JPH02129794A - Remote monitoring device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To decrease the number of monitoring staffs who always reside in a monitoring center, and to reduce an operation cost by providing a transfer control means to transfer an alarm generated at night to a full-day monitoring center on a daytime monitoring center. CONSTITUTION:In the daytime, all monitoring centers 2a-2c are in an operating condition. Then, when an alarming signal is outputted from an equipment 4 of a building to be respectively monitored, the alarming signal is transferred from terminal equipments 31 and 32 through a communication channel 5 to the respective monitoring centers 2a-2c. In the nighttime, the reception of the alarm from the respectively correspondent equipment 4 is stopped to the daytime monitoring centers 2b and 2c excepting for the full-day monitoring center 2a which can receive the alarming signal from the equipment 4 over the full day of the daytime and nighttime. In such a case, when the alarm is generated from the equipment 4 of the correspondent building in the nighttime, transfer control means 34T and 35T are operated and the generated alarm is transferred through the communication channel 5 to the full-day monitoring center 2a. Thus, in the nighttime, when the monitoring staff always residues only in the full-day monitoring center 2a, the equipments of all the building can be completely monitored.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Field of Industrial Application> The present invention relates to a remote monitoring device, and particularly to a remote monitoring device that efficiently performs nighttime monitoring.

<Conventional technology> In recent years, a method has been introduced in which remote monitoring equipment is used to centrally monitor multiple buildings remotely from a monitoring center, without having a manager on site to monitor building equipment. ing.

For this type of remote monitoring device, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-121
As disclosed in Publication No. 551, the installation of air conditioning equipment, power substation equipment, elevators, etc. installed in buildings is ON.
A sensor is attached to the device.

A terminal device connected to these sensors is provided in the building, and the terminal device and the monitoring center are connected through a communication line.

In this type of remote monitoring device, the status of equipment is transmitted as a warning signal from a terminal device to a monitoring center via a communication line, and based on the received warning signal, the monitoring center
Monitor equipment in multiple buildings centrally and remotely.

<Problem to be solved by the invention> With conventional remote monitoring devices such as those mentioned above, when the number of buildings to be monitored increases, the monitoring capacity of the monitoring center may reach its limit, and In order to maintain a detailed monitoring system, it is necessary to increase the number of monitoring centers.

In this case, if a monitoring center is added, new monitoring personnel will be permanently stationed at the newly established monitoring center day and night, increasing the number of monitoring personnel and increasing operating costs.

On the other hand, it is known that in this type of remote monitoring device, monitoring work is significantly reduced at night compared to during the day.

The present invention has been made in view of the current state of this type of remote monitoring device as described above, and its purpose is to provide a system in which, when a plurality of monitoring centers are distributed, all monitoring centers have a monitoring staff. To provide a remote monitoring device capable of completely monitoring all building equipment without being permanently stationed at night.

<Means for Solving the Problems> In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a system in which terminal devices are installed in each of a plurality of buildings, and alarms from equipment connected to these terminal devices are transmitted through communication lines. In the remote monitoring device, the plurality of monitoring centers include at least one all-day monitoring center that receives the alerts all day long; and a daytime monitoring center other than the all-day monitoring center that receives the alarm only during the daytime, and the daytime monitoring center is provided with a transfer control means for transferring the alarm generated at night to the all-day monitoring center. It has a well-structured structure.

<Function> In the present invention, all the monitoring centers are in operation during the daytime, and when alarm signals are issued from the equipment of the buildings to be monitored, the alarm signals are transmitted from the terminal devices via the communication line. transmitted to the monitoring center. Then, each monitoring center monitors the corresponding equipment based on the received alarm signal.

Also, at night, throughout the day and night,
The daytime monitoring centers other than the all-day monitoring center that is capable of receiving alarm signals from the equipment stop the operation of receiving alarms from the equipment of the corresponding buildings. In this case, when an alarm is generated from equipment in a building that is handled during the night, the transfer control means installed at the daytime monitoring center is activated, and the generated alarm is sent to the all-day monitoring center via a communication line. be transferred.

For this reason, if a monitor is permanently stationed only at the all-day monitoring center at night, all building equipment can be completely monitored.

<Example> Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

Here, the figure is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

The example is a case where three monitoring blocks 11 to 13 are provided, and the monitoring block 11 has an all-day monitoring center 2a.
The monitoring blocks 12 and 13 are provided with daytime monitoring centers 2b and 2c, respectively.

The monitoring block 11 includes terminal devices 31, 31, . 4 are connected via a sensor (not shown).

Further, each terminal device 31 is connected to the all-day monitoring center 2a via a communication line 5.

This all-day monitoring center 2a is provided with a communication device 21 that performs data communication with a terminal device 31.
A processing device 25 is connected to.

The processing device 25 includes a monitoring console 22 that displays failure information and the like from the terminal device 31 and inputs command information, a storage device 23 in which the failure information, command information, and the like are written.
A printing device 24 for printing failure information, command information, etc. is connected.

The processing device 25 is configured to control the operations of the communication device 21, monitoring console 22, storage device 23, and printing device 24 to process failure information, command information, and the like.

The terminal device 32 of the monitoring block 12 is connected to the communication device 21 of the all-day monitoring center 2a and the communication device 21 of the daytime monitoring center 2b via the communication line 5, and a switch 34 for switching the connection between the two is connected to the terminal device. 32 is provided.

Further, the daytime monitoring center 2b of the monitoring block 12 is provided with a processing device 25b, and this processing device 25b is equipped with a transfer control device 34T.
When T is activated, the switch 34 is switched, and the terminal device 32 of the monitoring block 12 is switched to the all-day monitoring center 2a side.

The configuration of the other parts of the monitoring block 12 is the same as the configuration of the monitoring block 11 already described.

The monitoring block 13 is provided with a communication device 26, and the communication device 26 is connected to the monitoring block 1 via the communication line 5.
1 communication device 21 and a terminal device 31 of the monitoring block 13
and is connected to. The communication device 26 is equipped with a switch 35 that switches and connects the terminal device 31 of the monitoring block 13 to the communication device 21 of the monitoring block 11.

Further, the daytime monitoring center 2C of the monitoring block 13 is provided with a processing device 25c, and this processing device 25c is equipped with a transfer control means 35T.

When the transfer control means 35T is activated, the switch 35 is switched and the terminal device 31 of the monitoring block 13 is switched to the all-day monitoring center 2a side.

The configuration of the other parts of the monitoring block 13 is the same as the configuration of the monitoring block 11 already described.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be explained.

In the all-day monitoring center 2a of the monitoring block 11, monitoring personnel are permanently stationed day and night to carry out monitoring work. Also,
In the daytime monitoring centers 2b and 2c of the monitoring blocks 12 and 13, monitors are permanently stationed, for example, from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and perform monitoring duties.

When equipment in a building within the monitoring block 11 malfunctions, a sensor of the malfunctioning equipment detects this and malfunction information is reported from the terminal device 31 via the communication line 5. This notification is received by the communication device 21 of the all-day monitoring center 2a, and the failure information is input to the processing device 25.

Based on the input failure information, the processing device 25 reads data regarding the terminal device 31 and equipment 4 from the storage device 23, displays the read data on the monitoring console 22 together with the contents of the failure information, and prints the data as necessary. It is printed and displayed by the device 24.

The monitoring staff at the all-day monitoring center 2a uses the contents of the failure information displayed on the monitoring console 22 or printed by the printing device 24 and the data of the terminal device 3 and equipment 4 to
Consider necessary measures. Then, based on the results of this examination, the maintenance company of the building in the monitoring block 1.1 is contacted and instructions for restoration work are given.

In this way, any failure of equipment in buildings within the monitoring block 11 can be detected by the monitoring center 2 at any time of the day or night.
Failure information is reported to a, and the above-mentioned measures are taken.

Next, if the equipment in the building within the monitoring block 12 breaks down, during the daytime hours of 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The transfer control means 34T is not operating, and the terminal device 32 is connected by the switch 34 to the communication device 21 of the daytime monitoring center 2b via the communication line 5. For this reason, failure information issued from the terminal device 32 via the communication line 5 is received by the communication W21 of the daytime monitoring center 2b and input to the processing device 25b.

Therefore, in this case, the already mentioned monitoring block 11
The same processing as that in the all-day monitoring center 2a is performed in the daytime monitoring center 2b.

In this case, during the night time period after 6:00 pm and before 8:00 am, the transfer control means 34T is in operation, and the switch 34 allows the terminal device 32 to communicate with the all-day monitoring center 2a via the communication line 5. It is connected to the device 21. Therefore, failure information issued from the terminal device 32 via the communication line 5 is received by the communication device 21 of the all-day monitoring center 2a and input to the processing device 25.

Therefore, in this case, the above-mentioned processing is performed at the all-day monitoring center 2a, and the maintenance company of the building in question in the monitoring block 12 is contacted by the all-day monitoring center 2a, and instructions for restoration work are given. be exposed.

Even when equipment in a building within the monitoring block 13 breaks down, the same processing as in each case described above is performed.

That is, during the daytime period from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., the transfer control means 35T is not in operation, and the terminal device 31 of the monitoring block 13 is connected to the processing device 25c by the switch 35. For this purpose, failure information issued from the terminal device 31 of the monitoring block 13 via the communication line 5 is received by the communication device of the daytime monitoring center 2c and input to the processing device 25c.

Further, during the night time period, since the transfer control means 35T is in operation, the terminal device 31 of the monitoring block 13 is connected to the communication device 21 of the all-day monitoring center 2a by the switch 35.
It is connected to the. Therefore, failure information issued from the terminal device 31 of the monitoring block 13 via the communication line 5 is received by the communication device 21 of the all-day monitoring center 2a and input to the processing device 25.

Therefore, as already described in the case of the monitoring block 12, processing is performed on the monitoring block 13 at the daytime monitoring center 2c during daytime hours, and processing is performed at the all-day monitoring center 2a during nighttime hours. .

In this way, according to the embodiment, the all-day monitoring center 2a
If a guard is stationed all day long in the daytime monitoring centers 2b and 2c, all monitoring blocks 11, 12, and 13 can be efficiently and Monitoring can be carried out reliably.

Since it is preferable to have monitors permanently stationed in the daytime monitoring centers 2b and 2c only during daytime hours, personnel costs can be significantly reduced.

In addition, in the embodiment, a case where one all-day monitoring center and two daytime monitoring centers were provided has been described, but the present invention is not limited to the embodiment, and in general, the present invention is applicable to nighttime monitoring operations. One full-day monitoring center is placed for each group of daytime monitoring centers that can be processed. I can do it.

<Effects of the Invention> As explained in detail above, according to the present invention, the number of monitors stationed at the monitoring center can be reduced to monitor equipment in a large number of buildings, and the operation can be carried out efficiently and reliably. A remote monitoring device is provided that can significantly reduce costs.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The figure is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. 2a... All-day monitoring center, 2b, 2c...
... Daytime monitoring center, 4... Equipment, 5...
... Communication line, 11.12.13 ... Monitoring block, 21.26 ... Communication device, 25.2
5b, 25c... processing device, 31.32...
...terminal device. 34 people

Claims (1)

[Claims] Each of a plurality of buildings is provided with terminal devices, and has a plurality of monitoring centers that remotely monitor the equipment by receiving notifications from equipment connected to these terminal equipment via communication lines. In the remote monitoring device, the plurality of monitoring centers include at least one all-day monitoring center that receives the alert all day, and a daytime monitoring center that receives the alert only during the daytime, other than this all-day monitoring center, The remote monitoring device is characterized in that the daytime monitoring center is provided with a transfer control means for transferring the alarm generated during the night to the all-day monitoring center.