JP2004030113A - Informing device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a report recipient to rapidly solve an abnormal state of a monitored object. <P>SOLUTION: An informing device 1 has a data gathering part 101 which gathers data from a controller 3 through a control system network 2, an alarm detection part 102 which detects an alarm according to the data that the data gathering part 101 gathers and generates and outputs alarm information, an alarm DB 103 in which the alarm information that the alarm detection part 102 outputs is recorded, a related data gathering part 104 which extracts data related to the alarm that the alarm detection part 102 detects from the data gathering part 101 and stores the data in the related data DB 105, a related constitution information DB 106 in which related data related to the alarm information are specified, and an alarm informing part 109. The alarm informing part 109 generates the body part of electronic mail including the alarm information and related data related to the alarm obtained from the related constitution information DB 106 and sends the mail having a previously registered electronic mail address to a mail server 6 through an information system network 5. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a reporting device that reports a monitoring target state to a remote terminal device via an electronic network.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, with the spread of mobile phones capable of sending and receiving e-mail, a notification device using e-mail as a means of notifying a person in charge of a remote place or a maintenance person of a monitoring target state in a plant facility, a building management facility, or the like. Has come to be used. Such a notification device creates an e-mail with the text of the changed state or a predetermined notification content as a text every time the state of the monitoring target changes, and is designated as a notification destination via an electronic network. It is generally sent to an e-mail address.
[0003]
Taking plant equipment as an example, when the above-described notification device detects an abnormality such as a temperature upper limit abnormality or a gas leak during operation of the plant equipment, the detected abnormality value or alarm information corresponding to the abnormality stored in the database is detected. Create an e-mail containing the text and send it to a designated address such as a person in charge or a maintenance person. On the other hand, the person in charge of the plant equipment or the maintenance staff who is to be monitored by the notification device receives an abnormal value or alarm information generated by the notification device by e-mail by carrying a mobile phone capable of receiving e-mail. , It is possible to take necessary measures.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
By the way, in order to promptly resolve the notified abnormality by a person in charge, a maintenance person, or the like, it is necessary to accurately grasp the situation in which the abnormality has occurred. For this purpose, it is often necessary to check not only the detected abnormality but also data related to the abnormality. Taking plant equipment as an example, in the case of an upper / lower limit alarm that occurs when measured values such as temperature and tank level exceed the normal range, the history and measured values of the measured values up to the upper and lower limits are exceeded. By checking the related ON / OFF state of the heater and the opening / closing of the valve together, it has been useful for determining the urgency of the situation and estimating the cause.
[0005]
However, the conventional reporting device only reports the fact that an abnormality has occurred, so the person in charge who receives the report or maintenance staff must go to the site to obtain the information necessary for analyzing the abnormality. there were. For this reason, a problem still remains that it takes time to obtain the information necessary for the abnormality analysis, and that it is difficult to quickly resolve the abnormal state.
The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and a notification device capable of obtaining relevant data related to a monitoring target so that a notification receiver can quickly resolve an abnormal state of the monitoring target. The purpose is to provide.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a notification device that notifies a terminal device of the status of at least one monitoring target via an electronic network, and specifies related data related to the monitoring target for each monitoring target. Related information configuring means, recording means for recording related data related to the monitoring target, and notifying means for notifying the status of the monitoring target and the related data of the monitoring target specified by the related information configuring means by e-mail. Characterized by having.
[0007]
In one configuration example of this notifying device, the notifying means creates and notifies a text portion of an e-mail including the status of the monitoring target and the relevant data of the monitoring target specified by the related information configuring means. Another configuration example of the notification device further includes a conversion unit that converts the related data into a file of a predetermined format, and the notification unit creates a body part of an email including a state of a monitoring target, and replaces the related data with the related data. The file converted from the related data by the conversion means is attached to an electronic mail and notified. Further, still another configuration example of the notification device further includes a Web server unit that enables browsing of related data from a terminal device via an electronic network, and the related information forming unit includes a Web server unit instead of the related data. Address data for browsing related data through the monitoring target is specified for each monitoring target, and the notifying means creates a text part of an e-mail including the status of the monitoring target and the address data to notify the user.
[0008]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail by taking alarm information in plant equipment as an example of a monitoring target.
[Embodiment 1]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a configuration of a plant monitoring system including a notification device according to the present invention. In the figure, a notification device 1 is connected to a control device 3 via a control system network 2, and the control device 3 is connected to a plant device 4. The notification device 1 is also connected to an information network 5, and a mail server 6, a terminal device 7, and a router 8 are connected to the information network 5.
[0009]
The information network 5 is connected to the Internet 10 via a router 8. The Internet 10 includes another local area network (hereinafter, referred to as LAN) 11 and a network service provider that provides an Internet connection service by wireless communication. LAN 21 is connected. The other LAN 11 is connected to a router 12 for connecting to the Internet 10, a mail server 13 for providing an e-mail transmission / reception service, and a terminal device 14. The LAN 21 of the network service provider is connected to a router 22 for connecting to the Internet 10, a mail server 23 for performing an e-mail transmission / reception service, and a base station 25 for performing wireless communication with a mobile phone 24.
[0010]
In such a configuration, the notification device 1 monitors operation data and alarm data indicating the state of the plant equipment 4 collected by the control device 3 via the control system network 2 and registers in advance when an alarm is detected. With the specified e-mail address as a destination, an alarm e-mail in which the contents of the alarm and information related to the alarm are described in the body portion is created and transmitted to the mail server 6 via the information network 5. The mail server 6 temporarily stores the transmitted alarm e-mail and then transfers it.
[0011]
Here, when the destination of the alarm e-mail is an e-mail address managed by the mail server 6, the mail server 6 transfers the alarm e-mail to its own received mail storage unit and stores it. Further, the alarm e-mail whose destination e-mail address is out of the information network 5 is transmitted to the Internet 10 via the router 8 and transferred on the Internet 10 to manage the e-mail address of the e-mail server 13. , 23 and stored.
[0012]
On the other hand, the terminal devices 7 and 14 periodically access the mail servers 6 and 13 to check whether an e-mail has arrived, and notify the person in charge of the arrival of the e-mail by a signal tone or the like. In the case of the mobile phone 24, when an email arrives at the mail server 23, the mail server 23 notifies the mobile phone 24 of the incoming email, and the mobile phone 24 notifies the person in charge by a signal sound or the like. The person in charge of the terminal receiving the alarm e-mail operates the terminal devices 7, 14 and the mobile phone 24, opens the received alarm e-mail, checks the contents, and performs necessary measures.
[0013]
Next, Embodiment 1 of the notification device will be described in detail. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of the notification device according to the first embodiment. 2, a notification device 1 includes a data collection unit 101, an alarm detection unit 102, an alarm database (hereinafter, referred to as an alarm DB) 103, a related data collection unit 104, and a related data database (hereinafter, referred to as a related data DB) 105. , A related configuration information database (hereinafter referred to as a related configuration information DB) 106, a data input unit 107, a screen display unit 108, and an alarm notification unit 109, and a keyboard 110 and a display device 111 are connected.
[0014]
The data collection unit 101 collects operation data and alarm data from the control device 3 via the control system network 2. The alarm detection unit 102 detects an alarm based on the data collected by the data collection unit 101, generates alarm information when detecting an alarm, records the alarm information in the alarm DB 103, and activates the alarm notification unit 109. In this case, the alarm information includes a tag for identifying the alarm, a point name in which the content of the alarm is represented by a human-understandable phrase, and an alarm generation time. Note that the information included in the alarm information is not limited to the tag, the point name, and the alarm occurrence time, and other information may be added.
[0015]
The alarm DB 103 functions as alarm recording means for recording alarm information. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a recording example of the alarm DB 103 in FIG. In the figure, a tag is an identification code corresponding to an alarm on a one-to-one basis, and is composed of text data. The point name is text data configured so that the person in charge can identify the content of the alarm. The occurrence time is the time when the alarm detection unit 102 detects the alarm, and is indicated by the date and time. The report presence / absence is an identification code for identifying whether the corresponding alert information is unreported or reported, and 0 indicates unreported and 1 indicates reported.
[0016]
The related data collection unit 104 and the related data DB 105 constitute a related data recording unit. In this case, the related data collection unit 104 extracts only the data related to the alarm detected by the alarm detection unit 102 from the various data collected by the data collection unit 101 and stores the data in the related data DB 105. Here, the related data collection unit 104 performs, for a certain period of time until the alarm is stopped by the occurrence of the alarm, trend data obtained by collecting measurement data such as the temperature and the liquid level of the tank used for alarm detection, and heating data at the time of the alarm generation. Collected data 105a, such as a load state such as ON / OFF of a container and opening and closing of a valve, and a point value indicating a control output value and a measured value, are stored in the related data DB 105. Further, in the related data DB 105, in addition to the data collected by the related data collecting unit 104, an online manual 105b in which an operation manual including information on how to deal with an alarm and the like is associated with a tag is recorded.
[0017]
The related configuration information DB 106, the data input unit 107, and the screen display unit 108 constitute a related information forming unit. Here, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of the related configuration information DB 106 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 4, the related configuration information DB 106 is configured to store tags, point names, types of related data, and a plurality of designated items. In this case, tags and point names corresponding to all alarms that can be detected by the alarm detection unit 102 are stored in advance. The type of related data indicates the type of related data to be reported in association with the tag. Here, 1 is the trend data collected for a certain period of time until the alarm is generated, and 2 is the related load of the load when the alarm is generated. An operation manual that includes information such as a point value indicating a state and a coping method corresponding to a tag of 3 is shown. Note that the types of related data are not limited to these three, and may be at least better than three or more depending on the configuration of the notification device.
[0018]
The designated item indicates the related data to be reported in association with the tag. Here, the name of the related data stored in the related data DB 105 is stored. In this case, when the type of the related data is 1 (trend data), the name of the trend group whose trend is collected (eg, Gr1), and when the type of the related data is 2 (point value), the tag name notified as the related data (eg, WT101G) And WT101K). In the case of 3 (manual), since it is specified as an alarm definition for each tag, no specification is made in the specification items.
[0019]
The data input unit 107 records the type of the related data and the designated items input from the keyboard 110 in the related configuration information DB 106 in association with the tag. The screen display unit 108 reads out the tag, the point name, the type of the related data, and a plurality of designated items recorded in the related configuration information DB 106 and shapes them into a predetermined format. The image is output and displayed on the display device 111.
[0020]
The alarm notification unit 109 functions as a notification unit. Here, the operation of the alarm notification unit 109 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the alarm notification unit 109 according to the first embodiment. When activated by the alarm detection unit 102, the alarm notification unit 109 searches the alarm DB 103 for unreported alarm information using an identification code indicating the presence or absence of a report as a key (step S01). A body part of the alarm e-mail including the alarm information of the notification is created (step S02). Further, the related configuration information DB 106 is searched using the tag included in the alarm information as a key, and the specified related data name is obtained (step S03).
[0021]
Next, the related data DB 105 is searched using the related data name as a key, and the related data specified in the stored related configuration information of the alarm is acquired (step S04), and added to the text of the previously created e-mail. (Step S05). Next, a header section having a previously registered e-mail address as a destination is created (step S06), and mail is sent to the mail server 6 as an alarm e-mail via the information network 5 (step S07). After transmitting the e-mail, the alarm notification unit 109 sets the identification code indicating whether or not the alarm information transmitted to the end of the alarm DB 103 has been reported to “reported (1)” (step S08), and ends the process. On the other hand, if there is no unreported alarm information in step S01, the process ends without doing anything.
[0022]
Next, a method of realizing each unit of the notification device will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the notification device according to the first embodiment. The notification device is a computer, and includes a central processing unit (CPU) 51, a main storage memory 52, an external storage device 53, an input / output interface 54, a communication interface 55, a clock circuit 56, and a bus 57 connecting these. . The external storage device 53 may be a readable / writable and non-volatile storage device, and may be a magnetic storage device such as a hard disk, a magneto-optical disk device, an optical disk device, or a nonvolatile semiconductor memory such as a flash memory. The input / output interface 54 is connected to a keyboard and a display device, and the communication interface 55 is connected to a control network and an information network. The clock circuit 56 has a calendar function and outputs the current time.
[0023]
In such a configuration, the data collection unit 101, the alarm detection unit 102, the related data collection unit 104, the data input unit 107, the screen display unit 108, and the alarm notification unit 109 are recorded in the external storage device 53 serving as a program recording medium. A computer program for realizing these functions is written in the main storage memory 52 and executed by the CPU 51 to be realized. The alarm DB 103, the related data DB 105, and the related configuration information DB 106 are stored in the external storage device 53.
[0024]
Here, the data collection unit 101 and the alarm notification unit 109 use the external storage device 53 and the communication interface 55 as hardware resources. The alarm detection unit 102 and the related data collection unit 104 use the external storage device 53 and the clock circuit 56 as hardware resources. In this case, the alarm detection unit 102 obtains the alarm occurrence time by the clock circuit 56, and the related data collection unit 104 calculates the lapse of a certain time for collecting the trend data based on the current time obtained from the clock circuit 56. The data input unit 107 and the screen display unit 108 use the external storage device 53 and the input / output interface 54 as hardware resources.
[0025]
Next, specific examples of uses of the notification device will be described below.
Use 1: Temperature control in constant temperature room and cool room.
In this case, the temperature of the same point in the room is trend-recorded, and when an alarm exceeding the upper and lower limits occurs, the temperature change within a certain period of time before the upper and lower limits are exceeded is notified by e-mail together with the alarm information. . FIG. 7 shows an example of an alert e-mail in which trend data is added to the main body. This allows the recipient of this e-mail to determine whether the room temperature will continue to rise or fall monotonically, or whether the temperature fluctuation has increased and temporarily exceeded the upper and lower limits. And it is possible to immediately determine a coping method.
[0026]
Use 2: Liquid level management in the tank.
When an alarm for exceeding the upper and lower limit liquid level of the tank liquid level is generated, the open / closed state of the valve or the valve opening related to the liquid level of the tank is notified by e-mail together with the alarm information. FIG. 8 shows an example of an alert e-mail in which a point value is added to the body part. As a result, the recipient of the e-mail can use the notified related information to specify a failure location, specify a valve to be manually operated as an emergency measure, and the like, and can take prompt measures.
[0027]
Use 3: Notification of coping method.
In a system that can register possible causes and countermeasures for each alarm as an online manual, an online manual related to the alarm is also notified by e-mail along with the alarm information. FIG. 9 shows an example of an alarm e-mail in which a manual is added to the main body. As a result, it is possible to know in advance the necessary coping method for the generated alarm, so that it is possible to make necessary preparations before going to the site, and it is possible to appropriately cope with the alarm. In this case, by expanding the trigger of the e-mail transmission to an event other than the alarm, it may be used as a work instruction unit for maintenance personnel who work in a distributed manner over a large site.
[0028]
According to the notification device of the first embodiment, each time the alarm detection unit 102 detects an alarm, the alarm notification unit 109 stores the alarm information and the relevant data related to the alarm information specified in the related configuration information DB 106 in the body part. An e-mail containing the e-mail is created and sent to the e-mail address of a previously registered person or maintenance person, so that the person or person who receives the e-mail does not need to go to the site to perform the necessary Information can be obtained, and an abnormal state can be quickly resolved. In addition, since related data can be set for each alarm to be detected by the related configuration information DB 106, the data input unit 107, and the screen display unit 108, which constitute the related information configuration means, only the relevant data required according to the alarm can be set. Notifications can be made and unnecessary information is not confused with e-mail recipients.
[0029]
[Embodiment 2]
FIG. 10 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the notification device according to the second embodiment. The difference between this notification device and FIG. 2 showing the first embodiment is that a conversion process for converting the related data into a file in a predetermined format. Having the unit 212, the alarm notification unit 209 creates the body of the e-mail including the alarm information, and replaces the related data with the file converted from the related data by the conversion processing unit 212. And report it.
[0030]
Next, each unit of the notification device according to the second embodiment will be described in detail. Here, the data collection unit 201, alarm detection unit 202, alarm DB 203, related data collection unit 204, related data DB 205, related configuration information DB 206, data input unit 207, and screen display unit 208 are the same as those in the first embodiment. Therefore, the description is omitted, and the alarm notification unit 209 and the conversion processing unit 212 will be described.
[0031]
The alarm notification unit 209 functions as a notification unit as in the first embodiment. Here, the operation of the alarm notification unit 209 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the alarm notification unit 209 according to the second embodiment. As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 11, when the alarm notification unit 209 is activated by the alarm detection unit 202 similarly to the first embodiment, the alarm notification unit 209 transmits unreported alarm information from the alarm DB 203 using an identification code indicating the presence or absence of notification as a key. A search is performed (step S11), and when there is unreported alarm information, a body part of the alert e-mail including the unreported alert information is created (step S12). Furthermore, the related configuration information DB 206 is searched using the tag included in the alarm information as a key, and the specified related data name is obtained (step S13).
[0032]
Next, the related data name is input to the conversion processing unit 212, and a file of the specified related data is requested (step S14). When the converted data is sent from the conversion processing unit 212, the file is read. Is attached as an attached file to the alarm e-mail created earlier (step S15). Further, a header section having a previously registered e-mail address as a destination is created (step S16), and mail is sent to the mail server 6 as an alarm e-mail via the information network 5 (step S17). After transmitting the e-mail, the alarm notification unit 209 sets the identification code indicating whether or not the alarm information transmitted to the end of the alarm DB 203 has been reported to “reported (1)” (step S18), and ends the process. On the other hand, if there is no unreported alarm information in step S11, the process ends without doing anything.
[0033]
The conversion processing unit 212 functions as a conversion unit that converts the related data into a file of a predetermined format. Here, the operation of the conversion processing unit 212 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the conversion processing unit 212 in FIG. As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 12, when the related data name is input from the alarm notification unit 209 and a file of the related data is requested (step S21), the conversion processing unit 212 uses the related data name as a key and uses the related data DB 205 as a key. And retrieves the specified related data (step S22). Next, the acquired related data is converted into a file of a predetermined format (step S23), and is sent to the alarm notification unit 209 (step S24).
[0034]
Next, a method of realizing each unit of the notification device will be described. The hardware configuration of this notification device is the same as that of FIG. 6 shown in the first embodiment. Also, the method of realizing the data collection unit 201, the alarm detection unit 202, the alarm DB 203, the related data collection unit 204, the related data DB 205, the related configuration information DB 206, the data input unit 207, the screen display unit 208, and the alarm notification unit 209 has been described. This is the same as Embodiment 1. The conversion processing unit 212 is realized by writing a computer program for realizing the function of the conversion processing unit 212 recorded in the external storage device 53 serving as a program recording medium into the main storage memory 52 and executing the computer program by the CPU 51. Here, the conversion processing unit 212 uses the external storage device 53 as a hardware resource.
[0035]
According to the notification device of the second embodiment, each time the alarm detection unit 202 detects an alarm, the alarm notification unit 209 creates an e-mail including the alarm information in the main body, and outputs the alarm specified in the related configuration information DB 206. Since the related data related to the information is sent as an attached file to an e-mail address of a person in charge or a maintenance person registered in advance, the person in charge who received the e-mail and the The worker can obtain the information necessary for the abnormality analysis without going to the site, and can quickly resolve the abnormal state.
[0036]
In this embodiment, the conversion processing unit 212 simply converts the related data stored in the related data DB 205 into a file in a predetermined format. However, the function of the conversion processing unit 212 is further developed, and In the case of data, a trend graph may be created based on the trend data read from the related data DB 205, and the created trend graph may be converted into an image file in, for example, a BMP format, a GIF format, or a JPEG format. In this way, by converting the trend graph into an image file and sending it by e-mail as an attached file, the recipient can see the change in point status at a glance, which is useful for judging the urgency of the situation and estimating the cause Can be.
[0037]
[Embodiment 3]
FIG. 13 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the notification device according to the third embodiment. The difference between this notification device and FIG. 2 showing the first embodiment is that the notification device is provided from a terminal device or a mobile phone that can browse Web pages. By having a Web server unit 313 capable of browsing related data, and having a related configuration information DB 306, a data input unit 307, and a screen display unit 308 constituting a related information forming unit, via an electronic network instead of the related data Address data that allows the related data to be browsed from a terminal device or a mobile phone that can browse a Web page, for each alarm (tag) to be monitored, and the alarm notification unit 309 transmits the alarm information. To create the body part of the e-mail including the related data and to browse the related data via the Web server unit 313 instead of the related data. Append the text part of e-mail reads out the address data from the associated configuration information DB306 for each alarm monitored (Tag), is to report.
[0038]
Next, each unit of the notification device according to the third embodiment will be described in detail. Here, the data collection unit 301, the alarm detection unit 302, the alarm DB 303, the related data collection unit 304, the related data DB 305, the data input unit 307, and the screen display unit 308 are the same as those in the first embodiment, and a description thereof will be omitted. , The related configuration information DB 306, the alarm notification unit 309, and the Web server unit 313 will be described.
[0039]
The related configuration information DB 306, together with the data input unit 307 and the screen display unit 308, forms a related information configuration unit as in the first embodiment. Here, FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of the related configuration information DB 306 according to the third embodiment. As shown in FIG. 14, the related configuration information DB 306 is configured to store tags, point names, types of related data, and a plurality of designated items. Here, the types of the tag, the point name, and the related data are the same as those described in the first embodiment. The designated item is address data that allows related data associated with the tag to be viewed from a terminal device or a mobile phone equipped with a Web browser via an electronic network such as the Internet. The URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of the Web page provided for each related data is stored.
[0040]
The alarm notification unit 309 functions as a notification unit as in the first embodiment. Here, the operation of the alarm notification unit 309 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the alarm notification unit 309 according to the third embodiment. As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 15, when the alarm notification unit 309 is activated by the alarm detection unit 302 as in the first embodiment, the alarm notification unit 309 transmits unreported alarm information from the alarm DB 303 using an identification code indicating the presence or absence of a notification as a key. A search is performed (step S31), and if there is unreported alarm information, a body part of an alert e-mail including the unreported alert information is created (step S32). Further, the related configuration information DB 306 is searched by using the tag included in the alarm information as a key, the URL specified by the specified item is obtained (step S33), and the URL is added to the body of the previously created e-mail (step S34). .
[0041]
Next, a header section having a destination registered with an e-mail address registered in advance is created (step S35), and mail is sent to the mail server 6 as an alarm e-mail via the information network 5 (step S36). FIG. 16 shows an example of an alarm e-mail in which the URL of the related data is added to the body part. After transmitting the e-mail, the alarm notification unit 309 sets the identification code indicating whether or not the alarm information transmitted to the end of the alarm DB 303 has been reported to “reported (1)” (step S37), and ends the process. On the other hand, if there is no unreported alarm information in step S31, the process ends without doing anything.
[0042]
The Web server unit 313 is a well-known WWW (World Wide Web) server that allows a terminal device or a mobile phone equipped with a Web browser connected via the information network 5 to browse related data files stored in the related data DB 305. Works. In this case, upon receiving the browsing request, the Web server unit 313 executes the processing program embedded in the related data display unit of the browsing file in HTML (HyperText Markup Language) format, and transmits the requested related data from the related data DB 305. After being read and dynamically incorporated into the related data display section of the file for browsing, the file is transmitted to the request source.
[0043]
Next, a method of realizing each unit of the notification device will be described. The hardware configuration of this notification device is the same as that of FIG. 6 shown in the first embodiment. Also, the method of realizing the data collection unit 301, the alarm detection unit 302, the alarm DB 303, the related data collection unit 304, the related data DB 305, the related configuration information DB 306, the data input unit 307, the screen display unit 308, and the alarm notification unit 309 has been described. This is the same as Embodiment 1. The Web server unit 313 is realized by writing a computer program for realizing the function of the Web server unit 313 recorded in the external storage device 53 serving as a program recording medium into the main storage memory 52 and executing the computer program by the CPU 51. Here, the Web server unit 313 uses the external storage device 53 and the communication interface 55 as hardware resources.
[0044]
According to the notification device of the third embodiment, every time the alarm detection unit 302 detects an alarm, the alarm notification unit 309 transmits the alarm information and the relevant data related to the alarm information specified in the relevant configuration information DB 306 to the Web server. An e-mail containing the address data for browsing through the unit 313 in the body part is created and transmitted to an e-mail address of a pre-registered person in charge or a maintenance person. The maintenance staff can access the address described in the body part of the e-mail using a Web browser mounted on the terminal device or the mobile phone, and browse the information necessary for the abnormality analysis without going to the site, The abnormal state can be quickly resolved. The notification device according to this embodiment has an advantage that the receiver can browse necessary information without needing software other than a Web browser. Further, since the e-mail does not include the relevant information itself, the data amount of the e-mail to be transmitted can be reduced, so that the communication time required for the notification is shortened, and the effect of being able to notify the occurrence of the alarm in a short time is obtained.
[0045]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the notification device of the present invention includes, for each monitoring target, related information configuring means for designating related data related to the monitoring target, recording means for recording related data related to the monitoring target, Notification means for notifying by e-mail of the status of the monitoring target and the relevant data of the monitoring target specified by the relevant information configuration means, so that the receiver of the notification obtains the monitoring target status and the relevant data related to the monitoring target. It is possible to resolve the abnormal state of the monitoring target immediately. In addition, since related data to be notified for each monitoring target can be specified, even if necessary information differs depending on the monitoring target, only the necessary information can be notified, so that the notification recipient Can obtain information quickly and can deal with abnormalities in a short time.
[0046]
In addition, the notification device of the present invention can receive an e-mail because the notification means creates and reports an e-mail body including the state of the monitoring target and the relevant data of the monitoring target specified by the related information configuration means. Any type of terminal device can be used, and there is an advantage that versatility is high.
[0047]
Further, the notifying device of the present invention further includes a conversion unit for converting the relevant data into a file of a predetermined format. Since the file converted from is attached to the e-mail and notified, the related data can be transmitted in a file in a format other than the text. For this reason, the report receiver obtains relevant information necessary for analyzing the state of the monitoring target, such as graphed measurement data, image data such as a photograph of the monitoring target, and audio data recording sound near the monitoring target. This can be used to judge the urgency of the situation at the time of abnormality and to estimate the cause.
[0048]
In addition, the notification device of the present invention further includes a Web server unit that allows browsing of related data from the terminal device via the electronic network, and the related information forming unit replaces the related data with the related data via the Web server unit. It is configured to specify the address data for browsing the data for each monitoring target, and the notification means creates and reports the body of the e-mail containing the status of the monitoring target and the address data, so that the notification recipient receives By simply clicking the address data such as the URL described in the body of the e-mail, the related data of the Web page can be referred to. Therefore, the amount of data to be transmitted by e-mail can be reduced, so that an abnormality notification can be received quickly. Further, since the attached file is not used for the notification of the related data, there is an advantage that it is not necessary to prepare specific software for displaying the attached file on the terminal device side.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing one configuration example of a plant monitoring system including a notification device according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of a notification device according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a recording example of an alarm DB in FIG. 2;
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of a related configuration information DB according to the first embodiment;
FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the alarm notification unit according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the notification device according to the first embodiment.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an alarm e-mail in which trend data is added to the main body.
FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a warning e-mail in which a point value is added to a body part.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an alarm e-mail in which a manual is added to the main body.
FIG. 10 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of a notification device according to a second embodiment.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of an alarm notification unit according to the second embodiment.
12 is a flowchart showing the operation of the conversion processing unit in FIG.
FIG. 13 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of a notification device according to a third embodiment.
FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a configuration example of a related configuration information DB according to the third embodiment;
FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of an alarm notification unit according to the third embodiment.
FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an alarm e-mail in which a URL of related data is added to a body part.
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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Notification device, 2 ... Control system network, 3 ... Control device, 4 ... Plant equipment, 5 ... Information system network, 6, 13, 23 ... Mail server, 7, 14 ... Terminal device, 8, 12, 22 ... Router , 10 Internet, 11, 21 Local Area Network (LAN), 24 Cellular Phone, 25 Base Station, 51 Central Processing Unit (CPU), 52 Main Memory, 53 External Storage, 54 I / O interface, 55 communication interface, 56 clock circuit, 57 bus, 101, 201, 301 data collection unit, 102, 202, 302 alarm detection unit, 103, 203, 303 alarm database (alarm DB) , 104, 204, 304 ... related data collection unit, 105, 205, 305 ... related data database (related data DB), 1 5a: Collected data, 105b: Online manual, 106, 206, 306: Related configuration information database (related configuration information DB), 107, 207, 307: Data input unit, 108, 208, 308: Screen display unit, 109, 209 , 309, an alarm notification unit; 110, 210, 310, a keyboard;

Claims (4)

A reporting device that reports a status of at least one monitoring target to a terminal device via an electronic network,
A related information configuration unit that specifies, for each of the monitoring targets, relevant data related to the monitoring target;
Recording means for recording the relevant data related to the monitoring target,
A notifying device, comprising: notifying means for notifying the status of the monitoring target and the related data of the monitoring target specified by the related information configuring means by electronic mail. The notification means,
2. The notification device according to claim 1, wherein a body part of the e-mail including the status of the monitoring target and the related data of the monitoring target specified by the related information configuration unit is created and notified. Further comprising a conversion unit for converting the relevant data into a file of a predetermined format,
The notifying unit creates a body part of the e-mail including the status of the monitoring target, and attaches the file converted from the related data by the converting unit to the e-mail instead of the related data. The notification device according to claim 1, wherein the notification is performed. A web server unit that allows the terminal device to browse the related data via the electronic network;
The related information configuration unit is configured to specify address data for browsing the related data via the Web server unit instead of the related data for each of the monitoring targets,
2. The notification device according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit creates and notifies a body part of the electronic mail including the status of the monitoring target and the address data.

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