JPH06162369A - Remote monitor device for equipment of building - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a remote monitor device for building equipment which quickly performs the monitor processing without delay even in the case of the simultaneous occurrence of many abnormality reports indicating the operation abnormalities of equipment of a building. CONSTITUTION:Equipment, terminal equipments 1a to 1n, and a central monitor device 3 are provided, and each of terminal equipments 1a to 1n simultaneously transmits an abnormality report, an area code, and a management code to the central monitor device 3 when detecting the occurrence of abnormality of the equipment, and the central monitor device 3 receives the abnormality report to discriminate its classification by a discriminating means and retrieves display information and printing information related to this classification from a data base in a storage part 6 and displays and prints these information. In this remote monitor device for building equipment, the discriminating means is provided with a counting means, which counts the number of specific abnormality reports received per unit time in each installation area of the building at the time of reception of a preliminarily set specific abnormality report, and a specific report processing means which prints the area code, the management code, and contents of the specific abnormality report at the time of excess of the counted value of the counting means over a preliminarily set value.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote monitoring apparatus for building equipment, and more particularly to a remote monitoring apparatus for notifying an abnormal operation of building equipment through a terminal device arranged in the building to a central monitoring apparatus. The present invention relates to a remote monitoring apparatus for building equipment, which intensively monitors the operation of many building equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, instead of making a manager resident in a building, a terminal is installed in the building to monitor the operation of its equipment, and when an abnormal operation occurs in the equipment of the building, the terminal equipment It is widely known to arrange a building equipment remote monitoring device that reports to a central monitoring device via a communication line and intensively monitors the operation of many equipments of the building in a remote place. It is advantageous in terms of reducing building management costs.

As an example of this type of building equipment remote monitoring apparatus, there is an apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-251900. In the device disclosed herein, a terminal device is provided on the building side in association with building equipment, and a sensor for detecting an abnormality in the operation of the building equipment and a sensor are provided in the terminal device. An alarming device is provided for transmitting an alarming signal to the central monitoring device through a communication line when an abnormal operation is detected. An operator is stationed at the central monitoring device, and when the operator receives an alarm signal from any of the terminal devices, the operator takes necessary measures corresponding to the content of the alarm signal. It is possible to centrally monitor the operation of equipment in many buildings in remote areas.

Further, in the conventional remote monitoring apparatus for building equipment of this type, the operator of the central monitoring apparatus needs to take a warning signal indicating an abnormal operation of the equipment of the building from the terminal device. Using a facsimile machine (FAX) or telephone, request the dispatch of a technician to the building to the responsible sales office in charge of the building that generated the notification signal, and operate the equipment of multiple buildings abnormally. We are trying to do the recovery work efficiently.

[0005]

However, in the conventional remote monitoring apparatus for building facility equipment, the central monitoring apparatus which receives the alarm signal each time an abnormality in the operation of the facility equipment receives the alarm signal received. Performs data analysis of the report signal,
When the building that has transmitted the alarm signal is specified, support information for the operator from the storage unit, for example, a database stored in the hard disk, for example, the address of the building, the office in charge of the building, abnormal operation (failure) The data such as the contact information is searched for and read out according to the contents of 1., and the read-out data and the data of the received alarm signal are displayed together on the display section and the printing section prints. At this time, the operator looks at the contents of these displays and prints and takes measures for the abnormal operation each time. For this reason, when a large number of abnormal alarms are sent from building equipment at the same time and intensively, the central monitoring device not only takes time to search the database, but also performs data processing in the control unit (CPU). It will not be in time, so that the display and printing of the read data and the received alarm signal will be delayed. In such a situation, the central monitoring device will be delayed in responding to the abnormal report, and especially when the abnormal report contains an urgent matter, the delay in the response leads to a serious accident. In some cases, the conventional remote monitoring equipment for building equipment has such a serious problem.

Here, as an example in which a large number of abnormal alarms are simultaneously transmitted as described above, due to a natural disaster such as a torrential rain, power transmission to a specific area is stopped, and the area belongs to the area. There is a regional power outage report, etc. in which all the terminal devices are simultaneously reporting abnormalities due to power outages. In this case, when the central monitoring device is busy with processing for a relatively low urgency operation abnormality such as the regional power outage notification, if another relatively urgent operation abnormality occurs, There is a risk that the response to the relatively urgent operation abnormality will be delayed, and in some cases, a serious accident may occur. As described above, the conventional remote monitoring equipment for building equipment has the above-mentioned major problems.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the present invention is to perform monitoring processing without delay even in an emergency situation in which a large number of abnormal alarms indicating abnormal operation of equipment of a building simultaneously occur. It is to provide a remote monitoring device for building equipment that can be promptly performed.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a building equipment, a terminal device for monitoring the operation of the building equipment, and a plurality of terminal devices via communication lines. With a central monitoring device selectively connected by
When the terminal device detects the occurrence of an abnormality in the equipment of the building, the abnormality is reported via a communication line, an area code meaning the area where the building is installed, and a management meaning the building name. At the same time, transmit the code to the central monitoring device,
When the central monitoring device receives the abnormal report, the determining means determines the type of the abnormal report, and the display information and the print information related to the type of the abnormal report are determined from the database stored in the storage unit. Is a building equipment remote monitoring device for searching for, displaying and printing the same, wherein the determining means receives, when receiving a preset specific abnormality notification, for each installation area of the building, per unit time. If the counting means for counting the number of the reception of this specific abnormality notification of, and the count value of this counting means exceeds a preset value, the district code, the management code, the content of the specific abnormality notification It is provided with a means including a specific alarm processing means for performing printing.

[0009]

According to the above-mentioned means, the central monitoring device has the discrimination means, the counting means and the specific alarm processing means provided in the discrimination means, and among these, the discrimination means is The abnormality notification of a specific type preset in the abnormality notification transmitted from the terminal device and the abnormality notification of other types are discriminated, and the counting means determines the abnormality of the determined specific type. The number of notifications received per unit time is counted by region, and it is determined whether or not the count result exceeds a preset value. Further, the specific alarm processing means is included in the specific type of abnormal alarm transmitted from the terminal device when the counting result is determined to exceed the preset value in the counting means. District code, management number,
Only the data showing the details of the abnormality is printed.

As described above, when the number of received abnormal reports of a specific type increases, the means simply prints the district code, the management number, and the data indicating the details of the abnormalities, and the specific type Since the hard disk search for abnormality reports is suppressed, the central monitoring device can efficiently perform data processing for the above-mentioned specific types of abnormality reports, and when abnormal reports are simultaneously concentrated. Even in this case, it is possible to process an abnormality report having a higher degree of urgency without delay, and promptly take appropriate measures for the equipment equipment of the building that has generated the abnormality report.

[0011]

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

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a remote monitoring apparatus for building equipment according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1a to 1n are terminal devices,
2 is a switchboard, 3 is a central monitoring device, 4 is a receiving unit, 5 is a received data analysis unit, 6 is a hard disk (storage unit), 7 is a display / print information retrieval unit, 8 is a display unit, 9 is a printing unit, and 10 is a printing unit. Is a power failure determination unit, 11 is a regional power failure determination unit, 11a is a district code column, 11b is a frequency column, and 11c is a flag column.

The terminal devices 1a to 1n are installed in each customer building, and the exchange 2 is installed in the communication line. The receiving unit 4 is selectively connected to each of the terminal devices 1a to 1n via a communication line, and has a hard disk 6
Stores database information such as a customer building name, its address, and emergency contact information for each abnormality. The display / print information search unit 7 searches the database information in the hard disk 6 based on the installation area and the management number analyzed by the received data analysis unit 5, and reads the searched data. The display unit 8 displays the data read by the display / print information retrieval unit 7 on the display screen, and the printing unit 9 prints the data read by the display / print information retrieval unit 7.
The power outage determination unit 10 determines whether or not the abnormal report analyzed by the received data analysis unit 5 is an abnormal report related to a power outage, and the regional power outage determination unit 11 relates to a regional outage per unit time. The number of abnormal report receptions is calculated, and it is determined whether the number exceeds the preset value for each district.

In the above structure, the building equipment remote monitoring apparatus of this embodiment performs the following operation.

Equipment installed in a building, for example,
When an operation abnormality occurs in any of the elevators, the terminal device that detects the operation abnormality of the elevator among the terminal devices 1a to 1n (hereinafter referred to as an abnormality detection terminal device 1k) calls the central monitoring device 3, When the abnormality detection terminal device 1k and the central monitoring device 3 are connected via a communication line including the exchange 2, the abnormality detection terminal device 1k issues an abnormality notification to the central monitoring device 3 by means of an alarm signal.

The central monitoring device 3, after receiving the alarm signal by the receiving unit 4, supplies it to the reception data analyzing unit 5, where the district code, the management number, and the management code included in the alarm signal are stored.
The content of the report is read and analyzed, and classified by district code, management number, and report content. In this case, the district code is a code indicating the installation location of each of the terminal devices 1a to 1n, and is a code that distinguishes the location on a ward basis in Tokyo, and on a city basis in other cases. The management number is a code that identifies which one of the terminal devices 1a to 1n in each district code, and the central monitoring device 3 identifies a plurality of terminal devices that are being monitored by the district code and the management number. You can do it.

Subsequently, when the power failure judging section 10 receives the warning signal classified by the received data analyzing section 5, it judges whether the content of the warning signal is a warning signal relating to a power failure. If it is not an alarm signal related to a power failure, the normal processing described below is performed, and if it is an alarm signal related to a power failure, the specific processing described below is performed.

First, in the normal processing, the display / print information retrieving section 7 determines the abnormality detection terminal device 1k from the district code and management number of the alarm signal, and relates to the abnormality detection terminal device 1k determined here. The information (data) is retrieved from the hard disk 6, and the information (data) retrieved here is read. In this case, the hard disk 6
The information (data) read from the device is necessary information for the operator of the central monitoring device 3 to cope with the operation abnormality (fault) of the elevator (facility equipment) when the abnormality notification is received, for example, each terminal. It is the name of the customer building where the devices 1a to 1n are installed, its address, and emergency contact information for each abnormality. Then, this read information (data)
Is supplied to the display unit 8 and / or the printing unit 9, where the information (data) is displayed and / or printed.
Then, the operator confirms the content of the abnormality by observing the displayed or printed contents, contacts the emergency contact for each abnormality by FAX, telephone, etc. Goes to the site where the abnormality detection terminal device 1k is located and takes appropriate measures.

On the other hand, in the specific processing, an alarm signal relating to a power failure determined by the power failure determining section 10 is supplied to the regional power failure determining section 11, and the regional power failure determining section 11 issues an alarm for each unit code per unit time due to the power failure. Performs signal count.
At this time, if the district code transmitting the alarm signal is already set in the district code column 11a, the district code column 1
If the number of times in the row number column 11b corresponding to the district code of 1a is set to +1 and the district code transmitting the alarm signal is not set in the district code column 11a, the district code is set in the district code column 11a. Then, the row count column 11b corresponding to the district code is set to 1. Here, when the regional power outage determination unit 11 determines that the alarm signal due to a predetermined number of power outages is supplied within the unit time for the same area, for example, the unit power consumption is determined within a predetermined time period of 5 minutes. When it is determined that the alarm signal due to five times of power failure is supplied, it is set to determine that a regional power failure has occurred, and the receiving unit 4 receives the alarm signal due to power failure, When it is supplied to the regional blackout judging section 11, the same district code number column 11b is 5
When the count is performed 5 times within a minute, a flag is set in the flag column 11c.

If the flag is not set in the flag column 11c of the regional power outage determination unit 11, the normal processing is performed, and the alarm signal regarding the power outage is displayed and printed via the regional power outage determination unit 11. The information (data) is sent to the information retrieving section 7, where the information (data) is retrieved and read out as described above, and the information (data) read out here is supplied to the display section 8 and the printing section 9 together with the alarm signal. The information is displayed and printed there, and the operator responds to the display and printing as appropriate.

On the other hand, when a flag is set in the flag column 11c, the flag column 1 is set after the flag is set.
For the district code set to 1c, when the notification signal due to a power failure is received by the receiving unit 4, the notification signal due to the power failure is sent directly to the printing unit 9, and the printing unit 9 reports the warning due to the power failure. The district code and control number that identify the terminal device that sent the signal, and only the abnormality content are printed. After confirming the printed contents, the operator contacts the department in charge and confirms whether or not the power failure has been restored.

In this embodiment, when the power supply to the whole area is stopped and the terminal devices belonging to the area generate the alarm signal due to the power failure all at once, the operator is The printing contents of the printing unit 9 are transmitted to the sales office having jurisdiction over the area by FAX or the like without individually dealing with each site, and the sales office performs confirmation work summarizing the area and a power failure. It is intended for the restoration of.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the central monitoring device 3 receives the alert signal due to a power failure intensively and the regional power failure judging section 11 confirms the regional power failure, the hard disk 6 is operated. Information (data) is not displayed and the screen is not displayed on the display unit 8, and only the reception result of the warning signal due to the power failure is printed by the printing unit 9. Therefore, a regional blackout with a relatively low urgency occurs. Is automatically automated, and when a relatively urgent abnormality report is received during this period, it is possible to quickly and appropriately take measures for the abnormality report.

Further, according to this embodiment, the central monitoring device 3
When a warning signal due to a power outage is intensively received at and the regional power outage determination unit 11 confirms the regional power outage,
Since the search of the hard disk 6 is not performed, the processing speed of the control unit (CPU) of the central monitoring device 3 is improved, and an abnormal alarm with a high degree of urgency, such as an elevator trap accident or a fire alarm operation, is received. In that case, it becomes possible to take the measures promptly without delay.

In the above embodiment, the case where the building equipment is an elevator has been described, but the equipment of the present invention is not limited to an elevator, and the equipment is installed in a building and its operation is performed. Of course, any device may be used as long as it is necessary to monitor the abnormality.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case has been described in which the preset specific type of abnormal report is an abnormal report due to a regional blackout, but the specific type of abnormal report of the present invention is It is not limited to the abnormal alarm due to the regional blackout, and, for example, the abnormal alarm due to the local fire can be set as the specific type of abnormal alarm.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the unit time and the number of times set by the regional power outage determination unit 11 are set to 5
Although the case of 5 minutes and 5 minutes has been described, the unit time and the number of times of the present invention are not limited to those values, and may be set to any time, any number of times, for example, 10 minutes and 10 times. It is also possible.

[0029]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the central monitoring device 3 receives an abnormality report from any of the terminal devices 1a to 1n, the discriminating means determines the preset specific type. It is determined whether or not the abnormality is reported, and the counting means
The specific type of abnormality notification discriminated by the discriminating means is counted by region per unit time, and when the counted value exceeds a predetermined value, the specific reporting processing means causes the terminal devices 1a to 1 to operate.
district code in the anomaly report received from any of the n
Since only the management number and the abnormality content are printed and the hard disk 6 is not searched, not only the specific type of abnormality notification process is efficiently performed, but also the same type of abnormality notification is performed. Even when the user is concentrating, when an abnormality report with a higher degree of urgency is received, there is an effect that the abnormality report can be appropriately processed without delay.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a remote monitoring apparatus for building equipment according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1a to 1n Terminal device 2 Switching device 3 Central monitoring device 4 Reception unit 5 Received data analysis unit 6 Hard disk 7 Display / print information retrieval unit 8 Display unit 9 Printing unit 10 Power failure determination unit 11 Regional power failure determination unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A facility equipment of a building, a terminal device for monitoring the operation of the facility equipment of the building, and a central monitoring device selectively connected to a plurality of terminal devices via communication lines,
When the terminal device detects the occurrence of an abnormality in the equipment of the building, the abnormality is reported via a communication line, an area code meaning the area where the building is installed, and a management meaning the building name. The code is transmitted to the central monitoring device at the same time, and when the central monitoring device receives the abnormality notification, the determination means determines the type of the abnormality notification, and the abnormality notification is issued from the database stored in the storage unit. Is a building equipment equipment remote monitoring device that searches for display information and print information related to the type of, and displays and prints the display information and print information, wherein the determination means, when a preset specific abnormality notification is received, Counting means for counting the number of reception of this specific abnormality notification per unit time for each building installation area, and if the count value of this counting means exceeds a preset value, the district code, the management code , Serial specific abnormal onset report building facilities equipment remote monitoring device, characterized in that it comprises a specific onset report processing means for printing the content.