JPH05227316A - Remote supervisory system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To save the number of terminal equipments and the number of communication channels. CONSTITUTION:Plural installation equipments 1a-1c are connected to one terminal equipment 2, the telephone number of remote supervisory equipments 3a-3c being a notice destination when a fault takes place in the installation equipments 1a-1c is stored by a destination telephone number storage section, and an information transmission format with the remote monitor is set by a transmission format setting section and the result is stored in a transmission format storage section. When a fault takes place in either of the installation equipments 1a-1c connected to the terminal equipment 2, a destination notice management section reads the destination telephone number of the relevant remote supervisory device from the storage section, dials it automatically and when the line connection with the remote supervisory device is implemented, the transmission format management section converts the state information from the installation equipment having the fault into the transmission format for the remote supervisory device and transmits it to attain the notice of fault occurrence and the transmission of the state information.

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 transmitting status information of a plurality of equipments to individual remote monitoring devices assigned to each device by using one terminal device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when a building management room centrally manages a plurality of types of equipment such as elevators, escalators, and air conditioners for building management, when an abnormality occurs in any of those equipment, The system employs a system that automatically dials a facility / equipment management / maintenance company to report abnormalities and request maintenance / inspection.

FIG. 4 shows a conventional example of such a remote monitoring system. In a building for remote monitoring, plural types A,
There are equipments 1a, 1b, 1c of B and C, which are individually managed by terminal devices 2a, 2b, 2c, and A, B, which individually monitor each equipment 1a, 1b, 1c. C remote monitoring centers 3a, 3b,
3c for transmitting the status information to each terminal device 2a, 2
b, 2c and the exchange 4 are dedicated communication lines 5a, 5
b, 5c, and communication lines 6a, 6 are provided between the exchange 4 and the remote monitoring centers 3a, 3b, 3c.
It is configured to be connected by b and 6c.

In such a conventional remote monitoring system, when an abnormality occurs in any of the equipments 1a, 1b, 1c in the building, it corresponds to one of the terminal devices 2a, 2b, or 2c. The terminal device detects the state and automatically dials the corresponding remote monitoring center 3a, 3b, or 3c to report the abnormality information.

[0005]

However, in such a conventional remote monitoring system, a dedicated terminal device suitable for each transmission means and transmission format is installed for each monitoring device installed in each remote monitoring center. It is not possible to share the terminal device with each other, and it is necessary to prepare a dedicated terminal device for each equipment device and connect with the exchange through a dedicated communication line. Therefore, a communication line is required for each terminal device, and there is a problem that the equipment cost becomes expensive.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and provides a remote monitoring system in which a terminal device can be shared, a communication line can be saved, and a facility cost can be reduced. The purpose is to

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, one terminal device that collects the status information of each of a plurality of equipments is automatically provided to an individual remote monitoring device for each equipment through a common exchange. In a remote monitoring system for transmitting information, an input control unit in which the terminal device receives state information input for each equipment device, and a destination number setting unit for setting the destination telephone number of the remote monitoring device of the transmission destination for each equipment device, , A destination telephone number storage unit that stores each destination telephone number set by the destination number setting unit, a transmission format setting unit that sets a transmission format for each remote monitoring device, and each remote set by the transmission format setting unit A transmission format storage unit that stores the transmission format of each monitoring device, and the input control unit inputs state information from any of the equipment. The destination alerting management unit that calls the remote monitoring device by reading out the destination telephone number of the corresponding remote monitoring device from the destination telephone number storage unit and automatically dialing the remote monitoring device when A transmission format management unit that converts the status information format input from the equipment according to the transmission format stored in the transmission format storage unit for the called remote monitoring device and sends the converted status information format to the remote monitoring device. Is.

[0008]

In the remote monitoring system of the present invention, a plurality of equipments are connected to one terminal device, and the telephone number of the remote monitoring equipment of the report destination when an abnormality occurs in each of these equipments is made to the destination telephone. The information storage format is stored in the number storage section, and the information transmission format with the remote monitoring device is also set in the transmission format setting section and stored in the transmission format storage section.

Then, when an abnormality occurs in any of the equipment connected to the terminal device, the destination notification management unit reads out the destination telephone number of the corresponding remote monitoring device from the storage unit and automatically dials it. If a line connection is made with the remote monitoring device, the transmission format management unit converts the status information from the equipment with the abnormality into the transmission format for the remote monitoring device and transmits it. To communicate.

In this way, a single terminal device is used to remotely monitor each of a plurality of equipment devices.

[0011]

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

FIG. 1 shows the system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, in which A, B, and
C Plural types of equipment 1a, 1b, 1c are connected to one terminal device 2. The terminal device 2 and the exchange 4 are connected via a single common communication line 5, and the exchange 4 and the A, B, and C equipment 1a, 1b, 1c are also connected.
A, B, and C remote monitoring devices 3a, 3b, and 3c for individually remote monitoring are communication lines 6a, 6b, and 6c.
Connected by.

As shown in FIG. 2, one terminal device 2 has an input control section 7 for receiving state information input for each equipment device a, 1b, 1c and a transmission destination for each equipment device 1a, 1b, 1c. Setting units 8 for setting the destination telephone numbers of the remote monitoring devices 3a, 3b, 3c, and for setting the transmission formats of the remote monitoring devices 3a, 3b, 3c, and the destinations set by the setting unit 8. A destination telephone number storage unit 9 that stores a telephone number and a transmission format storage unit 10 that stores the transmission format of each remote monitoring device set by the setting unit 8 are provided.

Further, when the input control unit 7 receives the input of the abnormal state information from any of the equipments 1a, 1b, 1c, the terminal device 2 detects from the destination telephone number storage unit 9 about the corresponding remote monitoring device. It is stored in the transmission format storage unit 10 for the destination alert management unit 11 that reads out the destination telephone number and automatically dials to call the remote monitoring device, and the remote monitoring device called by the destination alert management unit 11. The transmission format management unit 12 converts the format of the abnormal state information input from the equipment according to the transmission format and sends it to the remote monitoring device.

The terminal device 2 is provided with a control unit 13, and the control unit 13 controls the operation of each abnormal unit. The control by the control unit 13 is actually executed according to a program registered in the storage unit in advance.

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

First, the remote monitoring devices 3a, 3b, and 3c of A, B, and C are the equipment devices 1 of A, B, and C, respectively.
As the remote monitoring of a, 1b, 1c, first, the telephone number and the transmission format of the destination remote monitoring device for each equipment are set by the setting unit 8, and the destination telephone number storage unit 9 and the transmission format storage unit 10 are set, respectively. To memorize.

Then, the respective equipments 1a, 1 of A, B, C
When the abnormal state information is input through the input control unit 7 from either b or 1c, the control unit 13 determines which equipment device the signal is from, and the destination notification management unit 11 sets A,
The telephone number assigned to the corresponding remote monitoring device of B and C is read from the destination telephone number storage unit 9, automatically dialed, and output to the exchange 4 via the communication line 5. The exchange 4 receives this telephone number and issues an alarm to the corresponding remote monitoring device through the corresponding one of the communication lines 6a, 6b, 6c to establish a line connection.

When the line connection is completed in this way,
The transmission format management unit 12 reads out the transmission format for the corresponding remote monitoring device from the transmission format storage unit 10, converts the input status information according to the transmission format, and transmits it to the remote monitoring device.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing the operation of the remote monitoring system of this embodiment. The above operation will be explained in more detail based on this flow chart. If an abnormality occurs in the equipment A 1a, the abnormality will occur. The state information is input to the terminal device 2, and the terminal device 2 sets the destination with the remote monitoring device 3a corresponding to the equipment A as the destination (21a) and issues a notification to the destination (23).

When the line connection with the corresponding A remote monitoring device 3a is completed through the communication line 5, the exchange 4, and the communication line 6a, the A transmission format is set,
The abnormal state information of the A equipment 1a is converted according to the A transmission format and transmitted to the A remote monitoring device 3a (22
a).

Similarly, even when an abnormality occurs in the B facility equipment 1b and the C facility equipment 1c, the B or C destination setting (21b, 21c) and the alarm (23) are performed respectively to correspond to the B remote monitoring. Device 3b or C remote monitoring device 3c is connected to the line, followed by B transmission format or C
The transmission format is set, the format of the abnormal state information from the respective equipment 1b or 1c is converted, and the information is transmitted to the remote monitoring device 3b or 3c (22b, 22c).

In this way, the plurality of equipments 1a, 1a
b and 1c are monitored by one common terminal device 2,
Remote monitoring devices 3a, 3 that are in charge of each equipment
The abnormal state information can be reported by automatically dialing b and 3c.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, a terminal device is shared and a destination telephone number and a transmission format are set for each of a plurality of types of equipment and a remote monitoring device that individually monitors them. If an abnormality occurs in any of the equipment, the remote monitoring device in charge of the equipment is automatically dialed to connect the line, and the status information is converted to the transmission format of the remote monitoring device and transmitted. Therefore, it is possible to connect a plurality of equipments to a remote monitoring device individually with one terminal device and transmit the error information, thereby reducing the number of terminal devices and the number of communication lines. Therefore, the equipment cost can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a terminal device in the above embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the above embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a conventional example.

[Explanation of Codes] 1a A equipment device 1b B equipment device 1c C equipment device 2 Terminal device 3a A remote monitoring device 3b B remote monitoring device 3c C remote monitoring device 4 switching center 5 communication line 6a, 6b, 6c communication line 7 input Control unit 8 Setting unit 9 Destination telephone number storage unit 10 Transmission format storage unit 11 Destination notification management unit 12 Transmission format management unit 13 Control unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A remote monitoring system for automatically transmitting status information from one terminal device that collects status information of each of a plurality of equipment devices to an individual remote monitoring device for each equipment device through a common exchange. An input control unit in which the terminal device receives state information input for each facility device, a destination number setting unit that sets the destination telephone number of the remote monitoring device of the transmission destination for each facility device, and the destination number setting unit A destination telephone number storage unit for storing each destination telephone number, a transmission format setting unit for setting a transmission format for each remote monitoring device, and a transmission format for each remote monitoring device set by the transmission format setting unit When the transmission format storage unit and the input control unit accept input of status information from any of the equipment, the destination For the destination alert management unit that reads out the destination telephone number of the corresponding remote monitoring device from the speech number storage unit and calls the remote monitoring device by automatic dialing, and the remote monitoring device called by the destination alert management unit. A remote monitoring system, comprising: a transmission format management unit that converts a status information format input from the equipment according to a transmission format stored in the transmission format storage unit and sends the converted status information format to the remote monitoring device.