KR101343589B1 - Facilities control system and operating method of the same - Google Patents

Abstract

A facility control system and its operating method are disclosed. In the facility control system and its operation method according to the present invention, when it is necessary to add a new function or service to the facility control system, it is possible to create an operation logic by setting a virtual control point without additionally setting a separate physical control point. By creating a control program by mapping to a registered physical point of control, it is possible to meet various service requirements of users while maintaining the existing facility control system structure. In addition, by simulating the operation logic set in the virtual control point before generating the control program, it is implemented to analyze the added service in advance, thereby improving user convenience and providing stability of the system.

Description

FACILITIES CONTROL SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a facility control system and a method of operation thereof, and to a facility control system for generating a control program by mapping a virtual point with a physical point and a method for operating the same.

Recently, as the facilities of the building are modernized, an automatic control system for automatically controlling the facilities such as power, lighting, air conditioning, disaster prevention, and crime prevention installed in the building has been expanded, and facility control that can be integrated and managed as a whole is managed. The development of the system is active.

Facility control systems are based on one or more monitoring or monitoring points, commonly referred to as "points of control." The manager sets up several or single points of control in a single facility (equipment) and performs services such as monitoring and control of the facility through the values of those points. To this end, the engineer sets the control point for each type and type of equipment installed in the building, and registers the control point in the equipment control system to automatically control the equipment in the building.

In general, the facility control system generates operation logic for one or more facilities (equipment) included in the system, and a control program including the same, and controls the facilities (equipments) using the control program. However, the conventional facility control system has a problem in that even when the logic of some facilities is modified, a control program must be created including the operation logic related to other facilities not related thereto.

In addition, in the facility control system by the facility control system, in order to provide more various services according to the user's request, it is often difficult to accommodate this only by the currently set control point. However, the establishment and registration of a new point of control requires a long time and must be done with caution as the operation of the facility control system is largely achieved through the control or monitoring of these points. Specifically, the engineer prepares a list of control points to be registered in consideration of all kinds of equipments prepared in advance and the corresponding matters. All related matters should be registered in the central control server, for example. That is, in order to establish a new point of control for adding a function or service for a facility or equipment, there is a problem in that a lot of time and cost are wasted in constructing a facility control system due to the above-described repetitive work.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to meet a variety of service requirements of the user while maintaining the existing facility control system structure without additional physical control point, if it is necessary to add a new function or service to the facility control system. It is to provide a facility control system and its operation method.

In addition, another object of the present invention is to provide a facility control system and its operation method that can set a virtual control point for the function or service to be added to perform the simulation and analyze the results of the simulation.

Therefore, the facility control system according to an embodiment of the present invention, one or more facilities; A central control server that registers one or more physical points and generates a control program for operating the facility through the physical points, wherein the central control server establishes one or more virtual points through user input; And generating a first layer module including the virtual control point and the physical control point, and mapping the first layer module to a second layer module including the physical control point to generate the control program. .

In an embodiment, the central control server may be configured to automatically map all or part of the virtual control points to the physical control points of the second layer module based on a control command.

In an embodiment, the facility control system may further include a storage unit for storing setting information of the first layer module and the second layer module.

In an embodiment, the storage unit updates and stores the setting information of the first layer module when the virtual control point is changed, and updates and stores the setting information of the first layer module and the second layer module when the physical control point is changed. Characterized in that.

In an embodiment, the storage unit may further store at least one of setting information of the facility control system, a graphic of a user screen of the central control server, and the control program.

In an embodiment, the central control server may include a user interface that receives information about the virtual control point and the physical control point through a user screen.

In an embodiment, the central control server may generate a graphic object on the user screen, map the graphic object to the virtual control point, and control generation of a control program through a user screen of the interface unit. do.

In an embodiment, the user interface unit may receive a control command for setting or removing the virtual control point.

In an embodiment, the central control server may include a simulation unit which releases the mapping between the first layer module and the second layer module based on a control command and performs simulation on driving logic set at the virtual control point. It features.

In an embodiment, the facility control system further comprises a facility control device located between the central control server and the facility and executing the control program received from the central control server.

In addition, the operating method of the facility control system according to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of registering a physical control point for the facility; Creating a virtual point of control through user input; Setting one or more driving logics for the virtual point; mapping the first layer module including the virtual point and the physical point to a second layer module formed of the physical point; And generating a driving control program.

In an embodiment, the method may further comprise: executing the set driving logic to perform a simulation on a virtual point of interest; The method may further include storing a result of performing the simulation.

In an embodiment, if the first layer module and the second layer module are in a mapped state, the method may further include: unmapping the first layer module and the second layer module before performing the simulation. It is done.

In an embodiment, the method comprises the steps of creating a graphical object on a user screen of a central control server; Mapping the graphic object to the virtual point of interest; And controlling the generation of the control program through the graphic object of the user screen.

In an embodiment, the method includes transmitting the generated control program to the facility control apparatus; And receiving a result of executing the control program from the facility control device.

In the facility control system and its operation method according to the present invention, when it is necessary to add a new function or service to the facility control system, it is necessary to set a virtual point of control without creating additional physical point of control to generate the operation logic and the existing By mapping to physical points of control, it provides the effect of meeting the various service requirements of users while maintaining the existing facility control system structure.

In addition, the facility control system and its operation method according to the present invention, by inputting the control point value for the virtual control point to implement the simulation and by analyzing the result of the simulation to generate a control program, the user The convenience can be improved and the service to be added can be reviewed in advance, thereby improving the stability of the system.

In addition, the facility control system and its operation method according to the present invention, by implementing a user can easily add or delete a virtual point to be generated according to the requirements at any time, the cost and time required for setting and registering the point Improve the effect of saving.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of a facility control system according to the present invention;
2 is a view showing a structure for directly controlling or monitoring a facility connected to a physical point of control through a user interface in a general facility control system;
3 is a view showing a structure for controlling or monitoring a facility connected to a physical point of control in a facility control system according to the present invention;
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of operating a facility control system according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the facility control system and its operation method according to the present invention.

1 schematically shows a configuration of a facility control system according to the present invention. The facility control system, as shown, comprises a central control server 100, facility control device 200 connected via a communication network, one or more facilities 300, and equipment 400.

The facility 300 is a sub system constituting the facility control system, and refers to an air conditioner, a ventilation, an air conditioner, a fan, a boiler, a cooling tower, a pump, a temperature / humidity sensor, a refrigerator, a lighting device, a power device, a fire system, and the like. For example, when the equipment 400 is equipped with a cooling tower system, it means a cooling tower, a pump, a temperature sensor, or the like.

The facility control system is based on a monitoring point for control or monitoring, commonly referred to as a control point. The user may set a plurality of points or a single point of control in one facility 300 or equipment 400 to perform monitoring, control, etc. of the facility through the value of the point of control. The control point is a monitoring or control item used in a facility or equipment, for example, control, monitoring, error, and the like.

The central control server 100 is a device for comprehensively controlling or monitoring the situation of the entire building, the facilities 300, for example, mechanical equipment, lighting, power, access control, disaster prevention, parking management, facility management It may be provided with separate terminals for the back. The central control server 100 is an automation server that shares information with each other through communication with the facility control apparatus 200 and controls or monitors the facility 300 and the equipment included therein through a control point.

The central control server 100 registers one or more physical control points preset in the facility 300 or the equipment 400, and operates the facility 300 or the equipment 400 through the physical control points. Create a control program. Here, the control program includes one or more operation logic for monitoring or controlling the facilities 300. The central control server 100 controls or monitors the facilities 300 using the control program.

The central control server 100 may include a storage unit (not shown) for storing one or more standard unit operation logics, a setting unit (not shown) configured to set site conditions, and the standard unit operation logic and the field conditions. The control unit may further include a control unit (not shown) to generate the driving logic on the basis of the above. In this case, the field condition refers to, for example, the number of sensors of a facility or equipment, a data value for a control point, a connection relationship, and the like. In addition, the output unit displays the operation status and status of the facility 300 and the equipment 400 in the facility control system, and displays the execution result of the operation logic. The output unit may further display a user screen for generating at least one driving logic through a user input. In addition, the storage unit may be implemented by previously storing one or more standard unit operation logic for each facility 300 or equipment 400 in the facility control system. In addition, the storage unit is a means for storing a program for the operation of the central control server 100, a storage unit in the form of a ROM (Read Only Memory), or a flash memory, for example, temporary processing for transmission and reception or display It may include a storage unit in the form of a random access memory (RAM) for storing the output data.

The central control server 100 according to the present invention sets one or more virtual control points through user input. Here, the virtual point of control is a virtual point that is not set and registered as a physical point of control in the facility control system, and is a virtual point required due to the addition of a function or service for monitoring or controlling the facility 300 installed in the field. Means. For example, the central control server 100 generates a first layer module composed of the virtual control point and a registered physical control point. The central control server 100 generates a control program by mapping the first layer module to a second layer module including a registered physical control point. That is, the central control server 100 binds modules having a first layer module including at least one virtual control point and a second layer module structure (two-layer structure) including a pre-registered physical control point. By generating a control program to monitor or control the facility 300 or equipment 400, for example, lighting or temperature sensor, corresponding to the physical control point.

The central control server 100 automatically maps all or part of the virtual control points to the physical control points of the second layer module based on the control command. For example, according to a control command through a user input, the control program may be programmed to automatically map a virtual control point formed in the first layer module with the physical control point of the second layer module. As described above, the automatic execution of the binding may be performed according to a user's selection, or may be implemented periodically, for example, at the time of setting a virtual control point for the first layer module or according to a predetermined schedule.

In addition, the central control server 100 includes a user interface for receiving information on the virtual control point and the physical control point through the provided user screen. The user interface unit may include a plurality of graphic objects that are independent of each other for the convenience of the user, and thus, the generation of the control point and the control of the control program may be performed by applying a touch input to the graphic objects.

In addition, the central control server 100 generates a graphic object on the user screen, and maps the graphic object to the virtual control point. Here, the graphic objects are objects that are executed to generate and control the control program generated by the central control server 100 and are image-based objects implemented as a predetermined image. More specifically, it is possible to receive the setting information of the first layer module including one or more virtual control points and physical control points and generate corresponding graphic objects therefrom to display on the user screen of the user interface unit. Then, the central control server 100 controls the generation of the control program using the graphical objects displayed on the user screen. For example, a control command may be generated by applying a touch input to the generated graphic objects to set virtual points of control or bind or map modules.

In addition, the central control server 100 includes a simulation unit for simulating driving logic set at a virtual control point of the first layer module. To this end, the central control server 100 may release the mapping between the first layer module and the second layer module based on a control command. That is, before directly executing the control program generated by binding the first layer module and the second layer module to the facilities 300, the operation logic for the first layer module is simulated in advance for new functions and services. Sufficient review can be made. Therefore, if the first layer module and the second layer module are already in the binding state, the binding state must be released first, and the program must be implemented to execute only the first layer module. The result of such a simulation may be analyzed and determined according to predetermined logic, and the execution result may be stored in a predetermined memory (not shown).

The central control server 100 may further include a storage unit (not shown) for storing setting information of the first layer module and the second layer module. In this case, the storage unit (not shown) updates and stores the setting information of the first layer module when the virtual control point is changed, and stores the setting information of the first layer module and the second layer module when the physical control point is changed. Update and save. The storage unit (not shown) may further store at least one of setting information of the facility control system, a user screen graphic of the central control server 100, and the control program.

Further, the central control server 100 further includes a user interface unit (not shown) that receives information about the virtual control point and the physical control point through a user screen. In addition, the central control server 100 generates a graphic object on the user screen, maps the graphic object to the generated virtual control point, and controls the generation of the control program through the user screen of the interface unit. In an embodiment, the user interface unit may receive a control command for setting or removing a virtual control point. This may be done through one or more graphic objects displayed on the user screen.

In addition, the facility control apparatus 200 is located between the central control server 100 and the one or more facilities 300, and executes the control program received from the central control server 100. That is, the facility control apparatus 200 is a direct digital controller that controls the facilities 300, communicates with the central control server 100 to exchange information, and receives the control program. The facilities 300 are controlled by operating the operation logic included therein. In addition, the facility control device 200, the control output of the facilities in the building through the physical control point set in one or more equipment 400, for example, each sensor and the operating devices provided in the facilities 300 Record and store all plant-related information, including changes in status and status.

The facility control apparatus 200 may be a microcomputer that controls or monitors the facility 300 or the equipment 400 according to the operation logic in the control program. In other words, the facility control apparatus 200 is connected to the central control server 100 through a communication network, and transmits and receives necessary information. Accordingly, the monitoring and control of each point of the air conditioning and other facilities installed in the building, and directly control the input and output signals of the facility 300 or the equipment 400 by using a function embedded in each point.

Specifically, the facility control apparatus 200 is connected between the central control server 100 and the one or more facilities 300 to receive the operation logic of the control program, and executes the operation logic. The facility control apparatus 200 may transmit the execution result to the central control server. To this end, the central control server 100 transmits the operation logic to the facility control apparatus 200 and receives a result of executing the operation logic from the facility control apparatus 200 as a communication unit (not shown). May be provided, and an output unit (not shown) may be further provided as a means for outputting the execution result.

Specifically, the communication unit (not shown) transfers a control program including the generated operation logic to the facility control device 200 to control or monitor the facilities 300 or the facility control device 200. ) May receive the state information of the facilities 300 and provide it to the user through the output unit (not shown).

In addition, the central control server 100, the facility control device 200, and each of the facilities 300 are, for example, a transmission control protocol / Internet protocol (TCP / IP), a backnet (Building Automation) through a communication network & Control Network; BACnet).

Hereinafter, in the facility control system described above, a structure for controlling or monitoring a facility connected to a physical point of control using a virtual point of control will be described in detail. This structure is shown in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 3, the central control server 100 generates a control program for monitoring or controlling one or more facilities 300, lighting 1, lighting 2, and lighting 3 in the illustrated example. Such a control program generates a first layer module 130 and a second layer module 140 through a user input of a user screen, and is formed in the first layer module 130 and the second layer module 140. The points are generated by binding points to each other and mapping the generated points of the first layer module 130 to the user interface 120. That is, to generate a control program, a structure is configured to execute the operation logic for the facility 300 by mapping at least a first floor including a virtual point and a second floor including a registered physical point to each other. do.

Here, the order of generating and binding the layer modules 130 and 140 and mapping the first layer module 130 and the user interface 120 may be changed. In addition, each of the control point (point) formed in the first layer module 130 includes both the virtual control point and the registered physical control point generated through the user input. In addition, a plurality of points of the first layer module 130 may be bound to one physical point of the second layer module 140. In addition, a specific point of control of the first layer module 130 may not be bound to any physical point of control of the second layer module 140. That is, the point points formed in the first layer module 130 may be understood as a concept including all the point points formed in the second layer module 140, and the virtual points generated in the first layer module 130 The point is irrelevant to the physical point of control for the installation 300 on site.

More specifically, the point points generated in the first layer module 130 are mapped to each graphic object 125 of the user interface 120, and the first point is input through the input applied to the graphic objects 125. One or more driving logics are set in the layer module 130. The operation logic refers to a function or service such as, for example, status information of the facility 300, history management and inquiry, setting and inquiry of a schedule, and the like. The first layer module 130 in which the above operation logic is set is bound to the second layer module 140 having only physical control points, thereby generating a control program for controlling the facility 300. In this case, the binding may be implemented to be executed according to a user input or may be implemented to be automatically bound according to an initial setting.

Meanwhile, FIG. 2 illustrates a structure in which a general facility control system directly controls or monitors a facility connected to a physical point of control through a user interface. That is, as shown in Figure 2, the central control server 100 generates a direct operation logic for the physical control point connected through the interface of the user screen, and accordingly the control program for monitoring or controlling the facility 300 Create Therefore, in the general facility control system, only direct monitoring or control of registered points is performed, and in order to add a service or function for the facility 300, a new point of control must be set and registered. However, the process of setting up and registering a new point, as described above, has a problem that it takes time and costs increase.

Therefore, according to the facility control system according to the present invention, by creating a virtual control point in the first layer module, by generating a control program using a structure that binds it to the second layer module consisting of only the physical control point, If you want to add a function or service, you do not need to create a separate physical point. In addition, since the first layer module can be simulated first before binding the first layer module and the second layer module, it is possible to review newly added functions and services.

Hereinafter, the operation method of the facility control system according to the present invention described above will be described with reference to FIG. Referring to FIG. 4, first, a physical control point for one or more facilities is registered in the central control server (S10). The registration of such a physical control point is performed by inputting setting information about a control point preset in correspondence with a facility or equipment installed in the field, for example, in a memory of a central control server. Then, a virtual control point is generated through the user input (S20). In this case, the virtual control point is not set and registered as a physical control point in the facility control system, and means a point required for adding a function or service to the facility. In other words, the virtual point is not related to the physical point.

For example, when several lights or temperature sensors installed in a tall building are equipped, the physical point of control according to the invention is set for the lights or temperature sensors. However, there is no physical control point to control the warning alarm when the average alarm value is obtained from the temperature sensors installed on the 10th floor of the building. That is, since the average temperature value of the tenth floor is not a physical control point, to add a function for this, a virtual control point for a temperature sensor having a tenth floor average temperature value is set.

Then, the central control server sets one or more driving logic for the virtual control point (S30). Here, the operation logic refers to logic for implementing a warning alarm when a certain temperature is reached, for example, by inputting a control point value for a temperature sensor having an average temperature value of ten floors. The central control server may be configured to map a first layer module including a virtual control point and a physical control point including one or more driving logics to a second layer module including a physical control point, such as lighting or lighting. Create a control program for driving the temperature sensor (S40). The control program is received and executed by the facility control device to monitor or control the facility (S50).

In addition, in the method for operating a facility control system according to the present invention, the set operation logic may be executed to perform a simulation on a virtual point of control. In other words, before performing direct control of actual installations in the field, it is possible to simulate the service of monitoring or controlling the installation by executing the operation logic only for the first layer module including the virtual control point through the user interface. have. The result of performing such a simulation may be stored in a predetermined storage unit.

Here, if the first layer module and the second layer module is in a pre-mapped state, the method may further include a step of releasing the mapping between the first layer module and the second layer module before performing the simulation.

In addition, the operating method of the facility control system according to the present invention, by generating a graphic object on the user screen of the central control server, mapping the graphic object to a virtual control point, and of the control program through the graphic object of the user screen The method may further include controlling the generation.

Furthermore, the operating method of the facility control system according to the present invention may further include the step of transmitting the generated control program to the facility control device, and receiving the execution result of the control program from the facility control device.

The method of the present invention as described above may be implemented in a program and stored in a computer-readable recording medium (CD-ROM, RAM, ROM, floppy disk, hard disk, magneto-optical disk, etc.). This process will not be described in detail because it can be easily carried out by those of ordinary skill in the art.

As described above, the facility control system and its operation method according to the present invention can operate by setting a virtual control point without additionally setting a physical control point even when adding a new function or service to the facility control system. By creating a logic program and mapping it to an existing physical point of control, the control program can be created to meet the various service requirements of the user while maintaining the existing facility control system structure. In addition, in the facility control system and its operation method according to the present invention, it is possible to perform the simulation by inputting the control point value only for the virtual control point, the stability of the system by reviewing the service to be added later through such a simulation Contribute to.

100-Central Control Server 120-User Interface
125-Graphic Object 130-First Layer Module
135-Virtual Control Point 140-Second Layer Module
145-Physical Point 200-Facility Control
300-Equipment 400-Equipment

Claims (16)

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A central control server that registers one or more physical points and generates a control program for operating the facility through the physical points; And
A storage unit which stores setting information of the first layer module and the second layer module; Including,
The central control server,
Setting one or more virtual points through user input, generating the first layer module composed of the virtual points and the physical points, and the second layer consisting of the first layer modules as the physical points Characterized in that to generate the control program by mapping to a layer module,
Wherein,
Facility for changing the virtual control point to update the setting information of the first layer module and store, and if the physical control point to change and update the setting information of the first layer module and the second layer module Control system. One or more installations;
A central control server that registers one or more physical points and generates a control program for operating the facility through the physical points; And
A storage unit which stores setting information of the first layer module and the second layer module; Including,
The central control server,
Setting one or more virtual points through user input, generating the first layer module composed of the virtual points and the physical points, and the second layer consisting of the first layer modules as the physical points Characterized in that to generate the control program by mapping to a layer module,
And the storage unit further stores at least one of setting information of the facility control system, a user screen graphic of the central control server, and the control program. delete One or more installations;
A central control server that registers one or more physical points and generates a control program for operating the facility through the physical points; And
A user interface configured to receive information about virtual points and physical points through a user screen;
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Set one or more virtual points through user input, generate a first layer module composed of the virtual points and the physical points, and create a second layer comprising the first layer modules as the physical points. Create the control program by mapping to the module,
Generating a graphic object on the user screen, mapping the graphic object to the virtual control point, and controlling generation of a control program through the user screen of the interface unit. One or more installations;
A central control server that registers one or more physical points and generates a control program for operating the facility through the physical points; And
A user interface configured to receive information about virtual points and physical points through a user screen;
Including,
The central control server,
Set one or more virtual points through user input, generate a first layer module composed of the virtual points and the physical points, and create a second layer comprising the first layer modules as the physical points. Characterized in that to generate the control program by mapping to the module,
The user interface unit, the facility control system, characterized in that for receiving a control command for setting or removing the virtual control point. One or more installations;
A central control server that registers one or more physical points and generates a control program for operating the facility through the physical points; And
And a simulation unit releasing the mapping between the first layer module and the second layer module based on the control command and simulating driving logic set at a virtual control point.
The central control server,
Setting at least one of the virtual points through user input, generating the first layer module composed of the virtual points and the physical points, and forming the first layer module as the physical points. Facility control system, characterized in that for generating a control program by mapping to a two-layer module. The method according to any one of claims 4, 5 and 7 to 9,
Facility control system located between the central control server and the facility, the facility control device for executing the control program received from the central control server. delete Registering a physical point of interest for the facility;
Generating a virtual point of control through user input;
Setting one or more driving logic for the virtual point of interest;
Generating a control program for operating the facility by mapping a first layer module including the virtual control point and a physical control point to a second layer module including the physical control point;
Executing the set driving logic to perform a simulation on a virtual control point; And
Storing a result of performing the simulation; Operation method of the facility control system comprising a. 13. The method of claim 12,
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Operation method of facility control system. Registering a physical point of interest for the facility;
Generating a virtual point of control through user input;
Setting one or more driving logic for the virtual point of interest;
Generating a control program for operating the facility by mapping a first layer module including the virtual control point and a physical control point to a second layer module including the physical control point;
Generating a graphic object on a user screen of the central control server;
Mapping the graphic object to the virtual point of interest; And
Controlling generation of a control program through the graphic object of the user screen; Operation method of the facility control system comprising a. The method according to any one of claims 12 to 14,
Transmitting the generated control program to the facility control apparatus; And
Receiving a result of executing the control program from the facility control device; Operation method of the facility control system further comprising. The method according to any one of claims 4, 5 and 7 to 9,
The central control server,
Based on the control command, all or part of the virtual point of control automatically maps to the physical point of control of the second layer module.

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