JP2003272064A - Warning transmission system and warning transmission device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an effective warning transmission system for facilitating coping of a reporting destination person in charge by the warning transmission on the basis of a schedule of the reporting destination person in charge. <P>SOLUTION: This warning transmission system has a warning transmitter 2 for transmitting one or plural warnings for indicating abnormality of a monitoring object 1 via a communication network (unillustrated) on the basis of a signal for indicating an operation state of the monitoring object 1, and one or plural information apparatuses 9 for receiving a warning transmitted by the warning transmitter 2. The warning transmitter 2 comprises a means 14 for setting a condition on the information apparatuses 9 for transmitting the warning, a selecting means 12 for selecting the information apparatuses 9 for transmitting the warning according to the preset condition, and a means 8 for transmitting the warning to the information apparatuses 9 selected by the selecting means 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an alarm transmitting device for transmitting one or a plurality of alarms indicating an abnormality of a monitored object through a communication network based on a signal indicating an operating state of the monitored object, and an alarm transmitting device for transmitting the same. The present invention relates to an alarm transmission system including one or more information devices that should receive an alarm and an alarm transmission device thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a conventional alarm transmission system. In this alarm transmission system, the personal computer 2 as an alarm transmission device
An interface 3, an alarm level setting unit 4, an alarm level comparing unit 5, an alarm history database 6, a report destination setting unit 7 and an email transmitting unit 8 are provided.

One or a plurality of signals indicating the operating state of the equipment 1 are read through the interface 3, the alarm level comparing section 5 reads the read signal, and the alarm level preset by the alarm level setting section 4. If the read signal goes above (below) the alarm level, it is determined that an alarm has occurred. The alarm determined to have occurred is recorded in the alarm history database 6, and the mail transmission unit 8 sends an electronic mail to the notification destination 9 such as a mobile terminal and a personal computer preset by the notification destination setting unit 7. Send by.

[0004]

In the alarm transmitting system as described above, the personal computer 2 as the alarm transmitting device is the person in charge of the report destination 9 preset by the report destination setting unit 7 when the alarm is issued. Unconditionally send the alert by e-mail. Therefore, there is a problem that the person in charge of the report destination 9 cannot respond to the frequent alarms and frequent e-mails. Further, as a result, in order to prevent the frequent occurrence of electronic mails, the setting of the alarm level setting unit 4 may be loosened, and even if a serious abnormality occurs, an electronic mail indicating an alarm may not be transmitted. There is.

As a technique related to such a problem, the internal information of the operating condition of the machine tool is read, the internal information is data-processed, and the data-processed operating state information and the signal of the abnormality occurrence are sent to the machine tool. "A machine tool monitoring method and its device" that transmits to a pager (registered trademark) away from a telephone line via a telephone line and displays information on an operating state and occurrence of an abnormality on the pager.
-91014 gazette. Further, an alarm signal is transmitted through a predetermined line to notify the outside of the prying action detected by the prying action detecting means, and an alarm signal is transmitted to the alarm communication means when the prying action is detected, and to the alarm communication means. An "automatic vending machine" provided with a control means for controlling in this way is disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 11-185126.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and in the first aspect of the present invention, an alarm is transmitted based on the schedule of the person in charge of the callee so that the person in charge of the callee can easily respond and is effective. It is intended to provide an alarm transmission system. It is an object of the second to fifth inventions to provide an effective alarm transmitting device that is easily handled by the person in charge of notification by transmitting an alarm based on the schedule of the person in charge of notification.

[0007]

An alarm transmission system according to a first aspect of the present invention is based on a signal indicating an operating state of a monitored object.
An alarm transmitting system comprising an alarm transmitting device that transmits one or more alarms indicating an abnormality of the monitoring target through a communication network, and one or more information devices that should receive the alarm transmitted by the alarm transmitting device, The alarm transmission device includes means for setting conditions relating to the information device for transmitting the alarm, selection means for selecting the information device to which the alarm is to be transmitted according to the condition set by the means, and the selection. Means for transmitting the alarm to the information device selected by the means.

In this alarm transmission system, the alarm transmission device transmits one or a plurality of alarms indicating the abnormality of the monitoring target through the communication network based on the signal indicating the operating state of the monitoring target, and the one or more information devices are , Receive the alert sent. In the alarm transmission device, the setting means sets the condition regarding the information device for transmitting the alarm, and the selecting means selects and transmits the information device to which the alarm should be transmitted according to the set condition. The means sends an alarm to the selected information device. As a result, it is possible to realize an effective alarm transmission system in which the person in charge of the report is easy to handle and effective by transmitting the alarm based on the schedule of the person in charge of the report.

An alarm transmission device according to a second aspect of the present invention is an alarm that transmits one or a plurality of alarms indicating an abnormality of the monitored object to one or a plurality of information equipments through a communication network based on a signal indicating an operating state of the monitored object. In the transmitting device, setting means for setting a condition relating to the information device for transmitting the alarm, selecting means for selecting an information device to which the alarm is to be transmitted according to the condition set by the setting device, Means for transmitting the alarm to the information device selected by the selecting means.

In this alarm transmission device, one or a plurality of alarms indicating an abnormality of the monitoring target are transmitted to one or a plurality of information devices through the communication network based on the signal indicating the operating state of the monitoring target. The setting means sets a condition relating to the information device for transmitting the alarm, and the selecting means selects the information device to which the alarm is transmitted according to the set condition. The transmitting means transmits an alarm to the selected information device. As a result, by transmitting an alarm based on the schedule of the person in charge of the report destination, it is possible to realize an effective alarm transmitting device that is easily handled by the person in charge of the report destination.

In the alarm transmitter according to the third aspect of the present invention, the condition is a priority order of the information equipment to which the alarm is to be sent, and the setting means changes and sets the priority order according to a predetermined schedule. The feature is that it is done.

In this alarm transmitter, the condition regarding the information device for transmitting the alarm is the priority of the information device to which the alarm is to be transmitted, and the setting means changes and sets the priority according to a predetermined schedule. Since it is configured to do so, it is possible to set the on-duty / off-duty schedule of the contact person in charge according to a predetermined schedule, and do not send it to the person in charge of the off-call person, based on the schedule of the contact person in charge By transmitting the alarm, it is possible to realize an effective alarm transmitting device that is easily handled by the person in charge at the report destination.

In the alarm transmitting device according to the fourth aspect of the present invention, when the alarm is transmitted, the information device that receives the alarm transmits information for selecting and returning 1 from a plurality of responses to the alarm. And a means for receiving a response based on the information transmitted by the means, wherein the selecting means selects an information device to which the alarm is to be transmitted next, according to the content and presence / absence of the response received by the means. It is characterized by being selected.

In this alarm transmission device, when the alarm is transmitted, the transmitting means transmits and receives the information for the information equipment which has received the alarm to select and return 1 from a plurality of responses to the alarm. Means receive a response based on the transmitted information. The selecting means is configured to select an information device to which the alarm is to be transmitted next, according to the content and presence / absence of the received response.

Thus, by transmitting the alarm based on the schedule of the person in charge of the report, it is possible to realize an effective alarm transmitting device which is easily handled by the person in charge of the report. Also,
With this alarm transmission device, the transmission procedure for the person in charge and the person in charge can be set separately, and after receiving the response from the person in charge, processing such as sending an alarm to the person in charge including the contents of the response, recovery work etc. The work situation of can be notified by a response, and processing such as not sending alarms other than the equipment being handled to the person in charge of handling the equipment, data request from the person in charge of the notification,
It is possible to periodically execute the process of notifying the current value data by e-mail and the process of receiving the response to the setting change from the report destination and changing the duty / non-work number of the person in charge.

An alarm transmission device according to a fifth aspect of the present invention comprises means for inquiring the information equipment about a position existing therein, means for transmitting information for the information equipment to return the position inquired by the means, and the information equipment. Further includes means for receiving the position information returned by the means, wherein the content of the response is the position information received by the means, and the selecting means determines an information device to which an alarm is to be transmitted according to the position information. It is characterized by being selected.

In this alarm transmitting device, the inquiring means inquires the information device about the existing position, the transmitting means transmits the information for the information device to return the inquired position, and the receiving means transmits the information. Receive the location information returned by the device. The content of the response is the position information received by the receiving unit, and the selecting unit is configured to select the information device to which the alarm is to be transmitted, according to the position information. This makes it possible to select the person in charge who is closest to the person in charge from a number of persons to be contacted, and the person in charge to contact can easily respond by sending an alert based on the schedule of the person to be contacted. It is possible to realize an effective alarm transmitter.

[0018]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings showing the embodiments thereof. Embodiment 1. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of an alarm transmission system and an alarm transmission device according to the present invention. In this alarm transmission system, the personal computer 2 of the alarm transmission system is given a signal indicating the state of the equipment from the personal computer 19 included in the monitoring system of the equipment (not shown) to be monitored.

The personal computer 2 is a recording medium 2
0 (CD (Compact Disc), DVD (Digital Versatil
computer program from (e Disc) etc.,
It operates as an alarm transmission device according to the present invention. The personal computer 2 is connected to a terminal 9b of an alarm transmission system such as a mobile phone and a personal computer via a communication network such as the Internet 17, for example. A facsimile 16 is also connected to the Internet 17.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the alarm transmission system and the alarm transmission device shown in FIG. In this alarm transmission system, a personal computer 2 which is an alarm transmission device has an interface 3, an alarm level setting unit 4, an alarm level comparison unit 5, a mail transmission unit 8, an alarm history /
A transmission history database 10, a transmission procedure setting unit 11, a transmission management unit 12, a simultaneous contact input unit 13, a report destination / schedule setting unit 14, and a mail response receiving unit 15 are provided.

In this alarm transmission system, one or a plurality of signals indicating the operating state of the equipment 1 are sent to the interface 3 through a personal computer 19 (not shown) (not shown).
The alarm level comparison unit 5 compares the read signal with the alarm level preset by the alarm level setting unit 4, and when the read signal goes above (below) the alarm level, , It is determined that an alarm has occurred.

The alarm judged to have occurred is the alarm history /
According to the transmission procedure recorded in the transmission history database 10 and set by the transmission procedure setting unit 11 and the report destination set by the report destination / schedule setting unit 14,
The transmission management unit 12 makes the terminal 9b through the mail transmission unit 8
To the report destination 9 which is When transmitting the alarm, the transmission management unit 12 selects a response screen for selecting and returning from a plurality of types of responses to the screen together with the screen indicating the alarm content (even if it is integrated with the screen indicating the alarm content. Send good). The transmission management unit 12 can simultaneously transmit information to a plurality of report destinations by the simultaneous contact input unit 13.

The report destination / schedule setting unit 14 sets a report destination for each alarm according to a schedule. For example,
As shown in FIG. 3 (a), when setting weekly / daily, the first day / week is set to the report destination setting 1, and the second day / week is set to
The setting 2 of the report destination is set to the setting N of the report destination on the Nth day / week. Further, as shown in FIG. 3B, when setting for each day of the week, on Monday, the report destination setting 1
On Tuesday, the setting 2 of the report destination ... On Sunday,
In the report destination setting N, set as follows.

The report destination 9 selects one response from the response screen transmitted together with the screen showing the content of the alarm, and returns it. The response returned by the report destination 9 is the mail response receiving unit 15
Is received, the transmission management unit 12 transmits the alarm again according to the response content, according to the transmission procedure set by the transmission procedure setting unit 11. Each time the transmission management unit 12 transmits an alarm, the transmission history is stored in the alarm history / transmission history database 1
Record to 0.

The operation of the alarm transmitting system and the alarm transmitting device having such a configuration will be described below with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. First, the personal computer 2 (alarm transmission device) reads a signal indicating the operating state of the equipment 1 through the interface 3 (S1), and the signal read by the alarm level comparison unit 5
The alarm level setting unit 4 compares it with a preset alarm level, and determines whether or not the read signal is above (below) the alarm level and an alarm has occurred (S2).

The alarm level comparing section 5 of the alarm transmitting device 2 is
When an alarm occurs (S2), the alarm history is
The recording is recorded in the transmission history database 10 and the transmission management unit 12 is caused to perform the alarm generation processing (S3). Next, the transmission management unit 12 confirms combination conditions (AND condition, OR condition, etc.) set by the transmission procedure setting unit 11 such as transmitting only when a plurality of alarms (alarms) occur ( S4), it is determined whether or not a condition for transmitting an alarm is satisfied (S5). If the condition for transmitting the alarm is satisfied (S5), the transmission management unit 12 transmits the transmission procedure setting unit 1
The transmission level of the alarm, which has been set to 1, such as immediate transmission / occurrence transmission of the alarm, and the monitoring mode such as emergency / normal / inspection are confirmed (S6).

The transmission management unit 12 of the alarm transmission device 2 confirms the transmission level and the monitoring mode (S6), and if the transmission level is immediate transmission (S7), the transmission procedure setting unit 11
According to the setting items of the report destination / schedule setting unit 14, the report destination 9 that is the terminal 9b is transmitted through the mail transmission unit 8.
It is sent by e-mail to (S8). Next, the alarm level comparison unit 5 of the alarm transmission device 2 determines whether or not the read signal has returned to the normal value and the alarm has been reset (S9),
If there is an alarm recovery, the alarm history is recorded in the alarm history / transmission history database 10, and the transmission management unit 12
The alarm recovery process is performed (S10).

The transmission management unit 12 of the alarm transmission device 2 determines whether or not the alarm recovery should be transmitted based on the setting items of the transmission procedure setting unit 11 (S11). Return, send procedure setting section 11 and report destination
According to the setting items of the schedule setting unit 14, the electronic mail is transmitted to the report destination 9 which is the terminal 9b via the mail transmitting unit 8 (S12).

Next, the transmission management unit 12 of the alarm transmission device 2
Checks the on-time transmission timing of the alarm set by the transmission procedure setting unit 11 (S13), and if it is the transmission timing (S14), performs on-time transmission processing (S1).
5). The transmission management unit 12 performs a scheduled transmission process (S1
5) Based on the setting items of the transmission procedure setting unit 11, it is determined whether or not the alarm should be transmitted (S16). If the alarm should be transmitted, the alarm is returned to the transmission procedure setting unit 11 and the report destination. According to the setting items of the schedule setting unit 14, the electronic mail is transmitted to the report destination 9 which is the terminal 9b through the mail transmitting unit 8 (S17).

Next, the mail response receiving section 15 of the alarm transmitting device 2 reads the response received from the report destination 9 (S1).
8) If there is a read response (S19), the transmission management unit 12 records the reception history in the alarm history / transmission history database 10 and performs the response reception process (S20). The transmission management unit 12 performs response reception processing (S20), and based on the setting items of the transmission procedure setting unit 11,
It is determined whether or not the response should be transmitted to another report destination 9 (S21), and if it is to be transmitted, the response is determined according to the setting items of the transmission procedure setting unit 11 and the report / schedule setting unit 14. The information is sent to another report destination 9 by electronic mail through the mail sending unit 8 (S22).

Next, the transmission management unit 12 of the alarm transmission device 2
Confirms the response waiting alarm (alarm) (S23), determines whether the waiting time has elapsed (time-up) (S24), and if the waiting time has elapsed, performs time-up processing ( S25). The transmission management unit 12 performs a time-up process (S25), and based on the setting items of the transmission procedure setting unit 11, issues the timed-out alarm to another report destination 9
It is determined whether or not it should be sent to (S26).
According to the setting items of the schedule setting unit 14, the mail transmission unit 8 transmits the information to another report destination 9 by e-mail (S27).

Next, the transmission management unit 12 of the alarm transmission device 2
Checks the simultaneous contact items (S28) and determines whether there are any contact items (S29). If there is a contact item (S29), the transmission management unit 12 simultaneously sends the contact item to all the report destinations 9 (S30).

Next, the transmission management unit 12 of the alarm transmission device 2
Checks the data request from the report destination 9 (S31) and determines whether or not there is a data request (S32). If there is a data request (S32), the transmission management unit 12 performs a data request process and reads the requested data from the signal indicating the operating state of the equipment 1 and the alarm history / transmission history database 10 (S33). The transmission management unit 12 sets the read data (S33) at the timing of transmission (S3).
4), the data is transmitted to the report destination 9 who requested it (S3).
5). Next, the transmission management unit 12 determines whether or not the termination process should be performed (S36), and if not, returns to the step (S1) of reading a signal indicating the operating state of the equipment 1 by the interface 3, If the termination process should be performed, the termination process is performed (S37) and the process is terminated.

When the read signal (S1) does not go above (below) the alarm level and the alarm does not occur (S2), the condition for transmitting the alarm is not satisfied (S5), or the transmission level and the monitoring mode. Is confirmed (S6), and when the transmission level is not the occurrence immediate transmission (S7), it is determined whether or not the alarm is reset (S9). When there is no alarm reset (S
9), or when alarm recovery should not be sent (S11)
Confirms the timing of the on-time transmission of the alarm (S1
3). When it is not the transmission timing (S14) or when the alarm should not be transmitted (S16), the response received from the report destination is read (S18).

When there is no read response (S19), or when the response should not be transmitted to another report destination 9 (S2)
1) confirms a response waiting alarm (alarm) (S2)
3). When the waiting time has not elapsed (time-up) (S24), or when the time-up alarm is issued to another report destination 9
If it should not be sent to (S26), the general contact items are confirmed (S28). When there is no message (S29)
Confirms the data request from the report destination 9 (S31).
When there is no data request (S32) or when it is not time to transmit (S34), it is determined whether or not the ending process should be performed (S36).

The transmission management unit 12 sends an alarm or a contact item (S8, 12, 17, 22, 27, 30,
35) First, the transmission procedure set by the transmission procedure setting unit 11 is confirmed (S40). Next, the transmission management unit 12
Confirms the schedule of the person in charge of the report destination set in the report destination / schedule setting unit 14 (S41). Next, the transmission management unit 12 confirms the work status of the person in charge of notification, based on the response (alarm history / transmission history database 10, notification destination / schedule setting unit 14) received from the person in charge of notification (S42). .

The transmission management unit 12 determines the notification destination 9 based on the above-mentioned confirmation items (S43), and the mail transmission unit 8
To the confirmed report destination 9 via E-mail (E-mai
1) is transmitted (S44), the transmission history is recorded in the alarm history / transmission history database 10 (S45), and the process returns.

The transmission management unit 12 performs transmission management in parallel with the above-mentioned transmission operation. When an alarm is generated in the equipment 1 (S50), the transmission management unit 12 determines whether or not an alarm is already generated in the equipment 1 (S51). If the alarm is not generated, a parameter indicating the priority order. Let n be 1 (S
52). Next, the transmission management unit 12 sets priority, duty / non-permission for each person in charge A, B, C, D, E ... Set in the report destination / schedule setting unit 14 as shown in FIG. No., reception of response, and reference to the table in which the equipment under handling is set, and an alarm is sent to the person in charge with the priority of n (S5).
3).

The transmission management unit 12 sends the transmitted alarm (S5
If there is no response to 3) (S54), 1 is added to the parameter n (S58), the table is referred to again, and an alarm is transmitted to the person in charge with the priority order n (S53). If there is a response selected by the person in charge in response to the transmitted alarm (S53) (S54), and the response is "response possible", "response work in progress" or "response work end". (S55) The process ends. The transmission management unit 12 has a response selected by the person in charge in response to the transmitted alarm (S53) (S53).
54) If the response is “not available” or “not in charge” (S55), 1 is added to the parameter n, the above table is referred again, and the person in charge with the priority order n is alerted. It is transmitted (S53).

When the facility 1 has already issued an alarm (S51), the transmission management unit 12 determines whether or not there is a person in charge of the facility 1 by using the alarm history / transmission history database 10
Also, the determination is made by referring to the report destination / schedule setting unit 14 (S56), and if there is no person in charge, the parameter n is set to 1 (S52). If there is a person in charge who is responding to the equipment 1 (S56), the transmission management unit 12 transmits the alarm to the person in charge who is responding (S57) and then waits for a response (S56).
54).

Embodiment 2. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the second embodiment of the alarm transmission system and the alarm transmission device according to the present invention. In this alarm transmission system, the personal computer 2 as an alarm transmission device includes an interface 3, a mail transmission unit 8, an alarm history / transmission history database 10, a transmission procedure setting unit 11, a transmission management unit 12, and a report destination / schedule setting unit 14. Is equipped with.

The facility 1 is, for example, an automatic vending machine, and when an abnormality occurs in its operating state, it sends an alarm to the personal computer 2 through a communication network such as the Internet (not shown). The personal computer 2 reads the alarm through the interface 3, the transmission management unit 12 records the alarm history in the alarm history / transmission history database 10, and the transmission procedure set by the transmission procedure setting unit 11. And report destination / schedule setting unit 1
According to the report destinations set in 4, the electronic mail transmitting unit 8 transmits an electronic mail to the plurality of report destinations 9a for inquiring the position of each report destination 9a.

Each report destination 9a has a navigation device (GPS device, GPS; Global Position) for detecting its position.
(Ioning System) is built in, and responds to an inquiry from the personal computer 2 with its position. The transmission management unit 12 determines each of the returned report destinations 9
Based on the position of a, the report destination 9a closest to the facility 1 which issued the alarm is selected, and the alarm is transmitted. Other configurations are the same as the configurations of the alarm transmission system and the alarm transmission device described in the first embodiment, and therefore, the same portions are denoted by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

The operation of the alarm transmission system and the alarm transmission device having such a configuration will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 10 showing the operation. When the personal computer 2 (alarm transmission device) receives an alarm from the equipment 1 through the interface 3 (S60), the transmission management unit 12 records the alarm history in the alarm history / transmission history database 10 and the transmission procedure setting unit. 11 is the transmission procedure and the report destination / schedule setting unit 1
4 selects a destination candidate according to the destinations set in step 4 (S61), and asks the plurality of destinations 9a (terminals) that are the selected destination candidates via the mail transmission unit 8 for the position of each destination 9a. The combined e-mail is transmitted (S62).

Each of the report destinations 9a (terminals), upon receiving the e-mail inquiring the position, returns the position (S6).
5, 67, 68). The transmission management unit 12 of the alarm transmission device 2
Is based on the position of each report destination 9a (terminal) that has been returned,
The report destination 9a closest to the facility 1 which issued the alarm is selected (S63), and the alarm is transmitted through the mail transmission unit 8 (S64). Alert destination 9 (S64)
The a (terminal) responds to the alarm (S66).
Other operations are the same as the operations of the alarm transmission system and the alarm transmission device described in the first embodiment, and thus the description thereof will be omitted.

[0046]

According to the alarm transmission system of the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to realize an effective alarm transmission system that is easy for the person in charge to deal with by transmitting an alarm based on the schedule of the person in charge. .

According to the alarm transmitting device of the second aspect of the present invention, by transmitting the alarm based on the schedule of the person in charge of the report destination,
It is possible to realize an effective alarm transmitting device that is easily handled by the person in charge of reporting.

According to the alarm transmitting device of the third aspect of the invention, the duty / off schedule of the person in charge of the report destination can be set according to a predetermined schedule, and it is not transmitted to the person in charge of the report destination By transmitting the alarm based on the person's schedule, it is possible to realize an effective alarm transmitting device that is easily handled by the person in charge at the report destination.

According to the alarm transmitting device of the fourth aspect of the present invention, by transmitting an alarm based on the schedule of the person in charge of notification,
It is possible to realize an effective alarm transmitting device that is easily handled by the person in charge of reporting. Also, with this alarm transmission device, it is possible to set the transmission procedure to the person in charge and the person in charge separately, and after receiving the response from the person in charge, including the content of the response, processing such as transmitting an alarm to the person in charge, restoration. It is possible to inform the work status such as work in progress by a response, process such as not sending alarms other than the equipment under handling to the person in charge of handling the equipment, and periodically present the data request from the person in charge of reporting. It is possible to execute the processing of notifying the value data by e-mail and the processing of changing the duty / non-duty etc. of the person in charge by receiving the response of the setting change from the report destination.

According to the alarm transmitting device of the fifth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to select the nearest contact person from a plurality of contact persons, and also based on the schedule of the contact person. By transmitting the alarm, it is possible to realize an effective alarm transmitting device that is easily handled by the person in charge at the report destination.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of an alarm transmission system and an alarm transmission device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an alarm transmission system and an alarm transmission device shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation of a report destination / schedule setting unit.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the alarm transmission system and the alarm transmission device according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the alarm transmission system and the alarm transmission device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the alarm transmission system and the alarm transmission device according to the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of a transmission management unit.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a table set by a report destination / schedule setting unit.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an alarm transmitting system and an alarm transmitting device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the alarm transmission system and the alarm transmission device according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of a conventional alarm transmission system and an alarm transmission device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 facility (monitoring target) 2 Personal computer (alarm transmission device) 3 interfaces 4 Alarm level setting section 5 Alarm level comparison unit 8 E-mail sending unit (means for sending) 9, 9a, 9b Notification destination (information device) 10 Alert history / transmission history database 11 Transmission procedure setting section 12 Transmission management unit (selection means, determination means) 13 Broadcast contact input section 14 Report destination / schedule setting unit (setting means) 15 Email response receiver 16 facsimile 17 Internet (communication network) 19 personal computer 20 recording media

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Nobuaki Murai             2-61, Jomi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka             Tsubakimoto Chain Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Akira Oyama             2-61, Jomi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka             Tsubakimoto Chain Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masasaku Sakai             2-9-1 Yajie-cho, Minami-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi             Inside Estem Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takahiro Mizuno             2-9-1 Yajie-cho, Minami-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi             Inside Estem Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Tetsuya Tokoro             2-9-1 Yajie-cho, Minami-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi             Inside Estem Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 5C087 AA03 AA10 AA24 AA25 BB21                       BB32 BB65 BB73 DD03 DD24                       EE05 EE16 FF01 FF05 FF17                       FF19 FF20 GG08 GG12 GG18                       GG21 GG30 GG43                 5H223 AA06 CC08 DD07 DD09 EE11                       EE30                 5K101 KK02 KK14 LL00 MM07 NN21                       PP10 RR03

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An alarm transmission device that transmits one or more alarms indicating an abnormality of the monitoring target through a communication network based on a signal indicating an operating state of the monitoring target, and an alarm transmitted by the alarm transmission device. In the alarm transmission system including one or more information devices to be transmitted, the alarm transmission device is configured to set a condition related to the information device for transmitting the alarm, and the alarm transmission device according to the condition set by the device. An alarm transmission system comprising: a selection unit that selects an information device to which an alarm is to be transmitted; and a unit that transmits the alarm to the information device selected by the selection unit. 2. An alarm transmitting device for transmitting one or more alarms indicating an abnormality of the monitoring target to one or more information devices through a communication network based on a signal indicating an operating state of the monitoring target, the alarm transmitting device transmitting the alarm. Setting means for setting a condition relating to the information device for performing an alarm, selecting means for selecting an information device to which the alarm is to be transmitted according to the condition set by the setting means, and an information device selected by the selecting means. An alarm transmitting device, comprising: a unit for transmitting the alarm. 3. The condition is a priority order of the information device to which the alarm is to be transmitted, and the setting means is configured to change and set the priority order according to a predetermined schedule. The alarm transmission device described. 4. When the alarm is transmitted, the information device which receives the alarm selects a response from the plurality of responses to the alarm and transmits information for returning, and information transmitted by the means. Further comprising means for receiving a response based on
The alarm transmission device according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the selection means is configured to select an information device to which the alarm is to be transmitted next, in accordance with the content and presence / absence of the response received by the means. 5. A means for inquiring the information device about the existing position, a means for transmitting information for the information device to return the position inquired by the means, and a position information returned by the information device. A means is further provided, and the content of the response is position information received by the means, and the selection means is adapted to select an information device to which an alarm is to be transmitted, according to the position information. The alarm transmission device according to any one of 2 to 4.