JPH064791A - Remote monitoring device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the remote monitoring device preventing the printing time of all reception data from being increased even at the time of concentration of monitoring information from a monitoring terminal equipment and not delaying the processing of a counter measure at the side of a monitoring center. CONSTITUTION:Terminal monitoring devices BS1-BSn monitor the operation of equipments S1-Sn. A monitoring center 1 of the remote monitoring device transmitting monitoring information to the monitoring center 1 is provided with a controller 8 including an arithmetic means 15 calculating the total time required for the printing of printing data stored in a printing storage device 5 and a simplified storage means 16 converting the monitoring information into the simplified printing data when the calculated time exceeds a preset prescribed time and storing it in the printing storage device 5, and controlling the entire operation of the monitoring center 1. Thus, even through pieces of generated monitoring information are concentrated, the printing operation is completed within a prescribed time and no operation delay of countermeasure occurs at the side of the monitoring center 1.

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 remotely monitoring equipment installed in a plurality of buildings at a monitoring center via a monitoring terminal device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When various kinds of equipment such as elevators, passenger conveyors, and air conditioners are installed in a building as in recent years, the abnormal operation of these equipments causes It may cause inconvenience to visitors and may cause physical harm depending on the condition.Therefore, it is necessary to constantly monitor the operation of these equipment and to promptly recover from any abnormalities. Is. To this end, the operating status of equipment in one or more buildings is monitored, and multiple monitoring terminal devices that output monitoring information are connected to the monitoring center via communication lines and installed in multiple buildings at the monitoring center. 2. Description of the Related Art Monitoring by remote monitoring devices that remotely monitor the operation of existing equipment has been widely used. This type of remote monitoring device is provided with a printing device for printing the monitoring information from the monitoring terminal device, and the monitoring information as the operation information of the equipment is detailed by the printing device in a predetermined printing format in the order of reception. It is printed.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional remote monitoring device of this type, since the monitoring information is printed in detail in a predetermined printing format, when a wide area disaster such as an earthquake or a power failure occurs, Monitoring information is intensively sent from multiple monitoring terminal devices in the same time zone, and it takes a considerable amount of time to finish printing all the received data, which delays the monitoring center's response to the abnormality. There is a problem that may occur.

The present invention has been made in view of the current state of the operation of the remote monitoring device of this type as described above, and an object thereof is a situation in which the monitoring information from the monitoring terminal device is concentrated. Even so, it is an object of the present invention to provide a remote monitoring device that prevents the printing time of all received data from being extended and does not delay the corresponding action on the monitoring center side.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention monitors the operation of equipment of a corresponding building,
A plurality of monitoring terminal devices that output monitoring information are connected via a communication line to a monitoring center equipped with a transmission / reception device, a reception storage device, a print storage device, and a printing device, and the monitoring information received by the transmission / reception device is Stored in the reception storage device, then converted into print data and stored in the print storage device, the print data is printed by the printing device as operation information of the equipment, and the printing data of the equipment is displayed in the monitoring center. In the remote monitoring device for remotely monitoring the operation, the monitoring center includes a computing means for computing a total time required for printing by the printing device of all print data stored in the print storage device, When the time calculated by the calculation means exceeds a preset predetermined time, the monitoring information is converted into simplified print data and stored in the print storage device. And a simplified storage means is provided with a control device for controlling the overall operation of the monitoring center.

[0006]

When the monitoring information transmitted from the monitoring terminal device is transmitted to the monitoring center via the communication line and received by the transmitting / receiving device, the monitoring information is stored in the receiving storage device and then converted into print data. It is stored in the print storage device.
Here, the total time required for printing by the printing device of all the print data stored in the printing storage device is calculated by the calculation means, and when the calculated time exceeds a preset predetermined time, the simplified storage is performed. The means operates, the monitoring information is converted into simplified print data and stored in the print storage device, and the monitoring information is printed within a predetermined time by the printing device in a simplified print format. On the other hand, if the total time calculated by the calculating means is within a predetermined time set in advance,
The printing information is printed by the printing device in a predetermined printing format.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. Here, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the operation of the embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, facility equipments S1 to Sn installed in a building are connected to terminal monitoring devices BS1 to BSn, and these terminal monitoring devices BS1 to BSn connect a plurality of communication lines TE1 to TEm. It is connected to the monitoring center 1 via the. In the monitoring center 1, a control device 8 having a transmitting / receiving device 2, a receiving storage device 3, a print storage device 5, a computing means 15 and a simplified storage means 16, a storage device 4 to be monitored equipment attached, a display device 10 and a keyboard 11. An input device 6 provided with and a printing device 7 for printing on paper 9 are provided.
The transmitter / receiver 2, the reception storage device 3, the print storage device 5, the storage device attached to the monitored equipment 4, the input device 6 and the printing device 7 are connected to the control device 8, and the communication line TE1 is connected to the transmission / reception device 2. ~ TEm and the receiving storage device 3 are connected.

Here, the transmitting / receiving device 2 is a terminal monitoring device B.
It has a function of exchanging signals with S1 to BSn,
The reception storage device 3 has a function of storing the monitoring information received by the transmission / reception device 2 from the terminal monitoring devices BS1 to BSn. Further, the print storage device 5 has a function of storing print data of monitoring information, and the storage device 4 attached to the monitored equipment is
The input device 6 has a function of storing various data relating to the equipment to be monitored, the input device 6 has a function of inputting data to the control device 8 by the keyboard 11 while confirming the display on the display device 10, and the printing device 7 It has a function to print data of monitoring information. Further, the calculation means 15 has a function of calculating the total time required for printing by the printing device 7 of all the print data stored in the print storage device 5, and the simplified storage means 16 is the calculation means 15 When the time calculated in step 4 exceeds a preset predetermined time, it has a function of converting the monitoring information into simplified print data and storing it in the print storage device 5.

Next, the operation of the embodiment having such a configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In step F1 of the flowchart of FIG. 2, the transmitting / receiving device 2 of the monitoring center 1 causes the terminal monitoring devices SB1 to SBn.
When the monitoring information from the terminal is received (generally, a plurality of pieces of monitoring information are sequentially received from a plurality of terminal monitoring devices), the data of the monitoring information is stored in the reception storage device 3 (procedure F).
2) The controller 8 operates to sequentially convert the data of the monitoring information into a predetermined print format data (step F3), and the converted data is sequentially stored in the print storage device 5.
Next, in step F5, the control device 8 determines whether or not the monitoring information data stored in the print storage device 5 is in a predetermined print format. In this case, the determination in step F5 is YES, so the process proceeds to step F6. Then, the calculating means 15 calculates the time required to print all the data stored in the print storage device 5, and determines whether the calculated time is within a predetermined time set in advance.

If the determination in step F6 is YES and it is possible to print all the data within a predetermined time, in step F8 the printing device 7
Thus, the data stored in the print storage device 5 is printed on the paper 9 in a predetermined print format. On the other hand, procedure F6
If the determination is NO, the procedure proceeds to step F7, where the simplified storage means converts the data stored in the print storage device 5 into the simplified print format data, and the procedure F
4, the print storage device 5 stores the data converted into the simplified print format. Then, the procedure proceeds to step F5, and the determination is made. This time, the determination in step F5 is NO, so
In step F8, the printing device 7 prints the data stored in the printing storage device 5 on the paper 9 within a predetermined time in a simplified printing format.

As described above, according to the embodiment, the data of the monitoring information transmitted from the terminal monitoring devices BS1 to BSn to the monitoring center 1 via the communication lines TE1 to TEm and stored in the receiving storage device 3 is printed by the printing device 7. The time required to print all in a predetermined print format is calculated by the calculation means 15, and when the calculated value exceeds the predetermined value, the monitoring information converted into the simplified print format by the simplification storage means 16 Data is stored in the print storage device 5, and is printed by the printing device in a simplified printing format within a predetermined time. For this reason, even when the monitoring information is concentrated in time due to a wide area disaster, for example, the printing of the monitoring information is completed within a predetermined time, and it is possible to prevent the response at the monitoring center side from being delayed.

[0014]

As described above, in the present invention, the total time required for printing all the print data of the monitoring information transmitted from the monitoring terminal device to the monitoring center is calculated by the calculating means of the monitoring center. If the calculated time exceeds a preset predetermined time, the monitoring information is converted into simplified print data by the simple storage means and stored in the print storage device, and the predetermined print format is provided by the printing device. Since the monitoring information is printed within the time, even if the monitoring information is concentrated in time due to a wide area disaster, etc., the printing of the monitoring information will be completed within the predetermined time, and the response at the monitoring center side will be delayed. Is prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Monitoring Center 2 Transmitting / Receiving Device 3 Receiving Storage Device 4 Monitored Equipment Attached Storage Device 5 Printing Storage Device 6 Input Device 7 Printing Device 8 Control Device 9 Paper 10 Display Device 11 Keyboard 15 Computing Means 16 Simplified Storage Means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of monitoring terminal devices for monitoring the operation of facility equipment of a corresponding building and outputting monitoring information are connected to a monitoring center equipped with a transmitting / receiving device, a receiving storage device, a printing storage device, and a printing device via a communication line. The monitoring information received by the transmission / reception device connected via the storage device is stored in the reception storage device, converted into print data and stored in the print storage device, and the print data is operated by the equipment device. In a remote monitoring device which is printed as information by the printing device and remotely monitors the operation of the equipment at the monitoring center, the printing device of all print data stored in the print storage device in the monitoring center. Calculating means for calculating the total time required for printing in the above, and when the time calculated by this calculating means exceeds a preset predetermined time, the monitoring information is simplified. A remote monitoring device comprising: a simplified storage means for converting the print data into the print data and storing the print data in the print storage device; and a control device for controlling the overall operation of the monitoring center.