JPH0464581A - Control unit of elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To precisely and rapidly perform a control according to operating form with a simple input operation by providing a data input means, a virtual switch setting means, an operation monitoring and managing means, an operation control instructing means, and an elevator operation control means. CONSTITUTION:The control unit of an elevator 7 is provided with a data input means 1 for inputting operation control data necessary to control the operation of the elevator 7, and a virtual switch setting means 2 for preliminarily registering the operation control data in a plurality of control forms as virtual switches, and setting the virtual switches according to the control of the elevator. On the basis of the set of the virtual switches, the monitoring and management of the operation of the elevator is performed by an operation monitoring and managing means 3, the operation control command of the elevator is transmitted from an operation control instructing means 4 according to the signal from the operation monitoring management means 3, and the operation of the elevator 7 is actually controlled by an elevator operation control means 6.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an elevator control device, and in particular,
The present invention relates to an elevator control device that can collectively manage elevator operation control according to the operation mode.

[Prior Art] In recent years, elevator control devices have come to use CRTs for display on monitoring panels. As a conventional control device for this type of elevator, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-1
Techniques disclosed in JP-A No. 05881 and JP-A-63-252888 can be mentioned.

In addition, as shown in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 59-48364, various operation control data can be inputted by operating external equipment to create operation patterns such as driving at work, driving at lunch, and driving at clock out. It has also been considered that elevator operation can be controlled in accordance with these operation patterns by selecting appropriate operation patterns. This technology enables complex control that was impossible to achieve with conventional key switch operations alone.
Instead of transmitting the control signal from the key switch via electric wires, it can be controlled via a serial communication path, reducing the number of wires between the elevator machine room and the monitoring panel.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the conventional elevator control device as described above, when attempting to make the elevator perform complicated control, data input for the control becomes complicated, and the data input operation becomes difficult. It is extremely difficult for workers who are not familiar with this to manually generate accurate data in a short period of time. In particular, when the number of elevator banks and elevators to be controlled is large, a large number of key switches are required. Because each control is operated one by one, it is not possible to immediately perform the desired control. Furthermore, since these key switches are operated by an operator, there is a risk that an erroneous operation may occur. If an incorrect input operation is performed, the actual control of the elevator may be affected, and there is a risk that the entire building may be disrupted.

Furthermore, in order to install a large number of key switches, it was necessary to enlarge the manager's room to some extent.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide an elevator control device that can accurately and quickly control the complicated operation of an elevator according to the operation mode by simple manual operation. It is.

[Means for Solving the Problems] An elevator control device according to the present invention includes a data input means (1) for manually inputting operation control data necessary for controlling the operation of an elevator, and a plurality of input means for manually inputting operation control data necessary for controlling operation of the elevator. virtual switch setting means (2) that is registered in advance as a virtual switch according to the control mode and sets the virtual switch according to the control of the elevator; and an operation unit that monitors and manages the operation of the elevator based on the settings of the virtual switch. A monitoring and managing means (3), an operation control commanding means (4) that issues an elevator operation control command based on a signal from the operation monitoring and management means (3), and an elevator that actually controls the operation of the elevator according to the operation control command. Operation control means (
6).

[Function J] In the present invention, the operation control data necessary for controlling the operation of the elevator is divided into control modes and registered in advance as a virtual switch 17, and the virtual switch is set according to the control of the elevator. Even complex operation control of elevators can be set all at once as a virtual switch, and based on the settings of the virtual switch, elevator operation can be monitored and managed, and elevator operation control commands can be issued and operations can be performed according to the operation commands. By actually controlling the operation of the elevator, even if the operation control is complicated, the control operation according to the operation mode is reliably executed.

[Example] Examples of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an elevator control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, (1) is a data input means for externally inputting the operation control data necessary to control the operation of the elevator, and (2) is a virtual 7, switch setting means, which allows operation control data to be input in multiple control forms. The virtual switches are registered separately, and it is possible to judge which virtual switch number is selected based on the input data, and to judge what the contents of the selected virtual switch are. Then, a virtual switch is set according to the i-control of the elevator. (3) is an operation monitoring and management means that monitors and manages elevator operation based on the information from the virtual switch setting means (2). It will be done. (4) is an operation control command means that issues an elevator operation control command based on the signal from the operation monitoring and management means (3); (5) is an operation control command that is sent from the operation control command means (4) to the driving side of the elevator. (6) is an elevator operation control means that actually controls the operation of the elevator according to the operation control command; (7) is an elevator driven by the elevator operation control means (6).

FIG. 2 is a specific example for realizing the basic configuration of the two-layer elevator control device shown in FIG. 1, and is an overall configuration diagram showing an elevator control device that is an embodiment of the present invention. Note that this figure shows five banks of elevators, each bank having four elevators.

In the figure, (11) is the elevator car, (12) is the electric motor that raises and lowers the elevator car (11), (13) is the counterweight that takes into account the weight balance with the elevator car (11), and (14) is the This is a drive circuit that drives the electric motor (12). (2o) is an elevator control machine that controls the drive circuit (14) and actually controls the drive of the elevator, and is provided for each elevator. (21) and (2
4) is also an elevator control machine having the same configuration as the two-story elevator control machine (20). (30) is an elevator group management control machine composed of a microcomputer;
0a) is a CPU functioning as a central processing unit, (30b)
) is a memory, (30c) is an I/F for connection with an elevator controller (20), and (30d) is an I/F for connection with an elevator monitoring main controller (40) to be described later. This I
/F (30d), the elevator monitoring main controller (4
The elevator operation control command signal from 0) is serially communicated. (31) and (34) are other elevator group management controllers, respectively. (40) is an elevator monitoring main controller that sends elevator operation control commands to the elevator group management controllers (30), (31), and (34), and is similar to the elevator group management controller (30). CPU to
(40a) and memory (40b), and each elevator group management controller (30), (31).

I/F (40c) for connection with (34) and 2 displays (6
It is equipped with an I/F (40d) for connection with 0). (
60) is a display that displays the operating status of the elevator, etc.;
(61) is a light pen for inputting data for specifying the display switching of the display (60) and controlling the operation of the elevator; (62) is the light pen (61) that is used by key operation;
This is a keyboard that performs similar operations.

Here, the display (6) of the elevator control device having the above configuration is
0) and screen operations using the light pen (61) will be explained. FIG. 4 is a front view showing the operation control screen of the display of the elevator control device which is an embodiment of the present invention;
The figure is also a front view showing a virtual switch setting screen of the display device.

For example, when driving to work, first the display (
60), a screen as shown in FIG. 4 is displayed, and on this screen, a control form corresponding to the driving at the time of work for each day of the week is registered in advance. Therefore, when performing work-time driving for Monday, virtual switch number "1" is selected. That is, by selecting the shaded area "1" in FIG. 4 with the light pen (61), the virtual switch number "1" is selected. And to configure the contents of this virtual switch, further:
On a screen like the one shown in FIG. 5, you can set which bank you want to drive to work. That is, by selecting the shaded area in FIG. 5 with the light pen (61), a virtual switch is set for that bank. Fifth
In the figure, the virtual switch is set so that banks 1 to 3 are operated at the time of work. This operation completes the input of data necessary for operation control.

This data is received by the I/F (4Qc) of the elevator monitoring main controller (40) and stored in the memory (40b) as data for operation control. and,
An operation control command signal is generated by calculation in the CPU (40a) based on this data, and is sent to each elevator group management controller (30), (31) via the I/F (40d).
, (34). The elevator group management controller (30) converts the received operation control command signal into C
It is calculated by the PU (30a), stored in the memory (30b) as a signal that actually controls the operation of the elevator, and is sent to the I/F (
30c) to the elevator controller (20). Based on this signal, the elevator controller (20) appropriately controls the drive circuit (14), so that the elevator car (11) is operated according to a predetermined control mode according to the operation at the time of work.

Next, the virtual switch setting means (2) will be described.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart 1 showing the virtual switch setting operation by the virtual switch setting means of FIG. In addition,
This operation program is an elevator monitoring control machine (40
) is stored in the memory (40b).

First, in step S1, human data related to the virtual switch is input. This human power is performed by the data human power means (1) shown in FIG. In step S2, the control item [1] sets what kind of operation control is to be performed based on the manually inputted data, and in step S3 it is determined whether the virtual switch corresponding to the control item [1] is on. In other words, it is determined whether or not to perform operation control using the virtual switch with that number. If the virtual switch is on, step S4
Set the bank that should be turned on using that virtual switch. By completing the settings for each bank in step S5, the setting operation for the virtual switch is completed. Each of these pieces of information is then stored in a predetermined memory (40b) of the elevator monitoring main controller (40). The virtual switch settings are performed in this order. Note that any number of virtual switches can be set as long as the number is within a predetermined number of virtual switches.

As mentioned above, the elevator control device of this embodiment is
A display device (6) is a data input means (1) for inputting operation control data necessary for controlling the movement of the elevator.
0) and a light pen (61), and a virtual switch setting means (2) that divides the operation control data into a plurality of control modes and registers them as virtual switches in advance, and sets the virtual switch according to the control of the elevator. Elevator monitoring 1: Elevator monitoring based on the controller (40) and the settings of the virtual switch.

An elevator monitoring main controller (40) and an elevator group management controller (30), which are operation monitoring and management means (3) that monitor and manage the operation of elevators, and a signal from the operation monitoring and management means (3) an elevator group management controller (30) which is an operation control command means (4) that issues an operation control command; and an elevator operation control means (30) that actually controls the operation of the elevators according to the operation control command.
6), the elevator controller (20) and the drive circuit (1
4).

Then, the entrainment control data necessary to control the operation of the elevator is divided into control types and registered as a virtual switch, and when you want to control the operation of the elevator,
By setting the virtual switch according to the control of the elevator, even complex operation control of the elevator can be set as a virtual switch all at once. Furthermore, the operation of the elevator is monitored and managed based on the settings of the virtual switch, and an elevator operation control command is issued.
By actually controlling the operation of the elevator according to the operation command, even if the operation control is complicated, the control operation is actually executed in accordance with the operation mode.

Therefore, even when performing complex operation control of elevators, the data and human power for the control does not become complicated as in the past, and even when there are many banks and number of elevators to be controlled, There is no need to perform so many manual operations.

Therefore, even a business operator who is not proficient in manual data manipulation can input accurate data in a short period of time, and can perform desired control immediately. In this way, since complex control can be realized with simple input operations, the possibility of erroneous operations is reduced2, and the reliability of control is improved. Furthermore, since there is no need to install a large number of key switches, etc., there is no need to enlarge the manager's room or the like. In other words, the elevator control device can accurately and quickly perform control according to the operation mode through a simple input operation.

The operation control by the elevator control device may be executed immediately, only for a predetermined period of time, or according to a schedule. .

By the way, in the above embodiment, a display device (60) and a light pen (61) are used as the data input means (1), but it is also possible to input data using a keyboard (62).

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the elevator control device of the present invention includes a data manual means for inputting operation control data, a virtual switch setting means for setting a virtual switch according to the control of the elevator, and a control device for controlling the operation of the elevator. The elevator system is equipped with an operation monitoring and management means for monitoring and managing the operation of the elevator, an operation control command means for issuing an elevator operation control command, and an elevator operation control means for actually controlling the operation of the elevator. By dividing the necessary operation control data into control types and registering them in advance as virtual switches, and setting the virtual switches according to the control of the elevator,
Even complex operation control of elevators can be set all at once as a virtual switch.Elevator operation can be monitored and managed based on the settings of the virtual switch, and elevator operation control commands can be issued and actual operations can be carried out according to the operation commands. By controlling elevator operation,
Even if the operation control is complicated, the control operation according to the operation mode is reliably executed, so with simple input operations, the inferiority control according to the operation mode can be accurately and quickly, and data and human power can be used. Even workers who are not accustomed to operations can generate accurate data in a short time and perform desired control immediately.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an elevator control device which is an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram showing an elevator control device which is an embodiment of the invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the elevator control device which is an embodiment of the invention. FIG. 4 is a front view showing the operation control screen of the display of an elevator control device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a front view showing a virtual switch setting screen. In the figure, 1: Data input means 2: Virtual switch setting means 3: Operation monitoring management means 4: Operation control command means 6: Elevator operation control means 20.21, 24: Elevator control machine 30.31.34: Elevator group management Controller 40: Elevator monitoring main controller 60: Display 61. In the drawings, the same reference numerals and the same symbols indicate the same or equivalent parts. No. 30 Agent Patent attorney Masuo Daikichi and 2 others Procedural amendment t (Voluntary) Indication of case Patent application No. 2-175510 2 Name of invention Person who amends elevator control device 5° Target drawing of amendment 6° Amendment Figure 3 of the contents drawing is amended as shown in the attached sheet.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A data input means for inputting operation control data necessary for controlling the operation of the elevator, and a data input means for inputting operation control data necessary for controlling the operation of the elevator, and a data input means for inputting operation control data necessary for controlling the operation of the elevator, and dividing the operation control data into a plurality of control forms and registering them in advance as a virtual switch, and controlling the operation of the elevator. a virtual switch setting means for setting the virtual switch according to the virtual switch; an operation monitoring and management means for monitoring and managing elevator operation based on the settings of the virtual switch; and an elevator operation control command based on a signal from the operation monitoring and management means. 1. An elevator control device comprising: an operation control command means for issuing an operation control command; and an elevator operation control means for actually controlling operation of the elevator according to the operation control command.