JPH08329377A - Test equipment for remote monitoring system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Purpose] To provide a test device for a remote monitoring system that can save personnel for the test on the monitoring device side. [Structure] The test device 30 inputs a test start, and the data output unit 35 transmits test start information to the monitoring device 20. The monitoring device 20 detects the test start information and transmits the initial setting information to the terminal device 10. The storage unit 26b stores the abnormality occurrence information of the equipment 1a, 1n that has been operated on a trial basis in the terminal device 10, and the abnormality occurrence information received by the monitoring device 20 is stored in the storage unit 26c. The respective pieces of storage information in the storage unit 26c are compared by the comparison unit 27, the comparison result is determined by the determination unit 28, and the determination result is output to the display unit 23.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a large number of buildings.
The present invention relates to a test device for a remote monitoring system that checks whether or not a remote monitoring system that monitors the above equipment and devices operates normally.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in a general building, a remote monitoring system has been proposed in which a manager who monitors the equipment of a building is not stationed and the equipment of a plurality of buildings is remotely and centrally monitored. . Such a remote monitoring system
For example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 61-121551, sensors are provided in equipment such as air conditioning equipment, power receiving equipment, and elevators in each building, and terminal devices in the same building connected to these sensors are installed. When the movement of the sensor is detected,
Abnormality occurrence information of the equipment is transmitted to a monitoring device via a communication line, and the monitoring device monitors the equipment.

In such a remote monitoring system,
Test whether the system operates normally when the terminal device is installed. In this test, first, a supervisor performs various operations such as sending initial registration information (a terminal code that identifies the terminal device) to the monitoring device to the monitoring device and performing registration during the test, and then installing the device in the equipment. An inspector manually operates the sensor, the abnormality information of the equipment is transmitted from the terminal device to the monitoring device via the communication line, and the inspector of the monitoring device monitors the abnormality.

[0004]

As described above, in the conventional test method, the inspector arranged in the terminal device and the monitoring person who monitors by the monitoring device communicate with each other, and first, the monitoring device is monitored. Operates to send the initial registration information to the terminal device, and brings the terminal device into an operable state. Next, the monitoring staff operates the monitoring device again to register that the terminal device is under test in the monitoring device. In addition, the inspector placed in the terminal device operates each sensor to send the abnormal information of the equipment on a trial basis, but whether the abnormal information of the equipment from the terminal equipment was normally sent to the monitoring device. To judge whether or not the inspector placed in the terminal device and the monitoring person who monitors with the monitoring device contact each other, and the equipment that operated the sensor and the information received by the monitoring device match. Have to make sure. However, in such a test method, since the number of terminal devices monitored by one monitoring device increases, the amount of operations and confirmation work of the monitoring staff in the monitoring equipment increases, and the number of monitoring staff needs to be increased. . In addition, the monitoring staff is obliged to perform the operation and the confirmation work, which causes a problem that the original monitoring work is hindered.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems in the prior art and to provide a test device for a remote monitoring system which can save personnel for the test on the monitoring device side.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a terminal device for detecting an abnormality of facility equipment of a building and outputting abnormality occurrence data, and a plurality of these terminal devices for monitoring these terminal devices. In a remote monitoring system configured with a monitoring device that transmits and receives various data including the abnormality occurrence data to and from the device via a communication line, the terminal device includes:
A terminal-side storage unit is provided, and the monitoring device includes a monitoring-side storage unit and a comparison unit that extracts and compares the data stored in the terminal-side storage unit with the data stored in the monitoring-side storage unit. A determination unit for determining and outputting the comparison result is provided, while an input unit for inputting information such as test start and end, and a test device having an output unit for displaying the determination result are provided. To do.

[0007]

When the inspector issues a test start command to the monitoring device from the test device, the monitoring device sends initial registration information to the terminal device. Next, when the inspector activates the sensor of the equipment, the terminal device detects the sensor and transmits data regarding the abnormality (abnormality occurrence data) to the monitoring device. At the same time, the abnormality data is stored in the terminal-side storage unit. On the other hand, in the monitoring-side storage section provided on the monitoring device side,
The received abnormality occurrence data is stored. After the operation of the sensors of all the equipment is completed, when the test device instructs the monitoring device to finish the test, the monitoring device reads the data in the terminal side storage unit to the terminal device, and the comparison unit stores it in the monitoring side storage unit. Make a comparison with the stored data. In the comparison unit, if the data match as a result of the comparison, it is determined that the system is operating normally, and if they do not match, it is determined that the system has a failure, and the determination result is used as a test device. Send to. The test device outputs the determination result to the output unit.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to an embodiment shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a test apparatus of a remote monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 are explanatory views showing the data contents of each.

In FIG. 1, a terminal device 10 is a monitoring unit 11 for inputting data from equipments 1a to 1n in a building.
And the central control unit 12 that controls the terminal device 10 by a predetermined program, and the communication unit 13 and the terminal device 10 that perform data communication with the monitoring device 20 via the communication line T according to an instruction from the central control unit 12. The storage unit 14 stores required data such as a terminal code to be stored, and the storage unit 15 stores abnormality information of the terminal device.

The monitoring device 20 is connected to a plurality of terminal devices 10 via a communication line T, a communication part 21 for exchanging data with each terminal device 10, and a central control part for controlling by a predetermined program. 22, a display unit 23 for displaying information processed by the central control unit 22, a printing unit 25 for printing the information, an input unit 24 such as a keyboard for inputting command information, and each terminal device shown in FIG. The storage unit 26a that stores data that specifies 10; the storage unit 26b that stores the abnormality occurrence information received from the terminal device shown in FIG. 3; The storage unit 26c that stores the abnormality occurrence information and the comparison unit 2 that compares the storage contents of the storage unit 26b and the storage unit 26c.
7 and the determination unit 28 that determines the result of comparison and transmits the determination result to the test apparatus 30, and the test start command of the test apparatus 30 reads the information of the terminal device stored in the storage unit 26a and performs the initial setting. Initial information creation unit 2 that creates information
It is composed of 9.

The portable test apparatus 30 includes a central control unit 32 controlled by a predetermined program and a central control unit 32.
Communication unit 3 that performs data communication with the terminal device 10 according to the command
1, the display unit 33 that displays the information processed by the central control unit 32, the input unit 34 that inputs the test start and the test end, and the input result of the input unit, the test start or the test for the monitoring device 20. Data output unit 3 that outputs the end data
It is composed of 5.

As data for identifying the terminal device 10 shown in FIG. 2, the terminal code 50 and the building name 5 of each terminal device are used.
1. Information such as the equipment item 55 to be monitored and the like, and an in-test flag 52 indicating whether or not a test is in progress are stored. It is a flag according to the setting or cancellation state during the test performed in 27.

As the data received from the terminal device 10 shown in FIG. 3, the terminal code 50, the reception time 53, the facility code and the abnormality information 54 of the facility equipment stored by the ON / OFF information of the sensor and the like are stored. .

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. When conducting the test, the inspector connects the test device 30 to the communication line T in parallel with the terminal device 10.

Next, the inspector pushes the test start button of the test apparatus 30. The central control unit 3 detects the input unit 34 and the input result.
2 issues a command to the data output unit 35, and the communication unit 31 transmits the test start information to the monitoring device 20 via the communication line T. In the monitoring device 20, the communication unit 21 receives the test start information, the central control unit 22 analyzes the information, and issues a command to the setting unit 27. The setting unit 27 sets the in-test flag 52 of the test execution terminal device in the storage unit 26a from "under monitoring" to "under test". Next, when the central control unit 22 starts the test, initial information (the monitoring device 20 specifies the terminal device 10) necessary for the terminal device 10 to perform the operation of transmitting the equipment device abnormality occurrence information to the monitoring device 20. In order to store the terminal code, etc.), the initial information creating unit 29 is instructed. The initial information creation unit 29 reads out required data from the storage unit 26a and creates initial setting information. The created initial setting information is sent from the communication unit 21 to the terminal device 1 via the communication line T.
The initial setting information is transmitted to 0. In the terminal device 10, the communication unit 13 receives the initial setting information and stores it in the storage unit 14.

In this state, when the inspector operates the sensor of the equipment 1a, the monitoring unit 11 of the terminal device 10 detects a change in the input, and the communication unit 13 sends the abnormality occurrence information of the equipment 1a to the communication line T. It transmits to the monitoring apparatus 20 via. At the same time, it is stored in the storage unit 15 in the terminal device 10 as the facility device abnormality occurrence information 54.

On the other hand, the facility device abnormality occurrence information 54 received by the communication unit 21 of the monitoring device 20 is stored in the storage unit 26b together with the terminal code 50 of the terminal device 10 that has transmitted. At this time, since the in-test flag 52 of the storage unit 26a is set to "under test", the display unit 23 and the printing unit 2
4 does not work. Similarly, when the inspector operates the sensors up to the equipment 1n, the abnormality occurrence information of each equipment is accumulated in the storage unit 15 on the terminal device 10 side and the storage unit 26b on the monitoring device 20 side.

After the operation of the sensors of the equipment 1a-1n is completed, the inspector pushes the test end button of the test apparatus 30. The input unit 34 detects the input result, issues a command from the central control unit 32 to the data output unit 35, and transmits the test end information from the communication unit 31 to the monitoring device 20 via the communication line T. The communication unit 21 of the monitoring device 20 analyzes this by the central control unit 22 and issues a command to the setting unit 27. The setting unit 27 sets the in-test flag 52 of the test execution terminal device in the storage unit 26a from "under test" to "under monitoring". Next, the central control unit 22 transmits the read request information of the test result from the communication unit 21 to the terminal device 10. The read request information of the test result received by the communication unit 11 of the terminal device 10 is analyzed by the central unit 11,
The central control unit 11 reads the data accumulated in the storage unit 15, and the monitoring unit 20 reads the data from the communication unit 11 via the communication line T.
Send to. The data received by the communication unit 21 of the monitoring device 20 is stored in the storage unit 26c on the monitoring device 20 side.

Next, the comparison unit 27 extracts and compares the equipment code and the sensor ON / OFF information of the equipment / device abnormality occurrence information 54 in the storage unit 26b and the equipment / device abnormality occurrence information 54 in the storage unit 26c. The data is compared by comparing the facility code and the ON or OFF information of the sensor from the old data stored in the storage unit 26b and the storage unit 26c. The determination unit 28 determines that the storage unit 2
6b and the facility device abnormality occurrence information 54 stored in the storage unit 26c match, it is determined that the system is operating normally, and if the stored data do not match, the system has an abnormality. To determine. The determined information is sent from the communication unit 21 via the communication line T to the test device 30.
Send to. The test result received by the receiving device 31 of the test device 30 is analyzed by the central processing unit 32, and “normal” or “abnormal” is displayed on the display unit 33.

In this way, the inspector dispatched to the terminal device 10 can independently perform the test of the remote monitoring system without contacting the inspector monitored by the monitoring device 20.
As a result, the monitor of the monitoring device 20 does not need to be involved in the test, and can concentrate on normal monitoring work.

In the description of the examples, the test start /
Input unit 34 and data output unit 3 for inputting and outputting the end
Although the example in which 5 is provided in the test device 30 has been described, it may be provided in the terminal device 10.

Further, in the description of the embodiment, the abnormality occurrence information stored in the terminal side storage unit 15 and the monitoring side storage unit 26b.
I am going to compare the abnormality occurrence information stored in
By comparing this with each equipment code of the monitoring item 56 of the corresponding terminal device stored in the storage unit 26a in advance, it is possible to check for a test omission.

[0024]

As described above, according to the present invention, when the system is tested, the start of the test is transmitted from the terminal side to the monitoring device side, and after the initial information is registered in the terminal device, the abnormality occurrence data during the test execution. The abnormality data is stored in the storage unit on the terminal side and the storage unit on the monitoring side respectively, and when the end of the test is sent to the terminal side, both data are extracted and compared to determine whether the system is normal or abnormal. Therefore, it is possible to eliminate the need for personnel for the test on the side of the monitoring device, and thus it is possible to perform normal monitoring work with conventional personnel without any trouble.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a test device of a remote monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating contents of data used in the test apparatus shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating contents of data used in the test apparatus shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1a, 1n Equipment 10 Terminal device 20 Monitoring device 26a, 26b, 26c Storage unit 27 Comparison unit 28 Judgment unit 30 Test device 35 Data output unit

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A terminal device that detects an abnormality in equipment of a building and outputs abnormality occurrence data, and monitors a large number of these terminal devices to exchange various data including the abnormality occurrence data with these terminal devices. In a remote monitoring system consisting of a monitoring device that performs via a communication line, the terminal device
A terminal-side storage unit is provided, and the monitoring device includes a monitoring-side storage unit and a comparison unit that extracts and compares the data stored in the terminal-side storage unit with the data stored in the monitoring-side storage unit. A determination unit for determining and outputting the comparison result is provided, while an input unit for inputting information such as test start and end, and a test device having an output unit for displaying the determination result are provided. Test equipment for remote monitoring system. 2. The test apparatus for a remote monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the test apparatus has a separate structure connectable to each of the terminal devices.