JPH02253398A - Building remote supervisory device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To take prompt and suitable measures by providing a time zone detecting device, and detecting an accident or abnormality occurred at the facility equipment of a building in a patrol area even at the time of patrol for maintenance. CONSTITUTION:A time zone detecting device 3 is provided, in the maintenance patrol time zone of a maintenance engineer, when the accident or abnormality has occurred at the facility equipment of a building 6 in the maintenance patrol area, accident or abnormality information is transmitted from a building terminal supervisory device 1 to a supervising center 8 and wireless telephony equipment 14 of a portable maintenance device 13. Further the accident information inputted to the wireless telephony equipment 14 is analyzed by a processor 16, and the contents of the accident or abnormality of the facility equipment are displayed and stored on a display device 15 and into a storage device 17 respectively. Thus since the maintenance engineer rushes to the building 6 where the accident or abnormality has occurred at the facility equipment, the prompt and suitable measures are taken for the buildings maintained by a managing company, and the maintenance service can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a building remote monitoring device that quickly handles failures and abnormalities in building equipment.

[Conventional technology]

For example, as proposed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-121551, a system in which the operating status of equipment, including elevators, installed in a building is centrally monitored by a management company's monitoring center has been widely adopted in recent years. has been done.

In this type of building remote monitoring system, a building is provided with a building terminal monitoring device and a communication control device, and a management company is provided with a monitoring center. The building terminal monitoring device monitors the operating state of the equipment including the 5-pillar elevator, and when a failure or abnormal condition occurs in the equipment, the building terminal monitoring device detects this failure or abnormality.

Then, the communication control device is activated to establish a connection between the building terminal monitoring device and the monitoring center via a telephone line, and information on malfunctions or abnormalities in the equipment is transmitted to the monitoring center.

In this way, with this type of building remote monitoring device, the monitoring center can centrally monitor equipment based on information about failures or abnormalities in building equipment transmitted via telephone lines. .

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

In the conventional building remote monitoring device described above, when equipment in the building breaks down or becomes abnormal, information about the fault or abnormality is transmitted to a monitoring center via a telephone line. Therefore, the monitoring center learns the status of the equipment and the location of the building based on the transmitted information, and a service engineer goes to the site and takes countermeasures such as repairing the equipment or replacing parts.

Now, conventional response measures are such that when a monitoring center receives information about equipment abnormalities or failures, it contacts the office in charge of the location of the building, and that office dispatches a service technician to the site. As a result, communication between the monitoring center and the business office is time consuming, which tends to result in delays in response measures.

The present invention was made in view of the current state of this type of building remote monitoring device as described above, and its purpose is to quickly respond to the occurrence of failures or abnormalities in building equipment. Our goal is to provide a building remote monitoring device that can

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a building terminal monitoring device that monitors equipment installed in a building and detects the occurrence of failures and abnormalities, and this building terminal monitoring device. When the system detects the failure or abnormality, it connects the building terminal monitoring device to a monitoring center via a telephone line.

A communication control device for transmitting information on failures and abnormalities detected by the building terminal monitoring device is installed in the building, and the building terminal monitoring device monitors the equipment based on the information at the monitoring center, A portable maintenance device is equipped with an information processing means and a storage device for displaying and processing information input into the telephone, and is connected to the building terminal monitoring device, and a maintenance engineer patrols the area including the building. a time zone detection device for detecting a time zone; a calling means for calling a maintenance device of a maintenance engineer in charge of the building to the building terminal monitoring device; The terminal monitoring device is configured to include line connection means for connecting the terminal monitoring device to the telephone set.

[Function J] In the present invention, when a failure or abnormality occurs in equipment installed in a building, the building terminal monitoring device! Detect the occurrence of this failure or abnormality immediately.

Then, the communication control device 5 is activated, and the building terminal monitoring device is connected to the monitoring center via a telephone line by means of automatic alarm, and information on failures or abnormalities in equipment is transmitted to the monitoring center.

Particularly, in the present invention, a time zone detection device is provided to detect the time zone during which maintenance engineers are patrolling the area including the building, and when this time zone detecting device detects the patrol time zone, a detection signal is emitted to monitor the building terminal. input to the device.

In this state, the communication control device is activated and the building terminal monitoring device is connected by telephone line to a portable maintenance device carried by a maintenance engineer on a maintenance tour by means of automatic alarm.

In this way, the information on the failure or abnormality of equipment from the building terminal monitoring device is analyzed and processed by the information processing means of the portable maintenance device carried by the maintenance engineer. . Based on this information, a maintenance engineer rushes to the site and takes countermeasures such as repairing equipment or replacing parts.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail using the block diagram of FIG. 1 showing its configuration.

As shown in FIG. 1, in the embodiment, an air conditioner 4 and an elevator 5 are installed in a building 6 as equipment.

Further, a building terminal monitoring device 1 is installed in the building 6, and an air conditioner 4 and an elevator 5 are connected to the building terminal monitoring device 1 through a signal line 19.

In the building 6, this building terminal monitoring device 1 is connected to the communication control device 2.
, a time zone detection device 3 is connected.

Further, the communication control device 2 and the telephone office 7 are connected to each other by a telephone line 9, and the telephone office 7 and a monitoring center 8 of a management company that maintains equipment are configured so that they can be connected to each other by a telephone line 9'. ing.

On the other hand, a portable maintenance device 13 is provided, which includes a wireless telephone 14 with a wireless telephone antenna 11, a processing device 16, a display device 15. A storage device 17 and a buzzer 18 are built-in. These are connected as shown in FIG. 1 with the processing device 16 as the central device.

Radio waves 1 are transmitted and received between the wireless telephone antenna 11 attached to the portable maintenance bag @13 and the wireless telephone antenna 10 provided at the telephone station 7.
2, a wireless telephone line is constructed between the portable maintenance device 13 and the telephone office 7.

Here, the building terminal monitoring device 1 receives status signals of each equipment from the air conditioner 4 and the elevator 5 at regular intervals, and when these equipment malfunctions or becomes abnormally operating, the building terminal monitoring device 1 The device 1 outputs a signal indicating a failure or abnormality in the equipment.

Also, the one-hour period detection device 3 is installed by a maintenance engineer in this building 6.
The system detects the time period during which the area including the building is being patrolled, and inputs the detection signal to the building terminal monitoring device 1.

Furthermore, the communication control device 2 stores the telephone number of the destination, and receives a signal from the building terminal monitoring device 1.
Corresponds to the communication control device 2. An automatic alarm operation is performed, and a telephone line 9 is established between the communication control device 2 and the telephone office 7 by this automatic alarm operation.

1 communication control device 2, the building terminal monitoring device 1
An information signal indicating a failure or abnormality in the equipment is sent to the connected telephone line 9.

Furthermore, when the building terminal monitoring bag @1 detects a failure or abnormality in equipment, the communication control bag @2 automatically issues an alarm, but only after the abnormality is reported.

For example, if a failure or abnormality in equipment is restored within 5 minutes, the building terminal monitoring device 1 inputs a recovery signal from the equipment, outputs a recovery alarm request signal to the communication control device 2, and performs communication control. It has a function of causing the device 2 to issue a recovery notification.

In an embodiment with such a configuration, the communication control device 2 constitutes a line connection means, and the wireless telephone 14. Processing device 161 Display device 15. Storage device 17. The buzzer 18 constitutes information processing means.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be explained with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

The building equipment monitoring process 21 is a process in which the building terminal monitoring device 1 inputs operation status signals from the air conditioner 4 and the elevator 5 at a constant cycle.
In the case of 0 alarm factor fever, the building terminal monitoring device i11 checks the status of these equipment. Monitoring continues. If there is a cause for alarm, an automatic alarm request command signal is output from the building terminal monitoring device 1 to the communication control device 2.0 The communication control device 2 performs automatic alarm processing 23 based on this command signal. In the alarm process 23, the communication control device 2 selects the telephone number of the monitoring center 8 of the management company of the equipment that has failed or has malfunctioned, and by the automatic alarm operation, the communication control device 2 connects the building terminal monitoring device 1 to the monitoring center 8 via a telephone line 9, a telephone office 7, and a telephone line 9''.

Here, in the alarm destination response waiting 24, when the building terminal monitoring device 1 and the monitoring center 8 are connected by the above-mentioned automatic alarm operation, a response signal is sent to confirm that the alarm has been received from the monitoring center 8. The communication control bag is output to the building terminal monitoring device 1 via 2. Until this response signal is output from the monitoring center 8, the building terminal monitoring device 1 is in a state of waiting for input of the response signal for, for example, three seconds. In response presence determination 25, the presence or absence of the response signal is determined by the building terminal monitoring device l.

If there is no response signal, a retry process 28 causes the automatic alarm process 23 and subsequent operations to be performed again, for example, up to three times.

If there is a response signal, it is confirmed that the line has been connected between the monitoring center 8 and the building terminal monitoring device 1, and the monitoring center 8 receives information from the building terminal monitoring device 1 regarding equipment failure or abnormality 1. For example, it becomes possible to input information about an accident in which the elevator 5 became inoperable at an intermediate position between floors. When the line is connected, the failure information is transmitted from the building terminal monitoring device M1 to the monitoring center 8 via the telephone lines 9, 9'. In this way, the failure information of the elevator 5 is transmitted to the monitoring center 8, so the monitoring center 8
It can be determined that an inoperable accident has occurred in the elevator 5.

In this case, if the time period detection device 3 detects that the maintenance engineer of the management company is patrolling the area including the building 6, a detection signal is sent from the time period detection device 3 to the building terminal monitoring device 1. is input. Based on this detection signal, a call command signal for the portable maintenance device 13 carried by a maintenance engineer on one tour is input from the building terminal monitoring device 1 to the communication control device 2.

When the communication control device M2 receives the above-mentioned call command signal, the communication control device M2 automatically issues an alarm as described above and calls the building terminal monitoring device! 1 to the monitoring center 8 and transmits a failure or abnormality information signal,
Portable maintenance device by switching the telephone line 9! Select 13 phone numbers and make an automatic alert.

For this reason, the telephone station 7 transmits radio waves 20 from the wireless telephone antenna 10 to call the wireless telephone 14 built in the portable maintenance device 13 carried by the maintenance engineer who is on one tour. The wireless telephone antenna 11 is equipped with a communication control circuit that automatically connects a telephone line when a calling signal from 7 is received by the wireless telephone antenna 11.

Therefore, the building terminal monitoring device 1 and the wireless telephone 14 are connected to each other by the telephone line 9, the wireless telephone line formed between the wireless telephone antenna 10, and the wireless telephone antenna 11 of the portable maintenance device i13.

As a result, information about an accident in which the elevator 5 became inoperable at an intermediate position between floors is transmitted from the building terminal monitoring device 1 to the wireless telephone 14 via the telephone line 9 and the wireless telephone line.
transmitted to.

The information input to the wireless telephone 14 is output to the processing device 16, and the processing device 16 confirms that the alarm has been received and sounds the buzzer 18 to notify the maintenance engineer.

Furthermore, the processing device 16 analyzes the input information and displays information such as the failure status and the name and location of the building 6 on the display device I!
15 and has a function of storing the status of failure or abnormality in the storage device 17.

- Also, by connecting the storage device W117 to, for example, a computer (not shown) in the monitoring center 8, it is possible to output the collected information to a hard disk or printer (not shown).

When the buzzer 18 sounds, the maintenance engineer recognizes that a malfunction or abnormality has been reported, and by looking at the display section of the display device 15 of the portable maintenance device 13, the maintenance engineer can check whether the elevator 5 of the building 6 is on the floor or the floor. After learning that the vehicle was unable to operate in the middle of the building, they confirmed the location of Building 6 and rushed to the scene. At this time, as the maintenance response confirmation process 26 shown in FIG. A signal is output from the telephone 14 to the communication control device 2, and a signal for a maintenance engineer to rush to the building 6 is transmitted to the pill terminal monitoring device W11. In confirmation response presence determination 27, the building terminal monitoring device 1 receives the status confirmation response signal and determines whether or not there is a status confirmation response signal. If it does not exist, try processing 28 is performed, and if it does, the notification processing ends.

The maintenance engineer recognizes a failure or abnormality in the equipment in the building 6 using the portable maintenance device 113, rushes to the site, and repairs the elevator 5 described above.

In this way, according to the example, if a failure or abnormality occurs in equipment during maintenance patrol hours, the maintenance technicians on patrol will immediately rush to the site and repair the equipment in buildings scattered throughout the country. 7. Prompt and appropriate response processing will be carried out.

Outside the maintenance patrol hours of a maintenance engineer carrying the portable maintenance device 13, the time zone detection device 3 does not emit a detection signal, and the building terminal monitoring device 1 does not.

The call command signal for the maintenance engineer is not output.

In this case, as described above, the failure information of the elevator 5 in the building 6 is transmitted only to the monitoring center 8 via the telephone lines 9, 9'. Therefore, the monitoring center 8 analyzes the elevator failure information and contacts the office in charge of the location of the building 6.

In this embodiment, during the maintenance patrol hours of the maintenance engineer, if a failure or abnormal condition occurs in the equipment in the building 6 within the maintenance patrol area, the wireless communication between the monitoring center 8 and the portable maintenance equipment 13 is activated. Failure or abnormality information is transmitted from the building terminal monitoring device 1 to the telephone 14.

The failure information input into the wireless telephone 14 is as follows.

The processing device 16 performs analysis processing, and the details of the failure or abnormality of the equipment are displayed and stored in the display device 15 and the storage device 17. As a result, a maintenance engineer will rush to Building 6 where equipment has malfunctioned or is abnormal, allowing prompt and appropriate response processing to be carried out at buildings maintained by the management company in various locations, thereby improving maintenance services. be able to.

Furthermore, the maintenance device is portable, small, and lightweight, and can be easily carried by even a few maintenance engineers, making it easy to move.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained in detail above, according to the present invention, it is possible to detect failures or abnormalities in equipment in buildings scattered throughout the country even during maintenance rounds. Even if a failure or abnormality occurs in the equipment, prompt and appropriate countermeasures can be taken, and effective remote monitoring operations can be performed.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block explanatory diagram showing the detailed configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a series of operations of an embodiment of the present invention. 1... Building terminal monitoring device, 2... Communication control device, 3
...Time zone detection device, 4...Air conditioner, 5...Elevator, 6...Building, 7...Telephone office, 8...Monitoring center, 9...Telephone line, 9' ...Telephone line, 10
... Radio telephone antenna, 11... Radio telephone antenna, 12... Radio waves, 13... Portable maintenance device, 1
4...Wireless phone. 15... Display device, 16... Processing device, 17...
Storage device, 18... Buzzer 19... Signal line. Above are the symbols in Figure 1. 21 to 28 in FIG. 2 are serial numbers for each square in the flowchart. Figure 1

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A building terminal monitoring device that monitors equipment installed in a building and detects failures and abnormalities, and when this building terminal monitoring device detects the failures and abnormalities, it calls the building terminal monitoring device over a telephone line. A communication control device connected to a monitoring center and transmitting information on failures and abnormalities detected by the building terminal monitoring device is installed in the building, and the monitoring center monitors the equipment based on the information. The remote monitoring device includes a portable maintenance device that is equipped with a telephone, an information processing procedure for displaying and processing information input to the telephone, and a storage device, and a portable maintenance device that is connected to the building terminal monitoring device and that is connected to the a time zone detection device for detecting a patrol time zone of an area including a building; a calling means for calling a maintenance device of a maintenance engineer in charge of the building to the building terminal monitoring device; . A building remote monitoring device comprising: line connection means for connecting the building terminal monitoring device to the telephone set via a telephone line.