JP2023033420A - Fire warning facility - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simply and easily confirm terminal information which indicates the state of each terminal to be connected to a signal line from a receiver during a construction work without requiring turn waiting in the receiver and visiting the receiver.

SOLUTION: A fire warning facility monitors a fire by connecting terminals including analog fire sensors 14 to a receiver 10. In the receiver 10, a construction terminal management section 50 generates construction terminal information 52 which indicates a construction state of the terminals to be connected, manages the information, and also generates a construction state management screen to display the screen. A wireless LAN communication section 46 transmits the construction terminal information 52 to a portable terminal 54. The portable terminal 54 generates the screen for construction state management based on the received construction terminal information 52 and displays the screen, thereby to enable confirmation of a progress state or the like of terminal connection by the terminal connection work.

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COPYRIGHT: (C)2023,JPO&INPIT

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fire alarm system for monitoring fires by connecting a terminal such as a fire sensor or smoke control device having a unique address to a signal line drawn from a receiver.

Conventionally, in a fire alarm system known as R-type, a terminal such as a fire sensor having a transmission function with a unique address is connected to a signal line drawn from a receiver, and when a fire is detected, , based on the fire interrupt from the fire detector, issue a search command from the receiver, specify the address of the fire detector that issued the alarm, collect fire data such as smoke density and temperature, and collect the fire data When the threshold is exceeded, it is determined that there is a fire, the fire representative light is turned on, and the main sound alarm is output.In addition, the display provided on the receiver displays a fire occurrence message, the location of the fire, the time of the fire, and the receiver. A fire alarm screen displaying operation guidance and the like is displayed.

In the construction of such fire alarm equipment, construction work is carried out to connect terminals such as fire detectors and smoke prevention equipment with unique addresses to the signal line drawn from the receiver installed in the disaster prevention center, etc. We are conducting tests to confirm the operation of connected terminals, and we are proceeding with construction toward the final firefighting inspection.

By the way, during the construction work of the fire alarm equipment, the receiver was switched to the construction maintenance mode, and in the construction maintenance mode, the receiver was connected to the signal line, disconnected, and connected. Manage construction terminal information indicating results, etc., display a construction status management screen based on the construction terminal information on the display device of the receiver, and view the construction status management screen for construction workers such as site personnel, subcontractors, and managers. As a result, it is used as an important information source for confirming the construction policy for the fire inspection conducted after the construction is completed.

JP 2007-265353 A Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-219870

However, in the case of such fire alarm equipment, at the construction site nearing the completion of construction, many construction workers need to check the terminal information on the screen of the receiver, which is the source of information indicating the current status of the construction. I have been using it frequently, and there is a lot of congestion in front of the receiver waiting for my turn to see the construction status management screen of the receiver.

For example, the person in charge of the construction site grasps the progress of the entire construction site and formulates the construction policy by viewing the construction status management screen. In addition, cooperating contractors check the status of the work area they are in charge of by looking at the construction status management screen, and check the status of fire detectors after construction. Furthermore, the construction manager confirms the site process and remaining work volume by looking at the construction status management screen, and confirms the progress status of the entire site.

In addition, the person in charge of the construction work and the subcontractor have to go to the receiver located away from the construction site to check the construction status management screen, and there is also the problem that it takes time to go back and forth.

Thus, in the construction work of fire alarm equipment, there is a problem that it takes time and effort to check the construction status management screen of the receiver, which is the key to site management, and it places a heavy burden on the people involved in the construction. It has become.

The present invention makes it possible to simply and easily check the construction status indicating the state of a terminal connected to a signal line from a receiver during construction work without waiting for a turn at the receiver or going to the receiver. An object of the present invention is to provide a fire alarm system that enables confirmation.

(Fire alarm equipment 1)
The present invention is a fire alarm system for monitoring a fire by connecting a terminal including a fire sensor to a receiver and/or a relay panel,
the receiver
a construction terminal management unit that generates and manages construction terminal information indicating the construction status of a connected terminal;
a communication unit for transmitting construction terminal information generated by the construction terminal management unit to a mobile terminal connected for communication;
with
The mobile terminal is characterized by generating and displaying a screen for construction status management based on the construction terminal information received by communication connection with the communication unit.

(Fire alarm equipment 2)
The present invention is a fire alarm system for monitoring a fire by connecting a terminal including a fire sensor to a receiver and/or a relay panel,
the receiver
a construction terminal management unit that generates and manages construction terminal information indicating the construction status of a connected terminal, and generates and displays a construction status management screen based on the construction terminal information;
a communication unit for transmitting screen information of a construction status management screen generated by the construction terminal management unit to a mobile terminal connected for communication;
with
The portable terminal is characterized by displaying a screen for construction status management equivalent to the construction status management screen based on the screen information received through communication connection.

(Fire alarm equipment 3)
The present invention is a fire alarm system for monitoring a fire by connecting a terminal including a fire sensor to a receiver and/or a relay panel,
the receiver
a construction terminal management unit that generates and manages construction terminal information indicating the construction status of a connected terminal, and generates a screen for construction status management to be displayed on a mobile terminal based on the construction terminal information;
a communication unit that transmits screen information of a screen for construction status management generated by the construction terminal management unit to a mobile terminal that is connected for communication;
with
A fire alarm system characterized in that a mobile terminal displays a screen for construction status management based on screen information received through communication connection.

Based on the construction terminal information, the receiver generates and displays a construction status management screen including an address map in which the addresses of the terminals are arranged in a matrix.

The receiver generates screen information including an address map in which the addresses of the terminals are arranged in a matrix based on the construction terminal information, and transmits the screen information to the mobile terminal,
Based on the screen information received from the receiver, the portable terminal displays the address map on the screen for construction status management.

(basic effect)
The present invention relates to a fire alarm system in which a terminal including a fire sensor is connected to a signal line drawn from a receiver to monitor fires, and the receiver is notified of the construction status of the terminal for the signal line. A construction terminal management unit that generates and manages construction terminal information to be displayed, generates and displays a construction status management screen based on the construction terminal information, and a communication unit that transmits the construction terminal information of the construction terminal management unit to the outside. Since a mobile terminal is provided that generates and displays a screen for construction status management based on the construction terminal information received by communicating with the communication unit of the receiver, construction workers can easily determine the installation location of the receiver. By looking at the construction status management screen displayed based on the construction terminal information of the receiver on the portable terminal carried by the person involved in the construction, without going to the site and checking the construction status management screen of the receiver You can easily check the construction status, and you don't have to wait in line to see the terminal information on the receiver screen or go back and forth to see the receiver screen from a remote construction site. To eliminate the burden on construction workers for viewing, and to enable construction work toward fire inspection to proceed smoothly and efficiently.

(Effects of displaying the construction status management screen)
The construction status management screen and the construction status management screen display information indicating terminal unconnected, terminal connected, and terminal type corresponding to all or part of the addresses of terminals that can be connected to the signal line. As a result, the construction status of the terminal including the fire sensor can be easily and reliably confirmed by the user's portable terminal in addition to the receiver.

(Effect of color-coded display of terminal status)
In addition, on the construction status management screen and the screen for construction status management, all or part of the addresses of terminals that can be connected to the signal line are arranged, and the addresses corresponding to terminal unconnected and terminal connected are color-coded, or Since the display format is changed to display differently, on the construction status management screen, for example, addresses that are not connected to the terminal are displayed in blue, and addresses that are connected to the terminal are displayed in red. From the arrangement of the displayed terminal connection addresses, construction information such as the progress status of terminals such as fire detectors can be confirmed at a glance.

(Effect of color-coded display of terminal connections of different types)
In addition, the connected terminal management unit of the receiver indicates which type of terminal should be connected to each address of all or part of the addresses of the terminals connectable to the signal line and whether it should be unconnected. The construction schedule is stored, and the construction status management screen and the screen for construction status management indicate the difference in connection status when a terminal connection different from the construction schedule is detected in the color-coded display of the corresponding address of the terminal connection. For example, in addition to the color-coded display of blue for addresses that are not connected to terminals and red for addresses that are connected to terminals, among the addresses that are terminal-connected, a type different from the construction schedule is displayed. If a terminal is connected by mistake, it will be displayed in yellow, for example, and you can easily check the terminal connection of the wrong type from the construction status management screen, and you can efficiently switch to the terminal connection of the correct type. can.

(Effect of updating terminal information on a mobile terminal)
In addition, since the mobile terminal stores the construction terminal information received from the receiver and acquires and updates the construction terminal information of the address that has changed after the construction terminal information is stored from the receiver, It suffices to transmit the changed construction terminal information to the terminal, and communication efficiency can be improved by reducing the amount of communication.

(Effect of displaying terminal information in the same format as the receiver)
In addition, since the mobile terminal displays the construction terminal information received from the receiver on a screen for construction status management in the same format as the construction status management screen displayed on the receiver, You can check the terminal information efficiently with the same feeling as displaying the construction terminal information on the machine screen.

(Effect of displaying mobile terminal status information in a format different from that of the receiver)
In addition, the mobile terminal displays the construction terminal information received from the receiver as a screen for construction status management in a format different from the construction status management screen displayed on the receiver, which is processed in a predetermined manner. Therefore, by displaying the construction terminal information in a format different from that on the receiver screen as necessary, the construction terminal information can be displayed according to the needs of construction workers who use mobile terminals to check the construction status. , to make it easier to check the construction status.

(Effect of displaying terminal information by period)
In addition, since the mobile terminal displays the construction terminal information received from the receiver on a screen for managing the construction status by dividing it into predetermined time units, it is possible for the construction workers to be notified when the construction progress is behind schedule. For example, it is possible to determine the cause of the delay by displaying a construction status management sub-screen that specifies a past predetermined period and make efforts to eliminate it.

(Effect of display of terminal information display update part in units of period)
In addition, the mobile terminal differentiates the display form of the construction terminal information items that have changed in a predetermined period from the display form of the construction terminal information items that have not changed in the predetermined period in the display on the screen for construction status management. As a result, it is possible to simply and easily check whether or not the construction has progressed within the predetermined period.

(Display of terminal information by grouping on a mobile terminal)
In addition, the mobile terminal displays the construction terminal information received from the receiver on the screen for managing the construction status by dividing it into each system corresponding to the signal line drawn from the receiver. By displaying the construction status management screen on the mobile terminal on a daily basis, it is possible to accurately grasp the progress of construction and use it to determine future construction policies and completion prospects.

(Effect of displaying terminal information by dividing the person in charge on a mobile terminal)
In addition, the mobile terminal displays the construction terminal information received from the receiver on the screen for construction status management, divided by person in charge. By displaying the terminal information on the construction status management screen of the mobile terminal, it is possible to grasp the current situation with respect to the construction schedule, accurately grasp the progress of the construction in charge of one's own work, and make future construction policies and completion forecasts. allow it to be useful in making decisions.

(Effect of direct communication between receiver and mobile terminal)
The communication unit of the receiver sets a communicable area in the construction area of the fire alarm equipment, and the mobile terminal located in the communicable area acquires terminal information from the terminal management unit of the receiver and displays it on the screen. By setting a simple wireless communication environment such as a wireless LAN in the construction area using the communication unit of the receiver, terminal information can be obtained from the receiver and used by the mobile terminal of the user.

(Communication between receiver and mobile terminal via server)
The mobile terminal acquires terminal information from the terminal management section of the receiver via a server connected via an external network and displays it on the screen. Terminal information is sent to a server on the Internet using a wide-area wireless environment, and the terminal information of the server can be received and confirmed by a mobile terminal carried by the user. Terminal information can be acquired and used even in other places.

(Effect of construction status management screen of distributed system)
Also, one or more relay boards are connected to the receiver via a network line, a terminal including a fire detector and an interlocking device is connected to the signal line drawn from the relay board, and a terminal for the signal line is connected to the relay board. The construction terminal information indicating the construction status is stored, and when a fire is detected by the relay panel, a distributed system is configured that notifies the receiver and outputs a fire alarm. Based on the received construction terminal information, a construction status management screen for the relay panel is generated and displayed, and the communication unit transmits the construction terminal information for the relay panel to the portable terminal, and the portable terminal communicates and connects to the communication unit of the receiver. Since the screen for construction status management is generated and displayed based on the construction terminal information of the repeater board received from the construction terminal management department, For construction status management displayed based on the construction terminal information of the relay board on the mobile terminal carried by the construction worker without going to the installation location of the receiver and checking the terminal information on the construction status management screen of the relay board You can easily check the construction status of the terminal on the relay panel by looking at the screen of , wait for your turn to see the terminal information on the receiver screen, or view the receiver screen from a remote construction site. To eliminate the need to go back and forth, to eliminate the burden on persons involved in construction to see the construction status in a relay panel, and to enable construction work to proceed smoothly and efficiently toward a fire inspection.

(Effect of sending screen information on the construction status management screen)
In another aspect of the present invention, in fire alarm equipment for monitoring fires by connecting a terminal including a fire sensor to a signal line drawn from the receiver, A construction terminal management unit that generates and manages predetermined construction terminal information indicating the construction status of the terminal, generates and displays a construction status management screen based on the construction terminal information, and a construction status management screen that is displayed by the construction terminal management unit. A communication unit that transmits the screen information to the outside is provided, and a mobile terminal that displays a copy screen of the construction status management screen based on the screen information received by communicating with the communication unit of the receiver is provided. By sending the construction status management screen displayed on the receiver to the mobile terminal as a copy screen and displaying it, the construction status management screen is generated and displayed by sending the construction terminal information generated and managed by the receiver to the mobile terminal. As compared with the case of doing so, the processing on the mobile terminal side can be simplified, and for example, it is possible to easily check the construction status management screen using a mobile terminal such as a smart phone or a tablet terminal.

Explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of a fire alarm system that displays construction management information on a receiver Explanatory diagram showing an example of construction management information stored in the receiver Explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of a mobile terminal that receives construction management information from a receiver and displays it on the screen. Explanatory diagram showing the construction status management screen before terminal connection work Explanatory diagram showing the construction status management screen following Fig. 4 Explanatory diagram showing the construction status management screen associated with terminal connection construction Explanatory diagram showing the construction status management screen following FIG. Flowchart showing construction management control by a receiver Flowchart showing display control of construction status management sub-screen by mobile terminal Explanatory diagram showing the display format of the construction status management screen using the address map Explanatory diagram showing the construction status management screen using the address map before terminal connection construction Explanatory diagram showing the construction status management screen using the address map associated with terminal connection construction Explanatory diagram showing the construction status management screen using a color-coded address map Explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of a fire alarm system that transmits construction management information from a receiver to a mobile terminal via a server Explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of a fire alarm system that displays the construction status of a relay panel on the screen by a receiver

[Fire alarm system]
(Overview of fire alarm system)
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of a fire alarm system for displaying construction management information on a receiver. As shown in FIG. 1, a fire alarm system that has been constructed and is in operation is installed with, for example, an R-type receiver 10 in the janitor's room on the first floor of the building where the fire alarm system is installed. , signal lines 12-1 to 12-3 are led out from the receiver 10 for each system to the security area.

The signal line 12-1 is connected to a plurality of analog fire detectors 14 having a transmission function with unique addresses, and detections derived from repeaters 16 having a transmission function with unique addresses. An on/off fire sensor 18 and a transmitter 20 are connected to the equipment line 17 .

The signal line 12-2 is connected to a plurality of analog fire detectors 14 and an addressable transmitter 22 having a transmission function in which a unique address is set. Furthermore, a smoke prevention device 24 is connected to the signal line 12-3 via a repeater 16 having a transmission function and having a unique address.

Here, the maximum number of addresses set in the terminal devices such as the analog fire detectors 14 and repeaters 16 connected to the signal lines 12-1 to 12-3 is set to 255, for example. terminal equipment including analog fire detectors 14 can be connected. In the following description, the signal lines 12-1 to 12-3 may be referred to as the signal line 12 when there is no need to distinguish between them.

(Functional configuration of receiver)
The receiver 10 is provided with a main CPU 26 and a plurality of sub CPU boards 28-1 to 28-3. 1 to 32-3 are provided.

The main CPU 26 and the sub CPUs 30-1 to 30-3 are connected by a serial transfer bus 34 and exchange data with each other. In the following description, sub CPUs 30-1 to 30-3 and transmission units 32-1 to 32-3 may be referred to as sub CPU 30 and transmission unit 32 when there is no need to distinguish between them.

The main CPU 26 includes a display 36 with a touch panel using a liquid crystal display panel or the like, a display unit 38 provided with a representative light for fire, gas leakage, and failure, an LED indicator light, etc., and a switch for switching between construction maintenance mode and fire monitoring mode. and an operation unit 40 provided with various switches necessary for fire monitoring, an acoustic alarm unit 42 provided with a speaker, and an alarm transfer unit 44 are connected.

Also, the main CPU 26 is provided with a USB port (not shown), and data can be read and written by setting a portable USB memory.

The main CPU 26 is provided with a fire monitoring control section 48 and a construction terminal management section 50 as functions realized by executing programs. The construction terminal management unit 50 functions when the receiver 10 is switched to the construction maintenance mode due to the construction work of the fire alarm equipment. Also, the fire monitoring control unit 48 functions during operation when the construction of the fire alarm system is completed and the receiver 10 is switched to the fire monitoring mode.

In addition, the main CPU 26 includes an analog fire sensor 14 used for construction terminal management, a repeater 16 to which an on/off fire sensor 18 is connected, an addressable transmitter 22, a repeater 16 to which a smoke prevention device 24 is connected, and the like. construction terminal information 52 relating to the terminal of .

The storage of the installation terminal information 52 for the main CPU 26 is created by a manufacturer such as a factory during the installation stage of the fire alarm equipment, stored in a USB memory, set in the USB port of the receiver 10, and the receiver 10 is operated by a predetermined operation. is read from the USB memory and stored as the construction terminal information 52 on the non-volatile memory of the main CPU 26 in the state of being switched to the construction/maintenance mode by .

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of construction terminal information stored in the receiver. As shown in FIG. 2, the construction terminal information 52 is divided by system, address, type, line, building, floor, and district. 1 conference room east" is stored, and then linked destinations such as "1-111", "1-112", and "1-113", which are combinations of systems and addresses, are stored as device information of linked destinations. . The construction terminal information 52 also stores construction-related information indicating terminal disconnection, terminal connection, terminal test results, and the like associated with construction work.

It should be noted that the installation terminal information 52 stored in the main CPU 26 is used to display the fire zone and display the fire zone during operation when the installation work of the fire alarm equipment is completed and the receiver 10 is switched to the fire monitoring mode and the fire monitoring control unit 48 functions. It is used as it is as terminal information for interlocking control.

(Receiver fire monitoring control)
Fire monitoring control during operation in which the installation work of the fire alarm system is completed and the receiver 10 is switched to the fire monitoring mode is as follows.

Taking the sub CPU 30-1 of the sub CPU board 28-1 as an example, the sub CPU 30-1 instructs the transmission unit 32-1 to transmit and receive signals to and from the analog fire detector 14 according to a predetermined communication protocol. and perform fire monitoring control.

During normal monitoring, the fire monitoring control by the sub CPU 30-1 instructs the transmission unit 32-1 to transmit a broadcast batch AD conversion signal including a batch AD conversion command at regular intervals. The analog fire sensor 14 that receives this batch AD-converted signal detects and holds the smoke concentration or temperature as sensor data. Subsequently, the sub CPU 30-1 transmits a call signal including polling commands sequentially designating terminal addresses.

When the analog fire sensor 14 receives a call signal having an address that matches its own address, it transmits a response signal containing the analog data of the sensor held at that time to the transmission section 32-1. Further, when the analog fire sensor 14 detects that the sensor analog data reaches a predetermined fire pre-level lower than the predetermined fire determination level, it transmits a fire interrupt signal to the transmission section 32-1.

When the sub CPU 30-1 receives the fire interrupt signal via the transmission unit 32-1, it transmits a group search command signal to identify the group including the analog fire detector 14 that is detecting the fire. By identifying the address of the analog fire sensor 14 that is detecting , the analog data of the sensor is centrally collected and transmitted to the main CPU 26 via the serial transfer bus 34 .

The main CPU 26 compares the analog data received from the sub CPU 30-1 with a predetermined fire determination level, determines that there is a fire when the analog data reaches the fire determination level, and lights the fire representative lamp of the display unit 38. , causing the speaker of the acoustic alarm unit 42 to output a predetermined main acoustic alarm indicating the occurrence of a fire, causing the display 36 to display fire alarm information including the location of the fire based on the address of the sensor where the fire was detected, and further transferring the alarm. The unit 44 outputs the fire alarm transfer signal to the outside to perform predetermined alarm transfer control and the like.

The fire monitoring control by the sub CPU 30-2 and the transmission unit 32-2 provided on the sub CPU board 28-2 is also the same as in the above-described sub CPU board 28-1. In addition, regarding the sub CPU 30-3 and the transmission unit 32-3 provided on the sub CPU board 28-3, when the main CPU 26 detects a fire, it is prevented based on the linked destination of the construction terminal information 52 shown in FIG. Interlocking control of the smoke exhaust device 24 is performed.

[Construction of fire alarm system]
(Configuration of fire alarm equipment during construction)
The construction work of the fire alarm system shown in FIG. wiring work.

Subsequently, signal lines 12-1 to 12-3 drawn from the receiver 10 are connected to an analog fire sensor 14, a repeater 16 to which an on/off fire sensor 18 is connected, an addressable transmitter 22, and a smoke prevention device 24. A construction work is performed to connect the terminals such as the repeater 16 to which is connected, a test is conducted after the connection to confirm that it operates normally, and after all construction work is completed, a fire inspection is conducted and the fire test is passed. In this case, the receiver 10 is switched to the fire monitoring mode, operation is started, and fire monitoring control is started. It should be noted that it is also possible to switch to the fire monitoring mode during construction and perform construction work and tests.

The construction terminal management unit 50, which functions in the construction maintenance mode, includes the analog fire detectors 14 for the signal lines 12-1 to 12-3, the repeaters 16 to which the on/off fire detectors 18 are connected, the addressable transmitters 22, and smoke prevention and exhaust. It generates and manages the construction terminal information 52 indicating the construction status of terminals such as the equipment 24 , and controls the generation of the construction status management screen based on the construction terminal information 52 and displaying it on the display 36 .

Further, the main CPU 26 is provided with a wireless LAN communication section 46 that functions as a communication section that transmits the construction terminal information 52 generated and managed by the construction terminal management section 50 to the outside. The wireless LAN communication unit 46 can use a small interface conversion device known as a WiFi (registered trademark) dongle that is inserted into the USB port of the main CPU 26 for use.

The wireless LAN communication unit 46 functions as an interface conversion adapter, and performs conversion between signals conforming to the USB communication protocol and signals conforming to the wireless LAN communication protocol. For example, the wireless LAN communication unit 46 is configured to transmit data between a signal conforming to the USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 standard and a signal generated by wireless LAN communication conforming to IEEE 802.11 based on a wireless network using Ethernet (registered trademark). After conversion, a wireless LAN communicable area is formed in the construction area of the fire alarm equipment.

A mobile terminal 54 carried by a person involved in the construction work of the fire alarm system is provided corresponding to the wireless LAN communication unit 46 of the receiver 10 . The portable terminal 54 is connected to the wireless LAN communication section 46 of the receiver 10 for communication, and generates and displays a construction status management sub-screen based on the construction terminal information 52 received from the construction terminal management section 50 .

(mobile terminal)
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of a mobile terminal that receives construction management information from a receiver and displays it on the screen. The mobile terminal 54 includes a terminal CPU 62 , a communication section 64 to which an antenna 66 is connected, a display 68 with a touch panel using a liquid crystal display panel or the like, and an operation display section 70 .

The terminal CPU 62 is provided with the functions of a terminal control section 72 realized by executing a program. Also, the memory of the terminal CPU 62 stores construction terminal information 74 received from the receiver 10 .

The communication unit 64 transmits and receives signals through wireless LAN communication conforming to IEEE 802.11 based on the same Ethernet (registered trademark) wireless network as the wireless LAN communication unit 46 of the receiver 10 .

The terminal control unit 72 instructs the communication unit 64 by operating the screen of the operation display unit 70 or the display 68, and in a state of communication connection with the wireless LAN communication unit 46 of the receiver 10, generated by the construction terminal management unit 50 of the receiver 10 The managed construction terminal information 52 is received and stored as terminal management information 74 in the memory.

Here, when the terminal control unit 72 first receives the construction terminal information from the construction terminal management unit 50 by communicating with the wireless LAN communication unit 46 of the receiver 10, the terminal control unit 72 stores the construction terminal information as it is in the memory. Control is performed to acquire the construction terminal information of the changed address from the management unit 50 and update the construction terminal information 74 in the memory, and the changed construction terminal information is transmitted from the receiver 10 to the portable terminal 54. By doing so, communication efficiency is improved by reducing the amount of communication.

In addition, the terminal control unit 72 causes the display 68 to display the same construction status management sub-screen as the construction status management screen displayed on the receiver 10 based on the construction terminal information 74 received from the receiver 10 and stored. Alternatively, a construction status management sub-screen that is different from the construction status management screen displayed on the receiver 10 may be displayed.

For example, the terminal control unit 72 divides the construction terminal information 74 into construction status management subscreens divided into predetermined time units, and divided into systems corresponding to the signal lines 12-1 to 12-3 pulled out from the receiver 10. A construction status management sub-screen or a construction status management sub-screen divided for each person in charge can be displayed.

By displaying the construction status management sub-screen processed by the mobile terminal 54 in this way, the construction status management sub-screen that meets the needs of the person involved in the construction who checks the construction status using the mobile terminal 54 is displayed. To make it easier to confirm a construction situation.

[Construction status management screen]
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the construction status management screen before terminal connection work, FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the construction status management screen following FIG. 4, and FIG. 6 shows the construction status management screen accompanying terminal connection construction. An explanatory diagram, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing the construction status management screen continued from FIG.

4 to 7 show the construction status management screen displayed on the display 36 of the receiver 10, but if the display format of the construction status management sub-screen displayed on the display 68 of the portable terminal 54 is the same, It is the same as the construction status management screen of the receiver 10, therefore, the following description of the construction status management screen of the receiver 10 simultaneously describes the construction status management sub-screen of the portable terminal 54. FIG.

(Initial screen before terminal connection work)
As shown in FIG. 4, the construction status management screen 76-1 (including the construction status management sub-screen of the mobile terminal 54) displayed on the display 36 of the receiver 10 before starting the terminal connection work is a terminal address display. If the maximum number of addresses of the signal line 12 shown in FIG. Here, FIG. 5 shows a case where the terminal address display section 78 in FIG.

The binary address map of the terminal address display section 78 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 shows the column addresses 000 to 250 divided into 10 address units in two columns in the column direction, and the row addresses 0 to 9 in the row direction. It is divided into address units, and at the address positions of addresses 001 to 255 determined by the column address and row address, there is a terminal unconnected code "unconnected" indicating a schedule to connect a terminal based on the construction terminal information 52 of FIG. is displayed.

For example, in the terminal address display section 78 of FIG. 4, the addresses 001, 002, 011 to 014, 016 to 018, 021 to 029, etc. indicate that the terminal is not connected by the code "unconnected".

The construction status management screen 76-1 is also provided with a list button 80, a detail button 82, a yesterday-opened button 84, a today-opened button 86, a calendar selection button 88, and the like, as operation buttons used for screen operations. Here, the list button 80 is operated to display the entire address shown in the drawing on the terminal address display section 78 . Further, the detail button 82 is operated to display detailed terminal information by narrowing down the address range on the terminal address display section 78 shown in the drawing.

Yesterday's open button 84, today's open button 86, and calendar selection button 88 provided on the construction status management screen 76-1 are used to specify the period of the construction status to be displayed on the terminal address display section 78. An operation is performed to select and display the status, today's construction status, and the construction status of the day selected from the calendar.

In addition to this, the operation status management screen 76-1 has operation buttons for displaying sensitivity, failure, etc. as the terminal status, but they are omitted from the drawing. The operation buttons on the construction status management screen 76-1 are the same for the other construction status management screens 76-2.

(Construction status management screen during terminal construction)
An analog fire sensor 14, a repeater 16 to which an on/off fire sensor 18 is connected, an addressable transmitter 22, a smoke prevention device 24, etc. are connected to, for example, the signal line 12 drawn from the receiver 10 of FIG. However, due to this terminal construction, for example, when the open button 86 is operated today, the construction status management screens 76-3 and 76-4 shown in FIGS. 36 (including the construction status management sub-screen displayed on the mobile terminal 54 display 68). 7 shows a screen in which the terminal address display section 78 of FIG. 6 is scrolled up to the maximum address 255. As shown in FIG.

In the construction status management screen 76-3 of FIG. 6, the sub CPU 30 instructs the transmission unit 32 to send a call signal when terminal connection work such as the analog fire detector 14 is performed. Since the terminal connection address is detected by receiving the terminal, and the terminal type is detected by transmitting the type call signal based on this, the code "not connected" of the address where the terminal connection and terminal type are detected is changed to the terminal Codes indicating connection and type are displayed by "out", "smoke", "heat", "on", "ga", and the like. Here, ``smoke'' indicates a transmitter, ``smoke'' indicates a smoke detector, ``heat'' indicates a heat detector, ``in'' indicates a general-purpose digital input terminal, and ``ga'' indicates a gas leak alarm.

In this way, the construction status management screens 76-3 and 76-4 shown in FIGS. By operating the communication unit 46 of the receiver 10 for communication and receiving the construction terminal information 52 generated and managed by the construction terminal management unit 50 at that time, the display 68 of the portable terminal 54 displays the construction status management sub-screen. The same screen is displayed, and construction workers can easily check the construction status of the terminal by viewing the same construction status management sub-screen as the construction status management screens 76-1 and 76-2 displayed on the portable terminal 54 as needed. This eliminates the need to wait in line to see the terminal information on the receiver screen, or to go back and forth to see the receiver screen from a remote construction cost site, and to see the construction status of the terminal. To eliminate the burden on those involved in construction work and to enable construction work to proceed smoothly and efficiently toward fire inspections.

"Construction terminal management control"
FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing construction management control by the receiver, which is a control operation by the construction terminal management section 50 provided in the receiver 10 of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 8, when the receiver 10 is switched to the construction/maintenance mode by a predetermined operation and started up, the construction terminal management unit 50, for example, transfers data shown in FIG. The construction terminal information 52 is read out and stored in the memory. Subsequently, for example, the construction status management screen 76-1 in FIG.

Subsequently, the construction terminal management unit 50 operates each transmission unit 32 in response to a control instruction to the sub CPU 30 to repeatedly perform terminal call control by transmitting collective AD conversion signals and call signals sequentially specifying addresses to the signal line 12. I am letting

In response to this terminal call control, the construction terminal management unit 50 determines reception of the call response signal by the sub CPU 30 in step S4, proceeds to step S5, detects the terminal connection of the terminal address that transmitted the call response signal, and detects the terminal connection of the construction terminal. The terminal unconnected of the corresponding address in the information 52 is updated to the terminal connected.

Subsequently, the construction terminal management unit 50 instructs the sub CPU 30 to transmit a type request signal designating the address at which the terminal connection is detected from the transmission unit 32 to the signal line 12, and the response signal indicates the address of the terminal connection. The terminal type is detected, and the terminal type of the corresponding address in the construction terminal information 52 is updated.

Subsequently, the construction terminal management unit 50 updates the terminal connection and the terminal type newly detected in step S7 based on the construction terminal information 52 updated to the terminal connection detected in step S5 and the terminal type detected in step S6. For example, the construction status management screen 76-3 shown in FIG. 6 is generated and displayed on the display .

When the terminal type detected in the transmission of the type request signal in step S6 and the terminal type in the construction terminal information 52 do not match, the construction terminal management unit 50 determines that a type error occurs, and the terminal of the wrong type is detected. A failure display indicating connection is performed on the construction status management screen.

Subsequently, when the construction terminal management unit 50 determines communication connection of the portable terminal 54 via the wireless LAN communication unit 46 in step S8, the process proceeds to step S9, and the memory generated and managed by the construction terminal management unit 50 is executed. Control is performed to read the terminal information 52 and transmit it to the portable terminal 54 . Subsequently, the construction terminal management unit 50 returns to step S3 and repeats the processes of S3 to S9.

[Display control of construction status management screen by mobile terminal]
FIG. 9 is a flow chart showing display control of the construction status management sub-screen by the portable terminal, which is the control operation of the terminal control section 72 shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 9, when a person involved in the construction wants to check the construction status, the mobile terminal 54 carried by the construction worker is activated, and the terminal control unit 72 connects to the receiver 10 for communication in step S11. By requesting transmission of construction terminal information in S12, the construction terminal information 52 generated and managed by the construction terminal management unit 50 of the receiver 10 is received and stored as construction terminal information 74 in the memory.

Subsequently, based on the construction terminal information 74 stored in the memory, the terminal control unit 72 generates, for example, the same construction status management sub-screen as the construction status management screen 76-3 shown in FIG. In S14, the communication connection with the receiver 10 is released.

Subsequently, the terminal control unit 72 generates and displays a construction status management sub-screen according to the screen operation, for example, if there is a screen operation on the construction status monitoring sub-screen displayed on the display 68 . For example, in response to button operation on the same construction status management subscreen as yesterday open button 84, today open button 86, or calendar selection button 88 of construction status management screen 76-3, the construction status management subscreen for the day specified by the button operation is displayed. is generated and displayed on the display 68 .

Subsequently, in step S16, the terminal control unit 72 determines whether or not there is a communication connection timing set at a predetermined cycle, and when the communication connection timing is determined, returns to step S11, and repeats steps S11 to S16.

If the communication connection timing is not determined in step S16, the terminal control unit 72 proceeds to steps and S17.If the stop operation is not determined, the process from step S15 is repeated, and if the stop operation is determined, the operation ends.

[Another embodiment of the construction status management screen]
FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing the display format of the construction status management screen using the address map, FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing the construction status management screen using the address map before the terminal connection work, and FIG. 12 is the terminal connection work. is an explanatory diagram showing a construction status management screen using an address map associated with .

10 to 12 show the construction status management screen displayed on the display 36 of the receiver 10, but if the display format of the construction status management sub-screen displayed on the display 68 of the portable terminal 54 is the same, It is the same as the construction status management screen of the receiver 10, therefore, the following description of the construction status management screen of the receiver 10 simultaneously describes the construction status management sub-screen of the portable terminal 54. FIG.

(Display format of construction status management screen)
As shown in FIG. 10, the display format of the construction status management screen 100-1 of the present embodiment is such that the terminal address display section 102 displays addresses 001 to 001 out of addresses 001 to 255 for each signal line 12 shown in FIG. 129 are displayed as an address map arranged in rows and columns in units of 10 addresses. The remaining addresses 130 to 255 can be displayed by scrolling the terminal address display section 102 as shown in FIG.

Further, on the construction status management screen 100-1, as operation buttons used for screen operation, a list button 80, a detail button 82, a yesterday-opened button 84, a today-opened button 86, a calendar selection button 88, and the like are displayed. It is provided in the same manner as the management screen 76-1.

(Initial screen before terminal connection work)
When the receiver 10 of FIG. 1 is switched to the construction maintenance mode by a predetermined operation and is started up, the construction status management shown in FIG. The screen 100-2 is displayed as an initial screen on the display 36 of the receiver 10 (including the construction status management subscreen displayed on the display 68 of the portable terminal 54).

The construction status management screen 100-2 displayed as the initial screen displays, in the terminal address display section 102, an address to be connected to the terminal based on the construction terminal information 52, and an unconnected terminal address shown in sand with a background color of blue, for example. Indicated at 110. For example, as the terminal unconnected address 110 in the terminal address display section 102, the addresses 001, 002, 011 to 014, 016 to 018, 021 to 029, . .

(Screen during terminal connection work)
Terminal construction to connect analog fire detector 14, repeater 16 connected to on/off fire detector 18, addressable transmitter 22, smoke prevention device 24, etc. to signal line 12 drawn from receiver 10 in FIG. 12 is displayed on the display 36 of the receiver 10 or the display 68 of the mobile terminal 54 (the construction status management screen 100-3 shown in FIG. (including status management subscreen).

In the terminal address display section 102 of the construction status management screen 100-3, a terminal connection address 112 with a diagonally shaded background color such as red is displayed for a terminal address whose terminal connection and type have been detected. For example, as the terminal connection address 112 in the terminal address display section 102, the addresses 001, 002, 011 to 013, 030 to 036, .

Also, when a terminal type detected for the address that has become a terminal connection is different from the terminal type of the construction terminal information 52 of FIG. , the type error address 114 is displayed with, for example, a yellow background color.

By displaying an address map in which terminal unconnected, terminal connected, and type errors are color-coded in the terminal address display section 102 in this way, it is possible to display the construction status management screen 100-3 on the display 36 of the receiver 10. When the construction worker displays the same construction status management sub-screen on the display 68 of the portable terminal 54, the terminal address display section 102 of the construction status management screen 100-3 is color-coded with blue, red, and yellow background colors. By looking at it, you can intuitively grasp the construction status such as terminal unconnected, terminal connected, and type error terminal.

In addition, by viewing the same construction terminal management sub-screen as the construction status management screen 100-3 during construction work on the mobile terminal 54 as needed, the construction status of the terminal can be easily and reliably confirmed. This eliminates the need to wait in line to view the terminal information on the receiver screen or to go back and forth to view the receiver screen from a distant construction site, reducing the burden on construction workers to view the construction status of the terminal. It is possible to solve the problem and smoothly and efficiently proceed with the construction work for the fire inspection.

(Color-coded screen display by person in charge)
FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing a construction status management screen using an address map in which persons in charge are color-coded. Although FIG. 13 shows the construction status management screen displayed on the display 36 of the receiver 10, if the display format of the construction status management sub-screen displayed on the display 68 of the mobile terminal 54 is the same, the receiver 10 Therefore, the following description of the construction status management screen of the receiver 10 will simultaneously describe the construction status management sub-screen of the mobile terminal 54 .

As shown in FIG. 13, during the terminal connection work, if a person in charge button 106 is operated to open a dialog (not shown) and a specific person in charge is selected from the dialog, a construction status management screen 100-4 is displayed. In the terminal address display section 102, the terminal connection address of the selected person in charge is displayed, for example, the person in charge terminal connection address 116 with a background color of purple, for example, indicated by sandy diagonal lines.

By displaying the person in charge terminal connection address 116 by color coding corresponding to the selection of the person in charge, the construction manager can easily grasp the progress of the work by the person in charge of the cooperating company, etc., and manage the entire construction. It can be used for

[Communication connection via server]
FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of fire alarm equipment for transmitting construction management information from a receiver to a mobile terminal via a server.

As shown in FIG. 14, in the fire alarm system of this embodiment, a communication connection is established between a wireless router 47 provided in the receiver 10 and a mobile terminal 54 carried by a construction worker in the construction area. is performed via a server 60 connected to a wide area wireless communication network 56 and the Internet 58 as an external network.

The wireless router 47 functions as an interface conversion adapter, for example, a signal conforming to the USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 standard and a signal by wireless LAN communication conforming to IEEE 802.11 based on a wireless network by Ethernet (registered trademark). Converts to and from

In this wireless LAN communication, the wireless router 47 functions as a wireless LAN station, establishes a communication connection with a wide area wireless communication network 56 such as WiFi (registered trademark) that functions as an access point, and transmits and receives packet signals. , communication with the server 60 on the Internet 58 and communication connection with the mobile terminal 54 carried by the construction worker in the construction area are established to transmit and receive packet signals. A mobile phone network may be used as the wide area wireless communication network 56 .

Other configurations and functions are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG.

In this way, communication connection is established between the receiver 10 and the portable terminal 54 via the server 60 which is connected for communication via the wide area wireless communication network 56 and the Internet 58, and the construction terminal information 52 is transmitted from the receiver 10 to the server 60. and displaying the construction status management sub-screen on the portable terminal 54, the display of the construction status management sub-screen by the mobile terminal 54 can be displayed and confirmed not only at the construction site but also at a construction company or the like distant from the construction site. Therefore, it is possible to grasp the construction status of the fire alarm system in a wide area and proceed with the construction work efficiently.

[Data change in a distributed system composed of receivers and repeaters]
FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of a fire alarm system that displays the construction status of a relay panel on a screen by a receiver.

When the facility to be monitored is divided into a plurality of residential buildings and becomes large-scale, as shown in FIG. 120 is installed, and communication connection is established between the receiver 10 and the relay board 120 via a network line 126 such as Ethernet (registered trademark).

The receiver 10 is the same as shown in FIG. 1, whereas the relay panel 120 is the same as the receiver 10 of FIG. Other than that, it is basically the same as the receiver 10, a terminal device including an analog fire detector 14 is connected to the transmission line 122 drawn out to the security area in the same way as the receiver 10, and a repeater board Construction terminal information 124 is stored for each 120 .

The receiver 10 is provided with the function of a construction terminal management unit 50, and the construction terminal management unit 50 generates and displays a construction status management screen based on its own construction terminal information 52, as in the embodiment of FIG. In addition to this, it is possible to display the construction status management sub-screen by communicating with the portable terminal 54, and in addition to this, based on the confirmation operation of the construction status of the relay board 120 in the receiver 10, the network line to the designated relay board 120 A data transfer request is made by 126 to acquire the construction terminal information 124 of the relay board 120, and based on the construction terminal information 124 generated and managed by the relay board 120, a construction status management screen for the relay board 120 is generated. Furthermore, a construction status management sub-screen for the relay board 120 can be displayed by connecting to the portable terminal 54 for communication.

For this reason, construction personnel such as site personnel, cooperating contractors, and construction managers do not have to go to the installation location of the receiver 10 and check the terminal information on the construction status management screen of the relay board 120. By viewing the construction status management sub-screen displayed based on the construction terminal information 124 of the relay board 120 on the mobile terminal that is using the relay board 120, the construction status of the terminal in the relay board 120 can be easily confirmed, and relayed on the receiver screen. It eliminates the need to wait for one's turn to check the construction status of the panel 120 or to go back and forth to see the screen of the receiver from a distant construction cost site, and to allow construction workers to see the construction status of the terminals in the relay panel 120. It eliminates the burden of the fire inspection and makes it possible to proceed smoothly and efficiently with the construction work for the fire inspection.

[Send screen information of construction status management screen]
Further, as another embodiment of the present invention, a mobile terminal carried by a person involved in construction connects screen information of a construction status screen displayed by a construction terminal management unit of a receiver to a communication unit of the receiver for communication and performs construction. A copy screen of the construction status management screen received from the terminal management unit may be displayed as the construction status management sub-screen. In this case, the receiver transmits the construction status management screen generated at that time to the mobile terminal and stores it every time there is a change in the terminal information or at a predetermined period.

Therefore, the mobile terminal stores the construction status management screen generated by the receiver as a history screen, and can display construction status management sub-screens such as yesterday, today, calendar selection date, etc. by selecting a period as needed. Further, by continuously reading and displaying the construction status management screen for a designated period of the history screen, the construction status management sub-screen can be displayed by slide reproduction.

In this way, by sending the construction status management screen displayed on the receiver to the mobile terminal as a copy screen and displaying it as a construction status management sub-screen, the execution terminal information generated and managed by the receiver can be sent to the mobile terminal. Compared to the case where the construction status management sub-screen is generated and displayed by sending it, the processing on the mobile terminal side can be simplified, for example, the construction status management sub-screen can be easily displayed and confirmed on a smartphone or tablet becomes possible.

[Modification of the present invention]
(P-type receiver)
The above embodiment takes as an example a fire alarm system in which an R-type fire sensor is connected via a signal line from an R-type receiver. Similarly, for fire alarm equipment connected to addressable fire detectors equipped with transmission functions, construction terminal information generated and managed by the construction terminal management section of the receiver is sent to the mobile terminals of construction workers. Alternatively, the construction status management sub-screen may be displayed by pressing the button.

(Display of processing screen by mobile terminal)
In the above embodiment, the case where screen processing similar to the construction status management screen of the receiver is performed on the mobile terminal is taken as an example. You can make it work.

(others)
On the construction status management screen, the connection status of each address is displayed with codes such as "not", "fire", "smoke", "heat", "on", "ga", etc., but alphabets, predetermined pictograms, etc. may be displayed.

Moreover, the present invention includes appropriate modifications that do not impair its purpose and advantages, and is not limited by the numerical values shown in the above embodiments.

10: Receiver 12-1 to 12-3: Signal Line 14: Analog Fire Detector 16: Repeater 17: Detector Line 18: ON/OFF Fire Detector 20: Transmitter 22: Addressable Transmitter 24: Smoke Exhaust Equipment 26: Main CPU
28-1 to 28-3: sub CPU boards 30-1 to 30-3: sub CPU
32-1 to 32-3: Transmission unit 34: Serial transfer bus 36, 68: Display 38: Display unit 40: Operation unit 42: Sound alarm unit 44: Signal transfer unit 46: Wireless LAN communication unit 47: Wireless router 48: Fire monitoring control unit 50: Construction terminal management unit 52, 74, 124: Construction terminal information 54: Portable terminal 56: Wide area wireless communication network 58: Internet 60: Server 62: Terminal CPU
64: Communication unit 70: Operation display unit 76-1 to 76-4, 100-1 to 100-3: Construction status management screen 78, 102: Terminal address display unit 80: List button 82: Details button 84: Yesterday open button 86: Open today button 88: Calendar selection button 110: Terminal unconnected address 112: Terminal connected address 114: Type error address 116: Person in charge terminal connected address 120: Relay board 126: Network line

Claims (5)

Fire alarm equipment that monitors fire by connecting a terminal including a fire sensor to a receiver and/or a relay board,
The receiver is
a construction terminal management unit that generates and manages construction terminal information indicating the construction status of the terminal to be connected;
a communication unit that transmits the construction terminal information generated by the construction terminal management unit to a mobile terminal connected for communication;
with
The fire alarm equipment, wherein the mobile terminal generates and displays a screen for managing the construction status based on the construction terminal information received by communicating with the communication unit.
Fire alarm equipment that monitors fire by connecting a terminal including a fire sensor to a receiver and/or a relay board,
The receiver is
a construction terminal management unit that generates and manages construction terminal information indicating the construction status of the terminal to be connected, and generates and displays a construction status management screen based on the construction terminal information;
a communication unit configured to transmit screen information of the construction status management screen generated by the construction terminal management unit to a mobile terminal connected for communication;
with
The fire alarm equipment, wherein the mobile terminal displays a screen for construction status management equivalent to the construction status management screen based on the screen information received through communication connection.
Fire alarm equipment that monitors fire by connecting a terminal including a fire sensor to a receiver and/or a relay board,
The receiver is
a construction terminal management unit that generates and manages construction terminal information indicating the construction status of the terminal to be connected, and generates a screen for construction status management to be displayed on a portable terminal based on the construction terminal information; ,
a communication unit configured to transmit screen information of the construction status management screen generated by the construction terminal management unit to the mobile terminal connected for communication;
with
The fire alarm equipment, wherein the portable terminal displays the screen for managing the construction status based on the screen information received through communication connection.
In the fire alarm equipment according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The fire alarm equipment, wherein the receiver generates and displays a construction status management screen including an address map in which addresses of the terminals are arranged in a matrix based on the construction terminal information.
In the fire alarm equipment according to claim 2 or 3,
the receiver generates screen information including an address map in which the addresses of the terminals are arranged in a matrix based on the construction terminal information, and transmits the screen information to the portable terminal;
The fire alarm system, wherein the mobile terminal displays the address map on the screen for managing the construction status based on the screen information received from the receiver.

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