JP2001155273A - Warning device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a warning device for eliminating the necessity of inhabitants to go to a building manager office even when a warning means rings in the middle of night in an apartment house where a building manager is absent during night. SOLUTION: The warning device connected with a disaster preventing device and provided in a managing room is provided with a judging means for judging whether warning is required or not in the state based on the input signal of the disaster preventing device, a warning means for warning when the judging means judges the necessity of warning in the state, and a warning sound setting switch provided outside or at the door of the managing room. When the warning sound setting switch is set to be ON and the judging means judges the necessity of warning, the warning means operates for a prescribed period or does not operate. This warning sound setting switch is set to be ON while the managing room is locked and the building manager is absent in the room.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an alarm device.

[0002]

[Prior Art] In a management room of a building such as an apartment,
An alarm device such as a fire receiver, a living building receiver, or a control room control panel is provided. These alarm devices are provided with a display device and alarm means including a speaker, a buzzer, or a bell. Fire alarms and emergency buttons installed on each dwelling unit and floor are connected to the alarm device, and when a fire detector or the like operates, a buzzer or bell sounds to alert the user that an abnormal situation has occurred. Has become. The sounding of the alarm means is stopped by the manager by operating the sound stop switch provided on the alarm device.

[0003]

By the way, in a condominium where the manager is absent at night, if the alarm means sounds at midnight, if the manager room is locked, the alarm means may be stopped. Can not. For this reason, there is a case where a sound stop button is provided outside the management room so that the warning means can be stopped from the outside, but each time the warning means sounds, the resident must go to the management room. There was a problem.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and is provided with a disaster prevention device connected thereto.
A warning device provided in the control room, based on an input signal of the disaster prevention equipment, a determining means for determining whether a state to be warned, and, if the determining means determines that the state to be warned, An alarm means for issuing an alarm and an alarm sound setting switch provided outside or at the door of the control room, wherein the alarm sound of the alarm means is switched by the alarm sound setting switch.

[0005]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the present embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the alarm device. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an alarm device, which is provided in a management room 10 on the first floor of an apartment or the like.

In the management room 10, a manager as an operator of the alarm device 1 is present at normal times, for example, during the day, and at this time, the door 11 of the management room 10 is unlocked. At night, the manager is absent.
Door 11 is locked.

An alarm sound setting switch 13 is provided outside the control room 10, for example, near the door 11. The alarm sound setting switch 13 is set and operated by the manager, and is set to OFF while the manager is in the room. Also, at night, when the management room is absent and the door 11 is locked, it is set to ON. The alarm sound setting switch 13
May be constituted by a switch such as a normal push button, or may be constituted by a key switch or the like so that a person other than the manager does not play mischief.

An alarm device 1 is connected to a disaster prevention device 1 via a signal line.
5 is connected. Examples of the disaster prevention equipment include a fire detector, a security sensor, an emergency button, and the like. These disaster prevention devices 15 are installed in each dwelling unit or common space of the condominium, and are connected to the alarm device 1 via a dwelling unit panel (also referred to as a housing information panel) not shown.

Although the disaster prevention device 15 may be directly connected to the alarm device 1, in the following description, the disaster prevention device is connected to the dwelling unit provided in each dwelling unit, and the alarm device 1 provided in the control room is provided. Are connected to a plurality of dwelling units.
This dwelling unit panel is provided with alarm means similar to the alarm device 1, and when the disaster prevention device 15 operates, notifies the landlord in the dwelling unit of the occurrence of an abnormality by the alarm means.

Next, a specific configuration of the alarm device 1 will be described. The alarm device 1 determines, based on the input signal of the disaster prevention device 15, whether or not the state is a warning state, and when the determination means determines that the state is a warning state,
Alarm means for issuing an alarm. Here, an MPU (microprocessor) is an example as a determination unit, and the acoustic device 3 is an example as an alarm unit. The acoustic device 3
It is composed of a bell, a speaker, a buzzer, a voice synthesis circuit, and the like.

The sound output of the acoustic device 3 is switched according to the on / off state of the alarm sound setting switch 13. Specifically, when the alarm sound setting switch 13 is set to ON, that is, when the door 11 is locked, the acoustic device 3 does not operate at all even if it is determined that the alarm should be issued. , Or only for a predetermined time.

When the alarm sound setting switch 13 is off,
That is, when the manager is in the management room, the sound device 3 continues to operate (ring) until a sound stop switch described later is operated. Or you may make it operate only for a predetermined time.

The acoustic device 3 is provided on a board of the alarm device 1, and a display 4 and an operation unit 5 are provided on the board. The operation unit 5 includes various switches such as a sound stop switch (not shown). The sound device 3, the display device 4, and the operation unit 5 are interface I / F3, I / F4, I / F
It is connected to the MPU via F5. The alarm sound setting switch 13 and the disaster prevention device 15 described above are also connected to the MPU via the interface I / F1 and I / F2.

In the figure, reference numeral 7 denotes an interface I.
A time connected to the audio device 3, for example, a ringing time of the bell, is set based on the timer 7 by a timer connected via the / F 6. The timer may be configured as MPU control software.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a ROM, which stores an address, an installation location, various constants, and a program as shown in FIG. Reference numeral 9 denotes a RAM, which is a work area for temporarily storing data and the like.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In the alarm device 1, the input signal from the disaster prevention device 15 is always received in a predetermined area of the RAM 9, and based on this signal, the MPU determines whether or not an alarm is to be issued (step 1). ). If it is determined in step 1 that the alarm should be issued, the MPU issues an alarm sound setting switch 1 via the interface I / F1.
3 is read, and it is determined whether or not it is set to ON (step 2).

It is assumed that a manager at night has a door 11 of the management room 10.
Is locked, the alarm sound setting switch 13 is turned on, and the sound device 3 returns, after sounding only for a predetermined time determined by the timer 7, the alarm is stopped (step 3).

For this reason, it is not necessary to provide a sound stop switch outside the control room, and the resident of the condominium can control the control room 10.
It is no longer necessary to operate the sound stop switch. Even if the door 11 of the management room 10 is locked and cannot be put in the room, no problem occurs.

On the other hand, if there is a manager in the management room 10 during the day, the alarm sound setting switch 13 is not operated and the
Since it is set to FF, the sound device 3 keeps ringing (step 4). When the sound stop switch of the operation unit 5 is operated by the manager (Y in step 5), the sounding of the sound device 3 is stopped (step 6).

Although the sound device 3 is operated for a predetermined time when the alarm sound setting switch 13 is set to ON, for example, when the disaster prevention device 15 is connected to the alarm device 1 via a dwelling unit (not shown). In this case, if the operation of the disaster prevention device 15 is received by the dwelling unit panel and an alarm is issued by the dwelling unit panel, when the switch 13 is turned on, the sound device 3 is not operated at all even if the alarm should be issued. In this case, a similar effect can be obtained.

The operation when the alarm sound setting switch 13 is turned off may be changed as follows. Switch 13 OFF
At this time, the operation of the audio device 3 may be limited to a predetermined time by the timer 7. As described above, the effect of limiting the operation of the audio device 3 to a predetermined time when the manager turns off the alarm sound setting switch 13 while in the room is, for example, when the alarm is frequently sounded due to the disconnection of the transmission line or the like. This is convenient when there are many inquiries from visitors and dwelling units via the intercom.

Since the alarm sound setting switch 13 is installed outside the control room, it may be operated by another person. Therefore, the same alarm sound setting switch may be provided in the management room 10, and it may be determined that the switch is set to ON only when both the external switch 13 and the internal switch are operated. The alarm sound setting switch 13 may be provided only in the management room 10 near the entrance.

In this embodiment, the alarm sound is switched by the alarm sound setting switch 13 provided outside. For example, this switch is provided on the door 11 so that it is automatically turned on when the door is locked. It may be. If the warning sound is switched by locking or unlocking the door 11 in this way, it is possible to cope with forgetting to operate the warning sound setting switch 13 when the manager goes out, and no mischief by another person occurs.

The state of the alarm sound setting switch 13 is ON.
Or OFF, the content displayed on the display device 4 does not change. The content displayed on the display device can be directly printed on a printer (not shown) provided on the panel of the alarm device.

Therefore, when the manager comes to the manager room in the morning, the contents displayed on the display device, in other words, the RAM
If an input signal from the disaster prevention device stored in the printer is printed out on a printer and read, it is possible to know the details of the abnormality that occurred during the night.

[0026]

According to the present invention, there is provided an alarm device provided in a control room to be locked or unlocked, wherein an alarm sound setting switch is provided outside the management room, and the alarm sound of the alarm means is provided by the alarm sound setting switch. It was configured to switch. Further, when the alarm sound setting switch is set to ON and the alarm should be issued, the alarm means is operated for a predetermined time or is not operated.

For this reason, it is not necessary to separately provide a sound stop switch outside the control room, and it is possible to eliminate the necessity for a resident of an apartment or the like to come to the control room and operate the sound stop switch when an alarm is issued. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of the alarm device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 alarm device, 3 sound device, 4 display device, 5
Operation unit, 7 timer, 8 ROM, 9 RAM,
10 control room, 11 door, 13 alarm sound setting switch, 15 disaster prevention equipment,

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An alarm device connected to a disaster prevention device and provided in a control room, comprising: a determination unit that determines whether an alarm is to be issued based on an input signal of the disaster prevention device; Alarm means for issuing an alarm when it is determined that the state should be alarmed, and an alarm sound setting switch provided outside or at the door of the control room, and the alarm sound setting switch is used to generate an alarm sound of the alarm means. An alarm device characterized by switching. 2. When the alarm sound setting switch is set to ON and the judging means judges that an alarm should be issued, the alarm means operates for a predetermined time or does not operate. The alarm device according to claim 1, wherein 3. The alarm device includes a timer and a sound stop switch. When the alarm sound setting switch is ON, the alarm means includes:
2. The alarm according to claim 1, wherein the alarm means operates only for a predetermined time set by the timer, and when the alarm sound setting switch is OFF, the alarm means operates until the alarm sound stop switch is operated. apparatus. 4. The alarm device is provided with a timer, and when the alarm sound setting switch is ON, the alarm means includes:
2. The alarm device according to claim 1, wherein the alarm device does not operate even when an alarm is to be issued, and the alarm means operates for a predetermined time set by the timer when the alarm sound setting switch is OFF. . 5. The alarm device according to claim 2, wherein the alarm sound setting switch is set to ON when the control room is locked. 6. The alarm device according to claim 1, wherein a fire detector, a security sensor, an emergency button, and the like are connected to the alarm device directly or via a dwelling unit. . 7. When the alarm sound setting switch is set to OFF and the judging means judges that the alarm should be issued, the alarm means keeps the alarm means until the alarm sound stop switch is operated. The alarm device according to claim 2, which operates. 8. An alarm device in which a plurality of dwelling units provided in each dwelling unit are connected, an alarm sound setting switch is provided in the alarm device, the alarm sound setting switch is set to ON, and
An alarm device, wherein when a disaster prevention device connected to a dwelling unit operates, only an alarm unit provided on the dwelling unit is operated, and an alarm unit provided on the alarm device is not operated.