JP2000276679A - System for controlling group of buildings - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To unnecessitate installing of a Web server at each building without preparing a homepage peculiar to each building control system by allowing the Web server to store a common standard homepage including everything of the building equipment to be monitored and preparing the homepage of each building based on the standard homepage and input of monitoring information from each building. SOLUTION: A building control device 3 monitors and controls building equipment. A transmitter transmits monitoring information from the device 3 through a public line or a private line. A receiver receives information from each transmitter through a line. A PC with the Web server is connected with the Internet to deliver and receive the information. The PC with the Web server stores a common standard homepage including everything of the building equipment to be monitored in plural buildings and inputs an input signal (monitoring information) from each device 3 by a prescribed frequency to prepare the home page of a building to which the input signal is inputted.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a building group management system for remotely monitoring a plurality of buildings using an Internet network.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional building group management system of this kind, a building management system provided in each building to be centrally monitored from a remote site covers building facilities unique to a homepage and also includes those buildings. By creating a display screen that displays the state of the equipment, the building group management device performs centralized monitoring while viewing the display screen on the homepage of each building via the Internet.

[0003]

However, in the conventional building group management system described above, the display screen of the homepage of each building management system is created for each building independently of other buildings. However, the task of creating a homepage became enormous and expensive.
In addition, a W for connecting to the Internet network for each building.
It was expensive because an eb server was installed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems of the conventional example, and saves labor without creating a unique homepage for each building management system of all buildings to be centrally monitored from a remote place. It is an object of the present invention to provide an inexpensive building group management system that does not require a Web server to be connected to the Internet network for each building.

[0005]

A building group management system according to the present invention is a building group monitoring system for remotely monitoring homepages of a plurality of buildings by viewing them via an Internet network. And a transmitting unit for transmitting the monitoring information from the building managing unit via a line, and receiving the information from each transmitting unit via the line. An apparatus, a Web server means connected to the Internet network for exchanging information, and a group management means connected to the Internet network for remotely monitoring a plurality of buildings, wherein the Web server means includes a plurality of buildings. Stores a common standard homepage covering all monitored building facilities in It is characterized in that to create a homepage for each building based on the information input.

The Web server means creates a correspondence table between the display contents on the standard homepage and the monitoring information from each building management means for each building, and creates a homepage for each building based on the result. It is characterized by the following.

Further, the Web server means, when the monitoring information is input from the building management means, creates a homepage of the building in correspondence with a standard homepage.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a building group management system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a building group management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a group management personal computer which is provided in a remote place with respect to a plurality of buildings to be monitored and serves as a group management device for monitoring the plurality of buildings, which is a fixed installation or a mobile device. Is also good. 2
Is a building management device for monitoring and controlling building equipment, and 4 is a transmission device for transmitting monitoring information from the building management device 3 via a public line or a dedicated line. 3 and a transmission device 4 are provided for each building. Reference numeral 5 denotes a receiving device that receives information from each transmitting device 4 via the above-described line, and reference numeral 6 denotes a personal computer (PC) with a Web server that connects to the Internet network 2 and exchanges information. The group management personal computer 1 is not limited to, for example, one fixed to a monitoring center, and may be any device such as a mobile device that can connect to the Internet.

FIG. 2 shows a building management table 7 provided in the group management personal computer 1, in which building numbers 1, 2,.
Is stored for each building.

FIG. 3 shows a standard screen of the standard homepage 10 stored in the PC 6 with a Web server. Here, a screen displaying a skeleton covering the power receiving and transforming facilities of all the buildings to be monitored is shown. It has become.

As shown in FIG. 4, the display mode of the display portion 11 in the rectangle on the standard screen shown in FIG.
A in the display portion 11 is the name of the building, B1 to B
B representing 22 includes the names of switching devices such as circuit breakers,
Off, fault status, C indicates the name of the driving equipment such as a generator, start, stop, fault status, D representing D1 to D4, the name of the transformer, and the voltage and current values. It has become.

FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B show correspondence tables between the display contents on the standard homepage 10 and the monitoring information from the building management device 3.
It is created in C6, and is used to create a homepage of each building by changing the display in each rectangle, which is a corresponding display part of the standard homepage 10, based on this correspondence table.

That is, FIG. 5A shows each building management device 3.
, And the monitoring information corresponding to each of the memory addresses 1, 2,..., M is stored. FIG. 5B shows a correspondence table 13 that defines the correspondence between the display content of the display portion 11 on the homepage 10 and the monitoring information of the database 12.

In the correspondence table 13, the name of the building as a fixed portion which does not change to A of the display portion 11, the name of a switching device such as a circuit breaker as a fixed portion is shown as B for B1 to B22. The memory addresses (for example, addresses 1 and 2) of the database 12 in which the monitoring information of the on / off / failure states of the parts are stored, and C is the name of a driving device such as a generator as a fixed part, Start up,
The memory address of the database 12 in which the monitoring information of the status of the stop and the fault is stored, and D representing the D1 to D4 store the name of the transformer as a fixed portion and the values of the voltage and current as the changing portion. The memory address of the database 12 is stored, and the PC 6 with a Web server of each building creates a homepage of each building based on the correspondence table.

Next, the operation of the building group management system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS. Figure 6 shows P with Web server
It is an initialization flowchart of C6. First, a building management table 7 of the monitored building shown in FIG. 2 is created (step S61). Next, a standard screen of the standard homepage 10 shown in FIG. 3 is created (step S62). Then, a correspondence table 13 for each building shown in FIG. 5 is created (step S6).
3).

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a process of creating a homepage for each building in the PC 6 with a web server. An input signal (monitoring information) from each building management device 3 is input at a predetermined cycle (step S71), and a homepage of the building to which the input signal (monitoring information) is input is created (step S72). The home page for each building is created by associating the standard home page 10 shown in FIG. 3 with the correspondence table 13 shown in FIG. 5, and creating a home page for each building.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the group management device 1. The group management device 1 displays the screen of the building management table 7 shown in FIG. 2 by inputting the address of the homepage of the building required (step S81) (step S82). Then, the homepage of the building is displayed via the Internet (steps S83, S83).
84).

As described above, according to the above embodiment, W
Since the PC 6 with the EB server stores a common standard homepage covering all monitored building facilities in a plurality of buildings and creates a homepage for each building based on the standard homepage and monitoring information input from each building. , Can be remotely monitored by the group management device 1 via the Internet network 2.

The present invention can be practiced according to the following specific examples.・ Air conditioning, plumbing, lighting, disaster prevention, crime prevention,
Any equipment such as an elevator can be similarly monitored. -The standard screen of the standard homepage can be implemented in the same way by creating a standard block diagram or list instead of skeleton display. The same can be achieved by directly inputting the monitoring information of each building to the PC with a Web server without connecting the building management device to the PC with a Web server. -The standard screen may be created within the range that can be standardized. Regarding the correspondence method of the correspondence table, a display name, an operation state, and the like may be separately created, and any method may be used so that the input signal of the building monitoring device and the display content correspond to each other. -Output signals can be handled in the same way.・ The same can be applied to reports such as daily / monthly reports. In the group management device, the building selection table may be displayed and selected on a map or the like.・ We send signals from the building management device via the Internet
b It may be input to a PC with a server. Transmission of information between the building management device and the PC with a Web server can be similarly performed by wireless, public line, or any other method. Alternatively, an intranet may be used. The signal from the building management device may be fetched only when there is a change in the input signal from the building management device.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, a common standard homepage covering all monitored building facilities in a plurality of buildings is stored in a single Web server means. Since the homepage for each building is created based on the monitoring information input from the building, labor can be saved without creating a unique homepage for each building management system of all buildings to be centrally monitored from a remote location. It is possible to provide an inexpensive building group management system without installing a Web server for connecting to the Internet network for each building.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a building group management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a building management table 7 provided in the group management personal computer 1.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a standard screen of a standard homepage 10 included in the PC 6 with a Web server.

4 is an explanatory diagram of a display mode of a display portion 11 in a rectangle on the standard screen of FIG.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing a correspondence table between display contents on a standard homepage 10 and monitoring information from the building management device 3.

FIG. 6 is an initial setting flowchart of the PC 6 with a Web server.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a process of creating a homepage for each building in the PC 6 with a web server.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation in the group management device 1.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 group management device, 2 Internet network, 3 building management device, 4 transmitting device, 5 receiving device, 6 PC with Web server, 10 standard homepage, 11 display part,
13 Correspondence table.

Continued on the front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification code FI Theme coat II (Reference) H04Q 9/00 321 (72) Inventor Yasufumi Moriyasu 2-6-2 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Mitsubishi Electric Building Techno Service Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hiroyasu Tabata 2-6-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Mitsubishi Electric Building Techno Service Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 5C087 AA08 AA19 BB71 BB74 DD23 EE12 5K033 AA04 BA08 CB01 CB08 DA01 DA06 DB18 DB20 EA07 5K048 AA04 BA51 DA02 EB08 EB12 EB13 FB03 FB04 FB05 FB08

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A building group monitoring system for remotely monitoring homepages of a plurality of buildings by viewing the homepages via an Internet network. In each building, building management means for monitoring and controlling building equipment, Transmitting means for transmitting the monitoring information via the line, and a receiving device for receiving the information from each of the transmitting means via the line, and connecting to the Internet to exchange information. A web server means for performing remote monitoring of a plurality of buildings connected to the Internet network, wherein the web server means includes a common standard covering all monitored building facilities in the plurality of buildings. Stores homepages and creates a homepage for each building based on the standard homepage and monitoring information input from each building. Buildings management system, characterized in that. 2. The building group management system according to claim 1, wherein the Web server creates a correspondence table between display contents on a standard homepage and monitoring information from each building management means for each building. A building group management system characterized by creating a homepage for each building based on the result. 3. The building group management system according to claim 1, wherein the web server means, when the monitoring information is input from the building management means, determines a homepage of the building from correspondence with a standard homepage. A building group management system characterized by creating