KR20180121389A - Facility monitoring apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A facility monitoring apparatus capable of detecting the occurrence of abnormality in an NAS without visually checking the NAS body installed as the extended storage is provided. The facility monitoring apparatus includes a management information collection part (1012) that collects management information indicating the status of a NAS (5) from the NAS (5) connected to a network, through the network, an abnormality detection part (1032) that detects that an abnormality has occurred in the NAS (5) based on the management information collected by the management information collection part (1012), and a notification control part (104) for outputting an alarm when the abnormality detection part (1032) detects that the abnormality has occurred in the NAS (5).

Description

{FACILITY MONITORING APPARATUS}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus in a facility connected to a network and a facility monitoring apparatus for monitoring the status of NAS (Network Attached Storage).

In general, a flash memory or the like is employed as the storage unit in the apparatus. However, in the flash memory or the like, storage capacity is small and it is difficult to store long-term data in the apparatus.

Hitherto, a technique has been known in which NAS is used to expand the storage of the storage unit used by the apparatus (for example, Patent Document 1)

Patent Document 1: JP-A-2008-36353

When an abnormality such as a failure occurs in the NAS main body, an abnormality can be confirmed by turning on the LED of the NAS main body.

However, when the NAS is installed as an extended storage of the server in the facility monitoring system for monitoring the facilities in the facility, the NAS main body may be stored in a rack or the like that is usually not conspicuous, , It is difficult to recognize that an abnormality has occurred in the NAS.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a facility monitoring apparatus capable of detecting occurrence of abnormality in the NAS without visually checking the NAS main body installed as extended storage.

The facility monitoring apparatus according to the present invention includes a management information collecting unit for collecting management information indicating the state of the NAS from the NAS connected to the network through the network, And an abnormality detection section for detecting that an abnormality has occurred in the NAS, and a notification control section for outputting an alarm when an abnormality detection section detects that an abnormality has occurred in the NAS.

According to the present invention, it is possible to detect occurrence of abnormality in the NAS without visually checking the NAS main body installed as extended storage.

1 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a facility monitoring system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of a facility monitoring apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart for explaining an example of an operation of notifying a user of an occurrence of an abnormality in a monitoring point or NAS in the facility monitoring apparatus according to the first embodiment.
4 is a diagram showing an example of a surveillance point confirmation screen displayed on the display unit by the confirmation screen display control unit in the first embodiment.
5 is a flowchart for explaining an operation of the display control unit to display surveillance point data or information accumulated in the NAS on the basis of the user's instruction in the first embodiment.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1

1 is a diagram showing an example of a configuration of a facility monitoring system having a facility monitoring apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

1, the facility monitoring system includes at least one controller 3-1, 3-2, 3 connected to at least one facility 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, The facility monitoring apparatus 1 to which the controllers 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, ... are connected and the NAS 5-1, 5-2, 5-3 , And connected via a network. In the first embodiment, it is assumed that one or more controllers 3-1, 3-2, 3-3,... Are integrated into the controller 3. In the first embodiment, it is assumed that at least one facility 4-1, 4-2, 4-3,.. It is also assumed that the NAS 5-1, 5-2, 5-3 are integrated into the NAS 5.

The facility monitoring apparatus 1, the controller 3 and the NAS 5 are connected by an open network such as a BACnet (buliding automation and control network). Further, the facility monitoring apparatus 1 is executed by a program process using a CPU based on software.

The controller 3 collects data on the facility from the facility 4 in the facility. For example, data such as the temperature, humidity, and the amount of electric power acquired by the device are collected from a device installed in the facility 4 such as a sensor, a thermometer, and a power meter. In the first embodiment, the equipment 4 or equipment installed in the equipment 4 is referred to as a monitoring point (not shown in Fig. 1), and data collected from the monitoring point, that is, , And monitoring point data.

Further, the collection period of the monitoring point data by the controller 3 may be always, or may be set to a predetermined collection period, and may be appropriately set. In the first embodiment, as an example, the controller 3 collects surveillance point data at a predetermined collection period.

The facility monitoring apparatus 1 communicates with the controller 3 at a predetermined monitoring period to collect monitoring point data of the monitoring point from the controller 3 and to collect the monitoring point data from the facility 4 based on the collected monitoring point data, As shown in FIG. The facility monitoring apparatus 1 also collects management information from the NAS 5 and performs monitoring and control of the NAS 5 based on the collected management information.

Further, the collection period of the management information of the NAS 5 by the facility monitoring apparatus 1 may be always, or may be set to a predetermined collection period, and may be appropriately set. In the first embodiment, as an example, the facility monitoring apparatus 1 collects management information at a predetermined collection cycle.

The NAS 5 is provided in the facility monitoring system as extended storage of a server (not shown) in the facility monitoring system. The NAS 5 is a file server that is directly connected to a network and used, and can store large-capacity or long-term data.

In FIG. 1, three NAS 5s are connected, but this is merely an example, and the NAS 5 can be appropriately installed. The storage area can be expanded without limitation by installing the second or subsequent NAS 5 when the capacity of the first NAS 5 is lost.

2 is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the facility monitoring apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

2, the facility monitoring apparatus 1 includes a collecting unit 101, a storage unit 102, a determination unit 103, a notification control unit 104, a display control unit 105, An audio output unit 106, an operation receiving unit 107, an extracting unit 108, and a display unit 109. [

The collection unit 101 includes a monitoring point data collection unit 1011 and a management information collection unit 1012.

The storage unit 102 includes a monitoring point data storage unit 1021 and a management information storage unit 1022. [

The determination section 103 includes a monitoring point data determination section 1031 and an abnormality detection section 1032. [

The display control unit 105 includes a confirmation screen display control unit 1051, a status display control unit 1052, and a NAS information display control unit 1053. [

The extraction unit 108 includes a monitoring point data extraction unit 1081 and a NAS information extraction unit 1082.

The monitoring point data collecting unit 1011 of the collecting unit 101 collects monitoring point data of the monitoring point collected by the controller 3 from the controller 3 at a predetermined monitoring point data collecting cycle, One monitoring point data is stored for each monitoring point in the monitoring point data storage unit 1021 of the storage unit 102 in association with the acquisition date and time of the monitoring point data. The monitoring point data collecting unit 1011 may collect the monitoring point data from the controller 3 in a state in which the collection date and time are associated with each other.

The monitoring point data collecting unit 1011 collects the monitoring point data from the controller 3 and outputs the collected monitoring point data to the monitoring point data determining unit 1031 of the determining unit 103. [

The management information collection unit 1012 of the collection unit 101 collects the management information that the NAS 5 has from the NAS 5 over the network at a predetermined management information collection cycle, Information is stored in the management information storage unit 1022 of the storage unit 102 in association with the collection date and time of the management information for each NAS 5. [

The NAS 5 has management information that associates information specifying itself such as a name or an ID, information on a date on which accumulated data is accumulated, and its own status information, and the management information is stored Data. The own status information is, for example, information indicating an abnormality occurrence status such as a communication status, a capacity, and a disk abnormality.

The management information collection unit 1012 outputs the collected management information possessed by the NAS 5 to the anomaly detection unit 1032 of the determination unit 103. [

The monitoring point data storage unit 1021 of the storage unit 102 stores the monitoring point data of the monitoring point collected by the monitoring point data collection unit 1011 for each monitoring point in association with the collection date and time.

Although the monitoring point data storage unit 1021 is provided in the facility monitoring apparatus 1 in the first embodiment, the monitoring point data storage unit 1021 is not limited to this, 1 may be provided at a place where the facility monitoring apparatus 1 can be accessed.

The management information storage unit 1022 of the storage unit 102 stores the management information of the NAS 5 collected by the management information collection unit 1012 for each NAS 5 in association with the collection date and time.

In the first embodiment, the management information storage unit 1022 is provided in the facility monitoring apparatus 1. However, the management information storage unit 1022 is not limited to this, The external facility monitoring device 1 may be provided at a place where it can be accessed.

The monitoring point data determination unit 1031 of the determination unit 103 determines whether or not an abnormality occurs in the monitoring point for each monitoring point based on the monitoring point data output from the monitoring point data collection unit 1011 do.

When it is determined that an anomaly occurs in the surveillance point, the surveillance point data determination unit 1031 outputs information indicating that an anomaly has occurred to the surveillance point to the notification control unit 104 and the display control unit 105. [ The monitoring point data judging unit 1031 also outputs to the display control unit 105 information on the monitoring point data of the monitoring point which has determined that an abnormality has occurred.

The abnormality detecting unit 1032 of the judging unit 103 detects that an abnormality has occurred in the NAS 5 on the basis of the management information collected by the management information collecting unit 1012. [

When detecting that an error has occurred in the NAS 5, the abnormality detection unit 1032 outputs information indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the NAS 5 to the notification control unit 104 as an abnormality occurrence notification.

The notification control unit 104 outputs an alarm to the audio output unit 106 when information indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring point is output from the monitoring point data determination unit 1031 of the determination unit 103. [ The notification control unit 104 outputs an alarm to the audio output unit 106 upon acquiring the abnormality occurrence notification from the abnormality detection unit 1032 of the determination unit 103. [

The display control unit 105 causes the display unit 109 to display various kinds of information.

The confirmation screen display control unit 1051 of the display control unit 105 displays the information on the display point 109 on the display unit 109 when the monitoring point data determination unit 1031 of the determination unit 103 outputs information indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring point , The monitoring point confirmation screen is displayed. Details of the surveillance point confirmation screen will be described later.

The status display control unit 1052 of the display control unit 105 displays information on the monitoring point data output from the monitoring point data extraction unit 1081 (to be described later) of the extraction unit 108 as status information on the display unit 109 .

The NAS information display control unit 1053 of the display control unit 105 causes the display unit 109 to display the NAS information output from the NAS information extraction unit 1082 (to be described later)

The audio output unit 106 is an audio output device such as a speaker, for example, and outputs an alarm based on the control of the notification control unit 104. [

In the first embodiment, the audio output unit 106 is provided in the facility monitoring apparatus 1. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the audio output unit 106 may be provided outside the facility monitoring apparatus 1 .

The operation accepting unit 107 accepts an instruction from a user such as an administrator. The user inputs a desired instruction by operating an input device (not shown) such as a mouse or a keyboard, for example.

When receiving an instruction to display monitoring point data from the user, the operation accepting unit 107 outputs monitoring point data extracting instruction information related to the instruction to the monitoring point data extracting unit 1081 of the extracting unit 108, . When the operation accepting unit 107 has received an instruction from the user to display the information of the NAS 5, the operation accepting unit 107 transmits the NAS data request information related to the instruction to the NAS information extracting unit Lt; / RTI >

The monitoring point data extracting unit 1081 of the extracting unit 108 extracts the monitoring point data from the monitoring point data storing unit 1021 when the monitoring point data extracting instruction information is output from the operation accepting unit 107 .

The watched point data extraction unit 1081 outputs the extracted watched point data to the display control unit 105. [

The NAS information extracting unit 1082 of the extracting unit 108 extracts the storage information of the NAS 5 corresponding to the NAS data request information from the NAS receiving unit 107 when the NAS data request information is output from the operation accepting unit 107 5 as NAS information. The information extraction unit 206 outputs the extracted NAS information to the display control unit 105. [

The display unit 109 is, for example, a display device such as a display, and displays various kinds of information based on the control of the display control unit 105. [

Although the display unit 109 is provided in the facility monitoring apparatus 1 in the first embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and the display unit 109 may be provided outside the facility monitoring apparatus 1 good.

Next, the operation of the facility monitoring apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

3 is a flowchart for explaining an example of an operation for notifying a user of an occurrence of an abnormality in a monitoring point or the NAS 5 in the facility monitoring apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment.

The monitoring point data collecting unit 1011 of the collecting unit 101 determines whether or not a predetermined monitoring point data collecting cycle has been reached (step ST401).

At step ST401, when the preset monitoring point data collection cycle is reached ("YES" at step ST401), the monitoring point data collection unit 1011 collects monitoring point data of the monitoring points collected by the controller 3 And stores the collected monitoring point data in the monitoring point data storage unit 1021 of the storage unit 102 in association with the acquisition date and time of the monitoring point data for each monitoring point (step ST402).

The monitoring point data collection unit 1011 outputs the collected monitoring point data to the determination unit 103 in association with the acquisition date and time.

Then, the process proceeds to step ST403.

If it is determined in step ST401 that the monitored point data collection period has not been set (" NO " in step ST401), the management information collection unit 1012 of the collection unit 101 acquires (Step ST406).

In step ST406, if the predetermined management information collection period is not set ("NO" in step ST406), the process ends.

In step ST406, when the preset management information collection period has come (YES in step ST406), the management information collection unit 1012 collects the management information from the NAS 5, To the management information storage unit 1022 of the storage unit 102 in association with the collection date and time of the management information for each NAS 5 (step ST407).

The management information collection unit 1012 outputs the collected management information to the determination unit 103 in association with the collection date and time.

Then, the process proceeds to step ST403.

When the monitoring point data output from the monitoring point data collecting unit 1011 or the management information output from the management information collecting unit 1012 in step ST407 is acquired in step ST402, Based on the point data or the management information, it is determined whether an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring point or the NAS (step ST403).

The operation of the determination unit 103 in step ST403 will be described in detail.

The monitoring point data determination unit 1031 of the determination unit 103 determines whether an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring point for each monitoring point based on the monitoring point data output from the monitoring point data collection unit 1011 . More specifically, for example, the user may set the upper limit value and the lower limit value for each monitoring point data in advance, and the monitoring point data determination unit 1031 compares the monitoring point data with a preset upper limit value and the lower limit value, When it deviates from the upper limit value or the lower limit value, it is judged that an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring point. This is merely an example, and a condition for the monitoring point data determination unit 1031 to determine whether an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring point can be appropriately set. For example, the monitoring point data determination unit 1031 refers to the monitoring point data storage unit 1021, and acquires the monitoring point data collected in step ST402 and the monitoring point data collected and stored in the immediate vicinity of the monitoring point data The data may be compared and it may be determined that an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring point when there is a difference equal to or greater than a preset threshold value.

The abnormality detecting unit 1032 of the judging unit 103 judges whether or not an error has occurred in the NAS 5 for each NAS 5 based on the management information output from the management information collecting unit 1012 . Specifically, for example, if the status information indicating the abnormal status such as the communication status, capacity, disk abnormality, and the like included in the management information indicates an abnormality, the abnormality detection unit 1032 detects abnormality in the NAS 5 It is determined that the occurrence has been detected.

Returning to the flow chart of Fig.

As a result of the determination in step ST403 regarding the monitoring point data collected in step ST402 or the management information collected in step ST407, no abnormality occurs in any of the monitoring points, and any abnormality occurs in any NAS 5 When it is judged that it has not occurred ("NO" in step ST403), the process returns to step ST401.

If it is determined in step ST403 that the monitoring point data collected in step ST402 or the management information collected in step ST407 is the monitoring point where the abnormality has occurred or the NAS 5 exists (step ST403 The determination section 103 outputs to the notification control section 104 and the display control section 105 information indicating that a monitoring point or an abnormality has occurred in the NAS 5. [

More specifically, when the monitoring point data determining section 1031 determines in step ST403 that there is a monitoring point where an abnormality occurs, the monitoring point data determining section 1031 determines whether or not the monitoring point data is abnormal The notification control unit 104, and the display control unit 105, respectively. At this time, the monitoring point data determination unit 1031 also outputs to the display control unit 105 the information of the monitoring point data of the monitoring point that has determined that an error has occurred.

If the abnormality detecting unit 1032 detects that an abnormality has occurred in the NAS 5 in step ST403, the abnormality detecting unit 1032 notifies the NAS 5 of abnormality information to the abnormality occurrence notification And outputs it to the notification control unit 104 of the facility monitoring apparatus 1. [

The abnormality occurrence notification output by the abnormality detection unit 1032 includes at least information for specifying the NAS 5 such as the name or ID of the NAS 5 that the abnormality detection unit 1032 has detected an abnormality, And information on the occurrence date and time is included. The information of the abnormality occurrence date and time may be included in the management information, and the information of the date and time when the abnormality detection unit 1032 detects abnormality may be used as the abnormality occurrence date and time.

Returning to the flow chart of Fig.

The notification control unit 104 notifies the audio output unit 106 of information indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring point or an abnormality occurrence notification of the NAS 5 from the determination unit 103 in step ST403 (Step ST404). Specifically, when the monitoring point data determining section 1031 outputs information indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring point, or when the abnormality detecting section 1032 outputs an abnormality occurrence notification of the NAS 5, (104) outputs an alarm to the audio output unit (106).

Then, the audio output unit 106 outputs an alarm. The alarm outputted by the sound output unit 106 may be an alarm sound, a printer argument sound, a voice message, or the like, as long as it can notify the user that an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring point. In the first embodiment, the notification control unit 104 outputs an alarm to the audio output unit 106 when the monitoring point data determination unit 1031 outputs information indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring point However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the notification control unit 104 may cause the display unit 109 to display a message indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring point, and may display a warning light (not shown) It may be blinked.

The notification control unit 104 outputs an alarm to the audio output unit 106 when the abnormality detection unit 1032 outputs an abnormality occurrence notification of the NAS 5. However, The notification control unit 104 may cause the display unit 109 to display a message indicating that an abnormality has occurred in the NAS 5 or to light or flash a warning light (not shown).

The confirmation screen display control section 1051 of the display control section 105 notifies the display section 109 of the fact that an abnormality has occurred in the monitoring point from the monitoring point data determination section 1031 in step ST403, A surveillance point confirmation screen is displayed (step ST405).

4 is a diagram showing an example of a surveillance point confirmation screen displayed on the display unit 109 by the confirmation screen display control section 1051 in the first embodiment.

4, the confirmation screen display control section 1051 displays a surveillance point confirmation screen displaying the occurrence date and time of the surveillance point, the occurrence place (surveillance point name or surveillance point data name), and the type of the alarm . The confirmation screen display control unit 1051 may display an OK button 51 for displaying the details of the detected surveillance point where an error has occurred and on the surveillance point confirmation screen.

The monitoring point confirmation screen shown in Fig. 4 is merely an example, and information other than the information shown in Fig. 4 may be displayed.

In the above description, the confirmation screen display control section 1051 of the display control section 105 displays the surveillance point confirmation screen in step ST405, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the confirmation screen display control section 1051, An NAS confirmation screen (not shown) may be displayed. Specifically, when the information indicating that an error has occurred in the NAS 5 is output from the abnormality detection unit 1032 in step ST403, the display control unit 105 displays the NAS confirmation screen to the display unit 109 . The NAS confirmation screen displays information such as, for example, an abnormality occurrence date of the NAS 5, the name or ID of the NAS 5 in which an abnormality has occurred, and the like.

As described above, the facility monitoring apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment monitors the state of each monitoring point in the facility, and when an abnormality occurs in each monitoring point in the facility, If an abnormality occurs in the NAS 5, the abnormal occurrence is detected and an alarm is sounded. That is, in the first embodiment, the facility monitoring apparatus 1 is to be monitored not only for each monitoring point in the facility but also for the NAS 5.

Thus, even when the main body of the NAS 5 is likely to be stored in an unseen place, it is possible to notify the user early that an abnormality has occurred in the NAS 5.

In addition, it is not necessary to use surveillance software dedicated to NAS for monitoring the NAS 5. [ In addition, since the access route to the NAS 5 by the NAS-dedicated monitoring software differs from the access route to the NAS 5 from the facility monitoring device 1 in the facility monitoring system, Even if it is determined that the state of the NAS 5 is " normal ", the facility monitoring apparatus 1 can not access the NAS 5 normally. In the first embodiment, since the facility monitoring apparatus 1 detects occurrence of an abnormality of the NAS 5, the NAS 5 is actually adapted to the facility monitoring system in which the NAS 5 is actually installed, It is possible to judge whether or not it is normal.

In addition, the product life span of the facility monitoring apparatus 1 is over 10 years, while the product of the NAS 5 is changed to about one year in the early stage. However, even if the model or the like of the NAS 5 changes, there is no need to change the monitoring tool.

In the facility monitoring apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment, the user can display the status of the monitoring point and confirm or display the information accumulated in the NAS 5 connected to the network such as the past history . Specifically, the user instructs, for example, the facility monitoring apparatus 1 to display the state of the desired monitoring point, and instructs the display unit 109 to display the state of the designated monitoring point, that is, Can be displayed. The user also instructs the facility monitoring apparatus 1 to display information accumulated in the NAS 5 connected to the network such as a past history and displays the information on the desired NAS 5 on the display unit 109. [ It is possible to display the information stored in the memory. This will be described in detail below.

5 is a flowchart for explaining an operation for causing the display control section 105 to display monitoring point data or information accumulated in the NAS 5 based on an instruction from the user in the first embodiment.

The operation reception unit 107 determines whether or not the user has received an instruction to display the status of the monitoring point (step ST501).

For example, the user inputs an instruction to display a desired monitoring point data to be confirmed by calling the monitoring point instruction screen and operating the input device. The monitoring point instruction screen may be displayed by the display control unit 105 when the operation acceptance unit 107 receives the operation by, for example, clicking a call button displayed on the display unit 109 by the user. 4), and operates the input device such as a mouse or a keyboard, for example, from the monitor point confirmation screen to display an OK button 51, For example, by inputting an instruction to display the monitoring point data, that is, the state of the monitoring point determined that the abnormality has occurred.

In step ST501, if the user has not received an instruction to display the status of the monitoring point ("NO" in step ST501), the process proceeds to step ST504. The operation accepting unit 107 waits for acceptance of the instruction input from the user for a predetermined period of time and proceeds to step ST504 when the instruction from the user can not be received even if the predetermined time has elapsed good.

In step ST501, when the user has received an instruction to display the state of the monitoring point ("YES" in step ST501), the operation accepting unit 107 acquires the monitoring point data extraction instruction information To the monitoring point data extracting unit 1081 of the extracting unit 108.

When the monitoring point data extraction instruction information is output from the operation reception unit 107 in step ST501, the monitoring point data extraction unit 1081 extracts, from the monitoring point data storage unit 1021, The monitoring point data is extracted (step ST502). More specifically, for example, the monitoring point data extracting unit 1081 extracts monitoring point data indicated by the monitoring point data extracting instruction information and monitoring point data for a predetermined period before and after the monitoring point data is collected From the point data storage unit 1021. The operation reception unit 107 includes the monitoring point data extraction instruction information to include the monitoring point data and information on the collection date and time of the monitoring point data. The monitoring point data extraction unit 1081 extracts monitoring point data extraction instruction information The monitoring point data and the collection date and time may be specified. The monitoring point data extracting unit 1081 extracts the monitoring point data for a predetermined period before and after the monitoring point data indicated by the monitoring point data extracting instruction information is collected by using the collection date and time stored in association with the monitoring point data It may be specified from the information of FIG.

It should be noted that the monitoring point data extracting unit 1081 extracts the monitoring point data for a predetermined period before and after the monitoring point data indicated by the monitoring point data extracting instruction information is collected, The extraction condition of the monitoring point data extracted by the monitoring point data storage unit 1021 from the monitoring point data storage unit 1021 can be appropriately set.

The watched point data extraction unit 1081 outputs the extracted watched point data to the display control unit 105. [

Then, the process proceeds to step ST503.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step ST501 that the user has not received an instruction to display the state of the monitoring point ("NO" in step ST501), the operation acceptance unit 107 receives, (Step ST504). If it is determined that the instruction to display the information stored in the display area is received (step ST504).

The user inputs an instruction to display the information stored in the NAS 5, for example, by operating a NAS information call button or the like displayed on the display unit 109 with an input device. The operation accepting unit 107 accepts an instruction to display the information stored in the NAS 5 by operating the NAS information call button or the like.

At this time, the user designates information on the date on which the information to be displayed is stored. When the user wishes to refer to the data stored in the NAS 5, for example, when referring to past history data, the user must set the date as the key.

When the instruction to display the information stored in the NAS 5 has not been received in step ST504 ("NO" in step ST504), the process is terminated. The operation accepting unit 107 may wait for acceptance of the instruction input from the user for a predetermined period of time, and may terminate the process if the instruction from the user can not be received even after a predetermined period of time has elapsed.

When the instruction to display the information stored in the NAS 5 is received in step ST504 ("YES" in step ST504), the operation acceptance unit 107 transmits the information of the date input by the user to the NAS 5 As NAS data request information, and outputs it to the NAS information extracting unit 1082 of the extracting unit 108. [

The NAS information extracting unit 1082 extracts information stored in the NAS 5 corresponding to the NAS information request information from the NAS 900 in response to the output of the NAS information request information from the operation accepting unit 107 in step ST504 (Step ST505). As described above, the NAS data request information includes information on the date on which the information to be displayed is stored. In addition, as described above, the NAS 5 has management information that associates information specifying itself such as a name or an ID, information on a date on which accumulated data is accumulated, and its own status information, The management information collection unit 1012 collects the management information and stores it in the management information storage unit 1022. [

Based on the NAS data request information and the management information stored in the management information storage unit 1022, the NAS information extracting unit 1082 extracts the date data for displaying the storage information designated by the NAS data request information, It is possible to find out whether or not the information is stored in the database 5 with the date information as a key.

The NAS information extracting unit 1082 outputs the extracted NAS information to the display control unit 105. [

Then, the process proceeds to step ST503.

The display control unit 105 causes the display unit 109 to display information on the monitoring point data as status information. Alternatively, the display control unit 105 displays the NAS information on the display unit 109 (step ST503).

Specifically, when the status display control unit 1052 of the display control unit 105 outputs the information on the monitoring point data from the monitoring point data extraction unit 1081 in step ST502, And displays it on the display unit 109 as status information.

The NAS information display control unit 1053 of the display control unit 105 displays the output NAS information on the display unit 109 when the NAS information is output from the NAS information extraction unit 1082 in step ST502 .

In this manner, the user can refer to the desired data stored in the NAS 5 by designating the date on which the data to be referred to is stored from the facility monitoring apparatus 1. [ In the first embodiment, as described above, the user requests the data of the NAS 5 from the facility monitoring apparatus 1 (step < RTI ID = 0.0 > , It is possible to refer to the data stored in the NAS 5 simply.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the facility monitoring apparatus 1 is provided with a management information collecting unit 3 for collecting management information indicating the state of the NAS 5 from the NAS 5 connected to the network, An abnormality detecting unit 1032 for detecting that an abnormality has occurred in the NAS 5 and an abnormality detecting unit 1032 for detecting abnormality in the NAS 5 based on the management information collected by the management information collecting unit 1012, And an alarm control section (104) for outputting an alarm when an abnormality is detected. Therefore, it is possible to detect occurrence of abnormality in the NAS 5 without visually checking the main body of the NAS 5 installed as extended storage.

According to Embodiment 1, the facility monitoring apparatus 1 further includes an operation accepting section 107 for accepting NAS data request information for requesting information stored in the NAS 5, A NAS information extracting section 1082 for extracting NAS information stored in the NAS 5 from the NAS 5 based on the NAS data request information and a NAS information extracting section 1082 for extracting the NAS information extracted by the NAS information extracting section 1082 And a NAS information display control unit 1053 for displaying NAS information. Therefore, the user can simply refer to the data stored in the NAS 5.

According to Embodiment 1, the management information includes information for specifying the NAS 5 itself and information about the date on which the NAS information is accumulated, and the operation acceptance unit 107 acquires information on the date And the NAS information extracting unit 1082 specifies the NAS 5 to extract the NAS information based on the date information of the NAS data request information and the date information included in the management information, And extracts the NAS information from the NAS 5. Therefore, even when a plurality of NASs 5 are installed, the user can refer to desired data only by designating the date, without being aware of which NAS the desired data is present in.

Further, the present invention can be modified within the scope of the invention, omitting arbitrary components of the embodiments, or omitting any components of the embodiments.

1 facility monitoring device
3 controller
4 Equipment
5 NAS
51 OK button
101 collection section
102 memory unit
103 judgment section
104 notification control unit
105 display control unit
106 Audio output unit
107 Operation Reception
108 extraction unit
109 Display
1011 Monitoring point data collection unit
1012 management information collection unit
1021 Monitoring point data storage unit
1022 Management information storage unit
1031 Monitoring Point Data Judgment
1032 or more detection unit
1051 confirmation screen display control section
1052 Status display control unit
1053 NAS information display control section
1081 Monitoring Point Data Extraction Unit
1082 NAS information extracting unit

Claims (3)

A management information collection unit that collects management information indicating the status of the NAS from the NAS connected to the network through the network;
An abnormality detecting unit for detecting that an abnormality has occurred in the NAS, based on the management information collected by the management information collecting unit;
And a notification control unit for outputting an alarm when the abnormality detection unit detects that an abnormality has occurred in the NAS. The method according to claim 1,
An operation accepting unit for accepting NAS data request information requesting information stored in the NAS;
A NAS information extracting unit for extracting NAS information stored in the NAS from the NAS based on the NAS data request information when the operation accepting unit receives the NAS data request information,
And a NAS information display control unit for displaying the NAS information extracted by the NAS information extraction unit. 3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the management information includes information specifying the NAS itself and information indicating a date on which the NAS information is accumulated,
Wherein the operation accepting unit accepts the date information as the NAS data request information,
Wherein the NAS information extracting unit specifies the NAS from which the NAS information should be extracted based on the date information of the NAS data request information and the date information included in the management information.

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