JPH10285662A - Monitoring and control equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To provide a supervisory control device which is excellent in operability for supervisory control and does not cause a security problem. SOLUTION: By a simple operation of mounting a portable operation device 12 to a mounting portion 13 formed on a surface portion of an apparatus main body 11, a monitoring control object stored in a state holding means 18 of the apparatus main body 11 is realized. The status data of the equipment 11 can be read out and displayed on the display means 22 provided on the operation device 12 side. When the setting of the control parameter is changed, the setting is changed by the parameter setting unit 23 of the operation device 12 to change the control parameter held in the parameter holding unit 19 of the apparatus main body 11. Further, when operating the equipment 15, an operation command is input through the operation input means 24 of the operation device 12, and
An operation command is output to the corresponding equipment by the operation output means 21 on the side, and this is operated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a supervisory control device for monitoring and controlling various equipment such as power receiving, transforming, lighting, and air-conditioning in small and medium-sized buildings and factories which are unmanned at night.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In general, substations, lighting,
In a monitoring control device that monitors and controls various equipment such as air conditioning, in order to implement a man-machine interface,
An instrument such as a liquid crystal display (hereinafter, LCD) or an annunciator for failure alarm must be mounted on the surface of the panel constituting the monitoring control device, which has been expensive as the monitoring control device.

[0003] Such an expensive device has no particular problem in terms of equipment cost if the object to be monitored and controlled is large-scale. However, in small and medium-sized buildings and factories, a simple configuration that can reduce equipment costs is desired because the number of equipment to be monitored and controlled is small and people are often unmanned at night. ing. In addition, it is necessary to ensure that the operation of the monitoring and control device by a person other than the maintenance staff, the mischief by an intruder, etc. can be reliably prevented when unattended, and that the maintenance and management of the monitoring and control device by the maintenance staff does not interfere. is there.

In such a monitoring and control apparatus, for example, when applied to a building, when a control parameter is changed or added, such as an air conditioning schedule control time accompanying a change or addition of a tenant, or when equipment is updated or maintained. It only needs to be operated when necessary. For this reason, conventionally, a portable personal computer or the like was connected to the CPU of the monitoring and control device instead of providing a man-machine interface such as an LCD or an annunciator as described above.

According to such a configuration, an inexpensive monitoring and control device can be realized, and when monitoring a group of buildings and the like, it is more advantageous as the number of buildings increases. However, according to the above configuration, the C provided in the panel constituting the monitoring control device
When a portable personal computer was connected to the PU unit, the door of the panel had to be opened, and workability was poor for maintenance personnel who visited a number of buildings. In particular, a board designed to be unmanned, such as at night or on holidays, is locked with a mechanism to prevent the intruder from being pryed open. Double and triple security is required, such as preparing a key. On the contrary, such a complicated security configuration has caused a security problem such as a maintenance staff forgetting to lock the work after the work is completed.

[0006]

As described above, a conventional portable personal computer is replaced with a CPU in a panel constituting a monitoring control device.
In this configuration, the workability of maintenance personnel is poor and a security problem has arisen. An object of the present invention is to provide a monitoring and control device which is excellent in operability for monitoring and control and does not cause a security problem.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a monitoring and control apparatus including a main body of the apparatus and a portable operation device detachably mounted on a surface portion of the main body of the apparatus. The apparatus main body is provided with state holding means for inputting a state of the equipment to be monitored and controlled, and storing and holding data relating to this state, and the operating device includes a state of the equipment held by the state holding means. Display means capable of displaying data is provided. Furthermore, it is detected that the operation device is attached to the apparatus main body, and in response to a display request from this operation device,
A display data output unit is provided for reading out the state data of the equipment stored in the state holding unit and outputting the state data to the operating device for display on the display unit.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a monitoring control apparatus, wherein the operating device has parameter setting means for setting and changing a control parameter for the equipment to be monitored and controlled, and the apparatus main body includes a parameter holding means. Having. The parameter holding unit holds a control parameter for the equipment, and changes the corresponding parameter in response to a parameter setting change request by the parameter setting unit.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the operating device has an operation input means for inputting an operation command to the equipment to be monitored and controlled, and the apparatus main body is input by the operation input means. Operation output means for outputting an operation command to the corresponding equipment.

[0010] According to these inventions, the maintenance and control object stored in the state holding means of the apparatus main body can be performed by a simple operation such that the maintenance staff can mount the portable operation device on the surface portion of the apparatus main body. The status data of the equipment can be read out and displayed on display means provided on the operation device side.

When the control parameters for the equipment to be monitored and controlled are to be changed, the settings are changed by the parameter setting means of the operating device mounted on the apparatus main body. Control parameters can be changed.

Further, when an operation is to be performed on the equipment to be monitored and controlled, an operation command is input by an operation input means of an operating device mounted on the apparatus main body. In response, an operation command is output and this is operated.

[0013]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a monitoring and control apparatus according to the present invention. Reference numeral 11 denotes an apparatus main body having a panel structure, and a mounting portion for detachably mounting a portable operation device 12 on a surface portion of the apparatus main body 11. 13 are formed. The mounting portion 13 is a concave portion 1 that holds the operation device 12.
3a and a plug-in type connection portion 13b,
By mounting the operation device 12 on the concave portion 13a, the operation device 12 is electrically connected to the inside of the apparatus main body 11. In this embodiment, a liquid crystal display (hereinafter, referred to as L)
Two types, a CD) type 12A and an annunciator (hereinafter, ANN) panel 12B are prepared.

As shown in FIG. 2, the apparatus main body 11 has a CPU 17 for inputting the status of each equipment 15 to be monitored and controlled via an input / output controller 16. This CPU1
7 is an operating device 12 by the connecting portion 13b shown in FIG.
A and 12B are detachably connected to each other.

As a function of the CPU 17, there is provided state holding means 18 for storing and holding data relating to the state of each equipment 15 (presence or absence of failure, operation state, etc.). In addition, a display data output unit 19, a parameter holding unit 20, and an operation output unit 21, which will be described in detail later, are provided.

The operating device 12 has display means 22 for displaying the status data and the like of each of the equipments 15 held in the status holding means 18 of the CPU 17. This display means 2
2, each of the equipment 15
An LCD 22a is provided for displaying failures, state changes, control parameter setting contents, and the like. The ANN panel operation device 12B includes, as a display unit 22, each equipment 1
An ANN 22b for performing a failure / alarm display of No. 5 is provided.

The operating device 12 is provided with parameter setting means 23 and operation input means 24. The parameter setting means 23 is used for setting or changing control parameters for each equipment 15 to be monitored and controlled.
A touch panel provided on the surface of the CD-type operation device 12A is used. The operation input means 24 is for inputting an operation command (on / off command or the like) to each equipment 15 to be monitored and controlled, and an operation switch provided on the ANN panel operation device 12B is used.

A display data output means 19, which is an execution function of the CPU 17 of the apparatus main body 11, detects that the operating device 12 is mounted on the mounting portion 13 of the apparatus main body 11, and responds to a display request from the operating device 12. Correspondingly, the status data of each equipment 15 and the control parameters and the like stored in the status storage unit 18 are read out, and the status data is output to the operation unit 12 so as to be displayed on the display unit 22. In this case, the failure data, state change data, control parameters, and the like of each equipment 15 are output to the LCD 22a of the LCD-type operation unit 12A. Further, the failure data of each equipment 15 is output to the ANN 22b of the ANN panel operation device 12B.

A parameter holding means 20, which is an execution function of the CPU 17, holds control parameters for each equipment 15 and sets parameters by a parameter setting means (touch panel provided on the surface of the LCD type operation unit 12A) 23. The setting content of the corresponding control parameter is changed in response to the change request.

Further, an operation output means 21 which is an execution function of the CPU 17 is provided with an operation input means (operation switch provided on the ANN panel operation device 12B) provided on the operation device 12.
The operation command (ON / OFF command, etc.) for the equipment 15 input by the device 4 is output to the corresponding equipment 15.

The CPU 17 has a communication modem 26,
It is connected to a building group management center 28 via a public line 27. To the building group management center 28, data relating to important failures / changes in status from the facility devices 15 is selected and transmitted via the modem 26 and the public line 27.

In the above configuration, when the maintenance staff goes to the building to be monitored and controlled, first, the portable operating device 12
LCD type operation unit 12A and ANN panel operation unit 1
2B is mounted on a mounting section 13 formed on the front of the apparatus main body 11, and is electrically connected to a CPU 17 provided inside the apparatus main body 11 via a connection section 13b.

Here, status signals including failure signals are input to the CPU 17 from the respective equipments 15 to be monitored and controlled. These contents are sequentially stored as status data in the status holding means 18 and held. I have. If an important failure or state change occurs, this state data is transmitted to the building group management center 28 by the modem 26 and the public line 27.
Is transmitted to

The state holding means 18 includes the operation devices 12A, 1
It detects that 2B is mounted on the mounting section 13 of the apparatus main body 11, outputs status data in response to a display request from each of the operating devices 12A and 12B, and displays the status data on the LCD 22a or ANN 22b. The maintenance person checks the displayed contents and determines whether there is an important maintenance factor. That is, from the displayed contents, the failure content of the equipment 15 is grasped, and it is determined whether any of the equipment 15 needs to be turned on or off.

As a result, when any of the equipment 15 needs to be turned on or off, the ANN panel operating device 12
An ON or OFF command for the corresponding equipment 15 is input by the operation switch 24 of B. With this operation, the operation output means 21 of the CPU 17 sends a corresponding operation command from the input / output controller 16 to the corresponding equipment 1.
5 is output.

When it is necessary to change the control parameters such as the schedule control time of the air conditioning equipment by updating or adding a tenant, the LCD type operation device 12A is connected to the main body 11 of the device.
Is mounted on the front surface of the device, and a parameter display request is made by operating the touch panel 23 provided on the surface of the device. The maintenance person confirms the displayed contents, and operates the touch panel 23 to add or change necessary control parameters. With this operation, the parameter holding unit 20 of the CPU 17 changes and updates the setting contents of the control parameters in accordance with the instruction contents.

In this way, when the maintenance staff patrols or when other maintenance is required, the portable LCD type operation devices 12A and 12A
After the NN panel operation device 12B is mounted on the front of the apparatus main body 11 and necessary operations are performed, these operation devices 12A, 1
2B is removed and moved to the next maintenance target. At this time, it is not necessary to open the panel of the apparatus main body 11, and the operation devices 12A, 1
2B can be easily attached and detached, workability is improved, and there is no security problem.

Further, since the operating devices 12A and 12B are detached from the apparatus main body 11 after the operation as described above, erroneous operation of an outsider during unattended operation and mischief by an intruder can be reliably prevented.

Further, even if it is desired to add an LCD or ANN to the apparatus main body 11 for a man-machine interface in the future, the same portable LCD type operation unit 12A or ANN panel operation unit 12B is permanently installed in the corresponding mounting unit 13. It can be easily dealt with just by fixing, and it can be easily dealt with when the system is upgraded.

In the above embodiment, the portable operation device 12 includes an LCD type operation device 12A and an ANN panel operation device 12
B and B, respectively, but the present invention is not limited to this, and as the operation device 12, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, only an LCD-type operation device may be used. In this case, the LCD as the display means 22 has ANN
The touch panel 23 has an operation input function for the equipment 15 in addition to the parameter setting function.

When the operating device 12 is mounted on the apparatus main body 11, as shown in FIG. 5, the LCD 22 indicates whether the operating device 12 is to be used for maintenance or as an annunciator panel. Make it select. As a result of this selection, when it is used for maintenance, it is made to function as the LCD type operation device 12A shown in FIG. 1, and when it is used as an annunciator panel, it is made to function as the ANN panel operation device 12B shown in FIG. With such a configuration, the portable operation device 12 and its mounting portion 13 can be integrated into one, and the configuration is simplified and the ease of handling is further improved.

[0032]

As described above, according to the present invention, when monitoring and controlling various equipments, monitoring and controlling can be performed only by mounting a portable operation device on the front of the apparatus main body. High security and no security problems.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a monitoring control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a system configuration in the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a system configuration according to another embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a function selection part in another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Device main body 12 ... Portable operation device 13 ... Mounting part 15 ... Equipment for monitoring equipment 18 ... State holding means 19 ... Display data output means 20 ... Parameter holding means 21 ... Operation output means 22 ... Display means 23 ... Parameter setting means 24 Operation input means

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Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An apparatus main body, a portable operation device configured to be detachable from a surface portion of the apparatus main body, and a state of equipment to be monitored and controlled, provided in the apparatus main body, State holding means for storing and holding data relating to this state; display means provided on the operation device, capable of displaying the state data of the equipment held by the state holding means; and the operation device attached to the apparatus main body. In response to the display request from the operating device, the status data of the equipment held in the status holding means is read, and the status data is output to the operating device for display on the display means. And a display data output means. 2. The operating device has parameter setting means capable of setting and changing control parameters for the equipment to be monitored and controlled. The apparatus main body holds the control parameters for the equipment and the parameter setting means. 2. A parameter holding means for changing a corresponding parameter in response to a parameter setting change request by the user.
2. The monitoring control device according to 1. 3. The operation device has operation input means for inputting an operation command to the equipment to be monitored and controlled, and the apparatus body outputs the operation command input by the operation input means to the corresponding equipment. 3. The monitoring control device according to claim 1, further comprising an operation output unit that performs the operation output.