JP2000065352A - Combustion control apparatus monitoring system, remote monitoring device, and combustion control apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently and remotely collect combustion control data from a combustion control apparatus. SOLUTION: A combustion control apparatus 1 transmits combustion control data to a remote monitoring device 2 by using an electronic mail through a network 3. In this case, the combustion control apparatus 1 adds information, being a fact that the information is an electronic mail for combustion control data, and attribute information, such as an apparatus code, a data kind, and an area code, to a header part for an electronic mail. When the remote monitoring device 2 receives an electronic mail, an electronic mail being combustion control data is specified by watching the header part and from the specified electronic mail, combustion control data and attribute information are picked up. By using the picked up attribute information, collected combustion control data is classified and displayed and reserved in a classified state. This constitution more efficiently and remotely collects combustion control data than a conventional type.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a combustion control device monitoring system having a combustion control device and a remote monitoring device for remotely monitoring the same, a combustion control device and a remote monitoring device used in the combustion control device monitoring system. With regard to
The present invention relates to a combustion control device monitoring system capable of efficiently collecting information on combustion control remotely, and a combustion control device and a remote monitoring device used in the combustion control device monitoring system.

[0002] Since high safety is required for a combustion system, a system is generally adopted in which a maintenance company having high maintenance technology intensively maintains a combustion system provided on the market. In order to make this maintenance system practical, it is necessary to establish a technology that enables efficient remote collection of data on combustion control of the combustion system.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art In a combustion control device, since an accident caused by combustion may cause serious damage, the combustion system is maintained, and data such as operation history is managed in operating the combustion system. It is essential.

FIG. 14 shows a system configuration of a conventional remote monitoring system for combustion control equipment.

[0005] A remote monitoring device 2 shown in the figure is installed, for example, in a maintenance company and has a combustion control device 1-i (i = 1, 2).
2,...) Are collected and managed. The combustion control device 1-i is a device that controls a combustion device installed at a customer site.

In the prior art, when the remote monitoring device 2 remotely collects various types of combustion control data of the combustion control device 1-i, each of the combustion control devices 1-i is connected via a general public telephone network. After the connection was established individually, data was collected by data communication after the connection was established, and then the telephone line was disconnected.

That is, when collecting data from a plurality of sites, for example, a line is connected to the combustion control device 1-1, data is collected from the combustion control device 1-1, and the telephone line is disconnected after the collection. Then, a line is connected to the combustion control device 1-2 to collect data from the combustion control device 1-2,
After the collection, the telephone line was disconnected, and so on.

[0008]

However, according to such a conventional technique, there is a problem that the combustion control data of the combustion control device 1-i cannot be efficiently collected.

Specifically, for example, the telephone line is not connected because the reliability of the telephone line is not sufficiently high, or the telephone line is not connected because the telephone line is congested. There was a problem that data could not be collected.

Further, since the remote monitoring device 2 and each combustion control device 1-i must be connected to each other by a telephone line, for example, one remote monitoring device 2 has 50
When monitoring the 0 combustion control devices 1-i, there is a problem in that 500 line connections are required for one data collection, and it takes a lot of time and cost to connect the lines.

In general, the remote monitoring device 2 can monitor a plurality of combustion control devices 1-i in a wide area, for example, the combustion control devices 1-i in the entire Kanto area. In many cases, it is necessary to connect each of the combustion control devices 1-i to a telephone line, so that complicated procedures must be executed and the line connection cost increases. The problem of the line connection cost becomes even greater when either the combustion control device 1-i or the remote monitoring device 2 is deployed overseas.

Further, in the prior art, the combustion control device 1-i
, When an alarm occurs, via a general public telephone network,
A line connection is made to the remote monitoring device 2, the alarm data is transmitted by data communication after the connection is established, and then the telephone line is disconnected. Is not high enough, the telephone line is not connected, or the telephone line is congested, the telephone line is not connected, and the alarm data cannot be transmitted.

In view of such a background, the applicant of the present application has filed a Japanese Patent Application No. 10-165584 and a Japanese Patent Application No. 10-165585, which have higher reliability than telephone lines. The invention of a remote monitoring system for a new combustion control device that collects combustion control data using a simple network has been disclosed.

According to the present invention, the remote monitoring device comprises:
Even when collecting combustion control data from a large number of combustion control devices, data can be collected with a single line connection for all combustion control devices by using a broadcast mail that specifies multiple e-mail destinations. This makes it possible to request, and when receiving the combustion control data, it is possible to collectively read out the e-mails of the combustion control data stored in the mailbox of the mail server. In one connection, you can receive combustion control data from many combustion control devices.
A great effect can be obtained.

In order to make the present invention more practical, it is necessary to construct a new technology that enables the combustion control data thus collected to be managed efficiently.

The present invention advances the invention disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 10-165584 and Japanese Patent Application No. 10-165585, and provides a new combustion system capable of more efficiently remotely collecting information on combustion control. It is an object of the present invention to provide a control device monitoring system and a combustion control device and a remote monitoring device used in the combustion control device monitoring system.

[0017]

FIG. 1 shows the principle configuration of a combustion control equipment monitoring system equipped with the present invention.

In the figure, 1-i (i = 1 to n) denotes a combustion control device of the present invention for controlling a combustion device such as a boiler, and 2 collects information on combustion control obtained by the combustion control device 1-i. A remote monitoring device according to the present invention, which manages the data, a network 3, such as the Internet, and a mail server 4 that provides an e-mail sending / receiving function.

The combustion control device 1-i is an acquisition unit 10 for acquiring information on combustion control to be notified to the remote monitoring device 2.
The information about the combustion control acquired by the acquisition unit 10 is added to the header of the email, while adding information indicating that the information is an electronic mail of information about the combustion control and attribute information of the information about the combustion control to be notified. Creation means 1 for creating an e-mail with contents as the main recipient of the remote monitoring device 2
1 and a transmitting unit 12 for transmitting the e-mail created by the creating unit 11.

The remote monitoring device 2 monitors the presence / absence of an e-mail addressed to the own device, and the header of the e-mail specified by the monitoring device 20 includes information indicating that the e-mail is information on combustion control. Detecting means 21 for detecting whether or not information is added; and, when the detecting means 21 detects that information indicating that the information is an electronic mail of information on combustion control is added, a notification is made by the electronic mail. Obtaining means 22 for obtaining the information on the combustion control thus obtained and the attribute information of the information on the combustion control added to the header of the e-mail. And a distribution unit 23 for distributing the obtained information on the combustion control to the processing destination.

The mail server 4 accumulates the e-mail received via the network 3 in the mail box 40 indicated by the specified e-mail address, and responds to the e-mail read request from the terminal having the e-mail address. And has a function of transferring the e-mail stored in the mailbox 40.

In the combustion control equipment monitoring system having the present invention configured as described above, the acquisition means 10 of the combustion control equipment 1-i, when an alarm is generated or when a specified period is reached, the remote monitoring device 2 To obtain information about the combustion control to be notified.

In response to the processing of the acquisition unit 10, the creation unit 11 adds information indicating that the electronic mail is information on combustion control to the header of the electronic mail.
The attribute information such as the device code, the data type, and the region code of the information related to the combustion control is added, and the information related to the combustion control acquired by the acquisition unit 10 is used as the content. Create an e-mail to be the destination.

At this time, the creating means 11 may create the e-mail while designating the device for storing the information on the combustion control as the sub-recipient of the e-mail or the blind sub-recipient.

In response to the processing by the creating means 11, the sending means 12 sends the electronic mail created by the creating means 11 to the network 3 when the creation of the e-mail by the creating means 11 is completed or when a specified period is reached. I do.

In response to the processing of the combustion control device 1-i of the present invention, the mail server 4 sends an e-mail addressed to the remote monitoring device 2 transmitted by the combustion control device 1-i to the remote monitoring device 2. The information is stored in the mailbox 40 prepared in association with the information.

On the other hand, the monitoring means 20 of the remote monitoring device 2 of the present invention monitors the presence or absence of an e-mail addressed to itself by monitoring the mailbox 40 of the mail server 4 when the specified period is reached, for example. When it is determined by the monitoring process that there is an e-mail addressed to the own device, the detecting means 2
1 detects whether or not information indicating that the electronic mail is information on combustion control is added to the header of the electronic mail.

In response to the processing of the detecting means 21, when the obtaining means 22 detects that the information relating to the combustion control is an electronic mail, the obtaining means 22 notifies the combustion notified by the electronic mail. The information about the control and the attribute information of the information about the combustion control added to the header of the e-mail are obtained.

In response to the processing of the obtaining unit 22, the distribution unit 23 determines the attribute in accordance with the attribute information obtained by the obtaining unit 22.
The information on the combustion control obtained by the obtaining means 22 is distributed to the processing destination.

As described above, in the combustion control device monitoring system equipped with the present invention, when a configuration is employed in which information regarding combustion control is efficiently and remotely collected by using an electronic mail, the header of the electronic mail is included. , The attribute information of the combustion control is added, and the attribute information is used to distribute the collected information on the combustion control to the processing destination. Information can be displayed and managed efficiently.

[0031]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail according to embodiments.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the Internet 3a is used as the network 3 shown in FIG.

Combustion control equipment 1-i installed at the combustion site
May be equipped with only one device per site,
A plurality of machines may be provided in one site. When a plurality of units are provided in one site, one e-mail address is given to them, and from the viewpoint of the e-mail addresses, it is possible to configure a single combustion control device 1-i to be monitored as a whole. Become.

Further, in order to realize the exchange of electronic mail with the remote monitoring device 2, the combustion control device 1-i has:
As shown in FIG. 3, a personal computer or the like may be prepared. The personal computer or the like substitutes for the function that the combustion control device 1-i should have. There is no need to prepare when built in -i.

The combustion control device shown in FIG. 3 is used in a narrow sense, and the pressure control device, the combustion control device, the temperature control device, the sequencer, etc. shown in FIG. 3 are all provided for controlling the combustion. This is the combustion control device 1-i according to the present invention.

As described with reference to FIG. 1, in the combustion control equipment monitoring system equipped with the present invention, combustion control data such as alarms and daily / monthly reports obtained by the combustion control equipment 1-i installed at the site of the combustion system. Is transmitted to the remote monitoring device 2 by e-mail, thereby realizing remote collection of combustion control data.

When this configuration is adopted, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, by designating the customer terminal 5 as the sub-recipient (Cc :) of the electronic mail, the combustion control data transmitted to the remote monitoring device 2 is automatically transmitted. The combustion control data to be transmitted to the remote monitoring device 2 is automatically transmitted to the customer terminal 5 by designating the operation management terminal 6 as a sub-recipient (Bcc :) to which the electronic mail is blinded. The configuration for transmitting to the operation management terminal 6 is adopted.

As a form of connection between the combustion control device 1-i and the remote monitoring device 2 for exchanging the electronic mail, a connection service to the Internet 3a is provided as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4B, the mail server 4 is connected to a LAN or a dedicated line such as an intranet.
It is possible to use a form in which is used or a form in which they are combined.

As shown in FIG. 2, the combustion control device 1-i includes a mailer 100 for reading and writing electronic mail in order to transmit combustion control data to the remote monitoring device 2 using electronic mail. .

The mailer 100 is provided inside the combustion control device 1-i, so that the mailer 100 is provided in the combustion control device 1-i or in a personal computer connected to the combustion control device 1-i. Thus, the combustion control device 1-i is provided.

The combustion control device 1-i (or a personal computer or the like connected to the combustion control device 1-i) generates an alarm for a combustion device such as a boiler to be controlled or generates a warning for a combustion device to be controlled. When a report cycle such as a daily report or a monthly report serving as an operation management record is reached, or when a data collection instruction is issued from the remote monitoring device 2, the remote monitoring device 2
When it becomes necessary to send combustion control data to
As shown in the processing flow of FIG. 5, the combustion control transmitted to the remote monitoring device 2 by accessing a combustion device such as a boiler or accessing a file storing combustion control data collected from the combustion device up to then. Get the data. Then, using the mailer 100, an electronic mail with the obtained combustion control data as the text is created and transmitted to the remote monitoring device 2 via the mailbox 40 of the mail server 4.

At this time, the mailer 100 writes the mail address of the remote monitoring device 2 as the destination in the column of the primary recipient (To :) in the header of the electronic mail, and the column of the secondary recipient (Cc :). In the example of FIG. 2, the mail address of the customer terminal 5 is written, and the blinded sub-recipient (Bcc :) is entered in the field of the operation management terminal 6 in the example of FIG. A mail address is written, and in the title (Subject :) field, a symbol "cont" indicating that the electronic mail is combustion control data, a code indicating the type of the combustion control device 1-i, Write attribute information such as a code indicating the area of the installation location of -i and a code indicating the data type of the combustion control data to be transmitted.

Here, the code indicating the data type is, for example, combustion control data to be transmitted, such as daily report data, monthly report data, alarm data, or frame current record data. Indicates the data type.

The mail address of the sub-recipient to be written in the header portion of the e-mail, the mail address of the blind sub-recipient (Bcc :), the attribute information, and the like may be determined in advance. Alternatively, as shown in FIG. 6, an instruction may be given from the remote monitoring device 2 or the like using electronic mail. With this configuration, it is possible to dynamically change such information.

FIG. 7 shows an example of an electronic mail of combustion control data created by the mailer 100.

For the header part of the e-mail, MIM
The format is standardized by E (multipurpose internet mail extensions), and the mailer 100 included in the combustion control device 1-i of the present invention follows the standard.
In the column of title (Subject :), the user can freely write a title designated by himself / herself.

Therefore, in order to realize the present invention, the mailer 100 displays a symbol “con” indicating that it is an electronic mail of combustion control data in the column of the title (Subject :).
t ", a code indicating the device type of the combustion control device 1-i,
Processing is performed to write attribute information including a code indicating the area where the combustion control device 1-i is installed, a code indicating the data type of the combustion control data to be transmitted, and the like.

In the e-mail shown in FIG.
00 is in the title (Subject :) column of the header part,
The symbol "co" indicating that it is an email of combustion control data
nt ", device code" 2 ", and region code" w20 "
And the data type code "7".

In the electronic mail, in addition to the text,
Non-code data such as image data and audio data can be attached to an e-mail as an attached file. That is, the mailer 100 has a function of converting non-code data such as image data and audio data into 7-bit codes (the mail server 4 generally handles 7-bit code data). Non-code data such as data can be attached to an e-mail as an attached file.

From now on, when the combustion control device 1-i has a function of monitoring the combustion control state using a camera or the like,
When it has a function of monitoring the combustion control state using a microphone or the like, the image data and audio data obtained by the function are attached as an attached file to the e-mail of the combustion control data transmitted to the remote monitoring device 2. Become.

The electronic mail of the combustion control data transmitted from the combustion control device 1-i in this manner is sent to the mail server 4
Is stored in the mailbox 40 indicated by the mail address of the main recipient (To :) written in the header of the electronic mail.

FIG. 8 shows an embodiment of the program configuration of the remote monitoring device 2.

The remote monitoring device 2 according to this embodiment includes a mailer 200 that executes reading and writing of an electronic mail, and a mail processing program 2 that performs normal processing of the electronic mail.
01, a collection program 202 for collecting combustion control data notified by e-mail, and a collection program 2
02, a display task 203 for performing a display process and a storage process of the combustion control data collected by the collection program 202.
File 204 for storing the combustion control data collected by the server, and the form printing tool 20 for creating a daily report and a monthly report of the combustion control data stored in the storage file 204
5 is provided.

In the remote monitoring device 2 configured as described above, when the mailer 200 reaches, for example, a prescribed monitoring cycle, first, as shown in the processing flow of FIG. By accessing the e-mail box 40, an e-mail addressed to the own device is received.

Subsequently, in step 2, is a symbol "cont" indicating that the electronic mail is combustion control data added to the title (Subject :) field of the header of the received electronic mail? By judging whether or not it is, the electronic mail obtained from the mailbox 40 is divided into the electronic mail of the combustion control data and the other electronic mail.

Subsequently, in step 3, the electronic mail of the combustion control data classified in step 2 is started and the collection program 202 is passed. Subsequently, in step 4, for the e-mails other than the combustion control data classified in the step 2, the mail processing program 201 is activated and passed to enter the processing for the normal e-mail.

As described above, when the mailer 200 receives the electronic mail of the combustion control data sent from the combustion control device 1-i, the mailer 200 processes it so as to pass it to the collection program 202.

When started by the mailer 200, the collection program 202 first extracts the body text and the attached file of the e-mail received from the mailer 200 in step 1, as shown in the processing flow of FIG. Thus, the combustion control data sent from the combustion control device 1-i is extracted. Subsequently, in step 2, the mailer 20
0, the title (Su
The above attribute information added to the column of “bject :) is extracted.

Subsequently, in step 3, the display task 203
It is determined whether or not has prepared a plurality of display systems. That is, the display task 203 is, for example, shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 11A, the combustion control data is managed and displayed for each model of the combustion control device 1-i, or as shown in FIG. A plurality of display systems are prepared for managing and displaying the combustion control data, and for managing and displaying the combustion control data for each model and installation area of the combustion control device 1-i as shown in FIG. Therefore, it is determined whether or not the display task 203 prepares a plurality of display systems.

When the display task 203 determines in step 3 that a plurality of display systems are prepared, the process proceeds to step 4 and, in accordance with the attribute information extracted in step 2, the combustion control data extracted in step 1 Identify the display system to be notified. That is, the display system to be notified is specified based on the device code / region code / data type code extracted in step 2.

Subsequently, in step 5, while associating the combustion control data extracted in step 1 with the attribute information extracted in step 2, those data are passed to the display system of the display task 203 to be notified. .

On the other hand, if it is determined in step 3 that the display task 203 does not provide a plurality of display systems, the process proceeds to step 5 without performing the processing in step 4 and proceeds to the combustion control extracted in step 1. The data is passed to the display task 203 while associating the data with the attribute information extracted in step 2.

In this way, the collection program 202
Receives the e-mail of the combustion control data from the mailer 200, extracts the combustion control data and the attribute information of the combustion control data, passes the extracted information to the display task 203, and the display task 203 When adopting a configuration in which control data is classified, displayed, and managed, processing is performed so that combustion control data received from the mailer 200 is distributed to processing destinations according to the extracted attribute information.

Upon receiving the combustion control data from the collection program 202, the display task 203 associates the attribute information notified by e-mail with the combustion control data when displaying the collected combustion control data. When the combustion control data is saved, the attribute information is stored in association with the combustion control data so that the combustion control data can be efficiently monitored. It can be realized.

When preparing a plurality of display systems as shown in FIGS. 11 and 12, the display task 203 classifies and displays the collected combustion control data according to the attribute information notified by e-mail. In addition, by performing the process of classifying and storing the collected combustion control data according to the attribute information, efficient monitoring of the combustion control data can be realized.

For example, as shown in FIG. 13, by displaying a list of alarm data detected by the combustion control equipment 1-i installed in the Tokyo area, efficient monitoring processing of combustion control data is realized. is there.

As shown in FIG. 2, the sub-recipient (Cc :) of the e-mail and the sub-recipient (Bcc :) are blinded.
By using, the combustion control data collected from the combustion control device 1-i can be automatically transmitted to terminals other than the remote monitoring device 2.

By utilizing this, a terminal for backing up the combustion control data is prepared, and the terminal is designated as the sub-recipient (Cc :) of the e-mail or the sub-recipient (Bcc :) blinded. By doing so, combustion control equipment 1-i
It is possible to adopt a configuration for automatically backing up the combustion control data collected from the server. With this configuration, even if a failure occurs in the remote monitoring device 2,
Combustion control data from the combustion control device 1-i can be definitely collected.

Although omitted in the above description, the remote monitoring device 2 determines which combustion control device 1-i each combustion control data received from the mail server 4 is from by the sender (added to the electronic mail). Since it can be known by the mail address of From :), when displaying or storing the combustion control data, the identification name of the combustion control device 1-i specified by the mail address of the sender (From :) is used as a key. Processing will be performed.

The present invention has been described with reference to the illustrated embodiments.
The present invention is not limited to this. For example, in the embodiment, the configuration is adopted in which the e-mail of the combustion control data is divided using the collection program 202 prepared separately from the mailer 200, but the automatic distribution function (the sender of the e-mail (A function of automatically assigning folders to groups according to the titles and the like).

[0071]

As described above, according to the present invention, when adopting a configuration in which information about combustion control is efficiently and remotely collected by using electronic mail, the header of the electronic mail contains information about combustion control. Since a configuration is used in which attribute information of information is added, it is possible to use the attribute information to determine which type of information on combustion control is collected.
By being able to display information such as in which region the device is installed, efficient monitoring processing can be performed.

The collected information about the combustion control is efficiently displayed by allocating the collected information on the combustion control to the processing destination using the attribute information added to the header of the e-mail. And manage it.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle configuration diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a combustion control device.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a connection mode.

FIG. 5 is a processing flow executed by the combustion control device.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a notification process of information to be added to a header portion.

FIG. 7 is an example of an electronic mail.

FIG. 8 is an embodiment of a remote monitoring device.

FIG. 9 is a processing flow executed by a mailer.

FIG. 10 is a processing flow executed by a collection program.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a display system.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a display system.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional technique.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 combustion control device 2 remote monitoring device 3 network 4 mail server 10 acquisition means 11 creation means 12 transmission means 20 monitoring means 21 detection means 22 acquisition means 23 distribution means 40 mailbox

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A combustion control device monitoring system having a combustion control device for controlling a combustion device and a remote monitoring device for monitoring the combustion control device, wherein the combustion control device notifies the remote monitoring device of the combustion control. Acquiring means for acquiring information about the combustion control, and adding, to a header portion of the e-mail, information indicating that the information is an electronic mail of information on combustion control and attribute information having information on the combustion control to be notified, The remote monitoring device includes: a creating unit that creates an email having the acquired information regarding the combustion control as a content and the remote monitoring device as a primary recipient; and a transmitting unit that transmits the email created by the creating unit. Are monitoring means for monitoring presence / absence of an e-mail addressed to the own device; and headers of the e-mail specified by the monitoring means are associated with combustion control. Detecting means for detecting whether or not information indicating that the information is an electronic mail of information is added; and when the detecting means detects that information indicating that the information is an electronic mail of information on combustion control is added. Obtaining means for obtaining information on the combustion control notified by the e-mail and attribute information of the information on the combustion control added to the header of the e-mail; and the attribute obtained by the obtaining means. And a distribution unit for distributing information on the combustion control obtained by the obtaining unit to a processing destination according to the information. 2. A combustion control device used in a combustion control device monitoring system having a combustion control device for controlling the combustion device and a remote monitoring device for monitoring the combustion control device, wherein the combustion control for notifying the remote monitoring device is provided. Acquiring means for acquiring information about the combustion control, and adding, to a header portion of the e-mail, information indicating that the information is an electronic mail of information on combustion control and attribute information having information on the combustion control to be notified, Comprising: a creating unit that creates an email with the acquired information about the combustion control as the content and the remote monitoring device as a primary recipient; and a sending unit that sends the email created by the creating unit. Combustion control equipment. 3. The combustion control device according to claim 2, wherein the creating means includes a device for storing information on combustion control,
A combustion control device characterized in that an e-mail is created while being designated as an e-mail sub-recipient or a blind sub-recipient. 4. The combustion control device according to claim 2, wherein the creation means uses a part or all of the device code, the data type, and the regional code as attribute information of information relating to combustion control, as a header of an electronic mail. A combustion control device characterized by being added to a part. 5. A remote monitoring device used in a combustion control device monitoring system having a combustion control device for controlling a combustion device and a remote monitoring device for monitoring the combustion control device, wherein a presence / absence of an electronic mail addressed to the own device is determined. Monitoring means for monitoring; detecting means for detecting whether or not information indicating that the electronic mail is information on combustion control is added to the header of the email specified by the monitoring means; and When it is detected that information indicating that the information is an electronic mail of the information on the combustion control is added, the information on the combustion control notified by the electronic mail and the information added to the header of the electronic mail are added. Obtaining means for obtaining attribute information of information on combustion control. 6. The remote monitoring device according to claim 5, further comprising a distribution unit that distributes information on the combustion control obtained by the obtaining unit to a processing destination according to the attribute information obtained by the obtaining unit. apparatus.