JPH0997040A - Labeling management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make a facility state understand easily and to quickly cope with even occurrence by performing registration into a labeling information table and its update in response to the selection of facilities, displaying labeling symbols while making them correspond to the facilities, and performing management. SOLUTION: On a screen 1, facility symbols 2, labeling symbols 3, labeling texts 4, a labeling operation panel 6, etc., are displayed, and in the labeling information table 11, the current state, label information, etc., are registered while made to correspond to the facilities. Then a control means 7 registers or updates the contents of the labeling information table 11 corresponding to the selection of the facilities displayed on the screen 1 and displays labeling symbols while making them correspond to the facilities according to the labeling information table 11, thereby controlling the management modes of the facilities. Consequently, state information on the facilities is made easy to understand, processing and processing inhibition are performed corresponding to the state information, and the facility symbols are given the labeling symbols on the screen to quickly and securely cope with event occurrence.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a management system for tagging and managing equipment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a building management system for monitoring and controlling various facilities of a building only monitors the state of the facility, and the management information related to the facility is not systematized. The manager himself decided whether the alarm was due to an inspection.

Further, in the case where a plurality of managers manage the information, precautions for management and operation are written as memos to the next manager and handed over to the next manager for management.

[0004]

As described above, the conventional system for managing a plurality of facilities, such as a building management system, manages only the facilities and not the status information thereof. Is it an alarm?
The administrator is forced to judge whether it is an actual alarm, especially when multiple administrators change and manage it in sequence, the state information of the equipment such as that it is being inspected is recorded as communication information. Since it was written and handed out, it was necessary to judge whether it was a pure alarm or an alarm generated by inspection etc. when the alarm occurred, and there was a problem that the judgment caused a delay and stopped. There was also the problem of stopping devices that should not be used (e.g. emergency power supply equipment).

The present invention solves these problems.
Status information is registered in a table in association with various equipment symbols, and a tagging symbol indicating that fact is displayed to make the equipment status information easy to understand, and processing / processing suppression is performed corresponding to the status information. Automatically display and process / suppress the billing symbol when it is registered in the hanging reservation table and within the registered time range, and attach the hanging symbol to the equipment symbol on the screen to generate an event quickly and surely The purpose is to deal with.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems Means for solving the problems will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 4, 6, and 8.

1, FIG. 4, FIG. 6, and FIG. 8, a screen 1 displays equipment symbols 2, bill hanging symbols 3, bill hanging text 4, operation panel 5, bill hanging operation panel 6, and the like. is there.

The billing information table 11 is for registering the current status, billing information and the like in association with the equipment.
The wallet reservation table 14 is for registering the wallet reservation time and wallet information.

The control means 7 performs various controls. Next, the operation will be described. The control means 7 registers or updates the contents of the billing information table 11 in response to the selection of the equipment displayed on the screen, and also the billing information table 1
Based on 1, the billing symbol is displayed in association with the facility, and the facility management mode is controlled based on the billing information table 11.

At this time, a billing reservation table 14 for registering the billing reservation time and the billing information is provided, and when the control means 7 falls within the reservation time range registered in the billing reservation table 14, the bill is reserved. Is controlled.

Further, a plurality of bills are provided in association with the information state of the equipment. In addition, when a plurality of bills are provided in association with the information state of the equipment, when a plurality of bills are registered in the billing information table 11, the billing symbol of the predetermined highest priority bill is displayed. Also, the control (control of processing / suppression of processing) is performed corresponding to this tag.

Therefore, the status information is registered in the billing information table 11 in association with the various equipment symbols 2 and the billing symbol 3 indicating the fact is displayed to make the equipment status information easy to understand, and to correspond to the status information. By performing processing / processing inhibition by automatically registering in the billing reservation table 14 and within the registration time range and automatically displaying and processing / suppressing the billing symbol 3 on the screen. It is possible to quickly and surely deal with the occurrence of an event by attaching the bill hanging symbol 3 and the bill hanging text 4 to the symbol 2.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments and operations of the present invention will be sequentially described in detail with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the screen of the present invention. FIG. 1A shows a state where the equipment symbol 2 is selected and displayed on the screen, and a bill is selected on the operation panel 5 to display the bill hanging symbol 3 and the bill hanging text 4, which will be described later. The state registered in the billing information table 11 is shown.

In FIG. 1A, a screen 1 displays an equipment symbol 2, a bill hanging symbol 3, a bill hanging text 4, an operation panel 5, and the like. Equipment symbol 2 is
It is a symbol that displays various equipment in the building on the screen.

The bill hanging symbol 3 is a symbol displayed when the bill is hanging on the equipment. The bill hanging text 4 is for displaying the text of the bill hanging symbol 3 (for example, the text of the status information such as under inspection, control prohibited, etc.).

The operation panel 5 is displayed in response to the selection of the equipment symbol 2. The tag is selected to display the bill hanging symbol 3 and the bill hanging text 4, and is associated with the equipment to show the current state. It is for registering bill information and bill information in the bill hanging information table 11.

The control means 7 performs various controls and displays the operation panel 5 when the equipment symbol 2 is selected on the screen 1 or when a bill is selected on the operation panel 5. Correlation with equipment symbol 2 and billboard symbol 3
And displaying the billing text 4 and registering the current state and billing information in association with the equipment in the billing information table 11 described later (see FIGS. 2, 3, and 7 described later). See flow chart).

FIG. 1B shows a state in which the bill hanging operation panel 6 is displayed on the screen 1. This billboard operation panel 6
Is for selecting and registering the control mode of the tag, and selecting and registering the control mode of the tag from the following: -Remove the tag-Prohibit operation-Prohibit control-Under inspection. Here, “remove the bill” means to delete the bill hanging symbol 3 and the bill hanging text 4 on the screen 1 and delete them from the bill hanging information table 11. “Operation prohibited” means the bill hanging symbol 3, bill hanging. Indicates that the operation of the equipment of the equipment symbol 2 indicated by the text 4 is prohibited (operation is suppressed), and “prohibition of control” indicates that the equipment of the equipment symbol 2 indicated by the billing symbol 3 and the billing text 4 This represents a state in which control is prohibited (control is suppressed), and "inspection" represents that the tagging text 4 being inspected is displayed in association with the facility symbol 2.

Next, according to the order shown in the flowcharts of FIGS. 2 and 3, the billing process will be described in detail with reference to the screen of FIG. 2 and 3 show flowcharts for explaining the operation of the present invention.

In FIG. 2, S1 performs a screen selection operation to display a graphical screen. In step S2, fixed information such as ruled lines and characters displayed on the screen is read and displayed. S
3 retrieves the present state of the read equipment symbol address from the billing information table 11 and displays it. These S
Steps 1 to S3 will be described later after displaying ruled lines or characters, which are fixed information for displaying various facilities of a building, for example, on the screen 1 of FIG. The billing information table 11 of FIG. 4 is searched, and the state information (such as under inspection) of the facility is displayed as the billing symbol 3 and the billing text 4 in association with the facility symbol.

In S4, the equipment symbol 2, the bill hanging symbol 3 and the bill hanging text 4 are displayed in S1, S2 and S3, and the equipment symbol 2 to be billed is selected with the mouse.

In S5, corresponding to the selection in S4, the equipment symbol address representing the equipment symbol is used as a key to search the billing information table 11 to read the billing information. S6
Determines whether or not there is tagging in the tagging information read from the tagging information table 11 in S5. If YES, S
Since it is found that the equipment symbol 2 selected in 4 has already been billed, the text information is retrieved from the bill text table 12 in FIG. 5 using the identification number read in S7 as a key, and the operation panel in FIG. 5 is displayed in association with the corresponding tag, for example, "inspection" is displayed in association with "tag 1",
Proceed to (A) of FIG. On the other hand, in the case of NO, since it is found that the equipment symbol 2 selected in S4 has not been billed, S
At 8, the billing text is blank and the operation panel 5 of FIG. 1A is displayed, and the process proceeds to FIG.

In FIG. 3A, if there is no tag in S9 and a new addition is made, a tag is selected (for example, the tag 3 is selected) on the operation panel 5 of FIG. 1A in S10, and in S11. The billing operation panel 6 of FIG. 1B is displayed, and the process proceeds to S16.

On the other hand, in FIG. 3 (A), in the case of the presence or change of the bill in S12, the bill is selected on the operation panel 5 of FIG. 1 (a) in S13 (for example, the bill 1 is selected), and S14. In Figure 1
(B) of the bill hanging operation panel 6 is displayed, the text information is retrieved from the bill text table 12 of FIG. 5 by using the identification number read in S15 as a key, the text information is displayed on the bill hanging operation panel 6, and the process proceeds to S16. .

In step S16, the text of the tag is selected. This is done by selecting the text of the tag (control prohibited, inspecting, etc.) on the displayed bill-hanging operation panel 6 of FIG. 1B. S
17 sets the identification number corresponding to the text selected in S16 to the bill position of the corresponding equipment symbol address, and updates the billing information table 11.

By the above S1 to S17, a bill is selected on the operation panel 5 displayed corresponding to the selection of the equipment symbol on the screen, and the bill hanging operation panel 6 displayed corresponding to this selection. The bill text (during inspection, control prohibited, etc.) is selected above to display the bill hanging symbol 3 and the bill hanging text 4 in association with the equipment symbol 2, and update the bill hanging information table 11. With these, the tag hanging symbol 3 and the tag hanging text 4 representing the tag in association with the equipment symbol 2 can be newly displayed or changed,
It is possible to perform new registration or change registration of the billing information in the billing information table 11.

In step S18 of FIG. 3, it is determined whether an event has occurred. Y
In the case of ES, the bill hanging symbol 3 and the bill hanging text 4 are displayed in association with the equipment symbol 2 in FIG. 1 and the bill hanging information is registered in the bill hanging information table 11,
Since it is determined that any event has occurred in the equipment displayed on the screen 1, the tag control table 13 of FIG. 6 is looked at in S19, and the corresponding process is executed, for example, the alarm process is performed / not performed,
The corresponding processing such as status monitoring / not performing, start / stop operation, control output / not performing, etc. is executed, and the processing ends. On the other hand, when it is determined that the event does not occur in S13, the process ends.

By the above S18 and S19, when the event of the equipment occurs, by referring to the tag control table 13 of FIG. 6 and executing the corresponding processing (alarm, suppressing the alarm, etc.), it is possible to make a mistake during the inspection. It has become possible to reliably prevent erroneous operations such as issuing an alarm.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the billing information table of the present invention. The billing information table 11 is for registering the following items shown in advance in association with the facility symbol addresses.

Name of managed point: -Current state: -Bill 1 to n: -Symbol link pointer-Others Here, the facility symbol address is the address of the facility symbol 2 of the facility displayed on the screen 1 of FIG. Is. The management target point name is the name of the target managed by the equipment symbol address. When the present state is ON, it represents driving, and when it is OFF, it represents stopping. Bills 1 to n are equipment symbols 2
In association with each of the bills 1 to n, the bill information of the bill is stored (here, the identification number of the bill text table 12 of FIG. Register the number that represents (information). The symbol link pointer represents a pointer to the hanging symbol having the maximum numerical value when registered in a plurality of the bills 1 to n.

By registering and storing the above information in the billing information table 11, the billing symbol 3 is displayed in association with the facility symbol 2 as shown on the screen 1 of FIG. 1 (b). In addition, it is possible to display the bill hanging text 4 having the text of the bill text table 12 pointed by the bill hanging symbol having the maximum value.

FIG. 5 shows an example of a bill text table of the present invention. The bill text table 12 is a table in which text information is registered in association with the identification numbers registered in the bills 1 to n of the bill hanging information table 11 of FIG. For example, registration is performed as shown below.

No (identification number) Text information 1 Always ON 2 Under inspection ... n Control prohibited FIG. 6 shows an example of the tag control table of the present invention. The tag control table 13 is registered as shown below in association with the identification numbers registered in the cards 1 to n.

No Monitoring control content Priority text (identification number) Text information Alarm processing Status monitoring Start / stop operation Control output lag 1 Always on Yes Yes 3 2 During inspection No Yes 1 No n ... Prohibit control No 2 Here, the monitor control content is an example of the monitor control content, and is, for example, an alarm process (a buzzer sounds to notify), a state monitor (the state monitor is continued), a start / stop operation, and a control output. Either the process specified by this monitor control content or the suppression of the process execution is registered. As a result, when the bill hanging symbol 3 and the bill hanging text 4 are displayed on the screen 1 in association with the equipment symbol 2, if any event occurs in the equipment represented by the equipment symbol 2, the monitoring control content is changed. For the registered process (alarm process, status monitoring process, start / stop operation, control output, etc.), execute the corresponding process when "Yes" is registered, and if "No" is registered, execute the corresponding process. Suppress (prohibit) execution. For example, in the case of the identification number "2", "Inspection" is displayed in the tag text 4 on the screen 1, and even if an alarm event occurs at that time, "Not" is registered in "Alarm processing". Therefore, it becomes possible to automatically suppress (prohibit) the generation of an alarm and, for example, the processing of sounding a buzzer or the like.

Next, the operation when making a reservation for a bill will be described in detail in the order shown in the flowchart of FIG. Figure 7
Shows a billing reservation flowchart of the present invention.

In FIG. 7, S21 scans the billing reservation table 14 every minute. This is because the billing reservation table 14 shown in FIG.
The billing reservation table 14 is sequentially scanned every minute from the beginning.

In step S22, it is determined whether it is within the reserved time range. This is performed by sequentially scanning from the beginning of the billing reservation table 14 in FIG. 8 in S21, and the current time is within this reservation time range (specifically, the current time is within the range from the start date and time to the end date and time). Determine whether. If YES, the process proceeds to S22. N
If it is O, the process ends (here, when the time is out of the reserved time range, and when the card is hung in the reserved time range, the presence or absence of the tag is made null and the condition is reset to the removed state). .

In S23, since the present time is determined to be within the reserved time range by YES in S22, it is further determined that the corresponding entry in the billing reservation table 14 has been billed. YES
In the case of, it is determined that the billing has already been completed, and the redundant and unnecessary billing process is omitted, and the process ends. On the other hand, in the case of NO, since it is found that the current time has not yet been billed and the current time is within the reserved time range, the designated tag is selected at the designated position in S24, for example, from the top of FIG. In the case of the entry with the presence or absence of the second tag "absent", the designated tag "inspecting" is selected at the designated position "2", and the tag hanging symbol 3 is performed by the processing of FIG. , Display the billing text 4 and register it in the billing information table 11. As a result, when the event occurs within the reserved time range, as shown in FIG.
By S19, it becomes possible to automatically execute or suppress the execution of the corresponding process.

FIG. 8 shows an example of a billing reservation table according to the present invention. In the billing reservation table 14, the following items shown in the figure are registered. Start date and time and minutes End date and time and minutes Target points Hanging tags Tag position Presence / absence 95/03/20 09:00 95/03/20 17:00 010101 Inspecting 1 Yes 95/03/20 09:00 95/03 / 20 17:00 010102 Inspecting 2 N / A Here, the start date and time is the start date and time of the reservation time, and the end date and time is the end date and time of the reservation time. A point is a target point of a billing reservation (a management target point of equipment subject to a billing reservation), a bill position is a position of a bill (identification number), and a presence / absence of a bill is presence / absence of billing.

FIG. 9 shows an application example of the present invention. FIG. 9A shows a system configuration example. Here, a master station is connected to a plurality of slave stations 1, 2, ..., N by lines.
These slave stations are building equipment such as air conditioners in the building.

FIG. 9B shows an example of the master station hardware configuration. This is an example of the hardware configuration of the master station of FIG. 9A, and as shown in the drawing, ROM (read only memory for storing programs), RAM (random access memory for reading and writing various data), magnetic Disk device (magnetic disk that stores various data), floppy disk device, clock (clock that measures the current time),
Man-machine I / F (interface for exchanging data with CRT, KB, printer, etc.), slave station I / F
(Interface for exchanging data with the slave station),
It is composed of a CPU (a CPU that performs the above-described processing according to a program stored in the ROM) and the like.

FIG. 9C shows an example of the slave station hardware configuration. This is an example of the hardware configuration of the slave station in FIG. 9A, and as shown in the figure, ROM (read only memory for storing programs), RAM (random access memory for reading and writing various data), clock (Clock for measuring the current time), master station I / F (interface for exchanging data with the master station), DI or DO (interface for exchanging data with equipment), CP
U (CPU that performs various controls according to programs stored in ROM) and the like.

With the above arrangement, the master station has been described with reference to FIGS. 2, 3 and 7 described above based on various information from the equipment connected to the slave stations 1 to n. As described above, the equipment symbol 2 representing the equipment is displayed on the screen 1, and a tag is attached to this equipment to display the tagging symbol 3 and the tagging text 4 on the screen 1 or the tag information is displayed as the tagging information table 11. To execute / suppress execution of various kinds of processing, and when it is further registered in the billing reservation table 14 and falls within the reservation time range, it is automatically associated with the equipment symbol 2 of the equipment, and the billing symbol 3, It is possible to display the bill hanging text 4 and execute / suppress execution of various processes.

[0045]

As described above, according to the present invention,
Status information is registered in the billing information table 11 in association with various equipment symbols 2, and a billing symbol 3 and a billing text 4 indicating the fact are displayed to make the equipment state information easy to understand and to correspond to the state information. Adopt a configuration in which processing / processing suppression is performed, and when it is further registered in the tag reservation table 14 and within the registration time range, the tag symbols 3 and tag text 4 are automatically displayed and processing / processing is suppressed. Therefore, the equipment symbol 2 can be attached to the tag symbol 3 and the tag text 4 on the screen to quickly and surely deal with the occurrence of the event. With these, it is possible to tag the equipment on the screen and manage the precautions for equipment operation management and the equipment status at the same time, so when various events such as alarms occur, appropriate response (appropriate processing) Or execution of processing can be suppressed), and
It is possible to prevent the occurrence of accidents due to operation mistakes.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an example of a screen of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart (part 1) for explaining the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart (No. 2) for explaining the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an example of a billing information table of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an example of a bill text table of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an example of a tag control table of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a billing reservation flowchart of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an example of a billing reservation table according to the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an application example of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Screen 2: Equipment symbol 3: Billboard symbol 4: Billboard text 5: Operation panel 6: Billboard operation panel 7: Control means 11: Billboard information table 12: Bill text table 13: Bill control table 14: Bill Hanging reservation table

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A management system for tagging and managing equipment, which corresponds to a tagging information table for registering tag information indicating a facility management mode in association with the equipment and a selection of the equipment displayed on the screen. A means for registering or updating the contents of the tag information table, a means for displaying a tag symbol corresponding to the equipment based on the tag information table, and a mode of managing the equipment based on the tag information table. A bill management system characterized by comprising means for controlling. 2. A management system for managing equipment by tagging, wherein a tagging reservation table for registering tagging reservation time and tagging information and a reservation time range registered in the tagging reservation table are included. The tag management system according to claim 1, further comprising means for setting the tag as a control target when the tag is used. 3. The claim 1 or claim 2, wherein a plurality of the bills are provided in association with the information state of the facility.
Billing management system described. 4. The tag of the highest priority tag determined in advance when a plurality of tags are provided in association with the information state of the equipment and a plurality of tags are registered in the tag rack information table. 4. The tag-hanging management system according to claim 3, wherein a hanging symbol is displayed and controlled in accordance with the bill (control of processing / suppression of processing).