JPH05221589A - Elevator monitoring device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To perform accurate repair of a trouble at a site by a building manager or an elevator owner by a method wherein when a trouble capable of being easily repaired even by an elevator owner or a building manage occurs, the occurrence of the trouble is displayed on a display device and simultaneously a simple repair method is also displayed. CONSTITUTION:The trouble diagnosing part 2b of an elevator monitoring terminal device 2 decides a trouble content. When the trouble is a simple trouble capable of being easily repaired even by an elevator owner or a building manage, trouble information and information on a repair method are called from a trouble repair method storing part 2c and inputted to an elevator information announcing part 2d. The elevator information announcing part 2d transmits inputted information to a parent terminal device 3 and a slave terminal device 4, installed in a building manager room to display it on display parts 3a and 4a. The elevator owner or the building manage watches display on the display part 3a and obtains information on a floor at which an elevator is stopped and information on trouble repair so as to execute repair of the trouble.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an elevator monitoring device for monitoring an elevator.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when an elevator control device detects an elevator failure, the elevator monitoring method notifies the elevator monitoring room of the building in which the elevator is installed so that the elevator monitoring room is closed. When the building manager or the elevator owner who is aware of this elevator failure occurrence calls the elevator maintenance company and reports the failure details. Therefore, the elevator maintenance staff asks the elevator building manager or the elevator owner about the details of the failure, and if the failure is a simple one that can be repaired by the elevator building manager or the elevator owner, the method of repairing the failure by telephone And had the elevator building manager or the elevator owner repair the fault.

Further, in an automated elevator, a remote monitoring system automatically notifies the remote monitoring device of the occurrence of a failure, and the maintenance staff receives the notification to identify the failure content and install the elevator. I am taking the method of going to the site for repair.

[0004]

However, in the former case of the conventional elevator monitoring methods as described above, while the elevator maintenance staff is on the telephone explaining the repair method to the caller (the other party is an expert). However, it often takes a lot of time to explain, and the talk time tends to be long), and when an emergency call such as a lockup failure is received from another elevator, it may happen that the line is not connected and a response to a serious accident. There was a problem that could be delayed. In addition, there is a problem in that even if a repairing method is verbally instructed, it is not understood by the caller, and even a simple failure may take time to recover.

Further, in the latter case of the conventional elevator monitoring methods, the elevator remains stopped until the elevator maintenance staff of the remote maintenance company arrives at the site for repair, and it is necessary to restore the elevator. There was a problem that it took time and the elevator service deteriorated. At the same time, there is a problem that the labor load on the maintenance staff becomes large because the maintenance staff has to go to the site even for a simple failure.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it is now popular in home automation (HA) or building automation (BA).
For functions that can be easily repaired by elevator owners and building managers by simply using the function, and having the elevators easily broken down, the repair method is displayed on their control panel so that the building manager or elevator owner can The personnel of the elevator maintenance staff should be able to repair the equipment properly, avoid the hassle of having to contact a remote elevator maintenance company by telephone and delaying the communication of other emergency accidents by occupying the telephone line for a long time. It is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator monitoring device that can reduce the load.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An elevator monitoring apparatus according to the present invention includes elevator control means for detecting the occurrence of a failure in an elevator and failure information obtained from the elevator control means when the failure occurs in the elevator. It stores failure diagnosis means for determining whether the elevator owner or building manager can easily repair it, and the failure repair method information for the easily repairable failure of the elevator owner or building manager. The failure repair method storage means is connected to the home automation or building automation, and when the failure diagnosis means determines that the elevator owner or building manager can easily repair, the failure repair method storage means is used. Call the fault repair method information for the relevant fault and call the home automation or bill Is obtained by a elevator information notification means for displaying on the display means Tomeshon.

[0008]

In the elevator monitoring apparatus of the present invention, the elevator control means detects the occurrence of a failure of the elevator, and when the elevator fails, the failure diagnosis means obtains the failure information from the elevator control means, and the failure is the owner of the elevator. If it is a malfunction that can be easily repaired by the building manager or the building manager, and if it is a malfunction that can be easily repaired by the elevator owner or the building manager, the elevator information notification means corresponds to the failure repair method storage means. Call the failure repair method information for the failure to be displayed on the display means of home automation or building automation.

In this way, for a failure that can be easily repaired by the elevator owner or the building manager, the local elevator owner or the building manager is allowed to repair it while looking at the display on the display means, and the elevator maintenance staff Efforts to reduce the time and recovery time for simple failures.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. It is connected to the elevator control device 1 for controlling the operation of the elevator and for detecting the occurrence of a failure of the elevator. The elevator monitoring terminal device 2 and the home automation (H that is installed in the manager room connected to the elevator monitoring terminal device 2
A) or a building automation (BA) master terminal device 3 and a slave terminal device 4 installed in each room or home and connected to the master terminal device 3.

The elevator monitoring terminal device 2 has
When the signal input / output unit 2a that controls the input / output of signals to / from the elevator control device 1 and the elevator fails, the failure information is obtained from the elevator control device 1 and the failure is easily repaired by the elevator owner or the building manager. A failure diagnosis unit 2b that determines whether the failure is a possible failure, a failure repair method storage unit 2c that stores failure repair method information for a failure that can be easily repaired by an elevator owner or a building manager, home automation, or When the failure diagnosis unit 2b is connected to the building automation base unit 3 and the failure diagnosis unit 2b determines that the elevator owner or building manager can easily repair the failure, the failure repair method for the corresponding failure from the failure repair method storage unit 2c. The information is called to display the home automation or building automation main unit terminal device 3 on the display unit 3a or Display unit of the slave terminal device 4 in the home 4
The elevator information notification part 2d displayed on a is provided.

Next, the operation of the elevator monitoring device having the above configuration will be described.

When some failure occurs in the elevator, the elevator control device 1 detects the occurrence of the failure and outputs the failure information to the signal input / output unit 2a of the elevator monitoring terminal device 2.
Tell.

In the elevator monitoring terminal device 2, the failure diagnosing section 2b judges the details of the failure in response to the failure information sent, and the elevator owner or building is registered in the failure repair method storage section 2c in advance. If the failure is a simple one that can be easily repaired by a manager, the failure information and the repair method information are called from the failure repair method storage unit 2c and given to the elevator information notification unit 2d.

The elevator information notification unit 2d transmits the given information to the master terminal device 3 and the slave terminal device 4 installed in the manager's room, and causes the display units 3a and 4a to display the information.

In this way, the elevator owner or the building manager looks at the display on the display unit 3a, obtains the floor on which the elevator is stopped and the repair information thereof, and goes to the repair. In addition, since the elevator owner and the building manager may not be present, one of the residents who saw the display on the display unit 4a of the child terminal device 4 of each home has one floor where the elevator is stopped and the repair of the fault. You can also get information and go to a repair.

FIG. 2 shows a display mode of a repair method for a failure that can be easily repaired by an elevator owner or a building manager. In this case, the elevator controller indicates that the door is not closed on the sixth floor. 1 is detected, the failure diagnosis unit 2b of the elevator monitoring terminal device 2 determines that the door rail cannot be closed due to excessive dust accumulated on the door rail, and the failure repair method storage unit 2c applies the corresponding repair method. Is given to the elevator information notification unit 2d, and is displayed on the display unit 3a of the manager room master unit terminal device 3.

Upon seeing this display, the elevator owner or the building manager can go to the 6th floor and perform a simple work to remove dust from the door rails so that the doors can be closed and the operation can be resumed. Like

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the information on the occurrence of the elevator failure and the repair method is transmitted to the child terminal device 4 of each home. However, this is because there may be no elevator owner or building manager in the manager's room, and in that case, have the resident do the repair work on their behalf, so that someone can do a quick repair. It is for the purpose of having someone do it, and it is not necessary to adopt this function unless it is particularly necessary.

In some cases, even if the repair is simple, the elevator owner or the building manager may be absent for a long time and may not be repaired. Therefore, all the failure information is monitored by the elevator. If it is possible to automatically transmit from the terminal device to the elevator remote monitoring device of the elevator maintenance company as in the past, and to send maintenance personnel to the site if it continues for a certain time or more even if there is a minor failure, service Leads to improvement of.

[0022]

As described above, according to the present invention, when a failure that can be easily repaired by an elevator owner or a building manager occurs, it is displayed on a home automation or building automation display device. At the same time, the simple repair method is also displayed, so in the case of a simple breakdown, the building manager or elevator owner at the elevator installation location can visit the remote elevator maintenance company without having to go to the site. By doing so, it is possible to carry out trouble repairs, quickly perform trouble recovery, improve service, and at the same time reduce the burden on maintenance personnel. It is possible to avoid the occurrence of a situation where the telephone line is blocked and the notification of other emergency accidents is delayed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example of a simple repair method in the above embodiment.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 Elevator control device 2 Elevator monitoring terminal device 3 Master device terminal device 4 Slave device terminal device 2a Signal input / output unit 2b Failure diagnosis unit 2c Failure repair method storage unit 2d Elevator information notification unit 3a Display unit 4a Display unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Elevator control means for detecting the occurrence of an elevator failure, and when the elevator fails, failure information is obtained from the elevator control means, and the failure can be easily repaired by an elevator owner or a building manager. Failure diagnosis means for judging whether or not there is a failure, failure repair method storage means for storing failure repair method information for a failure that can be easily repaired by the elevator owner or building manager, home automation or When connected to building automation and the failure diagnosis means is a failure that can be easily repaired by the elevator owner or building manager,
An elevator monitoring device, comprising: elevator information notifying means for calling out failure repair method information for a corresponding failure from the failure repair method storage means and displaying the information on a display means of the home automation or building automation.