Elevator ID setting system and elevator ID setting method

Abstract

To provide an elevator ID setting system, an elevator ID setting method, and an elevator system capable of independently setting the ID of each control device for an elevator serial number control unit and reducing a setting man hour.SOLUTION: The elevator ID setting system comprises: a mode identification unit that identifies mode setting in a serial number control unit; a transmission / reception switching unit that switches a transmission / reception direction with a control device on the basis of the identification result of the mode identification unit; and an ID setting unit that sets the ID of the control device. When the mode setting is an ID setting mode, the transmission / reception switching unit switches the transmission / reception direction with the control device to "reception / transmission" to enable reception of a signal from the control device. The ID setting unit identifies the control device that has transmitted the signal and sets the ID of the control device.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to an elevator ID setting system and an elevator ID setting method.

Background Art

[0002] In a hall terminal device provided with a hall call button or the like installed on each floor of an elevator, in order to enable signal transmission and reception with an elevator control device (hereinafter referred to as a unit control unit) that controls the operation of the elevator, an ID (hereinafter referred to as an ID) is set for each hall terminal device. Conventionally, the ID setting of each hall terminal device is performed by a switch on the hall terminal device side.

[0003] Further, in Patent Document 1, after a new elevator is installed, a configuration is disclosed in which the ID of each hall terminal device is set according to the order by pressing the hall call button from the top floor or the bottom floor in order.

Prior Art Documents

Patent Documents

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Patent Document 1

Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0005] When setting the ID by turning the switch on the hall terminal device side ON / OFF, since the setting is in binary, it is less intuitive than setting in decimal, so there is a problem that mistakes are likely to occur. Further, since it is necessary to remove the cover of the display unit, there is a problem that workability is poor.

[0006] In the method of setting the ID of each hall terminal device by pressing the hall call button from the top floor or the bottom floor as in Patent Document 1, there is a problem that each hall terminal device on each floor cannot be registered individually.

[0007] In addition to the hall terminals, there is also a demand, for example, to set the IDs of a plurality of control devices provided in the car section.

[0008] Therefore, the present invention provides an elevator ID setting system, an elevator ID setting method, and an elevator system in which the ID of each control device can be set individually for the car control unit, and the number of man-hours for setting can be reduced.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0009] To solve the above problems and achieve the object of the present invention, the elevator ID setting system of the present invention includes a car control unit that controls the operation of the elevator, a car section for carrying users or luggage, a hoisting control unit that moves the car section up and down based on the control of the car control unit, and a plurality of hall terminal device sections installed on each floor where the car section moves up and down. The car control unit includes a mode discrimination unit that discriminates the mode setting in the car control unit, and a transmission / reception switching unit that switches the transmission / reception direction with each control device unit based on the discrimination result of the mode discrimination unit. When the mode setting is the ID setting mode, the transmission / reception switching unit switches the transmission / reception direction with each control device unit to "receive transmission" to enable reception of signals from the control device. The control device is a plurality of hall terminal devices provided at each landing floor. The ID setting unit, during the ID setting mode among the plurality of hall terminal devices, identifies the hall terminal device that has sent a dummy signal as the hall terminal device to be set with an ID, and sets the ID of the hall terminal device to be set. The hall terminal device is provided with a hall button for inputting the destination direction. The ID setting unit, during the ID setting mode, after receiving the dummy signal, sets the ID of the hall terminal device to be set based on the number of inputs from the hall button. 。

[0010] In addition, each control device unit includes a Switching unit transmission / reception Switching unit and an ID setting unit. The Switching unit switches each mode (normal mode, maintenance mode, ID setting mode, etc.), and in the ID setting mode, the Switching unit switches the communication direction from receive transmission to transmission / reception and transmits the ID set by the ID setting unit to the car control unit.

Effects of the Invention

[0011] According to the present invention, the ID of each control device controlled by the car control unit of the elevator can be set individually, and the number of man-hours for setting can be reduced.

Brief Description of the Drawings

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Embodiments for Carrying Out the Invention

[0013] Hereinafter, an elevator system including an elevator ID setting system according to an embodiment of the present invention and an example of an elevator ID setting method will be described with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the following examples. In each of the drawings described below, common members are denoted by the same reference numerals.

[0014] ≪Elevator System≫ First, an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an elevator system according to an embodiment of the present invention (hereinafter referred to as this embodiment). The elevator system 1 shown in FIG. 1 includes an elevator ID setting system of the present invention. The entire elevator system 1 may be an ID setting system, or a part of the elevator system 1 may constitute an ID setting system.

[0015] As shown in FIG. 1, the elevator system 1 is composed of a car control unit 100, an elevator 10, and a maintenance terminal device 200.

[0016] <Car control unit> The car control unit 100 includes a maintenance terminal side communication unit 11, a mode switching unit 12, and a mode discrimination unit 19. Further, the car control unit 100 includes a motor control unit 13, a motor side communication unit 16, a car control unit 14, a car side communication unit 17, a hall terminal control unit 15, and a hall terminal side communication unit 18. Further, the car control unit 100 includes a transmission / reception switching unit 21.

[0017] The maintenance terminal side communication unit 11 is connected to the maintenance terminal internal communication unit 26 of the maintenance terminal device 200 via the network 2, and transmits and receives information to and from the maintenance terminal device 200 described later. In this embodiment, the maintenance terminal side communication unit 11 receives information related to mode setting transmitted from the maintenance terminal device 200. Also, in this embodiment, the maintenance terminal side communication unit 11 transmits information related to the ID of the hall terminal device 300 transmitted from the hall terminal device 300 side to the maintenance terminal device 200 side.

[0018] The mode switching unit 12 switches the mode setting related to the operation of the elevator 10 according to the signal from the maintenance terminal device 200 or the car unit 23. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the mode switching unit 12 of the present embodiment in more detail. As shown in FIG. 2, the mode switching unit 12 has a "normal mode", a "maintenance mode", a "car-linked ID setting mode", and a "non-car-linked ID setting mode". The "normal mode" is a mode setting in which the elevator 10 performs a lifting and lowering operation in response to a car call or a landing call of a user. The "maintenance mode" is a mode setting when a maintenance worker performs maintenance inspection of the elevator 10.

[0019] The "car-linked ID setting mode" is a mode setting in which the car 29 is lifted and lowered, and the ID of the hall terminal device 300 on the stop floor is set according to the stop floor of the car. The "non-car-linked ID setting mode" is a mode setting in which the maintenance worker on the landing floor sets the ID of the hall terminal device 300 on that landing floor without lifting and lowering the car 29. The ID setting methods in the "car-linked ID setting mode" and the "non-car-linked ID setting mode" will be described in detail later. Also, in the following description, when the "car-linked ID setting mode" and the "non-car-linked ID setting mode" are not distinguished, they are simply referred to as the "ID setting mode".

[0020] The information of the mode setting switched by the mode switching unit 12 is transmitted to the motor control unit 13, the car control unit 14, the hall terminal control unit 15, and the mode discrimination unit 19, and is also transmitted to the maintenance terminal device 200 side via the maintenance terminal side communication unit 11.

[0021] The mode discrimination unit 19 discriminates each mode setting based on the information transmitted from the mode switching unit 12. Then, the mode discrimination unit 19 transmits a signal based on the discrimination result to the transmission / reception switching unit 21 and the hall terminal control unit 15. For example, the mode discrimination unit 19 discriminates whether the mode setting switched by the mode switching unit 12 is the "normal mode", the "maintenance mode", the "car-linked ID setting mode", or the "non-car-linked ID setting mode".

[0022] The motor control unit 13 is connected to the hoist 22 via the motor side communication unit 16, and drives and controls the hoist 22 based on the mode setting switched by the mode switching unit 12. For example, when in the "normal mode", the motor control unit 13 drives and controls the hoist 22 according to the landing call signal transmitted from each hall terminal device 300 or the car call signal transmitted from the car unit 23, and moves the elevator car 29 up and down to the desired landing floor. Also, when in the "maintenance mode" or the "car interlock ID setting mode", the motor control unit 13 moves the elevator car 29 up and down to the desired landing floor based on the operation of the maintenance staff.

[0023] The motor side communication unit 16 transmits a drive signal to the hoist 22 side under the control of the motor control unit 13. Thereby, the hoist 22 is driven and controlled.

[0024] The car control unit 14 is connected to the car unit 23 via the car side communication unit 17, and controls the car unit 23 based on the mode setting switched by the mode switching unit 12.

[0025] The car side communication unit 17 transmits and receives signals with the car control unit 14 and also transmits and receives signals with the car unit 23 side.

[0026] The hall terminal control unit 15 is connected to each hall terminal device 300-1, 300-2,... via the hall terminal side communication unit 18 and the transmission / reception switching unit 21, and controls each hall terminal device 300-1, 300-2. In the "normal mode", the hall terminal control unit 15 acquires the landing call signal input at the landing floor of each hall terminal device 300, or transmits the information on the stop floor of the elevator car based on the information transmitted from the car control unit 14. Also, in the "ID setting mode", it sets the ID of the hall terminal device 300 to be set. That is, the hall terminal control unit 15 corresponds to the ID setting unit of the present invention.

[0027] The hall terminal side communication unit 18 transmits and receives signals to and from the hall terminal control unit 15, and also transmits and receives signals to and from the hall terminal devices 300-1, 300-2, … via the transmission / reception switching unit 21.

[0028] The transmission / reception switching unit 21 switches the signal transmission / reception direction with the hall terminal devices 300-1, 300-2, … based on the discrimination result from the mode discrimination unit 19 under the control of the hall terminal control unit 15. Specifically, when the discrimination result in the mode discrimination unit 19 is the "normal mode" or the "maintenance mode", the transmission / reception switching unit 21 switches the transmission / reception direction to "transmission / reception". "Transmission / reception" is a setting where a signal is transmitted from the signal machine control unit 100 to the hall terminal device 300 side and then a signal from the hall terminal device 300 side is received by the signal machine control unit 100 side. On the other hand, when the discrimination result in the mode discrimination unit 19 is the "ID setting mode", the transmission / reception switching unit 21 switches the transmission / reception direction to "reception / transmission". "Reception / transmission" is a setting where a signal is received from the hall terminal device 300 side by the signal machine control unit 100 and then a signal is transmitted from the signal machine control unit 100 to the hall terminal device 300 side.

[0029] <Elevator> The elevator 10 is composed of a hoisting machine 22, a car unit 23, and a plurality of hall terminal devices 300 (300-1, 300-2, …). In this specification, when indicating a plurality of hall terminal devices, they are denoted as hall terminal devices 300-1, 300-2, and when referring to a specific hall terminal device, it is denoted as hall terminal device 300.

[0030] The car unit 23 includes a car 29 and a car interior control unit 500 (see FIG. 3) provided inside the car 29. The car 29 is arranged in a hoistway provided to penetrate each floor in a building in the vertical direction and has a hollow cubic shape for carrying people and goods. The car 29 is connected to a counterweight (not shown) via a main rope 30 and moves up and down in the hoistway when the hoisting machine 22 is driven.

[0031] FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the in-car control unit 500 provided in the car body 23. As shown in FIG. 3, the in-car control unit 500 includes an in-car communication unit 51, an in-car mode determination unit 53, a mode setting switch 55, an in-car mode switching unit 56, a stop floor determination unit 52, and a display unit 54.

[0032] The in-car communication unit 51 transmits and receives signals to and from the car-side communication unit 17 of the car control unit 100.

[0033] The in-car mode determination unit 53 determines each mode setting based on the information transmitted from the mode setting switch 55 or the information transmitted from the car control unit 100 side. For example, the in-car mode determination unit 53 determines whether the mode setting is the 'normal mode', the'maintenance mode', the 'car-linked ID setting mode', or the 'non-car-linked ID setting mode'. Then, the in-car mode determination unit 53 transmits information regarding the mode setting based on the determination result to the car control unit 100 side via the in-car communication unit 51.

[0034] The mode setting switch 55 is a switch for a maintenance staff to manually switch the mode setting of the elevator system 1, and the mode setting can be switched by the operation of the maintenance staff. In the present embodiment, the information of the mode setting selected by the mode setting switch 55 is transmitted to the in-car mode switching unit 56.

[0035] The in-car mode switching unit 56 switches the mode setting based on the mode setting information from the car control unit 100 side or the mode setting information from the mode setting switch 55. The in-car mode switching unit 56 in the in-car control unit 500 also has the 'normal mode','maintenance mode', 'car-linked ID setting mode', and 'non-car-linked ID setting mode' similar to the mode switching unit 12 of the car control unit 100. The information regarding the mode setting switched and set by the in-car mode switching unit 56 is transmitted to the car control unit 100 side via the in-car communication unit 51.

[0036] The stop floor determination unit 52 determines the floor at which the car 29 has stopped. In the present embodiment, in the "ID setting mode with car interlock", by stopping the car 29 at a predetermined landing floor, the ID of the hall terminal device 300 installed on that stop floor can be set. Therefore, in this case, the stop floor is determined by the stop floor determination unit 52, and the determination result is transmitted to the elevator control unit 100 via the in-car communication unit 51. On the side of the elevator control unit 100, in the hall terminal control unit 15, based on the received stop floor information, the ID of the hall terminal device 300 installed on the stop floor of the car 29 is set. The ID setting method in this "ID setting mode with car interlock" will be described in detail later.

[0037] The display unit 54 displays the floor number of the landing floor (stop floor) where the car 29 is currently stopped. Also, in the present embodiment, in the "ID setting mode", the ID transmitted from the hall terminal device 300 side at a predetermined timing is displayed. The timing for displaying the ID transmitted from the hall terminal device 300 side during the "ID setting mode" will be described in detail later.

[0038] The hoist 22 is installed, for example, in the machine room provided at the top of the hoistway. The hoist 22 has a sheave (not shown) around which the main rope 30 connecting the car 29 and the counterweight (not shown) is wound. The hoist 22 is connected via the motor control unit 13 and the motor side communication unit 16, and is rotationally driven under the control of the motor control unit 13 to move the car 29 up and down in the hoistway.

[0039] The hall terminal devices 300 are installed for each landing floor. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the hall terminal device 300. In FIG. 4, among the plurality of hall terminal devices 300-1, 300-2... provided in the elevator system 1, one representative hall terminal device 300 is shown. As shown in FIG. 4, the hall terminal device 300 includes an input / output unit 37 composed of a hall button 38 and a display 39, and a hall terminal internal control unit 301.

[0040] The hall button 38 is a button used by users and maintenance staff, and has an upward button and a downward button. Note that in the hall terminal device 300 on the top floor, only the downward button is provided for the hall button 38, and in the hall terminal device 300 on the bottom floor, only the upward button is provided for the hall button 38. In the "normal mode", the user presses the button indicating the direction they want to move, and the landing call is transmitted to the car control unit 100 side. Also, in the "car-independent ID setting mode", the ID of the hall terminal device 300 is set by operating the hall button 38. The ID setting method in the "car-independent ID setting mode" will be described in detail later.

[0041] The display 39 is composed of a monitor, for example, an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). In the "normal mode", it displays the floor number of the stop floor where the car 29 has stopped. Also, in the "ID setting mode", the ID of the hall terminal device 300 transmitted from the car control unit 100 side is displayed at a predetermined timing. The timing at which the ID of the hall terminal device 300 is displayed on the display 39 in the "ID setting mode" will be described in detail later.

[0042] As shown in FIG. 4, the in-hall terminal control unit 301 has an in-hall terminal communication unit 32, a mode switching unit 35, an in-hall terminal mode determination unit 34, a transmission / reception switching unit 31, an input / output control unit 36, and an ID setting unit 33.

[0043] The in-hall terminal communication unit 32 transmits and receives information to and from the car control unit 100 via the transmission / reception switching unit 31.

[0044] The mode switching unit 35 switches the mode setting based on the signal input from the car control unit 100 side. The mode switching unit 35 in the in-hall terminal control unit 301 also has a "normal mode", a "maintenance mode", a "car-linked ID setting mode", and a "car-unlinked ID setting mode", similar to the mode switching unit 12 of the car control unit 100.

[0045] By the way, the hall terminal device 300 without an ID set cannot communicate with the car body control unit 100 yet. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the mode setting of the mode switching unit 35 is switched based on a signal from the car body control unit 100 only in the hall terminal device 300 in which the ID has already been set. In the hall terminal device 300 without an ID set, for example, the mode switching unit 35 can perform mode setting based on the mode setting information transmitted from the maintenance terminal device 200 to the in-hall communication unit 32 of the hall terminal device 300 via the in-maintenance-terminal communication unit 26.

[0046] The in-hall mode determination unit 34 determines each set mode setting based on the information transmitted from the mode switching unit 35. For example, the in-hall mode determination unit 34 determines whether the set mode setting is the "normal mode", the "maintenance mode", the "ID setting mode with car interlock", or the "ID setting mode without car interlock". Then, the in-hall mode determination unit 34 transmits the determination result to the transmission / reception switching unit 31.

[0047] The transmission / reception switching unit 31 switches the transmission / reception direction of the signal to and from the car body control unit 100 based on the determination result of the in-hall mode determination unit 34 or the input from the hall button 38 by the maintenance staff. In the hall terminal device 300 in which the ID has already been set, when the mode setting is the "normal mode" or the "maintenance mode", the transmission / reception switching unit 31 switches the transmission / reception direction to "transmission / reception". On the other hand, in the hall terminal device 300 in which the ID has already been set, the mode setting in the mode switching unit 35 may be the "ID setting mode with car interlock" or the "ID setting mode without car interlock". This is the case when setting the ID of a hall terminal device 300 different from the hall terminal device 300 in which the ID has already been set. In this case, in the hall terminal device 300 in which the ID has already been set, the transmission / reception switching unit 31 is controlled so that the signal from that hall terminal device 300 cannot be transmitted to the car body control unit 100 side.

[0048] Also, in the hall terminal device 300 whose ID has not been set yet, based on the operation from the hall button 38 by the maintenance staff, the transmission / reception switching unit 31 switches the transmission / reception direction to "transmission / reception". Thereby, in the hall terminal device 300 whose ID has not been set yet, the signal can be transmitted from the hall terminal internal control unit 301 to the car control unit 100 side.

[0049] The input / output control unit 36 controls the input signal from the hall button 38 and the output signal to the display 39 based on the mode setting set by the mode switching unit 35. In the case of the "normal mode", according to whether the upward button or the downward button of the hall button 38 is pressed, the landing call signal is transmitted to the hall terminal internal communication unit 32 side. On the other hand, in the case of the "ID setting mode without car interlock", the input / output control unit 36 transmits the signal input from the hall button 38 to the ID setting unit 33.

[0050] Also, in the case of the "normal mode", the input / output control unit 36 causes the display 39 to display the floor number of the stop floor of the car 29 according to the signal transmitted from the car control unit 100. Further, the input / output control unit 36 causes the display 39 to display the ID transmitted from the car control unit 100 at a predetermined timing in the "ID setting mode without car interlock" or the "ID setting mode with car interlock".

[0051] The ID setting unit 33 sets the ID of the hall terminal device 300 in the "ID setting mode". In the case of the "ID setting mode with car interlock", the ID setting unit 33 sets the ID of the hall terminal device 300 based on the signal transmitted from the car internal control unit 500. On the other hand, in the case of the "ID setting mode without car interlock", the ID setting unit 33 sets the ID of the hall terminal device 300 according to the number of times the hall button 38 is pressed by the maintenance staff, etc.

[0052] <Maintenance terminal device> Next, returning to FIG. 1, the maintenance terminal device 200 will be described. The maintenance terminal device 200 is preferably a mobile phone terminal, a smartphone, or a tablet terminal that is easy for a maintenance worker to carry when moving to a work site. Alternatively, the maintenance terminal device 200 may be a personal computer operated by an administrator at a management company or the like.

[0053] The maintenance terminal device 200 includes a display unit 27, an operation unit 28, and an in-maintenance-terminal communication unit 26. The display unit 27 is, for example, a monitor composed of an LCD or the like, and displays the results of processes performed in the ID setting system of the elevator 10. The operation unit 28 is a part where operations are input by a maintenance worker, and is composed of, for example, a keyboard, a mouse, a touch sensor, or the like. Further, it may be composed of a touch panel in which the display unit 27 and the operation unit 28 are integrated.

[0054] The in-maintenance-terminal communication unit 26 transmits and receives information to and from the maintenance-terminal-side communication unit 11 of the car control unit 100 in response to an operation from the operation unit 28.

[0055] Incidentally, the above-described car control unit 100, motor control unit 13, car control unit 14, hall terminal control unit 15, in-hall-terminal control unit 301, in-car control unit 500, and maintenance terminal device 200 each have a control processing unit (not shown), and control each unit under the control of the control processing unit. The control processing unit includes, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), and a non-volatile storage, each connected to a bus.

[0056] The CPU reads the program code of the software that realizes each function according to this embodiment from the ROM and expands it into the RAM and executes it in each unit. Note that the control processing unit may include a processing device such as an MPU (Micro-Processing Unit) instead of the CPU. Variables, parameters, etc. generated during arithmetic processing are temporarily written into the RAM.

[0057] As the non-volatile storage, for example, a HDD (Hard Disk Drive), an SSD (Solid State Drive), a flexible disk, an optical disk, a magneto-optical disk, a CD-ROM, a CD-R, a magnetic tape, a non-volatile memory card, etc. can be used. In this non-volatile storage, in addition to an OS (Operating System) and various parameters, a program for operating the control processing unit and the like are recorded. Note that the program may be stored in a ROM.

[0058] The program is stored in a form of a computer-readable program code, and the CPU sequentially executes operations according to the program code. That is, the ROM or the non-volatile storage is used as an example of a computer-readable non-transitory recording medium storing a program executed by a computer.

[0059] In the elevator system 1 having the above configuration, in the present embodiment, the ID setting of each hall terminal device 300 is performed for each hall terminal device 300. Hereinafter, the ID setting method of the elevator 10 in the elevator system 1 of the present embodiment will be described.

[0060] ≪Hall Terminal Device ID Setting Method≫ In the elevator 10, when setting the ID of the hall terminal device 300 in the unit control unit 100, first, the mode setting is switched, and then the ID setting for each hall terminal device 300 is performed. First, the mode switching method will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7.

[0061] [Control Flow at Mode Switching in Unit Control Unit] FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a control flow at the time of mode switching in the car body control unit 100. First, the mode switching unit 12 of the car body control unit 100 determines whether or not mode setting information from the maintenance terminal device 200 has not been received (step S1). When the mode setting information has been received from the maintenance terminal device 200, that is, when the determination in step S1 is "NO", the mode switching unit 12 switches the mode according to the mode setting information received from the maintenance terminal device 200 (step S2).

[0062] On the other hand, when the mode setting information from the maintenance terminal device 200 has not been received, that is, when the determination in step S2 is "YES", the mode switching unit 12 receives the mode setting information transmitted from the car body part 23 side (step S3). As will be described later, any one of the mode signals of "normal mode", "maintenance mode", "car body interlock ID setting mode", and "car body non - interlock ID setting mode" is transmitted from the car body part 23 in step S3.

[0063] Next, the mode discrimination unit 19 determines whether or not the mode setting information transmitted from the car body part 23 side to the mode switching unit 12 is the "normal mode" (step S4). When the mode setting information is the "normal mode", that is, when the determination in step S4 is "YES", the mode switching unit 12 sets the mode setting to the "normal mode" (step S5).

[0064] On the other hand, when the mode setting is not the "normal mode", that is, when the determination in step S4 is "NO", the hall terminal control unit 15 determines whether or not communication is possible with all the hall terminal devices 300 - 1, 300 - 2... (step S6).

[0065] In step S6, the hall terminal control unit 15 determines whether communication is possible by transmitting, for example, a dummy signal to each hall terminal device 300 side. For example, in the hall terminal control unit 15, the hall terminal device 300 that has transmitted a response signal to the dummy signal is determined to be able to communicate with the unit control unit 100 and that the ID setting has already been made. On the other hand, when there is no response signal to the dummy signal transmitted from the hall terminal control unit 15 to the hall terminal device 300 side, it is determined that communication between the hall terminal device 300 and the unit control unit 100 is impossible and that the ID setting has not yet been made in the hall terminal device 300. In this way, on the unit control unit 100 side, the hall terminal control unit 15 can determine which hall terminal device 300 is communicable and which hall terminal device 300 is incommunicable.

[0066] In step S6, when it is determined that the hall terminal control unit 15 cannot communicate with all the hall terminal devices 300, that is, when "NO" is determined in step S6, the mode discrimination unit 19 discriminates whether the 'ID setting mode' has car interlock (step S7).

[0067] In step S7, when it is determined in the mode discrimination unit 19 that there is no car interlock, that is, when "NO" is determined in step S7, based on the determination result, the mode switching unit 12 sets the mode setting to the 'ID setting mode without car interlock' (step S8).

[0068] On the other hand, in step S7, when it is determined in the mode discrimination unit 19 that there is car interlock, that is, when "YES" is determined in step S7, based on the determination result, the mode switching unit 12 sets the mode setting to the 'ID setting mode with car interlock' (step S9).

[0069] In step S6, when the hall terminal control unit 15 determines that communication is possible with all the hall terminal devices 300, that is, when the determination in step S6 is "YES", the mode switching unit 12 sets the mode setting to the "maintenance mode" (step S10).

[0070] After that, the mode discrimination unit 19 transmits the mode settings determined in steps S2, S5, S8, S9, and S10 to each of the hall terminal devices 300-1, 300-2... (step S11).

[0071] [Control flow during mode switching in the car section] FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the control flow during mode switching in the car control unit 500 provided in the car section 23. First, in the car control unit 500, the in-car mode discrimination unit 53 determines whether or not the mode setting information from the maintenance terminal device 200 has not been received (step S21). In step S21, when the mode setting has been received from the maintenance terminal device 200, that is, when the determination in step S21 is "NO", the in-car mode switching unit 56 switches the mode setting according to the information from the maintenance terminal device 200 (step S22).

[0072] On the other hand, in step S21, when it is determined that the mode setting information from the maintenance terminal device 200 has not been received, that is, when the determination in step S21 is "YES", the in-car mode switching unit 56 switches the mode setting based on the signal from the mode setting switch 55 (step S23). The mode setting from the mode setting switch 55 is an operation manually performed by the maintenance staff through a switch operation.

[0073] Then, the in-car mode discrimination unit 53 transmits the mode setting information set in steps S22 and S24 to the car body control unit 100 side via the in-car communication unit 51 (step S24). Note that the mode setting information transmitted in step S24 in FIG. 6 is the mode information received on the car body control unit side in step S3 of FIG. 5.

[0074] In this way, mode setting is performed in the car interior control unit 500.

[0075] [Control Flow during Mode Switching in Hall Terminal Device] FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the control flow during mode switching in the hall terminal internal control unit 301 of the hall terminal device 300. The mode switching unit 35 of the hall terminal internal control unit 301 switches the mode setting based on the mode setting information transmitted from the unit control unit 100 side via the hall terminal internal communication unit 32 (step S31).

[0076] By the way, in the hall terminal device 300 whose ID has not yet been set, a signal from the unit control unit 100 side cannot be received. Therefore, the flow of step S31 is performed only in the hall terminal device 300 in which the ID has already been set. In the present embodiment, in the hall terminal device 300 in which the ID has already been set, when the mode setting is the 'ID setting mode with car interlock' or the 'ID setting mode without car interlock', control is performed so that a signal from the hall terminal device 300 side is not transmitted to the unit control unit 100 side.

[0077] On the other hand, in the hall terminal device 300 in which the ID has not yet been set, as an initial setting of the mode setting, it can be configured to be set to the 'ID setting mode with car interlock' or the 'ID setting mode without car interlock'. Alternatively, in the hall terminal device 300 in which the ID has not yet been set, it may be configured to be set to the 'ID setting mode with car interlock' or the 'ID setting mode without car interlock' based on the mode setting information directly transmitted from the maintenance terminal device 200.

[0078] After the mode switching is performed in the car body control unit 100, the car body part 23, and the hall terminal device 300 according to the above procedure, the ID is set in the hall terminal device 300 in which the ID is not set. Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10, the control flow at the time of ID setting in the car body control unit 100, the car body part, and the hall terminal device 300 will be described. The control flow shown in FIGS. 8 to 10 is performed after the control flow shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 is performed.

[0079] [Control Flow in the Car Body Control Unit at the Time of ID Setting] FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the control flow in the car body control unit 100 at the time of ID setting. In the car body control unit 100, first, the mode determination unit 19 determines whether the mode setting in the car body control unit 100 is the "ID setting mode" (step S41).

[0080] When it is determined in the mode determination unit 19 that it is not the "ID setting mode", that is, when it is determined as "NO" in step S41, the other specified mode processing is advanced (step S42). Examples of the other mode processing include mode processing related to the "normal mode" and the "maintenance mode", but the description thereof is omitted here.

[0081] On the other hand, when it is determined in the mode determination unit 19 that it is the "ID setting mode", that is, when it is determined as "YES" in step S41, the transmission / reception switching unit 21 switches the transmission / reception direction to "transmission / reception" (step S43). In the transmission / reception switching unit 21, under the control of the hall terminal control unit 15, the transmission / reception direction is switched based on the determination result of the mode determination unit 19.

[0082] By switching the transmission / reception direction to "transmission / reception" in the transmission / reception switching unit 21, after receiving a signal from the hall terminal device 300, the car body control unit 100 can transmit a signal from the car body control unit 100 side to the hall terminal device 300 side.

[0083] Next, the hall terminal control unit 15 determines whether dummy data has been transmitted from the hall terminal device 300 to be set (step S44). The hall terminal device 300 to be set refers to the hall terminal device 300 for which an ID is currently to be set. By the way, since the hall terminal device 300 for which the ID has not yet been set cannot be specified from the unit control unit 100 side, communication cannot be performed with the unit control unit 100. However, in the present embodiment, by transmitting dummy data from the hall terminal device 300 for which the ID has not yet been set to the unit control unit 100 side, that hall terminal device 300 can be specified from the unit control unit 100 side as the hall terminal device 300 to be set.

[0084] If it is determined in the hall terminal control unit 15 that dummy data has not been received from the hall terminal device 300 to be set, that is, if it is determined "NO" in step S44, step S44 is repeated again.

[0085] On the other hand, if it is determined in the hall terminal control unit 15 that dummy data has been transmitted from the hall terminal device 300 to be set, that is, if it is determined "YES" in step S44, in the mode discrimination unit 19, it is determined whether the "ID setting mode" is "with car interlock" (step S45).

[0086] If it is determined in the mode discrimination unit 19 that there is no car interlock, that is, if it is determined "NO" in step S45, the hall terminal control unit 15 acquires the ID transmitted from the hall terminal device 300 (step S46). In step S45, the hall terminal control unit 15 acquires the ID transmitted from the hall terminal device 300 to be set via the transmission / reception switching unit 21 and the hall terminal side communication unit 18. Thereby, in the "ID setting mode without car interlock", the unit control unit 100 can set the ID of the hall terminal device 300 to be set.

[0087] On the other hand, when the mode determination unit 19 determines "with car interlock", that is, when the determination in step S45 is "YES", the hall terminal control unit 15 acquires the ID from the stop floor of the car 29 transmitted from the car unit 23 (step S47). In step S47, the hall terminal control unit 15 acquires the stop floor of the car 29 transmitted from the car unit 23 via the car side communication unit 17 and the car control unit 14, and acquires the ID of the hall terminal device 300 provided on that stop floor from the information on the stop floor of the car 29. Thereby, in the "car interlock ID setting mode", the ID of the hall terminal device 300 to be set can be set in the machine control unit 100.

[0088] As described above, in step S46 or step S47, after acquiring the ID of the hall terminal device 300 to be set, the hall terminal control unit 15 sets the ID as the ID of the hall terminal device 300 to be set. Then, the hall terminal control unit 15 transmits the ID data to the car unit 23, the hall terminal device 300, and the maintenance terminal device 200 (step S48).

[0089] In the machine control unit 100, the ID of the hall terminal device 300 to be set is set according to the above flow.

[0090] [Control flow in the car unit during ID setting] FIG. 9 is a diagram showing the control flow during ID setting in the in-car control unit 500 of the car unit 23. In the in-car control unit 500, first, the in-car mode determination unit 53 determines whether it is in the "ID setting mode" (step S51). When it is determined in the in-car mode determination unit 53 that it is not in the "ID setting mode", that is, when the determination in step S51 is "NO", other specified mode processing is advanced (step S52). Examples of other mode processing include mode processing related to the "normal mode" and the "maintenance mode", but the description of the programs for implementing these modes is omitted here.

[0091] On the other hand, when it is determined in the car mode determination unit 53 that it is in the "ID setting mode", that is, when it is determined as "YES" in step S51, the car mode determination unit 53 determines whether there is "car interlock" (step S53).

[0092] When it is determined in the car mode determination unit 53 that there is no "car interlock", that is, when it is determined as "NO" in step S53, the process proceeds to step S55 described later.

[0093] On the other hand, when it is determined in the car mode determination unit 53 that there is "car interlock", that is, when it is determined as "YES" in step S53, the stop floor determination unit 52 determines the stop floor of the car 29 and transmits the stop floor to the elevator control unit 100 side (step S54). In the stop floor determination unit 52, the floor where the current car 29 has stopped is set as the "stop floor", and the information on the stop floor is transmitted to the elevator control unit 100 side via the in-car communication unit 51. In the elevator control unit 100, the information on the stop floor transmitted from the car unit 23 side is transmitted to the car control unit 14 via the car side communication unit 17. The information on the stop floor transmitted in step S54 is the information received by the car control unit 14 in the elevator control unit 100 in step S47 of FIG. 8.

[0094] Next, the in-car communication unit 51 receives the ID data of the hall terminal device 300 to be set transmitted from the elevator control unit 100 side and transmits the received ID data to the display unit 54. As a result, the ID data to be set is displayed on the display unit 54 (step S55). Thereby, the maintenance staff can confirm the ID of the hall terminal device 300 to be set from the display unit 54 of the car unit 23.

[0095] In the in-car control unit 500 in the car unit 23, the above control flow is implemented at the time of ID setting.

[0096] [Control Flow in Hall Terminal Control Unit at the Time of ID Setting] FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a control flow at the time of ID setting in the hall terminal internal control unit 301 of the hall terminal device 300 to which ID is to be set.

[0097] In the hall terminal device 300 to which ID is to be set, the hall terminal internal mode discrimination unit 34 discriminates whether it is in the 'ID setting mode' (step S61). When it is discriminated in the hall terminal internal mode discrimination unit 34 that it is not in the 'ID setting mode', that is, when it is discriminated as 'NO' in step S61, other specified mode processing is advanced (step S62). Examples of other mode processing include mode processing related to the 'normal mode' and the'maintenance mode', but here the description of the programs for implementing those modes is omitted.

[0098] On the other hand, when it is discriminated in the hall terminal internal mode discrimination unit 34 that it is in the 'ID setting mode', that is, when it is discriminated as 'YES' in step S61, next, the transmission / reception switching unit 31 determines whether the hall button 38 has been long-pressed (step S61). The long-pressing of the hall button 38 in step S61 is performed, for example, by a maintenance staff member pressing the hall button 38 of the hall terminal device 300 to which ID is to be set. In step S63, when the hall button 38 is long-pressed by the maintenance staff member, the signal is input to the transmission / reception switching unit 31 via the input / output control unit 36 and the hall terminal internal communication unit 32. In step S63, by long-pressing the hall button 38 of the hall terminal device 300 to which ID is to be set, the setting of the ID of the hall terminal device 300 to which ID is to be set can be started.

[0099] When it is determined in the transmission / reception switching unit 31 that the hall button 38 has not been long-pressed, that is, when it is determined as 'NO' in step S63, the process returns to step S63. In this embodiment, step S63 is repeated until the hall button 38 of the hall terminal device 300 to which ID is to be set is long-pressed by the maintenance staff member.

[0100] In the transmission / reception switching unit 31, when it is determined that the hall button 38 has been long-pressed, that is, when it is determined "YES" in step S63, the transmission / reception switching unit 31 switches the transmission / reception direction to the "transmission / reception" with the signal unit control unit 100. When the transmission / reception switching unit 31 is switched to "transmission / reception", after transmitting some signal from the hall terminal device 300 which is the setting target to the signal unit control unit 100 side, the hall terminal device 300 can receive the signal from the signal unit control unit 100 side.

[0101] As an example of the transmission / reception switching operation, an example applying the long-press of the hall button 38 has been described, but it is not limited thereto. For example, the transmission / reception may be switched when the hall button 38 is pressed a predetermined number of times, and various other operations can be applied as the switching operation.

[0102] Next, the ID setting unit 33 determines whether there is "car interlock" or not based on the signal from the hall terminal internal mode discrimination unit 34 (step S65). When it is determined in the ID setting unit 33 that there is "no car interlock", that is, when it is determined "NO" in step S65, the ID setting unit 33 transmits dummy data to the signal unit control unit 100 side (step S66). The dummy data transmitted in step S65 is transmitted to the signal unit control unit 100 side via the hall terminal internal communication unit 32 and the transmission / reception switching unit 31. Also, the dummy data transmitted in step S6 is the dummy data in step S44 of FIG. 8.

[0103] After that, the ID setting unit 33 sets the ID of the hall terminal device 300 to be set according to the number of times the maintenance staff presses the hall button 38, and transmits the set ID data to the car control unit 100 side (step S67). In step S67, in the input / output control unit 36, the number of times the hall button 38 operated by the maintenance staff is acquired, and by the ID setting unit 33 acquiring this input number, the ID of the hall terminal device 300 can be set in the ID setting unit 33. That is, in the present embodiment, the number of inputs from the hall button 38 is set as the ID of the hall terminal device 300. The ID of the hall terminal device 300 set by the ID setting unit 33 is transmitted to the car control unit 100 side via the in-hall terminal communication unit 32 and the transmission / reception switching unit 31. Also, the ID transmitted in step S67 is the ID in step S46 of FIG. 8.

[0104] On the other hand, when it is determined in the ID setting unit 33 that "with car interlock", that is, when it is determined as "YES" in step S65, the ID setting unit 33 transmits dummy data to the car control unit 100 side (step S68). The dummy data transmitted in step S68 is transmitted to the car control unit 100 side via the in-hall terminal communication unit 32 and the transmission / reception switching unit 31, similar to the dummy data transmitted in step S68. Also, the dummy data transmitted in step S68 is the dummy data in step S44 of FIG. 8.

[0105] After that, the ID setting unit 33 sets the ID of the hall terminal device 300 to be set based on the ID data received from the car control unit 100 side (step S69). In step S69, the ID data received from the car control unit 100 side is the ID data transmitted in step S48 of FIG. 8, and is the ID set based on the stop floor of the car 29.

[0106] In steps S67 and S69, as described above, the ID of the hall terminal device 300 to be set is set.

[0107] After that, the input / output control unit 36 outputs the ID data received from the car control unit 100 side to the display 39 (step S70). As a result, the ID set in the display 39 of the hall terminal device 300 can be displayed. The ID data received in step S70 is the ID data transmitted from the car control unit side in step S48 of FIG. 8.

[0108] As described above, in the present embodiment, the transmission / reception directions of the transmission / reception switching unit 21 of the car control unit 100 and the transmission / reception switching unit 31 of the hall terminal device 300 are switched according to the mode setting. Thereby, when there is a hall terminal device 300 that requires ID setting for the car control unit 100, the ID setting of the hall terminal device 300 can be performed individually for each floor.

[0109] In addition, since the set ID can be displayed in decimal on the display unit or the display, it becomes easy for the maintenance staff to confirm the set ID. Further, in the present embodiment, since a predetermined ID can be set without removing the indicator cover of the hall terminal device 300, workability is improved.

[0110] In the present embodiment, an example in which the ID of the hall terminal device 300 is set on the car control unit 100 side has been described. However, for example, the present invention can also be applied when setting the ID in other control devices controlled by the car control unit 100. For example, the present invention can also be applied when setting the ID of the control device provided in the car part 23 on the car control unit 100 side. In that case, in the car control unit 100, a transmission / reception switching unit is provided on the side of the in-car control unit 500 rather than the car-side communication unit 17, and in the in-car control unit 500, a transmission / reception switching unit is provided from the in-car communication unit 51 to the car control unit 100 side. Then, by switching the transmission / reception directions of these transmission / reception switching units according to the mode setting in the same manner as in the present embodiment, ID setting can be easily performed.

[0111] The above-described embodiments have been described in detail for the purpose of clearly explaining the present invention, and are not necessarily limited to those having all the configurations described. For example, a part of the configuration of the embodiment can be replaced with another configuration, and another configuration can be added to the configuration of the embodiment. Also, for a part of the configuration of the embodiment, addition, deletion, or replacement with another configuration is possible.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0112] 1... elevator system, 10... elevator, 11... maintenance terminal side communication unit, 12... mode switching unit, 13... motor control unit, 14... car unit control unit, 15... hall terminal control unit, 16... motor side communication unit, 17... car side communication unit, 18... hall terminal side communication unit, 19... mode discrimination unit, 21... transmission / reception switching unit, 22... hoisting machine, 23... car unit, 26... maintenance terminal internal communication unit, 27... display unit, 28... operation unit, 30... main rope, 31... transmission / reception switching unit, 32... hall terminal internal communication unit, 33... ID setting unit, 34... hall terminal internal mode discrimination unit, 35... mode switching unit, 36... input / output control unit, 37... input / output unit, 38... hall button, 39... display, 51... car internal communication unit, 52... stop floor determination unit, 53... car internal mode discrimination unit, 54... display unit, 55... mode setting switch, 56... car internal mode switching unit, 100... unit control unit, 200... maintenance terminal device, 300... hall terminal device

Claims

1. In an elevator ID setting system, a car control unit that controls the operation of the elevator, and a control device that controls a predetermined part constituting the elevator based on a command from the car control unit, wherein the car control unit includes a mode determination unit that determines the mode setting in the car control unit, a transmission / reception switching unit that switches the transmission / reception direction with the control device based on the determination result of the mode determination unit, and an ID setting unit that sets the ID of the control device, when the mode setting is the ID setting mode, the transmission / reception switching unit switches the transmission / reception direction with the control device to "receive and transmit" to enable reception of a signal from the control device, and the ID setting unit identifies the control device that has transmitted the signal and sets the ID of the control device, the control device is a plurality of hall terminal devices provided at each landing floor, the ID setting unit, among the plurality of hall terminal devices, identifies, in the ID setting mode, the hall terminal device that has transmitted a dummy signal as the hall terminal device to be set with an ID, and sets the ID of the hall terminal device to be set, the hall terminal device includes a hall button for inputting a destination direction, the ID setting unit, in the ID setting mode, after receiving the dummy signal, sets the ID of the hall terminal device to be set with an ID based on the number of inputs from the hall button, an elevator ID setting system.

2. including a car part controlled by the car control unit, the ID setting unit, in the ID setting mode, after receiving the dummy signal, sets the ID of the hall terminal device to be set with an ID based on the stop floor information transmitted from the car part, The elevator ID setting system according to Claim 1.

3. the car control unit includes a mode switching unit that switches the mode setting based on a signal from a maintenance terminal device connected via a communication unit The elevator ID setting system according to Claim 1.

4. the control device is provided in a car part controlled by the car control unit The elevator ID setting system according to Claim 1.

5. An elevator ID setting method by an elevator ID setting system including a car control unit that controls the operation of the elevator and a control device that controls a predetermined part constituting the elevator based on a command from the car control unit, The mode discrimination unit provided in the car control unit that controls the operation of the elevator discriminates the mode setting in the car control unit in the mode discrimination unit provided in the car control unit, When the mode setting is the ID setting mode, the transmission / reception switching unit provided in the car control unit switches the transmission / reception direction between the car control unit and a control device that controls a predetermined part of the elevator based on a command from the car control unit to "receive / transmit", enabling reception of signals from the control device, The ID setting unit provided in the car control unit identifies the control device that has transmitted the signal and sets the ID of the control device, The control device is a plurality of hall terminal devices provided at each landing floor, During the ID setting mode, the ID setting unit identifies, as the hall terminal device to be set with an ID, the hall terminal device that has transmitted a dummy signal among the plurality of hall terminal devices, and sets the ID of the hall terminal device to be set, The hall terminal device is provided with a hall button for inputting the destination direction, During the ID setting mode, after receiving the dummy signal, the ID setting unit sets the ID of the hall terminal device to be set with an ID based on the number of inputs from the hall button, An elevator ID setting method.

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