JP6289654B2 - Main management device and management system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a main management apparatus and a management system.

  In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for centralized management of equipment installed in buildings for the purpose of saving energy and improving convenience. As a response to such demand, an equipment management device that monitors the operating state of equipment and controls the operation of equipment is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2003-228416 A (page 4, FIG. 1)

  Generally, in an equipment management apparatus as described in Patent Document 1, there is a limit on the length of a control line that connects the equipment management apparatus and equipment. On the other hand, since the scale and layout of the building where the equipment is installed vary, it may be difficult to connect the equipment to the equipment management apparatus depending on the size and layout of the building.

  The present invention has been made against the background of the above-described problems, and it is desirable to obtain a main management device and a management system capable of easily and flexibly constructing equipment according to the scale and layout of a building. It is aimed.

A main management device according to the present invention is a main management device connected to a sub management device to which at least one equipment is connected, and includes a communication unit having an inter-device communication unit that communicates with the sub management device, and at least A control unit that controls the operation of at least one facility device using the configuration data for the sub management device in which the device address of each facility device is associated with the device address of the sub management device; provided, the communication unit may have a device communication unit communicating with at least one of the equipment is not connected to the sub-management unit, the control unit, in a state where at least one of the equipment has been connected is not connected to the sub management apparatus , Controlling at least one facility device connected to the sub management device via the sub management device, and controlling at least one facility device not connected to the sub management device Between the first mode and the second mode in which at least one facility device connected to the sub management device is controlled via the sub management device in a state where at least one facility device not connected to the sub management device is not connected It will be switched at .

  According to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a main management device and a management system capable of easily and flexibly constructing equipment according to the size and layout of a building.

It is a block diagram of the management system concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged view in which the management system described in FIG. 1 is partially enlarged. It is a schematic diagram of the apparatus structure storage part of the main management apparatus described in FIG. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of device configuration data described in FIG. 3. FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of management device configuration data described in FIG. 3. It is a schematic diagram of the centralized management data described in FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a device configuration storage unit of the sub management apparatus described in FIG. 2. It is a schematic diagram of the apparatus configuration data described in FIG. It is a schematic diagram explaining operation | movement in case the equipment connected to the said sub management apparatus is controlled by the sub management apparatus. It is the modification 1 of FIG. It is the modification 2 of FIG. It is a schematic diagram explaining operation | movement in case control of the equipment connected to the sub management apparatus is performed by the main management apparatus. It is a schematic diagram explaining operation | movement in case the equipment connected to the said main management apparatus is controlled by the main management apparatus. It is a block diagram of the management system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is the enlarged view to which the management system of FIG. 14 was expanded partially. It is a schematic diagram of the apparatus structure storage part of the main management apparatus described in FIG. It is a schematic diagram of the management apparatus configuration data described in FIG. It is a schematic diagram of the centralized management data described in FIG.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof is omitted or simplified as appropriate. Further, the size and arrangement of the configurations shown in the drawings can be appropriately changed within the scope of the present invention.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a management system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the reference numerals (a) to (d) attached to the management device 100 indicate the device address of the management device 100, and (1) to (6) attached to the equipment 10. The symbol indicates the device address of the facility device 10. The device address of the management device 100 and the device address of the facility device 10 are arbitrarily determined. In FIG. 1, a communication line 200 indicated by a dotted line connects the management apparatuses 100, and a control line 300 indicated by a solid line connects the management apparatus 100 and the facility equipment 10. is there.

  The management system 1 according to this embodiment performs centralized management of a plurality of equipment devices 10 installed in a building such as an office building, a commercial facility, or a hotel. The equipment 10 includes at least one outdoor unit and indoor unit of an air conditioner. For example, in the example shown in FIG. 1, the equipment devices 10 having the device addresses (1) and (2) are outdoor units, and the equipment devices 10 having the device addresses (3) to (6) are indoor units. The facility device 10 may be a ventilation device, a water heater, a power meter, a power supply unit, or the like. The management system 1 can achieve energy saving, improved convenience, and the like by performing centralized management of a plurality of facility devices 10 including at least one air conditioner.

  The management system 1 includes a plurality of management devices 100 that manage the equipment 10. The plurality of management apparatuses 100 are connected by a communication line 200 so that they can communicate with each other. The communication line 200 is a wireless LAN (Local Area Network) such as Wi-Fi, for example, but may be a wired LAN, or may be configured to include a wireless LAN and a wired LAN. The communication line 200 is configured so that a terminal 150 such as a PC or a mobile terminal (for example, a mobile phone or a tablet terminal) can be connected. The user can also instruct the management apparatus 100 using the terminal 150.

  At least one of the plurality of management devices 100 is configured as a main management device 100A, and the other management devices 100 other than the main management device 100A are configured as sub-management devices 100B. For example, an operator who incorporates the management system 1 into a building sets at least one of the plurality of management devices 100 as the main management device 100A, and sets other management devices 100 other than the main management device 100A as the sub management device 100B. Set as. In addition, the operator selects the first mode main management device 100A to which the facility device 10 is connected and the second mode main management device 100A1 to which the facility device 10 is not connected (see FIG. 14 and the like). Can do. In this embodiment, the main management apparatus 100A in the first mode will be described.

  The equipment 10 is connected to the main management device 100A and the sub management device 100B via the control line 300. The equipment 10 connected to the main management apparatus 100A corresponds to “at least one equipment not connected to the sub management apparatus” of the present invention. The equipment 10 connected to the sub management apparatus 100B is This corresponds to “at least one equipment” of the invention. The main management apparatus 100A manages the equipment 10 connected to the main management apparatus 100A and the equipment 10 connected to the sub management apparatus 100B, and the sub management apparatus 100B installs the equipment connected to the sub management apparatus 100B. The device 10 is managed. In addition, the kind and the number of the equipment 10 and the number of the management devices 100 (the main management device 100A and the sub-management device 100B) are appropriately changed according to the size and layout of the building, and are described in FIG. It is not limited to examples.

  FIG. 2 is an enlarged view in which the management system described in FIG. 1 is partially enlarged. The main management device 100A with the device address (a) includes a device communication unit 102A, an inter-device communication unit 104A, a data synchronization unit 106A, a control unit 108A, a device configuration storage unit 110A, an operation unit 112A, and a display unit 114A. . The device communication unit 102A is an interface for communicating with the facility device 10 connected to the main management device 100A. The device communication unit 102 </ b> A can communicate with the facility device 10 via the control line 300. The inter-device communication unit 104A is an interface for performing communication with the sub management device 100B, and the inter-device communication unit 104A can communicate with the sub management device 100B via the communication line 200. The device communication unit 102A and the inter-device communication unit 104A constitute a communication unit 103A of the main management device 100A. The data synchronization unit 106A is configured by, for example, a dedicated circuit or a dedicated IC, and performs data synchronization with the sub management apparatus 100B. The control unit 108B is configured with, for example, a dedicated circuit or a CPU, and controls the entire main management apparatus 100A. If the control unit 108A is configured to perform the operation of the data synchronization unit 106A, the data synchronization unit 106A can be omitted.

  The device configuration storage unit 110A is a storage unit configured by, for example, a non-volatile memory, and stores a device address of the facility device 10 managed by the main management device 100A. The operation unit 112A is used to operate the main management apparatus 100A, and includes, for example, a keyboard or a mouse. The display unit 114A is a display device that displays the operating state of the management device 100, and is configured by, for example, a liquid crystal monitor or an organic EL monitor. Note that the operation unit 112A and the display unit 114A may be a touch panel 116 in which these are integrally formed.

  The sub-management device 100B with the device address (b) includes a device communication unit 102B, a communication unit 103B, an inter-device communication unit 104B, a data synchronization unit 106B, a control unit 108B, a device configuration storage unit 110B, an operation unit 112B, and a display unit 114B. Have. The device configuration storage unit 110B is a storage unit such as a non-volatile memory, for example, and stores the device address of the facility device 10 managed by the sub management apparatus 100B. The device communication unit 102B, the inter-device communication unit 104B, the data synchronization unit 106B, the control unit 108B, the operation unit 112B, and the display unit 114B have the same configuration as that of the main management device 100A. Is omitted. That is, the device communication unit 102B, the inter-device communication unit 104B, the data synchronization unit 106B, the control unit 108B, the operation unit 112B, and the display unit 114B are the device communication unit 102A, the inter-device communication unit 104A, the data synchronization unit 106A, and the control unit 108A. This corresponds to the operation unit 112A and the display unit 114A. Further, the sub management device 100B with the device addresses (c) and (d) has the same configuration as the sub management device 100B with the device address (b), and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  3 is a schematic diagram of the device configuration storage unit of the main management device illustrated in FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of the device configuration data illustrated in FIG. 3, and FIG. 5 is illustrated in FIG. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the management apparatus configuration data, and FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the centralized management data described in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the device configuration storage unit 110A of the main management device 100A stores device configuration data 110A1, management device configuration data 110A2, and centralized management data 110A3. As shown in FIG. 4, the device configuration data 110A1 includes device addresses (1) to (6) of the facility device 10 connected to the main management apparatus 100A. The main management device 100A can manage the equipment 10 connected to the main management device 100A using the device configuration data 110A1.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the management device configuration data 110A2 includes a device address (a) of the main management device 100A and device addresses (b) to (d) of the sub management device 100B. The main management apparatus 100A can manage the sub management apparatus 100B using the management apparatus configuration data 110A2.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the centralized management data 110A3 is data obtained by combining the device addresses of the facility devices 10 and the device addresses of the main management device 100A or the sub management device 100B to which the facility devices 10 are connected. It is. That is, the central management data 110A3 is a combination of the main management device configuration data 121 and the sub management device configuration data 122. The main management device configuration data 121 is data in which the device addresses (1) to (6) of the facility device 10 connected to the main management device 100A are associated with the device address (a) of the main management device 100A. It is. The sub management device configuration data 122 includes the device addresses (1) to (6) of the facility device 10 connected to the sub management device 100B and the device addresses (b) to (b) of the sub management device 100B. d) are associated with each other. The main management apparatus 100A can manage the equipment 10 connected to the sub management apparatus 100B using the centralized management data 110A3. The main management device 100A may manage the equipment 10 connected to the main management device 100A using the centralized management data 110A3. For example, an operator who incorporates the management system 1 into a building operates the operation unit 112A of the main management device 100A to input the device configuration data 110A1, the management device configuration data 110A2, and the centralized management data 110A3.

  FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of the device configuration storage unit of the sub-management apparatus described in FIG. 2, and FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram of the device configuration data described in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the device configuration storage unit 110B of the sub management device 100B stores device configuration data 110B1 and main management device address data 110B2. The main management device address data 110B2 is data including the device address (a) of the main management device 100A. The sub management apparatus 100B can transmit a signal to the main management apparatus 100A using the main management apparatus address data 110B2. As shown in FIG. 8, the device configuration data 110B1 is data including device addresses (1) to (6) of the facility device 10 connected to the sub management apparatus 100B. The sub management apparatus 100B can manage the equipment 10 connected to the sub management apparatus 100B using the device configuration data 110B1. For example, the worker who incorporates the management system 1 into the building operates the operation unit 112B of the sub management apparatus 100B to input the device configuration data 110B1 and the main management apparatus address data 110B2. The device configuration storage unit 110B may have the same configuration as the device configuration storage unit 110A. Alternatively, the sub management apparatus 100B may be configured not to be conscious of being managed by the main management apparatus 100A. In this case, the device configuration storage unit 110B stores only the device configuration data 110B1. Yes.

  Next, an example of the operation of the management system 1 configured as described above will be described. FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram for explaining the operation when the sub-management apparatus controls the equipment connected to the sub-management apparatus. FIG. 10 is a first modification of FIG. 11 is a second modification of FIG. 9, and FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram for explaining the operation when the main management device controls the equipment connected to the sub-management device. It is a schematic diagram explaining operation | movement in case the equipment connected to the said main management apparatus is controlled by the main management apparatus.

  First, the operation when the sub-management apparatus 100B controls the equipment 10 connected to the sub-management apparatus 100B will be described with reference to FIG. The sub management device 100B controls the equipment 10 connected to the sub management device 100B using the device configuration data 110B1 described in FIG. 7 and FIG. For example, the sub management device 100B controls the equipment 10 connected to the sub management device 100B based on an input from the operation unit 112B operated by the user. For example, by operating the operation unit 112B, the user can instruct one or a plurality of facility devices 10 connected to the sub management apparatus 100B to switch the operation state, change the operation intensity, and the like.

  Control unit 108B generates signal S01 and signal S02 based on the input from operation unit 112B. The control unit 108B that has received the input from the operation unit 112B updates the state of the equipment 10 displayed on the display unit 114B and / or the device configuration storage unit 110A based on the input from the operation unit 112B. Stores the state of the equipment 10. The signal S01 includes information such as the device address of the facility device 10 that performs the instruction and the content of the instruction. The signal S02 includes information on the device address (a) of the main management device 100A in addition to the information on the signal S01. The control unit 108B transmits the signal S01 to the equipment device 10 via the device communication unit 102B, and transmits the signal S02 to the data synchronization unit 106B. The facility device 10 that has received the signal S01 switches, for example, the operation state or changes the operation intensity based on the signal S01.

  The data synchronization unit 106B that has received the signal S02 generates a synchronization signal S03 based on the signal S02 and transmits it to the inter-device communication unit 104B. For example, the data synchronization unit 106B stores the state of the equipment 10 (operation state, operation strength, etc.) before the signal S02 is input, and the synchronization signal S03 when the state of the equipment 10 changes. Is generated. The synchronization signal S03 includes information on the operating state of the equipment 10 that changes by receiving the signal S01 and the device address (a) of the main management device 100A. The synchronization signal S03 is input to the control unit 108A via the inter-device communication unit 104B, the inter-device communication unit 104A of the main management device 100A, and the data synchronization unit 106A. Based on the synchronization signal S03, the control unit 108A updates the state of the facility device 10 displayed on the display unit 114A and / or stores the state of the facility device 10 in the device configuration storage unit 110A.

  Next, the modification 1 of FIG. 9 is demonstrated using FIG. In the example illustrated in FIG. 9, the example in which the data synchronization unit 106B of the sub management apparatus 100B spontaneously transmits the synchronization signal S03 has been described. On the other hand, in the example shown in FIG. 10, the data synchronization unit 106A1 of the main management device 100A makes an inquiry to the data synchronization unit 106B1 of the sub management device 100B for each set time set in advance. Data synchronization between the device 100A and the sub-management device 100B is performed. That is, the data synchronizer 106B1 that has received the signal S02 stores the state (operating state, operating intensity, etc.) of the equipment device 10 before the signal S01 is input, and the state of the equipment device 10 has changed. In addition, the synchronization signal S13 is generated and the synchronization signal S13 is stored. The synchronization signal S13 includes information (flag) indicating a change in the operation state of the equipment device 10. Then, the data synchronization unit 106A1 of the main management device 100A transmits an inquiry signal S12 to the data synchronization unit 106B1 of the sub management device 100B for each set time set in advance. The data synchronization unit 106B1 of the sub-management device 100B that has received the inquiry signal S12 transmits a synchronization signal S13 to the data synchronization unit 106A1 of the main management device 100A when there is a change in the operating state of the equipment device 10. For example, the data synchronization unit 106A1 of the main management apparatus 100A makes an inquiry to the sub management apparatus 100B having the apparatus addresses (c) and (d) in addition to the sub management apparatus 100B having the apparatus address (b). The data synchronization unit 106A1 acquires the operation state of the equipment 10 connected to the sub-management device 100B with the device addresses (b) to (d), synchronizes data regarding the operation state, and sends a signal S14 to the control unit 108A. Send. The control unit 108A that has received the signal S14 updates the state of the facility device 10 displayed on the display unit 114A based on the signal S14, and / or stores the state of the facility device 10 in the device configuration storage unit 110A. In the example shown in FIG. 10, for example, when the inquiry signal S12 includes information on the device address (a) of the main management device 100A, the main management device address data 110B2 shown in FIG. 7 is omitted. be able to. As described above, in the first modification, the main management device 100A periodically synchronizes with the sub-management device 100B and acquires the operating state of the equipment device 10, so the communication amount of the communication line 200 is high. Has been reduced.

  Next, the modification 2 of FIG. 9 is demonstrated using FIG. In the example illustrated in FIG. 9, the data synchronization unit 106B of the sub management apparatus 100B receives the signal S02 from the control unit 108B that has received the input from the operation unit 112B and generates the synchronization signal S03. Went. On the other hand, in the example illustrated in FIG. 11, the control unit 108B1 that has received the operation change signal S21 from the facility device 10 generates the signal S22 and transmits the signal S22 to the data synchronization unit S106B. Note that the signal S22 includes the same information as the signal S02. For example, the facility device 10 transmits an operation change signal S21 to the control unit 108B1 when the operation state or the operation intensity is changed by a remote controller or the like not shown. The control unit 108B2 that has received the operation change signal S21 generates a signal S22 based on the operation change signal S21, and transmits the signal S22 to the data synchronization unit 106B. The facility device 10 may transmit the operation change signal S21 to the control unit 108B1 after switching the operation state or changing the operation intensity based on the input from the operation unit 112B. As described above, in the second modification, since the data synchronization is performed based on the operation change signal S21 from the facility device 10, the state of the facility device 10 can be reliably monitored.

  Next, the operation when the equipment 10 connected to the sub management apparatus 100B is controlled by the main management apparatus 100A will be described with reference to FIG. The main management apparatus 100A controls the equipment 10 connected to the sub management apparatus 100B using the centralized management data 110A3 described in FIGS. 3 and 6. For example, by operating the operation unit 112A, the user can instruct one or a plurality of facility devices 10 connected to the sub management apparatus 100B to switch the operation state, change the operation intensity, and the like.

  Based on the input from operation unit 112A, control unit 108A generates signal S31 and transmits signal S31 to data synchronization unit 106A. The signal S31 includes information such as the device address of the equipment device 10 that performs the instruction, the data obtained by combining the device addresses of the sub management apparatus 100B to which the equipment device 10 is connected, and the content of the instruction to the equipment device 10 that performs the instruction Contains. The control unit 108A that has received the input from the operation unit 112A updates the state of the equipment 10 displayed on the display unit 114A and / or stores it in the device configuration storage unit 110A based on the input from the operation unit 112A. The state of the equipment 10 is stored.

  The signal S31 is input to the facility device 10 via the inter-device communication unit 104A, the inter-device communication unit 104B of the sub management device 100B, the data synchronization unit 106B, the control unit 108B, and the device communication unit 102B. The facility device 10 that has received the signal S31 switches, for example, the operation state or changes the operation intensity based on the signal S31. The control unit 108B that has received the signal S31 updates the state of the equipment 10 displayed on the display unit 114B and / or stores the equipment 10 in the equipment configuration storage unit 110B based on the input from the operation unit 112B. The state of is memorized.

  Next, an operation when the main management apparatus 100A controls the equipment 10 connected to the main management apparatus 100A will be described with reference to FIG. The main management device 100A controls the equipment 10 connected to the main management device 100A using the centralized management data 110A3 described in FIGS. For example, by operating the operation unit 112A, the user can instruct one or a plurality of equipment devices 10 connected to the main management apparatus 100A to switch the operation state, change the operation intensity, and the like.

  The control unit 108A generates a signal S41 based on the input from the operation unit 112A, and transmits the signal S41 to the device communication unit 102A. The signal S41 includes information such as the data of the device address of the facility device 10 that performs the instruction, the device address of the main management device 100A to which the facility device 10 is connected, and the content of the instruction. The control unit 108A that has received the input from the operation unit 112A updates the state of the equipment 10 displayed on the display unit 114A and / or stores it in the device configuration storage unit 110A based on the input from the operation unit 112A. The state of the equipment 10 is stored. The signal S41 is input to the facility device 10 via the device communication unit 102A. The equipment 10 that has received the signal S41 switches, for example, the operating state or changes the operating intensity based on the signal S41.

  As described above, the management system 1 according to this embodiment includes the main management device 100A and the sub management device 100B, and the main management device 100A includes the equipment 10 connected to the main management device 100A and The equipment 10 connected to the sub management apparatus 100B is managed, and the sub management apparatus 100B is configured to manage the equipment 10 connected to the sub management apparatus 100B. Therefore, according to this embodiment, for example, by installing the main management device 100A in a place where the entire building is managed, and installing the sub management device 100B in other places (for example, for each floor). The function of the management system 1 can be improved.

  Further, according to this embodiment, the main management apparatus 100A synchronizes (shares) information managed by the sub management apparatus 100B, and the sub management apparatus 100B transmits information managed by the main management apparatus 100A. Since it is configured so as not to synchronize, the data communication amount of the communication line 200 can be reduced.

  Furthermore, the management system 1 according to this embodiment includes a plurality of management devices 100 connected by a communication line 200. Therefore, according to this embodiment, the management system 1 can be constructed easily and flexibly according to the scale and layout of the building. For example, when connecting equipment to one management device via a control line, the length of the control line is limited, so the equipment may be connected depending on the size and layout of the building. May be difficult. On the other hand, in this embodiment, since a plurality of management devices 100 are connected by the communication line 200 whose length restriction is relaxed compared to the control line 300, the scale and layout of the building, etc. Accordingly, the management system 1 can be constructed easily and flexibly.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 14 is a block diagram of the management system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention, and FIG. 15 is an enlarged view of a part of the management system described in FIG. 14 and 15, the same reference numerals are given to the same components as those in the management system of FIGS. 1 and 2. In the following description, the description overlapping with the description of the first embodiment is omitted. The management system 1A in FIG. 14 is different from the management system 1 in FIG. 1 in that the equipment 10 is not connected to the main management device 100A1 in FIG. That is, the main management apparatus of this embodiment is the main management apparatus 100A1 in the second mode to which the equipment device 10 is not connected. The main management device 100A1 in FIG. 15 differs from the main management device 100A in FIG. 2 in that the main management device 100A1 has a device configuration storage unit 110A11, and the main management device 100A has a device configuration storage unit 110A. .

  16 is a schematic diagram of the device configuration storage unit of the main management device illustrated in FIG. 15, FIG. 17 is a schematic diagram of the management device configuration data illustrated in FIG. 16, and FIG. 18 is illustrated in FIG. It is a schematic diagram of centralized management data. As illustrated in FIG. 16, the device configuration storage unit 110A11 of the main management device 100A1 stores device configuration data 110A1, management device configuration data 110A21, and centralized management data 110A31. Since the device configuration data 110A1 is the same as that in the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted. As shown in FIG. 17, the management device configuration data 110A21 includes device addresses (b) to (e) of the sub management device 100B. As shown in FIG. 18, the central management data 110 </ b> A <b> 31 is data obtained by combining each device address of the facility device 10 and the device address of the sub management device 100 </ b> B to which each facility device 10 is connected. Note that the central management data 110A31 of this embodiment is the sub management device configuration data 122. For example, an operator who incorporates the management system 1A into a building operates the operation unit 112A of the main management device 100A1 to input the device configuration data 110A1, the management device configuration data 110A21, and the centralized management data 110A31.

  As described in the first embodiment and the second embodiment, the main management apparatus selects the first mode main management apparatus 100A and the second mode main management apparatus 100A1, and manages the facilities in the building. Since the system can be introduced, a management system can be easily and flexibly constructed according to the size and layout of the building. For example, the main management device 100A is selected when the equipment 10 can be connected to the main management device 100A via the control line 300, and the main management device 100A1 is connected to the main management device 100A1 via the control line 300. This is selected when the equipment 10 cannot be connected.

  When the main management apparatus 100A in the first mode is selected, the number of management apparatuses 100 can be reduced, and the cost of the management system 1 can be reduced. Further, when the main management device 100A1 in the second mode is selected, only the number of management devices 100 is increased, and in the case of the main management device 100A, the equipment 10 is connected by limiting the length of the control line 300. The management system 1A can be constructed while resolving the situation where it is impossible. Further, the first mode main management apparatus 100A1 and the second mode main management apparatus 100A1 compare FIG. 5 and FIG. 15 and compare FIG. 6 and FIG. Since the configuration of the management data is the same, switching between the first mode and the second mode is easy.

  1 management system, 1A management system, 10 equipment, 100 management device, 100A main management device, 100A1 main management device, 100B sub management device, 102A device communication unit, 102B device communication unit, 103A communication unit, 103B communication unit, 104A Inter-device communication section, 104B Inter-device communication section, 106A data synchronization section, 106A1 data synchronization section, 106B data synchronization section, 106B1 data synchronization section, 108A control section, 108B control section, 108B1 control section, 108B2 control section, 110A equipment configuration Storage unit, 110A1 device configuration data, 110A11 device configuration storage unit, 110A2 management device configuration data, 110A21 management device configuration data, 110A3 centralized management data, 110A31 centralized management data, 110B device configuration storage unit 110B1 device configuration data, 110B2 main management device address data, 112A operation unit, 112B operation unit, 114A display unit, 114B display unit, 116 touch panel, 121 main management device configuration data, 122 sub management device configuration data, 150 terminal, 200 communication line, 300 control line, S01 signal, S02 signal, S03 synchronization signal, S106B data synchronization unit, S12 alignment signal, S13 synchronization signal, S14 signal, S21 operation change signal, S22 signal, S31 signal, S41 signal.

Claims (5)

A main management device connected to a sub-management device to which at least one equipment is connected,
A communication unit having an inter-device communication unit communicating with the sub-management device;
Control for controlling the operation of the at least one equipment using the sub management equipment configuration data in which the equipment address of each of the at least one equipment is associated with the equipment address of the sub management equipment And comprising
The communication unit is to have a device communication unit communicating with at least one of the equipment not connected to the sub-management device,
The controller is
In a state where at least one equipment device that is not connected to the sub management device is connected, at least one equipment device connected to the sub management device is controlled via the sub management device, and the sub management device In a first mode for controlling at least one facility device that is not connected, and at least one facility device that is not connected to the sub-management device, at least one facility device that is connected to the sub-management device is Switching between the second mode controlled via the sub-management device,
Main management device. A device configuration storage unit;
In the first mode, the device configuration storage unit associates each device address of at least one equipment device not connected to the sub management device with the device address of the main management device. The combined data of the configuration data and the configuration data for the sub management device is stored as centralized management data, and the configuration data for the sub management device is stored as centralized management data in the second mode. ,
In the first mode, the control unit controls the at least one equipment device and at least one equipment device not connected to the sub-management device based on the centralized management data, and performs the second mode. And controlling the at least one equipment device based on the centralized management data.
The main management apparatus according to claim 1 . A management system comprising the main management device according to claim 1 or 2 and at least one sub-management device connected to the main management device. The sub-management device has a device configuration storage unit and a control unit that store a device address of the at least one equipment device as device configuration data,
The control unit of the sub management device controls the at least one equipment device based on the device configuration data stored in the device configuration storage unit of the sub management device.
The management system according to claim 3 . The equipment is an air conditioner,
The management system according to claim 3 or claim 4 .

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