintains the setting without change.
That is, for example, as illustrated in a third row of FIG. 17,
in a case where a setting item is changed to the “setting changeable”
for the “MAINTENANCE” by the accessing person, the setting change
section 16 also sets the setting item of the “ADMINISTRATOR” to th5 e
“setting changeable”, which is an access level higher than the
“MAINTENANCE”.
[Conjunction pattern 6 Setting item: Conjunction of a
“reading only” setting with another access level]
10 As indicated by boldface in FIG. 18, in a case where a setting is
changed to the “reading only” in a setting item at a prescribed access
level, the setting change section 16 sets a setting item at an access
level higher than the prescribed access level to access authorities
(the “reading only”, the “setting changeable”) equal to or higher
15 than the “reading only”, and simultaneously sets a setting item at
an access level lower than the prescribed access level to access
authorities (the “reading only”, the “non-displayed”) equal to or
lower than the “reading only”. At this point, relating to the
conjunction with the higher access level, in a case where the current
20 access authority at the higher access level is an authority (the
“non-displayed”) weaker than the “reading only”, the setting change
section 16 sets to the “reading only”, and in a case where the current
access authority at the higher access level is set to an authority
equal to or higher than the “reading only”, the setting change section
25 16 maintains the setting without change. Simultaneously, relating
to the conjunction with the lower access level, in a case where the
current access authority at the lower access level is an access
authority (the “setting changeable”) stronger than the “reading only”,
the setting change section 16 sets to the “reading only”, and in a
30 case where the current access authority at the lower access level
is set to an access authority equal to or lower than the “reading
only”, the setting change section 16 maintains the setting without
change.
24
[Conjunction pattern 7 Setting item: Conjunction of a
“non-displayed” setting with a lower access level]
As indicated by boldface in FIG. 19, in a case where a setting is
changed to the “non-displayed” for a setting item at a prescribed
access level, the setting change section 16 sets the “non-5 displayed”
for a setting item at an access level lower than the prescribed access
level.
That is, as illustrated in a third row of FIG. 19, in a case
where the setting item of the “MAINTENANCE”, for example, is changed
10 to the “non-displayed”, by the accessing person, the setting change
section 16 also sets the setting item of the “OPERATOR”, which is
an access level lower than the “MAINTENANCE” to the “non-displayed”.

15 The setting change section 16 links the access authority for every
display screen set in the first setting region A1 and the access
authority for every setting item set in the second setting region
A2 with each other. FIGS. 20 to 27 are views each illustrating an
example of the control of the setting change section 16. In FIGS.
20 20 to 27, the “non-displayed”, the “reading only”, and the “setting
changeable” are respectively referred to as the “non”, the “reading”
and the “setting”.
[Conjunction pattern 8 Setting item: Conjunction of the
“reading only” setting with a screen item]
25 As indicated by boldface in FIG. 20, in a case where a setting is
changed to the “reading only” for a setting item at a prescribed access
level, the setting change section 16 sets a screen item of a display
screen that displays the relevant setting item to the “displayed”.
That is, for example, in a case where a setting item is changed
30 from the “non-displayed” to the “reading only” by the accessing person
and where a screen item of a corresponding display screen is the
“non-displayed”, the relevant screen item is changed to the
“displayed”. In addition, for example, in a case where a setting item
25
is changed from the “setting changeable” to the “reading only” by
the accessing person, a current setting of a screen item of a
corresponding display screen is set to the “displayed”, and thus the
“displayed” setting is maintained (is not changed).
[Conjunction pattern 9 Setting item: Conjunction of 5 the
“setting changeable” setting with a screen item]
As indicated by boldface in FIG. 21, in a case where a setting is
changed to the “setting changeable” for a setting item at a prescribed
access level, the setting change section 16 sets a screen item of
10 a display screen that displays the relevant setting item to the
“displayed”.
That is, for example, in a case where a setting item is changed
from the “non-displayed” to the “setting changeable” by the accessing
person and where a screen item of a corresponding display screen is
15 the “non-displayed”, the relevant screen item is changed to the
“displayed”. In addition, for example, in a case where a setting item
is changed from the “reading only” to the “setting changeable”, a
current setting of a screen item of a corresponding display screen
is set to the “displayed”, and thus the “displayed” setting is
20 maintained (is not changed).
[Conjunction pattern 10 Setting item: Conjunction of the
“non-displayed” setting with a screen item]
As illustrated in FIGS. 22 and 23, in a case where a setting is changed
to the “non-displayed” for a setting item at a prescribed access level,
25 the setting change section 16 sets a screen item of a corresponding
display screen to the “non-displayed”. However, in a case where there
is a setting item, which is set to the “reading only” or the “setting
changeable”, of other setting items displayed on the corresponding
display screen, the screen item is not changed to the “non-displayed”.
30 In other words, only in a case where all the setting items to be
displayed on the corresponding display screen are set to the
“non-displayed”, the screen item of the corresponding display screen
is set to the “non-displayed”.
26
That is, as indicated by boldface in FIG. 22, in a case where
a setting item 1, for example, is changed from the “reading only”
or the “setting changeable” to the “non-displayed” by the accessing
person and where a current setting of a setting item 2 is also the
“non-displayed”, the setting change section 16 changes a screen ite5 m
of a corresponding display screen to the “non-displayed”. As a
premise for FIGS. 22 and 23, setting items displayed on the
corresponding display screen are only the setting items 1 and 2.
As indicated by boldface in FIG. 23, for example, even in a case
10 where a setting item 1 is set from the “reading only” or the “setting
changeable” to the “non-displayed” by the accessing person, when a
setting item 2 is set to the “reading only” or the “setting changeable”,
the setting change section 16 does not change the access authority
for a screen item of a corresponding display screen. As described
15 above, in a case where any one of the setting items of the corresponding
display screen is set to the “reading only” or the “setting changeable”,
the setting change section 16 does not change the screen item to the
“non-displayed”.
[Conjunction pattern 11 Setting item: Conjunction of a
20 “reading only” or “setting changeable” setting with a screen item
of a hierarchical structure]
As illustrated in FIGS. 24 and 25, in a case where a setting is changed
from the “non-displayed” to the “reading only” or the “setting
changeable” for a setting item at a prescribed access level, the
25 setting change section 16 sets all the screen items of a hierarchized
corresponding display screen to the “displayed”. Regarding current
setting values of FIGS. 24 and 25, the setting item is set to the
“non-displayed” corresponding to the “non-displayed” of the screen
items, the “hierarchy 1”, the “hierarchy 2”, the “hierarchy 3” and
30 the “screen”, and the screen item is set to the “reading only” or
the “setting changeable” corresponding to the “displayed” of the
screen items, the “hierarchy 1”, the “hierarchy 2”, the hierarchy
3”, and the “screen”.
27
That is, as indicated by boldface in FIG. 24, in a case where
the setting item, for example, is changed from the “non-displayed”
to the “reading only” by the accessing person, the setting change
section 16 sets the screen item of the “screen” to the “displayed”
and also sets screen items (the “hierarchies 1 to 3”) in 5 hierarchies
higher than the “screen” to the “displayed”.
As indicated by boldface in FIG. 25, for example, in a case where
the setting item is changed from the “non-displayed” to the “setting
changeable” by the accessing person, the setting change section 16
10 sets the screen item of the “screen” to the “displayed” and also sets
screen items (the “hierarchies 1 to 3”) in hierarchies higher than
the “screen” to the “displayed”.
[Conjunction pattern 12 Setting item: Conjunction of the
“non-disclosed” setting with the screen item of the hierarchical
15 structure]
As illustrated in FIGS. 26 and 27, in a case where a setting is changed
from the “reading only” or the “setting changeable” to the
“non-displayed” for a setting item at a prescribed access level, the
setting change section 16 sets all the screen items of a hierarchized
20 corresponding display screen to the “non-displayed”. However, in a
case where there is a screen, which is set to the “displayed”, in
a screen at an access level associated with a higher hierarchy, a
screen item in a hierarchy equal to or higher than the hierarchy is
not changed to the “non-displayed”. In this case, regarding current
25 setting values of FIGS. 26 and 27, the setting item is set to the
“reading only” or the “setting changeable” corresponding to the
“displayed” of the screen items, the “hierarchy 1”, the “hierarchy
2”, the “hierarchy 3” and the “screen”.
That is, as indicated by boldface in FIG. 26, in a case where
30 the setting item is changed from the “reading only” or the “setting
changeable” to the “non-displayed” by the accessing person, the
setting change section 16 sets the screen items, the “hierarchy 1”,
the “hierarchy 2”, the “hierarchy 3”, and the “screen” of a
28
corresponding display screen to the “non-displayed”. However, in a
case of FIG. 26, there is not the screen, which is set to the “displayed”,
in a screen and at an access level each associated with a higher
hierarchy.
As illustrated in FIG. 27, in a case where the setting 5 ing item,
for example, is changed from the “reading only” or the “setting
changeable” to the “non-displayed” by the accessing person and where
there is the screen, which is set to the “displayed”, in a screen
and at an access level each associated with the “hierarchy 2”, for
10 example, the setting change section 16 changes the screen items (the
“hierarchy 3”, the “screen”), which are lower than the “hierarchy
2”, to the “non-displayed”, and does not change the access authorities
for the screen items (the “hierarchy 1”, the “hierarchy 2”), which
are equal to or higher than the “hierarchy 2”.
15 [Prohibition of conjunction]
FIG. 28 is a view illustrating an example of the control of the setting
change section 16. In FIG. 28, the “non-displayed”, the “reading
only”, and the “setting changeable” are respectively referred to as
the “non-displayed”, the “reading”, and the “setting”. In a case
20 where the access authority for a prescribed screen item is changed,
the setting change section 16 does not change the setting of the access
authority for a setting item and a screen item in a hierarchy lower
than the prescribed screen item. That is, as indicated by boldface
in FIG. 28, in a case where the screen item, the “hierarchy 1”, for
25 example, is changed from the “displayed” to the “non-displayed” by
the accessing person, the setting change section 16 maintains (does
not change) the access authorities for the setting items and the screen
items (the “hierarchy 2”, the “hierarchy 3”, and the “screen”), which
are lower than the “hierarchy 1”, as the current setting value of
30 the “displayed” or the “reading only” or the “setting changeable”.
Referring back to FIG. 2, the communication section 18 is
adapted to connect the machines 3 to be capable of communicating with
each other. The communication section 18 receives the setting
29
information output from the setting control device 5 of another
machine 3, and outputs the setting information to the setting control
device 5 of the other machine 3. The machines 3 are connected to be
capable of communicating with each other via a Local Area Network
(LAN), for example. When an output destination (the 5 other machine
3) to which the setting information is output is set on the touch
panel 10, the communication section 18 reads out the setting
information from the storage section 14 and outputs the setting
information to the output destination. When receiving the setting
10 information from the other machine 3, the communication section 18
causes the storage section 14 to store the setting information. The
LAN may be wired or wireless.
Since the machines 3 are connected to be capable of
communicating with each other by the communication section 18, a
15 setting of another machine 3 can be changed by performing a setting
in one setting control device 5 of the plurality of machines 3. The
system of textile machines 1 may include only one machine 3, and in
this case, the communication section 18 is not required to be provided.
The input/output section 20 is adapted to input/output the
20 setting information. The input/output section 20 outputs the setting
information to an external storage medium 22 via a port (for example,
a USB terminal), and inputs the setting information from the external
storage medium 22. The external storage medium 22 is a USB memory,
an external hard disk, or the like, for example. When an operation
25 (for example, pressing a hard copy button of the sub menu M5) to output
the setting information is performed on the touch panel 10 by the
accessing person, the input/output section 20 reads out the setting
information from the storage section 14 and outputs the setting
information to the external storage medium 22 connected to the port.
30 When the external storage medium 22 is connected to the port, the
input/output section 20 reads out the setting information from the
external storage medium 22 and causes the storage section 14 to store
the setting information. Information input/output by the
30
input/output section 20 is not limited to the setting information,
and may be another kind of information.
As described above, in the setting control device 5 according
to the present embodiment, the display control section 12 displays
on the touch panel 10, the first setting region A1 in which the 5 access
authority for the display screen is set for every display screen and
for every access level of the accessing person who accesses the display
screen. Accordingly, in the setting control device 5, the access
authority for the display screen can be set in the first setting region
10 A1. Thus, in the setting control device 5, in a case where the
accessing person changes the access authority for a setting item at
an arbitrary access level by the access property function, the access
authority can be set for the access level such that a display screen
on which the setting item is displayed can be accessed. Consequently,
15 in the setting control device 5, inconsistency in which even if the
access authority for the setting item is changed, the display screen
on which the setting item is displayed cannot be browsed can be
prevented from occurring.
In the present embodiment, the display control section 12
20 displays on the touch panel 10, the second setting region A2 in which
the access authority for the screen item, which can be set in the
system of textile machines 1, is set for every setting item and for
every access level. Accordingly, in the setting control device 5,
the access authority can be changed for every setting item in the
25 second setting region A2.
In the present embodiment, there is provided the storage section
14 adapted to store for every access level, the access authority for
every display screen and the access authority for every setting item.
In addition, there is provided the setting change section 16 adapted,
30 in a case where a setting of a certain access authority set in the
first setting region A1 and/or the second setting region A2 and stored
in the storage section 14 is changed, to change a setting of another
access authority stored in the storage section 14 in conjunction with
31
the relevant change. Accordingly, since in a case where a setting
of a certain access authority is changed, the setting control device
5 changes a setting of another access authority stored in the storage
section 14 in conjunction with the change, consistency of the access
5 authority can be achieved.
In the present embodiment, the setting change section 16 changes
a setting by linking the access authority for every display screen
stored in the storage section 14 and the access authority for every
setting item stored in the storage section 14 with each other.
10 Accordingly, the setting control device 5 can achieve consistency
of the access authority between the display screen and the setting
item displayed on the display screen.
In the present embodiment, the setting change section 16 changes
the setting of the access authority for every display screen stored
15 in the storage section 14 in conjunction among each access level.
Accordingly, the setting control device 5 can achieve consistency
of the access authority for the display screen among the access levels.
In the present embodiment, the setting change section 16 has
the plurality of conjunction patterns of the access authority in
20 accordance with the access level and the setting content each of the
access authority set in the first setting region A1 and/or the second
setting region A2. Accordingly, the setting control device 5 can
perform not only a stereotypical setting of the access authority,
but also a setting of the access authority in various conjunction
25 manners.
In the present embodiment, the two settings of the “displayed”
and the “non-displayed” of a prescribed display screen are possible
with the setting button B1 as the access authority for every display
screen in the first setting region A1. In addition, the settings of
30 the “setting changeable”, the “reading only”, and the “non-displayed”
are possible with the setting button B2 as the access authority for
every setting item in the second setting region A2. Accordingly, in
the setting control device 5, since the access authority is set in
32
advance, the setting of the access authority for every display screen
can be easily performed.
In the present embodiment, in a case where the access authority
for a prescribed screen item of a display screen that is stored in
the storage section 14 is changed, the setting change section 16 5 does
not change a setting of the access authority for a screen item in
a hierarchy lower than the prescribed screen item. For example, in
a case where the access authority for a display screen in a higher
hierarchy is set to the “non-displayed”, a display screen in a
10 hierarchy lower than the display screen is necessarily not displayed.
Accordingly, in the setting control device 5, inconsistency in which
a screen to be set to the “non-displayed” is displayed can be prevented
even if the lower hierarchy is not changed in conjunction with the
higher hierarchy. Furthermore, since the setting in the lower
15 hierarchy is not changed, later processing to restore the setting
of the access authority for the display screen in the lower hierarchy
can be omitted.
In the present embodiment, in a case where the access authority
for a prescribed display screen that is stored in the storage section
20 14 is changed, the setting change section 16 does not change a setting
of the access authority for a setting item displayed on the prescribed
display screen. The setting item is displayed on the display screen.
Therefore, since the display screen itself is not displayed in a case
where the access authority for the display screen is set to the
25 “non-displayed”, for example, the setting item is not displayed,
either. Accordingly, even if the setting of the access authority for
the setting item displayed on the display screen is not changed, the
setting control device 5 can prevent inconsistency in which a setting
item not to be displayed is displayed. Furthermore, since the setting
30 of the access authority for the setting item is not changed, later
processing to restore the setting of the access authority for the
setting item can be omitted.
In the present embodiment, the display control section 12
33
displays the first setting region A1 and the second setting region
A2 next to each other in the content C of the access authority setting
screen D. Accordingly, the accessing person can perform the setting
of the access authority for the display screen and/or the setting
item on the access authority setting screen D, and can easily 5 check
the setting contents.
In the present embodiment, the setting control devices 5 each
provided to each of the machines 3 can communicate with each other
by the communication section 18. Accordingly, the textile machine
10 1 can perform a setting for another setting control device 5 by
performing a setting for one setting control device 5, and thus
efficiency can be achieved.
In the present embodiment, there is provided the input/output
section 20 adapted to output to the external storage medium 22, the
15 setting information including the access authority stored in the
storage section 14, or to input the setting information from the
external storage medium 22. Accordingly, the setting control device
5 can share the setting information with another setting control
device 5 via the external storage medium 22. Therefore, even in a
20 case of not employing communication by the communication section 18,
a setting of another setting control device 5 can be performed by
performing a setting of one setting control device 5, and thus
efficiency can be achieved.
[The others]
25 The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment,
and may be modified in various manners without departing from the
essence of the present invention. For example, in the
above-described embodiment, the setting screen illustrated in FIG.
8 is described as an example of the display screen, but the display
30 screen may be a monitor screen. FIG. 29 is a view illustrating an
example of the monitor screen displayed on the touch panel 10. When
the accessing person presses an “operation monitor” (a second icon
from a left side) in the main menu M1, the display control section
34
12 displays the monitor screen for monitoring various types of states
of the machine 3 on the touch panel 12. When the “operation monitor”
is pressed in the main menu M1, the display control section 12 reads
out operational data of the machine 3 from the storage section 14.
As illustrated in FIG. 29, the display control section 12 display5 s
a monitor screen D3 on the touch panel 10 based on the the operational
data that has been read out. In a content C2 of the monitor screen
D3, the operational data of the machine 3 and analysis result thereof
are displayed. The monitor screen D3 is also useful since the access
10 authority for every display screen can be set for every access level
and thus flexibility of the setting of displayed/non-displayed
increases.
In the above-described embodiment, a configuration in which the
setting control device 5 is provided to each machine 3 is described
15 as an example, but as illustrated in FIG. 30, a textile machine may
have a configuration in which the setting control device 5 is provided
to a host computer (an overall control device) 30. The host computer
30 is a device adapted to collectively control each machine 3A. The
host computer 30 and each machine 3A are connected to communicate
20 with each other. When various settings are performed in the setting
control device 5, the setting information are output to each machine
3A, and each machine 3A is set.
In the above-described embodiment, a case where the textile
machine 3 is a spinning machine is described as an example, but a
25 textile machine may be a yarn winding machine. The setting control
device 5 may also be applied to the yarn winding machine as applied
to the spinning machine. In a case where the textile machine is the
yarn winding machine, a unit (a winding unit) is provided with a yarn
supplying device, a device for applying tension to a yarn, a yarn
30 joining device, and a winding device, for example.
In the above-described embodiment, a configuration in which the
setting of the access authority is individually performed for one
display screen in the first setting region A1 is described as an
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example, but a plurality of the display screens may be grouped in
advance, and the setting of the access authority may be performed
by the group.
In the above-described embodiment, a configuration in which in
a case where the access 5 authority for a prescribed screen item of
a display screen stored in the storage section 14 is changed, the
setting change section 16 does not change the setting of the access
authority for a screen item in a hierarchy lower than the relevant
screen item is described as an example, but the setting of the access
10 authority may be changed.
In the above-described embodiment, a configuration in which in
a case where the access authority for a prescribed display screen
stored in the storage section 14 is changed, the setting change section
16 does not change the setting of the access authority for a setting
15 item displayed on the prescribed display screen is described as an
example, but the setting of the access authority may be changed.
In the above-described embodiment, the touch panel 10 is
described as an example of the display section, but the display section
may be merely a display. In this case, a setting in the first setting
20 region A1 and the second setting region A2 merely needs to be performed
by an operation input section such as a mouse, key board, or the like.
In the above-described embodiment, the “OPERATOR”, the
“MAINTENANCE”, the “ADMINISTRATOR”, and the “MANUFACTURER” are
described as an example of the access level of the accessing person,
25 but the number and types of access levels are not limited thereto,
and an access level further lower/higher may be set. Furthermore,
an access level of another kind may be set.
In the above-described embodiment, the “displayed” and the
“non-displayed” are described as an example of the access authority
30 set in the first setting region A1, but the number and types of the
access authorities are not limited thereto, and another item may be
set.
In the above-described embodiment, the “non-displayed”, the
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“reading only”, and the “setting changeable” are described as an
example of the access authority set in the second setting region A2,
but the number and types of the access authorities are not limited
thereto, and another item may be set.
In the above-described embodiment, in the first setting 5 ing region
A1 and the second setting region A2, a color of display is changed
in a case where an initial setting is changed, but the color may not
be changed. Furthermore, a method for announcing a change may be
another.
10 The present invention further discloses a method for operating
a setting control device 5, which displays a second setting region
A2 on the display section 10, the second setting region A2 being a
region in which an access authority for a setting item is set for
every said setting item and for every said access level, the setting
15 item being settable in the textile machine.
This method may further comprise storing for every said access
level, each of the access authority for every said display screen
and the access authority for every said setting item, and, in a case
where a setting of a certain said access authority is changed in the
20 first setting region A1 and/or the second setting region A2, changing
a setting of another said access authority stored in the storage
section 14 in conjunction with said change, the certain said access
authority being stored in the storage section 14.
The method may also comprise changing a setting by linking the
25 access authority for every said display screen stored in the storage
section 14 and the access authority for every said setting item stored
in the storage section 14 with each other.
The method can further comprise the step of changing a setting
of the access authority for every said display screen stored in the
30 storage section 14 in conjunction among each said access level.
The method may further use a plurality of conjunction patterns
of the access authority according to said access level and a setting
content of the access authority set in the first setting region A1
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and/or the second setting region A2.
The method may also comprise that said display screen is
hierarchized and includes hierarchized screen items, and in a case
where the access authority for a prescribed screen item of a display
screen stored in the storage section 14 is changed, a setting of 5 the
access authority for a screen item in a hierarchy lower than the
prescribed screen item is not changed.
The method may further comprise that in a case where the access
authority for a prescribed display screen stored in the storage
10 section 14 is changed, a setting of the access authority for said
setting item displayed on the prescribed display screen is not
changed.
The method may futher comprise that at least two settings of
a “displayed” and a “non-displayed” are provided in the first setting
15 region A1 as the access authority for every said display screen.
The method can further comprise that at least three settings
of a “setting changeable”, a “reading only”, and a “non-displayed”
are provided in the second setting region A2 as the access authority
for every said setting item.
20 The invention further discloses that the display screen is
hierarchized and includes hierarchized screen items, and, in a case
where the access authority for a prescribed screen item of a display
screen stored in the storage section 14 is changed from the
“non-displayed” to the “displayed”, the access authority for a screen
25 item in a hierarchy higher than the prescribed screen item and the
access authority for an access level higher than an access level of
the prescribed screen item is changed to the “displayed”.
The invention also discloses that the display screen is
hierarchized and includes hierarchized screen items, and in a case
30 where the access authority for a prescribed screen item of a display
screen stored in the storage section 14 is changed from the “displayed”
to the “non-displayed”, the access authority for a screen item in
a hierarchy higher than the prescribed screen item and the access
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authority for an access level lower than an access level of the
prescribed screen item is changed to the “non-displayed”.
The method may further comprise the step of setting information
including the access authority stored in the storage section 14 to
an external storage medium 22 or inputting the 5 setting information
from the external storage medium 22.
The method may also include the step of displaying an access
authority setting screen D on the display section 10 as one of the
plurality of display screens and displaying the first setting region
10 A1 and the second setting region A2 next to each other in the access
authority setting screen D.
The method can further comprise the step of displaying at least
a setting screen and a monitor screen on the display section 10 as
the display screen, the setting screen being a screen in which various
15 settings of the textile machine 3 are performed, and the monitor screen
being a screen in which a state of the textile machine 3 is monitored.
A setting control device according to the present invention is
a setting control device of a textile machine including a display
section capable of displaying a plurality of display screens on a
20 surface thereof. The setting control device includes a display
control section adapted to control display of the display screens
on the display section. The display control section is adapted to
display on the display screen, a first setting region in which an
access authority for the display screen is set for every display screen
25 and for every access level of an accessing person accessing the display
screen. The display screen is an image (a picture) displayed on the
display section. The plurality of display screens are displayed on
the display section in a switching manner.
The setting control device displays on the display screen, the
30 first setting region in which the access authority for the display
screen is set for every display screen and for every access level
of the accessing person accessing the display screen. In such a manner,
in the setting control device, the access authority for the display
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screen can be set in the first setting region. Accordingly, in the
setting control device, in a case where the accessing person changes
a setting item by an access property function at an arbitrary access
level, the access authority for the arbitrary access level can be
set such that the display screen can be accessed. The setting contro5 l
device thus can prevent inconsistency of the access authority relating
to display in which even if a setting item has been changed, a display
screen that displays the setting item cannot be browsed.
In one embodiment, the display control section may display on
10 the display section, a second setting region in which an access
authority for a setting item settable in the textile machine is set
for every setting item and for every access level. Accordingly, in
the setting control device, the access authority can be set for every
setting item in the second setting region.
15 In one embodiment, the setting control device may include a
storage section adapted to store for every access level, each of the
access authority for every display screen and the access authority
for every setting item, and a setting change section adapted, in a
case where a setting of a certain access authority stored in the
20 storage section is changed in the first setting region and/or the
second setting region, to change a setting of another access authority
stored in the storage section in conjunction with the change.
Accordingly, since in a case where a setting of a certain access
authority is changed, a setting of another access authority stored
25 in the storage section is changed in conjunction with the change,
the setting control device can achieve consistency of the access
authority.
In one embodiment, the setting change section may change a
setting by linking the access authority for every display screen
30 stored in the storage section and the access authority for every
setting item stored in the storage section with each other.
Accordingly, the setting control device can achieve consistency of
the access authority between the display screen and the setting item
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displayed on the display screen.
In one embodiment, the setting change section may change a
setting of the access authority for every display screen stored in
the storage section in conjunction among each access level.
Accordingly, the setting control device can achieve consistency 5 of
the access authority for the display screen between each access level.
In one embodiment, the setting change section may have a
plurality of conjunction patterns of the access authority according
to the access level and a setting content of the access authority
10 set in the first setting region and/or the second setting region.
Accordingly, the setting control device can perform not only a
stereotypical setting of the access authority, but also a setting
of the access authority in various conjunction manners.
In one embodiment, the display screen is hierarchized and
15 includes hierarchized screen items. In a case where the access
authority for a prescribed screen item of a display screen stored
in the storage section is changed, the setting change section may
not change a setting of the access authority for a screen item in
a hierarchy lower than the prescribed screen item. For example, in
20 a case where the access authority for a screen item in a higher
hierarchy is set to the “non-displayed”, the access authority for
a screen item in a hierarchy lower than the screen item is necessarily
the “non-displayed”. Therefore, without changing from the higher
hierarchy to the lower hierarchy in a conjunction manner, the setting
25 control device can prevent inconsistency in which a screen to be the
“non-displayed” is displayed. Furthermore, since the setting in the
lower hierarchy is not changed, a later processing of restoring the
setting of the access authority for the screen item in the lower
hierarchy can be omitted.
30 In one embodiment, in a case where the access authority for a
prescribed display screen stored in the storage section is changed,
the setting change section may not change a setting of the access
authority for a setting item displayed on the prescribed display
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screen. The setting item is displayed on the display screen.
Therefore, in a case where the access authority for the display screen
is set to the “non-displayed”, for example, since the display screen
is not displayed, the setting item is not displayed, either.
Accordingly, without changing the setting 5 of the access authority
for the setting item displayed on the display screen, the setting
control device can prevent inconsistency in which a setting item not
to be displayed is displayed. Furthermore, since the setting of the
access authority for the setting item is not changed, a later
10 processing of restoring the setting of the access authority for the
setting item can be omitted.
In one embodiment, at least two settings of a “displayed” and
a “non-displayed” may be possible in the first setting region as the
access authority for every display screen. Accordingly, in the
15 setting control device, since the access authorities are set in
advance, the setting of the access authority for every display screen
can be easily performed.
In one embodiment, at least three settings of a “setting
changeable”, a “reading only”, and a “non-displayed” may be possible
20 in the second setting region as the access authority for every setting
item. Accordingly, in the setting control device, since the access
authorities are set in advance, the setting of the access authority
for every setting item can be easily performed.
In one embodiment, in a case where the access authority for a
25 prescribed setting item stored in the storage section is changed to
the “setting changeable”, the setting change section may set the
access authority for an access level higher than an access level of
the prescribed setting item to the “setting changeable”.
In one embodiment, in a case where the access authority for a
30 prescribed setting item stored in the storage section is changed to
the “reading only”, the setting change section may set the access
authority for an access level higher than an access level of the
prescribed setting item to an access authority equal to or higher
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than the “reading only” and set the access authority for an access
level lower than the access level of the prescribed setting item to
an access authority equal to or lower than the “reading only”.
In one embodiment, in a case where the access authority for a
prescribed setting item stored in the storage section is changed t5 o
the “non-displayed”, the setting change section may set the access
authority for an access level lower than an access level of the
prescribed setting item to the “non-displayed”.
In one embodiment, in a case where the access authority for a
10 prescribed setting item stored in the storage section is changed to
the “reading only” or the “setting changeable” and where the access
authority for a display screen that displays the prescribed setting
item is set to the “non-displayed”, the setting change section may
set the access authority for the display screen to the “displayed”.
15 In one embodiment, in a case where the access authority for a
prescribed setting item stored in the storage section is changed to
the “non-displayed”, the setting change section may set the access
authority for a display screen that displays the prescribed setting
item to the “non-displayed” except in a specific case.
20 In one embodiment, the display screen is hierarchized and
includes hierarchized screen items. In a case where the access
authority for a prescribed screen item of a display screen stored
in the storage section is changed from the “non-displayed” to the
“displayed”, the setting change section may change the access
25 authority for a screen item in a hierarchy higher than the prescribed
screen item and the access authority for an access level higher than
an access level of the prescribed screen item to the “displayed”.
In one embodiment, the display screen is hierarchized and
includes hierarchized screen items. In a case where the access
30 authority for a prescribed screen item of a display screen stored
in the storage section is changed from the “displayed” to the
“non-displayed”, the setting change section may change the access
authority for a screen item in a hierarchy higher than the prescribed
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screen item and the access authority for an access level lower than
an access level of the prescribed screen item to the “non-displayed”.
In one embodiment, the setting control device may include an
input/output section adapted to output setting information including
the access authority stored in the 5 storage section to an external
storage medium or to input the setting information from the external
storage medium. In such a manner, in the setting control device, the
setting information can be shared with another setting control device
via the external storage medium. Accordingly, in a case where a
10 plurality of setting control devices is provided, another setting
control device can be set by performing a setting in one setting
control device, and thus efficiency can be achieved.
In one embodiment, the display control section may display an
access authority setting screen on the display section as one of the
15 plurality of display screens, and may display the first setting region
and the second setting region next to each other in the access
authority setting screen. Accordingly, the accessing person can
perform a setting for the access authority for a display screen and/or
a setting item in the access authority setting screen and can easily
20 check the setting content.
In one embodiment, the display control section may display on
the display section as the display screen, at least a setting screen
in which various settings of the textile machine are performed, and
a monitor screen in which a state of the textile machine is monitored.
25 Accordingly, for the setting screen and the monitor screen in
particular, inconsistency of the access authority relating to display
can be prevented.
A textile machine (in other words, a system of textile machines)
according to the present invention includes a plurality of machines
30 each having any one of the above-described setting control devices.
Each of the setting control devices is adapted to be capable of
communicating with each other. In the textile machine, inconsistency
in which even if the access authority for a setting item has been
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changed, a display screen that displays the setting item cannot be
browsed can be prevented from occurring. Furthermore, in the textile
machine, since each of the setting control device is provided capable
of communicating with each other, a setting of another setting control
device can be performed by performing a setting in one 5 e control setting
device, and thus efficiency can be achieved.
A textile machine (in other words, a system of textile machines)
according to the present invention includes an overall control device
having any one of the above-described setting control devices, and
10 a plurality of machines adapted to be controlled by the overall control
device. In the textile machine, inconsistency in which even if the
access authority for a setting item has been changed, a display screen
that displays the setting item cannot be browsed can be prevented
from occurring. Furthermore, in the overall control device, a
15 setting of the access authority can be performed.
A yarn winding machine (in other words, a system of yarn winding
machines) according to the present invention includes any one of the
above-described setting control devices. In the yarn winding machine,
inconsistency in which even if the access authority for a setting
20 item has been changed, a display screen that displays the setting
item cannot be browsed can be prevented from occurring.
A spinning machine (in other words, a system of spinning
machines) according to the present invention includes any one of the
above-described setting control devices. In the spinning machine,
25 inconsistency in which even if the access authority for a setting
item has been changed, a display screen that displays the setting
item cannot be browsed can be prevented from occurring.
According to the present invention, inconsistency of the access
authority relating to display can be prevented from occurring.
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WE CLAIMS
1. A setting control device of a textile machine including a
display section capable of displaying a plurality of display screens
on a surface thereof, comprising:
a display control section adapted to control display of th5 e
display screens on the display section,
wherein the display control section is adapted to display a
first setting region on the display section, the first setting region
being a region in which an access authority for the display screen
10 is set for every said display screen and for every access level of
an accessing person accessing the display screen.
2. The setting control device according to claim 1, wherein
the display control section is adapted to display a second setting
15 region on the display section, the second setting region being a region
in which an access authority for a setting item is set for every said
setting item and for every said access level, the setting item being
settable in the textile machine.
20 3. The setting control device according to claim 2,
comprising:
a storage section adapted to store for every said access level,
each of the access authority for every said display screen and the
access authority for every said setting item, and
25 a setting change section adapted, in a case where a setting of
a certain said access authority is changed in the first setting region
and/or the second setting region, to change a setting of another said
access authority stored in the storage section in conjunction with
said change, the certain said access authority being stored in the
30 storage section.
4. The setting control device according to claim 3, wherein
the setting change section is adapted to change a setting by linking
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the access authority for every said display screen stored in the
storage section and the access authority for every said setting item
stored in the storage section with each other.
5. The setting control device according to claim 3 5 or claim
4, wherein the setting change section is adapted to change a setting
of the access authority for every said display screen stored in the
storage section in conjunction among each said access level.
10 6. The setting control device according to any one of claim
3 through claim 5, wherein the setting change section has a plurality
of conjunction patterns of the access authority according to said
access level and a setting content of the access authority set in
the first setting region and/or the second setting region.
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7. The setting control device according to any one of claim
3 through claim 6, wherein said display screen is hierarchized and
includes hierarchized screen items, and
the setting change section is adapted, in a case where the access
20 authority for a prescribed screen item of a display screen stored
in the storage section is changed, not to change a setting of the
access authority for a screen item in a hierarchy lower than the
prescribed screen item.
25 8. The setting control device according to any one of claim
3 through claim 7, wherein the setting change section is adapted,
in a case where the access authority for a prescribed display screen
stored in the storage section is changed, not to change a setting
of the access authority for said setting item displayed on the
30 prescribed display screen.
9. The setting control device according to any one of claim
3 through claim 8, wherein at least two settings of a “displayed”
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and a “non-displayed” are possible in the first setting region as
the access authority for every said display screen.
10. The setting control device according to claim 9, wherein
at least three settings of a “setting changeable”, a “reading only”5 ,
and a “non-displayed” are possible in the second setting region as
the access authority for every said setting item.
11. The setting control device according to claim 10, wherein
10 the setting change section is adapted, in a case where the access
authority for a prescribed setting item stored in the storage section
is changed to the “setting changeable”, to set the access authority
for an access level higher than an access level of the prescribed
setting item to the “setting changeable”.
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12. The setting control device according to claim 10 or claim
11, wherein the setting change section is adapted, in a case where
the access authority for a prescribed setting item stored in the
storage section is changed to the “reading only”, to set the access
20 authority for an access level higher than an access level of the
prescribed setting item to an access authority equal to or higher
than the “reading only” and to set the access authority for an access
level lower than the access level of the prescribed setting item to
an access authority equal to or lower than the “reading only”.
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13. The setting control device according to any one of claim
10 through claim 12, wherein the setting change section is adapted,
in a case where the access authority for a prescribed setting item
stored in the storage section is changed to the “non-displayed”, to
30 set the access authority for an access level lower than an access
level of the prescribed setting item to the “non-displayed”.
14. The setting control device according to any one of claim
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10 through claim 13, wherein the setting change section is adapted,
in a case where the access authority for a prescribed setting item
stored in the storage section is changed to the “reading only” or
the “setting changeable” and where the access authority for a display
screen displaying the prescribed setting item is set to th5 e
“non-displayed”, to set the access authority for said display screen
to the “displayed”.
15. The setting control device according to any one of claim
10 10 through claim 14, wherein the setting change section is adapted,
in a case where the access authority for a prescribed setting item
stored in the storage section is changed to the “non-displayed”, to
set the access authority for a display screen displaying the
prescribed setting item to the “non-displayed” except in a specific
15 case.
16. The setting control device according to claim 9 or claim
15, wherein the display screen is hierarchized and includes
hierarchized screen items, and
20 the setting change section is adapted, in a case where the access
authority for a prescribed screen item of a display screen stored
in the storage section is changed from the “non-displayed” to the
“displayed”, to change the access authority for a screen item in a
hierarchy higher than the prescribed screen item and the access
25 authority for an access level higher than an access level of the
prescribed screen item to the “displayed”.
17. The setting control device according to any one of claim
9 through claim 16, wherein the display screen is hierarchized and
30 includes hierarchized screen items, and
the setting change section is adapted, in a case where the
access authority for a prescribed screen item of a display screen
stored in the storage section is changed from the “displayed” to the
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“non-displayed”, to change the access authority for a screen item
in a hierarchy higher than the prescribed screen item and the access
authority for an access level lower than an access level of the
prescribed screen item to the “non-displayed” except in a specific
case5 .
18. The setting control device according to any one of claim
3 through claim 17, comprising an input/output section adapted to
output setting information including the access authority stored in
10 the storage section to an external storage medium or to input the
setting information from the external storage medium.
19. The setting control device according to any one of claim
2 through claim 18, wherein the display control section is adapted
15 to display an access authority setting screen on the display section
as one of the plurality of display screens and to display the first
setting region and the second setting region next to each other in
the access authority setting screen.
20 20. The setting control device according to any one of claim
1 through claim 19, wherein the display control section is adapted
to display at least a setting screen and a monitor screen on the display
section as the display screen, the setting screen being a screen in
which various settings of the textile machine are performed, and the
25 monitor screen being a screen in which a state of the textile machine
is monitored.
21. A textile machine comprising a plurality of machines each
including the setting control device according to any one of claim
30 1 through claim 20,
wherein each of the setting control devices is adapted to be
capable of communicating with each other.
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22. A textile machine comprising:
an overall control device including the setting control device
according to any one of claim 1 through claim 20, and
a plurality of machines adapted to be controlled by the overall
5 control device.
23. A yarn winding machine comprising the setting control
device according to any one of claim 1 through claim 20.
10 24. A spinning machine comprising the setting control device
according to any one of claim 1 through claim 20.