JP2000165079A - Electronic apparatus containing furniture - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic apparatus containing furniture providing an environment for prolonging the service life of an electronic apparatus to the maximum by managing the temperature, humidity, dust and power supply sufficiently thereby preventing system down of the electronic apparatus. SOLUTION: Dust-proof rack bodies 1, 2, 3, 4 comprising an uninterruptible power supply 10 are provided with a circulation fan 9, and heat exchangers 5, 6 being controlled automatically with signals from temperature sensors 7 and humidity sensors 8 including two systems of wiring having power supply control function subjected to earth treatment in order to prevent electromagnetic induction, a graphic screen 11, and an interface having a TCP/IP communication protocol for indicating and notifying abnormality upon detecting an abnormality factor, and indicating the settings of the circulation fan and heat exchangers, operation thereof, input or modification of the setting values for operation and automatic control of these apparatus, and the recording graph of temperature, humidity or power consumption so that remote monitoring operation can be carried out by exchanging information with an external communication unit.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to furniture used for storing digital electronic equipment in which high-density electronic components are integrated.

[0002] The present invention relates to routers, servers, DSUs,
An object of the present invention is to provide electronic device storage furniture that can prepare an installation environment for communication devices such as peripheral devices such as TAs and HUBs.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art Furniture products that individually manage computer network products in daily corporate activities, such as accounting and financial management, product orders, and utilization of various information via an intranet, are known. 2. Description of the Related Art A conventional electronic device storage furniture product is provided with a fan for releasing internal heat to the outside on a wall of a rack, and releases the heat generated by the fan to the outside. Therefore, since the conventional product is provided with a suction port from the outside, it only releases the air inside and does not provide essential dust protection.

For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. Sho 56-83996 discloses a device having a suction port from the outside.
08, "Electronic equipment storage furniture", JP-A-6-204667, "Outdoor installation housing", and JP-A-8-330767, "Communication device cabinet structure" 58-70155
Invented "storage furniture for electronic devices" described in Japanese Patent Publication No.

[0005] Trouble factors of electronic equipment are temperature change, humidification, and abnormally high temperature, and it is a measure against temperature to prevent these trouble factors. It is known that electronic components such as FD drives, hard disks, capacitors, etc., which make up electronic equipment, generally change at a temperature of 50 degrees Celsius or more, and seasonal changes in temperature, that is, temperature cycles. Is a major factor. Statutory 7
Even in an electronic device that can be used for a long time, the component life is shortened in such a poor environment unless temperature measures are taken. If the life of an electronic device comes, it will be a cause of data destruction. For this reason, it is necessary to prevent sudden system shutdown due to deterioration (causing damage to data stored in the electronic device) by controlling the temperature management to be constant.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Temperature management, humidity management,
An electronic device that provides sufficient protection against dust and power supply, prevents the system from going down in digital electronic devices composed of high-density electronic components, and provides an environment that maximizes the life of the device until it is replaced. It is intended to provide storage furniture.

[0007]

An electronic equipment storage furniture according to the present invention constitutes the present invention according to claims 1, 2, 3 and 4 in order to solve the above-mentioned problems. Things.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in order to sufficiently perform power management, a power supply provided in a rack body that blocks the inflow of air from the outside is provided with an uninterruptible power supply and a noise filter. The wiring system having a power supply control function is divided and wired, and each of them is grounded to prevent the occurrence of electromagnetic induction.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor are provided, and the temperature and the humidity are detected based on these sensor signals, and the temperature and the humidity are automatically controlled so that the temperature and the humidity can be maintained constant and uniform. Therefore, a circulation fan is provided and a heat exchanger or an air conditioner is provided. With such a device configuration, the rack does not have an inlet for air from the outside.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a graphic screen is provided, and control is performed so that an abnormality display and an abnormality notice can be displayed on the graphic screen based on an abnormality detection factor. Settings, operation of these devices, input or change of set values for automatic control of these devices, and display of graphs of temperature, humidity, or power consumption history on the graphic screen. It is controlled.

The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that an interface having a TCP / IP communication protocol is built-in, and remote monitoring operation can be performed by exchanging communication information with an external communication device via a communication cable. Electronic device storage furniture.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention are embodied in the following examples.

As measures against temperature and humidity, a circulating fan, an air conditioner or a heat exchanger for eliminating uneven temperature in the rack is provided for automatic control so as to keep the temperature and humidity constant and uniform.

As a power supply measure, the power supply is electrically controlled so as to be automatically connected to a battery power supply at the time of a power failure.
For this reason, it is controlled so that it can respond to a temporary power failure.

As a countermeasure against noise, a noise filter is provided so as to reduce noise sources such as fins.
Apply internal grounding. The wiring process of the electric wire system is twisted, the wiring system is divided and wired, and the cables related to the power supply and the cables related to the signal are separated and wired, so that the wiring is processed so as not to generate the electromagnetic induction.

A power supply control function of two systems is provided as standard so that ON / OFF power control can be performed even on a touch screen of a graphic panel or remotely by connecting to an external communication device via a cable. Power ON / O
There is no need to go to the site to see the FF for switching.

As a monitoring function, data can be stored so that a history of monitored data such as temperature, power consumption, and abnormality remains.

A graphic screen is provided, the temperature is monitored on the monitor screen, and the power supply is switched on the touch screen on the graphic screen, so that the operation is easy.

The graphic screen enables setting of temperature, setting of humidity, setting of monitoring of electric power, and setting of advance notice of abnormality as a setting screen.

The graphic screen, as an operation screen, can be operated to turn on and off the power of the equipment, can be set to enable remote control, and can be manually or automatically operated to turn on and off air conditioning. To be able to

An interface using a TCP / IP communication protocol standard is provided from a remote place so that a remote monitoring operation can be performed.

This is a system rack that can maintain an ideal environment in which the interface can be connected to an external communication device with a cable to utilize information at a low cost.

A history management function of temperature and humidity histories, power consumption histories, abnormal histories, and operation histories is provided so that a graphic screen and voice synthesis can be displayed and notified by voice through a graphic screen.

[0024]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings illustrate an embodiment of the electronic equipment storage furniture according to the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view of electronic equipment storage furniture configured by combining a plurality of racks, FIG. 2 is a rear view of the same, and FIG. 1 rack internal equipment layout diagram, FIG. FIG. FIG. 6 is a side view of the four racks.
FIG. 7 shows a functional configuration diagram of the electronic equipment storage furniture. An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment In the embodiment of the present invention, temperature control, humidity control, dust prevention, and power supply control are sufficiently performed to prevent an electronic device from being down, and to provide an environment for maximizing the life of the electronic device. It is configured as described below to provide electronic equipment storage furniture.

A power supply 10 provided in the rack body 4 which has no air inflow for dust prevention and has no air inflow is provided with an uninterruptible power supply, a noise filter is provided, and a wiring having a power supply control function is provided. Are wired separately, and each is grounded to prevent electromagnetic induction.

NO1 rack 1, NO2 rack 2, NO3
The rack 3 and the NO4 rack 4 are provided with a temperature sensor 7 and a humidity sensor 8 to detect the temperature and the humidity based on these sensor signals and to automatically control the temperature and the humidity so that the temperature and the humidity can be maintained constant and uniform. A circulation fan 9 is provided at the bottom of each rack, and heat exchangers 5 and 6 are provided on the side or top surface of the rack. Heat exchangers are also provided on the upper surfaces of the second rack and the fourth rack (not shown). An air conditioner may be provided instead of the heat exchangers 5 and 6 provided on the rack.

The NO4 rack 4 has a graphic screen 1
1 to control the display of the abnormality and the advance notice of the abnormality on the graphic screen according to the abnormality detection factor, the setting of the circulating fan 9, the heat exchangers 5, 6 or the devices of the air conditioner, the operation of these devices, Control is performed so that input of set values or change of set values for automatic control of these devices, and display of a graph of the history of temperature, humidity, or power consumption can be performed on a graphic screen.

The sequencer (CPU) unit 17 has a TCP
/ Electronic equipment storage furniture having a built-in interface having an IP communication protocol, and capable of remote monitoring operation by exchanging communication information with external communication equipment via communication cables such as DSU and TA and communication cables. It is.

The graphic screen 11 depends on the cause of abnormality detection.
Above display is controlled so that an abnormal display and an abnormal notice display can be performed. In addition, a warning of the same content as the display on the graphic screen 11 is made by voice from the speaker 16 by voice synthesis.

[0031]

The effects of the present invention are as described in claims 1 to 4.
Has the following effects.

Using a communication device mounted on the rack body, remote monitoring operation can be performed by an external communication device.

Since the temperature and the humidity are automatically controlled so as to be constant and uniform, troubles caused by moisture and self-heating of the electronic equipment can be eliminated.
The temperature can be controlled by operating the cooling device and the circulation fan that eliminates the internal temperature unevenness by remote monitoring operation using the graphic screen and the communication device.

The power supply is equipped with an uninterruptible power supply,
The system can be prevented from going down due to a momentary power failure.

By providing a noise filter and grounding the electronic device, it is possible to prevent the effects of noise caused by lightning and power on / off.

Since the rack is a completely sealed type which is automatically controlled to maintain a constant and uniform temperature and humidity by installing a circulating fan, a heat exchanger or an air conditioner, no external air flows into the rack. Since the internal electronic devices are housed in a plurality of racks, they can be protected from external dust.

A plurality of temperature sensors and humidity sensors are provided in the rack body, and a sequencer (CPU) which can be controlled by a sensor signal is mounted on the rack body, and a heat exchanger or a cooler of an air conditioner and a circulation fan are provided. Operation stop can be controlled.

The temperature / humidity history, the power consumption history, the abnormality history, and the operation history differ depending on the processing ability of the CPU, but a management function for about five days can be provided as a standard.

Since it is possible to maintain environmental conditions in which the temperature is constant and the humidity is constant, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of mold. Therefore, it is useful to store electronic devices and cameras.

Heat, instantaneous power failure,
Environmental conditions for protecting electronic devices against dust can be maintained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of electronic equipment storage furniture configured by combining a plurality of racks.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the same.

FIG. 1 rack internal equipment layout

FIG. 2 rack internal equipment layout

FIG. Side view of 4 racks

FIG. 4 rack internal equipment layout

FIG. 7 is a functional configuration diagram of electronic device storage furniture.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1. . . 1. Body of NO1 rack . . 2. Body of NO2 rack . . 3. Body of NO3 rack . . 4. Main body of NO4 rack . . Heat exchanger 6. . . Heat exchanger 7. . . Temperature sensor 8. . . Humidity sensor 9. . . Circulation fan 10. . . Uninterruptible power supply 11. . . Graphic screen (graphic panel) 12. . . Mounting plate A13. . . Mounting plate B 14. . . Mounting plate C15. . . Mounting plate D16. . . Speaker 17. . . Sequencer (CPU)

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[Submission date] December 27, 1999 (1999.12.
27)

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[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Temperature management, humidity management,
Dust proofing and power management are fully performed, and graphic display
Electronic equipment storage furniture equipped with a function and communication function to prevent the system down of digital electronic equipment composed of high-density electronic components and to provide the environment that maximizes the life of the equipment until the electronic equipment is replaced It is intended to provide.

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[0007]

An electronic equipment storage furniture according to the present invention constitutes the present invention according to claim 1 in order to solve the above-mentioned problems. The invention according to claim 1
About power, temperature and humidity automatic control, graphics
The display and communication functions will be explained separately.

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[0008]Power supply  For sufficient power management, block the inflow of air from outside.
Uninterruptible power supply
Equipped with a noise filter and a power control function
Separate the wiring systems to be wired and ground each
Wiring to prevent electromagnetic induction.

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Automatic temperature and humidity control function Further, the rack body is provided with a temperature sensor and a humidity sensor, and the temperature and humidity are detected by the sensor signals so that the temperature and humidity can be maintained constant and uniform. A circulation fan and a heat exchanger or an air conditioner are provided for automatic control. With such a device configuration, the rack does not have an inlet for air from the outside.

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Graphic display function A graphic screen is provided on the rack main body, and control is performed so that an abnormality display and an abnormality notice can be displayed on the graphic screen based on an abnormality detection factor, so that the circulation fan, the heat exchanger, or the air conditioner is controlled. Graphical display for setting equipment, operating these equipment, inputting or changing set values for automatic control of these equipment, and displaying graphs of temperature, humidity, or power consumption history on a graphic screen. Is controlled.

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Communication Function The rack has a built-in interface having a TCP / IP communication protocol so that remote monitoring operation can be performed by exchanging communication information with an external communication device via a communication cable. The present invention relates to the above-described power supply and temperature.
Automatic control of degree and humidity, graphic display function, communication
Characterized by systematizing the equipment of functions
It is electronic equipment storage furniture.

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[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention are characterized in that, in the embodiment, a power supply, an automatic control function of temperature and humidity, a graphic
System with integrated display and communication functions
The present invention is embodied as follows to provide electronic equipment storage furniture .

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[0031]

Effect of the present invention exhibits, the invention described in claim 1
Power supply, automatic temperature and humidity control function,
Rack display system with communication function and communication function
Provide electronic equipment storage furniture that is collectively equipped with
This has the following effects.

Claims (4)

[Claims] An uninterruptible power supply is provided for a power supply provided in a rack body having no external air inlet, a noise filter is provided, a wiring system having a power supply control function is divided and wired, and each is grounded. Electronic equipment storage furniture, which is subjected to wiring processing so as not to cause electromagnetic induction. 2. A circulating fan is provided for detecting temperature and humidity based on the sensor signals and automatically controlling the temperature and humidity so that the temperature and humidity can be maintained constant and uniform. The electronic device storage furniture according to claim 1, further comprising an exchanger or an air conditioner. 3. A graphic screen is provided so that an abnormality can be displayed and an abnormality notice can be displayed on the graphic screen according to an abnormality detection factor. Controlled so that operation, input of set values or change of set values for automatic control of these devices, and display of a graph of the history of temperature, humidity or power consumption can be performed on a graphic screen. The electronic device storage furniture according to claim 1 or 2. 4. A remote monitoring operation by incorporating an interface having a TCP / IP communication protocol and exchanging communication information with an external communication device via a communication cable. Item 3. Electronic equipment storage furniture according to claim 3.