JP7320963B2 - Fire alarm equipment and disaster prevention information management system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a fire alarm facility and a disaster prevention information management system for storing and managing history information printed by a printer of a receiver.

Conventionally, in a fire alarm system that monitors fires by connecting a fire sensor to a signal line drawn from a receiver, events that occur during operation of the fire alarm system, such as fires, failures, and inspections, are recorded as historical information. is printed by a printer provided in the receiver and stored in a memory such as a RAM provided in the receiver.

JP-A-2002-092753 JP 2017-224193 A

However, there is a limit to the capacity of the RAM provided in such a receiver. For example, if the RAM becomes full with history data of about one year, the past history data stored in the RAM will be transferred to the printer. The history data is either erased from the RAM or overwritten with new history data. There is a problem that thermal paper on which history data is printed is not suitable for long-term storage.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a fire alarm facility and a disaster prevention information management system that enable history data to be stored and used without being restricted by the storage capacity of a receiver.

(Fire alarm equipment)
The present invention relates to a fire alarm system that monitors a fire by connecting a fire sensor to a receiver,
to the receiver,
printing means for printing predetermined print information generated based on the occurrence of a predetermined event;
print information transmission control means for transmitting print information to be output to the print means to a predetermined server via the Internet and storing it as history information;
is provided ,
The print information is characterized in that it is in a data format that can be printed by outputting it to the printing means .

(Disaster prevention information management system)
Another form of the present invention is a disaster prevention information management system,
To the receiver of the fire alarm equipment that monitors the fire by connecting the fire detector,
printing means for printing predetermined print information generated based on the occurrence of a predetermined event;
print information transmission control means for transmitting print information to be output to the print means to a predetermined server via the Internet and storing the print information;
is provided,
The print information is in a data format that can be printed by outputting it to a printing means.
The server is characterized by processing the print information received from the receiver into history information in a predetermined format that can be browsed , and storing the history information.

( History information format )
The server can communicate with a predetermined terminal device,
The format of the history information stored in the server is a predetermined image data format that can be browsed by a predetermined terminal device that maintains a form in which characters can be recognized as characters.

(basic effect)
The present invention provides a fire alarm system for monitoring fires by connecting a fire sensor to a receiver, wherein the receiver is provided with printing means for printing predetermined print information generated based on the occurrence of a predetermined event; Print information transmission control means for transmitting print information to be output to the means to a predetermined server via the Internet and storing it as history information is provided. The print information is output to a printing means such as a thermal printer and printed as history data. At the same time, the print information is sent to a server on the Internet and saved. However, the history information can be saved and used without the need to print and save the past history information, and without being restricted by the storage capacity of the RAM or the like.

(Effect of branch transmission of print information)
In addition, the print information transmission control means branches the print information to be output to the printing means to the gateway device, and transmits the print information from the gateway device to the server for storage. can be saved and made available.

Also, the present application enables the storage and use of history information by adding only a simple change to an existing receiver. In other words, receivers with existing printers can save and use history information without changing receiver software simply by branching the input signal to the printer and connecting a gateway device to the branch. becomes.

(Effect of disaster prevention information management system)
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a disaster prevention information management system, wherein a receiver of a fire alarm system connected to a fire sensor to monitor a fire is provided with a predetermined print generated based on the occurrence of a predetermined event. Printing means for printing information and print information transmission control means for transmitting and storing print information to be output to the printing means to a predetermined server via the Internet are provided. In addition to the effects of the fire alarm system described above, for example, by adding management data such as the date to the print information and saving it, the server can To simply and easily search and use print information stored in a computer as history information from a terminal device equipped with a browser or the like.

Explanatory diagram showing an outline of a disaster prevention information management system consisting of fire alarm equipment and a server Block diagram showing the functional configuration of the receiver and server Explanatory diagram showing the appearance of the receiver from the front Explanatory diagram showing print data, print records, and history data

[Fire alarm equipment and disaster prevention information management system]
(Basic Concept of Embodiment)
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an overview of a disaster prevention information management system composed of fire alarm equipment and a server.

The basic concept of the fire alarm equipment and disaster prevention information management system according to this embodiment is that the fire alarm equipment 10 monitors fires by connecting a fire sensor 16 to a signal line 14 led out from a receiver 12 to a warning area. The receiver 12 includes a printer 18 that functions as printing means for printing print data (print information) based on the occurrence of a predetermined event such as fire, failure, inspection, operation, etc.; A function of print information transmission control means for transmitting and storing the print data to a predetermined server 24 via the Internet 22 is provided, and the server 24 processes the print data received from the receiver 12 into a predetermined viewable format. and save it as history data (history information).

For this reason, the print data generated by the receiver 12 based on the occurrence of events such as fires, failures, inspections, operations, etc., is output to the printer 18 and printed as history data. Even if there is a limit to a memory such as a RAM that is transmitted and stored and stores history data in the receiver 12, it is not necessary to print and store the history data in the past by the printer 18, and the RAM is used. History data generated over a long period of time can be saved and used without being restricted by storage capacity. A detailed description will be given below.

[Outline of fire alarm equipment and disaster prevention information management system]
As shown in FIG. 1, the fire alarm system 10 has, for example, an R-type receiver 12 installed in a janitor's room on the first floor of a building. 14 is brought out to which a plurality of analog fire detectors 16 with uniquely addressed transmission capabilities are connected to monitor fires. In the signal line 14, an on-off type fire sensor and a transmitter are connected to a sensor line drawn from a repeater having a transmission function and a unique address is set. A smoke exhaust device and the like are connected, but illustration is omitted.

Further, the receiver 12 is provided with a printer 18, and when an event such as fire, failure, inspection, operation, etc. occurs in the receiver 12, predetermined print data is generated based on the event and output to the printer 18. I am trying to print it as history data.

The receiver 12 is also provided with a gateway device 20 so that it can be communicatively connected to a server 24 via the Internet 22 .

The receiver 12 generates print data based on the occurrence of a predetermined event such as a fire, failure, inspection, operation, etc., and outputs the print data to the printer 18 for printing. to the server 24 via the Internet 22.

The server 24 that has received the print data from the receiver 12 processes the received print data into a browsable predetermined format and stores it as history data. The history data of the fire alarm system 10 stored in the server 24 can be retrieved and browsed by the client 28, the receiver 12, and the disaster prevention display panel 15 connected via the LAN line 26. Also, necessary history data can be retrieved and browsed from a mobile terminal 34 such as a smart phone or a tablet via a mobile phone slave station 32 of the mobile phone network 30 .

[Functional configuration of receiver and server]
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the functional configuration of the receiver and server, FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the appearance of the receiver from the front, and FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing print data, print records, and history data.

(Receiver function)
As shown in FIG. 1, the receiver 12 is composed of a computer circuit or the like having a CPU, a memory, and various input/output ports. is provided with a sub CPU 40 and a transmission unit 42 .

The main CPU 36 and the sub CPU 40 are connected by a serial transfer bus 44 and exchange data with each other.

A printer 18 is connected to the main CPU 36 , and a gateway device 20 that branches print data for the printer 18 and transmits the data to the server 24 is also connected.

In addition, the main CPU 36 includes a display 46 with a touch panel using a liquid crystal display panel or the like, a display unit 48 using indicator lamps such as LEDs, various switches such as a fire judgment switch, a main sound stop switch, and a district sound stop switch. , an acoustic alarm unit 52 provided with a speaker, and an alarm transfer unit 54 are connected.

A disaster prevention display panel 15 is connected to the main CPU 36 via a serial transmission unit 45 , and the disaster prevention display panel 15 displays events occurring in the receiver 12 , alarms, and operations, and stores them in the server 24 . It is possible to browse history information of the receiver 12 .

Further, the main CPU 36 is provided with a reception control section 56 and a print information transmission control section 58 that function as control means by executing programs, and is also provided with a history storage section 60 using a RAM or the like.

(Appearance of receiver)
As shown in FIG. 3, a display 46 with a touch panel is arranged on the board surface of the receiver 12 . The display 46 displays a color image on the screen, and a touch panel is arranged on the screen to enable selection and input by screen touch operation.

A guide switch 72 is arranged on the lower side of the display 46 at a position that is easy to see and easy to operate for the user, which is the left and right center of the board surface. When the guide switch 72 is operated when a fire event occurs and information to be the target of guidance is displayed on the display 46, the content of the guidance is output by voice.

In addition, a fire decision switch 78, a main sound stop switch 74, and a district sound temporary stop switch 76 are arranged on the lower board surface of the display 46. FIG. A small door 82 is provided on the board surface below the guide switch 72 so as to open forward with the lower side as an axis, and various operation switches including a recovery switch are provided inside the small door 82 .

A telephone microphone 80 is arranged outside the fire decision switch 78, and in combination with a speaker inside a sound hole 84 provided beside the display 46, a hands-free emergency telephone function is realized.

A fire representative light 86 and a gas leakage representative light 88 are provided on the upper board surface of the display 46 . Further, a printer 18 is arranged below the board surface of the receiver 12 to print out print data based on events occurring in the receiver 12 .

(Receiver fire monitoring control)
The sub CPU 40 of the sub CPU board 38 provided in the receiver 12 shown in FIG. Is going.

During normal monitoring, the fire monitoring control by the sub CPU 40 instructs the transmission unit 42 to transmit a broadcast batch AD conversion signal including a batch AD conversion command at regular intervals. Upon receiving the AD converted signal, the fire sensor 16 detects and holds the smoke density or temperature as sensor data. Subsequently, the sub CPU 40 transmits a call signal including polling commands sequentially designating terminal addresses.

When the fire sensor 16 receives a call signal having an address that matches its own address, it transmits a response signal including the sensor data held at that time to the transmission section 42 . The fire detector 16 also sends a fire interrupt signal to the transmitter 42 of the receiver 12 when smoke density or temperature exceeds a predetermined fire caution level.

When the sub CPU 40 receives the fire interrupt signal via the transmission unit 42, it transmits a group search command signal to identify the group including the fire detector 16 that is detecting the fire, and then transmits the intra-group search command signal. The addresses of the fire sensors 16 transmitting and detecting fire are specified, and analog data of the sensors are centrally collected and transmitted to the main CPU 36 via the serial transfer bus 44 .

The main CPU 36 compares the analog data received from the sub CPU 40 with a predetermined fire determination level. When the analog data reaches the fire determination level, the main CPU 36 determines that there is a fire, turns on the fire representative lamp 86 of the display unit 48, and A predetermined main sound alarm indicating fire occurrence is output from the speaker of the sound alarm unit 52, fire alarm information including the location of the fire is displayed on the display 46 based on the sensor address where the fire was detected, and the alarm transfer unit 54 outputs a fire alarm transfer signal to the outside to perform predetermined alarm transfer control and the like.

(Print information transmission control of the receiver)
A print information transmission control unit 58 functioning as print information transmission control means provided in the main CPU 36 of the receiver 12 shown in FIG. is generated, the print data is output to the printer 18 to be printed out, and the print data is branched and output to the gateway device 20, whereby the gateway device 20 outputs the print data according to a predetermined Internet protocol. is sent to the server 24 via the Internet 22.

The print data is transmitted as a serial signal to the printer 18 and the gateway device 20, and the characters of the print data received by the server 24 are not images but are recognizable as characters.

The reception control unit 56 generates print data 90 in the format shown in FIG. 4(A) based on the occurrence of the event. The print data 90 of this embodiment is composed of date and time, place, type and content. FIG. 4B shows a print result 92 of the print data 90 generated by the reception control unit 56 when a fire occurs. 2019/02/01" is printed, and then the print data associated with the fire is printed.

For example, looking at the first stamp data, the location "1st floor south district" is printed following the hour, minute and second "023425", then "analog smoke" indicating an analog smoke detector is printed as the type, and finally "Notification" is printed as the content in the The print data printed out by the printer 18 is also stored in the history storage unit 60 using a RAM or the like. However, the storage capacity of the history storage unit 60 is limited. Data is overwritten and stored, and only history data for a limited period of time, such as one year, is stored.

The format and content of the print data 90 can be set to appropriate content and format required as a history. In addition to branching the print data to the gateway device 20 and transmitting it to the server 24 in real time, the print information transmission control unit 58 temporarily stores the print data in a buffer memory for transmission, and stores the print data in units of a predetermined period, for example, in units of one day. Alternatively, the data may be read from the buffer memory immediately, output to the gateway device 20 and transmitted to the server 24 .

(server)
As shown in FIG. 2, the server 24 is composed of a computer circuit and the like having a CPU, memory, and various input/output ports. , a display unit 68 using a display, and a storage unit 70 having a sufficient storage capacity.

When the server control unit 64 receives the print data transmitted by the receiver 12 via the communication control unit 62, for example, it generates history data 94 in the format shown in FIG. . In the history data 94 of FIG. 4C, predetermined search data 96 is combined with the head of the print data 90 received from the receiver 12. As the search data 96, for example, date data is used. Specifying the date The historical data of the specified date can be extracted from the history data 94 stored in the storage unit 70 and viewed.

Further, when the history data of a plurality of fire alarm equipments 10 are stored in the storage unit 70, the server control unit 64 stores the equipment ID assigned to the fire alarm equipment in addition to the year, month, and day in the search data 96. By doing so, it is possible to browse by searching the history data 94 specifying the fire alarm equipment.

The history data 94 stored in the server 24 can be browsed from the receiver 12 and the disaster prevention display board 15 in addition to the client 28 and the mobile terminal 34 .

When storing the history data 94 in the storage unit 70, the server control unit 64 maintains a form in which the print data 90 can be recognized as characters by the client 28, the portable terminal 34, and the disaster prevention display board 15, and displays the characters on the display. Predetermined image data that can be displayed, for example, may be converted into PDF format and stored. By converting the print data 90 into image data and storing it in this way, when viewing the history data 94 from the client 28, the receiver 12, the disaster prevention display board 15, the mobile terminal 34, etc., the image data can be converted from the print data 90 to the image data. conversion to . Further, it is possible to use the history data 94 more efficiently by utilizing the terminal specific information and time information included in the history data with the character information as the search target.

[Modification of the present invention]
(Disaster prevention display panel)
In addition to the above embodiments, when the user selects history data, the disaster prevention display panel 15 identifies the terminal related to the selected history based on the terminal identification information included in the history data 94, and the disaster prevention display panel 15 The terminal may be highlighted on the map displayed by .

(Print data)
In the above-described embodiment, print data is generated based on the occurrence of an event such as the alarm of a fire sensor, but the generated print data is not limited to this. Setting information of the receiver and the like may be transmitted to the server 24 as print data. At this time, printing from the printer 18 may not be performed. In addition, in order to distinguish whether or not printing has been performed from the printer 18, the print data may include information for distinguishing whether or not the data is to be printed by the printer.

(Browsing/printing of print data by receiver)
In the above embodiment, the history data 94 can be viewed on the receiver 12, but it may be printed.

(Printing by client or disaster prevention display board)
In the above embodiment, the history data 94 can be viewed on the client 28 or the disaster prevention display panel 15, but it may be printed. By enabling printing on the client 28 and the disaster prevention display panel 15, printing on A4 paper or the like can be performed by a high-performance printer. Therefore, it is possible to print the history data 94 and attach it to inspection reports.

(P-type receiver)
The above embodiment exemplifies a fire alarm system in which an R-type fire sensor is connected via a signal line from an R-type receiver. The same can be applied to P-type fire alarm equipment in which an on-off type fire detector is connected to the detector line.

(receiver without printer)
Further, in the above-described embodiment, the receiver is provided with a printer to print out the print data.

(others)
Moreover, the present invention includes appropriate modifications that do not impair its purpose and advantages, and is not limited by the numerical values shown in the above embodiments.

10: Fire alarm equipment 12: Receiver 14: Signal line 15: Disaster prevention display board 16: Fire detector 18: Printer 20: Gateway device 22: Internet 24: Server 26: LAN line 28: Client 30: Mobile phone network 32: Mobile phone slave station 34: mobile terminal 36: main CPU
38: Sub CPU board 40: Sub CPU
42: Transmission unit 45: Serial transmission unit 56: Reception control unit 58: Print information transmission control unit 60: History storage unit 62: Communication control unit 64: Server control unit 66: Operation unit 70: Storage unit 90: Print data 92: Print result 94: history data 96: search data

Claims (3)

In fire alarm equipment that monitors fire by connecting a fire sensor to a receiver,
to said receiver,
printing means for printing predetermined print information generated based on the occurrence of a predetermined event;
print information transmission control means for transmitting print information to be output to the print means to a predetermined server via the Internet and storing it as history information;
is provided ,
The fire alarm equipment , wherein the print information is in a data format that can be printed by outputting it to the printing means .
To the receiver of the fire alarm equipment that monitors the fire by connecting the fire detector,
printing means for printing predetermined print information generated based on the occurrence of a predetermined event;
print information transmission control means for transmitting and storing print information to be output to the print means to a predetermined server via the Internet;
is provided,
The print information is in a data format that can be printed by outputting to the printing means,
A disaster prevention information management system, wherein the server processes the print information received from the receiver into history information in a predetermined format that can be browsed , and stores the information.
In the disaster prevention information management system according to claim 2,
The server is capable of communicating with a predetermined terminal device,
A disaster prevention information management system, wherein the format of the history information stored in the server is a predetermined image data format that can be browsed by the predetermined terminal device that maintains a form recognizable as characters.

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