JPH04260261A - Informing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce a line charge by discriminating a difference between a next message request generating time and a state message request time from a routine time message section at a message time discrimination section and informing the message and content of message altogether. CONSTITUTION:Upon the receipt of a state message request, a message section 5 informs a fault state of a fault detection section 1 and upon the receipt of a time message request, the section 5 informs a metering value or the like of a meter 6. Moreover, when it is discriminated that a time difference between a state message request from a state monitor message section 2 and a next message request generating time of a routine time message section 7 is within a prescribed time, the state message request and the message content by the routine time message section are subject to message processing altogether. Through the constitution above, a fault analysis and its countermeasure are implemented quickly without causing increase in the communication line talking charge and a man-hour cost of a central monitor or the like.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a reporting device that reports meter readings and the like to a central monitoring device at a predetermined time or in a predetermined cycle when an abnormal condition occurs in equipment in a building.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art An embodiment of the prior art related to the present invention will be described with reference to a timing chart shown in FIG. In the figure, the horizontal direction shows elapsed time, and the vertical direction shows, from top to bottom, a status alarm request to issue an alarm when an abnormal condition occurs, and a time to issue an alarm at a predetermined time. It shows the process of issuing an alarm request and actually notifying the central monitoring device via the communication line.

[0003] When the conventional reporting device recognizes that the status reporting request a has occurred, it carries out reporting processing A for the cause a. Next, when the time reporting request b occurs, reporting processing B for the cause b is executed. Even if the time reporting request b occurs during the reporting process A, the system is configured to once complete the process A and then execute the reporting process B for the cause b again.

0004

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above configuration, the reporting processing based on the status reporting request and the reporting processing based on the time reporting request are each carried out independently, which requires a large number of communication lines to be used, and the central The monitoring equipment responded several times. Therefore, there was a problem in that a large amount of costs were incurred, such as communication line usage fees and personnel expenses on the central monitoring device side.

The present invention solves these conventional problems and provides a reporting device that can quickly analyze and respond to abnormalities without increasing communication line usage fees or personnel costs on the central monitoring device side. The purpose is to

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the reporting device of the present invention includes a condition monitoring and reporting unit that requests reporting when an alarming factor such as an abnormal state occurs, and a regular alarm unit that makes a periodic alarm request; and a reporting unit that reports to the central monitoring device via a communication line in response to a status alarm request from the condition monitoring alarm unit or a time alarm request from the regular alarm unit. and an alarm time determination unit that determines a time difference between the alarm request from the condition monitoring alarm unit and the next alarm request time from the scheduled alarm unit, and determines that the time difference is within a predetermined time. In this case, the content of the report by the regular report unit is sent together with the report based on the status report request.

[0007]

[Operation] According to the above-described structure, when the time difference between the generation time of the next alarm request from the regular alarm unit and the alarm request from the condition monitoring alarm unit is determined to be within a predetermined time, the The details of the report issued by the regular report unit will be sent together with the report request.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a reporting device according to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an abnormality detection unit that detects the occurrence of an abnormal state in the equipment of the building, and the signal from this abnormality detection unit 1 enters the condition monitoring and alarm unit 2. In response to the signal input, the controller 5 requests the reporting section 5 to report the occurrence of an alarming factor such as an abnormal state to the central monitoring device 4 via the communication line 3. Reference numeral 6 denotes a meter having a meter reading value, etc., and 7 a regular alarm unit, which requests the reporting unit 5 to issue a time alarm so as to report the meter reading value etc. of the meter 6 to the central monitoring device 4 at a predetermined time. The reporting unit 5 receives each of the reporting requests and reports them to the central monitoring device. That is, when a status reporting request is received, the abnormal state of the abnormality detection unit 1 is reported, and when a time reporting request is received, the reading value of the meter 6, etc. is reported. Reference numeral 8 denotes an alarm time determination unit that determines whether the time difference between the alarm request from the condition monitoring alarm unit 2 and the next alarm request time from the scheduled alarm unit 7 is within a predetermined time.

In the above configuration, the reporting section 5 reports the abnormal state of the abnormality detection section 1 when receiving a request for status reporting, and reports the reading value of the meter 6 when receiving a request for time reporting. Further, if it is determined that the time difference between the status reporting request from the status monitoring reporting unit 2 and the next reporting request generation time of the scheduled reporting unit 7 is within a predetermined time, reporting processing based on the status reporting request is performed. The contents of the alarms issued by the regular alarm unit are summarized and processed. This configuration has the advantage that abnormalities can be analyzed and dealt with quickly without increasing communication line usage fees or personnel costs on the central monitoring device side. In this embodiment, the abnormality detection unit 1 and the meter 6 have been explained as separate components, but in the case of a gas meter with a safety function, for example,
Information indicating that the gas cutoff valve has been closed due to an abnormality in the gas flow rate can be used as a signal from the abnormality detection section 1, and can be handled as a component within the same meter. Further, the time notification request from the regular notification section 7 may be a predetermined date and time on a calendar, or a time determined by a period at a predetermined time interval. In this way, if the time information is transmitted along with information on regular reports such as meter readings, even if the information is reported to the central monitoring device along with abnormality information, it can be processed without any problem.

FIG. 2 is a timing chart of notification processing by the notification device of the present invention. As in Figure 3, the horizontal direction indicates elapsed time, and the vertical direction indicates, from top to bottom, a status alarm request that requests an alarm to be issued when an abnormal condition occurs, and a request that an alarm be issued at a predetermined time. It shows the process of making a time reporting request and actually notifying the central monitoring device via a communication line. When the device recognizes that the status reporting request a has occurred, it determines whether the difference t1 between the time of occurrence of this factor a and the time of the next reporting request b of the scheduled reporting unit 7 is within a predetermined time TS. is determined by the alarm time determining section 8. Then, as shown in the figure, when factor a occurs before factor b by time t1, it is within the predetermined time TS, so notification processing B for factor b is executed together with notification processing A for factor a. . However, if the difference in time of occurrence between factor b and factor a is not within the predetermined time TS, notification processing B for factor b is performed independently of notification processing A for factor a. Here, it is also effective in reporting processing to vary the predetermined time TS depending on the content of factor a or factor b.

0012

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the reporting device of the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

[0013] In the alarm time determination unit, if the difference between the next alarm request generation time of the scheduled alarm unit and the status alarm request time is within a predetermined time, the scheduled alarm unit issues an alarm for the report based on the status alarm request. Since the contents are reported all at once, the number of times the communication line is used can be reduced, and the central monitoring equipment can respond all at once, reducing line usage fees and suppressing increases in personnel costs on the central monitoring equipment side. be able to.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

[Fig. 1] Block configuration diagram of a reporting device in an embodiment of the present invention

[Figure 2] Timing chart of notification processing in the device

[Figure 3] Timing chart of notification processing in a conventional notification device

[Explanation of symbols]

2 Condition monitoring alarm unit 3 Communication line 4 Central monitoring device 5　Notification Department 7 Regular alarm department 8 Alarm time determination section 9　Notification device

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A condition monitoring and alarming section that requests an alarm when an alarming factor such as an abnormal condition occurs; a regular alarming section that requests an alarm at a predetermined time or in a predetermined cycle; and the condition monitoring and alarming section. a reporting section that reports to the central monitoring device via a communication line in response to a status reporting request from the above-mentioned regular reporting section or a time reporting request from the scheduled reporting section; and an alarm time determination section that determines the time difference from the next alarm request time from the alarm section, and when it is determined that the time difference is within a predetermined time, the scheduled alarm section responds to the report based on the status alarm request. A reporting device that collectively reports the contents of the report.