JPH10162057A - Construction method for facility management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To suppress the cost in system introduction and to reduce the burden of system maintenance. SOLUTION: A terminal 12a receives the job support software execution of a user in a user interface 12a1 and requests a corresponding job support component to a server 12c by a server terminal communication part 12a2. The request job transmission part 12c1 of the server 12c receives a job component transmission request from the terminal, requests the generation of the job component to a job generation part 12c2 and returns the returned job component to the requested terminal. The job generation part 12c2 requests the retrieval of the job component requested from a request job transmission part 12c1 to a job constitution retrieval part 12c3. A function component being the constitution content of the job component which is to be transmitted and equipment data are collected from a returned retrieval result, and they are returned to the request job transmission part 12c1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to the use of computers in equipment management services for various equipment industries, such as water treatment and electric power, and to a method for constructing an equipment management system for managing equipment and facilities in the target industries.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Background of the conventional equipment management system In the equipment industry, maintenance and maintenance of the equipment are being recognized as very important tasks in order to stably operate the equipment. At present, paper drawings, ledgers, design documents, manuals, and the like are often managed manually.
In recent years, management data has become enormous with the increase in the scale of facilities and equipment to be managed, and a shift from manual management to information management using a computer has been made.

[0005] In the information management by a computer, documents related to a target facility or equipment are loaded into the computer to support maintenance work. Here, the document refers to various materials related to facilities and equipment, such as a drawing, an equipment ledger, a design drawing, a manual, and an inspection and construction history ledger. The equipment management system converts these documents into a database on a computer and presents the information necessary for maintenance work easily, quickly, and in the desired form. FIG. 5 is a schematic configuration diagram of a conventional equipment management system. The equipment management system is composed of a single personal computer or a workstation on a small scale, and the equipment management system 5a in the case of the minimum configuration has an equipment management terminal 5a-1, equipment management for supporting maintenance work. It comprises a system software 5a-2 and an equipment database 5a-3 to be managed.

In recent years, a form in which a facility management system is mounted on a portable computer and work is performed directly on site has begun to be adopted. Reference numeral 5b denotes a facility management system for portable terminals. The facility management system 5b includes a portable terminal 5b-1, such as a notebook computer, a facility management system software subset 5b-2, and a very limited facility management database 5b-3. It is composed of those equipped with. As in the equipment management system 5b, the software subset 5b-2 and the limited equipment management database 5
The reason for using b-3 is that the computer resources (disk capacity and the like) of the portable terminal are very limited. Before using the terminal, the database of the portable terminal is prepared by downloading it from a server in advance and taking measures to use the terminal.

[0005] When the system is expanded in accordance with the expansion of the business scale, a personal computer or a workstation as a terminal is added and cooperated with a network. For this purpose, the equipment management database server 5c is introduced, the data of the database of each terminal is collected in the server, and the centralized management of data is performed by an operation method of referring to the server database from all terminals. 5
c-1 is large-scale facility data. In FIG. 5, 5d-1 and 5d-2 are modems, and 5e is an Ethernet transmission line.

[0006]

The conventional facility management system configured as described above has several problems as follows.

(1) High Cost of Equipment Management System in Network Configuration Generally, in an equipment management system in which terminals are connected to a network, from the viewpoint of unifying information, unified management of a database is performed. The system software itself is only installed on each terminal. For this reason, when the number of terminals to be introduced increases, software must be introduced to each terminal by the number of terminals. As a result, the conventional facility management system incorporates functions according to the task to be systemized and operates as one piece of software. Therefore, if the task is diversified, the software is enlarged. In this case, it is necessary to increase the capacity of the storage medium of each terminal, and as a result, there is a problem that the cost of the entire facility management system rises.

[0008] (2) Increase in system maintenance burden in a network configuration When software is upgraded by expanding the functions of the equipment management system or fixing bugs, if the equipment management system is installed in each terminal, the upgrade work is required. That would be a huge amount of work. This is because a mechanical operation occurs in which the same operation is performed for each terminal and the operation is repeated many times. Recently, there is a way to upgrade the software of terminals connected to the network all at once.However, know-how is required, such as the need for a dedicated system administrator, and work must be carried out at a time other than when the system is operating. In addition, there is a problem that the system operation time is limited and a burden on an operator is large.

(3) Problems in adaptation to portable terminals In order to support on-site management work, it is becoming common to mount a facility management system on portable terminals, but generally, resources of portable terminals are used. (CPU power, main memory, auxiliary memory devices, etc.) are inferior to stationary terminals. The tendency becomes remarkable when trying to enhance portability, such as miniaturization and weight reduction of terminals. However, the conventional equipment management system handles a huge amount of data such as drawings, maps, and various ledgers, and thus requires a large amount of computer resources. As a result, the equipment management system installed in the portable terminal will have greatly reduced the functions of the original system, such as installing a system and database that have been simplified to the minimum necessary for the work at the site. More often. To use the original functions, it is necessary to upload the data input by the portable computer to the system or database server on the stationary terminal and use those functions. There was a limit.

[0010] The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, while suppressing the cost of system introduction,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of constructing a facility management system that reduces the burden of system maintenance and facilitates application to portable terminals.

[0011]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, a first aspect of the present invention is to set each of the software for supporting facility management business as a business component, and thereafter, execute the business component object. Is a facility management system, each business component object is a functional component, and then the processing of the functional component is combined or the business component is constructed independently.

A second invention is characterized in that the functional components are combined with equipment management data to be processed to form a database.

The third invention is characterized in that software and data for equipment management work support in the equipment management system are centrally managed and then downloaded at each terminal without the means for performing maintenance work individually at each terminal. It is assumed that.

According to a fourth aspect of the invention, after the software for supporting equipment management work in the equipment management system is made into constituent elements, only the necessary constituent elements are downloaded when necessary, and the unnecessary software is deleted. Things.

The fifth invention is characterized in that the equipment management work support software is adapted to a server / client environment.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a database is created by associating functional components with facility management data in accordance with facility management tasks, and a task support component to be transmitted automatically is searched for in response to a task request. , In response to a transmission request from a terminal.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the contents of the business and the related definition information of the operation of the functional components and the equipment management data to be processed are held, so that the system can flexibly cope with the change of the business. is there.

[0018]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Before describing the embodiments, in order to solve the above-described problem, in the present invention, software of the equipment management system is made into a component (hereinafter, referred to as a component). In order to improve the maintainability of the software of the equipment management system of each terminal, software and data are centrally managed, the form of maintenance work on each terminal is abolished, and each terminal downloads it separately. Use it. Furthermore, even in the case of portable terminals with limited computer resources, in order to use the software of all equipment management systems, instead of installing all the software in advance, download the necessary software when necessary and Delete the software that has become.

Here, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 shows a data construction method of a facility management system. In FIG. 1, each piece of software for supporting various facility management tasks is defined as a task component 11b. Defined as system 11a. A function component 11c is defined as an element constituting each of the business components 11b. The functional component 11c is a process for performing basic processing such as information search and editing, and constructs the business component 11b by combining processing processes of one or a plurality of functional components. The functional component 11c is combined with the equipment management data 11d to be processed, and is defined every time the business component 11b and the functional component 11c are combined.

FIG. 2 shows a method of constructing an equipment management system according to a second embodiment of the present invention. First, in FIG. 2, an equipment management system terminal 12a will be described. In the facility management system terminal 12a, the execution of the user's business support software (hereinafter, software is referred to as a function) is received by the facility management system user interface 12a1, and the corresponding business support component is transmitted to the server terminal communication unit 12a.
The task support function is realized by executing a request to the equipment management system server at step 2 and executing the returned component on the terminal. The facility management system portable terminal 12b also has a similar function and performs a similar operation. The communication is realized in a communication environment using the modem 12e or the like. 12d is Ethernet.

Next, the equipment management system server 12c will be described. The equipment management system server 12c is connected to terminals via a network. The server 12c receives a function execution request from the terminal and returns a task support function component to the terminal. The server 12c is configured as follows. The request business component transmission unit 12c1 receives the business component transmission request from the terminal,
It requests the business component generation unit 12c2 to generate a business component, and returns the returned business component to the requested terminal. The terminal that has made the transmission request executes the returned business support component to process the user's facility management business.

The business component generation unit 12c2 requests the business component configuration search unit 12c3 to search for the business component requested by the request business component transmission unit 12c1, and configures the business component to be transmitted from the returned search result. Are collected and returned to the requested task component transmission unit 12c1.

Business component configuration search unit 12c3
Searches for functional components and facility data that make up the business component requested by the business component generation unit 12c2, and returns the result.

Reference numeral 12c4 denotes a business component configuration definition database. This database 12c4 defines functional components and equipment data constituting the business component, and receives an inquiry from the business component configuration search unit 12c3. Reference numeral 12c5 denotes a functional component group database.
2c5 stores a functional component that is a component of the business component. Reference numeral 12c6 denotes an equipment database, and this database 12c6 stores equipment data such as drawings, ledgers, and related materials necessary for equipment management work.

Next, the contents of the business components, functional components and equipment data described in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIG.
This will be described below. First, as described in the business component, the business component is a business component layer 13a.
Since the business component layer 13a has different types and contents of business for each target business field and each user, the business component layer 13a provides a business support component (in FIG. 3, 5
Component).

The first is a facility information management component 13a.
In step 1, the component 13a1 searches for, refers to, edits, and outputs basic definition information of facilities and equipment to be managed, thereby investigating the state of the managed object and using the data as basic data for maintenance work. Things. As actual business support, this function is used to create a report of the state of a managed object such as a facility or equipment, and to utilize these as various reports.

Second is the inspection work support component 13a.
The component 13a2 is used to support a daily, monthly, and yearly periodic inspection of a facility or facility to be managed. By referring to past inspection results as a guideline for equipment maintenance, it is possible to grasp trends in facilities and equipment and to provide prediction and reference information for preventive maintenance work. As actual business support, reference and analysis of past inspection results, support for planning of equipment inspection plans, and the like are realized.

Third is the design work support component 13a.
3, this component 13a3 is used for the construction of new installation, enhancement, remodeling, etc. of the facilities and equipment to be managed.
This function supports design work. As actual business support, the functions of referencing drawings and ledgers, editing them, supporting process planning, simulation for design, and estimating construction costs are implemented.

Fourth is the ordering business support component 13a
In 4, the component 13a4 supports ordering of spare parts and consumables related to facilities and equipment. For stable operation of the equipment, it is important to accurately manage maintenance items such as spare parts and consumables. As actual business support, inventory management of maintenance supplies, issuance of order slips, and the like are realized.

Fifth, the equipment diagnosis support component 13a
In 5, the component 13a5 provides information for grasping the states of the facilities and the facilities from the operating states and the like. As actual business support, it will analyze the aging of equipment and provide support for planning inspections, repairs, and renewal work.

Next, the functional component layer 1 shown in FIG.
3b, the functional components correspond to the components 13a1 to 13a5 of the business component layer 13a. First, the functional components used by the facility information management component 13a1 will be described. The equipment information management component 13a1 utilizes ledger search, ledger editing, drawing search, and drawing editing 13b1 to 13b4. Ledger search 13b
1 means searching for various ledgers such as equipment, inspection, construction records, etc.
Ledger editing 13b2 means editing, such as addition, change, or deletion of the contents of various ledgers such as equipment, inspection, construction records, etc., and drawing search 1
3b3 is for searching for various drawings related to equipment, and the drawing edit 13b4 is for registering, deleting, and editing the contents of various drawings related to equipment.

Next, the inspection work support component 13a2
To utilize, in addition to the ledger search, ledger editing,
There is an inspection plan management 13b5. The inspection plan management 13b5 searches and edits contents of an inspection ledger, an inspection planning ledger, and the like relating to inspection work.

The components utilized by the design work support component 13a3 include the equipment information management component 13
In addition to those utilized by a1, there are a process plan management 13b6 and a design simulation 13b7. Process plan management 13
b6 refers to the search and editing of the process planning ledger such as installation, updating and refurbishment of the equipment, and the design simulation 137 refers to the simulation in advance of the influence items (e.g. Is what you do.

The order business support component 13a4 utilizes the ledger search and ledger editing, and the equipment diagnosis support component 13a5 utilizes the equipment diagnosis 13b8. The equipment diagnosis 13b8 is for diagnosing the condition of the equipment, and presenting information that is used as a basis for determining an update, a repair, an inspection plan, and the like.

In FIG. 3, reference numeral 13c denotes an equipment data layer.
This equipment data layer 13c is also a business component layer 13a.
Are provided corresponding to the components 13a1 to 13a5, and the data in the facility data layer 13c are roughly classified into drawings, ledgers, and related materials. Examples of drawings include those used to manage the layout of equipment, such as floor plans and cross-sections of buildings such as treatment plants and factories, and equipment such as single-line diagrams, sequence diagrams, external appearance, and internal structure drawings. Provide information about yourself. As a ledger, one that indicates the specifications of the equipment itself, such as an equipment ledger, inspection, construction plan,
It relates to records for operating equipment such as order books. Related materials are materials related to equipment, such as operation manuals, related photos, and moving images, other than drawings and ledgers.

Here, the second embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG.
The operation flow of the embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 shows an operation example in the case of supporting the maintenance work of facilities and equipment for maintenance work. In FIG. 4, first, an inspection work support function is executed in order for the user to use the equipment management system terminal 12 a to perform an inspection work on the equipment to be managed. Upon receiving the request from the user, the facility management system user interface 12a1 transmits a transmission request of the inspection work support component 13a2 to the facility management system server 12c. At this point, only the operation of accepting the user's request is performed in a state where the terminal has neither the software of the business support function nor the facility data.

The request from the equipment management system terminal 12a transmitted to the equipment management system server 12c is received by the request service component transmission unit 12c1, and then the inspection service support component is generated for returning to the equipment management system terminal 12a. The request is input to the business component generation unit 12c2 to make a request. If the generation unit 12c2 requests the generation of the inspection service support component, the generation unit 12c2 sends the configuration search request of the inspection service support component to the business component configuration search unit 12c.
3 to generate a check service support component, a search request for functional components and equipment data, which are its components, is made.

Upon receipt of the search request, the business component configuration search unit 12c3 searches the databases 12c4 to 12c6 according to the search request and extracts data. For this purpose, first, the business component configuration definition database 12c4 is searched to search the functional component group database 12c5 and the facility management information database 12c6, and to search for the definition information of the functional components and data constituting the inspection work support component. I do. According to the definition information, necessary functional components are extracted from the database 12c5, and necessary equipment data is extracted from the data 12c6.

The business component configuration search unit 12c3 returns the result of the database search to the business component generation unit 12c2 with the corresponding functional component and equipment management information. Based on the result of this reply,
The business component generation unit 12c2 generates an inspection business support component, and sends the requested business component transmission unit 1
Reply to 2c1. With this reply, the communication data of the inspection work support component is returned from the equipment management system server 12c to the equipment management system terminal 12a. Since the inspection service support component is the entity of the inspection service support function requested by the user, the user executes the inspection service support component on the terminal. As a result, the user performs the task by using the result obtained by executing the inspection task support function for the actual task.

Although the above-described operation example is performed by the equipment management system server and the equipment management system terminal connected by Ethernet, the operation example when the stationary computer of the terminal is replaced by the portable computer is almost the same. Things. However, a communication environment using a public line is applied to a network connecting the server and the terminal.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The following effects can be obtained. (1) The cost of introducing the system can be reduced. As described above, the cost can be reduced because each terminal only needs to download the necessary functional components of the facility management system from the server, so it is necessary to load the facility management system software on each terminal individually. Disappears. Therefore, the capacity of the auxiliary storage device of the terminal can be reduced. This allows
Even when a large-scale equipment management system is used, the cost of introducing each terminal can be reduced, so that the introduction cost of the entire system is reduced, which is economically advantageous.

(2) The cost of system maintenance can be reduced. Since each terminal always uses the latest facility management system functions, it is not necessary to upgrade the terminals individually. Only the functional components and facility data stored in the database on the server side need to be upgraded. In addition, the systems running on each terminal have the advantage that the same latest version of the system can be used in all of them.

(3) There is an advantage that application to a portable terminal is facilitated. By the componentization, all the functions of the facility management system that can be used with the stationary terminal can be used by appropriately downloading only the functions necessary for the business. As a result, a full set of equipment management systems can be used in an environment with limited computer resources, which is a problem of a portable terminal.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a data construction method of a facility management system according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the contents of functional components and equipment data.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory view of a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a conventional equipment management system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11a ... Facility management system 11b ... Business component 11c ... Functional component 11d ... Facility data 12a ... Facility management system terminal 12b ... Facility management system portable terminal 12c ... Facility management system server 12c1 ... Request business component transmission unit 12c2 ... Business component generation unit 12c3: Business component configuration search unit 12c4: Business component configuration definition database 12c5: Functional component group database 12c6: Equipment database

Claims (7)

[Claims] After setting each piece of equipment management work support software as a work element, a set of the work elements is set as an equipment management system, and each work element is set as a function element. A method for constructing a facility management system, characterized by combining the processing of the functional components or constructing the business components independently. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the functional components are combined with facility management data to be processed to form a database. 3. The software and data for facility management work support in the facility management system are centrally managed and then downloaded at each terminal without means for performing maintenance work individually at each terminal. A method for constructing an equipment management system according to claim 1. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the software for supporting the facility management operation in the facility management system is made into a component, only the necessary component is downloaded when necessary, and the unnecessary software is deleted. 1. A method for constructing the equipment management system according to 1. 5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the software for supporting facility management business is adapted to a server / client environment. 6. A function support element and equipment management data are associated with each other in a database in accordance with the equipment management operation, and a business support element to be transmitted automatically is searched in response to a business request. 3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is adapted to respond to a transmission request. 7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the service contents and the definition information relating to the operation of the functional components and the facility management data to be processed are held, so that the change of the service contents can be flexibly handled. The construction method of the equipment management system described in the above.