KR101770347B1 - Remote management and monitoring and control technology system based on IoT LTE Mobile Tele-Communications Network - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a technology to transmit state information of an uninterruptable power supply device by using an IoT-based LTE mobile communication network, capable of compensating a limit of an existing state transmission technology for an uninterruptable power supply device, which is able to be physically formed like a cable. As a plurality of existing UPS are distributed in a plurality of areas or the importance of a standby power supply facility is high, a physical limit is supplemented to form an indoor facility, which is not able to have an extra network, or a cable in a necessary area, which requires long-range remote monitoring, a wireless communication data processing technology is developed to improve security against hacking, and LED wireless communication is employed to supplement a distance limit of existing wireless communication such as Wi-Fi, ZigBee, and Bluetooth. Through the method, real data are able to be provided even to an indoor facility, which is not able to have a network, or an integrated control center in a distant place, and thus, the present invention is capable of improving efficiency and stability, and more efficiently managing a safety condition of a power supply facility using the uninterruptable power supply device by providing data in various forms and modes (server, web, and smart device).

Description

Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a system for transmitting and monitoring an uninterruptible power supply using an IOT-based LTE mobile communication network and a remote monitoring and control system based on the IoT-based LTE mobile communication network.

The present invention relates to an uninterruptible power supply unit state information transmission and remote monitoring and management control system using an IoT-based LTE mobile communication network. More particularly, the present invention relates to an LTE wireless communication modem, Using an IOT-based LTE mobile communication network that provides differentiated data to managers, operators, and field maintainers in real time for 24 hours in various ways and various forms without restriction of physical and location by using a mobile communication network network State information transmission and remote monitoring and management control techniques.

Further, the present invention provides real-time data to a server (or PC) in the control center using an IoT-based LTE mobile communication network and provides various types of mobile applications based on a mobile platform, Watchdogs, and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) status information transmission technology utilizing IOT-based LTE mobile communication network that provides data and solutions that can detect failure and operation status in real time without being limited by time and location 24/7. Remote monitoring and management control technology.

Currently, the status information transmission method of the UPS includes DRY CONTACT for failure alarm output from the control unit controlling the automatic operation of the UPS, RS-232 method for transmitting power status information in packet form, Ethernet using Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Method.

The DRY CONTACT method is a physical sequence circuit that can not be transmitted to a remote site. RS-232 is half duplex communication method and is used only for 1: 1 communication. For communication, conversion is possible only by RS-485 method.

Although the Ethernet system using SNMP can be variously configured as an intra-city network switch, since it is a construction method that requires the installation of a network cable, there is a problem in that it can not provide an information transmission system that perfectly addresses various needs of consumers and operators.

As a result, the efficiency and stability of the management and operation of power facilities using the uninterruptible power supply system are deteriorated.

In addition, a conventional wired network network system that receives a message for a simple alarm by configuring a physical network by configuring a separate SMS module may be exposed to external hacking, which may cause a fatal flaw in security. In addition, there is a limit to the time and location monitoring / management method of data in the control room or the operator PC in real time.

In addition, each mobile carrier currently has a dedicated IoT network as of the end of 2016.

Therefore, in order to maintain the security among the facilities where a large number of UPSs are distributed in many areas or the importance of redundant power facilities is high, the UPS status information should be continuously monitored. In order to maintain the security, It is necessary for the manager to monitor the alarm data and the real-time power status information of the corresponding UPS in real time in an area where the indoor facility or long distance remote monitoring is impossible.

Korean Patent Publication No. 2002-0011527 Korean Patent No. 0899001 Korean Patent Publication No. 1999-0080017 Korean Patent Publication No. 2009-0047794

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an LTE mobile communication network operated by a service provider using an LTE radio module to solve the problem of a wired communication method configuration, It is necessary to monitor real-time status of failure alarm data and real-time power status information among facilities that many UPSs and UPS that are distributed in many regions need to implement in real time. However, Is aimed at providing a system that is free from place and time by real time management through mobile application even if the administrator does not control the server or the PC due to the unavoidable situation.

In addition, the present invention transmits and provides operation statuses of power equipment such as fault occurrence alarm data and real-time power status information to an administrator by using an uninterruptible power supply status information transmission technology utilizing an IOT-based LTE mobile communication network, And to provide an alarm data transmission algorithm capable of completely blocking arbitrary judgment or mistake of a person involved in the process of transmitting alarm data.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an uninterruptible power supply unit status information transmission and remote monitoring and control system using an IOT-based LTE mobile communication network, the system comprising: a measurement unit for measuring and transmitting UPS status information to a control unit; A controller receiving the UPS status information from the measurement unit, generating alarm data for failure occurrence based on the normal value, and transmitting the alarm data to the wireless communication output unit; A wireless communication output unit for receiving the UPS status information and failure occurrence alarm data from the control unit and outputting the UPS status information and the failure occurrence alarm data in a unique protocol manner; An LTE dedicated wireless communication modem including the LTE dedicated CPU and receiving the real-time power status information and fault occurrence alarm data from the wireless communication output unit and transmitting the real-time power status information and the failure occurrence alarm data through wireless communication with the LTE mobile communication network base station; A wireless communication interface for converting the UPS status information and fault occurrence alarm data to communication with an administrator terminal through a circuit and firmware capable of transmitting the UPS status information and fault occurrence alarm data to a central control server and an administrator terminal; An LTE mobile communication network base station for wirelessly receiving the UPS status information and failure occurrence alert data converted by the wireless communication interface through the LTE dedicated wireless communication modem and transmitting the wireless status information to the administrator terminal wirelessly; A central server for receiving and storing the UPS status information and fault occurrence alert data from the LTE mobile communication network base station; And an administrator terminal that receives the UPS status information and failure occurrence alert data converted into text or image through the LTE-only wireless communication modem.

If the manager who is the first person to be alerted is absent or is not contacted within a predetermined period of time, the central server may control the manager terminal to contact the manager terminal in the next communication order, or may divide the manager terminal rank, And controls to stop the alarm when the number of alarms is equal to or more than a predetermined value, adjusts the maximum number of alarms to the manager terminal to reflect the schedule of the administrators, If the number of times is exceeded, and the number of working hours has passed, the number of alarms can be adjusted to a predetermined value or less.

The central server determines whether the same situation as the situation that the administrator has responded to in the failure occurrence alarm operation for the previous UPS, and if there is the same situation, the central server reflects the previous failure occurrence alarm setting or failure occurrence alarm condition, Change it.

The central server includes a setting condition changing module for storing settings changed according to UPS conditions of each group, region, and type through an administrator terminal; The alarm data including the text or image information stored in the result storage module is transmitted to the administrator terminal in accordance with the setting condition of the setting condition change module if the current alarm data state is identical to the existing alarm data state of the result storage module A comparison module; And a result storage module for previously storing the situation in which the manager has coped with the existing alarm data.

If it is determined that the central server is similar to the current state, the first execution command is executed, and the execution command schedule unit stores the second execution command having the pointer value corresponding to the next execution order of the first execution command as the first position And schedules the stored execution commands by changing the execution order pointer value according to the execution order of the execution commands.

In the present invention as described above, the IoT-based LTE dedicated wireless communication modem is used instead of the physical cable construction method, which is a conventional configuration method, so that the construction period is shortened and the construction method is simplified to simplify the process, simplify the process, A complex effect can be achieved.

Also, the present invention can be transmitted and displayed by monitoring and controlling access through a variety of applications such as a tablet PC, a smart phone, and a smart watch through a mobile application connected to an LTE wireless communication network, It is possible to confirm the power status information of the 24-hour power supply facility without receiving the power supply facilities. Therefore, it is possible to respond more quickly and actively to the power supply facility accident, thereby reducing the amount of physical and temporal damage due to the power supply failure It is advantageous.

Further, the present invention can minimize the problems that may arise due to the infrastructures such as the system setting or the threshold value setting through the contents or function enhancement of the alarm message for the remote monitoring / management control.

In addition, the detailed UI function of the present invention includes input / output voltage current value, BATT. Voltage and other information about 20 types of UPS and INV. Error, and Low BATT. In addition, it is possible to transmit SMS by setting up charge according to the severity level such as critical, major, and minor. In addition, UPS in all sites in the country can be connected to LTE wireless communication network Can be integrated and managed.

Further, in the process of transmitting alarm data, the present invention is fundamentally prevented from omitting reports due to arbitrary judgment or mistakes by persons concerned.

1 is a block diagram of a system configuration of an uninterruptible power supply status information transmission and remote monitoring and management control system utilizing an IoT-based LTE mobile communication network according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the detailed configuration of FIG. 1; FIG.
3A is a block diagram of an LTE Modem according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3B is a circuit diagram of a measuring unit and the like according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3C is a circuit diagram of a wireless communication modem or the like according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a detailed block diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a view showing a Main Manu screen among main screens of UPS status information monitoring according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a view showing a UPS status real-time monitoring screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a view showing a detailed screen for transmitting a fault information alarm message (e.g., SMS) according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a screen for setting whether to transmit alarm messages per fault information and an alarm message transmission log screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating the transmission of alert messages among fault information set for each fault class according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.
10 is a diagram illustrating a procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

For a better understanding of the present invention, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. The embodiments of the present invention may be modified into various forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described in detail below. The present embodiments are provided to enable those skilled in the art to more fully understand the present invention. Therefore, the shapes and the like of the elements in the drawings can be exaggeratedly expressed to emphasize a clearer description. It should be noted that in the drawings, the same members are denoted by the same reference numerals. Further, detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that may be unnecessarily obscured by the gist of the present invention are omitted.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, an uninterruptible power supply status information transmission and remote monitoring and management control system utilizing an IoT-based LTE mobile communication network according to the present invention includes a plurality of UPSs 1 and 1 ' Of the UPS, or in the area where remote network surveillance is required, the alarm data of the UPS and the real-time electric power status And transmits the UPS state information to the corresponding manager terminals 4 so that the manager can monitor the information in real time.

Among the UPS status information and fault information collecting function according to the present invention, UPS status information includes load ratio, input / output voltage / current, frequency, bypass status. BATT. Voltage, and about 20 kinds of UPS status information. The fault collection information includes INV. Error, Low BATT. Over TEMP, RECT./Charger Error, and Fan Failure.

 For this purpose, the present invention comprises a measuring unit 11 for measuring UPS state information and transmitting the measured UPS state information to a control unit, receiving the UPS state information from the measuring unit 11, generating fault occurrence alarm data based on the normal value, A wireless communication output unit 14 for receiving the UPS status information and failure occurrence alarm data from the control unit and outputting the UPS status information and failure occurrence alarm data in a unique protocol manner, and an LTE dedicated CPU, A wireless communication modem 16 dedicated to an LTE which receives the failure occurrence alarm data from the wireless communication output unit and transmits the failure occurrence alarm data to the LTE mobile communication network base station through wireless communication, A wireless communication interface (18) for converting the communication to be able to communicate with an administrator terminal through a circuit and firmware that can be transmitted to the terminal, An LTE mobile communication network base station 2 for wirelessly receiving the UPS status information and failure occurrence alert data converted by the wireless communication interface through a wireless communication modem for wireless transmission to an administrator terminal, A central server 32 for receiving and storing UPS status information and failure occurrence alarm data, an administrator terminal 4 receiving the UPS status information and failure occurrence alert data converted into text or images through the LTE dedicated wireless communication modem, .

Specifically, the control unit 12 incorporated in the UPS 1, 1 'can measure the measurement data (input side power data, output side power data, inverter operation state, converter operation state, battery charge discharge State, and failure occurrence alarm data) to the wireless communication output unit 14. [

As shown in FIG. 3B, the measurement unit 11 is divided into a data collection part and an I / O part, and collects measurement data and transmits it to the LTE-only wireless communication modem 16.

The wireless communication output unit 14 outputs the LTE mobile communication network (LTE base station → base station control station → base station control station) provided by the LTE communication service provider through the LTE-only wireless communication modem 16 based on the IoT and the wireless communication interface 18, The UPS status information including the power status data and the like is provided to the remote collection server 3 or the PC or the administrator terminal 4 by using the data network → GSN → Internet.

If multiple UPSs (1, 1 ') are installed in the same space or building, use 1-to-N system (group, region, type, etc.) using multi-drop method using RS-485 communication. (UPS) including power status data to a remote upper system (a central server or a PC) capable of managing a plurality of UPS through a wireless communication interface 18 with an LTE dedicated wireless communication modem 16 for connection to a communication carrier network Provide status information.

The LTE dedicated wireless communication modem 16 should use an LTE dedicated CPU for each carrier LTE frequency band for communicating with the IoT dedicated network provided by each mobile communication company.

The LTE dedicated wireless communication modem 16 is divided into an I / O part and a control part including an antenna part and an LTE dedicated CPU as shown in FIG. 3C.

A wireless communication interface capable of communicating with an upper end through an LTE dedicated wireless communication modem 16 through a circuit and firmware capable of transmitting UPS status information (INPUT DATA) data to the upper based on the LTE dedicated CPU, .

The data is processed on a collecting server 3 through the LTE dedicated wireless communication modem 16 and collectively processed through collecting, processing and storing processes, or a data processor and a distributed coordinator processor are separately configured in the collecting server 3, Mobile application, mobile application, web application, etc. Through various methods, it is possible to provide alarm data and real-time power status information for 24 hours, 365 days a week to administrators, operators, .

For example, the voltage / current signals of each block of the UPS (1, 1 ') detected in real time are compared and analyzed to determine whether the UPS is normal or faulty through the main controller, and the main controller is optimized using the voltage / current control circuit In case of a fault, the fault information can be wirelessly transmitted in real time after synchronous switching or inverter operation by bypass.

At this time, the administrator terminal 4 is configured to be able to view the real-time power status information and the fault information without any position / time limitation through an application (mobile application or mobile web) to be configured through the distributed transmission processing. , Directly or indirectly from the point of view of the cause other than the functional deterioration / fault / failure due to the controllable factors through the granular authorization setting of the user (maintenance / power facility management person), that is, uncontrollable disasters (natural disasters and human disasters) We support control methods or fault resolution images through alarm data to minimize the disturbance through control of human disturbance, system failure, infrastructure failure (including operational fault, facility fault etc.) that affect.

Especially, among the authority setting function of the administrator, various numerical values which can be a problem in operation of the system setting value can be managed under the control of the administrator through the enhancement of the management control function authority.

The UPS status information of the UPS transmission and remote monitoring and control system utilizing the IOT-based LTE mobile communication network may be transmitted at regular intervals, for example, at intervals of 5 seconds, 10 seconds, 1 minute Can be collected.

The present invention relates to an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) status information transmission and remote monitoring and management control system utilizing an IoT-based LTE mobile communication network as an object of collection, Monitoring and management control system.

The present invention can be configured as a UPS fault alert data notification condition setting function. The Event level setting function can be configured as Information, Warning, Minor, Major, Critical (5 classes) 30 seconds, 60 seconds, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour and so on with the repeat transmission period setting function. You can set 1 time, 3 times, 5 times and so on, and you can save up to 10 units with administrator terminal number setting function.

Further, according to the present invention, the central server 32 determines that it is necessary to change the alarm data in accordance with the change control information previously entered in the alarm data changing step, changes the setting and conditions of the alarm data, The alarm data is changed according to the change control information.

Particularly, the central server 32 determines whether there is a situation identical to the situation in which the manager has responded in the previous fault occurrence alarm operation. If the same situation exists, the previous fault occurrence alarm setting or fault occurrence alarm condition is reflected The alarm data is changed.

Or the alarm data may be changed so that the items set by the user are applied in advance.

The change of the alarm data includes a step of stopping the driving of the alarm data, that is, preventing the alarm data from being outputted.

The central server 32 receives the preset reference set value and transmits basic alarm data according to the set condition when the contents of the function drop / error / fault exceeds the reference set value, and stops the transmission when the constant alarm data is transmitted Can be controlled.

In addition, the monitoring system 34 according to the present invention may further include a condition comparison module, a result storage module, and the like.

The setting condition changing module of the monitoring system 34 connected to the central server 32 changes the setting according to the condition of each group, region, and type, and transmits a repeated message by group, region, and type in a manner different from general alarm data do.

For example, you might have a condition that you repeat a phrase every three minutes, then quit repeating the phrase if there is no confirmation message or response, and then repeat the phrase every three minutes to find a new contact or contact.

In particular, when setting conditions are changed for a specific condition of a UPS, it is possible to centrally manage a UPS in which a certain number of functional failures / failures / failures occur.

In the alarm data transmission method according to the present invention, the basic alarm data is set first, the alarm data according to the setting condition is transmitted when the setting condition is changed, and the general alarm data included in the predetermined basic alarm data send.

The same status comparison module of the monitoring system 34 sets up UPS basic alarm data for each group, region and type, and stores the current alarm data state and the result storage state in order to check whether the current alarm data state is the same as the UPS basic alarm data It is possible to compare the status of existing alarm data stored in the module with text comparison (eg comparison of texts such as degradation / error / failure) or comparison of resolution procedures (procedures such as resolution after sending a specific command after a certain function degradation) The manager transmits the stored alarm data to the server, and the alarm data may include text or image information indicating the contents of the alarm data.

As an embodiment, it is possible to acquire all the phrases constituting the comparative text, to search whether the obtained phrases are included in the comparison target text, to construct all combinations of texts which can be composed of two or more of the plurality of texts, And a text comparing unit for comparing the similarity of the compared texts with each of the text combinations formed.

As another embodiment, a plurality of execution commands in the central server 32 may be stored in the storage table regardless of the execution order. However, the execution command scheduling unit of the central server 32 may store the first execution command, I store it in my first repository.

The execution command determination unit of the central server 32 compares the current state with the first execution command in the storage table.

If the central server 32 determines that the central server 32 is similar to the current state, the first execution command is executed, and the execution command scheduler instructs the second execution command having the pointer value corresponding to the next execution order of the first execution command to the first And may schedule the stored execution commands by changing the execution order pointer value according to the execution order of the execution commands.

In one embodiment, the central server 32 determines whether there is a situation (set of execution instructions 2) that is the same as the situation (the set of execution instructions 1) that the administrator has responded to in the failure alarm operation for the previous UPS, If there is a situation (match of execution instruction set 1 or 2), the alarm can be changed to reflect the previous fault occurrence alarm setting or fault occurrence alarm condition.

Other than this, general alarm data included in the predetermined basic alarm data is transmitted. Here, too, the alarm data can be controlled to stop when the number of alarm data is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.

For example, pre-stored alarm data setting conditions include time and location conditions and alarm data transmission conditions.

The result storage module stores in advance the situation in which the administrator has responded to the alert data according to each stored status, and stores the conditional alert data and the message delivery conditions such as the basic alert data.

As shown in FIG. 5, when the main menu screen of the UPS status information monitoring main screen is selected in the monitoring system 34, the alarm transmission date, transmission time, and alarm details can be immediately confirmed, .

As shown in FIG. 6, the UPS status real-time monitoring screen in the monitoring system 34 is displayed on a display device in an uninterruptible power supply status information transmission and remote monitoring and management control system utilizing an IoT-based LTE mobile communication network.

As shown in FIG. 7, when the manager who is the first alarm target person is absent or does not get in touch within a predetermined time, on the details setting screen of the failure information alarm message (e.g. SMS) transmission, Or by dividing the rating of the administrator terminal so that the communication can be controlled in order of decreasing rank or higher order.

As shown in FIG. 8, when the alarm message transmission setting screen and the alarm message transmission log setting screen for the fault information are viewed, the maximum number of alarms is constantly adjusted to the manager terminal by reflecting the schedule schedule of the administrators, The number of alarms can be eliminated and the number of alarms can be adjusted to a predetermined value or less when the working time has passed.

In the UPS fault information setting screen of FIG. 9, the present invention enables to set whether or not to send an alarm message among the fault information set for each fault class.

For example, if the disability class manager is absent or does not get in touch within a certain period of time, the next disability class administrator can be controlled to contact the terminal sequentially.

10, the measurement unit of the UPS first collects the alarm data at all times (S101 to S104), stores the log of the data (S105), and the control unit analyzes the protocol (S106) And transmits the processed data to the antenna unit (S109) (S109). Thereafter, the base station 2 confirms the base station position information and transmits the processed data to the base station 2 (S107) And transmits the processed data to the collection server (S110 to S112).

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Claims (5)

In an uninterruptible power supply status information transmission and remote monitoring and management control system utilizing an IOT-based LTE mobile communication network,
A measuring unit for measuring and transmitting the UPS state information to the control unit;
A controller receiving the UPS status information from the measurement unit, generating alarm data for failure occurrence based on the normal value, and transmitting the alarm data to the wireless communication output unit;
A wireless communication output unit for receiving the UPS status information and failure occurrence alarm data from the control unit and outputting the UPS status information and the failure occurrence alarm data in a unique protocol manner;
An LTE dedicated wireless communication modem including an LTE dedicated CPU and receiving real-time power status information and failure occurrence alarm data from the wireless communication output unit and transmitting the same through wireless communication with an LTE mobile communication network base station;
A wireless communication interface for converting the UPS status information and the failure occurrence alarm data into a circuit capable of transmitting the UPS status information and alarm data to a central server and an administrator terminal and communicating with the administrator terminal through a firmware;
An LTE mobile communication network base station for wirelessly receiving the UPS status information and failure occurrence alert data converted by the wireless communication interface through the LTE dedicated wireless communication modem and transmitting the wireless status information to the administrator terminal wirelessly;
A central server for receiving and storing the UPS status information and fault occurrence alarm data from the LTE mobile communication network base station and controlling an alarm data transmission method; And
And an administrator terminal that receives the UPS status information and failure occurrence alert data converted into text or image through the LTE-only wireless communication modem,
The central server determines whether the same situation as the situation that the administrator has responded to in the failure occurrence alarm operation for the previous UPS, and if there is the same situation, the central server reflects the previous failure occurrence alarm setting or failure occurrence alarm condition, Wherein the IOT-based LTE mobile communication network is used to transmit the status information of the uninterruptible power supply unit and to monitor and control the remote monitoring and control system. The method according to claim 1,
If the manager who is the first person to be alerted is absent or is not contacted within a predetermined period of time, the central server may control the manager terminal to contact the manager terminal in the next communication order, or may divide the manager terminal rank, Control to make contact,
And to stop the alarm when the number of times the alarm is sounded is equal to or greater than a predetermined value,
The administrator can adjust the maximum number of alarms to be constant in the administrator terminal by adjusting the schedule of the administrators so that the number of alarms is reduced in case of leaving the specific manager and the number of alarms can be adjusted to a predetermined value or less when the working time is over. A system for transmitting status information and monitoring and managing the uninterruptible power supply using IoT based LTE mobile communication network. delete The method according to claim 1,
The central server comprises:
A setting condition changing module for storing settings changed in accordance with UPS conditions by group, region, and type through an administrator terminal;
The alarm data including the text or image information stored in the result storage module is transmitted to the administrator terminal in accordance with the setting condition of the setting condition change module if the current alarm data state is identical to the existing alarm data state of the result storage module A comparison module;
And a result storage module for previously storing a situation in which the manager has coped with existing alarm data. The system of claim 1, wherein the IOT-based LTE mobile communication network is used for status information transmission and remote monitoring and management control. The method according to claim 1,
If it is determined that the central server is similar to the current state, the first execution command is executed, and the execution command schedule unit stores the second execution command having the pointer value corresponding to the next execution order of the first execution command as the first position And an execution order pointer value is changed according to the execution order of the execution commands to schedule the stored execution commands. The system for transmitting and monitoring the uninterruptible power supply status information and the remote monitoring and management system utilizing the IOT based LTE mobile communication network.

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