JPH09102985A - Building group managing system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a building group managing system with which sure setting of managing data provided for each building can be facilitated and management from a group center can be sufficiently performed as well. SOLUTION: A group terminal 20 provided for each building stores time schedule data 28 for each additional building facility 40. A central processing unit(CPU) 11 at a group center 10 requests the reading of time schedule data stored at the group terminal 20 in any prescribed format and as a result, the schedule data are received, referred to and confirmed corresponding to a prescribed reading report responded from a CPU 23 at each group terminal 20. On the other hand, when changing these received reference data, the CPU 11 requests write in the prescribed format to the group terminal 20 at any relevant building and as a result, the CPU 23 changes the time schedule data. At the group terminal 20, the time schedule data are referred to and changed similarly to the conventional case. Thus, the time schedule data are unitary managed at the group terminal 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a building group management system for managing ancillary facilities of each building from a group center located in a remote place, and particularly, it is possible to easily set surely management data of each building. Along with this, the present invention relates to a building group management system that enables sufficient management from the group center.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in this type of building group management system, a group terminal for each building, which exchanges information with a group center located in a remote place and serves as a management center and controls ancillary devices of the building, is provided in each building. However, especially for the management of time schedule data, it is common to perform management by either the group center or the building side of the group terminal so as not to cause data synchronization deviation. Target.

A technique for a building group management system is described in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 4-124799 as an unattended building management system.

In the building group management system according to this example, as shown in FIG. 7, when there is an abnormality such as a failure in the building equipment (61), a management center located at a remote location from the building equipment alarm reporting device (22). (11) is notified of an abnormality via the telephone network (21), while "ON / OFF" of the equipment of the building equipment (61) is a remote station (62) provided for each area in the building. )-(64) from the central processing unit (30). Further, when the resident wants to change the "ON / OFF" setting of the device, the change setting information is transmitted from the telephone to the central processing unit (52) via the telephone network (52) in the building regardless of whether it is inside or outside the building. The setting is controlled by the resident contact system (50) transmitted to the terminal 30) through a predetermined interface.
With this configuration, even if the “ON / OFF” setting of the device is set in advance at the remote group management center, the setting can be easily changed by the resident, so that the different requests of each resident can be handled in detail. Can be demonstrated.

[0005]

The conventional building group management system described above uses only a remote group center or a group terminal building side for managing time schedule data. I manage it,
When controlling from the remaining side, the management must be controlled by requesting the side managing the building, and there is a problem that the management is inconvenient.

Further, in the building group management system described in the above-mentioned publication, there is no disclosure of a technique for notifying a group center of a setting change on the building side by a resident, which may cause a trouble in building management. There is a problem in terms of.

An object of the present invention is to provide a building group management system capable of easily and surely setting management data for each building and sufficiently managing from a group center.

[0008]

The building group management system according to the present invention is a building group management system for managing building incidental equipment from a group center located at a remote place for each building, and the building incidental equipment is provided for each building. A group terminal that stores time schedule data for each and updates the corresponding data when a write request of a predetermined format is received,
The time schedule data stored in the group terminal is read-requested and received in a predetermined format, while the received data is changed and a write request is made in a predetermined format to the group terminal of the corresponding building based on the changed data. The group center is provided, and the time schedule data is centrally managed by the group terminal.

[0009]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the building group management system shown in FIG. 1, it is assumed that the group center 10 at a remote place and the group terminal 20 provided in one building are connected to each other through a communication line 30 by a telephone dedicated line.

In the group center 10, a central processing unit 11, an input / output device 12, a storage device 13, and a plurality of interface devices 14 are connected by a communication path 15, and one interface device 14 is a plurality of modems (modulators). -It is connected to the communication line 30 via a demodulator.

In the group terminal 20, the modem 21 is connected to the group center 1
0 is connected to the modem 16 via the communication line 30, and the interface device 22 for connecting the modem 21 to one of them is a central processing unit 23, an input / output device 24, a plurality of remote devices 25, and a storage device 26. In addition, it is connected to the communication path 27. Each remote device 25 monitors
It is assumed that the storage device 26 is connected to the building auxiliary equipment 40 for each floor to be controlled, and the storage device 26 has time schedule data 28 of the building auxiliary equipment 40 connected to the group terminal 20.

The structural difference of the present invention from the conventional one is that
This is that the time schedule data 28 for building management is provided in the group terminal 20 instead of in the group center 10.
The change / setting of the time schedule data 28 is performed by controlling the input from the input / output device 24 by the central processing unit 23 on the one hand, and input / output device 12 by the input / output device 12 of the group center 10 on the other hand. The control is performed by the central processing unit 23 via the communication path 15, the interface 14, the modem 16, the communication line 30, the modem 21, the interface device 22, and the communication path 27 under the control of 12.

The central processing units 11 and 23, the input / output units 12 and 24, and the storage units 13 and 26 are hardware constituting an ordinary computer, and the interface unit 1
Since the 4.22 and the modems 16 and 21 have the function of connecting to the ordinary communication equipment and the remote device 25 to the building accessory equipment 40 as in the conventional case, the description of the functions of these hardware is omitted.

Next, the time schedule data will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown, the time schedule data 28 (see FIG. 1) is composed of master data 110 and generated data 120. Master data 11
0 is set in advance by the operator, and the generated data 120 is automatically generated at a predetermined time, and the time schedule is managed in group units.

The master data 110 includes a basic calendar 111, a tenant calendar 112, a master time 113,
Also, each data of the schedule device 114 is included. There is one basic calendar 111 for the entire system,
The basic calendar 111 includes all tenant calendars 112.
Holidays and public holidays that are reflected in are set in addition to the month and day of the week. The tenant calendar 112 is a calendar for each tenant, and in addition to the above-mentioned holidays and public holidays, a unique day can be set in the tenant calendar 112. The master time 113 is set with the start and stop times of each device for each day of the week, holidays, holidays, and special days set above, and the control target, and the schedule device 114 is a time schedule management target. The devices of each group are set.

On the other hand, the generated data 120 includes an execution schedule 121 and a device schedule 122, and the execution schedule 121 for each group and the device schedule 122 for each device are the tenant calendar 112.
Also, it is assumed that both the master time 113 and the master time 113 are automatically generated once a day, and that they have time data of start / stop for one week from the current day.

The master data 110 and the generated data 120 can be changed, and when the master data is changed, the generated data 120 is regenerated.

Next, the main functions of the components shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG.

As shown, master data 110
And the time schedule data 28 including the generated data 120 is stored in the storage device 26 of the group terminal 20,
The central processing unit 23 is programmed to process 1
The generated data 120 is automatically generated, and the generated data 1 is also generated when the setting is manually changed from the input / output device 24.
20 is generated. Further, when the central processing unit 23 generates the device schedule 122, it stores the generated device schedule 122 in the time schedule data 28 via the communication path 27, and at the same time, attaches to the relevant building incidental equipment 4
It is being sent to the remote device 25 corresponding to 0. The remote device 25 refers to the received device schedule 122 at a constant cycle, and compares the current time with the current time to control the building auxiliary equipment 40 directly connected.

Next, referring to FIGS. 3 to 5 together with FIG. 1, the time schedule data 2 from the group center 10 will be described.
A format of a message transmitted / received when referring to / changing 8 will be described.

First, the central processing unit 11 of the group center 10
It is assumed that a message format 200 as shown in FIG. 3 is provided between and the central processing unit 23 of the group terminal 20. The message format 200 includes header information 201,
Function 202, response information 203, parameter 2
04-206 and time schedule data 207
Each area shall be included. The header information is composed of basic information such as transmission / reception address information and a telegram identifier.

Next, as shown in FIG. 4, the function 202 has a read request (1), a read notification (2), a write request (3), and a write notification corresponding to each code 1 to 4. In (4), the response information 203 is set with "Aki" corresponding to the request message (codes 1 and 3) and "Response information" corresponding to the notification message (codes 2.4). It has been done.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, each code 1
Corresponding to 6 to, the parameter 204 includes a basic calendar (1), a tenant calendar (2), a master time (3),
Schedule device (4), execution schedule (5), device schedule (6), and parameter 20
5 includes space (1), tenant number (2), master time number (3), schedule device group number (4),
Group number (5) and device number (6) of the execution schedule, and parameter 206 includes the basic calendar month (1), tenant calendar month (2), and
It is assumed that each space (3 to 6) is set.

Next, referring also to FIGS. 1 to 6,
The operation when referring to and changing the time schedule data 28 from the group center 10 will be described.

First, when referring to the time schedule data 28 at the group center 10, the central processing unit 11 executes the function 20 based on the instruction from the input / output device 12.
2 is edited with the code 1 (read request), the parameters 204 to 206 corresponding to the data to be referenced are code-set to create the electronic message format 200 (step S1), and sent to the central processing unit 23 of the group terminal 20. (Procedure S2),
Request a lead.

The central processing unit 23 requested to read searches the contents requested to be read in the time schedule data 28 (procedure S3), and when the contents are normally read (procedure S4).
YES), edit the code “0” in the area of the response information 203 as a response to the normal request (step S5), edit the read requested content in the time schedule data 207 area, and code the function 202. 2 (lead notification) is set and message format 20
0 is created (step S6).

Message format 2 created in step S6
The read notification by 00 is sent to the group center 10 (procedure S7), and in the group center-10, for example, a screen display is output to the input / output device 12 (procedure S8), and the reference procedure ends.

On the other hand, if the step S4 is "NO" and the request is an undefined abnormal request, the central processing unit 23
Following the step S6 of editing the code "1" as a response to the abnormality request in the area of the response information 203 (step S9), and setting the code 2 (read notification) in the function 202 to create the electronic message format 200.

Next, when changing the time schedule data 28 at the group center 10, the central processing unit 11 changes the data displayed on the screen in the above step S8 with the support of the input / output device 12 (procedure). S11), the changed data is set in the area of the time schedule data 207, and the parameter 204 corresponding to this data is set.
Set ~ 206 and set function 202 to code 3
A message format 200 edited by (write request) is created (step S12) and sent to the group terminal 20 (step S1).
3).

The central processing unit 23 stores the change data in the relevant portion of the time schedule data 28 based on the electronic format 200 of the write request received from the group center 10 (step S14), and updates the data by the change. End the procedure of.

Although the description of the procedure following step S14 is omitted in the figure, when the storage update of the time schedule data 28 is completed, the central processing unit 23 sets the corresponding parameters 204 to 206 and sets the function 202. The message format 200 of the notification, which is edited with the code 4 (write notification), is created in the same manner as the read notification, and the group center 10
To send to. In the group center 10 which has received the electronic message format 200 of this notification, the central processing unit 11 can display the result of the write request to the input / output unit 13 on the screen, for example.

In the case of changing the master data 110 or the consideration schedule 121, a data generation process is performed to generate the generation data 120 or the device schedule 122. Generated data 12 regenerated here
The device schedule 122 of 0 is sent to and stored in the data storage device 26.

In the above description, the time schedule data is illustrated and described as being stored in the data storage device of the group terminal. However, when the data is generated or reproduced, it should be immediately used for the control of the building incidental equipment by the remote device. At least the device schedule of the generated or regenerated data may be stored by the remote device so that

In the above description, the communication line between the group center and the group terminal has been described as a telephone line with a dedicated line.
You may connect through the communication network by the transmitter of a telephone circuit. In addition, although the function allocation, data content, and message format have been illustrated and described, for example, the data storage function includes the arrangement / separation / separation of functions as if it is provided to all devices including temporary storage. Functions such as merging can be freely distributed, and the above description does not limit the present invention.

[0037]

As described above, according to the present invention, the group terminal provided in each building stores the time schedule data for each facility attached to the building, and the group center is stored in the group terminal. It is possible to obtain a building group management system capable of changing the time schedule data by making a read request for the time schedule data and receiving and confirming the received time schedule data, while making a write request to the group terminal of the corresponding building.
The configuration and operation of centrally managing this time schedule data at the group terminals facilitates reliable setting of the management data for each building and also enables sufficient management from the group center. On the building side,
On the other hand, at night, it is possible to obtain a building group management system in which centralized management can be managed from both group centers in a remote location by sharing the responsibility between them.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a time schedule data configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a message format diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a function / response information configuration diagram showing one form of the electronic message format of FIG. 3;

5 is a parameter configuration diagram showing one form of the electronic message format of FIG.

6 is a flowchart showing one form of a main operation procedure in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram showing an example of the related art.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 group center 11, 23 central processing unit 12, 24 input / output device 13 storage device 14, 22 interface device 15, 27 communication path 16, 21 modem (modulator / demodulator) 20 group terminal 25 remote device 26 data storage device 28 Time schedule data 30 Communication line 40 Facilities attached to building

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A building group management system for managing building auxiliary equipment for each building from a remote group center, which is provided in each building and stores time schedule data for each building auxiliary equipment and has a predetermined format. When a write request is received, the group terminal that updates the corresponding data and the time schedule data stored in the group terminal are read-requested in a predetermined format and received, while the received data is changed to the changed data. A building group management system comprising: the group center for making a write request to a group terminal of a corresponding building based on a predetermined format based on the above, and centrally managing time schedule data at the group terminal. 2. The information transmission between a group center and a group terminal according to claim 1, wherein a message in a predetermined message format is provided, and a read notification is returned from the group terminal in response to a read (reference) request from the group center. On the other hand, in response to a write (change) request from the group center, the group terminal responds with a write notification to confirm the processing, and the normality / abnormality of the request is notified with response information. system. 3. The data storage device according to claim 1, wherein the group terminal stores the time schedule data, and a remote device for reading the time schedule data from the data storage device at a predetermined time to remotely control the building incidental equipment. A building group management system comprising: 4. The remote device according to claim 1, wherein the group terminal stores, in the time schedule data, data for each device regarding a building incidental equipment to be connected, and reads the data at a predetermined time to remotely control the building incidental equipment. A building group management system comprising: 5. The time schedule data according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the time schedule data is automatically generated at a predetermined time for each predetermined group together with master data set in advance by an operator. A building group management system comprising: generated data that is changed by a request from an output device.