JPH06259684A - Remote monitoring device for building facility - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce capital investment cost for extending an area monitor center and to provide the remote monitoring device for building facility to reduce the work of controllers by providing an alarm transmitting means and a transmission time designating means. CONSTITUTION:When an abnormality alarm signal transmitted from terminal equipments 21-2n is received, a monitor center 3 retrieves display information and print information from data stored in a storage device 6 by using a retrieving means concerning the abnormality alarm code. Then, an alarm transmitter 7 transmits the display information and print information to an area monitor center 9 provided with the identified area code. On the other hand, the time of transmission from this means 7 to the center 9 is previously decided by a transmission time designating device 8. Thus, the center 9 does not directly receive the abnormality alarm signal from the equipments 21-2n but is turned to a simple system for displaying and printing the display information and print information transmitted from the center 3. Further, since the night monitor work is performed at the center 3, the center 9 enables monitor service with the small scale facility and the work burden of controllers can be reduced.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote monitoring device for building equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Considering aspects such as reduction of building management costs,
Through the terminal device installed in the building without the administrator being stationed,
2. Description of the Related Art Remote monitoring devices for buildings, which remotely monitor the occurrence of abnormalities in equipment installed in buildings at a monitoring center, are widely used.

However, since there is a limit to the number of terminal devices that can be monitored at one monitoring center, if the number of buildings that monitor facility equipment increases, a fine and complete monitoring system will be maintained. In addition, it is necessary to add a regional monitoring center to each area where the building is installed, and in addition to this regional monitoring center, a nighttime monitoring center that is a reporting destination at night with few reports should be installed. Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2-300898 discloses a technique that can reduce the consideration of the completion member of the monitoring center who instructs the restoration work of the equipment in which the abnormality has occurred and can reduce the labor cost.

[0004]

The above-mentioned prior art is provided with an area monitoring center which is arranged for each area where the terminal device is arranged and a nighttime monitoring center which receives an alarm report issued at night. And monitor terminal devices in all regions 1
Compared with the monitoring center that operates at several locations, the equipment of the regional monitoring center can be configured with a small scale because the number of terminal devices monitored decreases, but it is possible to determine the type of abnormal alarm signal from the terminal device, It is necessary to have almost the same functions as the monitoring center, such as retrieving display information and print information from the stored data based on this determination result. Therefore, a functional test for checking the function maintenance, such as a terminal device and a monitoring center, is required. It is necessary to regularly perform communication tests between the two. The problem is that the work of the controller for the results of this functional test and the technical measures such as technical measures when an abnormality is found by the test are complicated and diversified, the burden on the controller increases, and the software of the monitoring center Since almost the same amount is required, there is a problem that the software cannot be reduced and the monitoring center equipment cannot be further downsized.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a remote monitoring device for building equipment, which can reduce the equipment investment cost associated with the addition of an area monitoring center and can reduce the work of the controller.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an area code meaning the area in which the building is installed via a communication line when an abnormal occurrence of building equipment is detected. And a terminal device that transmits an abnormal alarm signal composed of a management code meaning the building name and an abnormal alarm code meaning the abnormal alarm content, and the type of the abnormal alarm signal from this terminal device The discriminating means discriminates the display information and the printing information from the data stored in the storing means, and the searching means retrieves the display information and the printing information. Remote monitoring of building equipment provided with a monitoring center for displaying and printing report contents, and a regional monitoring center which is arranged in each region separately from the monitoring center and is capable of transmitting from the terminal device only within a specific time In the above arrangement, when the monitoring center receives the abnormal report, the report transmitting means for transmitting the display information and the print information searched by the searching means to the area monitoring center of the identified area code, ,
It is provided with a transmission time designating means for setting the transmission of the report transmitting means at a predetermined time interval.

[0007]

Since the present invention is configured in this way, when the monitoring center receives the abnormal alarm signal transmitted from the terminal device, the abnormal alarm code is retrieved from the data stored in the storage means by the searching means. Searching the display information and print information, the alarm transmission means transmits the display information and print information to the area monitoring center of the identified area code, and the transmission time of this alarm transmission means to the area monitoring center. Is predetermined by the transmission time designation means.

As described above, the area monitoring center does not directly receive the abnormality notification signal from the terminal device but becomes a simple system for displaying and printing the display information and the printing information transmitted from the monitoring center, and also at night. Since the monitoring work of (1) is performed at the monitoring center, the regional monitoring center can provide the same monitoring service as the conventional one with a small-scale facility and can reduce the work load of the control personnel.

[0009]

The present invention will be described below with reference to the illustrated embodiments. 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 is one monitoring area, 2 _{1 to} 2n are terminal devices for detecting an abnormality of equipment equipment in a building (not shown), 3 is an abnormality notification from each terminal device 2 _{1 to} 2n via a communication line. It is a monitoring center that takes in and monitors the equipment in each building for abnormalities. 4 the communication controller for receiving via a communication line information of the abnormality report from the terminal devices 2 ₁ to 2n, 5 processing performs required processing receives information of the abnormality notification to the communication control device 4 receives device, 6
Is a storage device for storing information necessary for the processing device 5 to perform processing, and 7 is a report for transmitting display information and print information to the regional monitoring center in the monitoring region of the terminal device that has issued the abnormal report. A transmitting device, which is a transmitting means, is a transmission time setting device 8 for setting a time when the transmitting device 7 transmits the display information and the print information. Reference numeral 9 is a regional monitoring center device in the surveillance area 1A, 10 is a receiving device for receiving the display information and print information from the transmitting device 7, 11 is a display operating device for displaying the screen of the display information received by the receiving device 10, and 12 is The printing device prints the print information received by the receiving device 10. 13 ₁ -13N the display operation device which performs display, and edit processing result of the processing apparatus 5 has processed, 14 ₁ 14n is a printing apparatus for printing the processing results of the processing device 5 has processed.

In this embodiment, for example, the terminal device 2
When abnormality in equipment in the building _{in which one} is monitoring is to have occurred, and transmits to the terminal device 2 ₁ via the communication line information abnormality notification detects this monitoring center 3. The content of the abnormality notification is, for example, the area and the building name of the building where the abnormality has occurred, the name of the device where the abnormality has occurred, the content of the abnormality, and the like. The communication control device 4 of the monitoring center device 3, which has received the abnormality notification, sends the content of the abnormality notification to the processing device 5 when the reception process is completed. The processing device 5 requests the storage device 6 for the information necessary to analyze the information of the received abnormality notification. The storage device 6 transmits the contents such as the building name, the equipment device name, and the abnormality history necessary for the information of the abnormality notification to the processing device 5 as analysis information. This processing device 5 uses the received analysis information and the previously received abnormality notification to identify the building name,
The display information and print information are created by editing the contents such as the name of facility equipment, details of abnormality, occurrence time, and dispatch instruction method so that they can be displayed on the screen and printed. The processing device 5 that has finished creating the display information and the print information sends the display information and the print information to the transmitting device 7 if it is the time set by the transmission time setting device 8, for example, from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm. . When the transmitter 7 receives the display information and the print information, the transmitter 7 transmits the display information and the print information to the area monitoring center device 9 in the area where the building monitored by the terminal device 21 is set. The receiving device 10 of the area monitoring center device 9 that has received the display information and the print information sends the received display information to the display operation device 11 and sends the print information to the printing device 1.
Send to 2. The display operation device 11 that has received the display information displays the display information on the screen. The printer 12 that has received the print information prints the print information. The controller of the area monitoring center 9 can instruct the technician who repairs the equipment in the building where the abnormality has occurred to perform the restoration work, based on the information displayed and notified here.

Meanwhile, when the night building equipment in time out set by the transmission time setting device 8, such abnormality is generated detected, abnormality notification from the terminal device 2 ₁ is processed in the same manner, The processing device 5 creates display information and print information. Since the processing device 5 is outside the set time of the transmission time setting device, the display information and the print information are not sent to the transmission device 7 and the display information is displayed by the display operation devices 13 _{1 to} 13 n.
Send to one. The display operation device 13 ₁ that has received the display information
Any of 13n displays the display information on the screen. Further, the processing device 5 outputs the print information to the printing devices 14 _{1 to} 14 n.
Send to one of. The printing device 14 ₁ that has received the printing information
Any of 14n prints print information. The controller of the monitoring center 3 can instruct the technician who repairs the equipment in the building where the abnormality has occurred, to perform the recovery work, based on the information displayed and notified here.

[0012] In this embodiment, local monitoring center 9 does not directly receive the abnormality notification from the terminal device 2 ₁ to 2n,
The periodic inspection of the monitoring function is only a communication test between the remote monitoring center 3 and the local monitoring center 9, which can be simplified. Further, at night when the number of reports is small, abnormal notifications are collectively received and processed by the monitoring center 3, so it is not necessary to arrange night control personnel at the area monitoring center 9, and the control of the area monitoring center 9 is eliminated. The work of staff can be reduced.

In this embodiment, the area monitoring center device 9 in one monitoring area 1A has been described, but more area monitoring centers in the monitoring area are arranged and appropriate measures are taken when an abnormality is reported. You may comprise so that it may give.

[0014]

According to the present invention, when the monitoring center receives the abnormal alarm signal transmitted from the terminal device, the search means searches the data stored in the storage means for the abnormal alarm code and issues an alarm. The transmitting means transmits the display information and the print information to the area monitoring center of the identified area code, and the transmission time designating means predetermines the transmission time of the alarm transmitting means to the area monitoring center.

As described above, the area monitoring center does not directly receive the abnormality notification signal from the terminal device but becomes a simple system for displaying and printing the display information and the printing information transmitted from the monitoring center, and also at night. Since the monitoring work of (1) is performed at the monitoring center, the regional monitoring center can provide the same monitoring service as the conventional one with a small-scale facility and can reduce the work load of the control personnel.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

[Explanation of symbols]

1A Monitoring area 2 _{1 to} 2n Terminal device 3 Monitoring center 4 Communication control device 5 Processing device 6 Storage device 7 Transmission device 8 Transmission time setting device 9 Area monitoring device 10 Receiving device 11 Display operation device 12 Printing device 13 _{1 to} 13n Display operation apparatus 14 ₁ ~14n printing apparatus

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. When an abnormal occurrence of building equipment is detected, a communication line is used to indicate an area code indicating the area where the building is installed, a management code indicating the building name, and an abnormality report content. The discriminating means discriminates the terminal device that transmits the abnormal report signal composed of the attached abnormal report code and the type of the abnormal report signal from this terminal device, and displays from the data stored in the storage means. A monitoring center that retrieves information and print information and displays and prints the building name and the content of error notification on one of each of the plurality of display means and the plurality of printing means, and the monitoring center In a remote monitoring device for building equipment, which is separately arranged for each area and has an area monitoring center capable of transmitting data from the terminal device only within a specific time, the monitoring center receives the abnormality notification report. At that time, the display information and the print information retrieved by the retrieval means, the report transmission means for transmitting to the area monitoring center of the identified area code,
A remote monitoring device for building equipment, comprising: transmission time designating means for transmitting the notification transmission means at a predetermined time interval.