Building management equipment construction support system

Abstract

To provide a building management equipment construction support system for enabling proper communication among various persons concerned.SOLUTION: A building management equipment construction support system includes a correspondence information creation unit 104 that can input equipment information relating to a micro edge device, a sensor device, etc. scheduled to be installed and output correspondence information previously associated with the equipment information. The equipment includes at least the micro edge device, etc. and the sensor device, etc. that can be connected to the micro edge device The equipment information includes information relating to the micro edge device and information relating to the sensor device. The correspondence information creation unit 104 allows manual input of primary equipment information, allows input of XYZ coordinates relating to placement of the micro edge device, and outputs the information relating to the connection of the micro edge device to the sensor device, etc. as supplementary information of the correspondence information relating to the micro edge device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 36

Description

[Technical Field]

[0001] The present invention relates to a building management facility construction support system that supports the construction of management facilities for a building, for example. [Background technology]

[0002] When constructing building management facilities, it is necessary to create many different types of drawings and tables. The drawings and tables to be created include, for example, (1) outline drawings, (2) equipment lists, (3) nameplate lists, (4) power supply circuit diagrams, (5) expansion and connection diagrams, (6) terminal layout diagrams, (7) system configuration diagrams, (8) point lists, (9) system diagrams, and (10) system function diagrams. Prior patent documents relating to the construction of building management facilities include Patent Documents 1 to 3 listed below. These Patent Documents 1 to 3 disclose inventions that reduce the labor required to create various drawings and tables. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] Patent No. 3021766 [Patent Document 2] Patent No. 3209535 [Patent Document 3] Patent No. 4431945 Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] Incidentally, modern buildings (such as so-called intelligent buildings) are equipped with a wide variety of equipment. Furthermore, the construction and renovation of buildings involves a diverse range of stakeholders, such as the owner, general contractor, design firm, construction company, building management company, and tenants, who consult with each other. However, these stakeholders include some who lack detailed knowledge of the technical specifications of the equipment, and others who are only familiar with the equipment of a specific manufacturer. For this reason, in the past, drawings and charts created based on the results of consultations often had to be reworked. Furthermore, insufficient communication between stakeholders could hinder the construction of building management facilities and the implementation of labor-saving measures and digital transformation (DX) in building construction.

[0005] An object of the present invention is to provide a building management facility construction support system that enables appropriate communication among various parties involved. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to achieve the above object, the building management facility construction support system according to the present invention comprises: A building management facility construction support system that supports the construction of building management facilities, a correspondence information creation unit that can input facility equipment information related to facility equipment to be installed and output correspondence information that is previously associated with the facility equipment information; The facility equipment includes at least a primary facility equipment and a secondary facility equipment connectable to the primary facility equipment, The facility equipment information includes at least primary facility equipment information related to the primary facility equipment, The correspondence information creation unit The primary facility and equipment information can be manually input, Coordinate information relating to the placement of the primary equipment can be input, outputting information relating to the connection of the primary equipment device with the secondary equipment device as supplementary information of the correspondence information relating to the primary equipment device information; an individual structured entity which is a database corresponding to each of a plurality of types of communication standards; an integrated structuring body that is a database that aggregates information of the individual structuring bodies in a predetermined structure, the corresponding information creation unit creates the supplementary information using information on the integrated structure body; It is a building management facility construction support system, The building management facility takes over the integrated structure. [Effects of the Invention]

[0007] According to the above invention, it is possible to provide a building management facility construction support system that enables appropriate communication among various parties involved. [Brief explanation of the drawings]

[0008] [Figure 1] 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a building management system that can be constructed by a building management facility construction support system according to an embodiment. [Figure 2] FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a wireless sensor device that can be used in a building management system. [Figure 3] 10 is a flowchart showing an outline of a procedure for creating a database related to a building management system. [Figure 4] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram illustrating information in a database related to a building management system. [Figure 5] 1 is a diagram showing an example of an SNVT correspondence table. [Figure 6] FIG. 1A is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional technique for mapping, and FIG. 1B is an explanatory diagram showing an example of mapping using the productivity tool of the embodiment. [Figure 7] 6A is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional technique related to mapping, similar to FIG. 6, and FIG. 6B is an explanatory diagram showing an example of mapping using the productivity tool of the embodiment, similar to FIG. 6. FIG. [Figure 8](a) is an explanatory diagram using an image showing an example of the initial screen displayed when using the productivity tool, and (b) is an explanatory diagram using an image showing an example of a template for a specified protocol. [Figure 9] FIG. 10A is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a template for another predetermined protocol using an image, and FIG. 10B is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a template for a predetermined management system using an image. [Figure 10] 1 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a building management facility construction support system according to an embodiment. [Figure 11] FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a layout diagram used in discussions on the placement of facility equipment. [Figure 12] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an operation screen in CAD. [Figure 13] 10A is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a control panel automatic drawing menu bar, and FIG. 10B is a diagram showing an outline of the contents of each function that can be selected using the automatic drawing function button. [Figure 14] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a display when the automatic drawing function button for "attribute information setting" is selected. [Figure 15] FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example following FIG. 14. [Figure 16] FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example following FIG. 15. [Figure 17] FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example following FIG. 16. [Figure 18] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example when the "equipment layout" automatic drawing function button is selected. [Figure 19] FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example following FIG. 18. [Figure 20] FIG. 20 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example following FIG. 19. [Figure 21] FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example following FIG. 20. [Figure 22] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example when the automatic drawing function button "Micro Edge Level Placement" is selected. [Figure 23] FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example following FIG. 22. [Figure 24] FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example following FIG. 23. [Figure 25] FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example following FIG. 24. [Figure 26] FIG. 26 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example following FIG. 25. [Figure 27] FIG. 27 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example following FIG. 26. [Figure 28] FIG. 28 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example following FIG. 27. [Figure 29] FIG. 29 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example following FIG. 28. [Figure 30] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a display when the automatic drawing function button for "sensor / operation terminal layout" is selected. [Figure 31] FIG. 31 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example following FIG. 30. [Figure 32] FIG. 32 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example following FIG. 31. [Figure 33] FIG. 33 is an explanatory diagram showing a display example following FIG. 32. [Figure 34] (a) is an explanatory diagram showing the "equipment list", (b) is an explanatory diagram showing the "device type" diagram, (c) is an explanatory diagram showing the "signal type" diagram, (d) is an explanatory diagram showing the "power supply system diagram", (e) is an explanatory diagram showing the "external dimensions diagram", and (f) is an explanatory diagram showing the "expanded connection diagram". [Figure 35] 10 is a flowchart showing a flow until correspondence information can be created. [Figure 36] FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an integrated structuring body. [Figure 37] 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of devices that configure a building management system. [Figure 38] FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of data handled in the building management facility construction support system. [Figure 39] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of zoning of data. [Figure 40] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of how to divide upper and lower hierarchical levels. [Figure 41] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a type of profile. [Figure 42]FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a menu bar related to an "Execution Schedule" screen. [Figure 43] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a list of screens relating to a scheduler function. [Figure 44] FIG. 1A is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen display related to a scheduler, and FIG. 1B is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a screen display related to the settings of the scheduler. [Figure 45] 1A is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a demand menu bar, FIG. 1B is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a trend screen, and FIG. 1C is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a daily report. [Figure 46] FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a structure for executing a demand control function. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0009] [Order of explanation in the embodiment] A building management facility construction support system 100 (FIG. 10) according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described. However, to facilitate understanding of the technical features of the building management facility construction support system 100 (FIG. 10), an example of a building management system to be constructed (designed) will first be described.

[0010] The building management system to be constructed in this embodiment is, for example, a building management system such as that disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 7249078 (and Japanese Patent Publication No. 7262035 and Japanese Patent Publication No. 7262036) and Japanese Patent Application No. 2023-040742 (specification and drawings) filed by the present applicant. The following describes an embodiment of the building management system disclosed in the specification and drawings of Japanese Patent Application No. 2023-040742, transcribing the contents of the description (the other two applications also have similar contents). This is followed by a description of an embodiment of the invention of a building management facility construction support system (building management facility construction support system 100).

[0011] [Examples of building management equipment and building management systems to be constructed] <Outline of the building management system according to the embodiment> The following describes a building management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The building management system according to this embodiment enables centralized management or decentralized control of various management items such as air conditioning, lighting, sanitation, warnings (security, alarms), energy, etc., from inside or outside the building, or from a remote location.

[0012] The building management system of this embodiment includes various equipment within a building. The equipment includes various equipment such as air conditioners, lighting equipment, doors, etc. The equipment also includes sensors such as temperature sensors that detect the temperature within a room, humidity sensors that detect humidity, illuminance sensors that detect the illuminance of lighting equipment, and contact sensors that detect whether a door is open or closed.

[0013] Facility equipment also includes air conditioner control panels and remote controls (remote controllers), lighting control panels and remote controls, various wall switches (switches), etc. Facility equipment can also include other electrical devices such as current transformers, power monitors, circuit protectors, power supply units, and compact gateways, which are used to understand power usage.

[0014] These are examples of facility equipment, and other equipment generally used for building management can also be included in the facility equipment of this embodiment.

[0015] In the building management system of this embodiment, based on the information collected by each piece of equipment, the building manager who monitors the equipment in the building and general users of each piece of equipment (such as employees of tenants who use the floor or section) can select equipment and enter instructions (commands) from their own personal mobile information terminals (such as smartphones or tablets).

[0016] Furthermore, in the building management system of this embodiment, the types of software (including application software) used for building management are kept to a minimum by integrating the system. Also, the building management system of this embodiment comes standard with a monitoring system that enables overall monitoring.

[0017] Although this may seem obvious, it was difficult for conventional building management systems to collect information across the board (horizontally across the board) and provide integrated services to building managers and general users of facility equipment, regardless of differences in the specifications of various information (signal standards, communication standards, OS (operating systems), programming languages, etc.) between manufacturers and vendors. The building management system of this embodiment makes this possible.

[0018] More specifically, the building management system of this embodiment aims to "liberate from the need for a monitoring room (central monitoring room) within the building." This means that it is possible to abolish the central monitoring room that was previously installed within the building, or to minimize the number of personnel involved in central monitoring, such as to one person.

[0019] In conventional building management systems, a central monitoring room was essential within the building. Moreover, various management items such as air conditioning, lighting, sanitation, alarms, and energy were managed independently for each piece of equipment installed. As mentioned above, for example, in the invention disclosed in Patent Document 1 (note: JP 2003-134120 A), it was necessary to select facility control equipment for each manufacturer (paragraph 0009). For this reason, even if the control of equipment could be integrated vertically (longitudinal) in the system configuration, it could not be integrated horizontally (cross-sectionally) regardless of differences in the specifications of various information for each manufacturer and vendor, and the systems remained separated. .

[0020] Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of a building management system 10 according to the present embodiment. The diagram shows an example of multiple systems (item systems) related to facility equipment. Shown in Fig. 1 are an air conditioning-related system 12, a lighting and outlet system 14, a sanitary and plumbing system 16, a status and alarm system 18, and an energy system 20.

[0021] The air conditioning-related system 12 represents a system (a collection, a group) of a plurality of equipment devices related to air conditioning, such as an air conditioner, a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, and the like.

[0022] The lighting and outlet system 14 indicates a system of equipment related to lighting equipment, illuminance sensors, equipment for connecting to commercial power, etc. The sanitary and plumbing system 16 indicates a system of multiple equipment related to sanitary and plumbing, such as toilets, washrooms, hot water supply, etc.

[0023] The status / alarm system 18 represents a system of multiple equipment related to responding to door opening / closing, earthquakes, intrusion by unauthorized persons, etc. The energy system 20 represents a system of multiple equipment such as sensors and switches related to grasping the amount of electricity used (power consumption), the amount of solar power generated, the amount of fuel used, etc.

[0024] Here, the classification of the item systems is not limited to the above example. For example, multiple systems may be integrated, such as "air conditioning, lighting, and outlet system." Also, each system may be separated, such as "lighting system," "outlet system," "sanitary system," and "plumbing system." Furthermore, they may be divided into "air conditioning 1," "air conditioning 2," "lighting 1," and "lighting 2."

[0025] In the various item systems described above (air conditioning system 12, lighting and outlet system 14, sanitary and plumbing system 16, status and alarm system 18, energy system 20, etc.), it is common for equipment from various manufacturers and vendors to be used. For this reason, in the past, each manufacturer and vendor in each item system had to hoard information and communications resources, and when renovating or constructing a building, it was necessary to order work from a contractor designated by the manufacturer or vendor.

[0026] Furthermore, each manufacturer and vendor often uses common signaling and communication standards. For this reason, it is possible to build a management system using common signaling standards, communication standards, operating systems, programming languages, etc. for each manufacturer and vendor. Furthermore, if equipment is used that is predetermined to support multi-protocol communication standards, it is possible to handle only that equipment in an integrated manner. However, in these cases, it is necessary to install a server compatible with the manufacturer or vendor and build a management system.

[0027] For example, if equipment from multiple manufacturers or vendors is used in one item system (such as air conditioning-related system 12), it was necessary to install multiple servers for each item system and build multiple management systems.

[0028] In addition, for example, if the manufacturers and vendors were uniform for each item system (air conditioning-related system 12, lighting and outlet system 14, sanitation and plumbing system 16, status and alarm system 18, energy system 20, etc.), it was necessary to install a server for each item system and build a management system.

[0029] In this way, integration by manufacturer or vendor (vertical integration in system configuration) is relatively easy, but cross-sectional integration across each item system (air conditioning-related system 12, lighting and outlet system 14, sanitation and plumbing system 16, status and alarm system 18, energy system 20, etc.) (horizontal integration in system configuration) is difficult. In traditional building management systems, IT (information technology) and OT (operational technology) are separated.

[0030] The building management system 10 of this embodiment shown in Figure 1 integrates the equipment items related to various management items and appropriately cloud-based them, making it possible to eliminate the need for a central monitoring room. The building management system 10 of this embodiment allows various management items to be remotely monitored from the building manager's mobile information terminal 22, such as a smartphone or tablet, without the need to install multiple application software. As a result, there is no longer a need to tie people down in the central monitoring room, making it possible to reduce the number of personnel required for management and labor costs.

[0031] In addition, the building management system 10 of this embodiment allows general users such as tenant employees to remotely operate specified management items from a mobile information terminal 24 such as a smartphone or tablet without having to install a large number of application software.

[0032] <Hierarchical structure> As shown in FIG. 1, the building management system 10 according to this embodiment has a hierarchical structure broadly divided into five levels, Level 0 to Level 4. Level 0 is the sensor level, Level 1 is the sensor controller (micro edge device) level, Level 2 is the application edge device level, and Level 3 is the integrated controller (integrated edge device) level. Level 4 is the enterprise edge server level. Each level is explained below.

[0033] <Level 0: Sensor> The lowest level hierarchy of the building management system 10 is the sensor. Conventionally, in order to convert various types of analog information such as temperature and humidity into digital information, it was necessary to provide a sequencer and set and manage thresholds for each type of information.

[0034] The data sent from the sensor is formed as a single block, with various elements added, such as threshold values, current values, range conversion, etc. In other words, the data is processed in the sequencer, threshold values ​​are set by designers or workers, and only a portion of the output data is used for building management.

[0035] One characteristic of conventional building management systems is that they simply physically connect devices together using a specific serial bus (RS485). Communication is carried out using the serial bus (RS485) interface, and signal processing is performed using a communication chip that does not have a CPU. As a result, conventional building management systems only have limited functionality and lack intelligence.

[0036] In the building management system 10 according to this embodiment, a wireless intelligent sensor device (hereinafter referred to as a "wireless sensor device") 30 is used as a Level 0 sensor, as shown in Fig. 2. The wireless sensor device 30 is capable of detecting multiple types of detection items (physical quantities) (for example, five types: temperature, humidity, illuminance, acceleration, and contact).

[0037] The wireless sensor device 30 is used in multiple item systems (for example, an air conditioning system 12, a lighting and outlet system 14, a sanitary and plumbing system 16, a status and alarm system 18, and an energy system 20). Furthermore, there are multiple models of the wireless sensor device 30, each of which performs wireless communication using its own communication standard. Therefore, the wireless sensor device 30 includes devices that perform wireless communication using different communication standards. Furthermore, it does not matter whether the wireless sensor device 30 is designed to be multi-protocol compatible.

[0038] The wireless sensor devices 30 are installed, for example, on the walls, ceilings, doors, etc. of a building, and wirelessly transmit detected information to a Level 1 sensor controller (described later). As the wireless sensor devices 30, it is possible to use a mixture of various types provided by multiple manufacturers and vendors.

[0039] 2, the wireless sensor device 30 internally includes a temperature sensor unit 32, a humidity sensor unit 34, an illuminance sensor unit 36, an acceleration sensor unit 38, and a contact sensor unit 40. The wireless sensor device 30 further includes a CPU 42, a memory unit 44, an information format conversion unit 46, an information input unit 48, a wireless communication unit 50, and a power generation unit 52.

[0040] The temperature sensor unit 32 includes a temperature sensor and can detect, for example, the temperature of the air in a room. The humidity sensor unit 34 includes a humidity sensor and can detect, for example, the humidity of the air in a room. The illuminance sensor unit 36 ​​includes an illuminance sensor and can detect, for example, the brightness of a room.

[0041] The acceleration sensor unit 38 includes an acceleration sensor and can detect, for example, an impact on a wall, etc. The contact sensor unit 40 includes a contact sensor (magnetic contact sensor) and can detect, for example, the opening and closing of a door, etc.

[0042] As the temperature sensor, humidity sensor, illuminance sensor, acceleration sensor, and contact sensor provided in the wireless sensor device 30, various general sensors can be adopted.

[0043] The wireless sensor device 30 uses a communication standard (EnOcean) that uses energy harvesting technology to generate power and transmit it wirelessly. In the wireless sensor device 30, the power required for the normal operation of the CPU 42 and sensor units 32, 34, 36, 38, and 40 is supplied by the power generation unit 52 (photovoltaic power generation in this case).

[0044] The wireless sensor device 30 can select which detection function to use for which detection item, and can also use all detection functions simultaneously.

[0045] The detection function to be used is set by storing information identifying the selected detection function (detection function identification information) in the storage unit 44. The detection function identification information can be stored using an external communication device capable of wireless communication.

[0046] Examples of the external communication device include mobile information terminals such as smartphones and tablet terminals (mobile information terminals 22, 24, etc.). In this case, predetermined application software can be installed on the mobile information terminal and the communication can be performed by operating this application software. Examples of predetermined application software include a device management app for building managers and a device management app for general users.

[0047] In the wireless sensor device 30, signals from the sensor units being used (at least some of the sensor units 32, 34, 36, 38, and 40) are converted into information in industrial units through information processing by the CPU 42, and digital data is generated. In the wireless sensor device 30, wireless packets are created using the generated digital data, and the wireless packets are sent to a level 1 sensor controller (micro edge device) described below.

[0048] Sensors that detect continuous quantities, such as the temperature sensor 32, humidity sensor 34, and illuminance sensor 36, transmit information at predetermined intervals (e.g., every few tens of seconds to three minutes). Information related to signals from the acceleration sensor 38 and contact sensor 40 is transmitted when acceleration or contact (such as contact pressure) large enough to reach a predetermined threshold is detected.

[0049] The amount of information transmitted can be reduced by increasing the intervals between transmissions of information from the temperature sensor unit 32, humidity sensor unit 34, illuminance sensor unit 36, etc. Information related to the temperature sensor unit 32, humidity sensor unit 34, and illuminance sensor unit 36 ​​may be transmitted within the above-mentioned predetermined time period, or information related to the temperature sensor unit 32, humidity sensor unit 34, and illuminance sensor unit 36 ​​may be transmitted in sequence at each of the above-mentioned predetermined time periods.

[0050] In conventional building management systems, wireless information communication has often been avoided due to problems such as the need for frequent battery replacement and the interruption of wireless signals. The building management system 10 of this embodiment solves these battery issues associated with wireless communication by using energy harvesting technology.

[0051] The power generation unit 52 used in the energy harvesting technology is not limited to photovoltaic power generation, but may also be, for example, thermoelectric power generation, electromagnetic wave power generation, vibration power generation, or the like.

[0052] In thermoelectric power generation, a thermoelectric conversion element (an element that converts heat to electricity) that utilizes the Seebeck effect (a phenomenon in which a temperature difference is converted into a voltage) is used to convert the temperature difference of an object into a voltage. For example, heat generated by air conditioning equipment or pipes in a building is converted into electrical energy.

[0053] In electromagnetic wave power generation, for example, the energy of radio waves emitted by a wireless LAN in a building is converted into direct current by a rectifying antenna to generate power.

[0054] In vibration power generation, pressure generated by vibration is converted into electricity via piezoelectric elements, etc. For example, pressure sensors are installed on the floors of a building, and the pressure generated when people walk down the aisle or due to vibration is converted into electrical energy.

[0055] In the building management system 10 of this embodiment, a wireless switch (not shown) is used as a switch for turning lights on and off. The wireless switch has a built-in switch mechanism and a wireless communication unit, and uses energy harvesting technology to wirelessly transmit information indicating the state of the switch mechanism to the outside.

[0056] When an administrator or general user operates the wireless switch with their finger, on / off information is transmitted wirelessly using induced electromotive force.Wireless switches can be installed on walls by using screws or by attaching a magnetic sheet.

[0057] By using a wireless switch, it is possible to turn lights on and off without the need for wiring. Because no wiring is required, there are no restrictions on where switches can be placed, giving you greater freedom in arranging the switches. In addition, no batteries are required, which also eliminates the need for battery replacement, which was previously a very time-consuming task.

[0058] As described above, by using as many wireless sensor devices 30 and wireless switches as possible for the necessary sensors and switches, it is no longer necessary to run wires to connect the sensors and switches that make up the end of the system to the sequencer, which makes it easier to install the sensors and switches.

[0059] Many sensors and switches are included in the aforementioned items 12, 14, 16, 18, and 20. The number of sensors and switches used in a single building will vary depending on factors such as the number of rooms on each floor, but the more intelligent a building becomes, the greater the number of sensors and switches will be.

[0060] For this reason, when renovating or constructing a building with many rooms or a highly intelligent building, the man-hours (number of personnel x time) required for wiring sensors and switches can be considerable. Therefore, by using the wireless sensor device 30 and wireless switches, much of the wiring work can be eliminated, making it possible to significantly reduce the man-hours required.

[0061] Traditionally, the work content and man-hours required for wiring work tended to be left to the discretion of the work site, which was a major factor in inaccurate construction time and labor cost estimates. For example, the wiring between sensor devices and programmable controllers, or the wiring between programmable controllers and the other devices, was often determined by the work site. Furthermore, the number of sensor devices installed can reach hundreds to hundreds of thousands, depending on the building's configuration and size. Furthermore, labor costs account for a large portion of the cost of building renovations and new construction. Therefore, reducing the man-hours required for wiring significantly contributes to cost reduction.

[0062] In the building management system 10 according to this embodiment, not all sensors and switches are limited to being wireless, and some sensors and switches may be wired to send signals to a sequencer, etc. Furthermore, the other electrical devices mentioned above may include those that communicate wirelessly and those that communicate via wires.

[0063] <Level 1: Sensor Controller (Micro Edge Device)> The digital data transmitted from each wireless sensor device 30 is received by a sensor controller (micro edge device 60) at level 1. The sensor controller is configured by the micro edge device 60.

[0064] The building management system 10 of this embodiment uses multiple micro edge devices 60 depending on conditions such as the size and number of buildings to be managed. FIG. 1 shows three micro edge devices 60 as an example. One micro edge device 60 can be associated with, for example, 100 or more (up to approximately 200) wireless sensor devices 30, or with sequencers connected to wired sensors and switches (not shown). One micro edge device 60 can process data for approximately 100 to 200 monitoring points.

[0065] In the past, for example, to control the blinds installed on the windows of a building, a dedicated controller for the blinds was used. The dedicated controller executed a blind control program and performed the processing related to the control of the blinds. In other words, the control of the controlled object (here, the blinds) was completed within the control system consisting of the blinds and the dedicated controller.

[0066] Building management systems have traditionally monitored and controlled many management items related to air conditioning, lighting, sanitation, security, energy, etc. As mentioned above, the control (monitoring control) related to these management items has generally been carried out using a variety of signal standards, communication standards, operating systems, programming languages, etc., depending on the equipment used, the manufacturer of the equipment, the model, etc.

[0067] In the field of building management technology, there are various standards related to IT (information technology) and OT (operational technology), and the content of these standards varies, so one controller cannot be used to manage existing However, it was not possible to connect various types of sensors, such as sensors installed in the building or sensors selected by the building's construction company, so that they could communicate with each other.

[0068] In contrast, in the building management system 10 of this embodiment, the analog data (data collected by the wireless sensor devices 30), which is the starting point of all information, is digitized by the Level 0 wireless sensor devices 30 themselves. For one micro edge device 60, digital information from multiple wireless sensor devices 30 is aggregated in the micro edge device 60.

[0069] The wireless sensor devices 30 include those that communicate information using the same digital wireless communication standard and those that communicate information using different digital wireless communication standards. The micro edge device 60 is configured to be able to handle a large number of communication standards (communication protocols) (for example, 150 or more).

[0070] The micro edge device 60 can handle information from multiple wireless sensor devices 30 by converting it into a common communication standard (here, IP (Internet Protocol)) for each communication standard adopted by the wireless sensor devices 30. In other words, the micro edge device 60 inputs signals of different communication standards and outputs signals of a unified common standard. The micro edge device 60 assigns IP addresses to the associated equipment and identifies them using the IP addresses.

[0071] Each micro edge device 60 functions as a gateway that aggregates signals of different communication standards and outputs a signal with common specifications. By providing a large number of micro edge devices 60 according to the size and number of buildings to be managed, it is possible to form a large-scale gateway group consisting of multiple gateways. Note that other gateways (subdivided gateways) may exist between each item system 12, 14, 16, 18, and 20 and the micro edge device 60. The gateway group here also includes gateways that exist as separate devices from the micro edge device 60. The relationship (positioning) between the micro edge device 60 and the gateway is that the micro edge device is the higher-level device and the gateway is the lower-level device.

[0072] The micro edge device 60 collects information from the wireless sensor device 30, organizes the necessary information, and transmits it to the upper layer application edge device 62 (level 2). At the micro edge device 60 hierarchy (level 1), for example, a micro edge device group 60A is made up of a large number of micro edge devices 60. Conceptually, the micro edge device group 60A can be included in the aforementioned gateway group.

[0073] The micro edge device group 60A performs the function of a gateway to convert data and transmits information of a unified specification (information in a patterned format) to the associated application edge device 62 at the upper layer.

[0074] In this way, the analog data digitized by the wireless sensor devices 30 and sequencers undergoes preliminary processing in the micro edge device 60, becomes information with standardized specifications, and is sent to the upper layer. In the micro edge device 60, the information digitized by the terminal wireless sensor devices 30 undergoes preliminary processing for database creation at Level 2.

[0075] Although not shown, the micro edge device 60 may include, for example, a CPU, a storage unit, a wireless communication unit, etc., and may process multi-protocol digital information in a time-division manner, or may transmit information. By the conversion process, a method for converting to a common communication standard can be adopted.

[0076] <Level 2: Application Edge Devices> The layer above the micro edge device 60 (level 2) is the application edge device 62. The application edge device 62 is responsible for collecting data for each management item (application) such as the building's air conditioning, electricity, sanitation, and central monitoring.

[0077] As mentioned above, the micro edge device 60 (Level 1) aggregates data from the sensors (Level 0), and the data digitized by the sensors (Level 0) is sent from the micro edge device 60 (Level 1) to the application edge device 62 (Level 2).

[0078] Although it depends on the size of the building to be managed, for example, one application edge device 62 is installed for approximately 100 micro edge devices 60. In the case of a so-called small to medium-sized building, the entire building can be managed with one application edge device 62. In this case, levels 3 and 4, which will be described later, can be omitted.

[0079] The application edge device 62 is equipped with a central monitoring function. This central monitoring function performs processing for monitoring and controlling the energy management system (EMS) and enables the obtained information to be provided to external devices. The central monitoring function unit processes information such as the amount of power in real time based on the information collected by each wireless sensor device 30, visualizes it statistically, and outputs it as displayable information. In other words, the monitoring and control system for the energy management system (EMS) is built into the application edge device 62.

[0080] In the application edge device 62, as shown in Figure 3, the information sent from the micro edge device 60 is read into the database creation software (S (step) 11), and a database is automatically created (S12). Furthermore, a productivity tool is used to set individual recognition data (parameter settings, etc.).

[0081] The productivity tool was developed as one of the application software used in the building management system 10 of this embodiment. The productivity tool will be described later. Various general software can be used as software for creating the database.

[0082] The created database records various attributes (including properties) of the collected data, as shown in Figure 4. The recorded attributes include information such as IP address, building name, floor, area, management item, information type, information acquisition date, and information acquisition time. In addition, in the case of sensor information, information such as the detected values ​​of each sensor (detection value information) and on / off information is also included.

[0083] Conventionally, setting data had to be manually entered one by one into an intelligent sensor or a micro edge device 60. This type of work not only required a lot of time and effort, but also required an understanding of the characteristics and mechanisms of the data. With the building management system 10 of this embodiment, a database is automatically created, making it possible to register data without manual work or the need to understand the mechanisms.

[0084] Furthermore, the application edge device 62 can use the central monitoring function unit to output information for statistically visualizing and displaying information such as temperature, humidity, and power consumption collected from each facility device in real time based on the databased information. The output information is displayed on a display device or mobile information terminal connected to the building manager's personal computer (PC) via an Internet line (public wireless communication line and public wired communication line) 68. The building manager's PC or mobile information terminal connects to the central monitoring application software via a browser installed on it.

[0085] The aforementioned EMS (Energy Management System) visualizes information. In other words, the information collected from sensors and various devices such as lighting, air conditioning, sanitation, and energy does not create value by simply existing. Value is created only when this data (information) is classified by type, only the necessary parts and times are compiled, statistically processed, and then displayed on a screen.

[0086] The EMS in the building management system 10 of this embodiment is configured so that the amount of electricity used can be viewed in various graphs. Of course, it is also possible to view the amount of electricity used for each of the various pieces of equipment being used.

[0087] Generally, 65% of the energy consumed in a building is for air conditioning and lighting. If air conditioning and lighting, which are usually left on, could be controlled according to the surrounding environmental conditions such as outside temperature and sunlight, and the presence or absence of people in the room, it would be possible to significantly reduce energy consumption.

[0088] To analyze power usage, it is necessary to analyze multiple factors such as the operating status of equipment, temperature, and outside air temperature. The building management system 10 in this embodiment is capable of displaying trend data for energy management. Trend data can capture a large amount of data in units of as little as one second, making it ideal for energy analysis.

[0089] Using such an EMS, it is possible to analyze energy consumption by type and energy consumption over time. Furthermore, it is possible to select equipment and perform settings and display the status in real time.

[0090] The aforementioned productivity tool automatically collects information from sensors, switches, and other equipment installed on the same network and stores it in a database (Figure 4). Each piece of setting information can then be efficiently registered in the created database.

[0091] Previously, in order to collect information from various devices and sensors in a building, such as lighting fixtures, air conditioning, and sanitary equipment, and to display and control current usage status, it was necessary to configure each and every device and its function one by one.

[0092] For example, not only in huge buildings with hundreds of thousands of contact points (number of monitoring points), but even for a few hundred points, the settings had to be set up one by one by hand, which took a lot of time.In addition, it took a lot of time to manage the status of the information to check its current status.

[0093] In order to solve such problems, the building management system 10 of this embodiment uses the productivity tools described above. By using the productivity tools, the work that previously took tens of days just to set up can now be completed in a short time. Moreover, the data to be registered can be set by downloading it from a remote location. Productivity tools will greatly simplify the construction work and also significantly reduce the construction costs.

[0094] <Level 3: Integrated Controller (Integrated Edge Device)> Many application-specific systems (application-specific systems) are installed within a building, such as air conditioning, electricity, sanitation, and central monitoring. The integrated controller (integrated edge device 64) in the building management system 10 of this embodiment integrates these application-specific systems and sequentially transmits the received information to higher-level systems via Internet lines (public wireless communication lines and public wired communication lines) 68. A LAN (local area network, internal network) is also used as appropriate for transmitting information.

[0095] In the building management system 10 of this embodiment, the hardware and software of the integrated controller (integrated edge device 64) are configured so that one unit has the processing power to manage a building with a floor area of ​​100,000 square meters. 100,000 square meters is 10 hectares, which is equivalent to a 316 m x 316 m floor, or a 40-story building with each floor being 50 m x 50 m. In this way, a single integrated controller (integrated edge device 64) can manage a considerable scale of building.

[0096] <Level 4: Enterprise Edge Server> In the building management system 10 of this embodiment, a hierarchy of enterprise edge servers 66 (level 4) is constructed above micro edge devices 60 (level 1), application edge devices 62 (level 2), and integrated edge devices 64 (level 3). All of these devices and servers are configured using computer equipment, but the major differences between them are their performance as computer equipment (processing capacity, processing speed, etc.) and the way in which memory areas are used.

[0097] Conventionally, there were significant limitations on the number of monitoring points, but the enterprise edge server 66 in the building management system 10 of this embodiment can use unused slots and increase the number of CPUs to deal with insufficient performance due to an increase in the size or number of buildings to be managed. Performance can also be improved by replacing the board with one equipped with a CPU with higher processing power.

[0098] Furthermore, a computer device capable of configuring a VM (Virtual Machine) is used as the Enterprise Edge Server 66. By configuring a VM, it is possible to multiplex (in this case, duplicate) the management system.

[0099] VMs are isolated from the rest of the system and are built to coexist on the same hardware. VMs allow multiple different operating systems to run simultaneously on a single computer device.

[0100] For example, when upgrading a building management system, it may be necessary to continue using an old operating system (OS) such as Windows NT (registered trademark) or XP, which is no longer being introduced in recent years, even after the upgrade.

[0101] In conventional building management systems, the monitoring server is dependent on the OS, so if a higher-level device is changed, all lower-level devices must also be changed to match the higher-level device. As a result, even if you try to update the system while maintaining at least some of the lower-level devices, you are still dragged down by the legacy system and have to keep the old OS.

[0102] In the building management system 10 of this embodiment, the enterprise edge server 66 can be configured as a virtual server. Therefore, when a new enterprise edge server 66 is installed, it is possible to run a variety of operating systems in parallel on the enterprise edge server 66. For example, it is possible to run Linux (registered trademark) and Windows NT (registered trademark) in parallel.

[0103] Therefore, when upgrading a building management system, it is possible to leave the lower-level devices and replace only the upper-level devices with new ones. Moreover, it is possible to build systems that support multiple operating systems. This concept itself represents a new approach that differs from the past. Furthermore, because the old OS can be left on the VM, replacing server equipment when upgrading the system is much easier than before.

[0104] The benefits of using the Enterprise Edge Server 66 are significant. Not only has the size of the equipment been reduced, but it also makes it easier to carry out repairs that occur at regular intervals (approximately every seven years).

[0105] Previously, repairing a large-scale system required a full day to back up, save, reload, etc. Furthermore, because the work had to be done for each server, the entire repair process took several days.

[0106] The building management system 10 of this embodiment solves this problem by using an enterprise edge server 66, making it possible to perform equipment modifications (replacement, addition, etc.) by hot swapping (with the power on) without shutting down the system. To enable equipment modifications by hot swapping, the enterprise edge server 66 can be configured in a duplicated configuration for redundancy. In this case, one enterprise edge server 66 is operated while the other enterprise edge server 66 is modified.

[0107] <The role of edge devices> <<Distributed Systems>> One of the major features of the building management system 10 according to this embodiment is that it allows for an easy increase in the number of monitoring points by appropriately combining wireless communication and internet communication. Conventional building management systems have a limit on the number of monitoring points, ranging from a few thousand to tens of thousands at most. When attempting to advance intelligent building management or multi-building management that manages multiple buildings, management capacity easily reaches its limits. With conventional building management systems, when introducing a system that exceeds the limit on the number of monitoring points, it was necessary to create a special program and bridge multiple servers.

[0108] In the building management system 10 of this embodiment, the enterprise edge server 66 constitutes a virtual server, so it is possible to easily increase processing power by increasing the number of CPUs. This makes it possible to build a huge building management system by utilizing hard disks (storage means), which are considered to be an infinite resource.

[0109] Another major feature of the building management system 10 is that it is a distributed system. For example, one server can be distributed to two servers. Although the servers are divided, it is not necessary to collect all data in one place; the data is distributed and can be retrieved as needed (collected on demand). In other words, there is no need to connect all the servers.

[0110] By performing the necessary operations when necessary, you can collect the necessary data from multiple servers. In the building management system 10 of this embodiment, for example, if a command to the effect that "I only want data A, data B, and data C" is entered into a PC or a mobile information terminal, the necessary data will be output. The building management system 10 of this embodiment operates as if it were being processed by a single computer.

[0111] Most conventional building management systems are client-server type and are not capable of this type of operation. Conventional building management systems cannot be distributed and have had to be large systems. One of the features of the building management system 10 of this embodiment is that it has constructed a mechanism that overcomes this limitation.

[0112] <<Utilizing Edge Servers>> Conventional building management systems aggregate data in a single server and manage it centrally. This makes the system itself large. However, the building management system 10 of this embodiment decentralizes the system by using edge servers. And although the system is decentralized, by entering a command such as "I want to see specific data from the micro edge device 60," the data can be viewed on demand.

[0113] <<Unified Data Format>> Another feature of the building management system 10 of this embodiment is that all information management is performed in a unified format. As described above, data is automatically collected in a unified format by using the wireless sensor devices 30. Moreover, this format is common to all four types of edge devices mentioned above (micro edge devices 60, application edge devices 62, integrated edge devices 64, and enterprise edge servers 66).

[0114] The data format structure handled by the micro edge device 60 (level 1) is the same as that of the higher-level application edge device 62 (level 2), integrated edge device 64 (level 3), and enterprise edge server 66 (level 4). Therefore, higher-level edge devices can take over data from higher-level edge devices.

[0115] In this way, data in a unified format is created and utilized for a variety of management items (various applications such as air conditioning, electricity, sanitation, central monitoring, etc.) By utilizing data in a unified format, it becomes possible to construct an overall integrated building management system 10, just as if combining toy blocks with a common connection structure to create a desired structure.

[0116] <Utilizing the cloud> <<Remote monitoring>> The building management system 10 of this embodiment utilizes the cloud. This allows building supervisors and general users to receive building management services using public communication networks without having to have their own servers or storage devices. One of the reasons for using the cloud in this way is to enable remote monitoring.

[0117] However, if digitized data from multiple lower-level devices is simply sent to a higher-level device, the amount of communication traffic will increase on the higher-level device receiving the data, which could result in a decrease in data processing speed.

[0118] According to the knowledge of the inventors, when using the cloud for building management, the data collected from the site (end of the building management system 10) by sensors and switches is stored in the cloud. In reality, only a few percent (for example, around 3%) of all collected data is sufficient to be uploaded to the ICT system. This few percent includes, for example, EMS (Energy Management System), energy data, and FMS (Facility Management System). Even if this data is collected only once every 30 minutes or once an hour, it is possible to perform sufficient building management.

[0119] The data required for building management is static data, rather than data that changes dynamically from moment to moment. For static data, simply collecting and accumulating it at regular intervals is sufficient for building management. For this reason, as will be described later, building management is carried out using a combination of on-premise and cloud data collection. Considering what should be uploaded to the cloud to maximize overall performance, a decision is made as to what data should be uploaded to the cloud as static data and what should remain in the application, edge device, or as dynamic data.

[0120] <<On-premise / Cloud>> Cloud services are currently the mainstream of information processing services. When it comes to cloud services, it is often thought that simply collecting large amounts of data and accumulating big data is sufficient, but when applied to building management systems, it has been difficult to build an effective building management system even if a huge amount of data is actually collected.

[0121] One of the reasons why it was difficult to build an effective building management system was that it was difficult to know how to handle the information that was accumulated, and in some cases, more than 90% of the data that was collected did not even need to be used.

[0122] Even if 100% of the data collected on-site (at the end of the building management system 10) is uploaded to the cloud, more than 90% of that data will not be used unless some kind of trouble occurs.

[0123] Uploading data to the cloud incurs communication costs, CPU usage fees, and requires storage space (also called "usage space") to store the information uploaded to the cloud. If you were to secure storage space large enough to store all the generated data, the size of the storage space would likely exceed the gigabyte or terabyte mark, reaching petabytes or more. Furthermore, the huge storage capacity of the cloud naturally requires enormous costs for maintaining and managing the cloud.

[0124] Therefore, the building management system 10 of this embodiment makes it possible to build an effective building management system by utilizing edge devices (systems that perform preprocessing on-site) and appropriately using on-premise data processing and cloud services.

[0125] In the building management system 10 of this embodiment, not all data is uploaded to the cloud, but selected data is uploaded to the cloud. Under normal circumstances, only static data is selectively uploaded, and only when a predetermined condition is met (for example, when an alarm is issued), other data (for example, historical data) is used from the on-premise data.

[0126] By doing this, for example, when an alarm is issued, it becomes possible to execute a processing program to investigate the cause by referencing on-premise data from the time period when the event that caused the alarm occurred. This also reduces communication volume and storage space, and improves communication speed and response speed.

[0127] <<Technology Integration>> In the building management system 10 of this embodiment, various devices and tools (application software) are provided to utilize the collected data in the cloud or on-premises. These devices and tools do not exist individually but are interconnected. And these devices and tools are essential to maximize the performance of the system.

[0128] <Central monitoring function> <<Achieving diverse visualization through the integration of IT and OT>> A major objective of the building management system is the unified status monitoring and control of the devices installed in the building. Conventionally, such overall management has been difficult. However, the building management system 10 of this embodiment has achieved overall management by combining various ideas. For example, regarding power consumption, visualization (making it visible) is performed for the total amount over a predetermined period (designated period) and the total amount for each device. And it has become possible to confirm matters such as when, where, which device, and how much power is being used.

[0129] <<Visualization of lighting, temperature, humidity, etc.>> In the building management system 10 of this embodiment, regarding lighting, in addition to the lighting on / off status, it is possible to display on the screen in a specific manner the on / off and dimming control status, etc. Also, regarding the indoor environment, it is possible to display on the screen in a specific manner (such as a heat map) the indoor CO2 concentration, temperature, humidity, etc.

[0130] <<Visualization of the environment - Trend graph>> In the building management system 10 of this embodiment, it is also possible to display on the screen temperature, humidity, illuminance, etc. by means of a trend graph.

[0131] <<Usage status and linked applications>> In the building management system 10 of this embodiment, it is also possible to display on the screen schedules, operation histories, documents, earthquake warning systems, cloud applications, etc.

[0132] <Remote monitoring function> <<Cloud monitoring system enabling multi-building management>> In the building management system 10 of the present embodiment, various devices related to air conditioning, lighting, sanitation, alarms, and energy in the building can be monitored and controlled via a portable information terminal such as a smartphone or a tablet. Also, monitoring and control can be performed from a remote location away from the building via the portable information terminal.

[0133] On the portable information terminal, it is possible to connect to the application software for building management via the installed browser and use the application software. A management screen that is easy to operate and has good responsiveness (responsiveness) is provided via the browser of the portable information terminal.

[0134] As described above, only static data is placed on the cloud, and dynamic data with low usage frequency is placed on the edge device. For this reason, the usage area of the cloud is small, cost reduction and improvement of responsiveness (responsiveness) are realized. By reducing the amount of data processing itself, the time required for processing can be reduced. A storage format that stores data in an easy-to-aggregate form (small amount) can be adopted. These also realize an improvement in responsiveness (responsiveness).

[0135] <<Realization of CBM>> In multi-building management for managing a plurality of buildings, it is important to know which building has a failure (abnormality). Conventionally, continuous monitoring has been performed to constantly check for the occurrence of abnormalities. In contrast, in the building management system 10 of the present embodiment, "preventive maintenance" (CBM: Condition Based Maintenance) is realized, in which data is periodically collected and then a response is made only when an abnormality occurs.

[0136] If an abnormality is detected based on the data collected periodically, an alarm is sent to a mobile information terminal. Furthermore, by specifying the building where the alarm occurred and drilling down, it is possible to grasp the situation in more detail even from a remote location. When drilling down, data linked to the attributes of the building where the alarm occurred is selected and various predetermined analyses are performed.

[0137] <SmartPalm (registered trademark) that allows monitoring and control from the palm of your hand> The building management system 10 of this embodiment utilizes the latest technology to realize an intelligent tool for controlling lighting and air conditioning that is suitable for the new era. SmartPalm (registered trademark), which is provided to building managers and general users via a browser, realizes remote control (remote operation) of both lighting and air conditioning on a mobile information terminal, making it possible to control and monitor lighting and air conditioning in an office. SmartPalm (registered trademark) is a tool that provides operability as if the palm of your hand were a switch. <<Remote monitoring across networks possible>> In the building management system 10 of this embodiment, by using a mobile information terminal such as a smartphone or tablet, it is possible to control the building management system from anywhere without being bound by restrictions such as location or time.

[0138] <<Lighting and air conditioning control>> In the building management system 10 of this embodiment, air conditioning, lighting, etc. can be directly controlled using a mobile information terminal. This eliminates the need for office personnel to go to a wall switch to change the temperature of office lighting or air conditioning (air conditioner), for example.

[0139] For example, the lighting system has been designed to allow all lights on a floor to be turned on or off simultaneously or in groups, and the brightness control system can also be controlled from the comfort of your own hand.

[0140] SmartPalm (registered trademark), which is provided via a browser, has a function to display electricity usage by floor, group, and lighting, for example, so that electricity usage in a target area can be confirmed via a mobile information terminal.

[0141] <<Settings and QR Code Generation>> In the building management system 10 of this embodiment, once a lighting or air conditioning group has been set, it can be changed using a mobile information terminal. This eliminates the need to ask an air conditioning contractor or system installer to change the group on a weekend when the tenants in the building are closed.

[0142] When carrying out such work, in order to control lighting and air conditioning (air conditioner), for example, a QR code (registered trademark) is distributed to a predetermined group manager in a group of general users for setting management. The QR code (registered trademark) is used by the group manager to allow other groups to The group is made up of general users (which may include building managers and other managers) within a predetermined range whose settings are permitted. The range of lighting that is permitted to be set is determined using the lighting design tool described below.

[0143] The distributed QR code (registered trademark) is displayed on a display device or mobile information terminal connected to the group member's PC. The QR code (registered trademark) is read by the camera on another group member's mobile information terminal, and a URL or the like is displayed. The URL or the like links to a setting change site related to the corresponding application edge device 62.

[0144] When a group member selects a URL or the like, a settings change site related to the corresponding application edge device 62 is displayed on the group member's mobile information terminal. On the settings change site, the group member operates the settings of the facility device whose settings he or she wishes to change.

[0145] In this way, general users can change the groups of lights and air conditioners via a browser without having to install application software for changing the settings.

[0146] <<Multiple projects can be set up>> Settings made via a mobile information terminal can be saved as a project. Multiple projects can be saved. This makes it possible, for example, to change settings for different time periods, or to change lighting or air conditioning groups between weekdays and weekends. This eliminates the need to install new switches or control panels on the wall to change groups. It also eliminates the need to connect wiring to the switches or control panels and run it inside the wall or under the floor. Furthermore, users can change settings in-house without having to hire a contractor.

[0147] <<Lighting design tool>> When installing lighting fixtures, important considerations include how many devices should be installed on each floor and how to group the installed lights with the switches that turn the power on and off. If the design is overly detailed, the control will become complicated and many control devices will be required. Conversely, if the design is overly coarse, waste will occur, for example, with lights being turned on in places where no one is present.

[0148] For this reason, a lighting design tool has been developed as one of the application software for the building management system 10 of this embodiment. The lighting design tool is used by, for example, a building supervisor who connects to the application edge device 62 (level 2) and performs design operations within the displayed lighting design tool site.

[0149] <Productivity Tools Details> So far, we have explained the overall picture of the building management system 10 according to this embodiment. In the following, we will focus on the productivity tools mentioned above and explain the background to the development of the productivity tools and the details of the productivity tools.

[0150] <<History of Building Management Systems>> The history of building management systems is surprisingly long, with the concept dating back to the 1950s. Computer-controlled systems have been established as intelligent buildings since the mid-1980s. Because it is an industry with such a long history, the procedures for establishing building management systems have traditionally been rational. The scope of the building management system includes lighting, air conditioning, sanitation, energy, facility management, etc. These locations, the types of information they will collect, and their functions are all planned from the building design stage. For example, if it is temperature, you define the minimum and maximum temperatures to be set, as well as the intervals at which notifications should be sent. These detailed regulations are set for each type of device.

[0151] <Existence of design documents> The design documents detail what equipment is used in a building, where it is located, on which floor, and how it is configured. Each piece of equipment is configured based on the design documents, and it is also registered in the building management system. Naturally, the larger the building, the more equipment is installed and the more settings need to be configured. Naturally, this configuration work had to be done manually, one by one, which was extremely time-consuming. It's this hassle that productivity tools are designed to solve.

[0152] <Differences in protocols> Building management systems have another challenge: the interconnection of devices. There are various devices used in building management, but when connecting these devices, there are rules for them to communicate with each other. Traditionally, each device manufacturer used its own protocol for connecting to its own network, but did not make it public. As a result, devices from different manufacturers could not connect to each other. As a solution to this problem, in the name of openness, several protocols have been established for the purpose of connecting devices made by different manufacturers, such as Modbus (product name), LonWorks (product name), and BACnet (product name). LonWorks is a network technology aimed at openness and provided by ECHELON, an American company. BACnet is registered as an international standard based on the standards established by ASHRAE (American Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Equipment Manufacturers Association).

[0153] <Impact of different protocols> The aim of this openness was to achieve interconnectivity, but one issue that remained was that even though it was openness, it was only within the limited scope of each company's own area. In other words, devices that use the LonWorks or BACnet protocols could be managed with BACnet-compatible or LonWorks-compatible building management systems, but it was difficult to use them in a building management system that simultaneously mixed LonWorks and BACnet. What made it difficult was that the attributes were different for each protocol, so common data had to be configured, which was a lot of work. For example, when LonWorks and BACnet protocols were mixed, converting and handling data between the two was difficult, resulting in numerous problems. Furthermore, it was necessary to process data in an integrated manner, including sequencers and Modbus. The mixture of these elements posed a challenge for the building management system.

[0154] <<Difficulty of setting up>> <<<Difficulties in creating a building management system>>> A building management system is a system that obtains information from various sensors, such as those for lighting, air conditioning, and energy, and displays and controls the status and past trends on a monitoring system. The analog information coming from the sensor is sent to a sequencer or analog / digital converter. The information is digitized via the sensor itself, which has the necessary functions, and sent to a higher-level system. When the higher-level system receives the information from a single sensor, it is necessary to assign a unique name to each piece of information that the sensor has in order to distinguish them. This creates the need to register various settings.

[0155] <<<Understanding the protocol itself>>> Previously, there were the following issues with setting up the sensors and higher-level devices used: (a) Data must be structured per protocol. (b) It was necessary to understand the characteristics of the equipment and the protocols. (c) Moreover, it was extremely complex and difficult to handle and understand. (d) If you use it without understanding it or if you follow the rules incorrectly, it will not work. (e) As a result, there were many mistakes due to lack of understanding.

[0156] <<<Existence of dedicated tools>>> Each protocol has its own dedicated tool for configuration, and there are multiple dedicated tools, as well as plugins. For example, LonWorks has a tool called LonMaker, but LonMaker can only configure LonWorks. This is difficult to learn, and you have to switch between each protocol one by one.

[0157] <<<Large amount of settings>>> Each protocol has many settings, and you have to enter the settings for each one. The LonWorks SNVT (Standard Network Variable Type) configuration has 219 setting items. The settings were done manually, and registering them took a considerable amount of time. BACnet also has a large number of settings. FIG. 5 shows an example of the SNVT correspondence table.

[0158] <<Structured body as a solution>> <<<Means to achieve this>>> To solve these issues and problems, we have prepared a structured body as a function to convert the data to be handled. This is a function that has not been available in the past. The term "structured entity" used here refers to data (information) that is predefined and formatted into a certain structure before being placed in data storage. In essence, a database is constructed based on the data handled within the building management system, allowing it to be used in an integrated manner within the building management system.

[0159] <<>> Specifically, the system determines where data is stored for each type of device used in the building, such as lighting, sensors, gateways, and controllers, making it easier to configure the devices and also easier to handle the collected data. In order to be able to handle various data other than protocols such as LonWorks and BACnet, 150 protocols have also been prepared. In this way, we were able to handle a variety of information in a centralized manner.

[0160] <<<Productivity tools for data registration>>> On top of that, as a tool to support various protocols and enter various settings, We have prepared productivity tools to help you do just that. Productivity tools are tools that make configuration easier. <<<Productivity Tool Features>>> Productivity tools include: (a) Both LonWorks and BACnet can be registered with one tool. (b) Using a gateway eliminates the need for external conversion. (c) It takes less time to register the setting data. (d) Similar data can be registered by copying the data.

[0161] <<<Configuration diagram example>>> Here, a diagram (FIG. 7(b)) showing the relationship between the devices, protocols, and productivity tools used in a building management system (for example, the building management system 10) is shown. The Application Edge Device 62 is connected to gateways, sequencers, and sensors that use various protocols such as LonWorks and BACnet. The application edge device 62 has a mechanism for displaying the monitoring system.

[0162] <<<Database innovations>>> To solve the above-mentioned problems, one thing we did was to devise a way to hold the database. Specifically, we solved the difference in protocols by using a structured body. We then built a database to store data according to that structured body. The database is divided into six categories: analog input and output, digital input and output, and power integrator and counter. Within this, there is a large database with around 200 items, including upper and lower limit values.

[0163] <<<Register linking>>> Productivity tools automate tasks that previously required manual configuration, such as binding controller registers to application edge devices 62. Various pieces of information are registered in the objects used in the LonWorks protocol. For example, there are strict rules for when something is sent every second, every few seconds, or every few minutes. This information is read and the data is registered in a predetermined location.

[0164] <<<Data Mapping>>> The controller has a register that specifies which object number is used in the code. This mapping is the most important part. When I need a specific piece of data, I read the register and it automatically maps it to my database using web access. The productivity tool eliminates the need to understand addresses when mapping LonWorks or BACnet data to web access.

[0165] <<<Extensibility>>> For new building management devices, we are using REST (Representational State Transfer) and REST APIs to enable productivity tools to register data. A function is added to enable commands to be sent by command operations of the REST Application Programming Interface (for example, command input operations previously performed by the building manager using the mobile information terminal 22). This makes it easier to set up new products. The important thing is to be able to send and receive data to and from devices using commands. There are five main protocols that can be used to transfer data: Modbus, LonWorks, BACnet, and others.

[0166] FIGS. 6(a), 6(b) and 7(a), 7(b) show data mapping in the building management system 10 of this embodiment so that it can be compared with a conventional example. For example, as shown in Figure 6(a), in the past, information received from each sensor on a SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) register was manually assigned an address one by one via a protocol, and the data was mapped to web access. In contrast, in the mapping according to this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6(b), the productivity tool converts data from structures for each protocol (here, Modbus structure, LonWorks structure, BACnet structure, etc.) and creates an integrated structure (here, NWC structure, database). The integrated structure is then formatted so that it can be passed to SCADA. Here, "NWC" refers to the applicant of the present invention.

[0167] In conventional building management systems, for example, as shown in Figure 7(a), information from various sensors and other sources is collected by SCADA via various protocols and displayed on a screen. This meant that information sent via each protocol had to be addressed and mapped directly to SCADA items manually. In particular, it was necessary to register information for each connected device, and the amount of manual registration work was enormous. Here, "HMI" in Figure 7(a) is an abbreviation for Human Machine Interface. In contrast, with the mapping according to this embodiment, as shown in Figure 7(b), the productivity tool uses structurants for each protocol (such as Modbus structurant, LonWorks structurant, and BACnet structurant) to create an integrated structurant (here, NWC structurant) and makes it possible to pass the integrated structurant to a higher-level system (such as SCADA). In other words, data is registered in the structurant for each protocol, then aggregated into the NMC structurant, and this structurant is passed to SCADA, eliminating the need to understand addresses. Therefore, it has become possible to significantly reduce the labor required for data registration. The database can be created not only on the application edge device 62 but also on the integration edge device 64 or enterprise edge server 66.

[0168] <<Productivity Tool Effects (Visual Effects)>> What would happen if productivity tools were not available? First, the setup process would take an incredibly long time. Second, it would be easier to make mistakes in the setup, increasing the likelihood of errors. One of the features of productivity tools is that they allow mapping without understanding various structures. Until now, mapping required human judgment. For example, when someone said "space temp" (room temperature), they had to remember what it actually stood for. Productivity tools have solved this problem. Furthermore, by creating patterns for settings, they can be configured without a deep understanding of the protocol. This has freed people from the difficulty of configuration. Furthermore, the settings were made into templates so that it was not necessary to input each setting manually. Data that had been set once could be used without rewriting or adding anything, such as copying data for each floor. This also freed us from the need to make a large number of settings. In addition, by preparing 150 different protocols such as Modbus, LonWorks, and BACnet, and constructing the setting data as a structured entity, the differences between protocols can be absorbed, allowing different protocols to be used simultaneously. This allows interoperability between protocols (absorbing protocol differences through structures). Additionally, items that previously had to be set manually can now be automatically linked to the controller's register (register linking). Items that previously had to be set manually include, for example, how to set the processing timing and the data registration location. Furthermore, when reading data from BACnet, LonWorks, etc., via the web and mapping the data, it is now possible to read the data without understanding the addresses. This means that while previously all data settings had to be created through analog work, it can now be processed digitally. To summarize these points, the following can be said about the building management system 10 of this embodiment. (a) We have established a centralized management system under multi-vendor. (b) Both BACnet and LonWorks can be configured using the same tool. (c) You can configure it without knowing the protocol in detail. (d) It supports over 150 protocols. (e) Various settings can be used as templates. (f) By copying and using the settings you have already made, you can avoid having to set things up from scratch. (g) By assigning attributes, a screen can be created, and dashboards can also be created one-to-one. (h) Setup is easy. (i) The number of cases where the system does not function due to incorrect settings has decreased dramatically. (j) Setup time, which previously took days, now takes just a few hours.

[0169] <<Other effects>> While productivity tools have the visual benefits listed above, their greatest benefit is that they free us from the need to understand multiple protocols. In the past, it took a considerable amount of time to understand the LonWorks protocol, and on top of that, people often hesitated to understand BACnet and other protocols. This invention also solves this problem.

[0170] <<<Improvement of Engineering Work>>> Traditionally, when trying to build a building management system, intermediate tasks such as required specifications, design, equipment selection, ladder creation, operation confirmation, and delivery and construction work (processes) were required. By using productivity tools, however, there is no need for intermediate steps such as creating ladders.

[0171] <<Examples>> One building project involves the use of 84 packaged air conditioners. Each packaged air conditioner has 16 monitoring points. This means that a total of 16 points x 84 units = 1,344 points must be registered. Previously, these 1,344 points would have been registered manually, which would have taken days to configure. However, with productivity tools, the configuration can be completed in just 5 to 10 minutes. What's more, the process of configuring one item and then creating multiple copies is extremely fast.

[0172] If you are okay with using the names automatically assigned by the productivity tool for the names of the monitored points, the setup will be completed in no time. In reality, this part takes a little more time, as people often create their own names in Japanese to make them easier to understand. However, this part is only ancillary to the information setup. The important part is the configuration of the information that defines the sensors attached to the device itself. Productivity tools make this task easy.

[0173] <<Digitalization of analog work>> As mentioned above, productivity tools have digitized what was previously an analog process, and this is a major advantage of using productivity tools.

[0174] Figures 8 and 9 show examples of screens that are displayed when using the productivity tool. These screens can be displayed on a display device connected to the building manager's PC or on a mobile information terminal.

[0175] Figure 8(a) shows an example of the initial screen. When you launch the productivity tool, the initial screen shown in Figure 8(a) is displayed.

[0176] Figures 8(b), 9(a), and (b) show examples of the screens used when creating a template. Productivity tools have parameters that need to be set as templates, and templates can be called up and registered as needed. Additionally, once a template has been set, it can be used to set similar parameters.

[0177] Figures 8(b), 9(a), and 9(b) show examples of templates corresponding to various protocols and management systems. Figure 8(b) shows an example of a template for LonWorks (product name), and Figure 9(a) shows an example of a template for BACnet (product name). Figure 9(b) shows an example of a template for SCADA.

[0178] Productivity tools have parameters that need to be set as templates, and you can simply call up and register the template as needed (to set it up). Also, once you have set up a template, you can use it to set similar parameters.

[0179] The building management method performed by the building management system 10 according to this embodiment can be regarded as a building management method. Also, the computer program executed by the building management system 10 can be regarded as a building management program. Furthermore, the building management system 10 can be regarded as a building management device.

[0180] <Inventions that can be extracted from the embodiments of building management systems> From the embodiments described above, the following inventions can be extracted. (1) Multiple types of equipment (air conditioners, lighting equipment, doors, sensors such as wireless sensor devices 30, switches, other electrical equipment, etc.) classified into multiple management items (air conditioning, lighting, sanitation, alarms, energy, etc.), a sensor device (such as a wireless sensor device 30) capable of detecting multiple types of detection items (such as temperature, humidity, illuminance, acceleration, and contact); The system includes at least a first tier device and a second tier device among a first tier device (such as a micro edge device 60), a second tier device (such as an application edge device 62), a third tier device (such as an integrated edge device 64), and a fourth tier device (such as an enterprise edge server 66), which are in ascending order of tiers; At least one of the management items can be defined as one item system, and multiple item systems (such as an air conditioning-related system 12, a lighting and outlet system 14, a sanitary and plumbing system 16, a status and alarm system 18, and an energy system 20) can be defined. The plurality of item systems include at least an air conditioning system, a lighting system, an alarm system, and an energy system. A building management system, A plurality of the sensor devices are provided, A plurality of the sensor devices capable of outputting digital information to the first layer device according to at least one wireless communication standard; A sensor device group spanning a plurality of the item systems is configured, The first layer device transmits unified information based on a common communication standard to the second layer device, The second tier device, A building management system that is capable of database-izing the information from the first layer device as a predetermined structured entity using a productivity tool, which is a predetermined application software. (2) When the second tier device is not provided with the third tier device, When a request for a specific management item (such as air conditioning) is received from a user's terminal device (such as mobile information terminal 22 or 24) via at least a public wireless communication line (such as the Internet line 68), the system selects pre-processing information (such as the air conditioning temperature and room humidity information) necessary for responding to the user from the information stored in the database, The building management system described in (1) above provides provided information (such as an air conditioning temperature setting screen that allows the air conditioning temperature to be set by operating mobile information terminals 22 and 24) which is information about the specific management item based on the pre-processing information to the user's terminal device via the public wireless communication line using the common communication standard. (3) When a plurality of second-tier devices are provided, one third-tier device is provided for each of the plurality of second-tier devices; When the fourth layer device is not provided, the third layer device When a request for a specific management item (such as air conditioning) is received from a user's terminal device (such as mobile information terminal 22 or 24) via at least a public wireless communication line (such as the Internet line 68), the second layer device is requested to select and send pre-processing information (such as air conditioning temperature and room humidity information) necessary for responding to the user from the information stored in the database, A building management system as described in (1) above, which provides provided information (such as an air conditioning temperature setting screen that allows the air conditioning temperature to be set by operating mobile information terminals 22 and 24) which is information about the specific management item based on the pre-processing information sent from the second layer device via the public wireless communication line using the common communication standard to the user's terminal device via the public wireless communication line using the common communication standard. (4) When a plurality of second-tier devices are provided, one third-tier device is provided for each of the plurality of second-tier devices; When a plurality of third layer devices are provided, the fourth layer device is provided; The fourth layer device is When a request for a specific management item (such as air conditioning) is received from a user's terminal device (such as mobile information terminal 22 or 24) via at least a public wireless communication line (such as the Internet line 68), the system requests the second-level device via the third-level device to select and transmit pre-processing information (such as air conditioning temperature and room humidity information) necessary for responding to the user from the databased information; The third layer device is relaying the unprocessed information transmitted from the second layer device via at least the public wireless communication line according to the common communication standard to the fourth layer device; The fourth layer device is Based on the pre-processing information relayed by the third layer device, provided information (such as an air conditioning temperature setting screen on which the temperature of the air conditioning can be set by operating the mobile information terminals 22 and 24) which is information on the specific management item is transmitted to at least the public wireless The building management system according to (1) above, which is provided to the user's terminal device via a communication line. (5) A building management method carried out by the building management system described in (1) to (5) above. (6) An invention in which the "building management system" in (1) to (5) above is replaced with a "building management device."

[0181] [Building management facility construction support system 100 according to the embodiment] <Outline of Building Management Facility Construction Support System 100> The above describes the building management system 10 to be constructed. Below, we will explain a building management facility construction support system 100 suitable for designing a combination of various equipment (building management facility construction) for the above-mentioned building management system 10.

[0182] First, building renovations and new construction involve a variety of parties, such as the client, general contractor, design firm, construction company, and building management company. Furthermore, as mentioned above, these parties hold discussions (meetings, meetings, consultations, etc.) regarding the selection of various equipment and the installation work related to the various equipment, and building management facilities are constructed. Then, matters such as the type and number of equipment and construction plans are decided, and the purchasing, transportation, storage, and installation work of the equipment are carried out in sequence.

[0183] During the process of building management equipment construction, various documents are created and referenced. The documents that are created and referenced include diagrams and tables such as (1) outline drawings, (2) equipment lists, (3) nameplate lists, (4) power supply circuit diagrams, (5) expansion and connection diagrams, (6) terminal layout diagrams, (7) system configuration diagrams, (8) point lists, (9) system system diagrams, and (10) system function diagrams. These diagrams and tables are created as needed at each stage of discussion and construction.

[0184] The people involved in the design of building management equipment include, for example, sales personnel, development engineers, design engineers, purchasing personnel, and construction personnel. These personnel usually have varying degrees of knowledge about the technical specifications of the equipment. Furthermore, these personnel may be knowledgeable about the equipment of a particular manufacturer, but may not have detailed knowledge about the same type of equipment from other manufacturers.

[0185] In the construction of building management facilities, these personnel hold discussions in stages to select equipment and determine its placement. Furthermore, the selection and placement of other equipment to be connected to the selected equipment may also be determined. The connections between equipment include mechanical connections, electrical connections, and communication connections (wireless or wired communication connections).

[0186] In discussions regarding equipment, the parties involved are not always those with detailed knowledge of the technical information (hereinafter referred to as "technical specifications") of the equipment being discussed. As a result, unexpected revisions and redoing of work have occurred in the construction of building management facilities. For example, when a cost estimate agreed upon by parties without detailed knowledge of the equipment's technical specifications is subsequently checked by parties with detailed knowledge, it is found to be too low compared to the actual amount required, and the estimate work has to be redone. This has often happened.

[0187] Such situations, which required revision of the contents of consultations and redoing work, were factors that hindered labor-saving and DX (digital transformation) in the construction of building management facilities. According to the inventors' knowledge, approximately 80% of the labor involved in the design and construction of building management facilities is spent on tasks that hinder labor-saving and DX, as mentioned above. Under these circumstances, the inventors believe that in order to advance labor-saving and DX, it is necessary to strengthen technical communication among the various stakeholders. We came to the conclusion that it was essential to be able to improve quality.

[0188] The building management facility construction support system 100 according to this embodiment enables the improvement of the quality of technical communication among various parties. As shown in Fig. 10, the building management facility construction support system 100 according to this embodiment includes an equipment information input unit 102, a correspondence information creation unit 104, and a correspondence information output unit 106. Of these, various types of computer equipment can be used as the correspondence information creation unit 104, and details of the correspondence information creation unit 104 will be described later.

[0189] The facility equipment information input unit 102 may be, for example, an operation input means such as a keyboard, a mouse, or a touch panel. The facility equipment information input unit 102 may be provided integrally with the correspondence information creation unit 104. The facility equipment information input unit 102 may include multiple input devices such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a touch panel. Furthermore, the facility equipment information input unit 102 may be connected to the correspondence information creation unit 104 by wire or wirelessly.

[0190] The facility equipment information input unit 102 may be connected to the correspondence information creation unit 104 via a communication network. Examples of the communication network include the Internet, a LAN, a WAN, a public telephone line, a base station, a mobile communication network, and networks interconnected via gateways and the like (including so-called clouds).

[0191] Various display devices (display devices) can be used as the correspondence information output unit 106. The correspondence information output unit 106 may be provided integrally with the correspondence information creation unit 104. The correspondence information output unit 106 may also be integrated with the facility equipment information input unit 102. Examples of the correspondence information output unit 106 and facility equipment information input unit 102 integrated together include a device that is equipped with a touch panel and a display, and a device that is switchable between a touch panel function and a display function.

[0192] A general personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a "PC"), a notebook PC, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, or the like can be used as the correspondence information creation unit 104. The correspondence information creation unit 104 internally includes a control unit 107, a storage unit 108, a communication unit 109, and the like. The storage unit 108 and the communication unit 109 may be externally attached.

[0193] Although not shown, the control unit 107 is configured with a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), etc. The CPU of the control unit 107 loads various computer programs stored in the ROM or the storage unit 108 onto the RAM and executes them. The control unit 107 may be any processing circuit or arithmetic circuit including multiple CPUs, a multi-core CPU, a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), a microcomputer, a volatile or non-volatile memory, etc.

[0194] The storage unit 108 is a non-volatile storage unit including semiconductor memory such as ROM and RAM for storing various types of information, a hard disk drive (HDD), or a solid state drive (SSD), etc. The storage unit 108 stores an operating system program, driver programs, application programs, data, etc., which are used for processing in the processor (here, the control unit 107).

[0195] The program stored in the storage unit 108 may be provided by a non-transitory recording medium (not shown) on which the program is readably recorded. Examples of the recording medium include a CD-ROM, a USB (Universal Serial Bus) memory, an SD (Secure Digital) card, a micro SD card, and a portable memory such as a CompactFlash (registered trademark). In this case, the control unit 107 reads the program from the recording medium using a reading device (not shown), and installs the read program in the storage unit 108.

[0196] The program stored in storage unit 108 may be provided by communication via communication unit 109. In this case, control unit 107 acquires the program through communication unit 109 and installs the acquired program in storage unit 108.

[0197] The communication unit 109 includes an interface circuit that is capable of communicating with the facility equipment information input unit 102 and the corresponding information output unit 106. The communication unit 109 may be connected to the facility equipment information input unit 102 and the corresponding information output unit 106 via a communication network such as the Internet.

[0198] A CAD (Computer Aided Design) application program is stored in the storage unit 108 of the correspondence information creation unit 104. Various common CAD programs can be used, but in this embodiment, an application program for the function of "automatic control panel drawing," which will be described later, is added (added in) to the CAD.

[0199] Here, the correspondence information creating unit 104 may be configured by combining a plurality of computer devices.

[0200] <Arrangement of equipment on layout drawing> The building management facility construction support system 100 according to this embodiment can be used, for example, as follows. Consider a situation in which multiple parties are discussing the construction of a building management facility. The parties operate the facility equipment information input unit 102 to hypothetically input the types of facility equipment included in the building management facility and the locations of the facility equipment into the correspondence information creation unit 104.

[0201] Specifically, for example, information on a layout drawing 110 (layout drawing information) as shown in Fig. 11 is input to the correspondence information creation unit 104 and displayed on the correspondence information output unit 106 (not shown). The layout drawing 110 is created in advance at the design stage of the building. The layout drawing information (layout drawing information) is information (CAD data information) that can be obtained simultaneously with the creation of the layout drawing 110 using CAD.

[0202] The layout drawing information includes three-dimensional (XYZ three-axis direction) information relating to the actual dimensions of each part of a room in a building. Note that the layout drawing information may be information created by other CAD or other computer equipment and read into the correspondence information creation unit 104.

[0203] Next, the parties involved place the equipment to be discussed on the layout diagram 110 on the screen (define the location). The example in Figure 11 shows the parties using the layout diagram 110 on CAD to discuss the placement of a multi-sensor (shown as a black block), a gateway (shown as a shaded block), and a CO2 sensor (shown as a white block). Here, the "multi-sensor" corresponds to the wireless sensor device 30 in the building management system 10 (Figures 1 to 9) described above. The "gateway" includes the micro edge device 60 in the building management system 10 (Figures 1 to 9) described above.

[0204] 11, three dashed-dotted circles 111A to 111C indicate areas where wireless communication is possible for each gateway (wireless communication possible areas). In CAD, by arranging the shapes (or symbols) of the multi-sensor and the CO2 sensor on a layout drawing 110, the coordinate values ​​on the XY coordinate system related to the layout drawing 110 are determined.

[0205] The coordinate values ​​within any of the circles 111A to 111C are known in advance on the CAD. Therefore, the gateway to which the multi-sensor or CO2 sensor is connected is automatically determined depending on the range of the circles 111A to 111C within which the multi-sensor or CO2 sensor is placed.

[0206] The parties involved will decide on the placement of the gateway, multi-sensors, and CO2 sensors to ensure the most effective use of each piece of equipment. It is also possible to decide on the placement of the gateway in advance, and then decide on the placement of the multi-sensors and CO2 sensors.

[0207] Information on the position of the equipment (here, the gateway, multi-sensor, and CO2 sensor) is stored as three-dimensional information in accordance with its placement on the CAD operation screen. In this case, not only coordinate information (XY coordinates) within the layout diagram 110 but also Z coordinate information can be obtained from information on the number of floors within the building. Furthermore, it is possible to input not only coordinate information within a plane (X coordinate information and Y axis coordinate information), but also information on the height direction within the building (Z coordinate information). The reference position of the Z coordinate information (position where Z = 0) can be, for example, the floor surface of the relevant floor, a specified position below the floor, or the ground surface.

[0208] Once the layout of the equipment is finalized on the CAD system, information about the equipment to be installed is saved and linked to information about the equipment to be connected (such as the type of equipment, technical specifications, and number of units). The linked information is stored in a structurant (integrated structurant 206, FIG. 36) described later. The structurant in the building management facility construction support system 100 will be described later.

[0209] <Outline of the first and second facility and equipment information> As will be described later, the CAD of the correspondence information creation unit 104 can use the function of "control panel automatic drawing." When performing "control panel automatic drawing," by selecting and arranging equipment (hereinafter referred to as "primary equipment") in the CAD, technical specification information (a type of primary equipment information) related to the primary equipment and information (secondary equipment information) related to equipment (secondary equipment) that can be connected to the primary equipment are automatically called up.

[0210] The technical specifications of the primary equipment (a type of primary equipment information) include information such as dimensional information of each part of the primary equipment, communication standards, etc. For example, if the primary equipment is a gateway (micro edge device 60), the secondary equipment information includes information such as the name, manufacturer name, model number, technical specifications, etc. of each wirelessly connected sensor (sensor device 30, etc.).

[0211] In some cases, multiple second-stage equipment devices may be connected to one first-stage equipment device, and in other cases, subsequent-stage equipment devices (third-stage equipment devices, fourth-stage equipment devices, ..., nth-stage equipment devices (n is a natural number)) may be connected to a second-stage equipment device.

[0212] The primary equipment information and the second equipment information are used in various situations. Although details will be described later, in this embodiment, for example, the primary equipment information and the second equipment information may be automatically called during execution of automatic control panel drawing as shown in Figures 14 to 33 described later.

[0213] In addition, the primary equipment information and the secondary equipment information may be automatically called up and used as needed, for example, when creating diagrams or tables such as those shown in Figures 34(a) to (f).

[0214] Here, Fig. 34(a) to (f) show examples of the "equipment list", "device type" diagram, "signal type" diagram, "power system diagram", "external view diagram", and "expanded connection diagram". Of these, the "equipment list" in Fig. 34(a) shows a list of facility equipment used in the building management system 10. The "equipment list" is used when the CAD is equipped with a data link function. It is possible to create the drawings using existing CAD functions.

[0215] The "Device Type" diagram in Figure 34(b) shows the appearance and dimensions of the equipment used in the building management system 10. The "Signal Type" diagram in Figure 34(c) shows the IN / OUT signals of IO (input / output) devices. The "Power Supply System Diagram" in Figure 34(d) shows the layout of the electrical equipment system. The "Outline Drawing" in Figure 34(e) shows the appearance and dimensions of the equipment, the positional relationship between the device main body (equipment main body) and the operation panel, etc. The "Expanded Connection Diagram" in Figure 34(f) shows the connection status between the equipment.

[0216] <Outline of automatic control panel drawing> The automatic control panel drawing, examples of which are shown in Fig. 14 to Fig. 33, is performed on CAD by selecting the "automatic control panel drawing" function. Fig. 12 shows an example of an operation screen 112 in CAD. The operation screen 112 displays a basic operation menu bar 114, which displays various buttons such as "home," "insert," "annotation," "featured app," and a "automatic control panel drawing" button.

[0217] When the "Control Panel Automatic Drawing" button is selected, the control panel automatic drawing menu bar 116 is expanded and displayed, as shown enlarged in FIG. 13(a), and the control panel automatic drawing function (control panel automatic drawing function) is enabled. The control panel automatic drawing menu bar 116 displays multiple (11 in this embodiment) automatic drawing function buttons 118-128. The multiple automatic drawing function buttons 118-128 include "Attribute Information Settings," "Device Layout," "Signal Type Layout," "Unit Connection Layout," "Power System Diagram Layout," "Expanded Connection Diagram Layout," "ENT Edge Server / Monitoring Terminal Layout," "Integrated Edge Level Layout," "App Edge Level Layout," "Micro Edge Level Layout," and "Sensor / Operation Terminal Layout."

[0218] These automatic drawing function buttons 118-128 are operated when selecting a function with a displayed name (function name). The functions selectable by the automatic drawing function buttons 118-128 are divided into two groups: a panel drawing group and a system configuration drawing group. The panel drawing group includes six types of functions selectable by the automatic drawing function buttons 118-123: "Attribute information setting," "Equipment layout," "Signal type layout," "Unit connection layout," "Power supply system diagram layout," and "Expanded connection diagram layout."

[0219] The system configuration diagram group includes five types of functions that can be selected by the automatic diagram function buttons 124 to 128: "ENT edge server / monitoring terminal layout," "integrated edge level layout," "App edge level layout," "Micro edge level layout," and "sensor / operation terminal layout."

[0220] FIG. 13(b) shows an outline of the contents of each function selectable by the automatic drawing function buttons 118 to 128. When the "Attribute Information Setting" automatic drawing function button 118 is selected, a function for setting attribute information of placed block figures is enabled. When the "Equipment Placement" automatic drawing function button 119 is selected, a function for placing block figures for which names need to be set is enabled. When the "Signal Type Placement" automatic drawing function button 120 is selected, a function for placing block figures of signal types that include IO (input / output) patterns is enabled.

[0221] When the automatic drawing function button 121 for "unit connection placement" is selected, a function for placing unit connections is enabled. When the automatic drawing function button 122 for "power supply system diagram placement" is selected, a function for selecting, setting, and placing power supply system devices (block figures) is enabled. When the automatic drawing function button 123 for "developed connection diagram placement" is selected, a function for selecting [HUB], [ I / FP] (block shape), the function to select, set and place will be enabled.

[0222] When the automatic drawing function button 124 for "ENT·Edge server / monitoring terminal placement" is selected, a function for selecting and placing the ENT·Edge server / monitoring terminal placement is enabled. When the automatic drawing function button 125 for "Integrated Edge Level placement" is selected, a function for selecting and placing the Integrated Edge Level devices is enabled. When the automatic drawing function button 126 for "App Edge Level placement" is selected, a function for selecting and placing the App Edge Level devices is enabled.

[0223] When the "Micro Edge Level Placement" automatic drawing function button 127 is selected, a function for selecting and placing Micro Edge Level devices is enabled. When the "Sensor / Operation Terminal Placement" automatic drawing function button 128 is selected, a function for selecting and placing sensors / operation terminal devices is enabled.

[0224] <If "Attribute Information Settings" is selected> Among the automatic drawing function buttons 118 to 128 shown in FIG. 13(a), when the "attribute information setting" automatic drawing function button 118 is selected, the equipment (block diagram) for which attribute information is to be set is selected (not shown). By selecting the equipment, an image of the selected equipment is displayed (display of equipment image 130) as shown in FIG. 14. The equipment in this case corresponds to the primary equipment mentioned above. In addition, when placing a symbol on the drawing screen shown with a black background in FIGS. 14 to 33, the area around the symbol (rectangular area) is displayed in reverse white to prevent the symbol from becoming difficult to see.

[0225] Next, an attribute information setting screen 132 pops up as shown in Fig. 15. In the example of Fig. 15, an IP address input field 134 and a description field 136 are displayed on the attribute information setting screen 132. An IP address and description items are input into the IP address input field 134 and the description field 136 as shown in Fig. 16.

[0226] 16, the value (IP address value) of "190.0.2.100" is entered in the IP address input field 134, and the characters "16th floor conference room" are entered in the description field 136. The input into the IP address input field 134 and the description field 136 is performed manually by the relevant person via the facility equipment information input unit 102.

[0227] The information input via the facility equipment information input unit 102 is facility equipment information. The input of information such as the examples in Fig. 14 to Fig. 16 is the input of facility equipment information related to the first-order facility equipment.

[0228] After inputting information into the IP address input field 134 and the description field 136, the attribute information is saved by selecting a "Save" button (save button 138) displayed on the attribute information setting screen 132. The attribute information here is attribute information of the facility equipment (primary facility equipment) corresponding to the facility equipment image 130 shown in Fig. 14. The attribute information is information created in the correspondence information creation unit 104 in response to input of the facility equipment information described above.

[0229] The IP address entered in the IP address entry field 134 identifies an individual piece of equipment, similar to the IP address assigned by the building management system 10. Furthermore, in the example of Fig. 16, the content entered in the description field 136 is the name of the room in which the equipment having the IP address entered in the IP address entry field 134 is installed.

[0230] Once the attribute information is set and saved, the attribute information setting screen 132 shown in FIG. 16 is cleared. 17, the screen displaying the facility device image 130 remains. The display state in the example of FIG. 17 appears similar to the display state before the attribute information is set (FIG. 14), but differs in that the attribute information is stored inside the correspondence information creation unit 104.

[0231] <Distinguishing between various types of information> The attribute information described above is information that can be used to create supplementary information (described later). In this embodiment, as described above, the attribute information is saved by inputting facility equipment via the facility equipment information input unit 102 and performing a save operation.

[0232] Fig. 35 shows an outline of the procedure for creating and outputting main information. As shown in Fig. 35, after facility equipment information is input via the facility equipment information input unit 102 (S21), attribute information is saved (S22). Then, corresponding information can be created based on the attribute information (S23).

[0233] Correspondence information is a relatively broad term that refers to various types of information that can be created based on input facility and equipment information. For example, facility and equipment information displayed as in the example of Fig. 14, and text displayed in the IP address input field 134 and description field 136 in response to input as in the example of Fig. 15, are included in correspondence information. In addition, the "equipment list" to "development and connection diagram" in Figs. 34(a) to (f) described above are also included in correspondence information.

[0234] The corresponding information also includes supplementary information. Supplementary information is information that is automatically created and output based on the equipment information (and attribute information). The supplementary information may be automatically called up as secondary equipment information when primary equipment information is input.

[0235] Additionally, if the primary equipment and secondary equipment are connected by wire, the additional information also includes information on the length of the connecting wiring. Wiring length information can be calculated three-dimensionally, including the height direction (Z direction), using three-dimensional coordinates in CAD.

[0236] In the examples of FIGS. 14 to 17, the display of the supplementary information in this embodiment is not yet performed, and specific examples of the supplementary information will be described later based on various examples of FIGS.

[0237] <If "Device Layout" is selected> Next, when the "equipment layout" automatic drawing function button 119 is selected from among the automatic drawing function buttons 118 to 128 shown in Fig. 13(a), an equipment selection screen (equipment layout information input screen 142) pops up as shown in Fig. 18. In the example of Fig. 18, a name field 144, a manufacturer field 146, a model number field 148, and a selection menu field 150 are displayed on the equipment layout information input screen 142.

[0238] The name of the facility equipment to be installed is entered in the name field 144. In the example of Fig. 19, the characters "ECY-1" are displayed in the name field 144 as a result of character input by the relevant person via the facility equipment information input unit 102.

[0239] The word "Distech" is entered in the manufacturer field 146. A drop-down menu is set in the manufacturer field 146. Although not shown in the drawing, the name of the manufacturer (manufacturer name, distributor name, etc.) that supplies the equipment with the name entered in the name field 144 (here, "ECY-1") is displayed in the drop-down menu.

[0240] If there are multiple manufacturers supplying components with the name "ECY-1," the names of those manufacturers will be displayed in a drop-down menu. If only one manufacturer supplies the component equipment, the name of that manufacturer is displayed in a drop-down menu. When the person concerned selects an appropriate manufacturer name from the displayed manufacturer names, the selected manufacturer name is displayed in the manufacturer field 146.

[0241] When the person concerned selects the manufacturer name from the drop-down menu via the facility equipment information input unit 102, the manufacturer name is automatically entered in the manufacturer field 146.

[0242] 19, the model number "ECY-S1000" has been entered in model number field 148. A drop-down menu is also set in model number field 148. Although not shown in the figure, model numbers that meet both the name conditions entered in name field 144 and the manufacturer name conditions displayed in manufacturer field 146 are displayed in the drop-down menu.

[0243] When the person concerned selects a model number displayed in the model number column 148 via the facility equipment information input unit 102, the selected model number is displayed in the selection menu column 150 below. If there are multiple model numbers that satisfy the conditions in the name column 144 and the manufacturer column 146, the multiple corresponding model numbers are displayed in the selection menu column 150. If there is only one model number that satisfies the conditions in the name column 144 and the manufacturer column 146, the multiple corresponding model numbers are displayed in the selection menu column 150. In the example of FIG. 19, there is only one model number that satisfies both conditions.

[0244] The model number "ECY-S1000" indicates one of multiple pieces of equipment included in the "ECY-1" equipment. In this way, equipment that constitutes part of an equipment may be referred to as a "constituent device" hereinafter. In the examples of FIGS. 18 and 19, the equipment with the model number "ECY-S1000" is a constituent device of the equipment named "ECY-1."

[0245] In this way, the component device (here, "ECY-S1000") and the manufacturer name and model number of the component device are linked in a database created in advance.

[0246] The equipment layout information input screen 142 is provided with a layout button 152. When the person concerned selects a model number displayed in the selection menu field 150 via the facility equipment information input unit 102 and selects the layout button 152 with the model number highlighted, the equipment layout information input screen 142 disappears. Furthermore, a drawing screen such as that shown in Fig. 20 is displayed.

[0247] The drawing screen displays a block diagram 154 of the facility equipment entered in the example of Figure 19. The block diagram 154 reflects the actual dimensions (full-scale), which are one of the technical specifications of the facility equipment, and the dimensional relationships of each part are drawn to the same scale. The person involved can drag the block diagram 154 via the facility equipment information input unit 102 and move it to the appropriate position.

[0248] In the example of Fig. 20, the facility device to be installed in "ECY-1" (here, the component device "ECY-S1000") is placed below block diagrams 156 and 158 relating to the other two facility devices (component devices). While looking at the preview screen displaying the block diagrams 156 and 158 relating to the other two facility devices, the person involved inserts (places) it in an appropriate position and confirms the position of the block diagram 154.

[0249] In the example of Fig. 20, the insertion position of block diagram 154 relating to the facility equipment to be installed is displayed as X-axis and Y-axis coordinate values ​​in insertion position display field 160. Furthermore, during a preview such as the example of Fig. 20, attribute information of the facility equipment corresponding to each block diagram 154, 156, 158 is not displayed. Fig. 21 shows a state in which the placement of "ECY-S1000" has been completed and "ECY-1" is displayed on the preview screen.

[0250] In the examples of Figures 18 to 21, the information (name, manufacturer, model number) input at the stage of the example of Figure 19 is included in the facility equipment information. The block diagram 154 displayed at the stage of the examples of Figures 20 and 21 is a diagram reflecting actual size, and corresponds to supplementary information (a type of correspondence information). Furthermore, the diagram of the combined facility equipment displayed at the stage of the example of Figure 21 (a diagram of the facility equipment including block diagrams 154, 156, and 158) also reflects actual size, and corresponds to supplementary information (a type of correspondence information).

[0251] <Configuration for creating additional information> 1 to 9, productivity tools that can eliminate a great deal of work are used. In the building management facility construction support system 100 of this embodiment, technology related to productivity tools is applied to create supplementary information.

[0252] The productivity tools in the building management system 10 explained based on Figures 1 to 9 automatically collect information on sensors, switches, and each piece of equipment installed on the same network and create a database (Figure 4). Each piece of setting information can be efficiently registered in the created database.

[0253] The building management facility construction support system 100 of this embodiment can also employ tools that perform functions similar to the productivity tools described above. Specifically, the correspondence information creation unit 104 has the functions of the productivity tools in the building management facility construction support system 100. In the correspondence information creation unit 104, information related to various types of communication protocols for open communication (hereinafter referred to as "open communication protocols") is aggregated into a common structure (such as a database), and storage and output destinations are assigned. A specific register, predetermined for each type of information, is assigned to the storage destination.

[0254] The various open communication protocols include, for example, Modbus (product name), LonWorks (product name), BACnet (product name), and other protocols, as shown in Figure 36. Each of these open communication protocols enables the interconnection of multiple pieces of equipment (gateways, sequencers, sensors, etc.) from different manufacturers.

[0255] Correspondence information creating unit 104 aggregates individual structured entities (hereinafter referred to as "individual structured entities") 202 to 205 handled in these open communication protocols into a common structured entity (integrated structured entity) 206. Then, based on the information aggregated in integrated structured entity 206, incidental information creating unit 105 shown in FIG. 36 extracts necessary information to create incidental information, and the created information is output to correspondence information output unit 106.

[0256] The supplementary information creating unit 105 is a functional component included in the correspondence information creating unit 104, and is configured by the hardware of the correspondence information creating unit 104 (control unit 107, storage unit 108, CAD application program, etc.).

[0257] The correspondence information creation unit 104 performs data mapping in the integrated structure body 206, similar to the productivity tool (FIG. 7(b)) of the building management system 10 (FIGS. 1 to 9). In the example of FIG. 36, data conversion is performed on the structure bodies for each of the various protocols (here, Modbus structure body 202, LonWorks structure body 203, BACnet structure body 204, other structure body 205, etc.), and an integrated structure body (here, integrated structure body 206, database) is created. Then, in the integrated structure body 206, the data format is adjusted so that it can be passed to the additional information creation unit 105.

[0258] The "structured body" here refers to both the individual structured bodies 202 to 205 and the integrated structured body 206. , refers to data (information, information stored in a database) that is predefined and formatted to have a certain structure before being placed in data storage. Furthermore, the integrated structurant 206 integrates the information compiled by the individual structurants 202 to 205 for each protocol into a database so that it can be handled as more versatile information in the building management facility construction support system 100.

[0259] In this way, when the building management facility construction support system 100 is equipped with productivity tools, specifically, the location in the structure where data is to be saved for each type of facility equipment (lighting, sensors, gateways, controllers, etc.) used in the building is determined, making it easier to set up the equipment. At the same time, it also makes it easier to handle the data that is to be collected. In order to be able to handle various data other than protocols such as LonWorks and BACnet, 150 protocols have also been prepared. In this way, we were able to handle various types of information in a unified manner, and we resolved the differences in protocols by using a structured entity (integrated structured entity). The correspondence information creation unit 104 is a tool for appropriately and easily combining equipment devices in constructing building management facilities.

[0260] <If you select "Signal Type Layout" - "App Edge Level Layout"> Specific examples of when the automatic drawing function buttons 120 to 126 of "Signal Type Arrangement" to "App Edge Level Arrangement" are selected will be omitted.

[0261] <If you select "Micro Edge Level Placement"> When the automatic drawing function button 127 for "Micro Edge Level Placement" is selected, a device selection screen (system configuration diagram placement information input screen 162) pops up as shown in Fig. 22. In the example of Fig. 22, a drop-down menu is set in the device column 164 of the system configuration diagram placement information input screen 162.

[0262] In the drop-down menu, the person concerned selects a facility device (not shown) displayed in the drop-down menu via the facility device information input unit 102. The selected facility device is displayed in the device field 164, as shown in Fig. 23. In the example of Fig. 23, "enocean" is displayed in the device field 164.

[0263] Subsequently, when the "Next" button (Next button 166) is selected, a device selection screen (gateway device selection screen 168) as shown in Fig. 24 pops up. In the example of Fig. 24, a drop-down menu is set in the device column 170 of the gateway device selection screen 168, and the person concerned selects a facility device by selecting a facility device (not shown) displayed in the drop-down menu via the facility device information input unit 102. The facility device selected here is a gateway (gateway device).

[0264] The gateway device selection screen 168 is provided with a unit count input field 171. The number of gateway devices is input into the unit count input field 171 by the relevant party via the facility device information input unit 102. Fig. 24 shows a state in which the name of the gateway device has not been input and the numerical value of the number of devices is "0" (zero). Fig. 25 shows a state in which the name of the gateway device is "eG / W" and the numerical value of the number of devices is "10".

[0265] As shown in Fig. 25, after inputting the name and number of gateway devices, when the "Next" button (Next button 172) is selected, a device selection screen (sensor device selection screen 174) as shown in Fig. 26 pops up. In the example of Fig. 26, a drop-down menu is set in the device column 176 of the sensor device selection screen 174, and the person in charge can select the equipment. The equipment is selected by selecting an equipment device (not shown) displayed in a drop-down menu via the equipment information input unit 102.

[0266] The facility device to be selected here is a sensor (sensor device). In the example of Fig. 26, the following options are displayed as sensor devices: "CO2 sensor," "switch-related," "multi-sensor," "relay circuit-related," "motion sensor," "occupancy sensor," and "illuminance sensor."

[0267] In the example of Figure 27, the person in charge has selected "CO2 sensor," "switch-related," "multi-sensor," "relay circuit-related," "human presence sensor," and "occupancy sensor," and the names of the selected facility devices are highlighted. As shown in Figure 27, after inputting the sensor devices is complete, the placement button 177 is selected and the sensor device selection screen 174 is closed. Furthermore, a drawing screen such as that shown in Figure 28 is displayed.

[0268] The drawing screen displays a block diagram 178 of the gateway device "eG / W" input in the example of Fig. 25. The characters "eG / W" are displayed within the block in block diagram 178. Furthermore, block diagram 178 is accompanied by the characters "enocean" and the display of "×□□□_□" (number of units) that were displayed in the device column 164 in the example of Fig. 23.

[0269] The person concerned drags the block diagram 178 and places (inserts) it at an appropriate position and confirms it via the facility / device information input unit 102. In the example of Fig. 28, the insertion position of the block diagram 178 is displayed in an insertion position display field 180 as coordinate values ​​on the X and Y axes.

[0270] When the position of the block diagram 178 related to the gateway device is determined, automatic placement of the Micro Edge Level is performed as shown in Fig. 29. In the example of Fig. 29, block diagrams 182 to 187 of the "CO2 sensor," "switch related," "multi-sensor," "relay circuit related," "human presence sensor," and "occupancy sensor" selected in the example of Fig. 27 are displayed.

[0271] These block diagrams 182 to 187 relating to the sensor devices are automatically displayed when the arrangement of block diagram 178 relating to the gateway device is completed. In the example of Fig. 29, block diagrams 182 to 187 relating to the sensor devices are displayed in the area near block diagram 178 relating to the gateway device.

[0272] 22 to 29, the information input at the stage of the example of FIG. 23 (information of "enocean" in the device column 164) is facility equipment information input to the correspondence information creation unit 104. Information on facility equipment for which options are displayed in response to input in the device column 164 (information on gateway devices that are options, etc.) is one type of correspondence information.

[0273] Furthermore, the information selected from the options and input at the stage of the example in FIG. 25 (information on "eG / W" and information on "10") is included in the facility equipment information input to the correspondence information creation unit 104. Furthermore, information on the names of the various sensor devices displayed in the example in FIG. 26 is correspondence information. Furthermore, information on the names of the various sensor devices selected and arranged in the example in FIG. 27 is facility equipment information.

[0274] The block diagram 178 in the example of FIG. 28 is correspondence information in which the information of the gateway device ("eG / W") in the example of FIG. 25 is used as facility equipment information. Furthermore, the block diagram 178 in the example of FIG. 28 is supplementary information in which the gateway device is used as the primary facility equipment and indications (such as the character "enocean" and a radio wave symbol) corresponding to the technical specification information of the primary facility equipment are added. be.

[0275] In the example of Fig. 29, other block diagrams 182 to 187 added to block diagram 178 are correspondence information in which the information of the gateway device ("eG / W") in the example of Fig. 25 is used as facility equipment information. Furthermore, block diagrams 182 to 187 are supplementary information showing secondary facility equipment (nth-order facility equipment where n=2) connected to primary facility equipment according to the technical specifications.

[0276] <If "Sensor / Operation Terminal Placement" is selected> When the automatic drawing function button 128 for "sensor / operation terminal placement" is selected, an equipment selection screen (system configuration diagram placement information input screen 192) pops up as shown in Fig. 30. In the example of Fig. 30, a drop-down menu is set in the equipment column 193 of the system configuration diagram placement information input screen 192, and the person concerned selects equipment by selecting equipment (not shown) displayed in the drop-down menu via the equipment information input unit 102. Then, when the "next" button (next button 199) is selected, the selected equipment is displayed as shown in the example of Fig. 31.

[0277] FIG. 31 shows a state in which the interface device "PAC" has been selected as the selected equipment device. Although not shown in the figure, the selected equipment device is displayed in a display field for selected equipment devices (selected equipment device display field). The selected equipment device display field has a placement button. When the person concerned selects the placement button, the selected equipment device display field is cleared and a drawing screen like the example in FIG. 32 is displayed.

[0278] A block diagram 194 of "PAC" is displayed on the drawing screen. "PAC" in the example of Figure 32 is used as an interface for an air conditioner. The letters "PAC_I / F" are displayed within the block in the block diagram 194.

[0279] Furthermore, other block diagrams 196 to 198 are directly or indirectly connected to block diagram 194. These block diagrams 196 to 198 are automatically displayed when block diagram 194 of "PAC" is displayed. Here, each of block diagrams 196 to 198 represents an "outdoor unit," an "indoor unit," and a "total heat exchanger," respectively, but at the stage of the example in FIG. 32, no specific letters are displayed, and symbols (here, square symbols) are shown instead of letters.

[0280] While viewing a preview via the facility equipment information input unit 102, the person concerned drags the "PAC" block diagram 194 to which the air conditioner block diagrams 196 to 198 are attached, and places (inserts) it at an appropriate position and confirms it. In the example of FIG. 32, the insertion position of the block diagram 194 is displayed as coordinate values ​​on the X and Y axes in the insertion position display field 190. FIG. 33 shows the state after the placement of the "PAC" has been completed. The words "outdoor unit," "indoor unit," and "total heat exchanger" are displayed inside each of the block diagrams 196 to 198, respectively.

[0281] 30 to 33, the information selected at the stage in the example of FIG. 31 (the "PAC" information in the equipment column 195) is facility equipment information. Block diagram 194 in the example of FIG. 32 is corresponding information based on the facility equipment information. Block diagram 194 is also supplementary information to which block diagrams 196 to 198 of indoor and outdoor units of air conditioners that are connected in accordance with technical specifications have been added.

[0282] Furthermore, the indoor and outdoor air conditioner units represented by the added block diagrams 196 to 198 are secondary equipment (n-th order equipment where n=2) with the equipment shown in the connection source block diagram 194 being the primary equipment. Also, the block diagrams 196 to 198 relating to the secondary equipment are part of the accompanying information.

[0283] <Basic benefits of the Building Management Facility Construction Support System 100> According to the building management facility construction support system 100 described above, information on secondary facility equipment (secondary facility equipment information) that can be connected according to technical specifications is automatically output as supplementary information based on the input of primary facility equipment information to the correspondence information creation unit 104. Therefore, accurate communication regarding the connection of facility equipment can be carried out in discussions among parties with varying levels of understanding of technical specifications. Furthermore, the quality of technical communication can be improved among a variety of parties. As a result, appropriate communication among a variety of parties is possible.

[0284] Furthermore, according to the building management facility construction support system 100 of this embodiment, the work up to the creation of the panel drawing can be performed automatically via CAD, which significantly reduces the labor required up to the creation of the panel drawing in the past, thereby enabling labor savings. As a result, it becomes possible to promote the digitalization of building management facility construction.

[0285] Furthermore, information on the connected equipment (first to nth equipment information) is handled by the correspondence information creating unit 104. Therefore, when estimating or purchasing equipment, the person in charge does not have to input the equipment information for each equipment into each computer device.

[0286] It can be said that the building management facility construction support system 100 according to this embodiment promotes the digital transformation of building management facility construction by horizontally distributing information about facility equipment (aggregating information across the board) through the integrated structuring entity 206. It can also be said that the secondary facility equipment connectable to the primary facility equipment is logicized.

[0287] Furthermore, when the building management equipment construction support system 100 of this embodiment uses wireless devices (such as wireless sensors) that are assigned IP addresses as individual identification information for the secondary equipment, it is possible to eliminate the need to design and install wiring, making the labor-saving effect even more pronounced.

[0288] <Additional Explanation of the Building Management Facility Construction Support System 100> <<1 Additional explanation>> <<<1.1 Technology Features>>> The explanation of the building management facility construction support system 100 so far has focused on one form of CAD usage. In this embodiment, the use of CAD is one means for improving work efficiency. In the building management facility construction support system 100, the database (master database, integrated structuring entity 206) that coordinates the information of each device plays an even more important role. This database stores various information, including zoning, control information, and aggregation information.

[0289] Additionally, IP addresses, productivity tools, and CAD play a major role in building the database. These roles can be summarized as follows: The IP address clarifies the segment information (identification information) of the device. Productivity tools are responsible for managing the unique settings information for each device. CAD automatically transfers setting information, which was previously set and registered manually, to productivity tools as digitized information when creating drawings.

[0290] <<<1.2 Additional Information>>> The following additional explanations can be broadly divided into three parts. (1) The first part is about improving the productivity of system design by incorporating design functions into CAD. (2) The second part is about the structured body that stores the configuration information and collected data in a database. (3) Finally, the third part is about productivity tools that make it easy to register configuration information.

[0291] An example of a building management system 10 that is supported by the building management facility construction support system 100 has been described with reference to Figs. 1 to 9. The equipment configuration in such a building management system 10 can be organized, for example, as shown in the diagram of Fig. 37. In the building management system 10 (and the building management facility construction support system 100), each piece of equipment forms a hierarchical structure.

[0292] The "devices" shown in Figure 37 are "cloud," "application edge device," "micro edge device," "sensor," and "object." Of these, "cloud" corresponds to the aforementioned cloud, which enables remote monitoring of management items.

[0293] An "application edge device" corresponds to the application edge device 62. A "micro edge device" corresponds to the micro edge device 60 and functions as a gateway. A "sensor" corresponds to a level 0 sensor including the wireless sensor device 30. An "object" corresponds to a heat source or the like detected by a sensor.

[0294] <<2. Linking design information (analog information) to setting information (digital information) using CAD>> The main advantage of using CAD in the building management facility construction support system 100 is that, whereas in the past, "design work" and "setting work" were separated, "doing the design work" itself is now integrated with "doing the setting work." As a result, productivity can be improved.

[0295] Specifically, the following points (1) to (5) can be said to be realized using CAD. (1) By assigning IP addresses and pre-registering equipment linked to IP addresses, (2) It is possible to verify whether the capacity limits and prescribed specifications are met, (3) The design work allows the creation of cable wiring diagrams, (4) The setting information essential for the next step, parameter generation, is created here. (5) In other words, traditional analog information will be digitized.

[0296] <<3 Structured Body>> <<<3.1 Issues that needed to be resolved>>> In the building management facility construction support system 100 of this embodiment, what can be said throughout the work of design, estimation, configuration, installation, testing, and monitoring and control is that the system is configured as a structurized entity. The reason for configuring a structurized entity in this way is that conventional building management systems (before the provision of the building management system 10 (FIGS. 1 to 9)) had the following problems: (1) There were many pieces of equipment used, and their specifications were all different, so compiling them required a considerable amount of manual work. (2) When specifications change, such as when equipment is replaced or the version is changed, It was a remake of Graham. (3) Not only was the number of devices to be monitored a problem, but if the network structure to be monitored changed, the program had to be reprogrammed. (4) These facts also meant that the program had to be reorganized when there was a change in floor or number of floors.

[0297] <<<3.2 Countermeasures>>> To solve these problems, the building management system 10 (FIGS. 1 to 9) takes the following measures. (1) The format of the data handled remains the same regardless of the type of equipment handled, the quantity, floor, or zone, eliminating the need to rebuild the program. Of course, since the structure changes depending on the type of equipment, such as lighting, air conditioning, sanitation, and energy, the system was designed to be able to handle any type of information while taking these factors into consideration. (2) The sensor part basically digitizes analog information, but the micro edge device that receives the incoming data has been unified to be a structured body specified by NWC. (3) Once the data format is unified in the NWC structure, it can be handled in the same unified format at higher levels (levels above micro edge devices). Moreover, even if the number of floors or the number and types of devices handled increase, the data format itself remains unified, so it appears as if the amount of data has simply increased. (4) This has had a significant effect, and even if the number of floors, the number of devices, or the number of different types of devices increases, there is no longer any need to rewrite the program.

[0298] The building management facility construction support system 100, which was developed to support the construction of such a building management system 10, also has an application configured so that a structurant similar to that of the building management system 10 is constructed during the construction support stage. Furthermore, a structurant (such as the integrated structurant 206) created and used in the building management facility construction support system 100 can be taken over and used in the building management system 10. At least a portion of the structurant information, at least the information linked to an IP address, can be shared with the building management system 10 being constructed.

[0299] <<<3.3 Database>>> The data handled by the building management system 10 (FIGS. 1 to 9) and the building management facility construction support system 100 includes temperature, air conditioning, lighting, alarms, status, energy, etc. The building management system 10 (FIGS. 1 to 9) and the building management facility construction support system 100 are configured to store this data in a database organized by area in a structured entity. The format of the data stored in the database is generally the same regardless of differences in the equipment manufacturer (manufacturer) or vendor (distributor) or the specifications of various information (signal standards, communication standards, OS (operating system), programming language, etc.). Therefore, regardless of the type of equipment information, it is predetermined which area in the database it should be stored in.

[0300] FIG. 38 shows this diagrammatically. In the example of FIG. 38, for "temperature" handled in "device," corresponding information is stored in, for example, the "Header section," "Device type," "Control information," "Segment data section," "Data section," "Data section," and "False judgment" areas provided in the database. The IP address is stored in the "Device type" area. These areas differ from the example of the database shown in FIG. 4, but may be the same as the example of FIG. 4. Also, the example of FIG. 38 may be applied instead of the example of FIG. 4.

[0301] <<<3.4 How to structure data>>> As a way of holding data structure (aspect of data storage), for example, for different "device types," it is possible to use information (e.g., "control information") relating to one "device type" as information (e.g., "control information") relating to the other "device type." For example, air conditioning and lighting are of different "device types," but common information (e.g., "control information") is set for both. More specifically, when there is no one in the office and the "control information" for lighting is information (a flag) indicating off, this information can be used as "control information" for air conditioning, and the set temperature for the air conditioning can be lowered when heating (or raised when cooling).

[0302] <<<3.5 Segmentation>>> Another feature of the building management system 10 (FIGS. 1 to 9) and the building management facility construction support system 100 is that data can be segmented. For example, data can be segmented by floor or by area (zone) within a floor. In the example of FIG. 39, one floor is segmented into six areas (zone A to zone F). This makes it possible to prevent extraneous (unnecessary) packets from being sent to unrelated areas (zones) (broadcast restriction).

[0303] <<<3.6 Vertical and horizontal divisions>>> Previously (before the provision of the Building Management System 10 (Figs. 1 to 9)), in order to manage data such as temperature, air conditioning, lighting, alarms, status, and energy, each area was managed by a separate management system. This was a vertical (or horizontal) division.

[0304] In contrast, horizontal (or vertical) division separates the upper and lower hierarchies as shown in Figure 40. This concept is adopted in the building management system 10 (Figures 1 to 9) and the building management facility construction support system 100. In the building management system 10 (Figures 1 to 9) and the building management facility construction support system 100, horizontal division corresponds to the hierarchical division of sensors, micro edge devices, application edge devices, and enterprise edge servers.

[0305] Fig. 40 corresponds to a diagram in which the "Level 0" hierarchy in Fig. 1 is divided into two hierarchical levels: "Micro Edge Level" and "Sensor / Operation Terminal." Note that communication between each device may be wireless or wired, or may be selectable and / or both.

[0306] In addition, the local on-premise data holds over 90% of the total dynamic data, while the cloud holds a few percent of the total static data, which is also a horizontal division.The building management system 10 (Figs. 1 to 9) and the building management facility construction support system 100 can easily achieve this because of the way the data structure is devised.

[0307] <<4 Productivity Tools>> <<<4.1 Issues that needed to be resolved>>> Although the data format has been unified by creating a structured body, it is still necessary to register setting data including IP addresses and the like in the devices.

[0308] Previously (before the provision of the building management system 10 (Figures 1 to 9)), configuration work had to be done manually to suit the different specifications of each device, and the more monitoring points there were, the more configuration information had to be created, and on top of that, manual registration had to be done for each device.

[0309] In the building management system 10 (FIGS. 1 to 9) and the building management facility construction support system 100, the format of the registered data is standardized by configuring a structured entity (database). In response to this, a "productivity tool" was developed to simplify the registration process.

[0310] <<<4.2 Creating templates for configuration information>>> Productivity tools make it easy to set up the data to be registered for each device. This is achieved by creating a "template" for each device, registering standard setting data, and then changing only the settings that need to be changed. This means that, for example, what previously required registering 20 settings for one device can now be done once.

[0311] Furthermore, in the past, if there were 20 settings for each device, for example, those 20 configuration tasks had to be repeated for each device. In contrast, with Productivity Tools, standard device settings are provided as templates, and as long as you initially set only the device-specific configuration information (such as the name that identifies the device), all other information can be copied and used. This means that the more devices you use, the more time it takes to configure the settings.

[0312] Furthermore, when designing using the CAD of the newly developed building management equipment construction support system 100, setting data is generated, and this generated setting data can be registered for the equipment at the design stage.

[0313] <<<4.3 Information to be registered>>> This is a productivity tool that is provided as a tool for registering settings on devices, and it allows you to efficiently register settings on each device.

[0314] For example, for a given multi-sensor (corresponding to the wireless sensor device 30 in the building management system 10 (Figs. 1 to 9) described above), in addition to the temperature, humidity, illuminance, acceleration, and contact names, tag description, and tag prefix, a profile must be selected. In the case of standard specifications, for example, the profile "D2-14-41" shown in the bottom row of Fig. 41 is used. As shown in an example in Fig. 41, the specifications are patterned to a certain extent, but some items still need to be specified.

[0315] The information required for setting is prepared here based on the CAD data created in the building management facility construction support system 100 according to this embodiment. Then, by linking with productivity tools, the effort required for data registration can be reduced.

[0316] <<5. Function example - Time schedule function>> <<<5.1 Functionality Overview>>> Next, we will explain the functions that can be added as standard or options to the building management facility construction support system 100. First, we will explain the time schedule function.

[0317] For example, a function setting screen may be provided in addition to the CAD operation screen. Fig. 42 shows an example of the function setting screen. To enable operations on the function setting screen, a login operation is performed on the login screen, as shown by the block at the top of Fig. 43. The login screen may be a pop-up screen.

[0318] FIG. 43 shows the hierarchical screen configuration. When the login operation is properly performed on the login screen at the top, the screen transitions to the menu screen. The menu screen may be, for example, The screen is configured to allow selection of the following screens: "Execution Schedule," "Group Management," "Calendar," "Linked Start / Stop," "Point Settings," "Operation History," "User Management," and "Settings."

[0319] Of these, the "Execution Schedule" screen allows you to display and set the schedule that will actually be executed by day, as shown in Figure 43. The "Group Management" screen allows you to display and set schedules that will serve as templates for creating execution schedules. It is also possible to set multiple devices together as a single device group.

[0320] On the "Calendar" screen, it is possible to display and set operation patterns, holidays, and seasonal change dates. On the "Linked Start / Stop" screen, it is possible to set start / stop depending on the status of designated equipment. On the "Point Settings" screen, it is possible to set tag information to be used in this system. On the "Operation History" screen, it is possible to display the operation history of this system. On the "User Management" screen, it is possible to add, change, and delete access users of this system. On the "Settings" screen, the setting screen of this system is displayed.

[0321] When the time schedule function is turned on in the "Group Management" screen, the time schedule function becomes available. For example, the time schedule for controlling the on / off of air conditioning and lighting can be determined using the time schedule function.

[0322] In the past, when trying to implement a time schedule function, not only did it have to be programmed one function at a time, but it also had to be configured into the equipment. In contrast, with the building management facility construction support system 100 and the building management system 10 constructed using the building management facility construction support system 100, the data structure in the database allows a function to be operated simply by turning on the flag for the required function.

[0323] Figures 44(a) and (b) show display examples related to scheduler settings. The example scheduler screen in Figure 44(a) displays a calendar. The example scheduler settings in Figure 44(b) displays a time scheduler related to turning the air conditioning power on and off. Specifically, the example scheduler settings in Figure 44(b) allow you to specify (set) whether to turn the air conditioning power on when a specified temperature is reached, or to turn the power off when a specified temperature is reached.

[0324] <<<5.2 Bill Holder>>> In the building management system 10 designed using the building management facility construction support system 100, when performing maintenance or the like, it is possible to exclude a specific equipment group from the automatic operation schedule. This is expressed as a "tag hanging function" and is enabled by pressing the "enable tag hanging" button. This function is also turned on / off by turning a flag on / off.

[0325] <<6. Function Example - Demand Control Function>> <<<6.1 Functionality Overview>>> Next, we will explain the demand control function. The basic charge for electricity used in factories, for example, is determined by the average power consumption (demand value) over a 30-minute period, and once determined, it usually cannot be changed for one year. Therefore, in order to reduce electricity bills, the power can be automatically turned on and off based on pre-set priorities.

[0326] Such settings are made using demand control software, but it is possible to incorporate a function to issue on / off instructions to the air conditioning equipment to be controlled as a flag in a predetermined area of ​​the database (integrated structure 206, Figure 36). The demand control function product is provided by integrating the micro edge device that performs control, the system that monitors the status, and the control system that operates the control.

[0327] In the past, these various devices (and software) were separated from each other, making it difficult to connect them, or the scope of application was limited, and implementation costs were high.

[0328] In contrast, the building management system 10 designed using the building management facility construction support system 100 provides a management system (application edge device), control equipment (micro edge device), and software (demand control function) in an integrated manner. In addition, demand control can be easily implemented without special programming, without installing additional control equipment, and without paying expensive fees.

[0329] These functions are possible because of the following features: (1) Equipment with a hierarchical structure of micro edge devices and application edge devices. (2) A structured entity that defines how a database is held. (3) Productivity tools that make data configuration easy.

[0330] <<6.2 Demand menu example>> Figure 45(a) shows an example of a demand menu bar that is displayed when using the demand control function. Figure 45(b) shows an example of a trend screen, which displays (1) a tab menu, (3) a demand graph, and (4) a daily report, as shown with titles in the figure. In Figure 45(b), the numbers (1), (3), and (4) in the title are displayed using circled numbers.

[0331] Figure 45(c) shows an example of a daily report, in which the information panel (2) is displayed. In Figure 45(c), the number (2) associated with the title is displayed using a circled number.

[0332] <<<6.3 Structure>>> Figure 46 shows an example of a structure (configuration) for executing a demand control function. Software for demand control (demand control software) is installed in an application edge device 62. Then, demand control of each device (here, air conditioners 1 to n) is performed via a micro edge device 60. In this case, the micro edge device 60 functions as an air conditioning management device.

[0333] <Inventions that can be extracted from the embodiments of the building management facility construction support system> From the embodiments described above, the following inventions can be extracted. (1) A building management facility construction support system (such as the building management facility construction support system 100) that supports the construction of building management facilities, a correspondence information creation unit (such as a correspondence information creation unit 104) that can input equipment information related to equipment to be installed (such as a sensor device 30, a micro edge device 60, an IO interface, an indoor unit of an air conditioner, an outdoor unit of an air conditioner, etc.) and output correspondence information that is previously associated with the equipment information (such as general information that is output in response to the input of equipment information); The equipment includes primary equipment (such as a micro edge device 60) and and a secondary equipment (such as a sensor device 30) that can be connected (mechanically, electrically, or communicatively) to the primary equipment, The facility equipment information includes at least primary facility equipment information related to the primary facility equipment and secondary facility equipment information related to the secondary facility equipment, The correspondence information creation unit The primary equipment information can be manually input (e.g., via a keyboard or touch panel), It is possible to input coordinate information (such as XYZ coordinates) related to the placement of the primary equipment; outputting information relating to the connection of the primary facility device with the secondary facility device as supplementary information of the correspondence information relating to the primary facility device information (such as information indicating a sensor device connected to the selected gateway); Individual structured entities (such as individual structured entities 202 to 205) that are databases corresponding to the types of multiple communication standards (such as Modbus (trade name), LonWorks (trade name), BACnet (trade name), and other protocols); an integrated structure body (such as integrated structure body 206) that is a database that aggregates information on the individual structure bodies in a predetermined structure; The corresponding information creation unit creates the additional information using the information of the integrated structure body. It is a building management facility construction support system that In the building management facility, the integrated structure is taken over and used. Building management facility construction support system. (2) In the building management equipment, predetermined information based on the information aggregated in the integrated structure is output to a public communication line, enabling remote monitoring of the management items from a mobile information terminal via a browser and the public communication line, in the building management equipment construction support system described in (1) above. (3)A building management facility construction support method for supporting the construction of a building management facility (such as a building management facility construction support method performed in a building management facility construction support system 100), A correspondence information creation unit (such as the correspondence information creation unit 104) is used that can input equipment information related to the equipment to be installed (such as the sensor device 30, the micro edge device 60, the IO interface, the indoor unit of an air conditioner, the outdoor unit of an air conditioner, etc.) and output correspondence information (such as general information that is output in response to the input of equipment information) that is previously associated with the equipment information, The equipment includes at least a primary equipment device (such as a micro edge device 60) and a secondary equipment device (such as a sensor device 30) that can be connected (mechanically, electrically, or communicatively) to the primary equipment device, The facility equipment information includes at least primary facility equipment information related to the primary facility equipment and secondary facility equipment information related to the secondary facility equipment, The correspondence information creation unit The primary equipment information can be manually input (e.g., via a keyboard or touch panel), Using a building management facility construction support system that can input coordinate information (such as XYZ coordinates) related to the placement of the primary facility equipment, The correspondence information creation unit outputs information related to the connection of the primary equipment device with the secondary equipment device as supplementary information of the correspondence information related to the primary equipment device information (such as information indicating a sensor device connected to a selected gateway); The building management facility construction support system comprises: Individual structured entities (such as individual structured entities 202 to 205) that are databases corresponding to the types of multiple communication standards (such as Modbus (trade name), LonWorks (trade name), BACnet (trade name), and other protocols); an integrated structure body (such as integrated structure body 206) that is a database that aggregates information on the individual structure bodies in a predetermined structure; the corresponding information creation unit creates the supplementary information using information on the integrated structure body; A building management facility construction support method, In the building management facility, the integrated structure is taken over and used. Building management facility construction support method. (4) The primary facility equipment is: The facility includes a plurality of types of equipment classified into a plurality of management items (air conditioning, lighting, sanitation, alarms, energy, etc.), The secondary facility equipment includes a sensor device (such as sensor device 30) capable of detecting multiple types of detection items (such as temperature, humidity, illuminance, acceleration, and contact), At least one of the management items may be defined as one item system (such as an air conditioning-related system 12, a lighting and outlet system 14, a sanitary and plumbing system 16, a status and alarm system 18, and an energy system 20), and multiple item systems may be defined. the plurality of item systems include at least an air conditioning system, a lighting system, an alarm system, and an energy system; A plurality of the sensor devices are provided, A plurality of the sensor devices Digital information can be output to the primary equipment using at least one wireless communication standard; A sensor device group spanning a plurality of the item systems is configured, The additional information includes information about the sensor device. (1) or (2) The building management facility construction support system described in (5) The primary equipment information and the secondary equipment information include IP addresses that identify the equipment; The information of the integrated structure includes the IP address. Any one of (1), (2), or (4) The building management facility construction support system described in (6) At least a part of the information of the integrated structure linked to at least the IP address is shared by a building management system (such as the building management system 10) to be constructed. (5) The building management facility construction support system described in

[0334] <Other> It should be understood that those skilled in the art can make various changes, substitutions, and alterations thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. [Explanation of symbols]

[0335] 10: Building management system 12: Air conditioning related systems 14: Outlet system 16: Plumbing 18: Alarm system 20: Energy 22, 24: Mobile information terminal 30: Wireless sensor device 60: Micro Edge Devices 60A: Device group 62: Application Edge Devices 64: Integrated Edge Devices 66: Enterprise Edge Server 100: Building management facility construction support system 102: Equipment information input section 104: Correspondence Information Creation Department 105: Additional Information Creation Department 106: Corresponding information output section 116: Control panel automatic drawing menu bar 118~128: Automatic drawing function button 202~205: Individually structured bodies 206 :Integrated structured body

Claims

1. A building management facility construction support system that supports the construction of building management facilities, a correspondence information creation unit that is capable of inputting facility equipment information relating to facility equipment to be installed and outputting correspondence information that is previously associated with the facility equipment information; The facility equipment includes at least a primary facility equipment and a secondary facility equipment connectable to the primary facility equipment, The equipment information includes at least primary equipment information related to the primary equipment equipment and secondary equipment information related to the secondary equipment equipment, The correspondence information creation unit The first facility equipment information can be manually input, Coordinate information relating to the placement of the primary equipment can be input, outputting information relating to the connection of the first-level equipment device with the second-level equipment device as supplementary information of the correspondence information relating to the first-level equipment device information; an individual structured entity which is a database corresponding to each of a plurality of types of communication standards; an integrated structuring body that is a database that aggregates information of the individual structuring bodies in a predetermined structure, a building management facility construction support system, wherein the corresponding information creation unit creates the supplementary information using information on the integrated structure body; The building management facility construction support system is a system in which the integrated structure is taken over and used in the building management facility.

2. The building management equipment construction support system described in claim 1, wherein in the building management equipment, predetermined information based on the information aggregated in the integrated structure is output to a public communication line, making it possible to remotely monitor the management items from a mobile information terminal via a browser and the public communication line.

3. A building management facility construction support method for supporting the construction of a building management facility, comprising: A correspondence information creating unit is used that can input equipment information related to the equipment to be installed and output correspondence information that is previously associated with the equipment information, The facility equipment includes at least a primary facility equipment and a secondary facility equipment connectable to the primary facility equipment, The equipment information includes at least primary equipment information related to the primary equipment equipment and secondary equipment information related to the secondary equipment equipment, The correspondence information creation unit The first facility equipment information can be manually input, using a building management facility construction support system capable of inputting coordinate information relating to the placement of the primary facility equipment, The correspondence information creation unit outputs information related to the connection of the first equipment device with the second equipment device as supplementary information of the correspondence information related to the first equipment device information; The building management facility construction support system comprises: an individual structured entity which is a database corresponding to each of a plurality of types of communication standards; an integrated structuring body that is a database that aggregates information of the individual structuring bodies in a predetermined structure, a building management facility construction support method, wherein the corresponding information creation unit creates the supplementary information using information on the integrated structure body, A building management facility construction support method, in which the integrated structure body is taken over and used in the building management facility.

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