JP2014050096A - Remote monitoring and control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To realize a function equivalent to the monitoring and control function of a central monitoring terminal of a building management system for managing a building facility by a monitoring terminal installed at a distance, making it possible for a central monitor room at the site of a building facility to be unattended.SOLUTION: A remote monitoring and control system is provided with a remote monitoring terminal in which a device for processing a keyboard signal (k), a video monitor signal (V), a mouse signal (M) and an audio signal (A), which are operation signals of a central monitor terminal at the site of a building facility, is installed by the side of and connected to the central monitor terminal, thereby exchanging the operation signals of the central monitor terminal via a network. The operation signals of the central monitor terminal at the site of the building facility are all taken in by the remote monitoring terminal, and the monitoring and control functions of the central monitor terminal at the site of the building facility can be reproduced in its entirety on the remote side. Therefore, the monitoring and control operations of the central monitor terminal at the site of the building facility can be performed from a distance in entirely the same sense as performed at the site.

Description

  The present invention provides a module for transmitting and receiving a keyboard signal (K), a video monitor signal (V), a mouse signal (M), and an audio signal (A), which are operation signals of a central monitoring terminal of a building management system for on-site building equipment. Connected to the central monitoring terminal, the module is further connected to the IP packet processing device, the IP packet processing device and the remote monitoring terminal provided in the remote management center are connected via a network, and the remote monitoring terminal and the central monitoring terminal In the meantime, it relates to a remote monitoring / control system that is connected only by hardware signals regardless of the software of the manufacturer that provides the building management system.

FIG. 13 is a system configuration example in which a conventional IP-KVM device (the KVM device of the present application) is used. The IP-KVM device is a device that performs IP packet processing of a keyboard signal (K), a video monitor signal (V), a mouse signal (M), and an audio signal (A) that are operation signals of the terminal. An IP packet is a standard data format determined for communication over an IP network. An operator at a remote management center provided remotely as shown in FIG. 13 uses a remote operation terminal 905 to connect the IP-KVM device 901 in the server room connected to the remote operation terminal 905 via a network. An operation signal for performing various settings and construction of the server 902 is transmitted. The IP-KVM device 901 is a KVM-over-IP solution that realizes remote operation using a network. KVM-over-IP means that a keyboard signal (K), a video monitor signal (V), a mouse signal (M), and an audio signal (A), which are terminal operation signals, are converted into IP packets and controlled through a network. .
In other words, the IP-KVM apparatus 901 is an apparatus that operates an operation signal of an information processing apparatus such as a server 902 at a remote place as if it were present.
The remote operation terminal 905 includes an information processing terminal located remotely from the IP-KVM device 901 provided in the on-site building facility, a keyboard signal (K), a video monitor signal (V), a mouse, and an operation signal. Since the signal (M) and the audio signal (A) can be transmitted and received, not only the server room but also a remote information processing terminal can perform state monitoring and control operations.

JP2009-163344A (P2009-163344A) JP2010-23703A (P2010-231703A)

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a system configuration in the case of remotely managing a conventional building / building facility. For example, when a certain company wants to build a remote management center for entrusting remote management work, the conventional method is bound by the software and hardware dedicated to the manufacturer of the building management system (BAS). The software and hardware dedicated to the manufacturer that provides the BAS for the on-site building facilities must be installed. Therefore, when managing a plurality of building facilities remotely, if a different manufacturer's BAS is installed in each target building facility, the dedicated software and hardware of each manufacturer must be installed. Inevitably, a large amount of cost is required for start-up, and a remote monitoring terminal must be prepared for each BAS manufacturer, which complicates maintenance and operation management. In addition, it is necessary to secure a large equipment installation space in the remote management center, and it is necessary to secure the number of personnel required for the operation according to the type of BAS, resulting in a large cost burden.
The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to reduce the total cost required for maintenance of building facilities and to generalize a remote monitoring / control system. It is.

In the present invention, the above-described problems are solved as follows.
(1) Module for transmitting / receiving a keyboard signal (K), a video monitor signal (V), a mouse signal (M), and an audio signal (A) as operation signals to the central monitoring terminal of the building management system for on-site building facilities. Connect. The module is further connected to an IP packet processing apparatus to perform IP packetization processing. An IP packet is a standard data format determined for communication over an IP network.
(2) The module is connected to the central monitoring terminal by hardware without any software from the manufacturer of the building management system.
(3) The IP packet processing device is further connected to a remote monitoring terminal of a remote management center via a network.
(4) The remote monitoring terminal of the remote management center transmits / receives operation signals of the central monitoring terminal of the building management system of the on-site building facilities via the network, and the screen and operating environment of the central monitoring terminal look exactly the same as the remote monitoring terminal. Reproduce.
(5) Since the module and the IP packet processing device are not related to the software of the central monitoring terminal of the manufacturer of the building management system at all, any module can be used as long as it is a central monitoring terminal constructed with a general personal computer.

In the present invention, the following effects can be expected.
(1) All the monitoring and control operations of the on-site building facilities can be performed at the remote monitoring terminal of the remote management center by transmitting / receiving the operation signals of the central monitoring terminal of the building management system of the on-site building facilities to the remote monitoring terminal. As a result, unmanned monitoring of on-site building facilities can be realized, leading to a reduction in labor costs.
(3) Since the operation signal of the central monitoring terminal of the building management system for on-site building facilities is exchanged with the remote monitoring terminal without any intervention from the building management system manufacturer software, the building management system manufacturer software Can be omitted, leading to a reduction in remote management center construction costs.
(4) Since the operation signal of the central monitoring terminal of the building management system of the on-site building facilities is exchanged with the remote monitoring terminal without any intervention from the software of the manufacturer of the building management system, Since a remote monitoring terminal can be shared without requiring a dedicated remote monitoring terminal, the space and the number of terminal devices in the remote management center can be reduced, leading to a reduction in the cost of constructing the remote management center.
(5) Since the operation signal of the central monitoring terminal of the building management system for on-site building facilities is exchanged with the remote monitoring terminal without any intervention from the software of the manufacturer of the building management system, the test at the time of building the remote management center Is completed only by checking the hardware connection, and does not require any software-related comprehensive testing. Therefore, the construction period is greatly shortened, and the labor costs associated with it are greatly reduced.

It is a conceptual diagram which shows the remote monitoring and control system of an Example. It is a figure which shows the site building building equipment side apparatus connection of an Example. It is a figure which shows the other connection method of the field building building equipment side apparatus of an Example. It is a figure which shows the functional block of the KVM signal processing of an Example. It is an example of a screen display of the remote monitoring terminal of an Example. It is an example of expansion emphasis display of a remote monitoring terminal screen at the time of alarm issue of an example. It is a figure which shows the mail notification at the time of the alarm alerting of an Example. It is a figure which shows the management information table of an Example. It is a figure which shows the alarm alerting field log | history of an Example. It is a figure which shows the example of the notification mail message of an Example. It is a figure which shows the detection processing block of the alarm alerting field of an Example. It is a figure which shows the example of a conventional remote monitoring system structure. It is a system configuration example in which a conventional IP-KVM device is used.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a remote monitoring / control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The remote monitoring / control system of the present invention performs a remote monitoring / control operation on the central monitoring terminal 3 of the building management system for on-site building facilities by using a plurality of remote monitoring terminals 6 provided remotely. CIM11, KVM A device 1, a VPN router 2, a VPN router 5, and a remote monitoring terminal 6 are provided. The remote monitoring terminal 6 is connected to the KVM apparatus 1 via the network 4 and the VPN routers 2 and 5. The KVM device 1 is connected to the central monitoring terminal 3 via the CIM 11, receives a KVM signal sent from the remote monitoring terminal 6 via the VPN routers 2, 5 and the network 4, and sends it to the central monitoring terminal 3. Transmitting and remote control operation can be realized. Further, since the KVM device 1 receives the KVM signal from the central monitoring terminal 3 via the CIM 11 and transmits it to the remote monitoring terminal 6 via the VPNs 2 and 5 and the network 4, remote monitoring is possible.
The KVM signal is a keyboard signal (K), a video monitor signal (V), a mouse signal (M), and an audio signal (A) that are operation signals.
The CIM 11 is a module that is connected to the central monitoring terminal 3 and transmits / receives the KVM, and the KVM device 1 is a processing device that converts data into IP packets in order to transmit / receive the KVM signal through the IP network.
VPN routers 2 and 5 are provided at both ends of the network to constitute a virtual private network.

  Since the remote monitoring terminal 6 and the central monitoring terminal 3 are connected by a virtual private network, security is strictly protected.

  Since the remote monitoring terminal 6 and the central monitoring terminal 3 transmit and receive screen information, a high bandwidth network is used.

FIG. 2 is a connection diagram of devices related to the central monitoring terminal of the building management system for the on-site building facilities of the embodiment.
The KVM device 1 is connected to the central monitoring terminal main body 30 via the CIM 11 and transmits and receives KVM signals. The keyboard 31, the display 32, and the mouse 33 that are connected to the original central monitoring terminal main body 30 are connected to the KVM apparatus 1. The KVM device 1 transmits and receives a KVM signal, which is an operation signal for the central monitoring terminal, via the CIM 11. That is, the function of the central monitoring terminal 3 in FIG. 1 is realized via the KVM device 1.
The KVM device 1 is connected to the VPN router 2 via a LAN cable, and transmits and receives KVM signals between the remote monitoring terminal 6 and the central monitoring terminal 3 of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating another connection example of the on-site building equipment side device according to the embodiment.
The KVM device 1 transmits and receives KVM signals by connecting the CIM 11 to the central monitoring terminal body 30 via the USB hub 13. The keyboard 31 and mouse 33 of the central monitoring terminal main body 30 are connected via the USB hub 13, and the display 32 is connected to the KVM apparatus 1 via the display distributor 12. The KVM device 1 transmits and receives operation signals from the central monitoring terminal via the CIM 11. The KVM apparatus 1 is connected to the VPN router 2 via a LAN cable, and transmits and receives KVM signals between the remote monitoring terminal 6 and the central monitoring terminal 3 of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating functional blocks of KVM signal processing on the site building facility side of the embodiment.
The operation of taking the KVM signal from the central monitoring terminal main body 30 of the building management system for the on-site building facilities and transmitting it to the remote monitoring terminal on the remote management center side is as follows.
The D-SUB 15-pin mini connector of the CIM 11 is connected to the D-SUB 15-pin mini connector terminal on the back of the central monitoring terminal main body 30, and the video signal (V) from the central monitoring terminal main body 30 is converted to the CIM 11 video signal (V) converting means. 111. The keyboard and mouse USB connectors of the CIM 11 are connected to the USB port of the central monitoring terminal main body 30, and the keyboard signal (K) and mouse signal (M) from the central monitoring terminal main body 30 are converted to the keyboard signal (K) conversion means of the CIM 11 and Take in the mouse signal (M) conversion means. The audio USB connector of the CIM 11 is connected to the USB port of the central monitoring terminal body 30 and takes the audio signal (A) from the central monitoring terminal body 30 into the audio signal (A) conversion means of the CIM 11. The KVM signal taken into the CIM 11 is synthesized for the LAN cable signal and transmitted to the KVM device 1, and the KVM device 1 performs IP packetization processing to transmit the synthesized KVM signal to the IP network, and communication means. To send.
The operation of transmitting a KVM signal from the remote monitoring terminal 5 on the remote management center side in FIG. 1 to the central monitoring terminal main body 30 of the building management system for the on-site building facilities is as follows.
The KVM apparatus 1 receives the IP packet from the communication means, separates the KVM signal from the IP packet, and transmits the signal to each signal conversion means 111, 112, 113, 114 of the CIM 11. The CIM 11 that has received the signal operates as follows. The CIM 11 D-SUB 15-pin mini-connector is connected to the D-SUB 15-pin mini-connector terminal on the back of the central monitoring terminal body 30, and the video signal (V) conversion means 111 of the CIM 11 sends the video signal of the CIM 11 to the central monitoring terminal body 30. (V) is transmitted. The keyboard and mouse USB connector of the CIM 11 are connected to the USB port of the central monitoring terminal main body 30, and the keyboard signal of the CIM 11 is transferred from the keyboard signal (K) conversion means and mouse signal (M) conversion means of the CIM 11 to the central monitoring terminal main body 30. (K) and mouse signal (M) are transmitted. The audio USB connector of the CIM 11 is connected to the USB port of the central monitoring terminal body 30 and transmits the audio signal (A) of the CIM 11 from the audio signal (A) conversion means of the CIM 11 to the central monitoring terminal body 30.
With the operation as described above, the remote monitoring terminal 5 on the remote management center side in FIG. 1 and the central monitoring terminal main body 30 of the on-site building facility transmit and receive KVM signals.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the central monitoring terminal screens of the plurality of on-site building facilities in the embodiment are taken in the remote monitoring terminal screen 62 and are displayed in a reduced size.

Incorporation into the remote monitoring terminal screen 62 is performed by designating the IP address of the KVM device 1 with a Web browser.
Example: When the IP address 192.168.100.100 is set in the KVM device 1, the following designation is performed.
http://192.168.100.100
* The setting of the IP address etc. will be left to the explanation of the device manual, so it is omitted here.

The remote monitoring terminal Web browser captures the screen of the central monitoring terminal 3 of the on-site building facility from the KVM device 1, and the remote monitoring terminal screen 62 arbitrarily displays the captured screen in a reduced scale.
In the case of enlarging the reduced screen, clicking the site building equipment screen correspondence index 620 at the left end of the screen with the mouse displays the screen of the site building equipment in an enlarged manner.

  FIG. 6 is an enlarged highlight display of the monitoring screen of the on-site building / building equipment for which an alarm has been issued in the monitoring screen 63 of the plurality of on-site building / building / equipment screens reduced in size on the remote monitoring terminal screen 62 in FIG. 621.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram in which e-mail notification is made to the mobile terminal 10 to the related parties registered in advance when the monitoring screen of the on-site building / building facility for which an alarm is issued in FIG. When the mail notification is issued, a message to that effect is displayed in the lower message column 622. The mobile terminal is a general mobile terminal, and refers to a mobile phone, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or the like.

  Since the e-mail notification can be received on the mobile terminal, even if the monitoring operator of the remote management center is away from the office due to a resting room, etc., confirm the response to the on-site building equipment side where the alarm was issued without overlooking the alarm It is possible to communicate appropriately.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a management information table 71 including the IP address of the KVM apparatus installed on the site building facility side of the embodiment, the mail notification destination at the time of alarm generation, and the like. In the management information table 71, an alarm issue time, an e-mail notification issue time, and an e-mail recipient's e-mail confirmation reception time are registered.

  The editing of the items 711 to 716 in the management information table 71 can be registered and changed with an Excel sheet, so that the operation is omitted.

  The initial values of the items 7171 and 7172 are “0” and 7173 to 7176 are set as spaces, and are updated by the processing of the program installed in the remote monitoring terminal 5. Item 7171 is set to “1” when an alarm is issued, and item 7172 is set to “1” when the screen at the site is enlarged and set to “0” when the display is reduced. Is done. An item 7173 records the time at which the alarm is issued, and an item 7174 records the time of the mail notification. In items 7175 and 7176, when a confirmation mail for mail notification arrives, the time is recorded.

FIG. 9 shows an example in which alarm reports are recorded in time series.
Since it is recorded in CSV format, it can be processed arbitrarily with software such as Excel, and can be used as data for management materials such as daily and monthly reports.

  FIG. 10 is an example of a notification mail. The person who has received the message calls the monitoring center and confirms the detailed contents of the alarm reporting site.

FIG. 11 is a process for detecting an alarm report according to the embodiment.
In step S01, it is checked whether an alarm has been issued. If an alarm has been issued and has not yet been processed, the enlarged highlight display S02, the mail transmission S03, the table update S04, and the table update S05 are processed to the next entry. The process proceeds to S06. If the warning is already processed or there is no warning in S01, no processing is performed and the process proceeds to S06.
The alarm alert detection process is as follows.
In the order of the site names registered in the management information table 71 of FIG. 8, the signal data of the voice reception buffer of the central monitoring terminal screen of the site displayed on the screen of the remote monitoring terminal 6 of FIG. Level processing is performed and compared with the threshold value of the audio level 716 in FIG. If the threshold value is exceeded, the flow from S02 onward with the alarm notification is executed assuming that the alarm is generated. The voice level threshold value is registered in advance in the voice level value 716 of the management information table 71. As the threshold value, a unique value can be registered for each site, so that it can be handled for each central monitoring terminal at the site. The threshold value is determined by determining an appropriate value in a test for registering a site in the remote monitoring / control system.

  When the confirmation button is pressed, it is checked in step S10 whether or not there is an enlarged display on the screen. If there is an enlarged display in S11, a reduced display process S12 and a table update S13 process are performed. Next, in S14, the presence / absence of mail confirmation is checked and if there is a mail confirmation notification, table update S15 and table update S16 are performed, and the process is terminated.

  Conventional maintenance of building facilities is bound by the specifications of the manufacturer that provides the building management system. Therefore, when a third party starts up a remote management center and starts remote monitoring work, it is for the manufacturer only. The hardware and software must be installed, and a large amount of installation cost is required. Therefore, even if government offices tend to bid for building and maintenance of building facilities and expect cost reduction based on the competition principle, the bid price will remain high and the competition principle will not work easily. The present invention has been made for the purpose of opening a hole in such a market, and it can be highly expected especially for a public tender project.

1 KVM device 11 CIM
2 VPN router 3 Central monitoring terminal 4 IP network 5 VPN router 6 Remote monitoring terminal 620 Corresponding index part of field building equipment screen 624 Confirmation button 71 Management information table 72 Alarm alert history table 10 Mobile terminal

Claims (8)

Modules that transmit and receive keyboard signals (K), video monitor signals (V), mouse signals (M), and audio signals (A), which are the operation signals of the central monitoring terminal of the building management system for on-site building facilities, are used as the central monitoring terminal. The module is further connected to the IP packet processing device, the IP packet processing device and the remote monitoring terminal provided in the remote management center are connected via a network, and the remote monitoring terminal and the central monitoring terminal are managed in the building It is a system connected only by hardware signals regardless of the manufacturer's software that provides the system,
Means for detecting the alarm on-site by the alarm sound received at the remote monitoring terminal side;
A remote monitoring / control system comprising: notifying means for notifying a person concerned of an alarm on the spot based on the detecting means.   The remote monitoring terminal installed in the remote management center transmits and receives keyboard signals (K), video monitor signals (V), mouse signals (M), and audio signals (A), which are operation signals of the central monitoring terminal of the on-site building facilities. The remote monitoring / control system according to claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring terminal can perform all operations performed by the central monitoring terminal.   The remote monitoring / control system according to claim 1, wherein the notification means is performed by mail notification to a portable terminal.   The remote monitoring / control system according to claim 1, wherein the alarm sound is detected at an alarm level set for each site in advance.   2. The remote monitoring / control system according to claim 1, wherein the network connecting the remote monitoring terminal and the central monitoring terminal is protected by a VPN (virtual private network).   The remote monitoring / control system according to claim 1, wherein a single remote monitoring terminal can manage a central monitoring terminal of a plurality of on-site building facilities.   2. The remote monitoring / control system according to claim 1, wherein if the central monitoring terminal of the on-site building facilities is a general-purpose personal computer, all the central monitoring terminals can be connected to the remote monitoring terminal.   8. The remote monitoring / control system according to claim 7, wherein the central monitoring terminal and the remote monitoring terminal can be connected regardless of the manufacturer of the building management system (BAS) for the on-site building facilities.

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