JP2010237920A - Facility management device and facility management method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a facility management device and a facility management method for achieving high-speed diagnosis by increasing collection data to be used for determining a factor that causes a state change. <P>SOLUTION: When the state of a monitor point is changed, a facility management device 1 is notified of state change information through a controller. The facility management device 1 has setting data 4 in which relevant monitor points corresponding to monitor points whose state has been changed is registered. When a state change information reception means 2 receives state change information, a relevant information requesting means 5 collects state information from relevance monitor points corresponding to the monitor points that have transmitted the state change information by referring to the setting data 4, and an information storage means 6 stores the state information in association with the state change information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a facility management apparatus and method for monitoring a state change of a monitoring point in a facility and managing the state change.

  Conventionally, facility management devices that monitor and manage building equipment collect data from each monitoring point in the building facility over a network at regular intervals (1 minute, 1 hour, etc.) and monitor changes in the state of each monitoring point. is doing. For example, in the facility management apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1, in order to reliably collect data even when notification of state change information from a monitoring point is delayed or state change information is lost in the middle of the network, Each time monitoring point status information was collected, the previous value was compared with the current value to check whether there was a change in status. As a result of confirmation, if there is a change in status such as an alarm or a change in device status (for example, change from stop to operation), the facility management device creates and displays history information to that effect It was like that.

JP 2007-265109 A

Since the conventional facility management device is configured as described above, it is possible to create and store history information and display it when there is a change in state. When the cause is investigated, the measurement value and state of the related device at the time of the state change are not collected, so that there is a problem that it takes time to pursue the cause.
In addition, when there is a change in state within a certain period, for example, in the case of a 1-minute cycle, if a change in state occurs such as a change from stop to operation within 1 minute or a change from operation to stop, In the first place, there was a problem that data collection was not performed.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and is a facility management apparatus and facility management capable of increasing the collected data used as a material for determining the cause of occurrence of a state change and promptly diagnosing the cause. It aims to provide a method.

  The facility management apparatus according to the present invention includes state change information receiving means for receiving state change information indicating that the state of a monitoring point has changed from the monitoring point, and setting data in which correspondence between the monitoring points is registered in advance. Based on the related information requesting means for collecting the related monitoring point information corresponding to the monitoring point of the status change information received by the status change information receiving means as related information, the related information collected by the related information requesting means is changed to the status change information. Information storage means for storing in association with the state change information received by the receiving means.

  In the facility management apparatus according to the present invention, the related information requesting unit collects the state information indicating the state of the related monitoring point as the related information from the related monitoring point.

  The facility management apparatus according to the present invention includes state information collection and storage means for collecting and storing state information indicating the state of the monitoring point at a constant cycle, and the related information requesting means is stored in the state information collection and storage means. The state information of the related monitoring points from the occurrence of the state change to a predetermined time before is collected as the related information.

  The facility management method according to the present invention includes a state change information receiving step for receiving state change information indicating that the state of a monitoring point has changed from the monitoring point, and the state change information received in the state change information receiving step in a memory. Based on the setting data in which the state change information accumulation step and the correspondence between the monitoring points are registered in advance, the related monitoring point information corresponding to the monitoring point of the state change information accumulated in the state change information accumulation step is related. A related information requesting step for collecting information, and an information storing step for storing the related information collected in the related information requesting step in association with the state change information in the memory are provided.

  In the facility management method according to the present invention, in the related information request step, state information indicating the state of the related monitoring point is collected as related information from the related monitoring point.

  The facility management method according to the present invention includes a state information collection and accumulation step of collecting state information indicating the state of the monitoring point at a constant period and storing it in a memory, and the related information requesting step is stored in the memory in the state information collection and accumulation step. The accumulated state information of related monitoring points from the occurrence of a state change to a predetermined time before is collected as related information.

  According to the present invention, since the state change information of the monitoring point where the state has changed and the information related to the monitoring point are collected, the information of the monitoring point related to the cause and cause of the state change of the monitoring point It is possible to make a diagnosis guess easily and quickly.

  According to the present invention, since the state information at the time of occurrence of the state of the related monitoring point is collected as the related information, even if the state change occurs in a very short cycle, the state change information and the related monitoring point Together with the status information.

  According to the present invention, the state information of the related monitoring point from the occurrence of the state to the predetermined time before is collected as the related information, so the transition of the state of the related monitoring point can be confirmed together with the state change information. .

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the facility management apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the facility management apparatus shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the facility management apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the facility management apparatus shown in FIG.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a facility management apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The facility management apparatus 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes a state change information receiving unit 2, a request data setting unit 3, a related information request unit 5, and an information storage unit 6, and a plurality (for example, # 1 to #N) via a communication line. ) Controllers 10, 20, and 30. The controllers 10, 20, and 30 have a plurality (eg, # 1 to #n) of monitoring points 11, 12, 21, 22, 31, and 32 in the facility. When the state changes, the state management information is generated to manage the facility. Notify the device 1. In this embodiment, as an example, it is assumed that the controller 10 controls the roof tank, the monitoring point 11 is the water level information of the roof tank, and the monitoring point 12 is the operation stop information of the roof tank. An upper limit value and a lower limit value for the roof tank water level are set in the controller 10. When the water level information at the monitoring point 11 exceeds this upper limit value, state change information indicating an upper limit alarm is indicated. When the water level information falls below the lower limit value, a lower limit alarm is indicated. The state change information is notified to the facility management apparatus 1. Further, the monitoring point 21 of the controller 20 is the facility power failure information, and the monitoring point 22 is the earthquake information.

  When the state change information receiving means 2 of the facility management apparatus 1 is notified from the controllers 10, 20, and 30 of state change information indicating that the states of the monitoring points 11, 12, 21, 22, 31, and 32 have changed, This state change information is received and output to the information storage means 6.

The request data setting means 3 accepts registration of other monitoring points that should be collected as related information in response to a change in the state of the monitoring point from the user, and the monitoring point where the state change has occurred And setting data 4 that associates the monitoring points with which state information is to be collected (hereinafter referred to as related monitoring points) is created and held.
For example, when the user operates the request data setting means 3, the operation stop information at the monitoring point 12, the power outage information at the monitoring point 21, the monitoring point as the related information of the state change information about the water level information of the roof tank at the monitoring point 11 If the setting is made so as to collect 22 earthquake information, the request data setting means 3 generates setting data 4 in which the monitoring points 11 and the related monitoring points 12, 21, 22 are registered in association with each other.

  The related information requesting unit 5 refers to the setting data 4 of the request data setting unit 3 and the current state with respect to the related monitoring point of the monitoring point that is the notification source of the state change information received by the state change information receiving unit 2 Status information indicating the status information is requested, and each status information is collected as related information and output to the information storage means 6.

  The information storage unit 6 includes a storage unit such as a memory, and stores the state change information input from the state change information receiving unit 2 in association with the state information input from the related information request unit 5.

  Next, the operation of the facility management apparatus 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the facility management apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment. In addition, this facility management apparatus 1 shall hold | maintain the setting data 4 in which the monitoring point 11 and the related monitoring points 12, 21, and 22 were registered. The state change information receiving means 2 waits until the state change information is notified from the controllers 10, 20, and 30 (step ST1), and receives the state change information notified from any of the controllers 10, 20, and 30. (Step ST1 “Yes”), the information is stored in the information storage means 6 (step ST2). Here, it is assumed that the controller 10 notifies the facility management apparatus 1 of an upper limit alarm indicating that the water level of the roof tank has exceeded the upper limit value as state change information of the monitoring point 11.

  Subsequently, the related information request unit 5 refers to the setting data 4 to request status information from the related monitoring points 12, 21, 22 corresponding to the monitoring point 11, and the operation stop information of the monitoring point 12 from the controller 10. Are collected from the controller 20 at the monitoring point 21 and the earthquake information at the monitoring point 22 (step ST3), and recorded in the information storage means 6 as related information of the monitoring point 11 (step ST4). The information storage means 6 stores this related information in association with the state change information of the monitoring point 11 recorded in step ST2.

  The user can confirm the cause and cause of the water level of the roof tank exceeding the upper limit value together with the operation stop information, power failure information and earthquake information of the roof tank at the time of the alarm accumulated in the information storage means 6, and the diagnostic guess Can be done easily and quickly.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, the state of the monitoring point changes in the facility management apparatus 1 connected to the monitoring points 11, 12, 21, 22, 31, and 32 via the controllers 10, 20, and 30. The state change information receiving means 2 that receives the state change information indicating that the monitoring point has been received and the state change information receiving means 2 based on the setting data 4 in which the correspondence between the monitoring points is registered in advance. Relevant information requesting means 5 for collecting state information indicating the state of the related monitoring point corresponding to the monitoring point of the change information as related information, and related information collected by the related information requesting means 5 are received by the state change information receiving means 2 And information storage means 6 for storing the information in association with the state change information. For this reason, it is possible to collect status information at the time of the status change of the monitoring point related to the monitoring point where the status change occurred, increase the material for determining the cause when the status change occurs, and promptly diagnose the cause Is possible. Even if the monitoring room for facility management and monitoring is unmanned or the state of the monitoring point changes in a very short time, the state change information stored in the information storage means 6 and The cause can be investigated using the status information of the related monitoring points.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the facility management apparatus 1a according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The facility management apparatus 1 a shown in FIG. 3 newly adds state information collection and storage means 7 to the facility management apparatus 1 of the first embodiment, and includes related information requesting means 5 a instead of the related information requesting means 5. When the state changes, the controllers 10, 20, and 30 generate state change information and notify the facility management apparatus 1a when the state changes, and further notify the state of each monitoring point as state information at regular intervals. To do. In addition, in FIG. 3, the same or corresponding parts as in FIG.

  The status information collection / accumulation means 7 has a storage unit such as a memory, and sends status information of the monitoring points 11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32 through the controllers 10, 20, 30 at a predetermined cycle (for example, every second). Collected and accumulated as time-series data together with the collection time.

  The related information requesting unit 5a refers to the setting data 4 of the request data setting unit 3, and regarding the related monitoring point corresponding to the monitoring point that is the notification source of the state change information received by the state change information receiving unit 2, the state information Of the time series data stored in the collection storage means 7, the latest time series information from when the state change occurs until a predetermined time before is obtained and output to the information storage means 6 as related information.

  The information storage unit 6 stores the state change information input by the state change information receiving unit 2 in association with the latest time series information input by the related information request unit 5a.

  Next, the operation of the facility management apparatus 1a will be described. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the facility management apparatus 1a according to the second embodiment. The facility management apparatus 1a holds the setting data 4 in which the monitoring points 11 and the related monitoring points 12, 21, and 22 are registered, and the state information collection / accumulation means 7 has a predetermined cycle. It is assumed that state information is collected and accumulated from the monitoring points 11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32. The state change information receiving means 2 waits until the state change information is notified from the controllers 10, 20, and 30 (step ST11), and receives and receives the state change information from the controllers 10, 20, and 30 (step ST11). ST11 “Yes”), the information is stored in the information storage means 6 (step ST12). Here, it is assumed that the controller 10 has notified the facility management apparatus 1a of an upper limit alarm indicating that the water level of the roof tank has exceeded the upper limit value as state change information of the monitoring point 11. Note that while the state change information receiving unit 2 is on standby, the state information collection and storage unit 7 collects and stores state information of each monitoring point at a predetermined cycle independently of other units.

  Subsequently, the related information requesting unit 5a refers to the setting data 4 and relates to the related monitoring points 12, 21, and 22 corresponding to the monitoring point 11, out of the time series data stored in the state information collecting and storing unit 7. Data for a predetermined time from the time when the state change occurs to a predetermined time before is cut out as the latest time series information (step ST13), and recorded as related information of the monitoring point 11 in the information storage means 6 (step ST14). The information storage means 6 stores this related information in association with the state change information of the monitoring point 11 recorded in step ST12.

  The user matches the cause and cause of the water level in the roof tank above the upper limit with the transition from the predetermined time before the alarm occurred to the roof tank operation stop information, power outage information and earthquake information stored in the information storage means 6. Diagnosis can be performed easily and quickly.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, the facility management apparatus 1a collects and accumulates the state information indicating the states of the monitoring points 11, 12, 21, 22, 31, 32 at regular intervals. The collection and storage means 7 is provided, and the related information requesting means 5a is configured to collect the state information of the related monitoring points accumulated in the state information collection and storage means 7 from the occurrence of the state change to a predetermined time before as the related information. . For this reason, it is possible to collect state information indicating the most recent transition of the monitoring point related to the monitoring point where the state change occurred, increase the material for determining the cause when the state change occurs, and perform cause diagnosis It becomes possible to carry out promptly.

  In the second embodiment, the state information collecting / accumulating means 7 is configured to collect and accumulate the state information of each monitoring point at a constant cycle. However, the state information collecting / accumulating unit 7 collects the state information of a specific monitoring point at a constant cycle. You may comprise so that it may accumulate | store. Further, the state information collecting and storing unit 7 only needs to hold the state information of the minimum necessary period that the related information requesting unit 5a collects as the latest time series information, so the state information after this period has been deleted. You may comprise as follows. Further, the related information requesting means 5a collects not only the related monitoring points but also the status information of the monitoring points where the state change has occurred from the status information collecting / accumulating means 7 as the latest time series information and stores them in the information accumulating means 6. It is good also as a structure.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 1a Facility management apparatus 2 State change information receiving means 3 Request data setting means 4 Setting data 5, 5a Related information request means 6 Information storage means 7 State information collection storage means 10, 20, 30 Controller 11, 12, 21, 22 , 31,32 Monitoring points

Claims (6)

A facility management device for monitoring and managing predetermined monitoring points in a facility,
State change information receiving means for receiving state change information indicating that the state of the monitoring point has changed from the monitoring point;
Related information requesting means for collecting information of related monitoring points corresponding to the monitoring points of the state change information received by the state change information receiving means as related information based on setting data in which correspondence between the monitoring points is registered in advance; ,
An facility management apparatus comprising: information storage means for storing the related information collected by the related information requesting means in association with the state change information received by the state change information receiving means.   The facility management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the related information requesting unit collects state information indicating a state of the related monitoring point as related information from the related monitoring point. It includes state information collection and accumulation means for collecting and accumulating state information indicating the state of the monitoring point at regular intervals,
2. The facility management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the related information requesting unit collects the state information of the related monitoring points accumulated by the state information collecting and storing unit from a state change occurrence to a predetermined time before as the related information. . A facility management method for monitoring and managing predetermined monitoring points in a facility,
A state change information receiving step for receiving state change information indicating that the state of the monitoring point has changed from the monitoring point;
A state change information storage step for storing the state change information received in the state change information reception step in a memory;
Related information requesting step for collecting, as related information, information on related monitoring points corresponding to the monitoring points of the state change information accumulated in the state change information accumulating step based on setting data in which correspondence between the monitoring points is registered in advance When,
A facility management method comprising: an information storage step of storing the related information collected in the related information request step in the memory in association with the state change information.   5. The facility management method according to claim 4, wherein the related information requesting step collects state information indicating a state of the related monitoring point as related information from the related monitoring point. A state information collecting and accumulating step for collecting state information indicating the state of the monitoring point at regular intervals and storing it in a memory;
5. The related information requesting step collects, as related information, state information of related monitoring points accumulated in the memory in the state information collecting and accumulating step from a state change occurrence to a predetermined time before. Facility management method.

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