JP2000272854A - Control device for lift equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To unnecessitate a test equipment exclusive for a lift equipment, to shorten time required for an operation test, to save man-power and to quicken clearing up of a cause when an abnormality is generated during the test. SOLUTION: In this control device 101 for a lift equipment, an external device 102 transmitting a test execution command and receiving a test result is provided, and a control program part 103, a test control program part 105, an elevator state signal collecting part 106, a success or failure deciding part 107, a test condition registering table 104 and a test result storing table 108 are provided. When a test execution command is received from the external device 102, pertinent test conditions are extracted from the test condition registering table 104, an initialization of a test starting state of the lift equipment is performed from the test conditions and an operation according to the test condition is performed in the control program part 103 within the control device 101. Operating states of the lift equipment during tests are stored at fixed time intervals and are compared with deciding conditions, and the test deciding results are stored in a test result registering table.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a control device for a lifting facility, and more particularly to a technique for performing an operation test of the lifting facility.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for operation tests of lifting equipment, a dedicated test equipment suitable for an actual control device such as an elevator or an escalator is prepared, and a tester manually operates buttons and switches of the test equipment. Then, an operation signal is given to the lifting equipment, or the operation state of each equipment of the lifting equipment is displayed on the test equipment, and the operation of the lifting equipment is visually checked. At the time of delivery to the customer, the elevators installed in the building are operated to perform operation tests. In this case as well, judgment of whether or not the vehicle has been operated correctly is made only by visual inspection of the tester. in this way,
In the operation test of the conventional elevating equipment, a considerable amount of time and manpower is required for test preparation and the like, and the test confirmation is performed only by visual inspection of a test person, which is a heavy burden on humans. To solve such a problem, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2 (Kokai) No. 2 (1995) discloses that a simulation test signal is generated inside a control device based on operation signals from each device of the lifting equipment, and the test signal is used to automatically test the lifting equipment. It does not describe the determination of test results. Also, JP-A-6-1556 and JP-A-9-13677
In Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 5 (1999), a plurality of operation data of an elevator is collected and accumulated with the passage of time, and when an abnormality occurs, data for a certain period immediately before the abnormality occurs is read out and displayed on a display device as a graph. It is disclosed to display.

[0003]

As described above, a dedicated test facility must be prepared for the operation test of the conventional lifting equipment, and considerable time and labor are required for the test preparation and the test itself. Was. An object of the present invention is to eliminate the need for a test facility dedicated to lifting equipment, shorten the time required for an operation test, save labor, and speed up the investigation of the cause when an abnormality occurs during the test. is there.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a control device for a lifting equipment includes an external device for transmitting a test execution command and receiving a test result, and registers test conditions for the lifting equipment. Means for extracting test conditions registered in accordance with a test execution command from an external device, means for performing an operation test of the lifting equipment according to the extracted test conditions, and means for transmitting the test result to the external device. An operation test of the lifting equipment is performed based on the test conditions obtained. Here, the test condition includes an operation condition that defines an operation pattern of the lifting equipment, and a determination condition that determines whether the test is successful or not. In addition, if the test results need to be recorded during the test,
The test execution command from the external device and the operating state data of the lifting equipment at that time are registered. If the test result indicates a failure, the operation status data of the tested lifting equipment is displayed on the external device to confirm the operation of the lifting equipment.

[0005] The control device of the lifting equipment according to the present invention uses a test number from an external device. Is received as a test execution command, the corresponding test condition is extracted from the test condition registration table registered in the control device. From the extracted test conditions,
First, an initial setting of a test start state of the lifting equipment is performed, and then a test execution is commanded. Subsequently, the operation according to the test conditions is performed by the control program unit in the control device. The operating state of the lifting equipment during the test is accumulated at regular time intervals, and is compared with the determination conditions. The test judgment result is stored in the test result registration table according to the necessity of the record registered in the test condition.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration of a control device of a lift facility according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, an elevator control device 101 transmits an external signal such as a call signal from a hall or a car to a lift facility (elevator operation) 11.
1, the control program 103 is executed based on the external signal, and an operation signal corresponding to a request signal from the outside is normally transmitted to the elevator to operate the elevator.
The test confirms the operation of the elevator after installing the elevator in the building. The external device 102 transmits a test execution command signal during the elevator test to the elevator control device 10.
1 to read the test result data, display the results, and summarize the test results. Further, the test condition is registered or extracted in the test condition registration table (pattern registration) 104. Test condition registration table (pattern registration) 104
Consists of a test pattern registration table (FIG. 3), an elevator operation state initial setting registration table (FIG. 4), an operation command pattern registration table (FIG. 4), and a pass / fail determination elevator operation state data registration table (FIG. 5). The test control program unit 105 receives the test number from the external device 102. Is received, and the corresponding elevator is tested. The operating state data of the elevator under test is collected by the elevator state signal collecting unit 106 and temporarily stored. After the end of the test, the pass / fail determination unit 107 temporarily stores the above-mentioned element operation state data and the corresponding test NO. Are compared, and the test results are stored in a test result registration table (time-series registration) 108. Monitor signal generator (manual test interface) 109
Stores the state of the elevator under test in the test result storage table 108 based on a command from the control program 103. In addition, it creates data for a graph display such as a time chart or a monitor display on a soft sequence circuit diagram on an external device such as a personal computer. This data is displayed on the external device 102, and the report file 11
Output (print) to 0.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a flow from the start of the test to the judgment of the result and the registration of the test result. When the test execution command is an automatic test, the test execution signal of the elevator is
It is transmitted from the external device 102 to the test control program unit 105. The test execution signal includes the test number to be executed. Is added (F10). Test control program unit 10
5 is the corresponding test N from the test condition registration table 104.
O. Are extracted, and the initial state data of the elevator in the extracted test conditions is set in the control program 103 (F20). The test is started by the control program 103, and the elevator operating state data under test is collected in the elevator state signal collecting unit 106 (F30). Pass / fail judgment unit 1
07 and the current test NO. The pass / fail evaluation elevator operation state data is compared to determine pass / fail of the test (F40). When the test result is recorded (F50), the test result is set to NO. At the same time, it is stored in the test result storage table 108. If it is necessary to record monitor data at the time of the test, the test No. And the element operation state data at that time are stored in the test result storage table 108 (F60). In particular, when the test is failed (F40), the elevator operating state data under test is displayed on the external device 102 such as a personal computer to confirm the operation of the elevator (F70). When the test execution command is a manual test (a person externally operates the operation state of the elevator with respect to the control device from outside), the test is performed via the manual test interface (F80).

FIG. 3 shows a table in which “elevator test patterns at the time of testing” are registered. The test pattern registration table (FIG. 3) stores the test number. , Initial state NO. , Operation command NO. , Determination condition NO. , Monitor state registration pattern N
O. And the test N transmitted from the external device 102
O. Used to select the initial state of the elevator and what to do with the operation command corresponding to. FIG. 4 shows a table in which “initial setting data of an elevator operating state at the time of a test” and “operation command pattern” are registered. The elevator operating state initial setting data registration table (FIG. 4) registers the initial state of each device of the elevator apparatus, such as the state of the safety device, whether the vehicle is running or stopped, and whether or not there was a car call. deep. In the test at the time of the failure investigation, the failure state of the door switch that determines the open / closed state of the door is registered as an initial state, and a door closing operation test can be performed. The operation command pattern registration table (FIG. 4) registers data that triggers operation such as "a car call has been registered on the third floor from the bottom" and "a fire control switch signal has been input". FIG. 5 shows a table in which “pass / fail judgment elevator operating state data” is registered. The pass / fail judgment elevator operation state data registration table (FIG. 5) is used to determine whether the correct change of the "car position signal", the "car call registration signal", the "door open command signal" and the "door close command signal" in the test pattern is constant. Time interval (Sampling time T1 to T8)
(Judgment points) to register in chronological order. FIG. 6 shows a “test result storage table”. The test result storage table is
The "test result data" is combined with the "table having the same configuration as the operation status data of the pass / fail judgment elevator". If the test result passes, store only the test result,
In the case of failure, the operating state data of the elevator is stored together. In this case, since the test failed in the case of “operation command pattern No. 1 in test No. 1,” the operation state data of the elevator is stored.

For example, a test number is sent from the external device 102 to the test control program unit 105. If 1 is sent,
The test control program unit 105 stores the test condition registration table 1
04 to test NO. 1 (FIG. 3), initial state NO. 1 (FIG. 4), the operation command NO. 1 (FIG. 4) is extracted, and the extracted test conditions are set in the control program 103. That is, the test NO. No. 1 indicates that the operation mode is the normal mode, and when the elevator is on standby on the first floor, a car call is registered on the fourth floor from the lower floor of the service floor (operation command pattern No. 1) (“ This is a test condition for performing an elevator operation test when "address" @ E84558 and "data" @ 0008). The control program 103 starts an elevator operation test based on the test conditions, and collects elevator operation state data under test in the elevator state signal collection unit 106. In this case, test N
O. 1 (FIG. 3) is the determination condition NO. 1 (FIG. 3), the judgment condition NO. 1
The pass / fail judgment elevator operation state data (FIG. 5) is extracted, and the elevator operation state data collected by the pass / fail judgment unit 107 and the test NO. Elevator operation state data for “pass / fail” 1 “Car call” (address) @ E84558,
"Judgment Point" The (data) $ 0008 of the sampling times T1 to T8 is compared to judge pass / fail of the test. In this case, the elevator operation state data during the test (elevation state monitor data during the test) is “car call” (address) （
E84558, "judgment point" sampling time T1
Since (data) of 〜T8 ＄ 0000 (FIG. 6),
The test result of “test No. 1 and operation command pattern No. 1” is rejected. The element status monitor data (FIG. 6) at the time of the failed test is stored in the test result storage table 108. Here, in particular, when the test is failed in the pass / fail judgment, the elevator operation state data during the test of “the operation command pattern No. 1 in the test No. 1” is displayed on the external device 102 such as a personal computer, and the elevator Check the operation. By confirming the operation of the elevator, it is possible to quickly investigate the cause when an abnormality occurs during the test. Also,
The initial setting data of the elevator at the time of the test and the operating state data of the elevator for which the pass / fail is determined include the test NO. Provided for each
Operation command NO. Is a separate table. By doing so, the test NO. And the operation command pattern NO. A wide variety of tests can be performed by combining.

[0010]

As described above, according to the present invention,
In the event of a failure after customer handover, it is possible to perform an operation test of the lifting equipment without the need for a special test equipment especially for the lifting equipment, and to shorten the time required for this operation test,
Labor can be saved. Further, when an abnormality occurs during the operation test of the elevator equipment, the cause of the abnormality can be easily found by using the elevator operating state data during the test, and the cause can be quickly found.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a control device for lifting equipment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a result judgment and registration from the start of a test according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a test condition registration table (part 1) and an elevator test pattern registration at the time of a test;

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a test condition registration table (No. 2), registration of initial state data of an element during a test, and registration of an operation command pattern.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a test condition registration table (No. 3) and registration of an elevator operating state data for pass / fail judgment;

FIG. 6 shows an example of a test result storage table.

[Explanation of symbols]

101: elevator control device, 102: external device, 10
1: control program unit, 104: test condition registration table, 105: test control program unit, 106: electronic state signal collection unit, 107: pass / fail judgment unit, 108: test result storage table, 109: monitor signal generation unit, 110: Report file

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A control device for a lift equipment that performs control according to a request based on an external signal for driving the lift equipment, comprising: an external device that transmits a test execution command and receives a test result; Means for registering test conditions of the lifting equipment, means for extracting the registered test conditions according to a test execution command from the external device, means for performing an operation test of the lifting equipment according to the extracted test conditions, and a test result A control unit for transmitting the data to the external device, and performing an operation test of the lifting equipment based on the registered test conditions. 2. The control device for lift equipment according to claim 1, wherein the test condition comprises an operation condition defining an operation pattern of the lift equipment and a determination condition for determining whether or not the test is successful. 3. The test result according to claim 1, wherein, when the operation record at the time of the test is required, a test execution command from the external device and the operation state data of the lifting equipment at that time are registered. Control equipment for lifting equipment. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein if the test result is a failure, the operation status data of the tested lifting equipment is displayed on the external device to confirm the operation of the lifting equipment. Control device for lifting equipment.