JP4692240B2 - Monitoring device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a monitoring device that remotely monitors building facilities and the like.

Conventionally, a terminal control device that connects a communication system (transmission system) for controlling and monitoring a device to be monitored and controlled, such as a lighting fixture, and a higher-level network communication system has been provided. There is provided a terminal control system that controls and monitors these devices and transmits control / monitoring information to a terminal such as an upper manager (for example, Patent Documents 1, 2, and 3).
JP-A-2005-141623 (paragraph numbers 0027 to 0029, FIG. 1) JP-A-2005-143055 (paragraph numbers 0008 to 0016) JP 2003-134120 A (paragraph numbers 0017 to 0018)

  The monitoring device (terminal control device) used in the systems disclosed in Patent Literature 1 to Patent Literature 3 includes a communication line for performing communication with a device to be monitored, and a power line for supplying power to the monitoring device. Because a communication line for providing monitored information (Web screen) is required, there is a limitation on the installation location of the monitoring device, power supply work and wiring work are separately required, and the construction cost is high. was there.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a monitoring device that does not require power supply work and has excellent workability.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the first communication unit connected to the first communication line of the monitoring control system to which the monitoring target device is connected and the first communication unit receive the data. Information is exchanged between a monitoring unit that collects monitoring information of the monitoring target device, a storage unit that stores the monitoring information collected by the monitoring unit, and a net terminal connected to the second communication line. Upon receiving a browsing request corresponding to the monitoring information from the network terminal via the second communication unit and the second communication unit, browsing information for browsing the monitoring information stored in the storage unit And a processing unit that sends the data to the network terminal via the second communication line, and obtains power from one of the first communication line and the second communication line to operate each unit in the apparatus. And a power supply unit for supplying power.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since power is acquired through the communication line, no power supply work or wiring for power supply is required, the workability is excellent, and the installation location is not limited. This has the effect of increasing the degree of freedom.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the power supply unit can acquire power by switching from a plurality of systems of the first communication line and / or the second communication line. Features.

  According to the invention of claim 2, the stability of the system used can be improved by providing redundancy to the power supply.

  Since the present invention acquires power through a communication line, power supply work and wiring for supplying power are not required, it is excellent in workability, the installation location is not limited, and the degree of freedom of installation is high. There is an effect of becoming.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to embodiments.
(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 2 shows a system configuration using the monitoring device 1 of the present embodiment. The monitoring device 1 is a monitoring target device using time division multiplex transmission, for example, a building equipment device (for example, a lighting device 2a with a terminal function). Is connected to a first communication line 3a of a monitoring control system for remotely monitoring the network, and a second communication line 3b corresponding to a network using a communication standard such as Ethernet (registered trademark).

  Then, the monitoring device 1 acquires monitoring information indicating the end state of the monitoring control system through the first communication line 3a, and the acquired monitoring information is used for the client personal computer 6a connected to the network (intranet or Internet) NT. As will be described later, a Web server unit is provided to send to the client personal computer 6a as a Web page via the second communication line 3b in response to a browsing request from.

  Here, the control monitoring operation of the monitoring control system is performed as follows. First, the terminal function of the lighting device 2a to be controlled and the terminal function of the operation switch 2b for operating the lighting load of the lighting device 2a are connected to the signal line 3a composed of two wires, and for each terminal function. A unique address is set, and the transmission unit 4 has a table in which the correspondence between the operation switch 2b and the illumination device 2a is associated with the address of each terminal function.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the transmission unit 4 generates a transmission signal Vs composed of a start pulse ST, data such as address data and control data, a long pulse signal WT for setting a return waiting period, and the like as a base of a double pole (for example, ± 24V). A band voltage signal is cyclically transmitted on the signal line 3a, and a transmission signal Vs having address data as a dummy address is cyclically transmitted in a normal state.

  On the other hand, in the terminal function attached to the lighting device 2a and the terminal function of the operation switch 2b for operating the lighting load of the lighting device 2a, the above transmission signal Vs is rectified and taken in as a power source for operation. ing.

  When the operation switch 2b is operated, the terminal function of the operation switch 2b performs impedance processing in the reception period of the return pulse waiting period setting WT included in the transmission signal Vs through an interrupt process or the like. The operation data in the current mode is transmitted onto the signal line 3a by turning on / off the communication line 3a.

  Correspondingly, when the transmission unit 4 receives the operation data, it transmits the control data to the address of the terminal function of the lighting device 2 associated with the address of the terminal function of the operation switch 2b via the communication line 3a. The signal Vs is transmitted.

  In the terminal function of the lighting device 2a accessed by the transmission signal Vs, processing for controlling the lighting load of the lighting device 2a is performed based on the transmitted control data of the transmission signal Vs addressed to the self-address. Then, monitoring information (monitoring data) corresponding to the control state of the lighting load is returned to the transmission unit 4 by a current mode signal in the same manner as described above in the period corresponding to the return pulse waiting period of the transmission signal Vs. Process. When the transmission unit 4 receives the returned monitoring information, an operation display LED (not shown) provided on the operation switch 2b is addressed to the address of the terminal function of the corresponding operation switch 2b in accordance with the operation of the lighting load. Control data to be turned on / off is sent.

  On the other hand, the second communication line 3b corresponding to the Ethernet (registered trademark) communication standard is a hub 5 (or router) having a power supply function corresponding to PoE (Power over Ethernet (registered trademark)) <IEEE802.3af>. It is connected to the network NT via The hub 5 supplies a predetermined DC power to a network terminal such as a monitoring device 1 or a PoE compatible Web camera 6b on the network NT by its power feeding function.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the monitoring device 1 of the present embodiment receives the transmission signal Vs transmitted on the communication line 3a of the monitoring control system and constantly receives and monitors the monitoring information on the transmission signal Vs. Or a first communication unit having a transmission / reception function for transmitting operation data for load operation as necessary in the reception period of the return pulse waiting period setting WT included in the transmission signal Vs as necessary 10 and an interface unit 13 with a power receiving function corresponding to IEEE802.3af <PoE> connected to the communication line 3b via the connector 11 in order to connect to the network NT described above. ing.

  The interface unit 13 constitutes a second communication unit, and includes a data communication unit 13a for exchanging data signals corresponding to Ethernet (registered trademark), and data received from the received data signal by the data communication unit 13a. The power / data separator 13b separates the DC power, and the DC power obtained by the power receiving function of the power / data separator 13b is used as an operating power source for each circuit in the monitoring device 1 by the power source 14. It is converted into a predetermined DC voltage.

  The monitoring device 1 also includes a monitoring / control processing unit 15 that functions as the center of the device. The monitoring / control processing unit 15 includes an information analysis unit 15a, a Web server unit 15b, an RS485IF unit 15c, a center communication unit 15d, and a personal computer communication unit 15e.

  Here, the information analysis unit 15a exchanges data with the first communication unit 10 and collects the monitoring information on the transmission signal Vs indicating the state of the monitoring control system lighting device 2a by monitoring. The power for analyzing the state of the lighting device 2a from the collected monitoring information, storing the monitoring information of the lighting device 2a including the analysis result in the storage unit 16, and measuring the power consumption of the lighting device 2a described later It has a function of analyzing the power amount from the measurement data of the total 17 and the operating state of the lighting device 2a and storing it in the storage unit 16 as power amount information.

  The Web server unit 15b is equipped with information analysis unit 15a and monitoring information stored in the storage unit 16 in response to a browsing request sent through the Web browser of the client personal computer 6a that is a network terminal connected to the network NT. A function of sending the Web page as browsing information to the client personal computer 6a is provided.

  The RS485i / F unit 15c is for capturing measurement data from the wattmeter 17 that measures power consumption in the lighting device 2a through the RS485 communication unit 18 and passing it to the information analysis unit 15a.

  The center communication unit 15d is for collecting information on equipment installed in a remote place through the Internet from the interface unit 13 described above.

  The personal computer communication unit 15e is for connecting an external personal computer 20 via the personal computer I / F unit 19 when performing maintenance of an operation program described later.

  The storage unit 16 stores an operation program for the monitoring / control processing unit 15.

  Thus, in the monitoring device 1 of the present embodiment, the power supplied via the communication line 3b by the power supply function of the PoE-compatible hub 5 is received by the interface unit 13, and the power received by the power supply unit 14 is input. Then, the DC voltage is supplied to the communication unit 10, the interface unit 13, the monitoring / control processing unit 15, the RS485 communication unit 18, and the personal computer I / F unit 19 as operating power, and from the flash memory. The storage unit 16 is supplied as power for reading and writing.

  That is, if the monitoring apparatus 1 of this embodiment is used, the power supply for power supply (installation of the power transformer) and wiring become unnecessary, the workability is excellent, and the installation location is not limited, The degree of freedom of installation is also increased.

  As described above, in the monitoring device 1 that receives power supply (power supply) via the communication line 3b, the monitoring information of the transmission signal Vs of the monitoring control system is acquired by the communication unit 10, and the information analysis of the monitoring / control processing unit 15 is performed. The state of each lighting device 2a is analyzed by the unit 15a, and the monitoring information collecting operation for storing the analysis result in the storage unit 16 as monitoring information is always performed.

  At the same time, the monitoring / control processing unit 15 takes in the measurement data of the wattmeter 17 via the RS485 communication unit 18 and the RS485 I / F unit 15c, and the respective illuminations based on the measurement data and the monitoring information of each lighting device 2a. A process of analyzing the power consumption of the device 2a and storing it as power amount information in the storage unit 16 is performed.

  On the other hand, the Web server unit 15b performs a process of writing each information on the Web page so that the monitoring information and the electric energy information stored in the storage unit 16 are provided on a predetermined Web page. Further, when there is a browsing request for a predetermined URL through the Web browser of the client personal computer 6a on the network NT, the Web server unit 15b sends the Web page data to the client personal computer 6a through the data communication unit 13a of the interface unit 13. I do.

  In this way, the user can know the state of the lighting device 2a, which is the control target device of the monitoring control system, at any time by browsing the Web page provided by the Web server unit 15b by the Web browser of the client personal computer 6a on the network NT. It can be done.

  The external personal computer 20 is used for maintenance (debugging processing) of the operation program of the monitoring / control processing unit 15, and is not normally connected. Further, when maintenance of the operation program is unnecessary, the personal computer I / F unit 19 and the personal computer communication unit 15e in the monitoring / control processing unit 15 are unnecessary.

In addition, the power reception of the interface unit 13 corresponds to “Pattern A” standardized by IEEE 802.3af, but in “Pattern B” in which power is supplied using a pair line that does not perform data communication, The power / data separation unit 13b becomes unnecessary. Moreover, you may provide the power receiving function which performs automatic switching corresponding to both patterns.
(Embodiment 2)
In the first embodiment, the power supply of the monitoring device 1 is received from the PoE-compatible hub 5, but in this embodiment, the power is obtained from the transmission signal Vs of the monitoring control system on the communication line 3a.

  In other words, in each terminal function of the supervisory control system, a power supply is obtained by full-wave rectifying the bipolar transmission signal Vs on the normal signal line 3a by the diode bridge circuit. In addition, the return signal is returned in the current mode by turning on and off the impedance between the output ends of the diode bridge circuit through the impedance during the reception period of the return standby period long pulse signal WT, and further, the base band of the transmission signal Vs with one pole. Data transmitted by the baseband transmission signal Vs is captured by turning on and off the switch element with a signal.

  Therefore, in the monitoring device 1 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the monitoring device 1 includes a power supply unit 14 ′ that takes in the full-wave rectified output of the diode bridge circuit DB built in the communication unit 10 and converts it into a predetermined DC voltage, Similar to the power supply unit 14 described above, the operation power supply of each unit is obtained. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the Ethernet (registered trademark) interface unit 13 includes a data communication unit 13 a ′ having a transmission / reception function without a power receiving function. The hub 6 does not need to use a PoE-compatible hub. Of course, this is not the case when there is a PoE-compatible network terminal on the network NT side.

  Thus, in the monitoring device 1 of the present embodiment, the power supply unit 14 ′ takes in the full-wave rectified output of the diode bridge circuit in the communication unit 10 from the transmission signal Vs of the monitoring control system and converts it into a predetermined DC voltage, The converted DC voltage is supplied as an operating power source for the communication unit 10, the interface unit 13, the monitoring / control processing unit 15, the RS485 communication unit 18, and the personal computer I / F unit 19, and is also read / written to the storage unit 16 formed of a flash memory. It is designed to be supplied as a power source.

  That is, the monitoring apparatus 1 of the present embodiment also eliminates the need for power supply (installation of power transformer) work and wiring for power supply, is excellent in workability, and is not limited in installation location. The degree of freedom is also increased.

Since the configuration and operation other than the configuration for receiving power supply are the same as those in the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted.
(Embodiment 3)
In the first and second embodiments, the power is supplied through the monitoring control system signal line 3a or the communication line 3b corresponding to the network 3b. Since the operation stops, this embodiment is characterized in that two systems that receive power supply are provided, and when one power supply is stopped, the power supply is secured by switching to the other.

  That is, the monitoring device 1 of the present embodiment is configured to connect two systems of network NT, and internally includes two sets of PoE-compatible power reception so as to correspond to the two systems of network NT as shown in FIG. The interface units 131 and 132 having the functions are provided, and the power received by the power / data separation unit 13b which is the power reception function of each interface unit 131 and 132 is taken into the power source unit 14 through the detection unit 21. It is like that.

  On the other hand, on the network NT side, as shown in FIG. 6, PoE-compatible hubs 51 and 52 are installed in the respective systems, and the interface units 131 and 132 of the monitoring device 1 are connected to the corresponding connectors 11 and 11, respectively. By connecting to the hubs 51 and 52 via 3b2, the network NT is connected and power is supplied from the hubs 51 and 52. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 6c denotes a server connected to a network NT such as the Internet or an intranet.

  Thus, in the monitoring device 1 of the present embodiment, the power supplied by the power supply function of the PoE-compatible hubs 51 and 52 is received by the PoE-compatible interface units 131 and 132 via the communication lines 3b1 and 3b2. Then, the detection unit 21 operates as shown in the flowchart of FIG. That is, when the power output from the interface unit 131 set as the primary side is detected in advance, the power output of the interface unit 131 is connected to the power supply unit 14 as an operation of “normal state 1” (step S1).

  If the power output from the interface unit 131 is “disconnected” for some reason during the operation in the “normal state 1” (step S2), the power output of the interface unit 132 on the secondary side is switched and connected to the power source unit 14. Step S3) enters the “normal state 2” operating state (step S4).

  When recovery of the power output of the interface unit 131 is detected during the operation in the “normal state 2” (step S5), the power output of the interface unit 131 on the primary side is switched and connected to the power supply unit 14 (step S6). The operation returns to the “normal state 1” operation in step 1. That is, the detection unit 21 switches and connects the power output of the interface units 131 and 132 to the power supply unit 14 according to the output state of the interface unit 131.

  As described above, the monitoring device 1 according to the present embodiment does not require the installation of a wiring for connecting the power supply line or the power transformer as in the first and second embodiments, and has two systems for supplying power to the monitoring device 1. Therefore, even if the power supply from the interface unit 131 side is lost, the power supply can be secured by the power supply from the interface unit 132 side, and the stability of the system can be improved.

Since the configuration and operation other than the power supply are the same as those in the first embodiment, description thereof is omitted.
(Embodiment 4)
The third embodiment uses two network NT systems as power supply systems, but this embodiment is different from the third embodiment in that two systems, a network NT system and a supervisory control system, are used.

  That is, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the full-wave rectified output from the diode bridge circuit (not shown) of the communication unit 10 of the supervisory control system, that is, the power output is detected, and the power output of the interface unit 13 is The detection unit 21 is provided, the interface unit 13 side is the primary side, the full-wave rectification output side of the communication unit 10 is the secondary side, and the power supply unit 14 "inputs either the primary side or secondary side power. Even if it has a constant voltage function that outputs the same DC voltage, use it.

  Thus, similarly to the third embodiment, the monitoring device 1 of the present embodiment also detects the presence or absence of power output on the primary side by the detection unit 21 and switches and connects the power output to the power supply unit 14 ″. Even if there is no power supply from the primary-side interface unit 131 side, the full-wave rectified output of the communication unit 10 of the supervisory control system is used as secondary-side power to secure a power source and improve system stability. It can be done.

  Since the system configuration and the configuration and operation other than the power supply in the monitoring device 1 are the same as those in the first embodiment, the description thereof will be omitted.

  By the way, by using a device-embedded network technology called EMIT (Embedded Micro Internetworking Technology) (a network technology having a function of easily incorporating middleware into a device and connecting to the network, hereinafter referred to as EMIT technology). Various equipment (illumination equipment, air conditioning equipment, power equipment, sensors) from external terminals (not shown) such as mobile phones, PCs (Personal Computers), PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants), PHSs (Personal Handy phone Systems) An electric lock, a web camera, and the like are hereinafter referred to as an EMIT terminal.) There is a system that can access <not shown> to remotely monitor and control the EMIT terminal.

  Note that the EMIT terminal is a built-in device equipped with a microcomputer, and is a device-embedded middleware for connecting to the network and is equipped with EMIT software that realizes the EMIT technology.

  As a system to which the above-mentioned EMIT technology is applied (hereinafter referred to as an EMIT system), an external terminal remotely monitors and controls an EMIT terminal via a center server (not shown) provided on the Internet. For example, a configuration in which an EMIT terminal is directly accessed from an external terminal equipped with EMIT software to remotely monitor and control the EMIT terminal without using a center server.

  Then, by using the EMIT system, for example, the above-mentioned EMIT terminals are distributed in a building (for detached houses, condominiums, buildings, factories, etc.) <not shown>, and the status of the EMIT terminals is monitored remotely from an external terminal By doing so, it becomes possible to perform energy management of the entire building and remote meter reading of gas, water, and electricity in the building.

  Therefore, when the monitoring device 1 of the present invention is used for monitoring facilities such as apartment houses and buildings, the Internet side of the monitoring device 1 may be configured by EMIT technology.

1 is a circuit configuration diagram of a monitoring device according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of Embodiment 1. FIG. It is explanatory drawing of the transmission signal used for a supervisory control system. It is a circuit block diagram of the monitoring apparatus of Embodiment 2. It is a circuit block diagram of the monitoring apparatus of Embodiment 3. FIG. 9 is a system configuration diagram of a third embodiment. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of a detection unit according to the third embodiment. It is a circuit block diagram of the monitoring apparatus of Embodiment 4.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Monitoring apparatus 3a, 3b Communication line 10 Communication part 11 Connector 13 Interface part 13a Communication part 13b Power / data separation part 14 Power supply part 15 Monitoring / control processing part 15a Information analysis part 15b Web server part 15c RS485 I / F part 15d Center communication Unit 15e personal computer communication unit 16 storage unit 17 wattmeter 18 RS485 communication unit 19 personal computer I / F unit 20 personal computer

Claims (2)

A first communication unit connected to the first communication line of the monitoring control system to which the monitoring target device is connected; a monitoring unit that collects monitoring information of the monitoring target device received by the first communication unit; A storage unit that stores the monitoring information collected by the unit, a second communication unit that exchanges information between the network terminal connected to the second communication line, and the second communication unit. When a browsing request corresponding to the monitoring information is received from the network terminal, browsing information for browsing the monitoring information stored in the storage unit is transmitted to the network terminal via the second communication line. And a power supply unit that obtains power from one of the first communication line and the second communication line and supplies operation power to each unit in the apparatus. Monitoring device. The monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the power supply unit can acquire power from a plurality of systems of the first communication line and / or the second communication line by switching.

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