JP2016045720A - Facility monitor device and facility monitor method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a facility monitor device and facility monitor method that can simply examine cause for an arbitrary state change of a state change in a plurality of devices configuring a system.SOLUTION: A facility monitor device 1 has: a device database storage unit 11 that stores a device database indicative of a relationship between devices A1 to C1; a history data storage unit 13 that stores history data on a state change of each of the devices A1 to C1; a device database search unit 16 that searches for devices A1 to C1 related to the devices A1 to C1 indicated by the history data selected by an operation input unit 15 from the device database storage unit 11; a history data search unit 17 that retrieves history data relating to the devices A1 to C1 retrieved by the device database search unit 16 in a past date/time rather than a date/time indicated by the history data selected by the operation input unit 15 from the history data storage unit 13; and a display unit 14 that displays the history data retrieved by the history data search unit 17.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a facility monitoring apparatus and a facility monitoring method for monitoring a plurality of devices installed in a facility.

  Conventionally, facility monitoring apparatuses that monitor or manage a plurality of devices installed in facilities such as office buildings, commercial buildings, hotels, and hospitals have been used (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  The facility management apparatus of Patent Literature 1 stores history data related to the operation / environment information of each facility device, sets a color for distinguishing each parameter in the history data for each predetermined threshold, and sets the color Is used to display a history list. As a result, the data on the operation / environmental status of the equipment is effectively utilized, and the overall bird's-eye analysis and analysis are facilitated.

JP 2013-50788 A

  A conventional facility monitoring apparatus can search and display the history of changes in the status of a plurality of devices constituting the system by using the ID (IDentification) of the devices. Thereby, when a problem is found in the behavior of the system, it is possible to check when and how the state of the device related to the problem has changed, and to investigate the cause. However, in the case where the cause of the problem is the result of the interlocking of a plurality of controls, there is a problem that the true cause cannot be investigated only by searching the history.

  For example, the device A starts operating in the control X, the value of the sensor B is changed by the operation of the device A, the control Y is executed by the sensor B, and the setting of the device C is changed. Consider the case where the value of sensor D rises due to C, then the value of sensor D exceeds the upper limit value, and an alarm is finally generated. In this case, to find the root cause of the alarm, look for device C associated with sensor D, then look for control Y for device C, then check in history that control Y was performed, then control The operation of checking the operation condition of Y and then checking the operation of the sensor B affecting the control Y occurs.

  In order to perform this work, it was necessary to open a plurality of screens on the display unit of the facility monitoring apparatus and to input a large number of search conditions. In the course of the work, there are points to be controlled and changes in the control settings, so it was difficult to fix the display object and associate it with the cause. For this reason, there has been a problem that it takes time to investigate the cause.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and is a facility monitoring capable of easily examining the cause of an arbitrary state change among the state changes of a plurality of devices constituting the system. An object is to provide a device and a facility monitoring method.

  The facility monitoring apparatus of the present invention is a facility monitoring apparatus that monitors a plurality of devices installed in a facility, a device database storage unit that stores a device database indicating a relationship between devices, and history data of state changes of each device. A history data storage unit for storing the history data, a history data selection unit for selecting arbitrary history data from the history data storage unit, and a device related to the device indicated by the history data selected by the history data selection unit from the device database storage unit History data for searching for device history data searched by the device database search unit at a date earlier than the date indicated by the history data selected by the history data selection unit from the device database search unit for searching A search unit; and a display unit that displays history data searched by the history data search unit.

  Further, the facility monitoring method of the present invention is a facility monitoring method for monitoring a plurality of devices installed in a facility, wherein the device database storage unit stores a device database indicating a relationship between the devices, and a history data storage unit The step of storing the history data of the state change of each device, the step of selecting the history data from the history data storage unit, the history data selection unit, the device database search unit from the device database storage unit A step of searching for a device related to the device indicated by the history data selected by the history data selection unit, and the history data search unit from the history data storage unit past the date and time indicated by the history data selected by the history data selection unit The history data relating to the device searched by the device database search unit at the date and time of And displaying the history data search data retrieval unit is configured to include a.

  The facility monitoring apparatus and the facility monitoring method of the present invention can easily investigate the cause of an arbitrary state change among the state changes of a plurality of devices constituting the system.

It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the facility monitoring apparatus of Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the equipment database which the facility monitoring apparatus of Embodiment 1 of this invention memorize | stores. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the historical data which the facility monitoring apparatus of Embodiment 1 of this invention displays. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the facility monitoring apparatus of Embodiment 1 of this invention.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
With reference to FIGS. 1-3, the facility monitoring apparatus of Embodiment 1 of this invention is demonstrated.
As shown in FIG. 1, the facility monitoring apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment includes a device database storage unit 11, a device data acquisition unit 12, a history data storage unit 13, a display unit 14, an operation input unit (history data selection unit) 15, A device database search unit 16 and a history data search unit 17 are provided. The devices A1, A2, B1, B2, B3, B4, and C1 are a plurality of devices installed in a facility to be monitored by the facility monitoring apparatus 1.

  The device database storage unit 11 stores a device database indicating the relationship between the devices A1 to C1. The device database shows an arrangement relationship between the devices A1 to C1 and an input / output relationship of control signals.

  FIG. 2 shows an example of the device database. The device database in FIG. 2 indicates that the device A2 has an arrangement relationship with the devices B1 and B2 (for example, they are arranged close enough to affect each other's operations). In addition, although the device A1 and the devices B1 and B2 are not related in arrangement, the device A1 and the devices B1 and B2 are in a relationship of inputting / outputting control signals of program numbers 60 and 100.

  The device data acquisition unit 12 performs wireless communication or wired communication with the devices A1 to C1. The device data acquisition unit 12 acquires device data related to the devices A1 to C1 from the devices A1 to C1. The device data is data indicating a state change of the devices A1 to C1 due to an operator's operation on the devices A1 to C1 and control from other devices.

  The history data storage unit 13 stores the history data of the device data acquired by the device data acquisition unit 12.

  The display unit 14 displays a list of history data stored in the history data storage unit 13. The display unit 14 is configured by, for example, a liquid crystal display.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of history data displayed on the display unit 14. In the figure, the history of No. 4 indicates that the device C1 corresponding to the point name “first boiler” started operation at 10:45 on June 17, 2014. Similarly, the history of No. 3 indicates that an abnormality occurred in the water supply pump of the device C1 at 13:20 on June 17, 2014. The history of No. 2 indicates that an abnormality occurred in the intake valve of the device A1 corresponding to the point name “1F west air conditioner” at 15:38 on June 17, 2014. The history of No. 1 indicates that the device A1 stopped operating at 17:00 on June 17, 2014. Thus, the history data is displayed in time series.

  The operation input unit 15 receives an operator operation input. The operation input unit 15 includes, for example, a touch panel integrated with the display unit 14 or a keyboard and mouse. The operation input unit 15 selects arbitrary history data from the history data displayed on the display unit 14. The operation input unit 15 constitutes a history data selection unit.

  The device database search unit 16 searches the device database storage unit 11 for devices A1 to C1 related to the devices A1 to C1 indicated by the history data selected by the operation input unit 15. In addition, the device database search unit 16 further includes devices A1 to C2 (hereinafter referred to as “second device”) related to the devices A1 to C1 (hereinafter referred to as “first device”) searched immediately before by the device database search unit 16. Search.

  The history data search unit 17 searches the history data storage unit 13 for history data related to the devices A1 to C1 searched by the device database search unit 16 at a date and time past the date and time indicated by the history data selected by the operation input unit 15. To do. The history data search unit 17 further searches for history data related to the second device at a date and time earlier than the date and time indicated by the history data related to the first device searched immediately before by the history data search unit 17.

  The device database storage unit 11 and the history data storage unit 13 are configured by, for example, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) or a semiconductor memory. The device data acquisition unit 12, the device database search unit 16, and the history data search unit 17 are configured by, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) or a dedicated integrated circuit. In this way, the facility monitoring apparatus 1 is configured.

Next, with reference to FIG. 4, the operation of the facility monitoring apparatus 1 will be described focusing on the operation of searching the device database and history data.
Here, a device database is stored in the device database storage unit 11 in advance, and history data for a predetermined period is stored in the history data storage unit 13 in advance.

  First, in step ST1, the operation input unit 15 selects any history data among the history data displayed on the display unit 14. For example, history data indicating that “the device A1 has issued an alarm at 16:00 on February 1” is selected.

  Next, in step ST2, the device database search unit 16 searches the device database storage unit 11 for devices A1 to C1 related to the device A1 indicated by the history data selected by the operation input unit 15. As a result of the search, the device database search unit 16 acquires, for example, the devices B1 and B2.

  Next, in step ST3, the history data search unit 17 from the history data storage unit 13 at a date and time earlier than the date and time (February 1, 16:00) indicated by the history data selected by the operation input unit 15, The history data related to the devices B1 and B2 searched by the device database search unit 16 is searched. The history data search unit 17 acquires, for example, history data indicating the state change of the device B1 at 9:00 on February 1 and the state change of the device B2 at 13:00 on January 29.

  Next, in step ST4, the device database search unit 16 further searches for the devices A1 to C1 (second device) related to the device B1 (first device) searched for immediately before by the device database search unit 16. For example, the device database search unit 16 acquires the device B4 as the second device.

  Next, in step ST5, the history data search unit 17 is past the date and time (February 1, 9:00) indicated by the history data related to the device B1 (first device) searched immediately before by the history data search unit 17. The history data related to the device B4 (second device) at the date and time is further searched. For example, the history data search unit 17 acquires history data indicating a state change of the device B4 at 15:00 on January 31st.

  Next, in step ST6, the facility monitoring apparatus 1 determines whether or not the processes in steps ST4 to ST5 have been repeated a predetermined number of times. When the repeated number is less than the predetermined number (step ST6 “NO”), the facility monitoring apparatus 1 returns to the process of step ST4.

  On the other hand, if the number of repetitions is equal to or greater than the predetermined number (step ST6 “YES”), then, in step ST7, the display unit 14 displays the history data searched in step ST3 and all the searches searched in step ST5. Display a list with history data.

  The history data search unit 17 may search for history data after the date and time preset by the operation input unit 15. Alternatively, the history data search unit 17 may search for history data after the date and time that goes back for a period (for example, 24 hours) preset by the operation input unit 15 from the date and time indicated by the history data selected in step ST1. .

  The display unit 14 may display the history data searched by the history data search unit 17 in time series. Alternatively, the display unit 14 may display the history data searched by the history data search unit 17 in a tree diagram (in a so-called “tree shape”).

  As described above, the facility monitoring apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment stores the device database storage unit 11 that stores the device database indicating the relationship between the devices A1 to C1, and the history data of the state changes of the devices A1 to C1. The history data storage unit 13 to be stored, the operation input unit 15 for selecting arbitrary history data from the history data storage unit 13, and the devices A1 to A1 indicated by the history data selected by the operation input unit 15 from the device database storage unit 11 In the device database search unit 16 that searches for the devices A1 to C1 related to C1, and in the device database search unit 16 in the past date and time indicated by the history data selected by the operation input unit 15 from the history data storage unit 13. The history data search unit 17 that searches the history data related to the searched devices A1 to C1 and the history data searched by the history data search unit 17 And a Shimesuru display unit 18. As a result, since past history data of devices related to the history data selected by the operation input unit 15 is displayed in a list, the cause of any state change among the state changes of a plurality of devices constituting the system Can be easily examined.

  In the present invention, any constituent element of the embodiment can be modified or any constituent element of the embodiment can be omitted within the scope of the invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Facility monitoring apparatus 11 Equipment database storage part 12 Equipment data acquisition part 13 History data storage part 14 Display part 15 Operation input part (history data selection part)
16 Device database search unit 17 History data search unit A1, A2, B1, B2, B3, B4, C1

Claims (5)

In facility monitoring equipment that monitors multiple devices installed in a facility,
A device database storage unit for storing a device database indicating a relationship between the devices;
A history data storage unit that stores history data of state changes of each of the devices;
A history data selection unit for selecting arbitrary history data from the history data storage unit;
From the device database storage unit, a device database search unit that searches for the device related to the device indicated by the history data selected by the history data selection unit,
A history data search unit for searching for history data related to the device searched by the device database search unit at a date and time earlier than the date and time indicated by the history data selected by the history data selection unit from the history data storage unit;
A display unit for displaying history data searched by the history data search unit;
The facility monitoring apparatus characterized by comprising.   The device database search unit further searches for a second device related to the first device searched immediately before by the device database search unit, and the history data search unit searches immediately before by the history data search unit. The facility monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a process of further searching history data related to the second device at a date and time earlier than the date and time indicated by the history data related to the first device is repeated a predetermined number of times.   The facility monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the device database storage unit stores the device database indicating an arrangement relationship between the devices and an input / output relationship of control signals.   The history data search unit searches for history data after a preset date and time, or history data after a date and time that goes back a preset period from the date and time indicated by the history data selected by the history data selection unit. The facility monitoring apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the facility monitoring apparatus is characterized. In a facility monitoring method for monitoring a plurality of devices installed in a facility,
A device database storage unit storing a device database indicating a relationship between the devices;
A history data storage unit storing history data of state changes of each of the devices;
A history data selection unit selecting arbitrary history data from the history data storage unit;
A device database search unit searches the device database storage unit for the device related to the device indicated by the history data selected by the history data selection unit;
A history data search unit that searches the history data storage unit for history data related to the device searched by the device database search unit at a date and time past the date and time indicated by the history data selected by the history data selection unit; When,
A display unit displaying history data searched by the history data search unit;
The facility monitoring method characterized by comprising.

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