CN209675770U - A kind of intelligent O&M control cabinet with meteorological information acquisition - Google Patents
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The utility model discloses a kind of intelligent O&M control cabinet with meteorological information acquisition, it is related to O&M control field, including cabinet, network controller, interchanger and Self-resetting breaker are provided in the cabinet, the interchanger exports power failure alarm signal to the network controller, the Self-resetting breaker is for monitoring load and power supply, the Self-resetting breaker connect with the network controller and carries out data exchange, and the network controller connect with the monitoring center and carries out data exchange;The utility model, which is realized, monitors situations such as power supply in O&M control cabinet, load in real time; the data that monitoring center is returned according to network controller understand fault condition in time, send maintenance personnel to safeguard in time; monitoring device suspension is avoided, monitoring device downtime is reduced.
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Technical field
The utility model relates to O&M control field, especially a kind of intelligent O&M control cabinet with meteorological information acquisition.
Background technique
As video monitoring is in the universal of every profession and trade, domestic video camera installation number is increased rapidly.The safety of City-level is built
If the quantity of video camera 100,000 or more easily, therefore the problem of camera chain is just faced with networking and O&M, outdoor mounted
Monitoring device operation and maintenance amount increase severely.Maintenance work is layouted situation due to project in the monitoring application of part industry, makes to transport
It ties up work and expends a large amount of financial resource and material resource, such as highway industry, section video camera is mostly according to every 2 kilometers one along highway
Deployment, and as safe operation needs the trend of encryption to one every kilometer;Since freeway surveillance and control equipment is along high speed
Highway characteristic distributions, maintenance work amoun is big after equipment installation, task weight, often because of temporary power issue (overtension or mistake
Low, lightening pulse causes to trip), (network storm leads to net for equipment itself problem (crash needs power-off restarting) and network problem
Network apparatus overload stops working) need maintenance personnel's dozens of kilometres of driving to device context to re-power or check whether component goes out
Existing failure, it is time-consuming and laborious.
Current O&M control cabinet is simple video camera power supply box, only plays power supply and provides network function, front-end power,
Network and equipment situation have no way of learning, pushes away lock again even if the tripping of power supply temporary fault is also required to maintenance personnel scene and powers on;With
The appearance of automatic reclosing brake apparatus, newly-built highway outfield video camera power supply box are also upgraded, and automatic reclosing is increased
Lock breaker, network's thunder device etc.;Automatic reclosing power supply unit is added in new edition power supply box, can restore in power supply short trouble
Automatic reclosing after normal avoids maintenance caused by temporal power failure, but has no equipment running status monitoring, in monitoring center
Also have no way of finding out about it front end situation, and such as network failure or equipment crash;Can not remote control equipment power off and power on again, restore just
Often work.
Utility model content
The purpose of this utility model is that: the utility model provides a kind of intelligent O&M control with meteorological information acquisition
Case, solve video camera power supply box can not real-time monitoring equipment state the technical issues of.
The technical solution adopted in the utility model is as follows:
A kind of intelligent O&M control cabinet with meteorological information acquisition, including cabinet are provided with network-control in the cabinet
Device, interchanger and Self-resetting breaker, the interchanger exports power failure alarm signal to the network controller, described
Self-resetting breaker connect with the network controller for monitoring load and power supply, the Self-resetting breaker and carries out data
Exchange, the network controller connect with the monitoring center and carry out data exchange.
Further, the interchanger is the management type industrial switch to supply power with double circuit, and the industrial switch connection is outer
Connect power supply and backup power source.
Further, lightning protection device is provided in the cabinet, the lightning protection device exports alarm signal to the network control
Signal is uploaded to the monitoring center by device processed, the network controller.
Further, Temperature Humidity Sensor is provided in the cabinet, the Temperature Humidity Sensor passes temperature and humidity information
The network controller is transported to, the network controller connects fan, and the fan is arranged in cabinet for carrying out to cabinet
Heat dissipation ventilation.
Further, electronic lock is provided on the chamber door of the cabinet, the electronic lock is three with world dead bolt
Point type electronic lock, the electronic lock are connect with the network controller.
Further, door state switch and light compensating lamp are provided in the cabinet, the door state switch and light compensating lamp are equal
It is connect with the network controller.
Further, two side lower part of cabinet is provided with air inlet, and the air inlet is provided with fly net, the case
Air outlet is provided on body top cover.
Further, the top of the box is provided with meteorological sensor, the meteorological sensor include: air velocity transducer,
Wind transducer, instrument shelter and sleet sensor, the meteorological sensor are connect with the network controller.
Further, the instrument shelter include optical sensor, atmosphere pressure sensor, Temperature Humidity Sensor,
PM2.5/PM10 sensor.
Further, the Self-resetting breaker, Temperature Humidity Sensor, electronic lock, meteorological sensor with the network
Controller uses transport protocol for RS485.
In conclusion by adopting the above-described technical solution, the beneficial effects of the utility model are:
1, the utility model, which is realized, monitors situations such as power supply in O&M control cabinet, load in real time, monitoring center root
According to the data that network controller returns, fault condition is understood in time, sends maintenance personnel to safeguard in time, avoids monitoring device
Suspension reduces monitoring device downtime.For this kind of failure of load crash, Self-resetting breaker can be remotely controlled to load
It is powered off, and detects load without powering on again after the situations such as short circuit, to solve total generic failure.
2, it since interchanger uses duplex feeding, in external power supply power-off, can be also powered by reserve battery,
O&M monitoring is not influenced, and is able to achieve to network power supply failure monitoring.
3, when thunder and lightning leads to lightning protection device failure, alarm signal is transmitted to network controller by lightning protection device, and then is transmitted to
Monitoring center makes maintenance personnel replace or safeguard in time, avoids occurring voltage pulse again burning rear end equipment.
4, temperature and humidity monitor is carried out to O&M control cabinet, can effectively ensure that the normal work of control box equipment.
5. bikini electronic lock pick-proof, antitheft, can swipe the card, remotely control and mechanical key are met an urgent need three kinds of unlocking modes, fortune
It is more convenient to tie up.
6. door state switch perception chamber door is opened, linkage control light filling, monitoring center can monitor chamber door state in real time, guarantee
The safety of O&M control cabinet avoids neglecting or causes box equipment to be damaged by sled.
7, the meteorological sensor being arranged in control cabinet can acquire the meteorological data on highway, and return to monitoring in real time
Center, can be more accurate show road environment, to the early warning of calamitous climate situation or alarm, monitoring personnel is reminded to issue in time
Transportation disasters Weather information reduces the generation of high-speed transit accident.
Detailed description of the invention
It, below will be to use required in embodiment in order to illustrate more clearly of the technical solution of the utility model embodiment
Attached drawing be briefly described, it should be understood that the following drawings illustrates only some embodiments of the utility model, therefore should not be by
Regard the restriction to range as, for those of ordinary skill in the art, without creative efforts, may be used also
To obtain other relevant attached drawings according to these attached drawings.
Fig. 1 is the front view (chamber door opening) of the utility model of the whole structure diagram;
Fig. 2 is the left view of the utility model of the whole structure diagram;
Fig. 3 is the top view of the utility model of the whole structure diagram;
Fig. 4 is the front view (chamber door closing) of the utility model of the whole structure diagram;
Fig. 5 is the integrated stand composition of the utility model;
Marked in the figure: 1- cabinet, 2- chamber door, 3- Self-resetting breaker, 4- lightning protection device, 5- network controller, 6- interchanger,
7- door state switch, 8- fan, 9- backup power source, 10- light compensating lamp, 11- air velocity transducer, 12- sleet sensor, 13- are meteorological
Thermometer screen, 14- wind transducer, 15- air inlet, 16- electronic lock.
Specific embodiment
In order to make the purpose of the utility model, technical solutions and advantages more clearly understood, below in conjunction with attached drawing and implementation
Example, the present invention will be further described in detail.It should be appreciated that specific embodiment described herein is only to explain this
Utility model is not used to limit the utility model, i.e., the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the utility model,
Instead of all the embodiments.The component of the utility model embodiment being usually described and illustrated herein in the accompanying drawings can be with each
Different configurations is planted to arrange and design.
Therefore, requirement is not intended to limit to the detailed description of the embodiments of the present invention provided in the accompanying drawings below
The scope of the utility model of protection, but it is merely representative of the selected embodiment of the utility model.Reality based on the utility model
Apply example, those skilled in the art's every other embodiment obtained without making creative work belongs to
The range of the utility model protection.
It should be noted that the relational terms of term " first " and " second " or the like be used merely to an entity or
Operation is distinguished with another entity or operation, and without necessarily requiring or implying between these entities or operation, there are any
This actual relationship or sequence.Moreover, the terms "include", "comprise" or its any other variant be intended to it is non-exclusive
Property include so that include a series of elements process, method, article or equipment not only include those elements, but also
Further include other elements that are not explicitly listed, or further include for this process, method, article or equipment it is intrinsic
Element.In the absence of more restrictions, the element limited by sentence "including a ...", it is not excluded that including described
There is also other identical elements in the process, method, article or equipment of element.
The feature of the utility model and performance are described in further detail with reference to embodiments.
Embodiment 1
A kind of intelligent O&M control cabinet with meteorological information acquisition, including cabinet 1 are provided with network control in the cabinet 1
Device 5, interchanger 6 and Self-resetting breaker 3 processed, the Self-resetting breaker 3 are autoreclose breaker, can not only be monitored
It is power supply electric voltage over press, under-voltage, moreover it is possible to which that situations such as detecting load short circuits, overcurrent, excessive leakage current, the load are interchanger
6, video camera etc., the Self-resetting breaker 3 will be transmitted to the network controller 5 the case where acquisition by RS485 bus, and
It is uploaded to monitoring center by network, for general temporary power failure, autoreclose breaker can detect failure vanishes
It closes a floodgate and powers on again afterwards.If there are the generic failures such as video camera crash, monitoring center controls Self-resetting by network controller 5 and breaks
Road device 3 loads whole power-off to video camera, and Self-resetting breaker 3 powers on again after detecting no short-circuit conditions.
The interchanger 6 uses management type industrial switch 6, supplies power with double circuit, and a routing alternating current is powered, and a routing is standby
It is powered with battery, even if to guarantee that municipal power failure still has the network communication of certain time;When alternating current or interchanger 6 from
Industrial switch 6 issues power failure and alarms dry contact signal to network controller 5 when band power supply adapter power supply failure,
Network controller 5 can be uploaded to monitoring center after receiving the signal, notify maintenance personnel to replace or safeguard in time, avoid supervising
Equipment suspension is controlled, monitoring device downtime is reduced.
The monitoring center using snmp simple network management protocol to 6 Working Status Monitoring of interchanger (port status,
Cpu load etc.), there are the generic failures such as CPU overload, can the remote reboot interchanger 6, and according to fault condition prompting maintenance people
Member checks in time, closes the network equipment communication for causing interchanger 6 to overload, checks faulty equipment in time, avoid influencing entire net
Network works normally.
The monitoring center using Onvif management agreement to camera operation condition monitoring, and timing candid camera at
As photo, camera operation state and imaging contexts are monitored, timely prompting maintenance personnel examine in time when suspension occur or crashing
Maintenance is looked into, monitoring device downtime is reduced.
Embodiment 2
It is provided with lightning protection device 4 in the cabinet 1, using the lightning protection device 4 of tape jam warning output, since thunder and lightning leads to lightning protection
When 4 failure of device, 4 alarm terminals of lightning protection device export dry contact alarm signal to network controller 5, and network controller 5 receives this
Signal can be uploaded to monitoring center, and maintenance personnel is notified to replace or safeguard in time, avoid occurring burning when voltage pulse again
Rear end equipment.
Embodiment 3
Temperature Humidity Sensor is provided in the cabinet 1, the Temperature Humidity Sensor is passed temperature and humidity information using RS485
The network controller 5 is transported to, temperature and humidity information is uploaded to monitoring center by the network controller 5 again, when temperature and humidity reaches
Alarming value is set, monitoring center reminds the timely Inspection and maintenance of maintenance personnel, while the network controller 5 controls the fan 8
Carry out heat dissipation ventilation.
Embodiment 4
Electronic lock 16 is provided on the chamber door 2 of the cabinet 1, the electronic lock 16 is connect with the network controller 5.
Using 3 lock modes (lock tongue and world bolt), inferior horn on general 2 enabling side of machine box door is avoided to be easy to be prized
The problem of opening reinforces the mechanical safety of cabinet itself;Electronic lock 16 has three kinds of door-opening modes: card is swiped the card unlocking, long-range
Control is unlocked, specific purpose tool adds mechanical key to unlock, and mistaken opening preventer is arranged, that is, needing artificially to press tapered end after unlocking can
Pop-up is unlocked, and avoids general electronic lock 16 when remotely opening by mistake, and causes cabinet and equipment to lose, because may lead after opening by mistake
Cause stolen or rain and snow weather that electrical equipment is caused to damage.
Embodiment 5
Be provided with door state switch 7 and light compensating lamp 10 in the cabinet 1, the door state switch 7 and light compensating lamp 10 with
The network controller 5 connects.
The door state switch 7 detects the state of machine box door 2, and 10 power supply of light compensating lamp in case is automatically closed in shutdown;It opens the door certainly
It is dynamic to open 10 light filling of light compensating lamp, to be safeguarded under maintenance personnel's night or low light environment;Door state information will be uploaded simultaneously to prison
Control center verifies whether someone safeguards or is destroyed.
Embodiment 6
1 liang of side lower part of the cabinet is provided with air inlet 15, is provided with fly net at the air inlet 15, avoids field elder brother
Worm, which enters cabinet, leads to the failures such as possible electrical equipment short circuit, is provided with air outlet on 1 top cover of cabinet.
Embodiment 7
Meteorological sensor is provided at the top of the cabinet 1, the meteorological sensor includes: air velocity transducer 11, wind direction biography
Sensor 14, instrument shelter 13 and sleet sensor 12, the instrument shelter 13 is for acquiring illumination, air pressure, PM10/
PM2.5, temperature, humidity etc. avoid outdoor long-term illumination etc. from causing cable electrical transfer failure using without exposed cable design;
All data informations are sent to network controller 5 by RS485, and are uploaded to monitoring center, and meteorological element value reaches setting threshold
Value prompts monitoring personnel to pay attention to severe weather conditions, in time by advices plate issuing traffic warning information, reduces high-speed transit thing
Therefore.
Since control cabinet is arranged on the column by expressway, settable visibility sensor on column, road shield
Freezing sensor is set by column, and the visibility sensor and freezing sensor are connect with the network controller 5.
Above-mentioned interchanger 6, network controller 5, Self-resetting breaker 3, electronic lock 16, lightning protection device 4, meteorological sensor,
Door state switch 7, light compensating lamp 10 are existing equipment, and the control method being directed to is also existing method.
The above is only the preferred embodiment of the utility model only, is not intended to limit the utility model, all at this
Made any modifications, equivalent replacements, and improvements etc., should be included in the utility model within the spirit and principle of utility model
Protection scope within.
Claims (10)
1. a kind of intelligent O&M control cabinet with meteorological information acquisition, including cabinet (1), it is characterised in that: in the cabinet (1)
It is provided with network controller (5), interchanger (6) and Self-resetting breaker (3), the interchanger (6) is by power failure alarm signal
Number output is to the network controller (5), and for the Self-resetting breaker (3) for monitoring load and power supply, the Self-resetting is disconnected
Road device (3) connect with the network controller (5) and carries out data exchange, and the network controller (5) connect with monitoring center
And carry out data exchange.
2. a kind of intelligent O&M control cabinet with meteorological information acquisition according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the friendship
Change planes (6) be the management type industrial switch (6) to supply power with double circuit, the industrial switch (6) connection external power supply and standby electricity
Source (9).
3. a kind of intelligent O&M control cabinet with meteorological information acquisition according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the case
It is provided with lightning protection device (4) in body (1), the lightning protection device (4) exports alarm signal to the network controller (5), the net
Signal is uploaded to the monitoring center by network controller (5).
4. a kind of intelligent O&M control cabinet with meteorological information acquisition according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the case
It is provided with Temperature Humidity Sensor in body (1), temperature and humidity information is transmitted to the network controller by the Temperature Humidity Sensor
(5), network controller (5) connection fan (8), fan (8) setting is in cabinet (1) for carrying out to cabinet (1)
Heat dissipation ventilation.
5. a kind of intelligent O&M control cabinet with meteorological information acquisition according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the case
It is provided with electronic lock (16) on the chamber door (2) of body (1), the electronic lock (16) is the bikini electronics with world dead bolt
Lock, the electronic lock (16) connect with the network controller (5).
6. a kind of intelligent O&M control cabinet with meteorological information acquisition according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the case
Be provided with door state switch (7) and light compensating lamp (10) in body (1), the door state switch (7) and light compensating lamp (10) with it is described
Network controller (5) connection.
7. a kind of intelligent O&M control cabinet with meteorological information acquisition according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the case
(1) two side lower part of body is provided with air inlet (15), is provided with fly net at the air inlet (15), on cabinet (1) top cover
It is provided with air outlet.
8. a kind of intelligent O&M control cabinet with meteorological information acquisition according to claim 1, it is characterised in that: the case
It is provided with meteorological sensor at the top of body (1), the meteorological sensor includes: air velocity transducer (11), wind transducer (14), gas
As thermometer screen (13) and sleet sensor (12), the meteorological sensor is connect with the network controller (5).
9. a kind of intelligent O&M control cabinet with meteorological information acquisition according to claim 8, it is characterised in that: the gas
As thermometer screen (13) includes optical sensor, atmosphere pressure sensor, Temperature Humidity Sensor, PM2.5/PM10 sensor.
10. a kind of according to claim 1, intelligent O&M control cabinet with meteorological information acquisition described in any one of 4,8, special
Sign is: the Self-resetting breaker (3), Temperature Humidity Sensor, electronic lock (16), meteorological sensor with the network-control
Device (5) uses transport protocol for RS485.
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