JPH05191869A - Remote supervisory system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily and quickly perform the setting of a destination telephone number or supervisory contents and the registration of modification and to improve flexibility in operating a system by receiving data from a central remote supervisory equipment. CONSTITUTION:In the remote supervisory system, terminal data transmitted by a central remote supervisory equipment 12 via a communication line are processed by a receiving data processing part 11d of a remote supervisory terminal 11 and the required data are registered in a terminal data registration part. Thus, the registration and modification of the required data such as the registration and modification of the destination number of the remote supervisory equipment which is the transmission opponent for the monitoring data, can be conducted by means of remote data transmission from the remote supervisory equipment 12, and the registration and modification of the data to plural remote suprevisory terminals 11 can be simultaneously or selectively carried out from the center system.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote monitoring system for remotely monitoring a device to be monitored by connecting a remote monitoring device and a remote monitoring terminal via a communication line to send and receive data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a remote monitoring system for connecting a remote monitoring terminal and a remote monitoring device via a communication line and transmitting / receiving remote monitoring data to remotely monitor a device to be monitored is known.
It had a structure as shown in FIG. That is, a remote monitoring terminal 1 that performs monitoring of water sources scattered at various remote locations, monitoring of elevators installed in each group of buildings scattered in the monitored area, and some remote monitoring terminals. A remote monitoring device 2 in a central monitoring room for centrally monitoring the monitoring terminal 1 is connected by a general communication line 3 such as a telephone line.

The remote monitoring terminal 1 monitors the presence / absence of an abnormality in the device to be monitored connected thereto by the abnormality monitoring unit 1a, and immediately when an abnormality occurs, the reporting destination registration unit 1b.
The remote monitoring device 2 of the destination set in the above is notified, and the transmission data processed by the transmission data processing unit 1c is sent to the communication line 3 via the transmission processing unit 1d, and the remote monitoring device 2 of the destination is transmitted. I am trying to send it.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional remote monitoring system, the remote monitoring terminal 1 is used.
In order to register the notification destination telephone number and the like in the notification destination registration unit 1b of, the data was directly written in the memory of the remote monitoring terminal 1 locally, so that the data rewriting such as the change of the destination telephone number was performed. If it becomes necessary to rewrite the same data for each of the remote monitoring terminals scattered over a wide area, the same data must be rewritten, which requires a great deal of time and personnel. There was a problem to do.

Further, even if the monitoring contents are changed according to the request from the customer, it cannot be carried out immediately and there is a problem in that the flexibility of the system is impaired.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the related art, and it is possible to monitor a destination telephone number and a destination by receiving data from a center system such as a remote monitoring device installed in a central monitoring room. It is an object of the present invention to provide a remote monitoring system capable of easily and quickly setting contents and registering changes, and increasing flexibility of system operation.

[0007]

According to the present invention, in a remote monitoring system constituted by connecting a central remote monitoring device and a remote monitoring terminal on site by a communication line, the remote monitoring terminal monitors. An abnormality monitoring unit that monitors an abnormality of the target device, a transmission data processing unit that processes data sent to the communication line, a terminal data registration unit that registers terminal data, and a remote monitoring device that sends data from the remote monitoring device via the communication line. The remote terminal is provided with a reception data processing unit that processes incoming terminal data and registers necessary data in the terminal data registration unit, and an outgoing / incoming processing unit that performs incoming / outgoing signal processing for the communication line. The monitoring device includes a terminal data setting unit for setting terminal data to be transmitted to the remote monitoring terminal.

[0008]

In the remote monitoring system of the present invention, the terminal data sent from the remote monitoring device through the communication line is processed by the reception data processing unit of the remote monitoring terminal, and necessary data is registered in the terminal data registration unit.

Therefore, it is possible to register and change the destination number of the remote monitoring device to which the monitoring data is transmitted, the necessary data such as the change, the monitoring contents, and the change, by the remote data transmission from the remote remote monitoring device. It is possible to register and change the data for a plurality of remote monitoring terminals simultaneously or selectively from the central remote monitoring device.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a remote monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The remote monitoring system shown in FIG. 1 is a remote monitoring terminal 11 for monitoring water sources scattered in remote areas, elevator monitoring of buildings scattered over a wide area, and the like.
And a remote monitoring device 12 installed in a central monitoring room such as a maintenance company for centralized monitoring as a center system.
And a general communication line 13 such as a telephone line for data communication connecting between the remote monitoring terminal 11 and the remote monitoring device 12.

The remote monitoring terminal 11 has various types of data, such as an abnormality monitoring unit 11a for monitoring the presence or absence of abnormality in the connected monitoring target device, and various data in the built-in memory.
A terminal data setting unit 11b that sets and stores data such as a telephone number of the remote monitoring device and monitoring contents, a transmission data processing unit 11c that processes monitoring information transmission data regarding a device to be monitored, and a transmission data from the remote monitoring device 12 is received. A reception data processing unit 11d that processes the received and transmitted data, and a transmission / reception processing unit 11 that performs a transmission / reception process for transmitting / receiving data to / from the communication line
e, a control circuit 11f for controlling the operation of each of these parts.

The remote monitoring device 12 also includes a communication line 13
An incoming / outgoing processing unit 12a for performing incoming / outgoing processing of transmission / reception data to / from, a signal processing unit 12b for processing a signal for the remote monitoring terminal 11, a terminal data setting unit 12c for setting / changing data for the remote monitoring terminal 11, A control circuit 12d for controlling the operation of each of these parts is provided.

A general telephone line is used as the communication line 13.

Next, the operation of the remote monitoring system having the above configuration will be described.

The remote monitoring terminal 11 includes an abnormality monitoring section 11a.
Monitor the state of the connected monitoring target device in comparison with the reference data set in the terminal data setting unit 11b, and the abnormality such that the reference value is exceeded or the predetermined condition is not satisfied, etc. If any abnormality has occurred, the transmission data processing unit 11c performs transmission processing, and the transmission / reception processing unit 11e dials the destination number of the remote monitoring device 12 to communicate with the communication line 13.
The remote monitoring device 12 is connected to the remote monitoring device 12 side via the communication line 13, and the transmission data of the transmission data processing unit 11c is transmitted to the remote monitoring device 12 side via the communication line 13.

On the remote monitoring device 12 side, a signal from the communication line 13 is received by an outgoing / incoming call processing section 12a, an anomaly occurrence signal is processed by a signal processing section 12b, and an abnormal output such as issuance or display of a necessary alarm is output. Do.

Further, the data from the equipment to be monitored, which is collected on the remote monitoring terminal 11 side, is periodically transmitted by the transmission data processing unit 11c, and the destination number of the remote monitoring device 12 is automatically set by the transmission / reception processing unit 11e. Dial and transmit to the remote monitoring device 12 side via the communication line 13.

Therefore, on the remote monitoring device 12 side, the transmission / reception processing unit 12a receives this transmission data, and the signal processing unit 1
Signal processing is performed in 2b, and the signal is displayed on the CRT screen of the related monitor display device or monitor console for monitoring.

Here, when the telephone number of the remote monitoring device 12 is changed, or the contents to be monitored are changed, or the setting value is newly set or changed, the terminal data setting section 12c on the remote monitoring device 12 side. In setting a new phone number,
The change data of the contents to be monitored is set, and the setting value is newly set or changed, and this is transmitted from the incoming and outgoing call processing unit 12a to each remote monitoring terminal 11 through the communication line 13.

In the remote monitoring terminal 11, the transmission / reception processing unit 11e receives the data from the remote monitoring device 12 sent through the communication line 13, and the reception data processing unit 11d performs the reception processing to newly set the data. The data to be set is set and registered in the terminal data setting unit 11b.

In this way, if new data is set in each remote monitoring terminal 11, if it is the destination telephone number of the destination, then the newly set number is automatically dialed and the remote monitoring device 12 is set. It will be connected to the line and will send the transmission data. If it is new setting data, the device to be monitored is monitored using this new data as a parameter.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the setting of new data to be set in the terminal data setting unit 11b of the remote monitoring terminal 11 is performed by the remote monitoring device 12. Instead of using the terminal data setting unit 12c, a device dedicated to data setting can be used.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, the destination number is set in the system in which the abnormality information is automatically transmitted by automatically dialing the telephone number of the remote monitoring device using the general communication line. Or the setting or change of the parameters of the monitored device is performed using the terminal data setting section of the central remote monitoring device, and it is sent to the remote monitoring terminal via the communication line to reset. It is not necessary to go to the installation location of each terminal scattered in a remote place one by one to change the data settings as in the past, and it is possible to register and change the setting data of the remote monitoring terminal in a short time. You will be able to do it accurately.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Remote Monitoring Terminal 12 Remote Monitoring Device 13 Communication Line 11a Abnormality Monitoring Section 11b Terminal Data Setting Section 11c Transmission Data Processing Section 11d Received Data Processing Section 11e Calling / Calling Processing Section 11f Control Circuit 12a Calling / Calling Processing Section 12b Signal Processing Section 12c Terminal Data setting unit 12d Control circuit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A remote monitoring system configured by connecting a central remote monitoring device and a remote monitoring terminal on site through a communication line, wherein the remote monitoring terminal monitors an abnormality of a monitored device. A monitoring unit, a transmission data processing unit that processes data sent to the communication line, a terminal data registration unit that registers terminal data, and a terminal data that is sent from the remote monitoring device via the communication line. A reception data processing unit that registers necessary data in the terminal data registration unit,
And a terminal data setting unit for setting terminal data for the remote monitoring device to transmit to the remote monitoring terminal. Consisting of a remote monitoring system.