JPH07110076B2 - Building remote monitoring system - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a building remote system for connecting a building to be monitored and an external monitoring center with a general subscriber telephone line to centrally monitor a remote monitoring center for abnormalities in equipment equipment in the building such as an elevator. It concerns the improvement of the surveillance system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In particular, in office buildings and condominiums, many people spend most of the day in these buildings, so that it is very important to improve building functions and to manage building safety. In response to the demands of such times, in recent years, a building remote monitoring system that centrally monitors a 24-hour system from a remote place for abnormalities and failures of various building equipment devices such as elevators has become widespread.

This building remote monitoring system is equipped with an automatic transmission function and monitors the operating status of equipment in the building to be monitored, the occurrence of fire, the intrusion of suspicious persons, and a large number of building equipment monitoring. It consists of a monitoring center that receives the monitoring information from the device via a telephone line, and when an abnormality occurs in the building to be monitored, the building equipment monitoring device there automatically notifies the monitoring center using a general subscriber telephone line. It is supposed to do.

By the way, in such a remote building monitoring system, when installing the building equipment monitoring device, it is necessary to set the specifications according to each site. The setting of this specification means, for example, the number of connected elevators, the number of monitoring points of facility equipment, and which elevator or facility equipment each input / output interface of this monitoring apparatus is assigned to and connected to. However, the setting of this specification requires a data setting device (for example, a numeric keyboard and a small display, which is built in a part of this monitoring device, and may be connected from the outside for portable use). It was used to operate by operating the keys while looking at the drawings on site or in the factory.

[0005]

Therefore, the conventional method requires a data setting device, which causes a problem of cost increase. In addition, when replacing the building equipment monitoring device with a new one due to a failure etc. after installation,
There was a problem that it was very troublesome to find out the drawing of the site to set the specifications again.

Furthermore, when setting the specifications at the factory, it is necessary to take measures such as battery backup so that the data is saved until the time of installation, but it takes a long time from the factory shipment to the on-site installation. When it takes time, there is a possibility that specification data may be lost due to battery discharge, and in order to prevent this, the battery capacity must be increased more than necessary.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is intended to solve the above-mentioned various problems, and the specification data of each building equipment monitoring device is originally stored in the monitoring center because of its necessity. It was done focusing on the fact that
The feature is that the elevator control device stores a call information to the monitoring center and identification information of the building equipment monitoring device that monitors the elevator, and an operation means in the building equipment monitoring device. The monitoring center includes means for transmitting the call information and the identification information according to an operation, the monitoring center stores the specification data of each building equipment monitoring device, and the identification information transmitted from the building equipment monitoring device. Means for transmitting the specification data of the building equipment monitoring device based on the above, each building equipment monitoring device receives the call information and the identification information from the elevator control device by the operation of the operation means Equipped with means to automatically send the identification information and means to set own specifications based on the specification data when the specification data is received from the monitoring center. Lies in the fact was.

[0008]

When the building equipment monitoring device is newly installed or replaced with a new one, the operating means in the monitoring device is first operated. Then, the call information and the identification information are transmitted from the elevator control device and loaded into the storage unit of the monitoring device. The monitoring device automatically transmits to the monitoring center based on this call information, and when the line is connected, the identification information is transmitted to the monitoring center. When the monitoring center receives this identification information, it sends the specifications to the monitoring device. This monitoring device loads the specification data and sets the specifications according to the data.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an example of a building remote monitoring system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, 10 is a control device that controls the operation of an elevator car, 11 is a CPU (central processing unit) that controls the operation program, and 12 is an RO that stores the control program and the like.
M and 13 are RAMs for temporarily saving data and the like necessary to execute the control programs, and 14 is various control data relating to elevator control, as well as call information to a monitoring center and a building for monitoring the elevators. An EEPROM for storing the identification information of the equipment monitoring device, 15 is a communication interface for transmitting / receiving with the building equipment monitoring device, and 16 is a maintenance interface for connecting a maintenance portable computer for rewriting control data. ,
Not only the control data is rewritten, but also when the telephone number of the monitoring center is changed, the call information in the EEPROM 14 can be easily rewritten using the portable maintenance computer 17. .

Numeral 20 is installed in the building to be monitored, and when it detects an abnormality or a failure in various equipments in the building including the elevator, it automatically sends the information, notifies the monitoring center, and operates the operating means to control the elevator. The call information and the identification information are transmitted from the caller, the call information is used to automatically transmit to the monitoring center to send the identification information, and when the specification data corresponding to this identification information is received from the monitoring center, the specification is followed according to the data. 21 is a CPU (central processing unit) for controlling the operation of the program, 22 is a ROM storing the control program, and 23 is the control information of the program. In addition, RAM for loading call information and identification information from the elevator control device and specification data from the monitoring center, 2 The load switch as the operating means, 25 communication interface for transmitting and receiving the control device 10 of the elevator, 26 denotes a line controller for transmitting and receiving the monitoring center via a telephone line.

Reference numeral 30 is a telephone line, 40 is a monitoring center,
In addition to monitoring the operating status of the elevator and processing various information, the specification data of each building equipment monitoring device is stored in the internal storage device (not shown) in association with the identification information, and the specifications can be requested as required. A computer 41 having a function of transmitting data, a line control device 42 for transmitting / receiving data to / from the building equipment monitoring device 20 via a telephone line, a keyboard 43 for inputting various commands, a CRT 44 for displaying an elevator monitoring result and the like. , A printer 45 for printing the processing result, and the like. Although not shown in FIG. 1 for simplification, a large number of devices having the same configuration as the building equipment monitoring device 20 are actually connected to the monitoring center 40 via the telephone line 30.

The operation of the present invention having the above-mentioned structure will be described below with reference to a flow chart. FIG. 2 is an example of a flow chart showing only the part according to the present invention in the control program of the entire building remote monitoring system, and M1 to M8 show processing procedures in the building equipment monitoring device, respectively.

First, newly install a building equipment monitoring device,
Alternatively, when a new one is replaced and the connection work with the elevator control device and other control devices is completed, the power is turned on and the load switch is turned on. When the program starts, it is first checked whether or not the load switch is ON (procedure M1), and if it is ON, an information transmission command is output to the elevator control device (procedure M1).
2).

Upon receiving this information transmission command, the elevator tail device transmits the call information and the identification information stored in advance in the EEPROM to the building equipment monitoring device. Upon receiving the call information and the identification information (procedure M3), the building equipment monitoring device loads the call information into the RAM, and then automatically transmits the call information to the monitoring center based on the call information (procedure M4). When it is confirmed that the surveillance center and the telephone line are connected (procedure M5), the identification information is transmitted to the surveillance center (procedure M6). Upon receiving the identification information, the monitoring center selects the specification data of the building equipment monitoring device corresponding to the identification information and transmits the specification data to the building equipment monitoring device.

When the building equipment monitoring device receives this specification data (procedure M7), it loads it into RAM, and based on the specification data, the number of elevators connected, the number of monitoring points of other equipment, and each input / output interface RA data such as which device is assigned and connected
It is set in the specification table in M (procedure M8). After that, when this load switch is turned off, a normal program will be executed, and when an abnormality occurs, it will be judged which equipment has an abnormality based on the set specifications, and will notify the monitoring center or periodically. Monitoring work such as sending information about the status of each device to is performed.

In the above embodiment, when the abnormality occurs, the notification to the monitoring center and the request for the specification data to the monitoring center are made by using the same line. It is also possible to prevent delays in reporting the time.

According to the present invention, it is not necessary to add a data setting device to the monitoring device, and the cost is reduced accordingly. In addition, not only is it easy to set the specifications by operating the load switch at the time of installation, but also if you replace the monitoring device with a new one and set the specifications again, search for the drawing and set it. There is no need, and resetting can be done easily. Also, because the call information and identification information are stored in the elevator control device, even if it is necessary to change those information after installation, it can be easily rewritten from the outside using a portable computer for maintenance. Therefore, it has an excellent effect that it can flexibly respond.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a building remote monitoring system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Elevator control device 20 Building equipment monitoring device 30 Telephone line 40 Monitoring center 11,21 CPU 12,22 ROM 13,23 RAM 14 EEPROM 15,25 Communication interface 26,42 Line control device 41 Computer

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A building facility monitoring device for monitoring the status of equipment in a building such as an elevator and having an automatic transmission function, and a monitoring center for receiving monitoring information from a large number of building facility monitoring devices via a telephone line. In the building remote monitoring system consisting of, the elevator control device has means for storing information on calls to the monitoring center and identification information of the building equipment monitoring device for monitoring the elevator, and an operation in the building equipment monitoring device. The monitoring center includes means for transmitting the call information and the identification information according to the operation of the means, the monitoring center stores the specification data of each building monitoring device, and the identification transmitted from the building equipment monitoring device. Means for transmitting the specification data of the building equipment monitoring device based on the information, and each building equipment monitoring device operates the elevator by operating the operation means. Wherein the call information from the control unit and receives the identification information and means for automatically originating to send the identification information to the monitoring center,
A remote monitoring system for a building, comprising: a means for setting specification based on the specification data when the specification data is received from the monitoring center.