JP2010015321A - Wide area managing system and its program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a wide area managing system which is highly convenient, highly efficient, and low-cost without being restrained by a site of operation, and its program. <P>SOLUTION: The wide area managing system comprises storing means 111, 112, 113, 114 for storing a plurality of input output points which are commonly set between a plurality of monitor-control targeted devices 105, and a control device 101 for monitoring or controlling the monitor-control targeted devices 105 via an equipment control device 104, wherein the control device 101 selects an arbitrary input output point from among input output points stored in the storing means 111, 112, 113, 114, and collectively monitors or controls the plurality of monitor-control targeted devices 105 having the selected input output points via the equipment control device 104 using the selected input output point. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a wide area management system for monitoring and controlling devices in buildings and factories where multi-vendoring and networking have progressed and a program therefor.

Conventionally, as represented by a remote controller (hereinafter referred to as a remote controller), there is a technique for remotely operating an indoor device.
In recent years, Patent Document 1 discloses a multi-remote control technique for operating different types of home appliances.

  In addition, Patent Document 2 makes it possible to control a plurality of home appliances connected to a network from any device with a shared remote control unit, while Patent Document 3 The document describes that information on a monitoring / control target device is changed and / or controlled by operating a virtual device.

Patent Document 4 describes a learning type multi-remote controller having an integrated control device that inputs and outputs command information freely from outside.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-256096 (Claims, FIG. 1 etc.) JP 2000-69577 A (paragraphs 0024, 0030, 0035, FIG. 1b, etc.) JP 2002-157178 A (paragraphs 0034 to 0036, FIG. 6, FIG. 7, etc.) JP-A-8-65764 (paragraphs 0023, 0025, FIG. 1, etc.)

By the way, in recent years, devices in buildings and factories have become multi-vendor and networked, and there is a need for efficient monitoring and control of complicatedly intertwined devices.
At the same time, there is a demand for a device management system that realizes convenient and low-cost building group management.

  However, Patent Documents 1 to 3 disclose that the input / output points of a plurality of devices to be monitored / controlled are collectively controlled by a single man-machine device connected via a network regardless of wired or wireless. There is no description. Patent Document 4 describes a learning type multi-remote controller that inputs / outputs command information freely from outside, but presets (already set) a monitoring / control target device having the same type of input / output points. There is no description about controlling the input / output points collectively by a single man machine.

Therefore, when remote equipment monitoring and control in a large-scale building or factory is assumed, collective control of electrical equipment and information equipment in the home limited to remote control operation as in the above-mentioned patent document, and equipment connected to the network Control between each other is not convenient.
Conventionally, monitoring and control target equipment management in relatively large buildings and factories that require multiple managers, or monitoring and control target equipment management to smoothly realize group management of multiple buildings and factories. There is no system. This is a problem in building management systems that tend to reduce costs associated with networking.

Furthermore, in a plurality of monitoring / control target device management systems connected to the control device, when the connected monitoring / control target device vendors are different, the preset input / output point state names are different and the administrator is the same. There is a problem in that complicated system management is performed because it is necessary to use different status names for each vendor for monitoring / control target devices having input / output points.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above circumstances, the present invention aims to provide a wide area management system that is highly convenient, highly efficient and low cost, and is not restricted by an operation base, and a program therefor, even in recent networked device management systems. .

  In order to achieve the above object, a wide area management system according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a monitoring / control target device provided in a wide area and having a plurality of input / output points, and a device control apparatus for monitoring or controlling the monitoring / control target device. A plurality of wide area management systems connected via a communication network, a storage means for storing a plurality of input / output points set in common among a plurality of devices to be monitored and controlled, and a device control device. And a control device that monitors or controls the device to be monitored / controlled, and the control device selects an arbitrary input / output point from the input / output points stored in the storage means and the selected input / output A plurality of monitoring / control target devices having points are collectively monitored or controlled using input / output points selected via the device control device.

  A program for a wide area management system according to the second aspect of the present invention is a communication network comprising a plurality of monitoring / control target devices provided in a wide area and having a plurality of input / output points, and a plurality of device control devices for monitoring or controlling the monitoring / control target devices. A first procedure in which a plurality of input / output points set in common among a plurality of devices to be monitored and controlled are stored in a storage means in a computer connected to a wide area management system A second procedure in which an arbitrary input / output point is selected from the input / output points stored in the means, and a plurality of monitoring / control target devices having the selected input / output point are selected by the device control device A third procedure for monitoring or controlling all at once using the input / output points is executed.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to realize a wide area management system and a program thereof that are highly convenient, highly efficient, and low in cost and are not restricted by an operation base.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
<< Overall configuration of entry / exit management system S >>
FIG. 1 is an apparatus configuration diagram of an entrance / exit management system S according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied.
The entrance / exit management system S of the embodiment according to the present invention manages a wide area such as a large-scale building or factory.

The entry / exit management system S has a control communication interface such as a BACnet ^TM communication interface, for example, and controls the entire entry / exit management system S in an integrated manner, and the server 101 has a LAN (Local Area Network) or the like. Monitoring installed in a wide area such as a man-machine device 102 connected via the communication network 109 and being an input / output device for the server 101, and an electric lock, automatic door, sensor, etc. having a plurality of input / output points for monitoring or control. The control target device 105 and a control communication interface such as a BACnet ^TM communication interface are connected to the server 101 via the communication network 109 and a plurality of monitoring / control target devices 105 having a common input / output point are connected. And a controller 104 that collectively monitors and controls via an output point.

Of course, the controller 104 can individually monitor and control the corresponding monitoring / control target device 105.
BACnet ^TM is an abbreviation for Building Automation and Control Networking protocol, and is a communication protocol standard of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning ASHRAE. Communication network 109 may be wired or wireless, and is not limited. Of course.
Hereinafter, the configuration of each part of the entrance / exit management system S will be described in detail.

<Monitored / Controlled Device 105>
The devices to be monitored / controlled 105 are classified into three device types, “door”, “terminal”, and “contact”, depending on the type.
The electric lock A installed in the building A shown in FIG. 1, the automatic door A, the electric lock B installed in the building B, the flapper gate A used for entrance management, etc. are classified as “doors”. Sensors A and B installed in B are classified as “contact points”, and card readers (not shown) installed in buildings are classified as “terminals”.

  Sensors such as sensor A and sensor B include an infrared sensor that detects intrusion, a passive sensor that detects that a person has approached, a glass sensor that detects glass breakage, a water leak sensor that detects water leakage, an air conditioner, and the like. A temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the air, a sensor that measures current consumption when overuse of electricity and sounds an alarm when it approaches the allowable current, current consumption to prevent a decrease in the effectiveness of the air conditioner and an increase in power consumption Sensors that measure the time since the last filter replacement with a timer and notify the time to replace the air conditioner filter. Also, as a disaster prevention sensor, a fire alarm that detects fire smoke, an earthquake Various sensors such as a sensor and an elevator emergency stop sensor can be applied.

  Here, in addition to “door”, “terminal”, and “contact”, the device type is not a physical device, but a combination of several doors and sensors to form a warning area, for example, a no-loop alarm. There is a “machine guard” to be monitored, and in the present embodiment, this “machine guard” is assigned to “apparatus type” as “apparatus” for convenience. Note that the no-loop alarm is, for example, when one of a plurality of sensors that monitor an unattended area detects an abnormality and the loop of all the sensors that do not detect the abnormality when the abnormality does not occur breaks down, It is called.

As described above, the monitoring / control target device 105 has a plurality of input / output points for control, and exchanges signals with the corresponding controller 104 at the input / output points. It is controlled.
Here, the input / output points are control types that are set in common for a plurality of devices to be monitored / controlled 105 for each device type such as “door”, “terminal”, “contact”, “machine guard”, etc. It is provided corresponding to.

Then, a control signal is transmitted from the server 101 to the controller 104, and the plurality of monitoring / control target devices 105 are collectively collected by the controller 104 using a common input / output point of the plurality of monitoring / control target devices 105. It is configured to be monitored or controlled.
In other words, the input / output point is a set of input / output terminals of a plurality of monitoring / control target devices 105 that can be collectively controlled as a common input / output point.
Therefore, by monitoring or controlling one common input / output point by the controller 104, it becomes possible to collectively monitor or control a plurality of monitored / controlled devices 105 having the one common input / output point. Become.

<Server 101>
The server 101 is a computer that provides various services such as input / output, access, and communication control, and includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that is an arithmetic device, a main storage device that is a storage device, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), and the like Auxiliary storage device.
The auxiliary storage device stores an entrance / exit management system program for operating the entrance / exit management system S, and the CPU loads and executes the entrance / exit management system program in the main storage device, The entrance / exit management system S is embodied.
In the database related to the batch setting of the entrance / exit management system S, as described above, the information of the plurality of monitoring / control target devices 105 having a common input / output point and monitored or controlled in a batch is as follows. The information is classified as information of four types of devices: “door” information, “terminal” information, “contact” information, and “machine guard” information.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a connected device list display screen G1 that displays all the monitoring / control target devices 105 installed in a wide area managed by the entry / exit management system S.
As shown in FIG. 7, the “door” information includes the electric lock A of the building A, the automatic door A, the electric lock B of the building B, the flapper gate A, the flapper gate B of the building D, and the like in a plurality of buildings. Commonly set.

As the “terminal” information shown in FIG. 7, the card reader A of the building C is set, but it can be set in common to a plurality of buildings like the “door” information.
As the “contact” information shown in FIG. 7, the sensor A of the building A and the sensor B of the building B are set, and can be set in common to a plurality of buildings similarly to the “door” information. .
As the “mechanical security” information shown in FIG. 7, the mechanical security A of the building A, the mechanical security B of the building B, and the mechanical security C of the building C are set. It is possible to set in common.

  The auxiliary storage device includes a door information database 111 (hereinafter referred to as a door information DB 111) shown in FIG. 2, which corresponds to each of four types of equipment, namely door information, terminal information, contact information, and machine security information, as shown in FIG. Terminal information database 112 (hereinafter referred to as terminal information DB 112), contact information database 113 (hereinafter referred to as contact information DB 113) shown in FIG. 4, machine security information database 114 (hereinafter referred to as machine security information DB 114) shown in FIG. ) Is stored.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the structure of the data field name (first line) of the door information DB 111 belonging to the device type “door” and the data preset in the data field (second and subsequent lines). 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the data field name (first line) of the terminal information DB 112 belonging to the device type “terminal” and the data preset in the data field (second and subsequent lines). FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of the data field name (first line) of the contact information DB 113 belonging to the device type “contact” and the data preset in the data field (second line and thereafter). Is a diagram showing the configuration of the data field name (first line) of the machine security information DB 114 belonging to the device type "and the data preset in the data field (second and subsequent lines)."

  The door information DB 111 shown in FIG. 2 uses, as a data field, an input / output point 111a that is set in common for each of a plurality of monitoring / control target devices 105 to be monitored or controlled collectively, and a user uses the man-machine device 102. Group setting valid / invalid 111b indicating whether all the batch settings are valid (flag “1”) or invalid (flag “0”), a control type 111c set to any number of “door” device types, and the device type Each of the data fields includes a collective status state ON name 111e and a collective status state OFF name 111f indicating the ON / OFF status state related to the device type 111d.

  Similar to this “door” information, “terminal” information, “contact” information, and “mechanical security” information of other device types other than “door” information are shown in FIG. Although it has the same data field name as the door information DB 111 in the database of the device type “door” information shown (see the first line in FIGS. 3 to 5), each database stores different preset data. (See the second and subsequent lines in FIGS. 3 to 5).

  The input / output point 111a (see FIG. 2) of the door information DB 111, the input / output point 112a (see FIG. 3) of the terminal information DB 112, the input / output point 113a (see FIG. 4) of the contact information DB 113, and the machine security information DB 114 The input / output point 114a (see FIG. 5) is set in advance by the system designer corresponding to the monitoring / control target device 105 before the entry / exit management system S is operated, and is stored in each database.

  FIG. 6A is a diagram showing lower-order data of the input / output point 111a “EK” and the control type 111c “continuous unlock / continuous lock” of the door information DB 111 of the device type “door” shown in FIG. 6B is a diagram showing lower-order data included in the input / output point 111a “DR” and the control type 111c “no loop alarm confirmation” of the door information DB 111 of the device type “door” shown in FIG. 6C shows the ON name 111i of the status state of the lower-order data held by the input / output point 111a “EK” and the control type 111c “continuous unlock / continuous lock” of the door information DB 111 shown in FIG. 6A. And a status state OFF name 111j are changed.

  The subordinate data of “continuous unlocking / continuous locking” (see FIG. 2) shown in FIG. 6A includes the monitoring / control target devices 105 related to the doors such as the electric lock A and the automatic door A shown in FIG. I / O point 111g used when monitoring or controlling a plurality of control target devices 105 in a one-to-one correspondence with the control type 111c “continuous unlocking / continuous locking” of the device type “door” to be performed, Signal type 111h indicating the type of signal of control type 111c “continuous unlocking / continuous locking”, ON name 111i indicating the status status name of ON for each signal type 111h, and OFF name 111j indicating the status status name of OFF And a data type 111k which is a data type of each signal type 111h.

For example, in FIG. 6A, the ON name 111i of the status state name for the signal type 111h “operation” whose input / output point 111g is “EK” is “unlocked”, and the OFF name 111j of the status state name is “Locked”.
Here, “terminal” information, “contact” information, and “mechanical security” information, which are information of other device types other than “door” information, are the door information DB 111 of the device type “door” shown in FIG. The same data field name as the lower data of the control type “continuous unlock / continuous lock” (input / output point 111g, signal type 111h, status state name ON name 111i, status state name OFF name 111j shown in FIG. 6) Data type 111k). Note that the data included in each data field of “door” information, “terminal” information, “contact” information, and “mechanical security” information is different for each device type.

In the entry / exit management system S, the server 101 refers to and acquires data preset in each data field in response to a batch setting request issued from the man machine device 102 by the operation of the man machine device 102 of the user. Then, further updating is performed to collectively set a plurality of corresponding monitoring / control target devices 105 and perform batch monitoring or batch control.
Note that the batch setting monitoring or control for the monitoring / control target device 105 in the entry / exit management system S is limited to the one having the signal type of “operation” described later. This is because the signal type other than “operation”, for example, the signal type 111h “state” in FIG. 6 indicates the “state” of the monitoring / control target device 105 shown in FIG. This is because “alarm” means “failure or alarm” of the monitoring / control target device 105 shown in FIG. 1, and batch setting is meaningless.

<Man-machine device 102>
A man-machine device 102 shown in FIG. 1 is a client PC (Personal Computer) that uses a service provided by the server 101, and includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) of a computing device, a hard disk device of a storage device, and a CD-ROM device. And the like, an input device (not shown) such as a keyboard and a mouse, an output device such as a display 103 with a display function, and the like.

The user operates the man-machine device 102 to display various screens of the entrance / exit management system S described later on the display 103, thereby performing various operations of the entrance / exit management system S.
Hereinafter, the man-machine device 102 is referred to as a client PC 102.
Although FIG. 1 illustrates the case where one client PC 102 is provided, it is needless to say that an arbitrary number of client PCs 102 may be provided.

<Controller 104>
The controller 104 shown in FIG. 1 is a control device that electronically controls each corresponding monitoring / control target device 105.
The controller 104 is a microcomputer that stores a control program that performs control in accordance with a control signal from the server 101, and a control signal from the server 101, a detection signal detected by a sensor, and the like. Input interface such as amplifier circuit, A / D converter circuit, etc. that convert to input signal conforming to the above, and electric lock A, electric lock B, automatic door A, flapper gate respectively corresponding to the output signal of control signal from microcomputer And an output interface such as a drive circuit for driving each actuator such as B.

Each controller 104 monitors the corresponding electric locks A, B, automatic door A, flapper gate A, etc. according to a control program stored in a ROM (Read Only Memory) of the microcomputer in response to a control signal from the server 101. Control the control target device 105.
Here, when the controller 104 collectively sets and monitors or controls a plurality of devices to be monitored / controlled, according to a control signal from the server 101, common input / output points of the devices to be monitored / controlled 105 are provided. Then, signals are exchanged to perform batch monitoring or batch control in which the plurality of devices to be monitored / controlled 105 are collectively set.

<< Batch setting control process of entry / exit management system S >>
In the entrance / exit management system S, for example, in the event of a disaster such as a fire or an earthquake, monitoring and monitoring are performed so that people residing in wide-area buildings and factories managed by the entrance / exit management system S can evacuate immediately. A collective setting control process for performing collective monitoring or collective control for unlocking and releasing the electric locks A and B, the automatic door A, and the flapper gate B as the control target devices 105 all at once is executed.
This batch setting control process is performed by executing the entry / exit management system program as described above.

The batch setting control process is limited to a process having the “operation” signal type. This is because, as described above, signal types other than “operation” have no meaning for batch setting.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the flow of batch setting control processing of the entry / exit management system S.
Hereinafter, the batch setting control process of the entrance / exit management system S will be described with reference to FIG.

  (S101 in FIG. 8) First, the user operates the client PC 102 shown in FIG. 1 to display an initial screen (not shown) of the entry / exit management system S on the display 103, and an ID and password assigned in advance. And a connected device batch setting control selection screen G1 shown in FIG. 7 is displayed via a menu screen (not shown) or the like.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a connected device batch setting control selection screen G1 for selecting the monitoring / control target device 105 in the batch setting control of input / output points.
The connected device batch setting control selection screen G1 (see FIG. 7) displays a list of all monitoring / control target devices 105 having input / output points that are targets of batch setting control in the entry / exit management system S.

  The connected device batch setting control selection screen G1 includes data of the door information DB 111 (see FIG. 2), terminal information DB 112 (see FIG. 3), contact information DB 113 (see FIG. 4), and machine security information DB 114 (see FIG. 5). Among them, the data of the collective setting valid flag “1” is acquired, so that the data of the building name 210 (not shown), the data of the device type 220, the data of the device name 230 managed by the entry / exit management system S ( (Not shown) is displayed, and a check box 200 for selecting an arbitrary number of one or a plurality of data of these items (devices shown in one row of the table of the screen G1 in FIG. 7) is displayed. The

In the check box 200, a device all selection check box 201 for selecting all devices displayed on the connected device batch setting control selection screen G1, and each device displayed on the connected device batch setting control selection screen G1 are individually ( And a device individual selection check box 202 for selection in (devices shown in one row of the table of the screen G1 in FIG. 7).
In addition, on the connected device batch setting control selection screen G1, a batch setting button 203 (see FIG. 7) for executing batch setting control after the desired data is selected by the check box 200 is displayed.

In the connected device batch setting control selection screen G1, the user selects all devices to be displayed by checking the device all selection check box 201 with a mouse, or selects a desired device among displayed devices. To do so, check the desired device individual selection check box 202 with the mouse, select one or a plurality of monitoring / control target devices 105 (see FIG. 1) to be controlled collectively, and press the collective setting button 203. .
(S102 in FIG. 8) When the batch setting button 203 is pressed, the client PC 102 instructs the server 101 that the batch setting related to the monitoring / control target device 105 selected in S101 in FIG. Requests the status status name for batch setting (see FIGS. 2, 3, 4, and 5).

  (S103 in FIG. 8) In response to a request from the client PC 102, the server 101 performs door information DB 111 (see FIG. 2) and terminal information DB 112 (see FIG. 3) related to the monitoring / control target device 105 selected in S101 in FIG. Each field of the batch setting valid / invalid 111a, 112a, 113a, 114a of each data of the contact information DB 113 (see FIG. 4) and the machine security information DB 114 (see FIG. 5) can be read and set collectively. The control type 111c, 112c, 113c, 114c, the device type 111d, 112d, 113d, 114d, the ON status 111e, 112e, 113e of the status status name for batch setting of the record whose valid batch setting valid flag is “1” , 114e, OFF names 111f, 112f, 113f, and 114f are provided to the client PC 102.

Regarding the collective setting control of the monitoring / control target devices 105, only “operation” is selected from the three signal types 111h of “status”, “operation”, and “failure / alarm” shown in FIG. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the data for only the “operation” portion shown in FIG. 6A has a separate field in the batch setting table.
(S104 in FIG. 8) The client PC 102 displays the device type, control type, and status status data for which the batch setting selected by the user in S101 in FIG. 8 provided by the server 101 in S103 in FIG. 8 is valid. The input / output batch setting screen G2 shown in FIG. 9 is displayed on the display 103 (see FIG. 1).

(S105 in FIG. 8) On the input / output point batch setting screen G2 (see FIG. 9), the user selects the device type of the monitoring / control target device 105 having the input / output points to be controlled collectively by using the device type selection pull-down menu 301. select. FIG. 9 shows a case where the device type “door” is selected.
(S106 in FIG. 8) On the input / output batch setting screen G2 (see FIG. 9), the user selects the control type of the input / output points to be set collectively using the control type selection pull-down menu 302. FIG. 9 shows a case where the control type “temporary unlocking” is selected.

(S107 in FIG. 8) On the input / output batch setting screen G2 (see FIG. 9), the user selects the status state of the input / output points to be set in a batch from the status state selection pull-down menu 303. FIG. 9 shows a case where the status state “ON” is selected.
(S108 in FIG. 8) The user selects the input / output batch setting screen G2 (FIG. 9) in order to collectively set the status status of the control type of the device type related to the monitoring / control target device 105 selected in S105 to S107 in FIG. Press the setting button 304 in (Refer to).

(S109 in FIG. 8) The client PC 102 transmits the device type, control type, and status status selected in S105 to S107 in FIG. In the example of the input / output batch setting screen G2 illustrated in FIG. 9, the data of the device type “door”, the control type “temporarily unlocked”, and the status state “ON” are transmitted to the server 101.
(S110 in FIG. 8) The server 101 inputs / outputs the device type and control type input / output point information transmitted from the client PC 102 to the door information DB 111 (see FIG. 2), terminal information DB 112 (see FIG. 3), and contact information DB 113 ( Refer to FIG. 4) and machine security information DB114 (refer FIG. 5), and acquire.
In the example of the input / output point batch setting screen G2 shown in FIG. 9, the server 101 selects the device type “door” selected in (S105 in FIG. 8) and the control type “temporarily unlocked” selected in S106 in FIG. With reference to the door information DB 111, information on the input / output point 111a of the device type “door” and the control type “temporary unlocking” is acquired. For example, the information of the input / output point 111a of the control type “continuous unlock / continuous lock” of the device type “door” shown in FIG. 2 is “EK”.

  (S111 in FIG. 8) The server 101 acquires the input / output point information acquired in S110 in FIG. 8 on the batch setting status acquired on the input / output point batch setting screen G2 (see FIG. 9) displayed on the display 103 of the client PC 102. The status is transmitted to the controller 104 via the communication network 109 shown in FIG. 1 in the status (see the status status selection pull-down menu 303 “ON” in the input / output batch setting screen G2 shown in FIG. 9).

(S112 in FIG. 8) The controller 104 shown in FIG. 1 displays the status status for batch setting acquired from the input / output point batch setting screen G2 (see FIG. 9) (status status selection pull-down in the input / output batch setting screen G2 shown in FIG. 9). In the menu 303 “ON”), a plurality of monitoring / control target devices 105 having the input / output points acquired in S110 of FIG. 8 are collectively controlled.
The above is the batch setting control process of the entry / exit management system S.

  By this batch setting control process, one control type (control type selection in FIG. 9) is selected in a certain device type (refer to “device type selection pull-down menu 301“ door ”” in FIG. 9) on the input / output point batch setting screen G2 shown in FIG. On the pull-down menu 302 (see “Temporary unlocking”), the ON / OFF status state (see the status state selection pull-down menu 303 “ON” in FIG. 9) is displayed as the connected device list display screen G1 (see FIG. 9). 7), the plurality of monitoring / control target devices 105 selected at the same time can be collectively set and monitored or controlled.

  For example, referring to the example shown in FIG. 9, the connected device list display screen G1 shown in FIG. 7 includes the electric lock A of the building A of the monitoring / control target device 105 that is the device type 220 “door”, and the automatic door of the building A. When three A and B electric locks B (see FIG. 1) are selected in S101 in FIG. 8, the “door” selected in the device type selection pull-down menu 301 on the input / output point batch setting screen G2 in FIG. The control type of each of the electric lock A of the building A, the automatic door A of the building A, and the electric lock B of the building B is “temporarily unlocked” (refer to the control type selection pull-down menu 302 “temporarily unlocked” in FIG. 9). The status status “ON” (see the status status selection pull-down menu 303 “ON” in FIG. 9) is collectively set to “release” (see the ON status 111e of the status status name for collective in FIG. 2) and controlled. Thereby, the person in buildings A and B can evacuate outside buildings A and B safely when a disaster such as an earthquake occurs.

  Thus, the ON / OFF status status of the control type common to the monitoring / control target device 105 of the device type (door, machine guard, terminal, contact) including the monitoring / control target device 105 shown in FIG. By selecting and setting on the connected device list display screen G1 (see FIG. 7) and the input / output batch setting screen G2 (see FIG. 9), the control target device 105 having a common input / output point is displayed in the “ It is possible to perform batch monitoring or batch control by batch setting to “ON” or “OFF”.

<< Status state name change processing of entry / exit management system S >>
When the vendors of the monitoring / control target devices 105 shown in FIG. 1 are different, the preset status state names of the input / output points may not be suitable for the corresponding individual monitoring / control target devices 105 and may not be properly expressed. .
Therefore, in the entrance / exit management system S, status status name change processing is performed to change the status status name to an appropriate name suitable for the individual monitoring / control target device 105.
The status state name change process will be described below with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of status status name change processing of the entrance / exit management system S.

As described above, the status state name changing process of the entry / exit management system S is performed by executing the entry / exit management system program.
(S201 in FIG. 10) First, the user operates the client PC 102 shown in FIG. 1 to select a status state name to be changed via the menu screen (not shown) of the entry / exit management system S (FIG. 6 ( The status state name change initial screen G3 shown in FIG. 11 is displayed in which the data of the ON state 111i and the OFF name 111j of the status state name of a) are displayed.

The status state name change initial screen G3 (see FIG. 11) includes a control type 401, an input / output point 402, and a signal type (signal type shown in FIG. 6A) of each device type (see FIGS. 2 to 5). 111h (refer to “Operation”) 403, the current state 404 of the signal type 403 (see the ON state 111i of the status state name in FIG. 6A), and a setting button 405 to be pressed when changing the setting, A clear button 406 to be pressed when the change setting is not performed is displayed.
Note that the status state name change initial screen G3 shown in FIG. 11 shows a case where the second row data of continuous unlocking / continuous locking shown in FIG. 6A is selected.
In this status state name change initial screen G3 (see FIG. 11), the setting button 405 is pressed.

(S202 in FIG. 10) A status state name change dialog box G4 (see FIG. 12) for changing the status state name is displayed on the display 103 (see FIG. 1) of the client PC. FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of the status state name change dialog box G4 for changing the status state name.
In the status state name change dialog box G4 (see FIG. 12), the selected control type name 500, the ON state input field 501 for displaying the status state already set in the storage means such as the database, the table, etc., the OFF name input field 502 is displayed, and a setting button 503 that is pressed when confirming the name change in the ON name input field 501 and the OFF name input field 502, and a clear button 504 that is pressed when canceling the status state name change are displayed. .

In the status state name change dialog box G4 (see FIG. 12), the user inputs a text string of a desired name in the ON name input field 501 and the OFF name input field 502, and presses the setting button 503.
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of the status state name change dialog box G4 after the status state name is changed.

(S203 in FIG. 10) The information input in S202 in FIG. 10 is transmitted from the client PC 102 to the server 101, and the ON name and OFF name of the corresponding status state name based on the input / output point information and the signal type. (Refer to ON name 111i, OFF name 111j of status status name shown in FIG. 6 (a)) and update (ON status 111i, OFF of status status name after change shown in FIG. 6 (c) after change) (See name 111j).
The above is the status state name change process of the entry / exit management system S.

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According to the above configuration, in the device management system in which a plurality of different monitoring / control target devices 105 are connected via the control device such as the controller 104 by the same communication means on the communication network 109, the same input / output point. Monitoring / controlling the status of any I / O points of monitored / controlled devices monitored / controlled by the monitoring / control of relatively large buildings / factories, or managing multiple buildings / factories High efficiency and low cost of group management are realized.

That is, in a wide-area building or factory, it is possible to efficiently monitor or control facility devices that are intricately intertwined as multi-vendor or networking progresses without being restricted by the operation base.
Accordingly, it is possible to realize a monitoring / control target device management system that is highly convenient and low cost.
In addition, when a plurality of different monitoring / control target devices 105 are connected to the communication network 109 by the same communication means via a control device such as the controller 104, the monitoring / control target having the same input / output point is used. By changing the input / output point state name of the device 105, the administrator can freely set the input / output point name without depending on the preset input / output point state name.

This avoids a situation in which different names are mixed in the input / output point status names of the monitoring / control target devices 105 having the same input / output points when the vendors are different, thereby making it possible to centralize management.
That is, when the preset name of the input / output point of the monitoring / control target device 105 connected to the control device such as the controller 104 is not suitable for the monitoring / control target device 105, the status name of the input / output point is appropriate. It can be changed to a name, making it easier to use and easier to manage.

Therefore, in order to realize a high-efficiency and low-cost device management system that does not choose an operation base, its convenience is high, and it can be used effectively in recent networked multi-vendor device management systems. The contribution is high.
In the present embodiment, a building, a factory, and the like have been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to a building, a factory, and the like and can be widely applied as long as it is a wide area.

In the present embodiment, the case where the door information DB 111, the terminal information DB 112, the contact point information DB 113, and the machine security information DB 114 are used as the databases has been described as an example. However, these databases may be configured as one database. Alternatively, the system may be configured using a table as appropriate instead of the database, and the storage unit is not limited to the illustrated example.
Further, a database server may be used as the server 101, and the mode of the server is not limited.

It is an apparatus block diagram which shows the apparatus structure of the entrance / exit management system of embodiment concerning this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the data field name of the door information DB which belongs to the apparatus classification of "door" of embodiment, and the data preset to this data field. It is a figure which shows the structure of the data field name of terminal information DB which belongs to the apparatus classification of "terminal" of embodiment, and the data preset to this data field. It is a figure which shows the structure of the data field name of contact information DB which belongs to the apparatus classification of "contact" of embodiment, and the data preset to this data field. It is a figure which shows the structure of the data field name of the machine guard information DB which belongs to the apparatus classification of "machine guard" of embodiment, and the data preset to this data field. (a) is the figure which showed the low-order data which the input / output point "EK" of the door information DB of embodiment and the control classification "continuous unlocking / continuous locking" have, (b) is the door of embodiment. It is the figure which showed the low-order data which input / output point “DR” of information DB and control classification “no loop alarm confirmation” have, (c) is the input / output point “EK” of door information DB which is shown in (a), It is the figure which showed the example which changed ON name of the status state and OFF name of a status state of the low-order data which control type "continuous unlocking / continuous locking" has. It is a figure which shows the connected apparatus list display screen which displays all the control object apparatuses installed in the wide area which the entrance / exit management system of embodiment manages. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the batch setting control processing of the entrance / exit management system of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the input / output point batch setting screen of the entrance / exit management system of embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the status state name change process of the entrance / exit management system of embodiment. It is a figure which shows the status state name change initial screen of the entrance / exit management system of embodiment. It is the figure which showed one example of the status state name change dialog box for changing the status state name of the entrance / exit management system of embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the status state name change dialog box after the status state name change of the entrance / exit management system of embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

101 server (control device, computer)
104 Controller (equipment controller)
105 Equipment to be monitored and controlled
109 Communication network
111 Door information database (storage means)
112 Terminal information database (storage means)
113 Contact information database (storage means)
114 Machine security information database (storage means)
A building (wide area)
B building (wide area)
S Entrance / exit management system (wide area management system)

Claims (7)

A wide area management system in which a plurality of monitoring / control target devices provided in a wide area and a plurality of device control devices that monitor or control the monitoring / control target devices are connected via a communication network,
Storage means for storing the plurality of input / output points set in common among the plurality of devices to be monitored and controlled;
A control device that monitors or controls the device to be monitored and controlled via the device control device,
An arbitrary input / output point is selected from the input / output points stored in the storage means by the control device, and a plurality of the monitoring / control target devices having the selected input / output point are controlled by the device. A wide area management system characterized in that the selected input / output points are collectively monitored or controlled via a device. The wide area management system according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring / control target devices to be monitored or controlled collectively are selected by the control device. An arbitrary input / output point is selected from the input / output points stored in the storage means by the control device, and the state name of the selected input / output point is changed to a desired state name and stored. The wide area management system according to claim 1, wherein the wide area management system is stored in the means. The wide area management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the communication network is wired or wireless. A wide area management system program in which a plurality of monitoring / control target devices provided in a wide area and having a plurality of input / output points and a plurality of device control devices that monitor or control the monitoring / control target devices are connected via a communication network. ,
On the computer,
A first procedure in which the plurality of input / output points set in common among the plurality of devices to be monitored and controlled are stored in a storage unit;
A second procedure in which an arbitrary input / output point is selected from the input / output points stored in the storage means; and a plurality of the monitoring / control target devices having the selected input / output points A program for a wide area management system for executing a third procedure for monitoring or controlling all at once using the selected input / output points. The wide-area management system according to claim 5, wherein the fourth procedure for selecting the monitoring / control target devices to be monitored or controlled collectively in the third procedure from among all the monitoring / control target devices is executed. program. A fifth procedure in which an arbitrary input / output point is selected from the input / output points stored in the storage means;
A sixth procedure in which the state name of the selected input / output point is changed to a desired state name, and a seventh procedure in which the state name of the changed input / output point is stored in the storage means. The program of the wide area management system of Claim 5 or Claim 6.

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