JPH05108982A - Supporting device for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an elevator supporting device where restoration time can be shortened when a fault occurs in the microcomputer substrate of an elevator. CONSTITUTION:A monitoring center is provided with a diagnostic device 4 diagnosing the operation of the microcomputer substrate 1, a storage device 6 where the control program and control data of the elevator, which are stored in the microcomputer substrate 1, are written, an alarm issuing device 8 issuing abnormality alarm to the monitoring center when the diagnostic device 4 detects the fault, and a switch 7b for writing the control program and control data in the newly exchanged and mounted microcomputer substrate from the storage device 6. Therefore, the fault restoration time of the microcomputer substrate is shortened so as to decrease the non-working time of the elevator.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator support device, and more particularly to a microcomputer control type elevator support device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A microcomputer board is provided on an elevator control panel, and operation of the elevator is controlled by a control program and control data stored in the microcomputer board, and the elevator is operated at a monitoring center of an elevator maintenance company. A so-called microcomputer-controlled elevator support device for remotely monitoring a vehicle is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-
It is disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 258382. In the microcomputer-controlled elevator support device according to the present disclosure, it is possible to change the control program and the control data stored in the microcomputer board from the monitoring center. You can easily do it from the monitoring center without going to the.

[0003]

In the microcomputer-controlled elevator support device according to the above disclosure, the control program and control data stored in the microcomputer board of the elevator control panel can be changed from the monitoring center. When the board breaks down, the control program cannot be changed. If the microcomputer board fails in this way, the maintenance personnel carrying the new microcomputer board will
It was necessary to visit the failure site and replace the failed microcomputer board with a new microcomputer board.

For this reason, especially when the building in which the broken elevator is installed is far from the monitoring center, the downtime of the elevator is required due to the order of the microcomputer board and the replacement and restoration work on site. There was a problem that it would be long.

The present invention has been made in view of the current state of the elevator support device of this type as described above, and an object thereof is an elevator support device capable of shortening the recovery time when the microcomputer board of the elevator is out of order. To provide.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, according to the present invention, a terminal device is connected to a control panel for controlling the operation of an elevator, and this terminal device detects an abnormal operation of the control panel. Then, in the elevator support device in which an abnormality is issued from the terminal device to the monitoring center of the elevator maintenance company, the control panel includes a microcomputer board in which an elevator control program and control data are stored. The device, a diagnostic device for diagnosing the operation of the microcomputer board, a storage device in which the elevator control program and control data stored in the microcomputer board is written, when the diagnostic device detects a failure of the microcomputer board, A reporting device that performs an abnormal reporting operation to the monitoring center, the control program and the control data from the microcomputer board. A first switch for starting a first write operation for writing in the storage device, a second write for writing the control program and the control data stored in the storage device into a new microcomputer board that is exchanged and mounted. A second switch for starting an input operation and a central processing unit for controlling the abnormality reporting operation, the first writing operation and the second writing operation are provided.

[0007]

With this structure, when the microcomputer board of the elevator control panel fails, the diagnostic device in the terminal device detects this failure and the central processing unit controls the alarm device to notify the elevator maintenance company. Abnormality is issued to the monitoring center. At the monitoring center that received this abnormality report, the building where the failed elevator is installed is identified and confirmed from the abnormality report, the standard of the microcomputer board used is known, and maintenance is carried out with a microcomputer board of the same standard. An employee goes to the building and replaces the microcomputer board of the control panel.

When the maintenance person operates the second switch, the elevator control program and control data written in the storage device from the microcomputer board by the operation of the first switch at the completion inspection after the elevator installation is completed. Stored in the replaced microcomputer board, the failure of the microcomputer board is quickly recovered and the elevator returns to the normal operation state.

[0009]

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

As shown in FIG. 1, a control panel 2 for controlling the operation of the elevator E is connected to the elevator E.
In addition, a terminal device 3 which is separately provided in the machine room is connected, and the terminal device 3 is provided at the dispatch base of the maintenance staff of the elevator maintenance company by telephone line f and is not shown in the figure. It is connected to the center. A microcomputer board 1 is provided on the control board 2, and a control program and control data for controlling the operation of the elevator are stored in the microcomputer board 1. The terminal device 3 includes a diagnostic device 4, a central processing unit 5, a storage device 6, and a first switch 7.
a, a second switch 7b, and a reporting device 8, the central processing unit 5 is connected to the diagnostic device 4, the reporting device 8, and the storage device 6, and the central processing unit 5 is equipped with a first switch. 7a and the second switch 7b are connected in parallel with each other. The diagnostic device 4 is connected to the microcomputer board 1 of the control panel 2, and the alarm device 8 is connected to the monitoring center of the elevator maintenance company via the telephone line f.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be described.

First, after the installation of the elevator is completed and a completion inspection is carried out to confirm that the elevator is operating normally by the control program and control data stored in the microcomputer board 1, the maintenance staff performs the first inspection. The switch 7a is pushed and operated. By this operation, the central processing unit 5 operates, and the control program and control data stored in the microcomputer board 1 are written in the storage device 6.
Then, a state where normal operation of the elevator E can be started is set, and when a call is generated, the elevator E is driven and driven according to the control program and control data stored in the microcomputer board 1 in response to the call. It

When a failure occurs in the microcomputer board 1 in this elevator, the diagnostic device 4 detects the failure and issues a detection signal. Based on the detection signal from the diagnostic device 4, a command issued from the central processing unit 5 causes An abnormality notification signal is transmitted from the alarm device 8 to the monitoring center of the elevator maintenance company via the telephone line f. At the monitoring center that has received this abnormality notification signal, the confirmation number, customer name, elevator model, and used microcomputer board 1 that identifies the building in which the elevator in which the microcomputer board 1 has failed is received from the received abnormality notification signal. Read the standard.

Then, the maintenance staff of the monitoring center selects a microcomputer board of a corresponding standard from the microcomputer boards stored in the monitoring center, carries this microcomputer board to the building concerned, and fails from the control panel 2. The microcomputer board 1 is removed and a new microcomputer board carried from the monitoring center is mounted. When the maintenance person operates the second switch 7b after mounting the new microcomputer board, the central processing unit 5 operates and the elevator control program and control data written in the storage device 6 are stored in the diagnostic device 4 It is stored in a new microcomputer board via. In this way, the control program and control data for the elevator are stored in the new microcomputer board attached to the control panel 2, the failure of the microcomputer board is recovered, and the elevator is ready for normal operation.

As described above, according to the embodiment, when the microcomputer board 1 of the elevator control panel 2 fails, the alarm device 8 of the terminal device 3 separately provided from the normal terminal device in the machine room Microcomputer boards of various standards are stored,
In addition, an abnormality notification signal is transmitted via the telephone line f to the monitoring center of the maintenance company of the elevator, which is the dispatch base of the maintenance staff. Then, the maintenance staff of the monitoring center carries the new microcomputer board used for the elevator and goes to the site to replace the defective microcomputer board with a new microcomputer board, and the second switch provided in the terminal device 3. When 7b is operated, the control program and control data of the elevator are read from the storage device 6 and stored in a new microcomputer board, so that the failure recovery time of the microcomputer board is greatly shortened.

In the embodiment, the case where the terminal device is separately provided in the machine room has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment. For example, Japanese Patent Publication No. 63-6126.
It is also possible to arrange the conventional normal terminal device described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 3 together with the terminal device.

[0017]

According to the present invention, a diagnostic device for diagnosing the operation of the microcomputer board, a storage device in which the elevator control program and control data stored in the microcomputer board are written, and when the diagnostic device detects a failure, Since there is a switch that writes an alarm to the monitoring center and writes the control program and the control data from the storage device to a new microcomputer board that has been replaced, when a failure occurs in the microcomputer board of the elevator, The recovery time is greatly shortened, and the downtime of the elevator is reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

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 Diagnostic Device 5 Central Processing Unit 6 Memory Device 7a First Switch 7b Second Switch 8 Alarm Device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A terminal device is connected to a control panel for controlling the operation of an elevator, and when the terminal device detects an abnormality in the operation of the control panel, the terminal device issues an abnormality to a monitoring center of an elevator maintenance company. In the elevator assisting device in which information is provided, the control panel includes a microcomputer board in which an elevator control program and control data are stored, and the terminal device includes a diagnostic device for diagnosing the operation of the microcomputer board, A storage device in which an elevator control program and control data stored in a microcomputer board is written; a warning device that performs an abnormal warning operation to the monitoring center when the diagnostic device detects a failure of the microcomputer board; A first write operation for writing the control program and the control data from the substrate into the storage device; 1 switch, a second switch for starting the second writing operation for writing the control program and the control data stored in the storage device into a new microcomputer board that has been exchanged, and the abnormality reporting operation, An elevator assisting apparatus comprising a central processing unit for controlling the first writing operation and the second writing operation.