JP2018028719A - Schedule control device, facility management system, and schedule control method - Google Patents

Abstract

In a facility management system to which a communication protocol in which a control state of a device is not inherited when a date is changed, such as BACnet, is applied, a user needs to individually cope with a control schedule for controlling a device in the facility. Provided is a facility management device that enables a control schedule to be set across dates without setting the above. An instruction information receiving unit for receiving control schedule setting instruction information for setting a control schedule of a device, and a control schedule setting instruction information based on the control schedule setting instruction information received by the instruction information receiving unit. And a state setting unit 2021 for setting the same control state as the last control state of the previous day to the control state of the device when the date is changed on the day of the specified date. [Selection diagram] FIG.

Description

  The present invention relates to a schedule control apparatus, a facility management system, and a schedule control method for controlling information for managing equipment in a facility.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a technology for setting a control schedule for controlling equipment in a facility is known in a facility management system for managing the operation of equipment installed in equipment in the facility.
For example, Patent Document 1 is installed so as to be able to communicate with a control device for equipment equipment via a network, creates an equipment equipment operation schedule for a predetermined period, and creates equipment equipment control data according to the operation schedule. A facility equipment management apparatus is disclosed.

On the other hand, in recent years, facility management systems provide a common interface even if each equipment in the facility has a unique specification unique to the manufacturer, so that the equipment in the facility such as heat source equipment, air conditioning equipment, lighting equipment, etc. As an integrated network, BACnet (Building Automation and Control networking protocol (registered trademark), which is not described below) is increasingly used.
The facility management system has a function of setting an operation schedule for equipment in a facility such as a heat source device, an air conditioner, and a lighting device for the purpose of simultaneous operation, etc., but the BACnet which is an open protocol By using a compatible system, it is possible to share schedule setting information across a plurality of vendors.

JP 2009-296555 A

With the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, it is possible to create an operation schedule of equipment for a predetermined period. However, the equipment management apparatus disclosed in Patent Document 1 does not support BACnet.
In BACnet, the schedule setting is performed in units of one day. For example, when a schedule is set to be in a control state across dates, when the date changes, regardless of the control state of the device from the previous day, The device is controlled with an initial value set in advance.

  Therefore, in the facility management system, for example, when a communication protocol that does not take over the control state of the device when the date is changed is adopted, such as BACnet, for example, the equipment is controlled with a schedule that takes over the same state for two days In the case where the user wants to do so, there is a problem that the user needs to perform an operation such as resetting to a desired setting before the control state of the device is initialized.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems. In a facility management system to which a communication protocol such as BACnet that does not carry over the control state of the device when the date is changed, the device in the facility is used. To provide a facility management apparatus, a facility management method, and a facility management system capable of setting a control schedule across dates without requiring individual handling work by a user for a control schedule for controlling It is aimed.

  The schedule control device according to the present invention is a schedule control device that sets a control schedule for controlling a device managed in a facility management system to which a communication protocol that cannot take over the control state of the device when the date is changed is applied. Based on the control schedule setting instruction information received by the instruction information receiving unit and the control schedule setting instruction information received by the instruction information receiving unit. The apparatus includes a state setting unit that sets the same control state as the control state set at the end of the previous day as the control state of the device when the date is changed.

  According to the present invention, in a facility management system corresponding to a communication protocol in which the control state of a device is not carried over when a date is changed, such as BACnet, an individual response by a user for a control schedule for controlling facility devices in the facility A control schedule across dates can be set without requiring work.

In general, in a facility management system corresponding to BACnet, it is a diagram showing an example of an image in which devices in the facility management system share schedule setting information across a plurality of vendors. In general, in the facility management system corresponding to BACnet, when the central monitoring device sets an operation schedule for starting a device at 9 am and turning off the device at 5 pm on a certain day. It is an example of the image of the driving schedule data produced by the server. Generally, in the facility management system, the operation schedule data when the equipment is controlled according to the “initial value of the control state” on the day, regardless of the operation state set at the end of the previous day in the facility management system. It is an example of the image. It is a figure which shows the structure of the facility management system of Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram of the facility management apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram of the schedule control apparatus which the server based on Embodiment 1 of this invention mounts. It is a flowchart explaining the operation | movement regarding the "operation schedule setting instruction | indication function" in the facility management apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. In this Embodiment 1, it is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of the schedule control apparatus mounted in a server. In this Embodiment 1, it is a figure explaining an example of the information which a schedule memory | storage part memorize | stores. In this Embodiment 1, it is a figure explaining an example of the information which a schedule memory | storage part memorize | stores. In the facility management system of the first embodiment, based on the operation schedule setting instruction from the user received by the facility management device, the schedule control device creates operation schedule data that automatically sets the operation state at the time of the date change, It is a figure which shows the image of the flow by which control data is produced based on the said operation schedule, and a controller controls an apparatus according to the said control data. It is a flowchart explaining the operation | movement regarding the "driving schedule display function" in the facility management apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. In this Embodiment 1, it is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the driving schedule which a display control part displays on a display part as an image | video. It is a figure which shows an example of the display screen which displayed the driving schedule in a general and conventional facility management apparatus. In general, in Adendam a, when an operation state of 0:00 is not set, an example of a control schedule in which the latest operation state is set is described. It is a block diagram of the schedule control apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of the schedule control apparatus which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. In this Embodiment 2, it is a figure explaining an example of the information which the schedule memory | storage part of a schedule control apparatus memorize | stores. In this Embodiment 2, it is a figure which shows an example of the display screen of the driving schedule which the display control part of a facility management apparatus displays on a display part as an image | video.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
Embodiment 1 FIG.
First, the BACnet which is the premise of the facility management system of the present invention and the problems in the facility management system corresponding to the BACnet will be described.
The facility management system includes a central monitoring device, a server, a controller, a heat source device, an air conditioning device, a lighting device, and other equipment in the facility. When the operation schedule of each device is set in the central monitoring device, the server Create control data based on the operation schedule and send it to the controller. The controller controls the equipment in the facility, and controls each equipment based on the control data transmitted from the server.
In this invention, it is assumed that the facility management system is compatible with BACnet.

BACnet is an international communication standard and is a standardized open protocol for interconnecting systems built by different vendors, that is, manufacturers and sales companies.
In the facility management system, when the central monitoring device configuring the facility management system sets a control schedule for controlling the equipment in the facility, control schedule data is created on the server based on the set control schedule, Devices in the facility management system are controlled based on the control schedule data. Specifically, the user sets an operation schedule of the device as a control schedule from the central monitoring apparatus for the purpose of, for example, simultaneous operation of the devices in the facility. Here, the operation schedule includes, for example, the contents of the start / stop of the operation of the device, that is, the operation state of the device and the date / time when the start / stop command is issued.
Hereinafter, as an example, the central monitoring device will be described as setting the operation schedule for controlling the operation state of the equipment managed in the facility management system, that is, the operation schedule, but is not limited thereto. In the central monitoring device, for example, a control schedule for controlling all control states of all devices managed in the facility management system, such as the set temperature of the air conditioning device or the valve opening degree, can be set.

If the facility management system supports BACnet, schedule setting information can be shared across a plurality of vendors.
For example, as shown in FIG. 1, a user such as a facility manager sets an operation schedule for controlling a heat source device 104 manufactured by company C in a facility from a central monitoring device 101 on a server 102 manufactured by company A. When the server 102 writes the operation schedule information created based on the set contents to the heat source device controller 103 manufactured by B company, the heat source device controller 103 controls the heat source device 104. It becomes possible.
In this way, in the facility management system, by using BACnet as a communication protocol between the central monitoring device 101, the server 102, the heat source device controller 103, and the heat source device 104, for devices in the facility management system, etc. It can be used as a control device regardless of the vendor, and a flexible system construction by a multi-vendor is possible according to various purposes such as cost, scale, and function.

In such a BACnet, the control schedule setting holds data in units of one day. For example, when an operation schedule for a certain device is set to start (ON) the device at 9 am and stop (OFF) the device at 5 pm, the operation schedule is set in the central monitoring device 101 and the server An image of the operation schedule data created in 102 is as shown in FIG.
FIG. 2 shows that in the facility management system corresponding to BACnet, the central monitoring apparatus 101 sets an operation schedule for starting (ON) the device at 9 am and stopping (OFF) the device at 5 pm on a certain day. It is an example of the image of the driving schedule data produced in the server 102 in the case.
As shown in FIG. 2, in the server 102, for example, data “9:00 ON” and “17:00 OFF” are created and stored as operation schedule data.

Here, normally, when setting a driving schedule, the user designates the timing at which the driving state is switched and sets the control content. In the above-described example, the user assumes that the device is controlled in the operation state from the previous day from 0:00 to 9:00, and the operation state of the device at 9:00 on that day. The operation schedule is assumed to be “ON” until 17:00, and then “ON” until 17:00, and the device is switched to “OFF” at 17:00. Set.
However, since the BACnet holds data in units of one day as described above, the operating state set at the end of the previous day cannot be taken over. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the operation state is not set between 0:00 and 9:00 on the current operation schedule data.
Further, in the BACnet, during the time period when the set operation state is not present, the controller such as the heat source device controller 103 is operated by the device such as the heat source device 104 in the operation state according to the “initial value of the control state” set separately. It is decided to control. The “initial value of the control state” is set in advance by the user such as the facility manager from the central monitoring apparatus 101.
Therefore, in the case of FIG. 2, regardless of the operation state set at the end of the previous day, control data in which the operation state of 0:00 to 9:00 is not set is transmitted from the server 102 to the controller. The device is controlled between 0:00 and 9:00 in the operation state according to the preset “initial value of the control state”.

FIG. 3 is an example of an image of operation schedule data when equipment is controlled according to the “initial value of the control state” on the same day, regardless of the operation state set at the end of the previous day in the facility management system. is there.
In FIG. 3, the previous day is the first day and the current day is the second day. For example, as the operation schedule for the first day, the user sets the operation state of the device to “ON” at 9:00 am, that is, the device is activated. It is assumed that an operation schedule has been set. Further, it is assumed that “the initial value of the control state” is set to “OFF”.
In this case, at 9:00 on the first day, the device is activated according to the operation schedule, and at 0:00 on the second day, the device is not activated according to the “initial value of the control state”.
For example, the user may activate the device at 9:00 on the first day, leave it activated on the second day, and stop the device at 17:00 on the second day. Even if “17:00 OFF” is set in the operation schedule of the second day as the schedule, that is, when the device is to be operated for two days, the first day is the second day. The operation state set at the end of the operation is not taken over, and the “initial value of the control state” is set to “OFF”, so that the device is stopped at 0:00 on the second day.

Therefore, in the conventional facility management system corresponding to BACnet, in order to cope with such a situation, there was a problem that the user had to deal with it individually.
Specifically, for example, the user can change the “initial value of the control state” from “OFF” from “OFF” before 0:00 on the second day from the central monitoring apparatus 101. Change to “ON”. Then, after 0:00 on the second day, the changed “initial value of the control state” is returned to “OFF”.
However, in this correspondence, a setting mistake or forgetting to set may occur, and in this case, there is a problem that the operation schedule of the device on another day is also affected.

As another individual response, for example, the user may newly set “ON” as the operation state at 0:00 on the second day from the central monitoring apparatus 101. In other words, as the operation schedule for the second day, there is a countermeasure for setting operation schedules of “0:00 ON” and “17:00 OFF”.
However, even in this correspondence, the user has to bother to set the operation state of 0:00 on the second day, which is labor intensive. There is also a problem that setting may be forgotten.

  In addition, as a premise for performing the above-described correspondence, the user is also required to know about the BACnet and the handling of the “initial value of the control state” in the BACnet, which can be a heavy burden on the user. There is.

In order to solve the above problems, an original guideline “IEIEJ-G-0006: 2006 (BACnet system interoperability guidelines)” for BACnet established by the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEIEJ) was added (Adendam a). Among them, automatic rewriting of “initial value of control state” is recommended. The automatic rewriting recommended by the addendum a is an operation of constantly updating the “initial value of the control state” with the “most recent set value” when the control schedule is not set. That is, for example, in the case of the example shown in FIG. 3, at the time of 0:00 on the second day, the driving schedule includes “the latest set value”, that is, the final driving state on the first day. “ON” is automatically set.
Thereby, even if it becomes 0:00 on the second day, the device does not stop, and the device can be activated for two days.

However, the addendum a is determined by the Institute of Electrical Equipment Engineers of Japan as described above and has not been widely adopted internationally. Therefore, for example, when the facility management system is a multi-vendor system in which a Japanese device and an overseas device are mixed, information on the set operation schedule cannot be shared between the Japanese device and the overseas device. . For example, in the example shown in FIG. 1, if the server 102 corresponds to Addendum a and the heat source device controller 103 does not support Addendum a, the operation schedule information cannot be shared, and the user's The heat source device 104 cannot be controlled with a desired operation schedule. As a result, for example, if the device is to be controlled for two days, there is still a problem that an individual response as described above is required.
In addition, the user needs knowledge about Addendum a as well as BACnet, and there is a problem that it can be a heavy burden.

  The present invention solves the above-described problems. In a facility monitoring system to which a communication protocol that does not carry over the control state of a device when a date is changed, such as BACnet, is used as a communication protocol. With respect to the control schedule for control, it is possible to set a control schedule across dates without requiring individual handling work by a user such as a facility manager. As a result, it is possible to control the devices in the facility monitoring system according to the control schedule across the dates without requiring individual handling work by the user.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the configuration of the facility management system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 4, the facility management system includes a facility management apparatus 1, a server 2, one or more devices 41, 42, 43,... Installed in the facility, and the devices 41, 42, Are connected to one or more controllers 31, 32, 33,. Hereinafter, the one or more controllers 31, 32, 33,... Are represented as a controller 3n. Further, one or more devices 41, 42, 43,... Are represented as a device 4n.
The facility management apparatus 1, the server 2, and the controller 3n are connected via a network. The controller 3n and the device 4n are connected via a network. The facility management device 1, the server 2, and the controller 3n are executed by program processing using a CPU based on software. Although omitted in FIG. 4, the server 2 includes a schedule control device 21. Details of the schedule control device 21 will be described later.
In the facility management system as shown in FIG. 4, BACnet is applied as a communication protocol among the facility management apparatus 1, the server 2, the controller 3n, and the device 4n.

  The controller 3n controls devices 4n such as heat source devices, air conditioning devices, and lighting devices, for example.

The facility management apparatus 1 is a central monitoring apparatus that can collectively manage each device 4n in the facility via the server 2 and the controller 3n, and is configured by, for example, a PC (Personal Computer). The facility management apparatus 1 is installed in, for example, a facility management room.
The facility management apparatus 1 accepts an instruction for creating a control schedule for controlling each device 4n in the facility from a user such as a facility manager. The facility management apparatus 1 transmits control schedule creation instruction information related to the received control schedule creation instruction to the schedule control apparatus 21 mounted on the server 2. In this Embodiment 1, the facility management apparatus 1 shall perform the setting instruction | indication of the driving schedule of each apparatus 4n as an example of a control schedule.

  Moreover, the facility management apparatus 1 displays the operation schedule of each device 4n in the facility based on an instruction from a user such as a facility manager. The user confirms the displayed operation schedule and confirms the operating status of each device 4n.

  As described above, in the first embodiment, as an example, the facility management apparatus 1 instructs the creation of the operation schedule data in which the operation state of the device, that is, the start / stop of the operation of the device is set. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the facility management apparatus 1 can instruct creation of control schedule data in which a control state for performing control other than starting and stopping of operation of the device is set.

Based on the control schedule creation instruction transmitted from the facility management device 1, the server 2 creates and stores control schedule data in which a control schedule for controlling each device 4n in the facility is set. Here, the control data is, for example, data for performing start / stop of the device 4n, that is, control for operating or stopping the device 4n. That is, here, the server 2 creates and stores operation schedule data in which the operation schedule of each device 4n in the facility is set based on the operation schedule creation instruction information transmitted from the facility management apparatus 1.
The server 2 creates control data for controlling the device 4n based on the created operation schedule data, and transmits the control data to the controller 3n. That is, here, the control data is, for example, data for performing start / stop of the device 4n, that is, control for operating or stopping the device 4n.
Specifically, the above-described operation of the server 2 is performed by the schedule control device 21 mounted on the server 2.
That is, the schedule control device 21 of the server 2 creates operation schedule data, and transmits control data based on the operation schedule data to the controller 3n. Based on the control data, the controller 3n performs control according to the control data to the corresponding device 4n when it is time to control the device 4n, such as operation or stop.

  The server 2 communicates with the controller 3n at the set monitoring cycle, collects monitoring point data of the device 4n from the controller 3n, and stores the collected monitoring point data. The user monitors the state of the device 4n using the monitoring point data stored in the server 2, such as displaying the monitoring point data stored in the server 2 as a video in the facility management apparatus 1, for example. Can do.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of the facility management apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
As illustrated in FIG. 5, the facility management apparatus 1 includes an input reception unit 11, an instruction information transmission unit 12, a display control unit 13, and a display unit 14.

The input receiving unit 11 receives an operation schedule setting instruction or an operation schedule display instruction from an input device (not shown) such as a mouse or a keyboard.
In the first embodiment, for example, the user starts up an operation schedule setting screen and inputs a desired operation schedule for controlling each device 4n in the facility to the input unit displayed on the display unit 14 or the like. Thus, an instruction to set the operation schedule of each device 4n in the facility is issued.
When receiving an operation schedule setting instruction, the input reception unit 11 outputs operation schedule setting instruction information based on the received operation schedule setting instruction to the instruction information transmission unit 12.

Also, the manager of the facility, for example, launches the operation schedule reference screen, inputs the device 4n for which the currently set operation schedule is to be displayed in the input unit displayed on the display unit 14, and displays “display”. A display instruction for causing the display unit 14 to display an operation schedule for controlling the device 4n, which is set in the device 4n in the facility, is performed by clicking the “start button” with a mouse.
When receiving an operation schedule display instruction, the input reception unit 11 outputs to the display control unit 13 operation schedule display instruction information based on the received operation schedule display instruction.

The instruction information transmission unit 12 transmits the operation schedule setting instruction information output from the input reception unit 11 to the schedule control device 21 mounted on the server 2.
The driving schedule setting instruction information is information in which at least the device 4n, the specified date, and information on the driving state at the time specified by the user on the specified date are linked.
The information on the designated date included in the operation schedule setting instruction information specifically includes information on a date on which a date such as “July 10, 2016” is designated. This is merely an example. Here, the information on the designated date included in the operation schedule setting instruction information may be, for example, information in which “day of the week” is designated, or “2016 7 “Period” such as “Month 10 to July 30, 2016” may be specified, or information such as “third Thursday of even month” may be specified. It may be. Further, for example, information specifying “holiday” or “holiday” based on a preset and stored calendar may be used. The designated date may be information that allows the schedule control device 21 to identify a corresponding day on which the same control state as that set at the end of the previous day should be set. That is, the user can issue an operation schedule setting instruction that specifies the above-described information as a specified date.
The configuration of the schedule control device 21 and the operation of setting the same control state as the control state set at the end of the previous day in the schedule control device 21 will be described later.

The display control unit 13 refers to the schedule storage unit 203 provided in the schedule control device 21 mounted on the server 2 based on the operation schedule display instruction information output from the input reception unit 11, and designates the designated device 4n. An image displaying the contents of the operation schedule on the date is displayed on the display unit 14.
The display unit 14 is a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube), a liquid crystal display, or the like, and displays an image created by the display control unit 13.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of the schedule control device 21 installed in the server 2 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 6, the schedule control device 21 includes an instruction information receiving unit 201, a schedule data creation control unit 202, a schedule storage unit 203, a control data creation unit 204, and a transmission unit 205. The schedule data creation control unit 202 includes a state setting unit 2021 and a schedule data creation unit 2022.

  The instruction information receiving unit 201 receives the operation schedule setting instruction information transmitted from the instruction information transmitting unit 12 of the facility management apparatus 1. The instruction information receiving unit 201 outputs the received operation schedule setting instruction information to the schedule data creation control unit 202.

Based on the operation schedule setting instruction information output from the instruction information receiving unit 201, the schedule data creation control unit 202 sets the operation state of the device 4n when the date is changed on the specified date, and the specified date The operation schedule data in which the operation schedule is set is created and stored in the schedule storage unit 15.
Based on the operation schedule setting instruction information output from the instruction information receiving unit 201, the state setting unit 2021 of the schedule data creation control unit 202 specifies the current date of the device 4n specified in the operation schedule setting instruction information. Set the operation status when the date is changed to the current date.
Specifically, the state setting unit 2021 sets the device 4n specified in the operation schedule setting instruction information to the operation state at 0:00 on the date specified in the operation schedule setting instruction information at the end of the previous day. Set the same operation state as the set operation state.

The schedule data creation unit 2022 of the schedule data creation control unit 202 includes the operation schedule setting instruction information output from the instruction information receiving unit 201 and the operation state information at 0:00 on the corresponding date set by the state setting unit 2021. Based on the above, the operation schedule data is created.
The schedule data creation unit 2022 outputs the created operation schedule data to the control data creation unit 204. Moreover, the schedule data creation unit 2022 stores the created operation schedule data in the schedule storage unit 203.

  The schedule storage unit 203 stores the operation schedule created by the schedule data creation unit 2022 of the schedule data creation control unit 202 for each device 4n. The schedule storage unit 203 includes, for example, an HDD, a DVD, a memory, and the like.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 6, the schedule storage unit 203 is provided in the schedule control device 21, but not limited thereto, the schedule storage unit 203 is provided outside the schedule control device 21. The schedule control device 21 may refer to the schedule storage unit 203 via a network.

The control data creation unit 204 creates control data for controlling the device 4n based on the operation schedule data output from the schedule data creation control unit 202. Specifically, the control data creation unit 204 includes, for example, information on the devices 4n controlled by each controller 3n and information on an operation schedule for controlling the devices 4n in units of controllers 3n that control the devices 4n. The control data set in association with each other is created.
The control data creation unit 204 outputs the created control data to the transmission unit 205.

  The transmission unit 205 transmits the control data created by the control data creation unit 204 to the corresponding controller 3n set in the control data.

Although not shown in FIG. 6, the server 2 includes a data collection unit that periodically collects time-series monitoring point data of the device 4n from the controller 3n. For example, the data collection unit may collect monitoring point data at a monitoring cycle set for each monitoring point, or may collect monitoring point data from the controller 3n at all times.
The data collection unit stores the monitoring point data collected from the controller 3n in a monitoring point data storage unit (not shown). At this time, the data collection unit stores the collected monitoring point data in the monitoring point data storage unit in association with the monitoring point information and the monitoring point data collection time.
The user can manage each device 4n in the facility by referring to the contents of the monitoring point data stored in the monitoring point data storage unit.

Operation | movement of the facility management apparatus 1 which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention is demonstrated.
The facility management apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention has an “operation schedule setting instruction function” and an “operation schedule display function”.
First, an operation related to the “operation schedule setting instruction function” of the facility management apparatus 1 will be described.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an operation related to the “operation schedule setting instruction function” in the facility management apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. First, the operation of the operation schedule creation instruction of the facility management apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

The input reception unit 11 waits until an operation schedule setting instruction is received (in the case of “NO” in step ST701), and when the operation schedule setting instruction is received (in the case of “YES” in step ST701), the received operation schedule setting instruction Is output to the instruction information transmission unit 12.
A user such as a facility manager operates an input device such as a mouse or a keyboard, for example, and gives an instruction to start up an operation schedule setting screen. When receiving the operation schedule setting screen startup instruction, the input reception unit 11 outputs the received operation schedule setting screen startup instruction information to the display control unit 13, and the display control unit 13 is received by the input reception unit 11. The operation schedule setting screen is displayed on the display unit 14 based on the operation schedule setting screen startup instruction.
For example, the user inputs a desired operation schedule including the device 4n in the facility to be controlled, the date and time to be controlled, and the operation state into the input unit displayed on the operation schedule setting screen displayed on the display unit 14 Instructing the setting of the operation schedule of each device 4n in the facility.

In step ST701, the input reception unit 11 receives information on the operation schedule of the device 4n input by the user.
And the input reception part 11 makes the information linked | related with the information including the received apparatus 4n, date, and the driving | running state of the apparatus 4n as driving schedule setting instruction information.
Here, for example, when the user sets an operation schedule for turning off the operation at 17:00 as the operation schedule on July 10, 2016 for the device A, the input receiving unit 11 , Information on July 10, 2016, and information associated with “OFF” operation at 17:00 are output to the instruction information transmission unit 12 as operation schedule setting instruction information.
For example, if the operation is turned “OFF” at 17:00, then the operation is continued to be “OFF” on the same day until a new operation schedule in which the operation state is designated is set. It becomes.
In addition, here, it is assumed that the user gives an instruction for setting a driving schedule for one day, but this is only an example, and the user gives an instruction for setting a driving schedule for a plurality of days. It can also be done.

  The instruction information transmitting unit 12 transmits the operation schedule setting instruction information output from the input receiving unit 11 to the schedule control device 21 mounted on the server 2 (step ST702).

  The operation related to the “operation schedule display function” of the facility management apparatus 1 will be described later. Next, in the first embodiment of the present invention, the schedule control apparatus that has received the operation schedule setting instruction information transmitted from the facility management apparatus 1 21 will be described.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the schedule control device 21 installed in the server 2 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.
The instruction information receiving unit 201 waits until receiving operation schedule setting instruction information from the instruction information transmitting unit 12 of the facility management apparatus 1 (in the case of “NO” in step ST801), and receives the operation schedule setting instruction information (step ST801). When “YES” in ST 801), the received operation schedule setting instruction information is output to the schedule data creation control unit 202.

  The state setting unit 2021 of the schedule data creation control unit 202 acquires the operation schedule setting instruction information from the instruction information receiving unit 201, refers to the schedule storage unit 203, and designates the device 4n specified by the operation schedule setting instruction information. Same as the operation state that was set at the end of the previous day as the operation state at the time of 0:00 of the corresponding date of the corresponding device 4n An operating state is set (step ST802). Here, as described above, in the facility management apparatus 1, for example, for the device A, the user sets an operation schedule for turning off the operation at 17:00 as the operation schedule on July 10, 2016. And the information associated with the information on the device A, the information on July 10, 2016, and the information for turning off the operation at 17:00 are the operation schedule setting instruction information of the facility management apparatus 1 Assuming that it is output from the instruction information transmission unit 12, the state setting unit 2021 is set as the operation state at the time of 0:00 of the device A on July 10, 2016 at the end of July 9, 2016. Set the operating status. For example, if the operation schedule of the device A on July 9, 2016 is “0:00 OFF” and “9:00 ON”, the last set operation state is “ON”, so the state setting The unit 2021 sets “ON” as the operation state of the device A on July 10, 2016 at 0:00.

Here, FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of information stored in the schedule storage unit 203 in the first embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 9, the schedule storage unit 203 stores a date and information related to the driving schedule in association with each device 4n. In FIG. 9, the operation schedule of the apparatus A memorize | stored in the schedule memory | storage part 203 is shown as an example.
The state setting unit 2021 can specify the operation state set at the end of July 9, 2016 for the device A from the information stored in the schedule storage unit 203.
If the schedule storage unit 203 does not store the operation schedule related to the corresponding device 4n on the corresponding date, such as when the schedule control device 21 is installed, the state setting unit 2021 sets the initial value to 0:00. What is necessary is just to set it to the driving | running state of. It is assumed that the “initial value of the control state” is appropriately set in advance by the user and stored in a place where the schedule data creation control unit 202 can refer to the schedule control device 21.

Moreover, the content shown in FIG. 9 is only an example, and the schedule storage unit 203 stores at least the device 4n, the date, and the operation schedule to which the information of the automatic setting flag is associated and stored. It only has to come. The automatic setting flag will be described later.
The state setting unit 2021 schedules the set operation schedule information as of 0:00 of the corresponding date, that is, the information of the operation state “ON” of the device A as of 0:00 on July 10, 2016. The data is output to the schedule data creation unit 2022 of the data creation control unit 202.

The schedule data creation unit 2022 of the schedule data creation control unit 202 includes the operation schedule setting instruction information received by the instruction information reception unit 201 in step ST801 and the 0:00 of the corresponding date set by the state setting unit 2021 in step ST802. Based on the driving state information at the time, driving schedule data is created (step ST803). Specifically, for each device 4n, the state setting unit 2021 sets the operation schedule on the date set in the operation schedule setting instruction information, that is, the operation schedule designated by the user, in the operation state at 0:00. The data in which the operation state at 0:00 is set as the operation schedule data. Here, the schedule data creation unit 2022 creates the operation schedule data associated with the operation schedule of “0:00 ON” and “17:00 OFF” for the device A on July 10, 2016. .
At this time, the schedule data creation unit 2022 gives the information of the automatic setting flag = 1 to the information of the operation state at 0:00 set by the state setting unit 2021 in step ST802. Here, the initial value of the automatic setting flag is 0.

Schedule data creation section 2022 outputs the created operation schedule data information to control data creation section 204 (step ST804).
In addition, schedule data creation section 2022 stores the created operation schedule data in schedule storage section 203 (step ST805). As a result, as shown in FIG. 10, the contents of the schedule storage unit 203 as shown in FIG. 9 are the operation schedules of “0:00 ON” and “17:00 OFF” of the device A on July 10, 2016. However, the contents are added with the information of the automatic setting flag.

  Here, in step ST803, the schedule data creation unit 2022 assigns an automatic setting flag to the operation state set by the state setting unit 2021, and stores it in the schedule storage unit 203. However, the present invention is not limited to this. If the operation state set by the state setting unit 2021, that is, information that can be distinguished from the operation state automatically set by the schedule control device 21 instead of being specified by the user is provided. Good.

The control data creation unit 204 creates control data for controlling the device 4n based on the operation schedule data information output by the schedule data creation unit 2022 in step ST804 (step ST806). Specifically, the control data creation unit 204 includes, for example, information on the devices 4n controlled by each controller 3n and information on an operation schedule for controlling the devices 4n in units of controllers 3n that control the devices 4n. The control data set in association with each other is created.
For example, the schedule control device 21 stores a correspondence table in which a controller 3n and a device 4n controlled by the controller 3n are linked in advance in a place that can be referred to by the control data creation unit 204. . The control data creation unit 204 may identify the controller 3n that controls the device 4n with reference to the correspondence table.
Here, in the correspondence table, if the controller 3n that controls the device A is defined as the controller B, the control data creation unit 22 sets the device A to “0:00 ON”, “17” for the device A. : 0:00 OFF ”is created.
The control data creation unit 204 outputs the created control data to the transmission unit 205.

  Transmitting section 205 transmits the control data created by control data creating section 204 in step ST806 to the corresponding controller 3n set in the control data (step ST807). In this case, control data for device A “00:00 ON” and “17:00 OFF” is transmitted to controller B.

  In the controller 3n that has received the control data, the device 4n is controlled according to the control data. That is, here, the controller B controls the device A to “ON”, that is, controls the operation when the device B reaches 0:00. Is controlled to turn off, that is, stop.

As described above, in the schedule control device 21, the facility management device 1 accepts a desired operation schedule related to the equipment 4n in the facility from the user in the “operation schedule setting instruction function” and transmits the operation schedule set based on the received operation schedule. Based on the instruction information, the operation state of the device 4n when the date of the specified date is changed is set, and operation schedule data in which the operation schedule of the specified date is set is created.
In the schedule control device 21, when automatically setting the operation state of the device 4n specified by the user at the time of 0:00 on the specified date, the same operation state as the operation state set at the end of the previous day is set. Therefore, when it is desired to continuously operate the device 4n in the same operation state across the date, for example, the “initial value of the control state” is rewritten or the operation at 0:00 on the second day is performed. The user can set a continuous operation schedule across dates without performing individual actions such as setting a state. That is, it is possible to omit manual setting of individual operation states by the user. Further, the user does not have to set the operation schedule while paying attention to the “initial value of the control state”.

In addition, the schedule control device 21 creates control data based on an operation schedule in which the operation state at 0:00 is automatically set, transmits the created control data to the controller 3n, and the controller 3n The device 4n is controlled based on the above.
Since the control data has a daily operation schedule, the control data conforms to the BACnet regulations, and the contents of the control data at 0:00, that is, the contents of the operation state are invalid. As described above, the device 4n is controlled in accordance with the control data without being rewritten to the “initial value of the control state” as in the prior art.
Regardless of whether the controller 3n is compatible with Addendum a or not, the device 4n is controlled according to the contents according to the control schedule.

  11, in the facility management system of the first embodiment, a schedule control device 21 mounted on the server 2 (not shown in FIG. 11) based on an operation schedule setting instruction from a user received by the facility management device 1 Then, the operation schedule data automatically setting the operation state at the time of the date change is created, the control data is created based on the operation schedule, and an image of the flow in which the controller 3n controls the device 4n according to the control data is shown. Show.

In the above, when the schedule control apparatus 21 receives the operation schedule setting instruction information from the facility management apparatus 1, the schedule control apparatus 21 generates the operation schedule data, generates the control data based on the operation schedule data, and transmits it to the controller 3n. The flow to do was explained.
In addition to this operation, in the schedule control device 21, the control data creation unit 204 creates control data by referring to the schedule storage unit 203 at a preset cycle, and sends the created control data to the corresponding controller 3n. The operation to send is performed.
In the controller 3n, in order to control the device 4n, it is necessary to have control data based on the same operation schedule as the content stored in the schedule storage unit 203, but in the controller 3n The capacity of information that can be recorded is smaller than that of the schedule storage unit 203. That is, the controller 3n can hold only a control schedule for a certain period.
Therefore, as described above, the control data creation unit 204 creates control data based on the operation schedule data stored in the schedule storage unit 203 at a preset period, and transmits the control data to the corresponding controller 3n. In the controller 3n, the controller 3n can always hold the latest control data for controlling the device 4n.

Returning to the description of the operation of the facility management apparatus 1, the “operation schedule display function” of the facility management apparatus 1 will be described.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an operation related to the “operation schedule display function” in the facility management apparatus 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
The input reception unit 11 of the facility management apparatus 1 waits until an operation schedule display instruction is received (in the case of “NO” in step ST1201), and receives an operation schedule display instruction (in the case of “YES” in step ST1201). The operation schedule display instruction information based on the operation schedule display instruction is output to the display control unit 13.
For example, a user such as a facility manager operates an input device such as a mouse or a keyboard to give an instruction to start up an operation schedule display screen. The input reception unit 11 receives the operation schedule display screen startup instruction, outputs the received operation schedule display screen startup instruction information to the display control unit 13, and the display control unit 13 starts up the operation schedule display screen. Based on the instruction information, an operation schedule display screen is displayed on the display unit 14.
For example, the user inputs each device in the facility by inputting the device 4n in the facility for which the operation schedule is to be displayed and the date to the input unit displayed on the operation schedule display screen displayed on the display unit 14. A display schedule display instruction for a certain day of 4n is performed.

In step ST1201, the input reception unit 11 receives information on the device 4n in the facility for which the operation schedule is to be displayed and the date on which the operation schedule of the device 4n is displayed, which is input by the user.
And the input reception part 11 makes the information with which the received information of the apparatus 4n and the date information were linked | related as driving schedule display instruction information.
Here, for example, if the user inputs an instruction to display the operation schedule of the device A on July 10, 2016, the input reception unit 11 includes the information on the device A and the information on the device on July 10, 2016. Information associated with the information is output to the display control unit 13 as driving schedule display instruction information.
In addition, although a user shall perform the display instruction | indication of the driving schedule for one day here, this is only an example and the user can also perform the display instruction | indication of the driving schedule for several days.

The display control unit 13 acquires the operation schedule display instruction information output from the input reception unit 11, refers to the schedule storage unit 203 provided in the schedule control device 21 via the network, and displays the operation schedule display instruction information. Display data based on this is created (step ST1202). Specifically, the display control unit 13 acquires, from the schedule storage unit 203, information related to the operation schedule on the set date of the device 4n set in the operation schedule display instruction information, and uses the operation schedule as a video. Display data to be displayed on the display unit 14 is created.
Here, if the information of the contents shown in FIG. 10 is stored in the schedule storage unit 203, the display control unit 13 sets the operation schedule of the device A on July 10, 2016 as “0: Data of “00 ON” and “17:00 OFF” are acquired. At this time, the display control unit 13 also acquires information on the automatic setting flag.
And the display control part 13 produces the data for a display which displays the data with which the apparatus 4n, the date, and the driving schedule to which the information of the automatic setting flag was provided were matched.

Based on the display data, the display control unit 13 can know what operation schedule is set in which time zone for the operation schedule of the specified date of the device 4n set in the operation schedule display instruction information. Then, it is displayed on the display unit 14 as an image (step ST1203).
Here, FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of an operation schedule that the display control unit 13 displays on the display unit 14 as an image in the first embodiment.
As illustrated in FIG. 13, the information on the device 4 n, the date information, and the operation schedule are displayed on the display unit 14 in association with each other.
The operation schedule is displayed so that it can be understood what operation state is set according to the time. FIG. 13 shows an example in which the time zone and the operation state are displayed as a horizontal bar graph for the designated date of the device A, that is, July 10, 2016.
Moreover, the display control part 13 displays the display which shows that the said automatic setting flag is set with the driving | running state about the driving | running state in which 1 is set to the automatic setting flag. In FIG. 13, “*” is added to the display indicating that the automatic setting flag is set in the operation state “ON” from 0:00 to 17:00.
The display control unit 13 does not display “*” for the operation state in which the automatic setting flag is set to 0, that is, the initial value is set. Thus, the user can grasp whether or not the operation state is set automatically depending on whether or not “*” is added.

Note that the operation schedule display screen shown in FIG. 13 is merely an example, and the display control unit 13 may display the operation schedule by other display methods, and the device specified by the user is designated. It is only necessary to display the operation state according to the time of the date.
Further, the display indicating that the automatic setting flag is set is not limited to “*”. For example, the display control unit 13 may add a display other than “*”, and may display the corresponding operation. The color of the graph displaying the status may be displayed lightly or darkly, or the characters “ON” on the graph may be blinked. The display control unit 13 may be configured to display the operation state so that the operation state automatically set by the schedule control device 21 can be recognized.

In the facility management system corresponding to BACnet, generally, as described above, the operation state set at the end of the previous day cannot be taken over, and when the date changes, the operation state is cleared and is not set. Become. In this case, the operation state at 0:00 is not stored in the schedule storage unit 203, and when the control data for controlling the device 4n is transmitted from the server 2 to the controller 3n, the controller 3n schedules the BACnet. The “initial value of the control state” is set by the setting function.
Therefore, in the general conventional facility management apparatus 1, when the user displays the driving schedule, the driving state that is not stored cannot be displayed (see FIG. 14).
In contrast, in the facility management system according to the first embodiment, the schedule control device 21 mounted on the server 2 automatically sets the operation state at the time of 0:00, that is, when the date is changed, as described above. I did it. Thereby, as shown in FIG. 13, the driving state at the time of date change is displayed, and the user does not display the driving state and cannot grasp the driving state.
In addition, the operation state automatically set in the schedule control device 21 is given information indicating that it has been automatically set and stored in the schedule storage unit 203. In the facility management device 1, the “operation schedule display function” ”Is added with a display indicating that there is the automatically set operation state, so the user can continue to set the last operation state of the previous day for the operation state with the display added. It can be easily grasped.

  In the facility management system of the first embodiment described above, as an example, BACnet is applied as a communication protocol between the facility management apparatus 1, the server 2, the controller 3n, and the device 4n. The configuration of the schedule control device 21 mounted on the facility management device 1 and the server 2 is not limited to this, and can be applied to any system to which a communication protocol that does not inherit the control state of the device when the date is changed is applied. it can.

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, in the facility management system to which a communication protocol that does not carry over the control state of the device when the date is changed, such as BACnet, is used as the communication protocol. As for the control schedule for controlling the control, it is possible to set a control schedule across dates without requiring individual handling work by a user such as a facility manager.

  Moreover, when the set control schedule is displayed in the facility management apparatus 1, the automatically set control state is displayed, and the user is cleared because it is a control schedule across dates. As a result, the control state is not set and the control state in the time zone in which the control state is not set cannot be grasped.

  In addition, since the control state automatically set in the facility management apparatus 1 is displayed in a state where it can be seen that the control state is automatically set, the user is the same as the control state set at the end of the previous day. It can be easily understood that the control state is continuously set.

  In the first place, understanding the contents of BACnet or Addendum a itself is a heavy burden for the user. However, according to the first embodiment, the user wants to set a control schedule across dates, for example. Even when the date of the current day is changed, the control state from the previous day will be cleared and the “initial value of the control state” will be set, or if it corresponds to addendum a, it will be around 0:00 on the second day Even if there is no knowledge of BACnet or Addendum a, such as being automatically rewritten to the control state, and without being aware of BACnet or Addendum a, the creation of the control schedule or the control schedule It is possible to easily check the contents by displaying them.

  In addition, for example, when the same control is to be performed by the controller 3n corresponding to the addendum a and the controller 3n not corresponding to the addendum a, it is not necessary to perform different settings, and the control schedule is set. Development costs can be reduced by eliminating the need for double development of software.

As described above, in the BACnet, for example, in the control schedule for two days straddling the date, the date has changed at 0:00 on the second day, so the control state from the previous day is cleared and the control state is cleared. Is not set and is rewritten to “initial value of control state”, but if it corresponds to addendum a, the “initial value of control state” is set to the latest control state. It is possible to automatically take over the control state set at the end of the first day, and as a result, it is possible to create a control schedule across dates.
Therefore, at first glance, when all the devices 4n, the controller 3n, etc. in the facility management system are compatible with Addendum a, a control schedule over the date is set and the device 4n is controlled by the conventional technique. Looks like it is possible.
For example, when it is desired to set an operation schedule across the dates for the first day and the second day, the user can set “9:00 ON” from the facility management apparatus 1 for both the first day and the second day. Suppose that an operation schedule of “17:00 OFF” is set.
In this case, in the server 2, that is, in the schedule control device 21, the operation state is not set at 0:00 on the second day and is rewritten to “initial value of control state”. Since the “initial value of the control state” is “OFF” that was set most recently, that is, at the end of the first day, the user rewrites the “initial value of the control state” or changes the 0 of the second day. As a result, the date of “OFF” from 17:00 on the first day to 9:00 on the second day does not need to be individually handled, such as resetting the operation schedule to be “OFF” at 0:00. It is possible to set a driving schedule that straddles.

However, in the addendum a, when the operation schedule is not set, the operation schedule is always set by updating the “initial value of the control state” with the “most recent set value”. Occurs.
For example, in the above-described example, after 9:00 on the second day, “ON” is controlled based on the set operation state until 17:00, and 0: 00 to 9 on the second day. The time period until 0:00 until the operating state is cleared and not set is rewritten as the “initial value of the control state” to the “ON” operating state that is closest to that point in time (see FIG. 15).
In other words, if it is currently 12:00 on the second day, the operation state of 0:00 to 9:00 on the second day has been rewritten as “ON”.
At this time, it is assumed that the time has been changed on the facility management system and returned to 6:00 on the second day.
In that case, since the operation state of 0:00 to 9:00 on the second day is rewritten to “ON”, the operation state of 6:00 on the second day is set to “ON” and the time on the facility management system And the control schedule will be returned.
However, from the viewpoint of reproducing the state at the time retroactively according to the original driving schedule, the driving state at 6:00 on the second day should be the last driving state “OFF” on the first day. It is.
Thus, in Addendum a, for example, when the time is changed on the facility management system, there is a problem that it may not be possible to reproduce the original control schedule.

  On the other hand, in the schedule control apparatus 21 according to the first embodiment, the control state at the time of date change is automatically set, so there is no state where the control state is not set, and no control state is set. Therefore, even if the time is changed retroactively in the facility management system, the state according to the set schedule can be reproduced without rewriting the “initial value of the control state”. That is, the above-described problems of the addendum a can be solved.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
In the first embodiment, the schedule control device 21 automatically sets the control state set at the end of the previous day on the assumption that the control state at the time of date change on the current day is cleared and not set. It was possible to set a control schedule across dates.
However, the user may want to control the device 4n at 0:00 the next day in a control state different from the control state set at the end of the previous day.
In the second embodiment, an embodiment will be described in which the control state set at the end of the previous day is not automatically set when the control state at 0:00 is set by the user.

About the structure of the facility management system of Embodiment 2 of this invention, since it is the same structure as what was demonstrated using FIG. 4 in Embodiment 1, the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.
The configuration of the facility management apparatus 1 according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention is the same as that described with reference to FIG.
Moreover, since the operation | movement of the facility management apparatus 1 of this Embodiment 2 is the same as that of what was demonstrated using FIG. 7, FIG. 12 in Embodiment 1, the overlapping description is abbreviate | omitted.

FIG. 16 is a configuration diagram of the schedule control device 21a according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
Also in the second embodiment, as an example, based on the operation schedule setting instruction information from the facility management device 1 as the central monitoring device, the schedule control device 21a starts and stops the operation of the equipment 4n managed in the facility management system. That is, although it demonstrates as what sets the driving schedule for controlling a driving | running state, it is not restricted to this, In the facility management apparatus 1, facility management systems, such as preset temperature of an air-conditioning apparatus, or a valve opening degree, are demonstrated. In the schedule control device 21a, control schedule data for controlling all control states can be created.
In FIG. 16, the same components as those of the schedule control device 21 described in the first embodiment with reference to FIG.
The schedule control device 21a according to the second embodiment is different from the schedule control device 21 according to the first embodiment only in that the schedule data creation control unit 202a further includes a determination unit 2023.
The determination unit 2023 of the schedule data creation control unit 202a determines whether or not the operation state at 0:00 is set for the operation schedule setting instruction information output from the instruction information reception unit 201.
The determination unit 2023 outputs information on a determination result indicating whether or not the operation state at 0:00 is set to the state setting unit 2021.

The operation will be described.
FIG. 17 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the schedule control device 21a according to the second embodiment of the present invention.
The instruction information receiving unit 201 waits until receiving operation schedule setting instruction information from the instruction information transmitting unit 12 of the facility management apparatus 1 (in the case of “NO” in step ST1701), and receives the operation schedule setting instruction information (step ST1701). In the case of “YES” in ST1701), the received operation schedule setting instruction information is output to determination section 2023 of schedule data creation control section 202. The specific operation of step ST1701 is the same as that of step ST801 of FIG. 8 described in the first embodiment, and the output destination of the operation schedule setting instruction information is the schedule data creation control unit 202 of step ST801 of FIG. Since the state setting unit 2021 is different from the state setting unit 2021 only in that it is the determination unit 2023, detailed description thereof is omitted.
Here, for example, it is assumed that the user has set the operation state for the device A to “ON” for operation at 0:00 and “OFF” for operation at 17:00 as the operation schedule on July 10, 2016. Then, the instruction information receiving unit 201 links the information on the device A, the information on July 10, 2016, and the information that sets the operation to “ON” at 0:00 and the operation to “OFF” at 17:00. The attached information is received as operation schedule setting instruction information and output to the determination unit 2023.

Also in the second embodiment, for example, when the operation is turned “OFF” at 17:00, the operation is kept “OFF” on the same day until a new operation schedule is set thereafter. The Rukoto.
In addition, here, it is assumed that the user gives an instruction for setting a driving schedule for one day, but this is only an example, and the user gives an instruction for setting a driving schedule for a plurality of days. You can also do it.

The determination unit 2023 of the schedule data creation control unit 202 is based on the operation schedule setting instruction information output from the instruction information reception unit 201, and the operation state of the device 4n when the date of the specified date is changed, that is, 0: It is determined whether or not the operation state at time 00 is set (step ST1702).
When it is determined in step ST1702 that the operation state at 0:00 is not set (in the case of “NO” in step ST1702), the state setting unit 2021 of the schedule data creation control unit 202 receives the instruction information receiving unit 201 from the instruction information receiving unit 201. The operation schedule setting instruction information is acquired and the schedule storage unit 203 is referred to, and the operation state at the time of changing the date on the specified date of the device 4n specified by the operation schedule setting instruction information, that is, 0 of the corresponding date. As the operation state at 0:00, the same operation state as that set at the end of the previous day is set (step ST1703). That is, the state setting unit 2021 sets the same operation state as the operation state set at the end of July 9, 2016 as the operation state of the device A on July 10, 2016 at 0:00. For example, when the operation schedule of the device A on July 9, 2016 is “0:00 OFF”, “9:00 ON”, and “17:00 OFF”, the operation state set last is Since it is “OFF”, the state setting unit 2021 sets “OFF” as the operation state at the time of 0:00 of the device A on July 10, 2016.
The state setting unit 2021 outputs the set operation state information as of 0:00 on the corresponding date to the schedule data creation unit 2022 of the schedule data creation control unit 202. Since the operation of step ST1703 is the same as that of step ST802 of FIG. 8 described in the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted.

If it is determined in step ST1702 that the operation state at 0:00 is set (in the case of “YES” in step ST1702), step ST1703 is skipped and the process proceeds to step ST1704.
Here, as an operation schedule for July 10, 2016, an operation schedule for setting the operation to “ON” at 0:00 is set, so step ST1703 is skipped. That is, the operation state at the time of the date change on July 10, 2016 is not rewritten to the operation state set at the end of the previous day.

  The schedule data creation unit 2022 of the schedule data creation control unit 202 includes the operation schedule setting instruction information output from the instruction information reception unit 201 in step ST1701 and the 0:00 of the corresponding date set by the state setting unit 2021 in step ST1703. Based on the driving state information at the time, driving schedule data is created (step ST1704). In the second embodiment, in this step ST1704, if the schedule state creation unit 2022 outputs the operation state information at the time of 0:00 from the state setting unit 2021, the operation state at the time of 0:00 If the information on the operation state at 0:00 is not output from the state setting unit 2021, the operation state at 0:00 is set according to the operation schedule setting instruction information output from the instruction information receiving unit 201. Create operation schedule data with an operation schedule. Since other operations are the same as the operations in step ST803 of FIG. 8 described in the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted.

Here, since the operation state setting process at 0:00 (step ST1703) by the state setting unit 2021 is skipped, the schedule data creating unit 2022 operates according to the operation schedule setting instruction information output from the instruction information receiving unit 201. Create schedule data. That is, in the operation schedule at the time of 0:00, operation schedule data in which the “ON” operation state set by the user is set is created.
In step ST1703, when the schedule setting unit 2022 sets the operation state at the time of 0:00 in step ST1703, the schedule data creation unit 2022 sets the automatic setting flag = 1 information is assigned. The initial value of the automatic setting flag is 0.
As described above, the operation state at 0:00 is set by the user, that is, the ON state according to the operation schedule setting instruction information is set. Therefore, the schedule data creation unit 2022 The automatic setting flag is left at the initial value.

Schedule data creation section 2022 outputs the created operation schedule data information to control data creation section 204 (step ST1705). The specific operation is the same as step ST804 in FIG. 8 described in the first embodiment.
In addition, schedule data creation section 2022 stores the created operation schedule data in schedule storage section 203 (step ST1706). As a result, as shown in FIG. 18, the schedule storage unit 203 stores the operation schedule of “0:00 ON” and “17:00 OFF” on July 10, 2016 for the device A. The operation state set to “ON” at 0:00 is an operation state designated by the user, and is not an operation state automatically set by the schedule control device 21a. Therefore, the automatic setting flag is an initial value, that is, 0. Is set.
The specific operations in step ST1707 and step ST1708 are the same as those in step ST806 and step ST807 in FIG. 8 described in the first embodiment, respectively, and thus redundant description is omitted.

In this way, the schedule control device 21a receives operation schedule setting instruction information related to a desired operation schedule related to the equipment 4n in the facility from the user, creates operation schedule data based on the received operation schedule setting instruction information, and schedules It is stored in the storage unit 203. At this time, in the schedule control device 21a, if the operation state of the device 4n specified by the operation schedule setting instruction information is not set as of 0:00 on the specified date, the operation state as of 0:00 is automatically set. If the operation state at 0:00 on the specified date is set, the set operation state is set as the operation state at 0:00.
If the operation state at 0:00 is set, the operation state is not rewritten with the automatically set operation state, so when the user sets a desired operation schedule, the user does not know It is possible to prevent the operation schedule that automatically continues over the date from being overwritten.

When the content of the schedule storage unit 203 is as shown in FIG. 18, in the facility management apparatus 1, the input reception unit 11 receives the operation of the device A from the user on July 10, 2016. When the display instruction of the schedule is received, for example, a screen shown in FIG. 19 is displayed on the display unit 14 by the display control unit 13. Since the operation schedule in which the operation state from 0:00 to 17:00 is “ON” is an operation schedule set by the user, the automatic setting flag is set to 0, that is, an initial value is set. * "Etc. are not added.
Since the operation for displaying the display screen is the same as the operation of the “operation schedule display function” of the facility management apparatus 1 in the first embodiment, detailed description thereof is omitted.

  As in the first embodiment, the configuration of the facility management apparatus 1 and the server 2 of the server 2 according to the second embodiment described above is any system to which a communication protocol that does not carry over the control state of the device when the date is changed is applied. Can be applied to.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, in the facility management system to which a communication protocol that does not carry over the control state of the device when the date is changed, such as BACnet, is used as the communication protocol. As for the control schedule for control, when setting the control schedule across the date, if the control state at the time of date change is set by the user, the set control state has priority. For the user, it is possible to prevent the user from overwriting the operation state that automatically continues across the date without knowing it, and to reflect the control schedule desired by the user.

  The facility management apparatus 1 described in the first embodiment and the second embodiment can be applied to a facility management apparatus as a central monitoring apparatus that manages all facilities such as buildings, factories, and plants. The schedule control device 21 described in the first embodiment and the second embodiment can be applied to a schedule control device that creates control information for managing all facilities such as buildings, factories, and plants.

  Further, within the scope of the present invention, the invention of the present application can be freely combined with each embodiment, modified with any component in each embodiment, or omitted with any component in each embodiment. .

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Facility management apparatus 2,102 Server 11 Input reception part 12 Instruction information transmission part 13 Display control part 14 Display part 21,21a Schedule control apparatus 31,32,33,3n, 103 Controller 41,42,43,4n, 104 Apparatus 101 Central monitoring device 201 Instruction information receiving unit 202, 202a Schedule data creation control unit 203 Schedule storage unit 204 Control data creation unit 205 Transmission unit 2021 Status setting unit 2022 Schedule data creation unit 2023 Determination unit

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A schedule control device for setting a control schedule for controlling the equipment managed in a facility management system to which a communication protocol that cannot take over the control state of the equipment at the time of date change is applied,
An instruction information receiving unit for receiving control schedule setting instruction information for setting a control schedule of the device;
Based on the control schedule setting instruction information received by the instruction information receiving unit, the control state set at the end of the previous day to the control state of the device at the date change date of the date specified by the control schedule setting instruction information A schedule control device comprising: a state setting unit that sets the same control state as in FIG. In the control schedule set by the control schedule setting instruction information, a schedule data creation unit is provided that creates control schedule data for the specified date on the date that reflects the control state at the time of date change set by the state setting unit. The schedule control device according to claim 1, wherein: The control schedule setting instruction information further includes a determination unit that determines whether a control state at the time of the date change is set,
The said state setting part does not perform the setting of the control state at the time of the said date change, when the said determination part determines with the control state at the time of the said date change being set. Or the schedule control apparatus of Claim 2. Based on the control schedule data created by the schedule data creation unit, a control data creation unit that creates control data for controlling the device;
The schedule control device according to claim 2, further comprising: a transmission unit that transmits the control data created by the control data creation unit to a controller that controls the device. A facility management system to which a communication protocol that cannot take over the control state of the device at the time of date change is applied,
The schedule control device according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
An input receiving unit for receiving a control schedule display instruction for displaying a control schedule of the device;
A facility management system comprising: a display control unit configured to display, as a video, the control schedule data based on the control state set by the schedule control device based on information on the control schedule display instruction. The display control unit
When the state setting unit sets the same control state as the control state set at the end of the previous day, to the control state of the device at the time of date change on the date specified by the control schedule setting instruction information The facility management system according to claim 4, wherein the control schedule data is displayed so that it can be seen that the control state at the time of the date change is set by the state setting unit. The display control unit
When the state setting unit sets the same control state as the control state set at the end of the previous day, to the control state of the device at the time of date change on the date specified by the control schedule setting instruction information The facility management system according to claim 4, wherein the control schedule data is displayed by adding a symbol to the control state set by the state setting unit. The display control unit
When the state setting unit sets the same control state as the control state set at the end of the previous day, to the control state of the device at the time of date change on the date specified by the control schedule setting instruction information The facility management system according to claim 4, wherein the control schedule data is displayed by changing a display density of the control state set by the state setting unit. The display control unit
When the state setting unit sets the same control state as the control state set at the end of the previous day, to the control state of the device at the time of date change on the date specified by the control schedule setting instruction information The facility management system according to claim 4, wherein the control schedule data is displayed by blinking the control state set by the state setting unit. A schedule control method by a schedule control device for setting a control schedule for controlling the device managed in a facility management system to which a communication protocol that cannot take over the control state of the device at the time of date change is applied,
An instruction information receiving unit receiving control schedule setting instruction information for setting a control schedule of the device; and
Based on the control schedule setting instruction information received by the instruction information receiving unit, the state setting unit returns to the control state of the device at the date change of the date on the date specified by the control schedule setting instruction information at the end of the previous day. A schedule control method comprising: setting the same control state as the set control state.

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