JPH04372298A - Monitor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To generate automatically an item table, a monitor item list and a signal line arrangement diagram as monitor processing information. CONSTITUTION:The monitor is provided with a data processing section 10 of computer structure to generate an item table and a monitor section 1 of computer structure monitoring a state signal from each monitor object to monitor a state change in each monitor object, and the data processing section 10 is provided with an item table generating means 13 generating and correcting an item table, a list generating means 14 generating an item list 19 corresponding to the item table by a list print command and. printing it out, and an arrangement diagram generating means 15 generating a print data for a signal line arrangement diagram in which the relation between each monitor object and each supplied state signal is shown in connection by an arrangement print command and printing it out.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a monitoring device used for building management and the like.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 5, this type of monitoring device is equipped with a monitoring section 1 having a microcomputer configuration, and the monitoring section 1 remotely monitors heat source equipment in a building, for example, through a communication cable 2. It exchanges information with each slave station 3 provided for each equipment such as electrical equipment, monitors the status of each monitored device 4 such as a pump connected to each slave station 3, and monitors the status of each monitored device 4 connected to each slave station 3. Detects and notifies the occurrence of abnormalities, failures, etc.

By the way, each slave station 3 has a terminal block composed of one or more input/output boards, and a plurality of ports (bit terminals) of each input/output board receive contact signals etc. from each device 4. It is assigned to the input of the status signal and the output of the control signal to each device 4, respectively. At this time, each input/output board of the terminal block usually has hexadecimal numbers 0, 1, ..., F for each port.
Alternatively, the terminal blocks are simply labeled with alphabets a, b, c, . . . , and it is not possible to tell which signal of which device 4 each port corresponds to by looking at the terminal block.

On the other hand, the monitoring unit 1 is given, for example, an item table for each slave station or input/output board as monitoring processing information, and uses information such as the name and number of each monitoring item in this table to monitor the terminals of each slave station. For each unit, the correspondence between each port of each input/output board and the status signal and control signal of each device 4 is grasped, and the status change of each device 4 is detected by the status signal of each port supplied from each slave station 3. Monitor. The item table is conventionally stored on a flexible disk (hereinafter referred to as FD).
) 5 or a memory IC 6 such as a ROM and provided to the monitoring unit 1.

[0005] At this time, a dedicated writing tool 7 of software configuration or hardware configuration is used to write to the FD 5 and memory IC 6, and each item is input by keyboard operation while looking at a list 8 of monitoring items written by hand in advance. When you enter the information on the monitoring items, the writing tool 7 writes the information to the FD5 and memory IC.
Information on each monitoring item is written in a predetermined format in 6 to create an item table. In addition, each device 4
In order for an operator to understand the relationship between the status signal and the status signal of each input/output port transmitted to the monitoring unit 1, conventionally, the signal line of one embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. A signal line arrangement diagram 9 similar to the arrangement diagram is also created.

[0006]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] In the case of the conventional monitoring device, an item table is created using a dedicated tool 7 based on a handwritten list 8, and a signal line arrangement diagram 9 is created by hand. There is a problem that requires extremely complicated work. In addition, since the signal line arrangement diagram 9 in particular is created by hand, it is prone to errors and has low reliability.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a monitoring device that can create an item table, a monitoring item list, and a signal line arrangement diagram without manually creating charts or using special tools. shall be.

[0008]

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the monitoring device of the present invention creates an item table as monitoring processing information based on input information such as device name and number of each monitoring item. a computer-configured data processing unit; and a computer-configured monitoring unit that monitors status signals such as contact signals of each monitored target according to the item table and monitors status changes from each monitored target, the data processing unit an item table creation means for creating and modifying the item table; a list creation means for creating and printing out print data of an item list corresponding to the item table according to a list print command; and a transaction diagram print command. Accordingly, there is provided a communication diagram creating means for creating and printing out print data of a signal line diagram showing the relationship between each monitored object and each supplied status signal by means of connections.

[0009]

[Operation] In the case of the monitoring device of the present invention configured as described above, information on each monitoring item can be supplied to the data processing section by key operation, etc., without creating an item list by hand as in the conventional case. Accordingly, the item table creation means of this processing section automatically creates an item table based on the input information of each monitoring item. Further, after the item table is created, a list of monitoring items and a signal line arrangement diagram are automatically created and printed out by the list creation means and the arrangement diagram creation means.

0010

Embodiment One embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. In FIG. 1, the same reference numerals as in FIG. 5 indicate the same or equivalent parts, and the monitoring device includes a monitoring section 1 and a data processing section 10 having a microcomputer configuration. This data processing unit 10 executes the creation processing program shown in FIG.
, causes the transaction plan creation means 15 to function. In addition, in FIG. 2, S1, ..., S17 indicate each step of the process, Y,
N indicates affirmation (YES) or negation (NO).

Next, the operation of the data processing section 10 will be explained.

First, when the creation processing program is started by turning on the power, etc., the CRT 11 is activated by S1 in FIG.
The initial screen (menu screen) for processing selection is displayed.
When you select to create or modify an item table using number selection, etc.
The selection is determined by S2 and S3.

[0013] Then, create an item table (new creation)
When you select , move from S2 to S4 and display the CRT11.
The item table creation screen is displayed. This screen is
For example, it consists of a screen in which the list shown in FIG. 3 does not contain information for each monitoring item.

[0014] Then, proceeding to the creation process in S5, various information on each monitoring item, ie, name, equipment number, code number, display content, notification form, and terminal board board, is entered by operating the keyboard 12 while looking at the display screen. When information such as (card) number, port number, etc. is provided, the information is stored and held in, for example, a hard disk (hereinafter referred to as HD) of the database section 16, and is entered and displayed at the corresponding location on the display screen. Furthermore, the information in the HD 17 is read out by the item table creation means 13 and processed in the same manner as when using the conventional writing tool 7, to create an item table in a predetermined format as monitoring processing information.

When the creation is completed and registration of the item table is commanded (selected), the process moves to S8 via S6 and S7, and the created item table is stored in the database section 16.
For example, it is written to FD18. On the other hand, when modification of the item table is selected on the initial screen of S1, the process moves from S3 to S9, and the registered item table of the FD 18 is read out by the item table creation means 13 and displayed on the screen of the CRT 11.

[0016] Then, in the modification process of S10, monitoring items are changed, added, etc. in the same manner as in the case of creation.
As the information on FD18 is changed and added, a corrected item table is created, and when the correction is completed and registration of the item table is commanded, the process moves to S8 via S11 and S7, and the item table on FD18 is rewritten. It will be done. next,
After the item table is written to the FD 18 by creating or modifying the item table, when printing a list is commanded, S8
Then, the process moves to step S13 to print out the list via step S12.

At this time, the list creating means 14
17 or FD 18 is read out and processed, and print data of an item list is created. and,
This print data is supplied to a printer (not shown), and the item list 19 shown in FIG. 3 is printed out and automatically created.

FIG. 3 is a list of monitoring items for the heat source equipment of the slave station 3 with the address 0Eh (h is hexadecimal) and the name R-1, and the equipment number is assigned for each item. Name, code no. ,C
Various conditions such as RT display conditions, alarm conditions, presence or absence of blinking (FL) of the display, type of state, contact input (Ci), contact output (Co), etc. are entered. In addition, card no. indicates the number of the input/output board of the terminal block, and bit No. indicates the number of each port on the board, each expressed in hexadecimal.

[0019] Next, when printing of the transaction plan is commanded, S1
3, the process moves to step S15 to print out the transaction plan via step S14. At this time, the transaction diagram creation means 15
7 or FD 18 and information on the terminal symbol of the terminal block of each slave station 3 stored in advance in HD 17 are read out and processed to create print data of the signal line connection diagram. This print data is then supplied to the printer, and the signal line arrangement diagram 20 shown in FIG. 4, which was conventionally drawn by hand, is
will be printed out and automatically created.

FIG. 4 shows a signal line arrangement diagram corresponding to FIG. 3, and the input/output board shows the labels 0, 1, ..., F of each terminal connected to each device 4 of the heat source equipment and the terminal symbol of each port. is marked. Next, when transmission of item data is instructed, the process moves from S15 to S16 to information transmission in S17, and the item table read from the FD 18 is monitored from the item table creation means 13 via the communication cable 21 or FD 22. 1.

The monitoring unit 1 holds the supplied item table, exchanges information with each slave station 3 according to this table, and monitors changes in the state of each device 4 of each slave station 3. In addition, FD22 is FD18 or this FD18
It consists of an FD with a copy of its contents. And the item list,
The format of the signal line arrangement diagram, etc. is not limited to the embodiment.

[0022]

[Effects of the Invention] Since the present invention is configured as described above, it produces the effects described below. The data processing section 10 is provided together with the monitoring section 1, and since the processing section 10 is provided with the item table creation means 13, the list creation means 14, and the transaction diagram creation means 15, information on each monitoring item can be input to the processing section 10 by keyboard operation or the like. Then, the item table creation means 13 automatically creates an item table based on the input information of each monitoring item, and the list creation means 14 and transaction diagram creation means 15 create the item list 1 for monitoring.
9. The signal line arrangement diagram 20 is printed out and automatically created, eliminating the traditional handwritten task of creating an item list and signal line arrangement diagram, improving work efficiency and preventing errors such as typographical errors. be done.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of a monitoring device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an example of a printout of the item list shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an example of a printout of the signal line arrangement diagram of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Monitoring Department 4　Monitored equipment 10 Data processing section 13 Item table creation means 14 List creation means 15　Methods for preparing transaction documents 19 Item list 20 Signal line arrangement diagram

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: A computer-configured data processing unit that creates an item table as monitoring processing information based on input information such as device name and number of each monitoring item; a computer-configured monitoring unit that monitors status signals and monitors status changes from each of the monitoring targets; the data processing unit includes item table creation means for creating and modifying the item table; and a list printing command. List creation means for creating and printing out print data for an item list corresponding to the item table, and a signal indicating the relationship between each of the monitoring targets and each status signal supplied by a connection diagram print command using wires. 1. A monitoring device comprising: a line arrangement drawing creating means for creating and printing out print data for a line arrangement drawing.