JP2554546B2 - Building management system address input method - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an address input method of a building management system for inputting an address for recognizing a device to be processed in the building management system.

[Conventional technology]

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a menu screen displayed on the display device of the building management system.

The central monitoring system is used to monitor and control equipment in the building, manage tenants, and control air conditioning and lighting.
Provides services and information to building tenants. In such a building management system, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, a schedule for displaying a building management schedule such as a calendar, elevator inspection, cleaning, various events, and trend measurement for measuring changes and trends in a certain period. Trend graphs that display the results of registration and trend measurements, heat source systems that manage air-conditioning-related systems, lighting that manages lighting for each floor, office, etc., setting and inspection of disaster prevention zones,
It has a menu screen consisting of items such as disaster prevention for managing the occurrence status of disasters, etc. By selecting an item on this menu screen, processing of that item is performed. Therefore, the computer of the central monitoring system is equipped with various functions. The trend measurement, which is one of them, is a function of designating a temperature sensor and other devices in a building, reading and storing the data at regular intervals, and performing print output or display output at a predetermined time.
The designation of this device can be performed for a plurality of devices.

In this tendency measurement, each device is provided with an address for computer recognition in order to recognize the target device of the requested items, and the device is recognized by inputting this address. And by setting the interval, information is read at that interval and stored in memory,
It collects time series data and outputs its trend graphs. Therefore, this function is used in the case of designating one or a plurality of devices and investigating their fluctuations in a certain period.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

However, in the conventional trend measurement, since it is necessary to input the address of the device as described above, the operator needs to be aware of the computer identification number (address) attached to the device. However, there is a problem that the operator's burden is heavy. That is, when using the display, enter the address in advance around the symbol of the device on the screen, or prepare a document called an address book such as a telephone book, and refer to this and enter the address from the key board. Therefore, the input of the address becomes complicated, and the determination of the address has always been a bottleneck in the process of manufacturing the system. Especially in the case of a large-scale building, there is a problem that the device address has more than 10 digits and the operator's burden of inputting this address becomes heavy. In addition, if the address is made to have some meaning in order to make it easier to understand, the number of digits is further increased and the handling becomes complicated.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and to provide an address input method of a building management system in which an operator can input the address of each device by a simple operation without being aware of the address. It is a thing.

[Means for solving the problem]

Therefore, the present invention is an address input method of a building management system that executes a process by designating a specific element of a management system of equipment equipment in a building by an address and issuing a processing instruction. Address table that stores the addresses corresponding to, the management system screen that displays the management system of the equipment in the building and the display data of the process instruction screen that has the address specification column and issues the processing instruction, the management system screen of the display data, A display means for displaying a processing instruction screen, an input means for inputting address designation or processing instruction, and an instruction means for controlling the display or input to issue a processing instruction, and select a specific element on the management system screen Is configured to read the corresponding address from the address table and copy the address to the address designation field of the processing instruction screen. Than it is.

[Action]

In the address input method of the building management system of the present invention,
By selecting a specific element on the management system screen, the corresponding address is read from the address table, and the address is copied to the address specification field of the processing instruction screen, so the operator assigns an address for computer recognition to each element of the management system. All you have to do is specify and select elements such as sensors and devices displayed on the management system screen without being aware of them. Therefore, the burden on the operator for inputting the address can be significantly reduced.

〔Example〕

 Hereinafter, embodiments will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing one embodiment of a device address input method of a building management system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an address table, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen, and FIG. The figure is a diagram for explaining the outline of the process of trend measurement registration.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a central monitoring system, 2 is a screen control device, 3 is a display device, 4 is a mouse, 5 is display screen data, and 6 is an address table. Central monitoring system 1
Controls the equipment in the building and manages services and information to each tenant.By issuing a processing instruction by designating a specific element of the management system of the equipment in the building by address. The process is executed. Display device 3
Is for displaying control information of building equipment such as air conditioning and lighting, services and information for other tenants, and management system screen and address for displaying the management system of building equipment as a display screen. There is a processing instruction screen or the like which has a designated field and issues processing instructions. The mouse 4 is used to operate the cursor on the display screen, select and input functions and data, select functions and set / instruct control parameters. The screen control device 2 controls the screen displayed on the display device 3, and recognizes / processes the operation information of the mouse 4 according to the display screen. Display screen data 5
Stores the data relating to the screen displayed on the display device 3, and the address table 6 stores the position, address and name of the screen displayed based on the display screen data 5 as shown in FIG. It is a thing. In this case, the position of the screen is the position where the device or the like is displayed, the address is the address for computer recognition of the displayed device or the like, and the name is the detailed Kanji name of the device or the like.

In the above system, the menu screen is displayed in the initial state, and the operator operates the mouse to move the cursor and select each item in the menu. Therefore, when the operator selects an arbitrary item on the menu by operating the mouse, a floor plane screen, for example, as shown in FIG. 3A is displayed as a management system screen, or a processing instruction screen shown in FIG. It is possible to display the screen for trend measurement registration as shown in FIG. These screens have an address area 12 below the display area 11. Further, on the screen showing the layout of the fifth floor shown in FIG. 3 (a), T _A , T _B , T _C , ... Measure the temperature of each office A, B, C ,. It shows a temperature sensor that operates.

For example focuses on office A in the screen shown in FIG. 3 (a), when it is desired to investigate the change in the temperature of this room, Computer recognition of T _A screen trend measurement record shown in FIG. (B) Specify the address of. Therefore, first, in the floor plan showing the layout shown in FIG. 3 (a), the operator operates the mouse 4 to move the cursor to T _A on the screen and click to display the address for computer recognition. Designation and input are performed, and the address input processing will be described below with reference to FIG.

As a management system screen that displays the management system of building equipment by selecting the menu from the menu screen, for example, the third system
When the floor plan as shown in FIG. 6A is displayed (steps-), the address is input as follows.

Next, the pick on the screen is detected to identify the pick position (step,). Then, referring to the address table shown in FIG. 2, the address "(050) -3115" and the "name 5th floor office A temperature" corresponding to the device or the like at the pick position are displayed in the address area 12 (step). .

Next, when the screen is switched to the trend measurement registration screen as shown in FIG. 7B (step), the operator moves the cursor to the registration area 13 of the display screen, selects No. 1, 2, ... Since the No. is specified by doing so, the selected No. 1, 2, ... Is recognized and the address area 12
Copy the address from. Input the interval according to the operator's operation (step ~
).

When the address input and interval input registration processing is completed as described above, a processing instruction is issued to the central monitoring system 1. The screen control device 2 performs these processes. On the other hand, the central monitoring system 1 repeatedly collects information about the device of the designated address at predetermined intervals, and creates a database with the No. as an ID.

In the device address input method of the building management system according to the present invention, the address area is provided in a part of the display screen as described above, and the address of the device selected on the screen is displayed here, so that the address It is the one without direct input. Moreover, since the displayed address can be copied to the address entry area of the tendency measurement screen, the address can be easily registered.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above implementation, and various modifications can be made. For example, in the above embodiment, the present invention is applied to the trend measurement registration, but the system or state is displayed on the screen with easy-to-understand icons, images, symbols, etc. to represent the device, etc. It is needless to say that the same can be applied to a system that issues a processing instruction or the like by designating and inputting an ID or the like.

〔The invention's effect〕

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, by selecting an image or the like on the screen and calling and displaying the address, it is possible to use the address without the operator being aware of it. . Therefore, there is no problem even if the address is simply a numbered number in order, the addressing can be carried out completely freely, and the time taken for addressing can be greatly reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing one embodiment of a device address input method of a building management system according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an address table, FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen, and FIG.
The figure is a figure for explaining the outline of the process of trend measurement registration,
The figure is a diagram showing an example of a menu screen displayed on the display device of the building management system. 1 ... Central monitoring system, 2 ... Screen control device, 3 ...
Display device, 4 ... Mouse, 5 ... Display screen data, 6 ...
… Address table.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. An address input method of a building management system for executing a process by designating a specific element of a management system of equipment equipment in a building by an address and issuing a processing instruction. Address table that stores corresponding addresses, management system screen that displays the management system of building equipment, and display data of the processing instruction screen that issues processing instructions with address specification fields, management system screen of display data, processing A display means for displaying an instruction screen, an input means for inputting an instruction for addressing or processing, and an instruction means for issuing a processing instruction by controlling the display or input are provided, and by selecting a specific element on the management system screen. Building management characterized by reading the corresponding address from the address table and copying the address to the address designation field of the processing instruction screen Stem of the address input method.