JP3488593B2 - Alarm notification device for plant monitoring and control system - Google Patents

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Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an alarm reporting device for a plant monitoring control system, and more particularly to a monitoring control system for a water purification plant, a water distribution system, a power plant, an electric power system, etc., when an accident or abnormality occurs. The present invention relates to an alarm reporting device of a plant monitoring and control system suitable for reporting an alarm.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A supervisory control device is used for supervising and controlling a water purification plant, a water distribution system, a power plant, an electric power system and the like, and is widely used. These monitoring and control devices issue an alarm when an accident or abnormality occurs in a plant or the like.

It is not known when an accident or abnormality will occur, and the staff in charge is waiting at home or some other place in case of such an emergency, and even while moving, contact the staff in charge by some means. It is necessary to attach.

[0004] In this case, conventionally, the waiting staff is notified by telephone from a monitoring room or the like of the monitoring control device by hand or by reproducing a prerecorded voice. .

[0005]

However, since there are a large number of types of alarms to be reported to staff depending on the nature of an abnormal situation and the like, it is complicated to record all the contents in advance. In addition, the report destination to be notified also differs depending on the case, and there are many types of this. Therefore, it is difficult for the conventional method to set and select an appropriate report destination and alarm message according to the situation and reliably carry out the report.

[0006] That is, the monitor and control device, by its nature, must reliably reach the report destination, and the report must be highly reliable.

Further, in the past, since a dedicated notification device made a call and synthesized a voice by a dedicated voice synthesis device, the automatic notification device was expensive and not versatile.

On the other hand, if the dedicated reporting device simply calls and reproduces the voice to report, it is not possible to confirm whether or not the standby staff member is surely notified. For example, in a PHS or mobile phone, if the connection is impossible, the automatic response function of the exchange automatically returns a response such as "out of service area", "transfer", or "the phone is dead". On the device side, it is assumed that the device is connected to the other party, and recording / playback is performed and the notification ends.

Further, when the reporting device makes a call to connect to the line, it takes several seconds from the receiving side picking up the handset until the reporting device confirms the incoming call. Become. However, there is a high possibility that the standby staff will judge that it is a wrong call and disconnect the line because the callee will remain silent for a while.

As described above, it is difficult for the conventional alarm notification device to automatically and promptly and accurately notify the appropriate party of the message having the appropriate content.

The present invention has been made in consideration of such a situation, and when a supervisory control system detects an accident or abnormality, it automatically and promptly and appropriately and surely informs a staff member on standby. It is an object of the present invention to provide an alarm reporting device of a plant monitoring control system that enables the above.

[0012]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 notifies a report destination of the content of an alarm signal generated by a monitoring device by detecting an accident or abnormality of a plant. In the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring and control system, a communication device for communicating with the report destination and an alarm
Configure the alarm signal by fitting the signal to a predetermined format
Interpretation of alarm signals to extract the contents to be displayed as text data
And the text data as a warning message.
Audio output means for converting into audio data and outputting to the communication device.
Automatic transmission means that controls the communication device and connects the line to the report destination
When there are multiple callees, the communication to one reportee is provided.
To the next contact after the report is completed successfully or unsuccessfully
It is set to start sending the
Sequentially notify multiple recipients by repeating the call operation
And when sending to the next report destination, the report that has already been reported
For the destination, include the success or failure of the report in the warning message
It is an alarm reporting device of a plant monitoring control system.

Since the present invention is provided with such means, when the monitoring device detects an accident or an abnormality, it is possible to automatically and promptly and appropriately and reliably notify the staff member on standby. In addition, since the voice output means for outputting a message to the notification device and the automatic transmission device for requesting the line connection to the communication device are separately provided, it is possible to synchronize the message output and the line connection timing, and the waiting staff It is also possible to prevent the user from disconnecting the line by determining that it is a wrong phone call. In addition, make sure to notify multiple recipients one by one
You can In addition, the report destination that has already been reported
And the success or failure of the notification is included in the notification message.
Therefore, the person who receives the notification should be judged appropriately depending on the situation.
It becomes possible to disconnect, and more appropriate measures can be taken.

Next, the invention according to claim 2 is an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring and control system, which notifies a report destination of the content of an alarm signal generated by a monitoring device by detecting an accident or abnormality of a plant. The communication device for communicating with the destination, and applying the alarm signal in a predetermined format
Alarm signal interpretation to extract the contents that make up the alarm signal
By combining the means and the words indicated by each content, an alarm
A message that automatically creates warning messages according to signals
Image editing means and converting alert messages into voice data
Control the communication device and the audio output means that outputs to the communication device.
Equipped with automatic calling means to connect the line to the report destination,
When there are multiple callees, the call to one callee is successful.
After failing, the call to the next contact is opened.
It is set to start, and the operation of this notification completion / next call
By repeating the above, you can sequentially report to multiple recipients and then report the next
When making a call to the first place,
The feature is that the success or failure of the notification is included in the warning message.
It is an alarm reporting device of the plant monitoring control system.

Since the present invention is provided with such a configuration, even if each content extracted by the alarm signal interpreting means cannot be sent out as an alarm message as it is, it is converted into a human-readable notification message by the processing by the message editing means. Can be edited again. Therefore, the invention can be easily implemented. In addition, multiple
It is possible to reliably and reliably notify the report recipient. In addition,
Will be notified of the success or failure of the report for the report recipient who completed the report.
The person who received the report because it is included in the message
Will be able to make appropriate decisions depending on the situation,
Can be dealt with.

Next, the invention corresponding to claim 3, Pla
Alarms generated by the monitoring device by detecting an accident or abnormality in the
A plant monitoring and control system that reports the content of the report signal to the recipient
In order to communicate with the report destination,
Apply the communication device and the alarm signal to the specified format.
Therefore, the content of the alarm signal is extracted as text data.
The warning signal interpretation means to be issued and the text data
Converted to voice data as sage and output to the notification device
Connect the line to the report destination by controlling the voice output means and the report device.
A line is connected by the automatic transmission means that continues and the automatic transmission means.
Incoming call detection means that detects that
When more voice is detected, and
As a result of pattern recognition, the voice is the service of the telephone company.
If the voice is different from the voice of the predetermined pattern such as voice
Check that the line connection destination is the call destination.
When there is more than one contact,
After the notification of is completed successfully or unsuccessfully, the next notification
Calling to the destination is started and this notification is completed
・ By repeating the operation of the next call, you can reach multiple destinations one by one.
Notification and when sending to the next report destination,
Include the success or failure of the report in the alert message
It is an alarm reporting device of a plant monitoring control system.

Since the present invention is provided with such means,
When an incoming call is detected, it can be surely confirmed that the connection destination is the notification destination. In addition, multiple reports
It is possible to make a reliable report in order. Also, already
For the report destinations for which the report has been completed, the success or failure of the report is reported in the report message.
Since it is included in the sage, the person who received the notification
Appropriate measures can be taken because it is possible to make appropriate decisions depending on the situation
It can be performed.

Furthermore, the invention corresponding to claim 4, flop
Occurred by a monitoring device by detecting a runt accident or abnormality
A plant monitoring and control system that reports the content of the alarm signal to the recipient.
In order to communicate with the callee in the system's alarm reporting device
Apply the communication device and the alarm signal to the specified format.
Alarm signal interpretation to extract the contents that make up the alarm signal
By combining the means and the words indicated by each content, an alarm
A message that automatically creates warning messages according to signals
Image editing means and converting alert messages into voice data
Control the communication device and the audio output means that outputs to the communication device.
Automatic transmission means to connect the line to the report destination, and automatic transmission
Incoming call detection that detects that the line is connected by the communication means
Means and when voice is detected by the incoming call detection means.
And, as a result of pattern recognition of the voice,
The voice is different from the voice of the predetermined pattern such as the service of the telephone company.
When the line connection destination is the report destination
When there are multiple call destinations, with incoming call confirmation means to confirm
In addition, the report to the one report destination was completed with success or failure.
And then start sending to the next contact.
By repeating this notification completion / repeating call operation, multiple
When you make a call to one of the
Alerts the success or failure of the report to the report destination
Includes plant monitoring and control system alarm notifications in messages
It is a reporting device.

The preset pattern is a predetermined voice uttered by the waiting staff member on the called side.
This is realized, for example, by the standby staff uttering his / her own name, a predetermined password, and the like when receiving communication from the alarm reporting device. Therefore, even if the person to whom the communication device is connected is the official telephone number, etc., if the person who picked up the telephone call is the wife or child of the waiting staff, the incoming call confirmation means The line connection destination will not be considered as the report destination.

Since the present invention is provided with such means,
When an incoming call is detected, it is possible to more surely confirm that the connection destination is the notification destination. In addition,
It is possible to reliably and reliably notify a number of recipients. Also,
The success or failure of the report has already been reported for the report recipients who have completed the report.
Received the notification because it is included in the notification message
The person can make an appropriate judgment according to the situation, and
You can take painstaking measures.

[0021] In the invention corresponding to claim 5, Pla
Alarms generated by the monitoring device by detecting an accident or abnormality in the
A plant monitoring and control system that reports the content of the report signal to the recipient
In order to communicate with the report destination,
Apply the communication device and the alarm signal to the specified format.
Therefore, the content of the alarm signal is extracted as text data.
The warning signal interpretation means to be issued and the text data
Convert to voice data as sage and output to communication device
Connect the line to the report destination by controlling the voice output means and the communication device.
A line is connected by the automatic transmission means that continues and the automatic transmission means.
Incoming call detection means that detects that
When more voice is detected, and
As a result of the pattern recognition, the voice concerned has a preset pattern.
When the line connection destination is the call destination
It is equipped with a means for confirming an incoming call to confirm that there is
When the report to one reporter succeeds or fails
After it is completed, it will start calling the next destination.
This notification is completed and the operation of the next call is repeated.
When making a call to multiple call destinations in order and calling the next call destination
The success or failure of the notification for the recipients who have already completed the notification
Of the plant monitoring and control system
It is an alarm reporting device.

Since the present invention is provided with such means,
It is possible to reliably and reliably notify a plurality of recipients. Well
In addition, regarding the contact destination who has already completed the notification,
Notification is included in the notification message.
The person who made the decision can make an appropriate judgment according to the situation.
Appropriate actions can be taken.

Furthermore, invention corresponding to claim 6, flop
Occurred by a monitoring device by detecting a runt accident or abnormality
A plant monitoring and control system that reports the content of the alarm signal to the recipient.
In order to communicate with the callee in the system's alarm reporting device
Apply the communication device and the alarm signal to the specified format.
Alarm signal interpretation to extract the contents that make up the alarm signal
By combining the means and the words indicated by each content, an alarm
A message that automatically creates warning messages according to signals
Image editing means and converting alert messages into voice data
Control the communication device and the audio output means that outputs to the communication device.
Automatic transmission means to connect the line to the report destination, and automatic transmission
Incoming call detection that detects that the line is connected by the communication means
Means and when voice is detected by the incoming call detection means.
And, as a result of pattern recognition of the voice,
When the voice corresponds to a preset pattern of voice,
Receiving confirmation hand to confirm that the line connection destination of is the above-mentioned report destination
If there are multiple contact points, it is possible to
After the report is completed successfully or unsuccessfully, the next contact
The call to the
Sequentially notify multiple recipients by repeating the next call operation
And when sending to the next report destination, the report that has already been reported
For the destination, include the success or failure of the report in the warning message
It is an alarm reporting device of a plant monitoring control system.

Since the present invention has such a configuration,
It is possible to reliably and reliably notify a plurality of recipients. Well
In addition, regarding the contact destination who has already completed the notification,
Notification is included in the notification message.
The person who made the decision can make an appropriate judgment according to the situation.
Appropriate actions can be taken.

[0025]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.

(First Embodiment of the Invention) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring and control system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

The present apparatus is realized by a computer which reads a program recorded in a recording medium such as a magnetic disk and whose operation is controlled by this program.

The alarm reporting device of the plant monitoring and control system sends an alarm signal from the monitoring device 100 to the reporting device body 10.
1 and the notification device body 101 causes the communication device 1
05, The report destination 111 is notified via the communication network 110.

Here, first, the monitoring device 100 is a water purification plant,
It is a monitoring device for water distribution systems, power plants, power systems, etc. When an accident or abnormality occurs in a plant, it is detected and the alarm signal in which the equipment, place, time, alarm level, alarm content, etc. in which the accident or abnormality has occurred is edited in a certain format is communicated to the notification device body 101. It communicates via the port 106a.

The reporting device body 101 receives the communication from the monitoring device 100 from the communication port 106b. Further, the notification device main body 101 interprets the received alarm signal by the alarm signal interpretation unit 102, and based on this, the message editing unit 10
The message created in 3 is output by the automatic transmission unit 107 and the voice output unit 104, the reply is detected by the incoming call detection unit 109, and the voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 112 confirms it.

The communication port 106b is a device that receives an alarm signal from the monitoring device 100, and is always in a standby state to monitor the alarm signal from the monitoring device 100.

The alarm signal interpreting unit 102 is connected to the communication port 10
When the alarm signal is received via 6b, the alarm signal is interpreted according to a predetermined format, and the alarm generation location, generation time, device, alarm level, alarm content, etc. are passed to the message editing unit 103. At the same time, the automatic transmission unit 107 is notified of the reception of the alarm signal.

The automatic transmission unit 107 calls the communication device 105 so as to make a call to the notification destination determined to receive this notification.
Send a control command to. Also, when the communication line is disconnected or after a certain period of time elapses, a control command is sent to the communication device 105 to disconnect the line.

Further, the automatic transmission section 107 is connected to the communication device 10
Upon receiving a notification of the success or failure of the incoming call from the report destination from 5, the call is retried after a certain period of time if the incoming call fails, and the notification is tried.
This operation is repeated a fixed number of times. If the call cannot be received even after repeating a certain number of times, the notification is canceled. In addition, the communication device 10
Even if the incoming call from 5 is successful, the incoming call is considered to have failed when the voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 112 receives a notification indicating that the actual connection cannot be established, as will be described later.

Further, the automatic transmission section 107 is connected to the communication device 10
If the incoming call fails at 5, communication ports 106b, 106
The monitoring device 100 is notified of a notification failure message via a.

The message editing unit 103 searches the message database 108 for a message corresponding to the place where the alarm is generated, the device that generated the alarm, the time when the alarm occurred, the alarm level, and the content of the alarm, creates it as text data, and sends it to the voice output unit 104.

In the message database 108, messages according to the status of each item are registered in text format.

The voice output unit 104 converts the text data into voice data and outputs it as voice to the communication device 105.

Further, the message editing unit 103 and the voice output unit 104 give a voice to the effect that a message will be played from now on, even if the confirmation of the incoming call is made before the substantial connection to the destination 111 by the communication device 105 is confirmed. Communication device 10
Output to 5. After confirming the actual connection,
Substantially output a message by voice.

The incoming call detection unit 109 detects an incoming call by a voice response from the report destination 111 via the communication device 105,
The content of the incoming call is output to the voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 112.

The voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 112 confirms whether or not a substantial connection with the report destination 111 is made based on the content of the response signal via the incoming call detection unit 109, and the result is confirmed by the alarm signal interpretation unit 102. As a result, the automatic transmission unit 107,
Also, the message editing unit 103 is notified. Specifically, the voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 112 is provided with a voice recognition device and a voice pattern confirmation means, and the recognized voice is obtained by the automatic response function of the exchange in which the recognized voice is registered in advance, for example, "out of service". In some cases, it is determined that the call has not arrived at the communication destination 111, and in order to carry out the next communication in a preset pattern, the warning signal interpreting unit 102, the automatic transmission unit 107, and the message editing unit 103 are informed accordingly. To notify. Even when the line to the report destination 111 is disconnected, the similar notification is performed.

Further, when the voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 112 determines that the reply contents recognized by the voice are not due to the automatic response function of the exchange and that a normal connection is established, a message is sent to that effect. Is notified to the message editing unit 103 and the automatic transmission unit 107.

The communication device 105 is a communication device capable of voice communication. The communication device 105 receives the control command and transmits it to the report destination, and connects the line with the report destination 111 via the communication network 110.

Next, the operation of the alarm reporting device of the plant monitoring control system according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

First, when the monitoring device 100 detects an accident or abnormality in the plant, the alarm device format 1700 or alarm signal format 2701 of FIG. 2 or FIG.
Information such as an alarm level and a place of occurrence in a format as shown in FIG.
Send to. Communication between the communication ports 106 is performed by TCP / IP or the like.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an alarm format used for an alarm signal from an alarm device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another example of an alarm format used for an alarm signal from an alarm device.

The alarm device main body 101 includes an alarm signal interpretation unit 10
In step 2, the received alarm signal is interpreted according to the format shown in FIG. 2 or 3, and the alarm level, the place of occurrence, the device, the time of occurrence, and the content of the alarm are sent to the message editing unit 103. Further, the automatic transmission unit 107 is notified of the reception of the alarm. When the alarm signal is further transmitted during the notification, the alarm signal is buffered in the alarm signal interpretation unit 102 until the notification during the transmission ends.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing how the message editor creates an alarm message using the message database.

That is, in the message database 108, messages according to the status of each item are registered in text format as shown in FIG. Upon receiving the alarm signal 800 from the monitoring device 100, the message editing unit 103 outputs a notification message for each element of the alarm signal 800 from the message database 108 that matches the content of each item such as alarm level, device, location, and alarm content. The message database 108 is searched. The time of occurrence is year,
Convert month, day, hour, minute, second, etc. into a text format. These are combined, an alarm start message and an end message are added, and an alarm message 802 is created and sent to the voice output unit 104 in a text format.

On the other hand, the automatic transmission unit 107 performs transmission by controlling the communication device 105 so as to make the transmission to the predetermined report destination 111.

At this time, as shown in FIG.
The automatic transmission unit 107 for controlling the transmission of 05 is separated from the voice output unit 104 as a voice synthesis unit, and each is connected to the communication device 105.

That is, the automatic transmission section 107 and the voice output section 1
If 04 is not separated, it takes several seconds until the communication device 105 confirms the incoming call after sending a call command from the automatic transmission unit 107 to the communication device 105 to make a call and picking up the receiver on the receiving side. , And then the audio output unit 104
Will start the voice output. However, since the silent state continues for a while on the callee side, there is a high possibility that the callee 111 will determine that the call is a wrong call and disconnect the line. In addition, when the incoming call is detected and the notification is completed,
Even if the notification is not completed, the incoming call is detected and it is judged that the notification is completed.

Therefore, the automatic transmission section 107 and the voice output section 1
04 is separated and connected to the communication device 105 independently of each other, so that the voice can be played before the incoming call.
As a result, the receiving side can hear the voice immediately after picking up the receiver, so that the call can be reliably received without determining that the call is a wrong call. The message that is sent at this time is a preliminary message to the waiting staff that an emergency call will be made. In addition, the output signal from the audio output unit 104 is not processed, and the communication device 10 is directly processed.
5 is input, which enables stable notification of sound quality and volume.

The alarm content 802 generated by the message editing unit 103 as shown in FIG. 4 is output after the substantial connection with the report destination 111 is made.

The confirmation as to whether or not this substantial connection is made is performed by the voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 112. Before that, the incoming call confirmation by the automatic transmission unit and the communication device 105 will be described.

First, when the incoming call to the callee 111 is successful in this way, a response signal of the incoming call is returned to the automatic transmission section 107 via the communication device 5. In this case, the automatic transmission unit 107
Considers the incoming call itself successful.

If the incoming call fails, there is no response signal. Therefore, if there is no incoming call response signal even after a certain period of time has passed, the automatic calling unit 107 considers that the incoming call has failed. In this case, the automatic transmission unit 107 repeats the transmission with a certain time interval until the incoming call succeeds. However, if the incoming call is not successful even after repeating a certain number of times, the notification will be canceled. In such a case, the voice output unit 104 is notified of the line disconnection, and no substantial message is transmitted.

On the other hand, if the incoming call itself is successful,
Further, it is confirmed whether or not a substantial connection is made with the communication destination 111.

In order to determine whether the communication device 105 has made a substantial connection with the report destination 111, first, the voice detection by the incoming call detection unit 109 is performed. At this time, if an incoming call by the voice response from the report destination 111 is detected,
The content of the incoming call is output to the voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 112.

In the voice recognition incoming call confirmation section 112, the voice recognition device confirms whether the voice content is not due to the automatic response function of the exchange, and if it is not the voice from the exchange, it is determined that the callee is substantially connected. The determination is made, and the message is notified to the message editing unit 103 and the automatic transmission unit 107.

In this way, the warning message 8 which is a substantial message generated by the message editing unit 103.
02 transmission will be started, and it will surely reach the waiting staff. Further, the automatic transmission unit 107 can confirm that the notification to the notification destination 111 has been successful by the notification from the voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 112.

On the other hand, when the recognized voice is the voice from the exchange, the voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 112 notifies the message editing unit 103 and the automatic transmission unit 107 of that fact. As a result, the automatic transmission unit 107 recognizes that the alert message 802 has not arrived at the report destination 111.
When the automatic caller 107 does not confirm the incoming call, the voice output unit 104 repeatedly outputs the given message for a certain period of time or a certain number of times.

When the notification of the warning content to the alarm destination 111 fails in the end, the automatic transmission unit 107 sends a predetermined notification failure signal to the monitoring device 100.

As described above, in the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system according to the embodiment of the present invention, the alarm signal interpretation unit 102 interprets the alarm signal from the monitoring device 100 according to a predetermined format, and the message editing unit. 10
3 and the voice output unit 104 create a message, convert the voice and output it to the communication device 105, and the automatic transmission unit 10
Since the communication device 105 is controlled by 7 so as to connect to the report destination, automatically when the monitoring device of the plant such as the water purification plant, the water distribution system, the power generation plant, the power system detects the occurrence of an accident or an abnormality. It is possible to make a voice call to the waiting staff and to make a quicker and more reliable call than a manual call. As a result, it becomes possible to promptly report after an accident or abnormality occurs and to promptly deal with the accident or abnormality.

Further, since the voice output section 104 for outputting a message to the communication device 105 and the automatic transmission device 107 for requesting the line connection to the communication device 105 are separately provided, the message output and the line connection can be performed. The timing can be adjusted, and by extension, the standby staff can be prevented from disconnecting the line by determining that it is a wrong call.

Further, according to the present embodiment, the incoming call detecting unit 1
09, when it is detected that the line is connected by the automatic transmission means, and the voice is detected by the incoming call detection unit 109, and as a result of pattern recognition of the voice, the voice is the service voice of the telephone company. When the incoming call is detected, the voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 112 confirms that the line connection destination is the call destination 111. Therefore, when the incoming call is detected, the connection destination is changed. It is possible to reliably confirm that it is the callee.

By the above, quick response to accidents and abnormalities,
It is possible to minimize damage to the plant and system and start restoration work promptly.

In the present embodiment, the configuration has been described by using the example shown in FIG. 1, but the present invention is not limited to such a case and is also applied to a modified example having the following configuration. it can.

First, the communication port 106 is added to the monitoring device 100.
When a plurality of notification device main bodies 101 are connected via a and b, and the monitoring device 100 transmits an alarm signal to the notification device main body 101, and there is no corresponding signal from the notification device main body 101 even after a certain period of time elapses. Alternatively, the same alarm signal may be transmitted again to the other reporting device body 101.

Next, the communication port 106 is added to the monitoring device 100.
With a configuration in which a plurality of reporting device bodies 101 are connected via a and b, the monitoring device 100 sends an alarm signal to the reporting device body 101 and then monitors the communication port to monitor the reporting device body 10.
If the response signal from 1 is not received and the response signal from the notification device main body 101 is not received within a certain period of time, the monitoring of the communication port is stopped and the same alarm signal is transmitted to the other notification device main body 101. You may do it.

Further, the communication device 105 includes a plurality of communication networks 11.
In a configuration in which 0 and a plurality of communication devices 105 corresponding thereto are connected, if the automatic transmission unit 107 does not receive a response signal of an incoming call from the communication device 105, the communication device 105 using another line is used to transmit. May be.

Further, the communication device 105 includes a plurality of communication networks 1.
10 and a plurality of communication devices 105 corresponding thereto are connected, the automatic transmission unit 107 transmits a transmission control command to the communication device 105 and the communication device 1
If there is no incoming call response signal from 05, the outgoing call may be temporarily stopped and a similar outgoing call control command may be sent to the communication device 105 using another line.

Further, as another modification, in the present embodiment, the message editing unit 103 edits the text data to create a message. For example, the alarm extracted by the alarm signal interpreting unit 102 If the content is in a data state in which it can be transmitted as voice data as it is, the extracted text data can be sent to the voice output unit 104 as it is to output an alarm message.

Next, a modification of the confirmation operation performed by the voice recognition incoming call confirmation section 112 and a preliminary message transmitted in advance corresponding to the confirmation operation will be described.

In this embodiment, the voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 11
No. 2 judges that the recognized voice does not arrive at the communication destination 111 when the recognized voice is due to the automatic response function of the exchange, etc., but the voice recognized as a reply from the line connection destination is recognized by this judgment function. A function of determining that the message is connected to the communication destination 111 when the message has a predetermined pattern may be added.

For example, a message such as "Please say your name" or "Please say your password" is sent from the voice output unit 104 as a preliminary message, and in response to this, the standby staff at the line connection destination sends the name and Try to say your password. Voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 11
In 2, the name or password is set in advance, and if the recognized voice is the predetermined name, etc., the standby staff specified by the name etc. will be able to receive the notification message at the line connection destination. It is confirmed that there is.

That is, even if the person to whom the communication device 105 is connected is the official telephone number or the like, if the person who picked up the telephone call is the wife or child of the waiting staff, voice recognition is performed. The incoming call confirmation unit 112 does not consider that the line connection destination is the report destination 111.

Therefore, when such a configuration is added, the notification message can be transmitted to a specific waiting staff member with extremely high reliability, and conversely, the waiting staff member receives the notification message for some reason. When it is impossible, the fact can be surely determined.

(Second Embodiment of the Invention) FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring control system according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted, and only different portions will be described here.

As shown in FIG. 5, the message editor 10
Facsimile data creation unit 2 sends the message created by 3
00, the message is converted into facsimile data and sent to the communication device 105. The communication device 105 in this case is a communication device capable of transmitting facsimile data.

The present embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment except for the point that a message is notified by facsimile and the notification confirmation portion associated therewith.

As described above, the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system according to the embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration as the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system of the first embodiment, Since the facsimile data creation unit 200 is provided, the same effect as that of the above-described embodiment can be obtained, and a message can be sent to the destination 111 as facsimile data.

(Third Embodiment of the Invention) FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring control system according to a third embodiment of the present invention. Are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted, and only different portions will be described here.

As shown in FIG. 6, the message editor 10
The text message created by 3 is input to the communication data creation unit 300, and the communication data creation unit 300 converts the message into communication data and inputs the communication data to the communication device 105. The communication device 105 in this case is a communication device capable of data communication.

The report destination 111 is a device such as a telephone or a personal computer including a modem that can receive data communication.

The present embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment except for the point that a message is reported by data communication and the message confirmation part associated therewith.

As described above, the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system according to the embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration as the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system of the first embodiment, Since the communication data creation unit 300 is provided to notify the message by data communication, the same effect as that of each of the above-described embodiments can be obtained, and the situation such as an accident is received as data from the monitoring device, and an alarm according to the situation You can report a message.

(Fourth Embodiment of the Invention) In the alarm reporting device of the plant monitoring control system of the present embodiment,
The message editing unit 103 creates and outputs information that is difficult to express in text.
Is capable of automatically reporting information that can be expressed in text such as graphs and images to the receiving device of the reporting destination, and is configured similarly to the second and third embodiments.

In the alarm reporting device of this plant monitoring and control system, the alarm content of the alarm signal generated by the monitoring device 100 is given as contents that are difficult to express with a message such as the latest measured value of the abnormal device, an image, and a sound. If the same information can be retrieved from the monitoring device 100, the message editing unit 103 creates a message using a graph or image information and inputs it to the communication data creating unit 300. The communication data creation unit 300 converts the message into communication data and inputs it to the communication device 105.

As described above, the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system according to the embodiment of the present invention has the same structure as the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system of the second or third embodiment. Other, message editor 1
Since 03 is configured to create and output information that is difficult to express in text, the same effect as in the above embodiments can be obtained, and information such as graphs and images can be used to automatically notify the recipient. The receiving device can be notified.

(Fifth Embodiment of the Invention) FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring and control system according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. Are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted, and only different portions will be described here.

As shown in FIG. 7, the alarm device main body 101 includes an alarm selection unit 500 and an alarm selection database 501.
Is provided. In the present embodiment, the incoming call detection unit 109
Although the voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 112 is not particularly shown, it has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment except the above configuration.

The alarm selection unit 500 includes an alarm signal interpretation unit 10
The alarm selection database 501 based on the alarm occurrence place, the device, the occurrence time, the alarm level, and the alarm content interpreted in 2
Based on the above, the alarms that require notification are selected and the notification is sent to the designated notification destination.

That is, the alarm signal interpreting unit 102 sends the alarm level, the place of occurrence, the device, the time of occurrence, and the content of the alarm to the message editing unit 103 by a code such as the alarm signal format 2701 in FIG. The selection unit 500 selects a necessary message according to the standard defined in the alarm selection database 501, and issues a notification only in the case of an alarm that requires notification.

As described above, the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system according to the embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration as the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system of the first embodiment, Since the alarm selection unit 500 and the alarm selection database 501 are provided to select the alarms to be notified and the alarms not to be notified according to the content of the alarm, the same effects as those of the above-described respective embodiments can be obtained and the alarm content can be adjusted. Appropriate alerts can be sent to the appropriate places. This enables quick and systematic response to accidents and abnormalities.

(Sixth Embodiment of the Invention) FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring control system according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. Are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted, and only different portions will be described here.

As shown in FIG. 8, the reporting device main body 101 includes a reporting destination selection section 401 and a reporting destination selection database 40.
2 and a report destination database 603 are provided. In the present embodiment, the incoming call detection unit 109 and the voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 112 are not particularly shown, but they are configured similarly to the first embodiment except for the above configuration.

The report destination selection unit 401 is the alarm signal interpretation unit 1
The location of the alarm, the device that generated the alarm, the time of the alarm,
The alert destination database 603 according to the setting data of the alert destination selection database 402 according to the alert level and the alert content.
Automatically selects the report destination 111 and reports.

In the report destination selection database 402, report destinations are registered for each condition of each item of alarm. Further, in the report destination database 603, the telephone number of each report destination is registered.

In the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring and control system configured as described above, first, the alarm signal interpretation unit 102 to the notification destination selection unit 401 and the message editing unit 10 are connected.
The alarm level, the place where the alarm occurred, the device, the time when the alarm occurred, and the alarm content are sent to No. 3 by a code such as the alarm signal format 2701 in FIG.

The report destination selection unit 401 selects a report destination that meets the conditions from the report destinations registered in advance in the report destination selection database 402 for each condition of each item,
The telephone number of the report destination is acquired from the report destination database 603. Then, the automatic transmission unit 107 is requested to deliver the acquired information about the report destination and execute the report.

As described above, the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system according to the embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration as the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system of the first embodiment, Report destination selection unit 401, report destination selection database 402, and report destination database 60
Since the notification destination is selected according to the content of the alarm 3 provided, the same effect as that of each of the above-described embodiments can be obtained, and an appropriate alarm can be issued to an appropriate place. This enables quick and systematic response to accidents and abnormalities.

(Seventh Embodiment of the Invention) FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring control system according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention. Are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted, and only different portions will be described here.

As shown in FIG. 9, the alarm device main body 101 is provided with an alarm classification unit 600 and an alarm classification database 601. In the present embodiment, the incoming call detection unit 109 and the voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 112 are not particularly shown, but they are configured similarly to the first and sixth embodiments except the above configuration.

The alarm classifying unit 600 includes an alarm signal interpreting unit 10
An alarm classification database 6 based on the alarm location, device, alarm time, alarm level, and alarm content interpreted in 2
The alarm is classified by 01. Report destination selection unit 401
Automatically selects a report destination from the report destination classification database 402 for each category and reports.

The alarm classification database 601 is a database for classifying alarms according to alarm level, place of occurrence, device, time of occurrence, and alarm content.

In the alarm reporting device of the plant monitoring and control system configured as described above, first, the alarm signal interpreting unit 102 causes the alarm classifying unit 600 to display the alarm level, the place of occurrence, the device, the time of occurrence, and the content of the alarm in FIG. It is sent with a code such as the alarm signal format 2701.

The alarm classification unit 600 acquires a classification code that matches the conditions of the alarm level, the place of occurrence, the device, the time of occurrence, and the content of the alarm from the alarm classification database 601, and the alarm level, the place of occurrence, the device, the time of occurrence, the alarm The contents are sent together with the contents to the report destination selection unit 401 and the message editing unit 103.

[0110] The report destination selection unit 401 selects a report destination corresponding to the classification from the report destination classification database 402 and acquires the telephone number of the report destination from the report destination database 603.
Then, the automatic transmission unit 107 is requested to deliver the acquired information about the report destination and execute the report.

As described above, the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system according to the embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration as the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system of the first and sixth embodiments. In addition, the alarm classification unit 600
And the alarm classification database 601 is provided, and the alarm is classified by the alarm classification database 601 based on the place where the alarm is generated, the generation device, the generation time, the alarm level, and the content of the alarm, and the notification destination selection unit 401, the notification based on the classification result. Destination selection database 402 and reporting destination database 60
Since the report destination according to No. 3 is selected, the same effect as that of the sixth embodiment can be obtained while depending on the situation indicated by the alarm content.

(Eighth Embodiment of the Invention) In this embodiment, a case will be described in which the same notification is sent to a plurality of notification destinations.

In this embodiment, the automatic transmission section 107 shown in FIG.
Is the same as the first to seventh embodiments, except that the same operation is repeated for the next report destination after the completion of calling, receiving, reporting, and line disconnection to one report destination. It is similarly configured.

When there are a plurality of report destinations, the automatic transmission section 107 in FIG. 1 transmits to one report destination, receives an incoming call, reports, and receives a line disconnection response signal from the communication device 105, or When a certain time has elapsed after the call was made and a line disconnection control command was sent to the communication device 105 to disconnect the line, the same operation is repeated for the remaining report destinations, and a plurality of report destinations are sequentially notified.

As described above, the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system according to the embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration as the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system of the first to seventh embodiments. In addition, when there are multiple callees, the call to the next callee is started after the call to one callee is completed successfully or unsuccessfully, and the operation of completion of this call and the next call is repeated. Since the notification is sequentially sent to a plurality of notification destinations, the same effect as that of each of the above-described embodiments can be obtained, and a plurality of notification destinations can be sequentially and reliably notified.

(Ninth Embodiment of the Invention) FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring and control system according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention. Are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted, and only different portions will be described here.

As shown in FIG. 10, the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring and control system is provided with a plurality of sets of the automatic transmission section 107 and the communication device 105. Further, in the present embodiment, although the incoming call detection unit 109 and the voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 112 are not particularly shown, they are configured similarly to the sixth embodiment except the above configuration.

When the same notification is sent to a plurality of notification destinations, the notification destination selection unit 401 inputs the respective notification destinations to the plurality of automatic transmission units 107. The automatic transmission unit 107 sends a control command to the corresponding communication device 105 to notify it.

In the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system configured as described above, when the same notification is made to a plurality of notification destinations, the notification destination selection unit 401 acquires the telephone number of each notification destination from the notification destination database 603. , The plurality of automatic transmission units 107 are sequentially activated to input the telephone numbers of the report destination one by one. The number of automatic transmission units 107 to be activated is up to the maximum number of communication devices 105. Communication destination is communication device 1
If the number is larger than 05, the report destination selection unit 401 sends the next report destination to the automatic transmission unit 107 that has been notified of the success or failure of the incoming call. In this way, a large number of report destinations 111 are notified at once.

As described above, the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system according to the embodiment of the present invention is provided with the same configuration as the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system of the first and sixth embodiments. In addition, the automatic transmission unit 107
Also, since a plurality of sets of communication devices 105 are provided, the same effect as each of the above embodiments can be obtained, and even when there are a plurality of report destinations, it is possible to report to a large number of report destinations 111 at one time. As a result, prompt and efficient notification can be realized.

(Tenth Embodiment of the Invention) FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring control system according to a tenth embodiment of the present invention. Are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted, and only different portions will be described here.

As shown in FIG. 11, the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system includes a notification destination selection unit 401, a message editing unit 103, a voice output unit 104, and an automatic transmission unit 1.
07 and a plurality of sets of the communication device 105 are provided. Further, in the present embodiment, although the incoming call detection unit 109 and the voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 112 are not shown in particular, they are configured similarly to the seventh embodiment except the above configuration.

The alarm classification unit 600 uses a plurality of sets of the notification destination selection unit 401, the message editing unit 103, the voice output unit 104, the automatic transmission unit 107, and the communication device 105, and the notification read from the notification destination database 603. The destination 111 is made to report sequentially.

Further, each automatic transmission section 107 notifies the message editing section 103 via the message database 108 of the success or failure of the incoming call to its own report destination.

The message editing unit 103 adds a notification message notifying the success or failure of the previous notification to its own message, and also notifies the success or failure of the notification to the notification destinations in the next order and thereafter. .

In the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring and control system thus configured, first, a series of notification operations are performed from a certain automatic transmission unit 107, and the automatic transmission unit 107 receives a response signal from the communication device 105 for an incoming call. To receive.

After the message output by the voice synthesizing unit 104 is completed, the automatic transmitting unit 107 receives the response signal for disconnecting the line from the communication device 105, and determines that the notification has been successful. The unit 103 is notified, and otherwise the notification failure is notified. The message editing unit 103 adds a message notifying the success or failure of the notification to the notification messages to the notification destinations in the next order and thereafter.

By repeating this, notification success / failure information to each notification destination 111 is also sequentially notified.

As described above, the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system according to the embodiment of the present invention is provided with the same configuration as the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system of the first and seventh embodiments. In addition, report destination selection unit 40
1, a plurality of sets of the message editing unit 103, the voice output unit 104, the automatic transmission unit 107, and the communication device 105,
Since the notifications are sequentially sent to the notification destinations, and the notification message to the subsequent notification destinations is added with the message indicating the success or failure of the previous notifications, the same effect as each of the above embodiments can be obtained, and each notification The success / failure information of the report to the destination 111 can also be sequentially reported. As a result, the person who receives the notification can make an appropriate judgment according to the success or failure of the notification, and can take more appropriate measures.

(Eleventh Embodiment of the Invention) This embodiment has the same configuration as that of the tenth embodiment, except that the alarm classification unit 600 shown in FIG. 11 has the function described below.

As described in the seventh embodiment, the alarm classifying section 600 of the present embodiment first starts with the alarm signal interpreting section 10.
The alarm is classified by the alarm classifying unit 600 based on the alarm occurrence place, the generating device, the occurrence time, the alarm level, and the alarm content which are interpreted in 2. Next, when there are a plurality of classifications, the notification destination selection unit 401, the notification destination classification database 402 for each classification.
Automatically selects the notification destination and notifies the corresponding notification destination selection unit 401 and message editing unit 103.

Notification destination selection unit 401, message editing unit 1
03, the voice output unit 104, the automatic transmission unit 107, and the communication device 105, the communication selection unit 401 automatically outputs from the notification destination database 603 the telephone number of the notification destination according to the classification notified by itself. get. Also, the message editing unit 103 uses the message database 108.
Refer to and edit the message according to the classification.

Each communication selection unit 401 inputs the report destination to the automatic transmission unit 107, and the automatic transmission unit 107 controls the corresponding communication device 105 to transmit to the report destination 111.

If the number of classifications is greater than the number of communication devices 105, the next classification is input to the notification destination selection unit 401 that has completed the notification.

As described above, the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system according to the embodiment of the present invention has the same configuration as the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system of the tenth embodiment. The alarm classification unit 600 classifies the alarms based on the content of the alarm, and when there are a plurality of classifications, the notification destinations are automatically selected and notified from the notification destination classification database 402 for each classification.
In addition to the effect similar to that of the embodiment described above, an appropriate alarm can be notified to an appropriate place according to the situation indicated by the alarm content. This enables quick and systematic response to accidents and abnormalities.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, but can be variously modified without departing from the scope of the invention.

[0137]

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will be described below.

(First Embodiment) FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring control system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

The respective parts of the configuration shown in the figure correspond to the respective parts of the apparatus of FIG. First, the monitoring device 1400 is shown in FIG.
Corresponding to the monitoring device 100 of the communication port 9
It is a monitoring device of a plant having 06a. In this embodiment, the monitoring device 1400 and the reporting device body 1402 are connected by an Ethernet cable via a hub (concentrator). TCP / IP is used as the communication protocol.

The reporting device body 1402 corresponds to the reporting device body 101 of FIG. 1 and is a computer such as an engineering workstation or an industrial personal computer having a communication port 906b. An alarm signal interpretation unit 902, an automatic transmission unit 907, a message editing unit 903, a voice output unit 904, an incoming call detection unit 90 on the notification device body 1402.
8. The voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 912 includes an alarm signal interpretation unit 102, an automatic transmission unit 107, and a message editing unit 10, respectively.
3, which corresponds to the voice output unit 104, the incoming call detection unit 109, and the voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 112, and is realized as processing by a program of a computer. The voice output unit 904 uses the existing voice synthesis program and sound board.

As a device corresponding to the communication device 105, a voice modem 905 capable of transmitting sound is used, and the communication network 110
Via the public line network 911 as described above, to the report destination 910 (corresponding to the report destination 111) such as the telephone 910a, the mobile phone 910b, the PHS 910c, and the pager 910d.

The sound board and communication device are connected by an audio cable. Further, the computer and the voice modem 905 are connected by an RS232-C cable, and an AT command which is a command group for controlling the voice modem 905 is transmitted from the automatic transmission unit 107.

The voice output unit 904 is an existing facsimile data synthesizing program, and the voice modem 905 is F
It may be an AX modem. The voice output unit 904 may be a communication data creation program and the voice modem 905 may be a data communication modem.

Furthermore, the message editing unit 103 is set as a program for editing existing graphs and images, and the voice modem 9
05 may be a data communication modem.

When there are a plurality of report destinations, a plurality of voice modems 905 may be used.

In the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring and control system having the above structure, first, the monitoring device 1400
When an accident or abnormality is detected, sends an alarm signal in a code format such as the alarm signal format 2701 in FIG. The notification device body 1402 is connected to the monitoring device 14 via the communication port 906.
The alarm signal from 00 is received, and the received signal is input to the alarm signal interpretation unit 902. The alarm signal interpreting unit 902 interprets the alarm signal according to the format, inputs the alarm level code, the device number code, the occurrence location code, the occurrence time, and the alarm content code to the message editing unit 903, and the automatic transmission unit 907 receives the alarm signal. Notify reception.

The message editing unit 903 searches the message database 909 (corresponding to the message database 108) shown in FIG. 4 for an appropriate message suitable for the alarm level, the device, the place, and the alarm content, and synthesizes them. An alarm message 802 is created and the voice output unit 90
Enter in 4.

Upon receipt of the alarm signal reception notification, the automatic transmission unit 907 transmits an AT command to the voice modem 905 so as to transmit it to a predetermined report destination, and monitors the result code from the voice modem 905. On the other hand, in order to prevent a blank time from occurring at the call destination, a preliminary message indicating that the content of the alarm will be sent will be output from the voice output unit 904 to the communication destination 910.

When an incoming call is detected from the result code or a line disconnection is detected after the incoming call, the voice output unit 904 is notified of the incoming call or the line disconnection. After detecting an incoming call from the result code, when the incoming call detection unit 908 further confirms the voice response and the voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 912 confirms the substantial connection, the automatic transmission unit 907 and the message editing unit 903.
Is notified, and an alarm message 802 is output. As a result, the automatic transmission unit 907 determines that the warning message 802 has reached the report destination 910.

If the alarm message 802 does not reach the report destination 910 even after calling for a certain period of time, the outgoing call is temporarily stopped and the outgoing call is made again after a certain period of time. On the other hand, the warning message 802 is displayed as
If it does not reach 10, the notification is stopped and the monitoring device 140
Notify 0 of notification failure.

Upon receiving a notification of an incoming call from the voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 112 or the automatic transmission unit 907, the voice output unit 904 outputs the alarm message 802 given from the message editing unit 903 as voice and inputs it to the voice modem 905. . When the line disconnection notice is received, the audio output is stopped.

It is also possible to use a plurality of voice modems 905 and activate the automatic transmission section 907 as a plurality of processes corresponding to the plurality of voice modems 905.

(Second Embodiment) FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing an example of an alarm reporting device of a plant monitoring control system according to a second embodiment of the present invention. The same parts as those in FIG. The description is omitted. Although not particularly shown, an incoming call detection unit 908 and a voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 912 are also provided in this embodiment.

Each part on the notification device main body 1402 of this embodiment is realized as the processing of the program of the computer as in the first embodiment.

The alarm selection unit 1100 corresponds to the alarm selection unit 500 in FIG. 7, and the alarm selection database 1101 corresponds to the alarm selection database 501 in FIG.

In the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring and control system thus configured, first, as in the case of the embodiment of FIG.
An alarm signal is transmitted to 02 and is interpreted by the alarm signal interpretation unit 902.

The alarm signal interpreting unit 902 sends the alarm level code, the device code, the place of occurrence code, the time of occurrence, and the alarm content code to the alarm selecting unit 1100. Alarm selection unit 110
As for 0, only the alarms registered in the alarm selection database 1101 are selected and reported as follows.

[0158] That is, the alarm selection unit 1100 sends each code relating to the selected alarm to the message editing unit 903, and notifies the automatic transmission unit 907 of the reception of the alarm signal.

(Third Embodiment) This embodiment is a modification of the second embodiment.

In the alarm selection unit 1100 shown in FIG. 13, the monitoring device 1 is operated for a fixed time after the alarm signal is first received.
It waits for an alarm signal from 400, selects alarm signals received within a fixed time, and inputs them to the automatic transmission unit 907 and the message editing unit 903 together. Further, the alarm selection unit 1100 can be set so that the alarm with a higher alarm level such as a serious accident is notified.

(Fourth Embodiment) FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring and control system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. The same parts as those in FIG. The description is omitted. Although not particularly shown, an incoming call detection unit 908 and a voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 912 are also provided in this embodiment.

Each part on the notification device main body 1402 of this embodiment is realized as the processing of the program of the computer as in the first embodiment.

The notification destination selection unit 1000 corresponds to the notification destination selection unit 401 in FIG.
01 and the report destination database 1203 correspond to the report destination selection database 402 and the report destination database 603 of FIG.

In the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring and control system configured as described above, first, similarly to the first embodiment, the alarm signal is transmitted from the monitoring device 1400 to the notification device main body 1402, and the alarm signal interpreter 902 is sent. Interpreted as. The alarm signal interpretation unit 902 sends the alarm level code, the device code, the occurrence location code, the occurrence time, and the alarm content code to the notification destination selection unit 1000. The report destination selection unit 1000 selects a report destination according to each item of the alarm from the following report destination selection database 1001. In addition, the report destination is the report destination name, the level is the alarm level, the place is the occurrence place, and the time is the occurrence time.

[0165] The selected telephone number of the report destination is acquired from the report destination database 1203 as described below, and the outgoing AT command is transmitted to the automatic transmission unit 907.

[0166] The above operation corresponds to the case of FIG. 8, but in the case corresponding to the eighth embodiment, when the same notification is made to a plurality of notification destinations, a plurality of notification destinations are notified by the notification destination selection unit 1000. The automatic transmission unit 9 is selected for each selected addressee.
After receiving the notification of the success or failure of the incoming call from the automatic transmission unit 907, the next notification destination is sent to the automatic transmission unit 907.

In addition, in the case corresponding to the tenth embodiment, when there are a plurality of report destinations in the report destination selection unit 1000,
The report destination selection unit 1000 automatically sends the report destinations one by one 9
07, the automatic transmission unit 907 receives notification of the success or failure of the incoming call, and notifies the message editing unit 903 of this. The message editing unit 903 adds a message notifying the notification status to the preceding notification destination to the warning message and notifies the subsequent notification destination.

(Fifth Embodiment) FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring and control system according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. The same parts as those in FIG. The description is omitted. Although not particularly shown, an incoming call detection unit 908 and a voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 912 are also provided in this embodiment.

The respective units on the reporting device main body 1402 of this embodiment are realized as the processing of the computer program as in the first and fourth embodiments.

The alarm classifying unit 1200 corresponds to the alarm classifying unit 600 shown in FIG. 9, and the alarm classification database 1201 corresponds to the alarm classification database 601 shown in FIG.

In the alarm notification device of the plant monitoring and control system configured as described above, first, similarly to the first embodiment, the alarm signal is transmitted from the monitoring device 1400 to the notification device main body 1402, and the alarm signal interpretation unit 902 is sent. Interpreted as. The alarm signal interpretation unit 902 sends the alarm level code, the device code, the occurrence location code, the occurrence time, and the alarm content code to the alarm classification unit 1200. The alarm classification unit 1200 classifies alarms according to the following alarm classification database 1201. The level is the alarm level, the place is the place of occurrence,
The time indicates the time of occurrence.

[0172] After classifying the alarms, the alarm classifying unit 1200 inputs the alarm level code, the device code, the occurrence place code, the occurrence time, and the alarm content code together with the classification code to the report destination selecting unit 1000 and the message editing unit 903.

The report destination selection unit 1000 extracts the report destination 111 from the report destination classification database 1202 as described below, acquires the telephone number from the report destination database 1203, and inputs it to the automatic transmission unit 907.

[0174] The above operation corresponds to the case of FIG. 9, but in the case of the eleventh embodiment, a plurality of voice modems 90 are used.
5, the automatic transmission unit 907, the notification destination selection unit 1000, the message editing unit 903, and the voice output unit 904 are activated as a plurality of processes corresponding to a plurality of voice modems 905. And if the classification is more than the number of communication devices,
Enter the following classification into the report selection section that has completed the report.

(Sixth Embodiment) In this embodiment, a combination of a monitoring device and a reporting device body will be described.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a combined configuration of the monitoring device and the notification device main body in each of the embodiments and examples of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing another example of the configuration of the combination of the monitoring device and the notification device main body.

In the case of FIG. 16A, each of the above-mentioned embodiments,
The configuration is similar to that illustrated in each embodiment.

In this case, the monitoring device 1400 and the reporting device main body 1402 are connected by the Ethernet cable via the concentrator 1302.

The combination configuration of the monitoring device and the notification device main body in each of the above embodiments and examples is not limited to this, and for example, FIGS. 16 (b) to 16 (d) and FIG.
The cases shown in (a) to (d) may be possible.

That is, a plurality of reporting device bodies 1402 are provided to one monitoring device 1400 via the concentrator 1302.
16 (FIG. 16B) for connecting a plurality of monitoring devices 14
No. 00 to one reporting device main body 1402 (FIG. 16C), and multiple monitoring devices 1400 to multiple reporting device main bodies 1402 (FIG. 16).
There is (d)). Further, there is a configuration (FIGS. 17A to 17D) similar to the case of FIG. 16 by connection via the bus 1303.

Here, in the configurations of FIGS. 16A and 17A, the same operation as that of each embodiment and each example is performed.

In the configurations of FIGS. 16 (b) and 17 (b), the alarm signal from the monitoring device is broadcast to a plurality of reporting device bodies, and each reporting device body reports. When the reporting device body has a reporting destination selection function, each reporting device body can be configured to report to the reporting destination in charge. By connecting the main body of the notification device of the second embodiment, it is possible to use both voice notification and notification by fax. Further, when a failure of the notification device body is detected due to no response signal from the communication device, another notification device body can be set as the preliminary notification device body.

The configurations of FIGS. 16C and 17C are as follows.
This is a configuration in which one monitoring device body is shared by a plurality of monitoring devices. The operation of the notification device main body 1402 is the same as in the case of the configuration of FIGS. 16 (a) and 17 (a). When the number of alarms generated by one monitoring device is low, the notification device body can be shared to reduce the cost.

The configurations of FIGS. 16D and 17D are as follows.
This is a case where a plurality of monitoring devices share a plurality of reporting device bodies. Similar to the configurations of FIGS. 16 (b) and 17 (b), it is possible to have a configuration in which the reporting destination in charge is determined for each reporting device body. Also, by connecting the reporting device body of the second embodiment, it is possible to use both voice notification and fax notification.

(Seventh Embodiment) In this embodiment, the connection structure between the monitoring device and the notification device main body will be described.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a connection configuration example of the monitoring device and the notification device main body in each of the embodiments and examples of the present invention.

The configuration shown in FIG. 18A is RS232C.
The monitoring device 1400 having the interfaces 1401a and 1401b and the notification device 1402 are connected. In the case of an alarm signal, the amount of communication is small, so communication is possible even by serial data transmission.

The configurations shown in FIGS. 18B and 18C are examples of configurations in which the monitoring device 1400 and the notification device 1402 are connected via the printer ports 1403a and 1403b.
In the configuration of FIG. 18C, the distributor 140 is connected to the cable between the monitoring device 1400 and the attached journal printer 906.
4 is inserted and the output to the journal printer 906 is input to the notification device body 1402. When the output to the printer 906 is received as an alarm signal, the printer 90
Interpret the alarm content according to the output format to 6.
This is because the alarm signal is in the alarm signal format 170 of FIG.
Corresponds to the case of being transmitted according to 0.

(Eighth Embodiment) In this embodiment, a configuration example of a communication device and a line network will be described.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the monitoring device and the line network in the eighth embodiment of the present invention.

In this case, the voice modem 905 is connected to the analog port of the terminal adapter 1500 to use the ISDN network. The operation of the voice notification device body 4102 is the same as in the case of FIG.

(Ninth Embodiment) In this embodiment, another configuration example of the communication device and the line network will be described.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing another configuration example of the monitoring device and the line network in the ninth embodiment of the present invention.

A mobile phone or PHS 1600 connectable to the voice modem 905 is connected to the voice modem with a dedicated cable, and is connected to the public line network 911 using radio. The operation of the voice notification device body 4102 is the same as in the case of FIG.

(Tenth Embodiment) In this embodiment, a configuration example of a communication network (line network) will be described.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a communication network between a reporting device and a reporting destination in each of the embodiments and examples of the present invention.

As shown in FIGS. 21 (a) to 21 (f), the notification is made via the public line network, ISDN line network, satellite line, dedicated line network, wireless telephone network, business radio, LAN or the like. Any line capable of voice and data communication such as WAN can be used.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 21G and 21H, a configuration using a plurality of line networks is possible.

In the case of the configuration shown in FIG. 21 (g), the pager or the like can be notified using the wireless telephone network, and then details can be notified using the public line network having a larger communication capacity. In the case of the configuration shown in FIG. 21 (h), the public line network is always used, the satellite line is reserved, and the satellite line can be used when the public line network cannot be used due to some trouble.

The method described in each embodiment or each example is a magnetic disk (floppy disk,
Hard disk, etc., optical disk (CD-ROM, DV)
D, etc.), a semiconductor memory, etc., and stored in a storage medium, or transmitted by a communication medium for distribution. A computer that realizes the present device reads a program recorded in a storage medium and executes the above-described processing by controlling the operation of the program.

[0202]

As described above in detail, according to the present invention, when the supervisory control system detects an accident or abnormality, it is possible to automatically and promptly and appropriately and surely notify the staff member on standby. It is possible to provide an alarm reporting device for a plant monitoring and control system.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring control system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an alarm format used for an alarm signal from an alarm device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing another example of an alarm format used for an alarm signal from an alarm device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing how the message editing unit creates an alarm message using a message database.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring control system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring control system according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring control system according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring control system according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring control system according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an alarm reporting device of a plant monitoring control system according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring control system according to a tenth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of the plant monitoring control system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring control system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring control system according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an alarm notification device of a plant monitoring control system according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a combined configuration example of the monitoring device and the notification device main body in each of the embodiments and examples of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a diagram showing another configuration example of the combination of the monitoring device and the notification device main body in each of the embodiments and examples of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a connection configuration example of the monitoring device and the notification device main body in each embodiment and example of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a monitoring device and a line network according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing another configuration example of the monitoring device and the line network in the ninth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a communication network between a reporting device and a reporting destination in each embodiment and example of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 ... Monitoring device 101 ... Reporting device 102 ... Warning signal interpreting unit 103 ... Message editor 104 ... Voice output section 105 ... Communication device 106 ... Communication boat 107 ... Automatic transmission unit 108 ... Message database 109 ... Incoming call detection unit 110 ... communication network 111 ... Report destination 112 ... Voice recognition incoming call confirmation section 200 ... Facsimile data creation section 300 ... Communication data creation unit 401 ... Report destination selection unit 402 ... Reporting destination selection database 500 ... Alarm selection section 501 ... Alarm selection database 600 ... Alarm classification unit 601 ... Warning classification database 603 ... Report destination database 700 ... warning signal format 1 701 ... Alarm signal format 2 802 ... Warning message 800 ... Warning signal 902 ... Warning signal interpretation unit 903 ... Message editor 904 ... Voice output unit 905 ... Voice modem 906 ... Communication boat 907 ... Automatic transmission unit 909 ... Message database 908 ... Incoming call detection unit 910 ... Reportee 911 ... Public network 912 ... Voice recognition incoming call confirmation unit 1000 ... Report destination selection unit 1001 ... Reporting destination selection database 1200 ... Alarm selection unit 1201 ... Warning selection database 1200 ... Warning classification unit 1201 ... Warning classification database 1202 ... Reportee classification database 1203 ... Report destination database 1302 ... Concentrator 1303 ... bus 1400 ... Monitoring device 1401 ... RS232C interface 1402 ... Reporting device 1403 ... Printer port 1404 ... Distributor 1500 ... Terminal adapter 1501 ... ISDN network 1600 ... Mobile phone PHS

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Yasuyuki Miyajima 1 Toshiba Town, Fuchu City, Tokyo Inside the Fuchu factory, Toshiba Corporation (56) Reference JP-A-7-319539 (JP, A) JP-A-57- 120115 (JP, A) JP 59-14012 (JP, A) JP 5-174203 (JP, A) JP 9-16880 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G05B 23/00-23/02 G08B 23/00-31/00

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. An alarm notification device of a plant monitoring and control system for detecting an accident or abnormality in a plant and notifying a notification destination of the content of an alarm signal generated by a monitoring device, and a communication device for communicating with the notification destination. An alarm signal interpreting unit that applies the alarm signal to a predetermined format and extracts the content of the alarm signal as text data; and a voice that converts the text data into voice data as an alarm message and outputs the voice data to the communication device. and output means, and an automatic calling means for connecting the line to the report destination by controlling the communication device, when the notification destination is multiple, reporting to one report destination is
After successful or unsuccessful completion, call to the next contact
Is started, and this notification is completed and the next
By repeating the operation, the notification is sent to the above- mentioned multiple recipients in sequence , and when the call is sent to the next recipient, the notification already completed
For the destination, the success or failure of the notification is included in the warning message.
Alarm of plant monitoring control system characterized by
Notification device. 2. An alarm notification device of a plant monitoring and control system, which detects a plant accident or abnormality and reports the content of an alarm signal generated by a monitoring device to a report destination, and a communication device for communicating with the report destination. By combining the alarm signal with a predetermined format and extracting the contents of the alarm signal and the words indicated by the contents, an alarm message corresponding to the alarm signal is automatically generated. comprising a message editing means for creating, said alarm message is converted into voice data, and voice output means for outputting to the communication device, and an automatic calling means for connecting the line to the report destination by controlling the communication device to , If there is more than one of the above mentioned recipients, the notification to one
After successful or unsuccessful completion, call to the next contact
Is started, and this notification is completed and the next
By repeating the operation, the notification is sent to the above- mentioned multiple recipients in sequence , and when the call is sent to the next recipient, the notification already completed
For the destination, the success or failure of the notification is included in the warning message.
Alarm of plant monitoring control system characterized by
Notification device. 3. A monitoring device for detecting an accident or abnormality in a plant.
Of the alarm signal generated by
In the alarm notification device of the runt monitoring control system, a communication device for communicating with the notification destination, and applying the alarm signal to a predetermined format,
Extract the contents that make up the signal as text data
Warning signal interpreting means and voice data using the text data as a warning message
Voice output means for converting into the notification device and outputting to the notification device, and a device for controlling the notification device and connecting a line to the notification destination.
Dynamic calling means, incoming call detecting means for detecting that a line is connected by the automatic calling means, and when voice is detected by the incoming call detecting means and as a result of pattern recognition of the voice, when the voice is a voice different from the voice of a predetermined pattern of services such as voice telephone company, and a call confirmation means for confirming the the line connection is to the report destination, when the notification destination is multiple, Successful reporting to one contact
After successful or unsuccessful completion, call to the next contact
Is started, and by repeating this notification completion / next call operation,
Notifications to the above notification destinations, and when the call is sent to the next notification destination, notifications that have already been reported
For the destination, the success or failure of the notification is included in the warning message.
Alarm of plant monitoring control system characterized by
Notification device. 4. A monitoring device for detecting an accident or abnormality in a plant.
Of the alarm signal generated by
In the alarm notification device of the runt monitoring control system, a communication device for communicating with the notification destination, and applying the alarm signal to a predetermined format,
Alarm signal interpreting means for extracting each content constituting the report signal
By combining the words indicated by the above contents with
A message that automatically creates warning messages according to signals
Page editing means and the communication device for converting the warning message into voice data.
Control the communication device and the audio output means for outputting
An automatic transmission means for connecting a line to the report destination; an incoming call detection means for detecting that the automatic transmission means has connected a line; and a time when a voice is detected by the incoming call detection means, and as a result of pattern recognition of the speech, when the audio is a voice different from the voice of a predetermined pattern of services such as the telephone company, and a call confirmation means for confirming the the line connection is to the report destination, the notification When there are multiple destinations, the notification to one
After successful or unsuccessful completion, call to the next contact
Is started, and by repeating this notification completion / next call operation,
Notifications to the above notification destinations, and when the call is sent to the next notification destination, notifications that have already been reported
For the destination, the success or failure of the notification is included in the warning message.
Alarm of plant monitoring control system characterized by
Notification device. 5. A monitoring device for detecting an accident or abnormality in a plant.
Of the alarm signal generated by
In the alarm notification device of the runt monitoring control system, a communication device for communicating with the notification destination, and applying the alarm signal to a predetermined format,
Extract the contents that make up the signal as text data
Warning signal interpreting means and voice data using the text data as a warning message
Voice output means for converting to the communication device and outputting to the communication device, and a device for controlling the communication device to connect a line to the notification destination.
The automatic transmission means and the automatic transmission means to detect that the line is connected.
The incoming call detecting means that is
And, as a result of pattern recognition of the voice,
When the corresponding to the voice of the preset pattern,
Incoming call confirmation means for confirming that the line connection destination is the report destination
With the door, when the report destination is multiple, after reporting to one report destination is successfully completed or failed, is adapted to initiate the sending of the next report destination, the notification completion, By repeating the operation of the next call, the notifications are sequentially sent to the plurality of notification destinations, and when the call is made to the next notification destination, the notifications already completed
For the destination, the success or failure of the notification is included in the warning message.
Alarm of plant monitoring control system characterized by
Notification device. 6. A monitoring device for detecting an accident or abnormality in a plant.
Of the alarm signal generated by
In the alarm notification device of the runt monitoring control system, a communication device for communicating with the notification destination, and applying the alarm signal to a predetermined format,
Alarm signal interpreting means for extracting each content constituting the report signal
By combining the words indicated by the above contents with
A message that automatically creates warning messages according to signals
Page editing means and the communication device for converting the warning message into voice data.
Output means for outputting to the device, and a device for controlling the communication device to connect a line to the report destination.
The automatic transmission means and the automatic transmission means to detect that the line is connected.
The incoming call detecting means that is
And, as a result of pattern recognition of the voice,
When the corresponding to the voice of the preset pattern,
Incoming call confirmation means for confirming that the line connection destination is the report destination
With the door, when the report destination is multiple, reporting to one report destination is
After successful or unsuccessful completion, call to the next contact
Is started, and by repeating this notification completion / next call operation,
Sequentially notified the report destination, when sending to the next report destination, the already report destination completed report, alarm notification of plant monitoring and control system, characterized in that inclusion of the success or failure of the notification to the alert message apparatus.