WO2014147993A1

WO2014147993A1 - Equipment management device and equipment management system

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Publication number: WO2014147993A1
Application number: PCT/JP2014/001341
Authority: WO
Inventors: 燕峰王; 山本　友和; 福永　雅一; 吉文黄; 智遠満; 昌史村上; 葛西　悠葵
Original assignee: パナソニック株式会社
Priority date: 2013-03-19
Filing date: 2014-03-10
Publication date: 2014-09-25
Also published as: JP6145765B2; JP2014182642A; CN105051634A

Abstract

This management device is provided with a plurality of element devices and a box. The plurality of element devices are connected to equipment and monitor and/or control said equipment. Said element devices are placed in the box before being brought to a work site. The package, i.e. the combination of element devices placed in the box, is determined in accordance with the types of the aforementioned equipment. The box is also provided with an interface unit for connecting to one or both of the following: a higher-level device for consolidated management of the equipment; and/or another management device.

Description

Equipment management device, equipment management system

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention generally relates to equipment management equipment and equipment management systems, and more particularly, equipment management equipment that manages the operating state of equipment and equipment management using equipment management equipment. About the system.

In recent years, technology for managing the operating state of equipment using communication technology has been used. When this type of technology is employed, it is possible to perform at least one of monitoring the operation state of the equipment device and controlling the operation state of the equipment device at a location away from the equipment device. The equipment is selected from lighting equipment, air conditioning equipment, water supply / drainage equipment, elevators, escalators, automatic doors, security equipment, disaster prevention equipment, and the like. This type of technology is used when the number of equipment used is relatively large, such as office buildings, commercial buildings, and hotels.

For example, a system has been proposed in which a local controller is connected to an air conditioner that is a building facility, a plurality of local controllers are connected to a center device, and the center device communicates with a monitoring display device via the Internet (Japan). National Patent Application Publication No. 2012-186668 (hereinafter referred to as “Document 1”). The configuration described in Document 1 is configured such that the monitoring display device communicates with the center device via the Internet and acquires the operating state of the air conditioner via a local controller connected to the center device. .

By constructing this kind of management system, it is possible to concentrate the management of the equipment at a location away from the equipment, which makes it easy to manage the amount of energy used by the equipment. There is a possibility of promoting energy saving.

In Document 1, a local controller connected to an air conditioner is provided to allow the center device to acquire the operating state of the air conditioner. Reference 1 describes that the local controller is a control device that manages the operating state of the air conditioner. However, when installing equipment such as an air conditioner, the local controller is not only a management device. A power supply device and a man-machine interface for operation and display are required. If the local controller includes not only a management device but also a power supply device and a man-machine interface, various devices must be prepared individually according to the facility design that determines the number and arrangement of facility equipment. Don't be.

Thus, it takes time to prepare various devices according to the equipment design. Therefore, although there is a demand for a large-scale management system with a relatively large construction cost, the introduction of a small-scale management system has not progressed.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an equipment management device that can easily construct an equipment management system, and further to provide an equipment management system using the equipment. To do.

The equipment management apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of element devices that are connected to the equipment and perform at least one of monitoring and control related to the equipment, and the plurality of element devices are stored in advance before being brought into a construction site. The combination of the plurality of element devices housed in the box is packaged according to the type of the equipment.

In the equipment device management apparatus, the plurality of element devices are configured to perform operations related to the equipment equipment, a controller for managing the equipment equipment, a breaker inserted into a power supply path to the equipment equipment, and the equipment equipment. And a man-machine interface.

In this equipment management apparatus, the box preferably corresponds to the kind of equipment.

In the equipment management apparatus, the box includes a host device that collectively manages a plurality of equipment used in a predetermined space area including the equipment, and the equipment out of the plurality of equipment. It is preferable to include an interface unit that connects at least one of the other management devices that manages the operating states of different facility devices.

An equipment management apparatus according to the present invention includes a plurality of element devices connected to the equipment and performing at least one of monitoring and control related to the equipment and a box in which the plurality of element devices are stored in advance. The combination of the plurality of element devices housed in the box is packaged according to the type of the equipment, and the box is individually provided for each type of the equipment, and the equipment A host device that collectively manages a plurality of equipment used in a predetermined space area, and another management device that manages an operating state of equipment different from the equipment among the plurality of equipment It comprises an interface part which connects at least one of these.

The equipment management system according to the present invention includes the equipment management device described above and a host device that communicates with the manager through the interface unit of the manager, and the manager communicates with the host device. Is transmitted to the higher-level device, the identification information representing the type of the management device and the attribute information set according to the equipment, the storage device stores the identification information of the management device The identification information and the attribute information acquired from the management device are stored in a storage area set according to the identification information acquired from the management device.

In this equipment management system, it is preferable that the identification information includes the type of equipment, the address of the management device, and the configuration of the management device.

In this equipment management system, a plurality of the management devices are provided, and the host device polls the plurality of management devices, and a response is obtained from at least one management device of the plurality of management devices. It is preferable to determine that the at least one management device has detached when the state shifts to a state where no response is obtained.

In this facility equipment management system, it is preferable that a plurality of the management devices are provided, and the host device collectively determines the operating conditions of the facility equipment for each management device.

In this equipment management system, the host device sets the equipment equipment to a hierarchy in which the equipment equipment type is the top layer and the equipment equipment information is the bottom layer, and the equipment equipment information First, the top-level option in the hierarchy is presented to select the top-level option, and when any of the current-level options is selected, the next-level option is presented. It is preferable to present information on the equipment that is the lowest layer by repeating the process of selecting the next layer option.

In the equipment management system, the host device has a function of communicating with the management equipment, a function of collecting and managing data related to the equipment obtained from the management equipment, and the management equipment. It is preferable to have a function of transmitting data instructing the operation.

In this equipment management system, the host device includes an integrated management device having a first interface unit that communicates with the management device through a first communication network, and the integrated management device includes an external device and a second device. A second interface unit that communicates through the communication network of the first and second, and data related to the equipment is collected and presented to the external device, and data related to the operation of the equipment specified by the external device is transmitted to the management device. It is further preferable to include an integrated processing unit.

In this equipment management system, it is further preferable that the external device is capable of communicating with the management device and has a function of transferring information necessary for the operation of the management device to the management device.

In this equipment management system, the external device has a plurality of types of information necessary for the operation of the management device, and is used among the plurality of types of information when communication with the management device is started. It is preferable that information is selected and the selected information is transferred to the management device.

The equipment management system according to the present invention includes the equipment management apparatus described above and an alarm device connected to the interface unit of the management apparatus, and the alarm device notifies an abnormality of the equipment. When the abnormality information is acquired from the management device, an alarm associated with the equipment is issued.

According to the configuration of the present invention, a management device in which a plurality of element devices are stored in a box in advance before being brought into a construction site is used, and a combination of the plurality of element devices is packaged according to the type of equipment. Therefore, by using this management apparatus, there is an advantage that a management system for facility equipment can be easily constructed.

Preferred embodiments of the invention are described in more detail. Other features and advantages of the present invention will be better understood with reference to the following detailed description and accompanying drawings.
It is a schematic block diagram which shows the management apparatus used for embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the whole structure of the management system using the management apparatus used for embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the integrated management apparatus used for embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the information which the management apparatus used for embodiment hold | maintains. It is operation | movement explanatory drawing which shows operation | movement of embodiment with a sequence diagram. It is a figure which shows the example of the information memorize | stored in an integrated management apparatus in embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of the information of the equipment used for embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the information of equipment in embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the other usage example of embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the other usage example of embodiment.

The equipment device management system described below has the configuration shown in FIG. However, this configuration example is an example, and as will be described later, the number and type of management devices 10 can be selected, and the configuration of the host device 20 is not limited to the illustrated example. Further, the equipment management system described in the present embodiment is assumed to be used in a small and medium-sized facility in which the number of circuits of the equipment 30 is about 100 to 1000. Many facilities of this scale are found in office buildings and commercial buildings with a total floor area of about 10,000 to 20,000 m ² .

The equipment 30 is selected from four types of lighting equipment 31, water supply equipment 32, drainage equipment 33, and air conditioning equipment 34. The four types of equipment 30 are connected to the wiring as the wiring (preceding wiring) is laid at the time of construction of the facility, and are continuously connected to the wiring until they are replaced. These facility devices 30 are connected and disconnected from the wiring by a contractor. In addition, there is no restriction | limiting in particular in the kind of equipment 30.

As shown in FIG. 1, the management device 10 includes a box 12 in which an element device (component) 11 connected to the facility device 30 is stored. The element device 11 is a device used for performing at least one of control and monitoring related to the operating state of the equipment device 30. The element device 11 is, for example, a device provided in a power feeding path, a device serving as a man-machine interface, or the like. Hereinafter, performing at least one of “control” and “monitoring” is referred to as “management”.

A plurality of types of element devices 11 are required for one type of equipment 30. The box 12 stores a plurality of element devices 11 according to the type of the equipment device 30. The box 12 includes an interface unit (hereinafter referred to as “I / F unit”) 13 for connecting other devices. The I / F unit 13 is configured to communicate with at least one of the host device 20 and the other management device 10. The I / F unit 13 includes a connection port (terminal or connector) for connecting a communication line.

The control of the facility device 30 may include control of the operation state during operation in addition to the control of the operation and stop of the facility device 30. The operating state during operation means dimming and color adjustment for the lighting equipment 31, means the flow rate of the pump for the water supply equipment 32 or the drainage equipment 33, and the set temperature for the air conditioning equipment 34. Means. In other words, if the equipment 30 is the lighting equipment 31, the operating state during operation refers to a dimmed state or a toned state. If the equipment 30 is a water supply facility 32 or a drainage facility 33, the operating state during operation means a state where water supply or drainage is performed at a certain flow rate. If the equipment 30 is the air conditioning equipment 34, the operating state during operation refers to a state where air conditioning is performed at a certain set temperature. The monitoring of the equipment device 30 means a response from the equipment device 30 that has instructed the control, the presence or absence of an abnormality in the operating state of the equipment device 30, and the like.

The box 12 is formed using a metal or a synthetic resin, and is attached to a wall surface of a building constituting the facility. The box 12 includes a body (not shown) fixed to a wall surface and the like, and a door (not shown) that covers the front surface of the body. The element device 11 is fixed to the body and connected to the equipment 30 and the host device 20 via a connection member such as a cable.

The element device 11 basically includes a controller 111 for managing the equipment 30, a breaker 112 inserted in a power supply path to the equipment 30, and a man-machine interface (hereinafter referred to as “MMI”) 113. Including. The controller 111 includes, as main hardware elements, a device including a processor that operates according to a program represented by a microcomputer. The MMI 113 employs a configuration combining a switch and an indicator lamp, or a configuration combining a flat panel display and a touch panel. For example, the MMI 113 for the lighting equipment 31 may have a switch for instructing lighting and extinguishing and an indicator lamp for displaying the lighting and extinguishing status. Moreover, it is desirable that the MMI 113 for the water supply facility 32, the drainage facility 33, and the air conditioning facility 34 includes a flat panel display that displays an operation state of the facility device 30 and a touch panel for changing the operation state. In addition, since the specific structure of the element apparatus 11 is not a summary, description is abbreviate | omitted.

The box 12 accommodates a plurality of element devices 11 before being carried into the construction site. The number and type of element devices 11 housed in the box 12 are determined at the time of factory shipment. In other words, a management system for each facility is constructed using the management device 10 as an off-the-shelf product.

A combination of a plurality of element devices 11 stored in one box 12 is packaged according to the type of equipment 30. That is, the type of the element device 11 is determined depending on whether the equipment 30 is the lighting equipment 31, the water supply equipment 32, the drainage equipment 33, or the air conditioning equipment 34, and the equipment equipment 30 to be connected The number of element devices 11 is determined according to the number. In other words, the plurality of element devices 11 housed in one box 12 correspond to any one type of equipment 30 of the plurality of types of equipment 30. The corresponding equipment 30 is connected to the plurality of element devices 11. That is, a combination of a plurality of element devices 11 housed in one box 12 is packaged according to the type of the equipment device 30. A plurality of element devices 11 housed in one box 12 is , Meaning that it corresponds to the same type of equipment 30.

The type and number of element devices 11 stored in the box 12 are not determined for each facility, but are determined so that the same box 12 can be used in common in many facilities. Therefore, the number and types of element devices 11 housed in the box 12 are determined so as to be compatible with various facilities based on the results of the equipment 30 used in various facilities.

Furthermore, the box 12 is provided for each type of equipment 30. That is, the element device 11 is housed in a different box 12 for each type of equipment 30. In other words, the box 12 corresponds to the type of equipment 30. For example, when the equipment 30 is the lighting equipment 31, a box (lighting box) corresponding to the lighting equipment 31 is used as the box 12. When the facility device 30 is the water supply facility 31, a box (water supply box) corresponding to the water supply facility 31 is used as the box 12. When the equipment 30 is the drainage facility 32, a box (drainage box) corresponding to the drainage facility 32 is used as the box 12. When the equipment 30 is the air conditioning equipment 34, a box (air conditioning box) corresponding to the air conditioning equipment 34 is used as the box 12. The box 12 is a box corresponding to the type of the equipment 30 among at least a first box described later and a second box described later. The first box is a box corresponding to any one type of equipment such as the lighting equipment 31, the water supply equipment 32, the drainage equipment 33, and the air conditioning equipment 34. A 2nd box is a box corresponding to any one kind of installation apparatus different from the installation apparatus to which the 1st box respond | corresponds among the illumination installation 31, the water supply installation 32, the drainage installation 33, and the air-conditioning installation 34.

Further, when the number of the equipment devices 30 is large, it is possible to provide a plurality of boxes 12 for the same kind of equipment devices 30.

In short, the management device 10 does not define the element device 11 to be stored in the box 12 according to the facility, but several types are prepared in advance as standard products. Therefore, the management of the equipment 30 in the facility can be performed only by selecting the standard management device 10 that matches the equipment 30 used in the facility.

In addition, although it is possible to store the element apparatus 11 which adapts to a different kind of equipment 30 in the box 12, the box 12 may enlarge. In addition, since the element devices 11 stored in the box 12 are determined in advance, a variety of products are required to flexibly cope with the combination of the equipment 30 used in the facility, and the management cost may increase. There is.

On the other hand, in the present embodiment, a management device 10 is provided for each type of facility device 30, and a plurality of types of management devices 10 are prepared as necessary for the same type of facility device 30. For example, three types of lighting equipment 31 for eight circuits, sixteen circuits, and twenty-four circuits, and the number of pumps of water supply equipment 32, three types for one unit, two units, and four units, pumps for drainage facility 33 For the number of units, two types for one unit and two units are prepared. Moreover, the water supply equipment 32 and the drainage equipment 33 are classified using the motor capacity of the pump.

Now, the management apparatus 10 used for the lighting equipment 31 is taken as an example. The box 12 includes a control terminal including a relay that controls on / off of the lighting equipment 31, an operation terminal including a switch and an indicator lamp serving as the MMI 113, a transmission unit (controller 111) that communicates with the control terminal and the operation terminal, and the like. The device 11 is stored. In addition, the management device 10 also stores the breaker 112 inserted into the power supply path to the lighting equipment 31 as the element device 11.

The control terminal and operation terminal communicate with the transmission unit that performs centralized monitoring through a dedicated signal line. This signal line is a two-wire system, and the transmission unit, the operation terminal, and the control terminal share this signal line. That is, the connection form of the operation terminal and the control terminal to the transmission unit is a bus type connection. The transmission unit associates the control terminal with the operation terminal. When the operation terminal is notified that the switch has been operated, the transmission unit instructs the control terminal associated with the operation terminal to turn on or off the relay.

The transmission unit can communicate with the host device 20. That is, the transmission unit performs communication by regarding the higher level device 20 as an operation terminal and a control terminal, or performs communication with the higher level device 20 using a dedicated I / F unit. When the transmission unit communicates with the host device 20, the operation terminal and the control terminal can transmit information to and from the host device 20 through the transmission unit.

The management apparatus 10 used for the lighting equipment 31 has a configuration with a built-in transmission unit and a configuration without a built-in transmission unit. This type of transmission unit can manage up to 256 circuits, for example, whereas the number of circuits managed by the management apparatus 10 is significantly smaller than the number of circuits that can be managed by the transmission unit. Since the dedicated signal line uses one transmission unit for one system, if the number of circuits of the lighting equipment 31 used in the facility exceeds the number of circuits prepared in one management device 10, the signal line is extended, This can be handled by increasing the number of operation terminals or control terminals.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the transmission unit is accommodated only in the box 12 of the management device 10 for 8 circuits, and is used for the 8 circuits, 16 circuits, and 24 circuits as the boxes 12 that do not accommodate the transmission units. There are three types. Therefore, if a 24 circuit lighting facility 31 is required, the signal lines of the 8-circuit box 12 in which the transmission unit is accommodated and the 16-circuit box 12 in which the transmission unit is not accommodated are connected to each other. The

The I / F unit 13 of the management apparatus 10 is configured to connect a signal line between the other management apparatus 10 and the host apparatus 20 as other apparatuses. When the transmission unit is configured to communicate with the host device 20 via a path different from the signal line, the transmission unit that is the element device 11 is connected to the host device using a communication line of the first communication network NT1 described later. An I / F unit 13 for connecting the device 20 is provided in the management device 10.

The management device 10 used for the water supply facility 32, the drainage facility 33, and the air conditioning facility 34 does not include a transmission unit, an operation terminal, and a control terminal, but includes a device (controller 111) that manages the facility device 30, a breaker 112, and an MMI 113. It is provided as an element device 11. Moreover, the management apparatus 10 used for these equipment 30 is provided with the I / F part 13 for connecting another apparatus.

In the management device 10 used for the water supply facility 32, the drainage facility 33, and the air conditioning facility 34, the I / F unit 13 has a function of communicating with the host device 20 through the communication line of the first communication network NT1. Further, the I / F unit 13 may have a function of connecting the management device 10 used for the same type of equipment 30 in order to increase the number of equipment 30 to be managed. Here, the I / F unit 13 of the management apparatus 10 used for the water supply facility 32, the drainage facility 33, and the air conditioning facility 34 performs serial communication according to a standard according to RS485, for example. Although it is not indispensable for the I / F unit 13 to perform serial communication in accordance with a standard conforming to RS485, this standard is adopted based on the actual results in the control of the equipment device 30.

The management device 10 and the host device 20 are connected through the first communication network NT1. The first communication network NT1 is connected to the I / F unit 13 provided in the box 12. A plurality of element devices 11 housed in the box 12 are connected inside the box 12 as necessary, and the element devices 11 that exchange information necessary for management are connected to the I / F unit 13.

In addition, when the management apparatus 10 corresponding to the lighting equipment 31 is connected to the first communication network NT1, the switch group 26 that functions similarly to the switch of the operation terminal provided in the management apparatus 10 is provided in the first communication network. You may connect to NT1. Further, the first communication network NT1 is not limited to one system and may be two or more systems. In the illustrated example, communication lines of different systems are used for the management apparatus 10 corresponding to the lighting equipment 31 and the management apparatus 10 corresponding to the other equipment 30.

The host device 20 collectively manages the equipment 30 used in a predetermined space area 40 such as a building constituting the facility. The space area 40 managed by the host device 20 is appropriately set so as to be convenient for the user, such as one building, a plurality of buildings, one floor in the building, and one room in the building.

2, the host device 20 includes an integrated management device 21, an alarm device 22, and a management terminal 23. Furthermore, the integrated management device 21 is connected to the external device 24 through the second communication network NT2. The external device 24 is a device that performs communication through the second communication network NT2, and includes a center server 241, a terminal device 242 serving as a client, an external system 243 used for time adjustment and the like. The external system 243 may construct a cloud computing system. Such an external system 243 is used to provide information selected from programs and data, updaters, programs and data for improving functions, and the like for the management apparatus 10 and the integrated management apparatus 21. As described above, the first communication network NT1 is a communication network that performs serial communication, and the second communication network NT2 is a communication network that performs communication using TCP / IP (TransmissionTransControl Protocol / Internet Protocol). It is.

As shown in FIG. 3, the integrated management apparatus 21 includes a first I / F unit 211 connected to the first communication network NT1 and a second I / F unit connected to the second communication network NT2. 212. Furthermore, the integrated management device 21 includes an integrated processing unit 213 that presents information from the management device 10 to the external device 24 and notifies the management device 10 of an instruction from the external device 24.

The integrated processing unit 213 collects information on the equipment 30 acquired from the management apparatus 10 and presents the information to the external apparatus 24 and information on the operation state of the equipment 30 instructed from the external apparatus 24 to the management apparatus 10. And a notification function. The integrated processing unit 213 includes a device including a processor that operates according to a program represented by a microcomputer as a main hardware element.

With this configuration, the terminal device 242, which is the external device 24, can monitor the operating state of the equipment device 30 through the integrated management device 21, and also instructs the operating status to the equipment device 30 through the integrated management device 21. It becomes possible. The center server 241 collects the history of the operation state of the facility device 30 and instructs the operation state of the facility device 30 according to the schedule.

That is, the host device 20 communicates with the management device 10 through the integrated management device 21, and collects and manages the data regarding the equipment 30 acquired by the integrated management device 21 from the management device 10 in the center server 241. The center server 241 and the terminal device 242 also have a function of transmitting data instructing the operation of the equipment 30 to the management device 10 through the integrated management device 21. The function of the terminal device 242 will be described later.

In the configuration example shown in FIG. 2, an alarm device 22 is shown as the host device 20 in addition to the integrated management device 21. The alarm device 22 is connected to the plurality of management devices 10 through the first communication network NT1. In the illustrated example, the management device 10 corresponding to each of the water supply facility 32, the drainage facility 33, and the air conditioning facility 34 is connected to the alarm device 22. The alarm device 22 includes an alarm lamp associated with an address set in the management device 10 and a buzzer that generates an alarm sound. However, in the configuration example shown in FIG. 2, the alarm device 22 can be omitted.

The alarm device 22 operates the alarm lamp and the buzzer by receiving the signal sent from the management device 10 to the first communication network NT1. The alarm device 22 does not give an instruction to the management device 10, and the address set in the management device 10 is associated with the alarm lamp. When an abnormality occurs in the facility device 30, the management device 10 adds the address of the management device 10 to the abnormality information for notifying the abnormality and sends the information to the first communication network NT1. When the signal transmitted through the first communication network NT1 includes abnormality information, the alarm device 22 blinks a required alarm lamp using the address of the management device 10 added to the abnormality information and simultaneously sounds a buzzer. Let In the illustrated example, an input / output device 27 is connected to the alarm device 22 in order to output a signal from the alarm device 22 to the outside and cause the alarm device 22 to input a signal from the outside.

The management terminal 23 is a computer equipped with a browser, and is selected from a personal computer, a tablet terminal, a smart phone, and the like. The management terminal 23 is connected to the integrated management device 21 and functions similarly to the terminal device 242. In the illustrated example, an external input / output device 25 is connected to the integrated management device 21, and contact input from switches and sensors can be given to the integrated management device 21, and contact output from the integrated management device 21. Can be taken out. Therefore, the operation of the integrated management apparatus 21 can be conditioned according to the contact input, or the operation of the integrated management apparatus 21 can be notified to other apparatuses. However, since this configuration is not a gist, description thereof is omitted.

The management system shown in the figure is constructed by connecting the equipment 30 to the management device 10 and connecting the higher-level device 20 to the management device 10. When the management system is constructed, the integrated management apparatus 21 collects information necessary for monitoring and controlling the equipment 30 by communicating with the management apparatus 10.

The integrated management device 21 can select a registration mode for collecting and registering necessary information from the management device 10 and a normal mode for monitoring and controlling the equipment 30 using the information registered in the registration mode. ing. On the other hand, in the management apparatus 10, attribute information such as an administrator, the installation location and installation date and time of the equipment 30 and setting values used for management of the equipment 30 is set using a support device such as a personal computer.

An example of information held by the management apparatus 10 is shown in FIG. The management device 10 holds configuration information regarding the element device 11 housed in the box 12 and the equipment 30 connected to the element device 11. Of the configuration information, information related to the element device 11 can be known from the identification information of the management device 10 as described later. This is because the element device 11 of the management device 10 is packaged, and the type of the element device 11 is determined for each piece of identification information of the management device 10. On the other hand, information regarding the equipment 30 in the configuration information is set using a support device according to the equipment 30 connected to the management device 10.

In the registration mode, the integrated management apparatus 21 polls all the addresses that can be set in the management apparatus 10 and receives an address returned from the management apparatus 10 as shown in FIG. If the addresses that can be set in the management apparatus 10 are 1 to 99, the integrated management apparatus 21 polls the addresses 1 to 99 in order (P11). When the own device address matches the address polled by the integrated management device 21, the management device 10 returns identification information for identifying the management device 10 to the integrated management device 21 (P12).

This identification information includes the type of the equipment 30, the address of the management device 10, and the configuration of the management device 10. The types of equipment 30 are classified into lighting equipment 31, water supply equipment 32, drainage equipment 33, and air conditioning equipment 34, and the water supply equipment 32 is further classified into a high water tank type and a pressure tank type. The address of the management apparatus 10 is an address used by the integrated management apparatus 21 for polling. The configuration of the management apparatus 10 is information indicating the number of circuits, the number of pumps, the pump capacity, and the like described above. The identification information is configured by combining these pieces of information.

The identification information of the management apparatus 10 is expressed in the format of “G-1-4-A”, for example. Here, “G” indicates that the water supply facility 32 is of the elevated water tank type, and “1” indicates an address. “4” indicates that there are four pumps, and “A” indicates a small capacity among large and small pump capacity. Since the identification information is in this format, the integrated management apparatus 21 can identify the type of the equipment 30 by the first character of the identification information. Identify the type. That is, the address of the management device 10 is classified according to the type of the equipment 30, for example, 1 to 10 is a high water tank type

water supply equipment

32, 11 to 20 is a pressure tank type

water supply equipment

32, 21 to 30 is drained. It is divided into facilities 33 and the like.

When there is a response from the management apparatus 10 to polling, the integrated processing unit 213 recognizes the type of the equipment device 30 using the identification information of the responding management apparatus 10 (P13), and further, the configuration of the management apparatus 10 Is recognized (P14). When recognizing the type of equipment 30 and the configuration of the management device 10, the integrated processing unit 213 secures a storage area for holding the attribute information of the management device 10 (P15), specifies an address in the management device 10 A request is made to return the attribute information (P16). When the management apparatus 10 returns attribute information (P17), the integration processing unit 213 stores the received attribute information in the secured storage area (P18).

An example of information stored in the storage area of the integrated management apparatus 21 is shown in FIG. In the case of the elevated water tank type water supply facility 32, the set value includes the target water level of the elevated water tank, the type of pump, and the like.

The integrated management apparatus 21 repeats the processes of steps P13 to P18 for all the management apparatuses 10 that have responded to the polling. If the management apparatus 10 has already been registered in the integrated management apparatus 21, the processes in steps P13 to P18 may be performed only for the unregistered management apparatus 10 without performing the processes in steps P13 to P18. . More preferably, the integrated management apparatus 21 can select whether to register the registered management apparatus 10 again or ignore the registered management apparatus 10.

As described above, the integrated processing unit 213 of the integrated management device 21 that is the host device 20 receives the attribute information as described above from the management device 10, thereby collectively setting the operation conditions of the equipment 30 for each management device 10. Determine. Therefore, the integrated management apparatus 21 also sets operation conditions such as schedule control and condition control, which will be described later, collectively for the management apparatus 10 as a unit.

The integrated management device 21 is switched to the normal mode when the management device 10 is registered in the registration mode, and monitors and controls the equipment 30 using the information registered in the registration mode. In the normal mode, the integrated management device 21 polls the registered management devices 10, gives instructions to the respective management devices 10 regarding the operation state of the equipment device 30, and the operation status of the equipment device 30 from the management device 10. Get information about. That is, the integrated management device 21 controls and monitors the operating state of the equipment device 30 through the management device 10.

The integrated management device 21 determines that the management device 10 that has not received a response when polling is disconnected from the first communication network NT1 in the normal mode. That is, when the integrated management apparatus 21 shifts from a state in which a response is obtained from the management apparatus 10 to a state in which a response is not obtained, the integrated management apparatus 21 determines that the management apparatus 10 has left the first communication network NT1. However, the integrated management apparatus 21 cannot determine whether the cause of the disconnection is due to the removal of the management apparatus 10 or the communication failure. Therefore, the user is only notified that the management device 10 has left the first communication network NT1. Specifically, this notification is presented to the terminal device 242 through the integrated management device 21.

Incidentally, in order for the host device 20 to manage the management device 10, it is necessary to display a management screen on the terminal device 242 and to manage the equipment 30 through the management device 10. Therefore, the integrated management device 21 includes a display module that defines display contents to be displayed on the terminal device 242 and a management module for managing the equipment 30 for each type of the management device 10. The display module and the management module are programs and data provided for each function, and are used as necessary.

The technology for displaying the display contents defined in the display module on the terminal device 242 includes a technology for providing a display program to the terminal device 242 and data handled by a browsing program (browser) executed on the terminal device 242. There are technologies to provide. In the latter case, the display module of the integrated management device 21 functions as a server for the terminal device 242 and provides information written in a markup language such as HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language). Therefore, in the latter configuration, if the terminal device 242 has a function of executing a browsing program, the management of the management device 10 can be performed interactively by the terminal device 242 without depending on the configuration of the terminal device 242. become.

In the normal mode, the terminal device 242 can display the operating state of the equipment 30 on the screen. That is, when a desired facility device 30 is specified from the terminal device 242 using the screen presented to the terminal device 242 by the display module, the integrated management device 21 sets an attribute for the management device 10 corresponding to the facility device 30. Request to send

The management device 10 requested to transmit the attribute returns the information of the facility device 30 held at the time of the request to the integrated management device 21. This information is similar to the information returned from the management apparatus 10 for polling in the registration mode, and as shown in FIG. 7, the address of the management apparatus 10, the identification information of the management apparatus 10, and the equipment 30 The installation location, the installation date and time of the equipment 30 are included.

However, in the registration mode, the attribute information is information that does not change such as a set value, but in the normal mode, the information held by the management apparatus 10 at the time of requesting transmission of the attribute is the attribute information. The information acquired by the integrated management device 21 from the management device 10 in the normal mode is updated from moment to moment, and reflects the operating state of the facility device 30. Therefore, when the terminal device 242 acquires the attribute information through the integrated management device 21, it is possible to manage the latest operation state of the equipment device 30.

When managing the latest operating states of a plurality of facility devices 30 in the normal mode, if information on all the facility devices 30 is displayed on the screen of the terminal device 242, the amount of information on the screen is large depending on the number of the facility devices 30. It becomes too much and readability may be reduced. For example, if information related to the equipment 30 on each floor of a building such as an office building is displayed on one screen, the amount of information displayed on the one screen may be excessive and readability may be reduced.

Therefore, the display module in the present embodiment uses a hierarchy in which the type of the equipment device 30 is the top layer when displaying the information of the equipment device 30 on the screen of the terminal device 242 that is the host device 20. For example, as shown in FIG. 8, the information on the equipment 30 is hierarchized so that the type of the equipment 30 is the top layer, the next layer is the floor of the building, and the bottom layer is information about the equipment 30. . In the illustrated example, the equipment 30 is hierarchized into three hierarchies, but may be further hierarchized into multiple hierarchies, such as a room next to the floor of the building. However, since the number of operations until the operation state of the facility device 30 is displayed on the screen increases as the hierarchy becomes deeper, it is desirable to keep it at about 2 to 3 levels.

By hierarchizing the information on the equipment 30, the type of the equipment 30 that is the top layer is initially displayed as an option on the screen of the terminal device 242. In the illustrated example, four options of the lighting equipment 31, the water supply equipment 32, the drainage equipment 33, and the air conditioning equipment 34 are displayed. When the user selects one of the options, the next level option is displayed on the screen, and the user is prompted to select an option. By repeating such processing, the information on the equipment 30 is presented when it finally reaches the lowest layer.

In order to enable this processing, the information on the equipment 30 is stored in a hierarchical state. Further, the display module displayed on the screen of the terminal device 242 repeats the process of displaying the options for each layer on the screen and the process of displaying the options of the next layer on the screen when the option is selected. The hierarchy displayed first by the display module is the top layer, and when the selection is repeated and the bottom layer is reached, information on the equipment 30 is displayed. It is desirable that the display module return to a state in which the uppermost option is displayed on the screen of the terminal device 242 when an appropriate button set on the screen is operated.

Incidentally, the integrated management device 21 has a function of providing a management module that defines the operation of the management device 10. The management module does not necessarily have to be owned by the integrated management device 21, and the external device 24 may have the management module. In this case, when the management apparatus 10 is connected to the integrated management apparatus 21, the integrated management apparatus 21 notifies the external apparatus 24 that the management apparatus 10 is connected. The external device 24 transfers the management module to the management device 10 through the integrated management device 21 when the connection of the management device 10 is notified from the integrated management device 21. In short, the external device 24 transfers the management module to the management device 10 when communication with the management device 10 is started.

The management module is information that determines the function of the management apparatus 10 so that the facility device 30 can be managed. This information includes programs and data. The management module can be selected from a plurality of types, and the management apparatus 10 automatically acquires the corresponding function by selecting a management module that realizes a necessary function in the facility where the management apparatus 10 is installed. . For example, the management module includes a management module that only monitors the equipment 30, a management module that monitors and controls the equipment 30, and a management module that matches the type of the equipment 30.

As described above, the management module necessary for the management apparatus 10 is automatically provided from the external apparatus 24 when the management apparatus 10 is connected to the integrated management apparatus 21 connected to the external apparatus 24 and communication is started. . However, as described above, since there are a plurality of types of management modules that can be used by the management apparatus 10, it is desirable that only the management modules necessary for the user can be selected. When selecting a management module to be used by the management apparatus 10, a communication terminal (not shown) capable of communicating with the external apparatus 24 is operated. The communication terminal is selected from a personal computer, a smart phone, a tablet terminal, and the like. Since the management apparatus 10 includes the MMI 113, the management module can be selected by the MMI 113.

When the management module used in the management apparatus 10 is selected by the communication terminal or the MMI 113, transfer of the management module from the external apparatus 24 to the management apparatus 10 is started after the selection of the management module. In short, when there is no option in the management module, the management module is automatically transferred from the external device 24 to the management device 10, and when there is an option in the management module, the external device 24 changes to the management device 10 after selecting the necessary management module. Only necessary management modules are transferred.

Thus, since the management module set in the management apparatus 10 can be selected by the communication terminal, the contractor who installs the management apparatus 10 in the facility uses the communication terminal to obtain the functions required by the user. It can be easily given to the management apparatus 10. Further, the management device 10 communicates with the external device 24 via the integrated management device 21 to provide the management device 10 with the management module. Therefore, the management module updater can be provided to the management device 10 without delay. . Similarly, when the function of the management apparatus 10 needs to be changed, the required management module can be easily acquired from the external apparatus 24 by using it together with the communication terminal.

The above-described operation has been described for the management module, but the same applies to the display module, and the display module used by the management apparatus 10 is acquired from the external apparatus 24 as necessary. Further, the I / F unit 13 of the management apparatus 10 may be configured so that the management apparatus 10 can directly acquire the management module or the display module from the external apparatus 24 when the integrated management apparatus 21 is not connected. Good.

As described above, when the external device 24 includes a cloud computing system (hereinafter, abbreviated as “cloud”) as the external system 243, it is desirable to have various management modules and display modules in the cloud. . In this case, regardless of the location of the facility that uses the management apparatus 10, the management apparatus 10 can immediately acquire the management module or the display module using the cloud.

For example, if it is the management apparatus 10 corresponding to the high water tank type water supply equipment 32, operation modes (functions), such as an energy saving water supply mode, a night water supply mode, and a maintenance mode, can be selected, and a management module is provided for each operation mode. Provided.

Energy saving water supply mode is an operation mode that controls to operate as few pumps as possible when multiple pumps are used. For example, in the water supply facility 32 provided with two pumps for pumping water from the water receiving tank to the elevated water tank, it is assumed that the operation of the pump is controlled according to the water level of the water receiving tank and the water level of the elevated water tank.

In this configuration example, since power consumption increases whenever two pumps are always operated, if the two pumps are operated only when the water level of the elevated water tank falls below a preset lower limit value. Therefore, an increase in power consumption is suppressed. The night water supply mode is an operation mode in which water supply is performed at night when the unit price of the power charge is low, and the operation of the facility device 30 is mainly defined by the water level and time zone of the elevated water tank. The maintenance mode is a mode in which the automatic control of the equipment device 30 is stopped and the equipment device 30 can be controlled manually when performing maintenance.

As described above, when the operation mode of the management apparatus 10 can be selected from a plurality of types, the integrated management apparatus 21 selects and selects a desired management module from the plurality of management modules according to an instruction from the terminal device 242. Run the management module. In the present embodiment, the integrated management device 21 executes the management module and gives an instruction to the management device 10 through the first communication network NT1. Each time the management apparatus 10 receives an instruction from the integrated management apparatus 21, the management apparatus 10 returns a response regarding the success or failure of the instructed operation.

2, when a plurality of management apparatuses 10 are connected to the integrated management apparatus 21 as in the example illustrated in FIG. 2, the integrated management apparatus 21 can link the plurality of management apparatuses 10 together. For example, if the management module has a function of linking the management device 10 corresponding to the water supply facility 32 and the drainage facility 33, the water supply facility is configured so that excess or deficiency does not occur (balance) between the water supply and the drainage. 32 and the drainage facility 33 can be operated.

In order to link a plurality of management devices 10, it is necessary to share information about the management devices 10 to be linked. Therefore, the integrated management device 21 includes a shared memory that collectively stores information acquired from the management device 10 to be linked. The integrated management device 21 has a management module for linking the management device 10, and when this management module is executed, every time information is acquired from the management device 10, the information stored in the shared memory is updated. The management apparatus 10 is controlled using information stored in the shared memory.

The integrated management device 21 also has schedule control and condition control functions. The schedule control is a control in which the content of an instruction given to the management apparatus 10 and the date and time when the instruction is given are set. When the schedule control is selected, the contents of the instruction set at the set date and time are notified to the management apparatus 10. In addition, the condition control is a control in which a condition regarding information obtained by the management apparatus 10 monitoring the equipment device 30 and a content of an instruction given when the condition is satisfied are set. When the condition control is selected, the set support content is notified to the management apparatus 10 when the information that is monitored for the facility device 30 satisfies the set condition.

In the operation example described above, the integrated management device 21 controls the equipment device 30 through the management device 10 and monitors the operation state of the equipment device 30 through the management device 10. In other words, the integrated management device 21 centrally manages the equipment 30. Therefore, the integrated management device 21 can control the equipment 30 connected to the different management devices 10 in association with each other.

On the other hand, the equipment 30 may not be associated and controlled, or may be associated and controlled within the scope of the management apparatus 10 in some cases. In such a case, it is desirable that the management device 10 autonomously manages the equipment 30 without performing communication with the integrated management device 21. When the management device 10 autonomously manages the equipment 30, it is necessary to execute a management module in the management device 10.

The management module executed by the management apparatus 10 is preferably provided from the integrated management apparatus 21, but a standard management module may be set in the management apparatus 10 in advance. When a standard management module is set in the management device 10, the facility device 30 connected to the management device 10 can be controlled only by connecting the facility device 30 to the management device 10.

On the other hand, when the management apparatus 10 is connected to the integrated management apparatus 21, it becomes possible to manage the equipment 30 using the external apparatus 24 as described above, and to operate a plurality of management apparatuses 10 in association with each other. Is possible. Therefore, when the management device 10 is managed by the host device 20 while the management device 10 operates autonomously, and when a plurality of management devices 10 are to be linked, the host device 20 controls the management device 10. A configuration for transferring the management module may be employed.

In this case, the management module transferred to the management apparatus 10 may be stored in the center server 241 in addition to being stored in the integrated management apparatus 21 in the host apparatus 20. In addition, an instruction to transfer the management module from the host device 20 to the management device 10 may be performed using the terminal device 242. Further, after the management device 10 is connected to the integrated management device 21, the management module may be transferred from the upper level device 20 to the management device 10 when the power of the management device 10 is turned on.

In the configuration example described above, the case where a plurality of management apparatuses 10 are connected to the integrated management apparatus 21 through the first communication network NT1 has been described. However, as described above, when the management module stored in advance in the management apparatus 10 is used, the management apparatus 10 can autonomously manage the operation state of the equipment device 30. Therefore, the integrated management device 21 can be omitted if intensive management is unnecessary.

Even when the integrated management device 21 is used, it is desirable to notify the abnormality of the equipment 30 or the like, so that only the alarm device 22 may be connected to the management device 10 as the higher-level device 20 through the first communication network NT1. .

When the management apparatus 10 transmits the abnormality information that notifies the abnormality together with the address, the alarm device 22 blinks the alarm lamp and sounds the buzzer using the address of the management apparatus 10 as described above. The alarm device 22 includes a release button for canceling the state in which the alarm lamp blinks and the buzzer sounds in response to the information for notifying the abnormality.

Therefore, when the management system is easily constructed, the integrated management device 21 and the external device 24 may be omitted and the management device 10 and the alarm device 22 may be combined as shown in FIG. Similarly, if management by the external device 24 is unnecessary, the upper level device 20 may be only the integrated management device 21 and the alarm device 22 as shown in FIG. Furthermore, if it is not necessary to centrally manage the equipment 30, the individual management devices 10 can be used alone. Even in this case, since the management device 10 uses an off-the-shelf product in which a plurality of element devices 11 are packaged according to the equipment device 30, it is easy to construct a management system for managing the equipment device 30.

The management device 10 according to this embodiment described above includes a plurality of element devices 11 and a box 12. The plurality of element devices 11 are connected to the equipment device 30 and perform at least one of monitoring and control related to the equipment device 30. A plurality of element devices 11 are stored in the box 12 in advance before being carried into the construction site. A combination of the plurality of element devices 11 housed in the box 12 is packaged according to the type of the equipment 30.

As in the present embodiment, the plurality of element devices 11 preferably include a controller 111, a breaker 112, and a man-machine interface 113. The controller 111 is a device for managing the equipment 30. The breaker 112 is inserted in the power supply path to the equipment device 30. The man-machine interface 113 is a device for performing operations related to the facility device 30.

As in the present embodiment, it is preferable that the box 12 corresponds to the type of equipment 30.

As in the present embodiment, the box 12 preferably includes an interface unit 13. The interface unit 13 connects at least one of the host device 20 and another management device 10. The host device 20 includes a facility device (a facility device managed by the first management device 10) 30 and collectively manages a plurality of facility devices 30 used in a predetermined space area 40. The other management device (second management device) 10 manages the operation state of the facility device 30 different from the facility device (facility device managed by the first management device 10) 30 among the plurality of facility devices 30. .

The management device (first management device) 10 according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of element devices 11 and a box 12. The plurality of element devices 11 are connected to the equipment device 30 and perform at least one of monitoring and control related to the equipment device 30. A plurality of element devices 11 are stored in the box 12 in advance. A combination of the plurality of element devices 11 housed in the box 12 is packaged according to the type of the equipment 30. The box 12 corresponds to the type of equipment 30 and includes an interface unit 13. The interface unit 13 connects at least one of the host device 20 and another management device (second management device) 10. The host device 20 includes a facility device (a facility device managed by the first management device 10) 30 and collectively manages a plurality of facility devices 30 used in a predetermined space area 40. The other management device (second management device) 10 manages the operation state of the facility device 30 different from the facility device (facility device managed by the first management device 10) 30 among the plurality of facility devices 30. .

The equipment management system according to the present embodiment includes a equipment management device 10 and a host device 20. The host device 20 communicates with the management device 10 through the interface unit 13 of the management device 10. When the management device 10 starts communication with the higher-level device 20, the management device 10 transmits identification information indicating the type of the management device 10 and attribute information set according to the facility device 30 to the higher-level device 20. The host device 20 stores the identification information of the management device 10 and stores the identification information and attribute information acquired from the management device 10 in a storage area set according to the identification information acquired from the management device 10.

As in the present embodiment, the identification information preferably includes the type of the equipment 30, the address of the management device 10, and the configuration of the management device 10.

As in the present embodiment, a plurality of management devices 10 are provided. When the host device 20 polls the plurality of management devices 10 and shifts from a state in which a response is obtained from at least one management device 10 of the plurality of management devices 10 to a state in which no response is obtained, the at least one device It is preferable to determine that the management device 10 has detached.

As in this embodiment, a plurality of management devices 10 are provided. It is preferable that the host device 20 collectively determines the operating conditions of the equipment 30 for each management device 10.

As in this embodiment, the device 20 preferably performs the following operations. The host device 20 sets a hierarchy in which the type of the equipment device 30 is the uppermost layer and the information related to the equipment device 30 is the lowermost layer in the equipment device 30. When the information regarding the equipment 30 is presented, the higher-level device 20 first performs a process of presenting the top layer option and selecting the top layer option. When any one of the options of the first layer, which is one of the above layers, is selected, the higher-level device 20 presents the option of the second layer, which is the next layer of the first layer, and the option of the second layer By repeating the process of selecting, the information regarding the equipment 30 that is the lowest layer is finally presented.

As in this embodiment, the host device 20 has a function of communicating with the management device 10, a function of collecting and managing data related to the facility device 30 acquired from the management device 10, and an operation of the facility device 30 on the management device 10. It is preferable to provide a function of transmitting data instructing.

As in the present embodiment, the host device 20 preferably includes the integrated management device 21 including the first interface unit 211 that communicates with the management device 10 through the first communication network NT1. The integrated management device 21 includes a second interface unit 212 and an integrated processing unit 213. The second interface unit 212 communicates with the external device 24 through the second communication network NT2. The integration processing unit 213 aggregates data related to the facility device 30 and presents the data to the external device 24, and transmits data related to the operation of the facility device 30 instructed from the external device 24 to the management device 10.

As in the present embodiment, the external device 24 is preferably communicable with the management device 10 and has a function of transferring information necessary for the operation of the management device 10 to the management device 10.

As in the present embodiment, the external device 24 has a plurality of types of information necessary for the operation of the management device 10, and when communication with the management device 10 is started, the information used among the plurality of types of information is used. It is preferable to select the information and transfer the selected information to the management apparatus 10.

As in this embodiment, the equipment management system includes the equipment management device 10 and the alarm device 22. The alarm device 22 is connected to the interface unit 13 of the management device 10. The alarm device 22 issues an alarm associated with the facility device 30 when the abnormality information for notifying the abnormality of the facility device 30 is acquired from the management device 10.

While the invention has been described in terms of several preferred embodiments, various modifications and variations can be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the true spirit and scope of the invention, ie, the claims.

Claims

A plurality of element devices connected to the equipment and performing at least one of monitoring and control related to the equipment;
The plurality of element devices comprise a box that is stored in advance before carrying into the construction site,
A combination of the plurality of element devices housed in the box is packaged according to the type of the facility equipment.
The plurality of element devices include a controller for managing the equipment, a breaker inserted in a power supply path to the equipment, and a man-machine interface for performing operations related to the equipment. The equipment management apparatus according to 1.
The equipment management device according to claim 1, wherein the box corresponds to a type of the equipment.
The box includes a host device that collectively manages a plurality of equipment used in a predetermined space area including the equipment, and an operating state of the equipment different from the equipment among the plurality of equipment. The equipment management device according to claim 1, further comprising an interface unit that connects at least one of the other management devices to be managed.
A plurality of element devices connected to the equipment and performing at least one of monitoring and control related to the equipment;
A box in which the plurality of element devices are stored in advance,
The combination of the plurality of element devices housed in the box is packaged according to the type of the equipment,
The box corresponds to the type of the equipment, and includes a host device that collectively manages the plurality of equipment used in a predetermined space area including the equipment, and among the plurality of equipment An equipment management device comprising an interface unit that connects at least one of the equipment and another management equipment that manages an operating state of the equipment different from the equipment.
The equipment management apparatus according to claim 5;
A host device that communicates with the management device through the interface unit of the management device;
When the management device starts communication with the host device, the management device transmits identification information indicating the type of the management device and attribute information set according to the facility device to the host device,
The host device stores the identification information of the management device, and the identification information and the attribute information acquired from the management device in a storage area set according to the identification information acquired from the management device Storing equipment equipment management system.
The equipment management system according to claim 6, wherein the identification information includes a type of the equipment, an address of the management device, and a configuration of the management device.
A plurality of the management devices are provided,
When the host device polls the plurality of management devices and shifts from a state in which a response is obtained from at least one management device of the plurality of management devices to a state in which no response is obtained, the at least one management device The equipment management system according to claim 6, wherein it is determined that the apparatus has detached.
A plurality of the management devices are provided,
The equipment management system according to claim 6, wherein the higher-level device collectively determines operating conditions of the equipment for each management device.
The host device is
The facility equipment type is set as the uppermost layer, and the hierarchy regarding the equipment device as the lowest layer is set in the facility equipment,
When presenting information related to the equipment, first, a process of first presenting an option of the uppermost layer of the hierarchy and selecting the option of the uppermost layer is performed, and an option of the first layer that is one of the layers of the hierarchy When one of the above is selected, the second layer, which is the next layer of the first layer, is presented, and the process of selecting the second layer is repeated, so that the last layer is finally selected. The equipment management system according to claim 9, wherein information related to the equipment is presented.
The host device transmits a function of communicating with the management device, a function of collecting and managing data related to the equipment acquired from the management device, and data for instructing the management device to operate the equipment. The equipment management system according to any one of claims 6 to 10, comprising a function.
The host device includes an integrated management device including a first interface unit that communicates with the management device through a first communication network.
The integrated management device includes:
A second interface unit that communicates with an external device through a second communication network;
The equipment according to claim 11, further comprising: an integrated processing unit that aggregates data related to the equipment and presents the data to the external apparatus, and transmits data related to the operation of the equipment specified by the external apparatus to the management apparatus. Management system.
The equipment management system according to claim 12, wherein the external device is communicable with the management device and has a function of transferring information necessary for the operation of the management device to the management device.
The external device has a plurality of types of information necessary for the operation of the management device, and when communication with the management device is started, the information to be used is selected and selected from the plurality of types of information. The equipment management system according to claim 13, wherein information is transferred to the management device.
The equipment management apparatus according to claim 5;
An alarm device connected to the interface unit of the management device,
The said alarm apparatus issues the alarm matched with the said equipment apparatus when the abnormality information which notifies the abnormality of the said equipment apparatus is acquired from the said management apparatus. The management system of the equipment apparatus.