JPH04329054A - Elevator controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To restore a fault of a microcomputer board for an elevator controlled by a control panel provided with the microcomputer board in a short time. CONSTITUTION:A terminal equipment 3 is provided with a microcomputer board diagnostic device 4 and a notifying device 5, and a central monitoring device 6 is provided with a display device 9a displaying maintenance information based on a fault notice, a storage device 8 for a write data, a reader 9b to retrieve a data corresponding to maintenance information from the storage device 8 and a writer 10 writing the data to be retrieved to a recovered microcomputer board 11. The restoration of a fault of the microcomputer board is easily implemented in a short time, the servie of the elevator is not deteriorated and the load of the maintenance personnel on its job is relieved.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator control system, and more particularly to an elevator control system whose operation is controlled by a control panel equipped with a microcomputer board.

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2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 63-258382 discloses an elevator control system whose operation is controlled by a control panel equipped with a microcomputer board. In the elevator control device according to this disclosure, when a maintenance start command is received from the central monitoring device, call registration and door opening operations that are set after the start of the maintenance control program are prohibited, and memory display and memory correction commands are input. Ru. Then, since these programs are started and the commanded contents of the memory are changed, according to the elevator control device according to this disclosure, the maintenance person can change the control panel without going to the elevator machine room of the building to be monitored. It is possible to change the memory contents of the storage section of the microcomputer board (for example, change the non-stop floor).

0003

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As mentioned above, according to the conventionally disclosed elevator control device, the elevator control program and data stored in the storage section of the microcomputer board of the control panel cannot be transferred from the central monitoring device. Can be changed. However, if the microcontroller board in the control panel breaks down, it is impossible to change the control program or data.In this case, a new microcontroller board of the same model as the faulty microcontroller board must be ordered, and maintenance personnel must go to the failure site. Restoration work had to be done. Because of this, it sometimes takes time to order microcontroller boards of the same model.
In some cases, elevator downtime increased and service to elevator customers deteriorated.

The present invention has been made in view of the current situation of conventional elevator control devices whose operation is controlled by a control panel equipped with a microcomputer board as described above, and its purpose is to shorten the recovery time in the event of a failure of the microcomputer board. An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator control device that can be shortened.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above object, the present invention provides a terminal device that detects the operation of an elevator controlled by a control panel equipped with a microcomputer board, and a terminal device that detects the operation of an elevator that is controlled by a control panel equipped with a microcomputer board. In an elevator control device connected to a central monitoring device that remotely monitors the operation of the elevator based on notifications from the terminal device, a microcomputer board diagnostic device that diagnoses the microcomputer board; an alarm device that is activated when the board diagnostic device detects an abnormality in the microcomputer board and issues an abnormality notification;
Displaying a receiving device provided in the terminal device to receive the abnormality report, and at least the customer name of the building where the microcomputer board related to the abnormality report received by the receiving device is located and the model of the microcomputer board. a display device for storing an elevator control program written on a microcomputer board and a storage device for storing elevator specification data; a reading device for retrieving data corresponding to the display on the display device from the storage device; The central monitoring device is provided with a writing device for writing retrieved data onto a board of the type displayed by the display device.

[0006]

[Operation] With this configuration, when an abnormality occurs on the microcomputer board of the control panel, the microcomputer board diagnosis device detects the abnormality, and this detection signal activates the alarm device, and the terminal device transmits the communication. Abnormality notifications are sent to the central monitoring device via the line. This abnormality notification is received by the receiving device of the central monitoring device, and the display device of the central monitoring device displays at least the name of the customer of the building where the microcomputer board related to the abnormality notification is located and the model of the microcomputer board that caused the abnormality. is displayed.

[0007] Then, by the reading device of the central monitoring device,
Data corresponding to the display on the display device is retrieved from the storage device in which the elevator control program and elevator specification data written on the microcomputer board are written. Then, the writing device of the central monitoring device writes the retrieved data to the remanufactured microcomputer board of the same model as that displayed on the display device, and the central monitoring device has the same memory as the microcomputer board where the error occurred. The microcomputer board will be remanufactured.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings (FIG. 1). Here, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment.

In FIG. 1, 3 is a terminal device, and 6 is a central monitoring device.As shown in the figure, the embodiment is an elevator 12 whose operation is controlled by a control panel 2 equipped with a microcomputer board 1 that outputs operation commands. The terminal device 3 detects the operation of the terminal device 3, and the central monitoring device 6 is connected to the terminal device 3 via a communication line f. The terminal device 3 is provided with a microcomputer board diagnostic device 4 and an alarm device 5, and an input terminal of the microcomputer board diagnostic device 4 is connected to the microcomputer board 1 in order to detect an abnormality occurring in the microcomputer board 1. The output terminal of the microcomputer board diagnostic device 4 is connected to the alarm device 5. Here, when the microcomputer board diagnostic device 4 of the terminal device 3 detects an abnormality occurring in the microcomputer board 1, it outputs an abnormality detection signal to the alarm device 5, and the alarm device 5 is activated by this abnormality detection signal. It has a function of reporting an abnormality via the communication line f.

On the other hand, the central monitoring device 6 located at the dispatch base of the elevator maintenance company includes a receiving device 7, a display device 9a, a reading device 9b, a storage device 8, a writing device 10, and a microcomputer board for remanufacturing. 11, a display device 9a is connected to the receiving device 7, and a storage device 8 and a writing device 10 are connected to the display device 9a. The alarm device 5 of the terminal device 3 and the receiving device 7 of the central monitoring device 6 are connected to each other by a communication line f.

[0011] Here, when the receiving device 7 receives an abnormality report from the alarm device 5, it receives the customer name of the building where the microcomputer board in which the abnormality has occurred is located, the type of elevator, and the microcomputer board from this abnormality report. It has a function of analyzing and extracting information such as the model and displaying it on the display device 9a. Display device 9
A is activated by a command signal from the receiving device 7, and has the function of displaying information such as the customer name, elevator model, microcomputer board, etc., and reporting the occurrence of an abnormality in the microcomputer board to the maintenance personnel in charge. Further, the storage device 8 stores elevator control programs and specification data to be written to the microcomputer board for each customer. The reading device 9b has a function of searching the storage device 8 for data corresponding to the display on the display device 9a, and the writing device 10 has a function of writing the data searched by the reading device 9b into the remanufacturing microcomputer board 11. have.

Next, the operation of the embodiment configured as described above will be explained with reference to FIG.

Control panel 2 for controlling the operation of elevator 12
When an abnormality occurs in the microcomputer board 1, the microcomputer board diagnostic device 4 detects the abnormality and outputs an abnormality detection signal to the alarm device 5. This abnormality detection signal activates the alarm device 5, which issues an abnormality alarm, and this abnormality alarm is transmitted to the central monitoring device 6 via the communication line f. The abnormality notification from the alarm device 5 is received by the receiving device 7, and the receiving device 7 receives the abnormality notification from the received abnormality notification and determines the name of the customer of the building where the microcomputer board 1 in which the abnormality occurred is located, and the name of the customer installed there. Analyze and extract maintenance information such as elevator model and microcomputer board model.

Next, a command signal from the receiving device 7 is input to the display device 9a, and this command signal causes the display device 9 to
a is the customer name of the building where the abnormality occurred on the microcomputer board 1;
Displays maintenance information including the installed elevator model and microcomputer board model. Therefore, this display device 9a
When the maintenance engineer in charge learns of the occurrence of an abnormality on the microcomputer board 1 from the display, he operates the reading device 9b to read the information from the storage device 8.
Elevator control program data and elevator specification data corresponding to the customer name, elevator model, and microcomputer board type displayed on the display device 9a are searched.

Then, the maintenance person in charge selects a remanufactured microcontroller board 11 of the same type as the microcontroller board that caused the abnormality, operates the writing device 10, and searches for the selected remanufactured microcontroller board 11 using the readout device 9b. Write the elevator control program data and elevator specification data. In this way, a microcomputer board on which the same elevator control program data and elevator specification data as the microcomputer board 1 that caused the abnormality is written is remanufactured by the central monitoring device. Therefore, the maintenance personnel in charge can quickly and easily repair the abnormality of the microcomputer board by bringing the remanufactured microcomputer board to the customer's building and replacing it with the microcomputer board that caused the abnormality.

In this way, according to the embodiment, an abnormality in the microcomputer board 1 incorporated in the control panel 2 of the elevator is accurately detected by the terminal device 3, and the same elevator control program as that of the microcomputer board 1 that has caused the abnormality is detected. Since the microcomputer board on which the data and elevator specification data are written is easily and quickly remanufactured by the central monitoring device 6, any abnormality caused by the microcomputer board can be recovered in a short time. Restoration work becomes easier, reducing the burden on maintenance personnel, and the elevator outage time is shortened, minimizing the deterioration in service to customers.

[0017]

[Effects of the Invention] As explained in detail above, in the present invention, when an abnormality occurs in a microcomputer board, maintenance data of the microcomputer board is displayed on the display device of the central monitoring device based on the abnormality notification transmitted from the terminal device. is displayed, the data corresponding to this display is retrieved from the storage device and written to the remanufactured microcontroller board, and the same microcontroller board as the one that caused the failure is remanufactured by the central monitoring device, so the microcontroller's The time required to recover from a failure is greatly reduced and the work content becomes simpler. Therefore, the elevator outage time can be shortened, the deterioration of service to customers can be minimized, and the operational burden on maintenance workers can be significantly reduced.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Microcomputer board 2 Control panel 3 Terminal device 4. Microcomputer board diagnostic equipment 5 Alarm device 6 Central monitoring device 7 Receiving device 8. Storage device 9a Display device 9b Reading device 10 Writing device 11 Microcomputer board for remanufacturing f Communication line

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A terminal device that detects the operation of an elevator controlled by a control panel equipped with a microcomputer board; An elevator control device including a central monitoring device that remotely monitors the operation of an elevator, a microcomputer board diagnostic device that diagnoses the microcomputer board, and the microcomputer board diagnostic device that is activated when detecting an abnormality in the microcomputer board, An alarming device for issuing an abnormality alarm is provided in the terminal device, a receiving device for receiving the abnormality alarm, and at least a microcomputer board related to the abnormality alarm received by the receiving device is installed in the building. a display device that displays the customer name and the model of the microcomputer board; a storage device that stores an elevator control program and elevator specification data to be written on the microcomputer board; and data corresponding to the display of the display device from the storage device. An elevator control device characterized in that the central monitoring device is provided with a reading device for searching and a writing device for writing the data retrieved by the reading device onto a board of the type displayed by the display device. .