Property Data Management System for Disaster Prevention Monitoring Equipment

Abstract

To provide a property data management system of a disaster prevention monitoring installation to reduce time and effort by updating property data stored in a receiver online from an external terminal device capable of being connected via a network.SOLUTION: In a property data management system for a disaster prevention monitoring installation, when receiving a fire detection signal from an analog sensor 14, a receiver 10 outputs a fire alarm and performs fire response control including displaying a fire occurrence place and controlling prescribed devices based on the stored property data. A terminal device 50 acquires the property data currently stored in the receiver 10 and stores it as old property data, and then, instructs to update by transmitting new property data in which a part of the property data is changed to the receiver 10. The receiver 10 updates the new property data received from the terminal device 50 by overwriting it in the currently stored property data, and the terminal device 50 stores the new property data when an operation confirmation result of the receiver 10 by the new property data is normal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a property data management system for a disaster prevention monitoring facility that outputs an abnormal alarm when an abnormal detection signal such as a fire or gas leak is received by a receiver, and performs display of the abnormal occurrence location and interlocking control of devices based on property data.

Background Art

[0002] Conventionally, receivers of disaster prevention monitoring facilities for monitoring fires and gas leaks are installed in disaster prevention centers and management rooms within buildings. For example, by receiving a fire signal from a fire detector or transmitter, a fire representative display is performed, and a main sound and a district sound device are sounded, and interlocking control of fire doors, fire shutters, etc. is performed.

[0003] In such a receiver of a disaster prevention monitoring facility, so-called property data such as the addresses of fire detectors and repeaters connected to the receiver, district names, department names, types, mask statuses, line numbers, sensitivities, accumulation times, and interlocking relationships with smoke control equipment are prepared and stored in a non-volatile memory such as an EEPROM provided in the receiver and used for fire reception control.

[0004] Therefore, when a fire signal from a fire detector that has reported a fire is received by the receiver, the property data stored in the memory is referred to by the address of the fire detector that has reported the fire, and for example, the district name is obtained and displayed on the fire screen of the liquid crystal display provided in the receiver.

[0005] By the way, during the operation of the disaster prevention monitoring facility, it is necessary to change the property data in accordance with tenant changes, partition changes, addition of fire detectors, etc. in the building where the disaster prevention monitoring facility is installed.

[0006] In such a case, the change of the property data is carried out at the office of the contractor who designed and constructed the disaster prevention monitoring equipment. Using an information terminal device such as a personal computer based on the equipment drawings, etc., an editing operation is performed to change the necessary parts of the currently used property data to create new property data. This is saved on a storage medium such as a CF card (Compact Flash Card), and the operator goes to the installation site of the disaster prevention monitoring equipment, sets the CF card in the receiver, and updates the property data by overwriting the property data stored in the receiver with the property data on the CF card.

[0007] When the property data of the receiver is updated, an operation check is performed after the update. As a result, if an error is found, the operator returns to the office to correct the property data and then returns to the site to repeat the same operation.

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Summary of the Invention

Problems to be Solved by the Invention

[0009] However, in updating the property data in such disaster prevention monitoring equipment, it is necessary to create the property data at the office of the equipment design and construction side, save it on a CF card or the like, bring it to the site, and update the property data of the receiver. If an error is found during the operation check after the update, it is necessary to go back and forth between the office of the design and construction side and the equipment site to update the property data, which causes problems of time-consuming, time-consuming, and costly.

[0010] In addition, the update of the property data in the receiver is performed by overwriting the property data stored in the receiver with the new property data brought in by the CF card. At that time, the property data up to that point is lost. If an error is found during the operation check after the update, there may be a case where it is desired to return to the past property data that has been used so far, but there is also a problem that this cannot be done.

[0011] An object of the present invention is to provide a property data management system for disaster prevention monitoring equipment that can reduce the labor and time required for updating property data by performing the update of the property data stored in the receiver online from an external terminal device that can be connected via a network.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0012] (Property Data Management System 1 of Disaster Prevention Monitoring Equipment) The present invention is a property data management system for disaster prevention monitoring equipment in which a receiver that stores predetermined property data in advance outputs an abnormality alarm and performs abnormality countermeasure control including display of the abnormality occurrence location and control of predetermined devices based on the property data when receiving an abnormality detection signal from a detector connected to the receiver, It is provided with a terminal device that is communicatively connected to the receiver and instructs the update of the property data, The terminal device, Prior to the update of the property data, the receiver acquires the property data currently stored and stores it in the storage unit as old property data, After that, it transmits new property data in which a part of the property data has been changed to the receiver and instructs the update, The receiver overwrites and updates the currently stored property data with the new property data received from the terminal device. When the operation confirmation result of the receiver based on the new property data is normal, the terminal device is characterized by storing the new property data in the storage unit.

[0013] (Measures when an error is detected in the operation confirmation after updating the property data) When the terminal device receives an error notification as the operation confirmation result of the receiver after the update of the property data from the receiver, it reads out the old property data from the storage unit, transmits it to the receiver, and performs control to instruct writing back from the currently stored property data to the old property data. When the receiver receives the old property data and the write-back instruction from the terminal device, it is possible to perform control to overwrite and restore the received old property data to the currently stored property data.

Effect of the Invention

[0014] (Effect of the property data management system 1 of the disaster prevention monitoring facility) In the property data management system of a disaster prevention monitoring facility, which preliminarily stores predetermined property data in a receiver, and when receiving an abnormality detection signal from a detector connected to a signal line drawn out to a warning area from the receiver, outputs an abnormality alarm and performs abnormality countermeasure control including display of the abnormality occurrence location and control of predetermined devices based on the property data, a property data terminal management unit is provided in a terminal device connectable to the receiver via a network, and transmits new property data with a part of the property data changed to the receiver to instruct an update, and a property data receiver management unit is provided in the receiver to overwrite and update the currently stored property data with the new property data transmitted from the property data terminal management unit. Therefore, in order to update the property data of the receiver, it is not necessary for a person in charge to travel back and forth between, for example, the office of the design and construction side that creates the property data and the equipment site with a storage medium storing the property data, greatly shortening the labor and time required to update the property data, and making it possible to reduce the operation cost of the equipment.

[0015] (Effect of the property data management system 2 of the disaster prevention monitoring facility) In another aspect of the present invention, in a property data management system for a disaster prevention monitoring facility that stores predetermined property data in a receiver in advance and outputs an abnormality alarm when receiving an abnormality detection signal from a detector connected to a signal line drawn from the receiver to a warning area, and performs abnormality countermeasure control including display of the abnormality occurrence location and control of predetermined equipment based on the property data, there is provided a communication adapter provided in the receiver, communicating and connecting with an external device by short-range wireless communication to transmit and receive signals, and a mobile phone terminal that communicates and connects with the communication adapter by short-range wireless communication to transmit and receive signals, and also communicates and connects with other devices via a network including a mobile phone network to transmit and receive signals, a property data terminal management unit provided in a terminal device that can be communicatively connected to the mobile phone terminal via the network, and transmits new property data obtained by changing a part of the property data to the receiver to instruct an update, and a property data receiver management unit provided in the mobile phone terminal that overwrites and updates the property data currently stored in the receiver with the new property data transmitted from the property data terminal management unit. Therefore, in order to update the property data of the receiver, it is not necessary for a person in charge to travel between, for example, a design and construction office on the side of creating the property data and the equipment site with a storage medium storing the property data, the labor and time required to update the property data can be significantly reduced, and the operation cost of the equipment can be reduced.

[0016] Further, by providing a function as a property data receiver management unit in a mobile phone terminal that can communicate with the receiver by short-range communication and can communicate with the terminal device via the mobile phone network and the Internet, sending new property data from the terminal device to the mobile phone terminal and writing it from the mobile phone terminal to the receiver, when the property data needs to be updated, without the need for a LAN line or a gateway device that fixedly connects the receiver to the Internet, by bringing a mobile phone terminal having the function of the property data receiver management unit to the equipment site, the property data of the receiver can be easily updated by the terminal device.

[0017] (Effect by Saving Old Property Data) In addition, before updating the new property data, the property data terminal management unit of the terminal device acquires the current property data stored in the receiver and stores it in the storage unit. Therefore, even if the current property data stored in the receiver is overwritten and updated with the new property data, the property data before the update is not lost and is stored on the terminal device side, enabling effective utilization of past property data.

[0018] (Effect by Saving Updated Property Data) In addition, when the operation confirmation result using the new property data updated by the receiver is normal, the property data terminal management unit of the terminal device stores the new property data in the storage unit. Therefore, the updated property data without errors in the operation confirmation is stored on the terminal device side, enabling effective use of the property data currently stored in the receiver.

[0019] (Effect by Change History of Property Data) In addition, the property data terminal management unit of the terminal device generates and outputs the change history of the data from the difference between the property data stored in the storage unit in chronological order. By viewing this change history, it is easy to grasp how the property data used in the disaster prevention monitoring facility has changed, and it can be used as materials for editing work when updating future property data.

[0020] (Effect of Update Details of Property Data Requiring Receiver Operation Mode Change) In addition, when the property data terminal management unit of the terminal device detects an update request operation for the property data, it notifies the receiver of the property data update request. When it receives the property data currently stored from the receiver, it stores the property data as old property data in the storage unit. When it detects a transmission operation for new property data, it transmits the new property data to the receiver and instructs the update. When it receives and displays the operation confirmation result based on the updated new property data from the receiver, and when it detects a save operation for the new property data in a state where the operation confirmation is normal, it performs control to save the new property data in the storage unit. On the other hand, when the property data receiver management unit of the receiver receives a notification of a property data update request from the terminal device, it guides and displays the setting of a predetermined operation mode required for the update of the property data. When it detects a transmission operation for the current property data in a state where the receiver is set to the operation mode, it reads out the current property data and transmits it to the terminal device. When it detects a predetermined update operation in a state where it has received new property data and its update instruction from the terminal device, it overwrites and updates the currently stored property data with the new property data. When it performs an operation confirmation after updating to the new property data, it performs control to notify the terminal device of the result of the operation confirmation. Therefore, for the update of the property data of the receiver, an operator is attached to each of the terminal device side and the receiver side, and the update work of the property data is advanced by sequentially performing conversational operations according to a predetermined procedure on each of the terminal device and the receiver. By having an artificial operation in the update of the property data, it can be surely advanced without errors.

[0021] In addition, since the update of the property data in the receiver is possible not in the fire monitoring mode but in the maintenance construction mode, the setting of the maintenance construction mode, which is the operation mode that enables the update of the property data, requires an artificial operation. However, even with such a change in the operation mode, it is possible to update the property data in the receiver by an online operation from the terminal device without any problems.

[0022] In addition, regarding the storage of the property data before and after the update, since an artificial operation is required, it is possible to select whether to save it or not as needed.

[0023] (Effect of Update Details of Property Data That Does Not Require Changing the Operating Mode of the Receiver) In addition, when the property data terminal management unit of the terminal device detects an update request operation for property data, it notifies the receiver of the property data update request. When it receives the property data currently stored from the receiver, it stores the property data as old property data in the storage unit. When it detects a transmission operation of new property data, it transmits the new property data to the receiver and instructs an update. When it receives and displays the operation confirmation result of the updated new property data from the receiver, and when it detects a save operation of the new property data in a state where the operation confirmation is normal, it performs control to save the new property data in the storage unit. On the other hand, the property data receiver management unit of the receiver receives and displays a notification of a property data update request from the terminal device. When it detects a transmission operation of the current property data, it reads out the current property data and transmits it to the terminal device. When it detects a predetermined update operation in a state where it has received new property data and an update instruction from the terminal device, it overwrites and updates the currently stored property data with the new property data. When it performs an operation confirmation after updating to the new property data, it performs control to notify the terminal device of the result of the operation confirmation. Therefore, even when it is not necessary to change the operation mode to update the property data of the receiver, the update of the property data of the receiver is accompanied by an operator on both the terminal device side and the receiver side, and the update work of the property data proceeds by sequentially performing conversational operations according to a predetermined procedure on each of the terminal device and the receiver. By having a manual operation in the update of the property data, it can be surely and error-free.

[0024] (Effect by Countermeasures When an Error is Detected in the Operation Confirmation After Property Data Update) In addition, when the property data terminal management unit of the terminal device receives an error notification as the operation confirmation result after the update of the property data from the receiver, it reads the old property data from the storage unit, transmits it to the receiver, and performs control to instruct writing back to the old property data. On the other hand, when the property data receiver management unit of the receiver detects a predetermined write-back operation in a state where it has received the old property data and the write-back instruction from the terminal device, it performs control to overwrite and restore the currently stored property data with the old property data. Therefore, when an error in the property data is found and correction is required during the operation confirmation after the update, the property data of the updated receiver can be restored to the old property data before the update stored in the terminal device, eliminating the situation where the erroneous property data remains in the receiver and becomes a problem, and enabling the correction and re-update of the erroneous property data to be performed reliably with sufficient margin.

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Embodiments for Carrying Out the Invention

[0026] [First Embodiment of Object Data Management System] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of an object data management system for a disaster prevention monitoring facility that enables the object data of a receiver to be updated from the outside via a network.

[0027] (Overview of Disaster Prevention Monitoring Facility) As shown in FIG. 1, the disaster prevention monitoring facility is, for example, an R-type (Record-type) disaster prevention monitoring facility. A transmission line 12 is drawn out from the receiver 10 toward the building's warning area, and an analog sensor 14 is connected to the transmission line 12. A repeater 16 is also connected to the transmission line 12, and an on-off sensor 20 and a transmitter 22 are connected to the fire alarm line 18 drawn out from the repeater 16. A gas leak detector 24 is connected to another repeater 16.

[0028] Furthermore, a control transmission line is drawn out from another transmission unit provided in the receiver 10, and control devices such as a district sound device and smoke control equipment are connected to the transmission line for control, but the illustration is omitted.

[0029] The analog sensor 14 and the repeater 16 have a transmission function for two-way information transmission with the receiver 10, and unique addresses are assigned in advance including the receiver 10. The number of analog sensors 14 and repeaters 16 that can be connected to one transmission line 12 can be, for example, 255 or less analog sensors 14 and repeaters 16 excluding the receiver address when the maximum address number is 256 addresses.

[0030] The receiver 10 is provided with a receiver control unit 26, a transmission unit 28, a display unit 30, an operation unit 32, an alarm unit 34, a transfer unit 36, a printer 38, and a LAN communication unit 40.

[0031] The receiver control unit 26 is composed of a computer circuit equipped with a CPU, a memory, and various input / output ports, and performs predetermined receiver control by executing a program. Further, the receiver control unit 26 is provided with a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory as memories, and stores property data in the non-volatile memory.

[0032] The downstream signal from the receiver 10 to the analog sensor 14 and the repeater 16 is transmitted in voltage mode. This voltage-mode signal is transmitted as a voltage pulse that varies the voltage of the transmission line 12, for example, between 18 volts and 30 volts.

[0033] On the other hand, the upstream signal from the analog sensor 14 and the repeater 16 is transmitted in current mode. In this current mode, a signal current is passed through the transmission line 12 at the timing of bit 1 of the transmission data, and the upstream signal is transmitted to the receiver 10 as a so-called current pulse train.

[0034] The reception control by the receiver control unit 26 of the receiver 10 is as follows. During normal monitoring, the receiver 10 transmits a polling command for normal monitoring that sequentially designates terminal addresses, and when the analog sensor 14 and the repeater 16 receive a polling command that matches their set address, they perform a normal monitoring response. Therefore, in the receiver 10, it is possible to detect a failure of the analog sensor 14 or the repeater 16 for which there is no response to the polling command as a fault.

[0035] Further, the receiver 10 repeatedly transmits a batch AD conversion command for each transmission cycle of the polling command for all terminal addresses. When the analog sensor 14 receives the batch AD conversion command from the receiver 10, it samples the analog detection data such as the detected smoke density and temperature, and compares it with a predetermined fire level.

[0036] When the analog detection data sampled by the analog sensor 14 exceeds the fire level, an interrupt signal is sent to the receiver 10 at the response timing for the polling command. This interrupt signal sends a signal that is not normally used, such that the response bit string is all 1s.

[0037] The repeater 16 also samples the reception status of the on-off sensor 20 or the gas leak detector 22 connected to the fire alarm line 18 based on the batch AD conversion command from the receiver 10, and when a fire alarm or gas leak is detected, an interrupt signal is sent to the receiver 10.

[0038] When the receiver 10 receives an interrupt signal from the analog sensor 14 or the repeater 16, it issues a group search command, receives an interrupt response from the group including the analog sensor 14 or the repeater 16 that detected the fire, and discriminates the group.

[0039] Subsequently, polling with sequentially specified addresses is performed on the individual analog sensors 14 and repeaters 16 included in the discriminated group, and by receiving a fire response such as analog data or fire alarm data, the sensor address of the analog sensor 14 or the repeater 16 that detected the fire is recognized, and a fire alarm operation is performed.

[0040] The display unit 30 is provided with a fire representative lamp, a gas leak representative lamp, a failure representative lamp, etc., and further, a liquid crystal display with a touch panel is provided. The operation unit 32 is provided with various operation switches such as a sound stop switch, a fire determination switch, a district sound temporary stop switch, a recovery switch, etc. that are operated when a fire alarm is output. The alarm unit 34 is provided with a speaker that outputs an acoustic alarm.

[0041] The LAN communication unit 40 accesses a gateway 44 connected to a LAN line 42 based on a predetermined LAN communication protocol such as Ethernet (registered trademark) to transmit and receive information. The gateway 44 performs conversion between the LAN communication protocol and the Internet communication protocol with the Internet 46, and transmits and receives signals through one-to-one communication in which the peer-to-peer relationship between the terminal device 50 installed in an office or the like on the design and construction side connected to the Internet 46 and the receiver 10 identifies each other. In the peer-to-peer relationship between the terminal device 50 and the receiver 10, both operate as a server and a client.

[0042] The receiver control unit 26 of the receiver 10 stores property data in its non-volatile memory in advance. For example, when detecting a fire alarm from the analog sensor 14, it lights up the fire representative or the like on the display unit 30 and outputs a main acoustic alarm from the alarm unit 34, and also controls to display the name of the area where the fire occurred on the screen of the liquid crystal display of the display unit 30 based on the property data.

[0043] In addition, the receiver control unit 26 is provided with the function of the property data receiver management unit 48. The property data receiver management unit 48 controls to overwrite and update the currently stored property data with the new property data transmitted from the terminal device 50 via the Internet 46. In addition, prior to the update of the property data, the property data receiver management unit 48 controls to read out the property data before the update from the receiver 10 and transmit it to the terminal device 50.

[0044] Furthermore, the property data receiver management unit 48 displays an operation screen for property data update on the liquid crystal display of the display unit 30, detects an operation input using this operation screen, and performs predetermined control associated with the update of the property data.

[0045] (Overview of the terminal device) The terminal device 50 installed in the office, etc. of the design and construction side is a commercially available personal computer, and is provided with a terminal control unit 52, a communication unit 54, a display unit 56, an operation unit 58, and a storage unit 60. The terminal control unit 52 is composed of a computer circuit equipped with a CPU, a memory, and various input / output ports, and performs predetermined terminal control by executing a program.

[0046] The communication unit 54 transmits and receives signals through one-to-one communication that identifies each other peer-to-peer with the receiver 10 via the Internet 50 according to the Internet communication protocol. The display unit 56 is a liquid crystal display. The operation unit 58 includes a keyboard and a mouse.

[0047] The terminal control unit 52 is provided with a function as a property data terminal management unit 62. The property data terminal management unit 62 performs control to transmit new property data with a part of the property data changed to the receiver 10 and instruct for update. Also, prior to the update of the property data of the receiver 10, the property data management unit 62 acquires the current property data stored in the receiver 10 and stores it in the storage unit 60 as old property data together with the update time information.

[0048] Also, when the operation confirmation result by the new property data updated by the receiver 10 is normal, the property data terminal management unit 62 performs control to store the updated new property data in the storage unit 60 together with the update time information.

[0049] Also, the property data terminal management unit 62 generates a data change history from the difference of the property data stored in time series in the storage unit 60 based on the operation instruction of the operation unit 58, outputs it to the display unit 56, and performs control to display it on the liquid crystal display. The change history of the property data by the property data terminal management unit 62 generates the data before and after the change in a list format corresponding to, for example, the update time information.

[0050] Furthermore, the property data terminal management unit 62 displays an operation screen for property data update on the liquid crystal display of the display unit 56, detects an operation input using this operation screen, and performs predetermined control accompanying the update of the property data.

[0051] [Overview of the Update Operation of Object Data] Figure 2 is a time chart showing the operation procedure of object data update performed between the terminal device and the receiver. Note that the double vertical line block indicates a manual operation.

[0052] First, in the normal monitoring state, as shown in step S1, the receiver 10 performs fire monitoring control by setting the fire monitoring mode. When a change in object data occurs during the operation of the disaster prevention monitoring facility, an editing operation is performed using the terminal device 50 to partially correct the content of the object data in step S2, and new object data to be updated is created.

[0053] If new object data can be created in step S2, a predetermined date and time are determined, and another operator is attached to the receiver 10 of the disaster prevention monitoring facility. In this state, when the operator of the terminal device 50 performs an update request operation for predetermined object data by operating unit 58, the object data terminal management unit 62 of the terminal device 50 detects this operation and controls the LAN communication unit 40 in step S3 to notify the receiver 10 of the object data update request.

[0054] The object data receiver management unit 48 of the receiver 10 displays that it has received a notification of an object data update request from the terminal device 50 in step S4, and then guides the display of setting the maintenance construction mode that enables the update of the object data in step S5. For this reason, the operator on the receiver 10 side performs an operation to set and start a predetermined maintenance construction mode for the receiver 10 in step S6, and thereby the receiver 10 enters the control of the maintenance construction mode in which the object data can be updated.

[0055] Subsequently, the object data update unit 48 of the receiver 10 reads out the object data currently stored in the non-volatile memory in step S7 and controls the LAN communication unit 40 to transmit it to the terminal device 50. The object data terminal management unit 62 of the terminal device 50 that has received the object data from the receiver 10 stores the received object data in the storage unit 60 as old object data in step S8.

[0056] Subsequently, when the property data terminal management unit 62 of the terminal device 50 detects a transmission operation of new property data by the operation unit 58 in step S9, it instructs the communication unit 54 to transmit the new property data created in step S2 to the receiver 10 and perform control to instruct an update.

[0057] The property data update unit 62 of the receiver 10 displays the reception of new property data from the terminal device 50 in step S10, and when a predetermined update operation by the operation unit 58 is detected in step S11, it overwrites the currently stored property data with the received new property data for updating.

[0058] When the update of the property data is completed, the operator of the receiver 10 performs a predetermined operation to set the operation mode of the receiver 10 to the fire monitoring mode in step S12, and then performs an operation check. This operation check is, for example, when the change is the name of the area corresponding to a specific sensor address, causing the analog sensor 14 of this sensor address to send a test alarm or a pseudo-alarm, and checking whether the changed area name is correctly displayed on the fire screen of the liquid crystal display of the display unit 30, etc.

[0059] Subsequently, in step S13, the property data update unit 62 of the receiver 10 transmits the result of the operation check to the terminal device 50 based on a predetermined operation.

[0060] The property data update unit 62 of the terminal device 50 receives and displays the operation check result from the receiver 10. When it determines in step S14 that the operation check result is normal, it proceeds to step S15 and saves the updated property data (new property data) in the storage unit 60.

[0061] On the other hand, when it determines in step S14 that the operation check result is an error, it proceeds to step S16, reads out the old property data saved in step S8 from the storage unit 60, transmits it to the receiver 10 to overwrite the new property data that has become an error and restore it to the original state, and then performs a process of editing and updating the property data again.

[0062] [Property Data Update Operation by the Operation Screen] (Operation Screen of Terminal Device) FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation screen of a terminal device used for updating property data. As shown in FIG. 3, an operation screen 64 used for updating property data in the terminal device 50 displays a plurality of markers 65 indicating the current operation state from top to bottom on the left end, and a plurality of operation items 66 to 80 are arranged from top to bottom corresponding to the markers 65.

[0063] The first operation item 66 is an item for designating an update target facility that is a disaster prevention monitoring facility for updating property data. It can be directly input using a touch panel, mouse, or keyboard, or a dialog shown by a downward arrow can be opened to select an update target facility from the previously registered facilities. Here, for the update target facility, an address (URL) on the Internet is previously registered, and the corresponding address (URL) is selected by designating the update target facility. Also, the operation screen 24 shows the initial screen state, and by lighting the uppermost marker 65 in a predetermined color, it indicates the operation item that requires an operation at the current time.

[0064] The second operation item 68 has a send button 84 arranged following the guidance "Please send an update request." By clicking the send button 84 with a mouse, an update request signal for the property data is sent to the receiver 10 of the update target facility designated in the operation item 66 via the Internet 46.

[0065] The third operation item 70 has a YES button 86 and a NO button 88 arranged following the guidance "Do you want to save the current property data?" If you want to save the current property data received from the receiver 10 as old property data, click the YES button 86 with a mouse, and it will be saved as old property data in the storage unit 60. If saving is not required, click the NO button 88. Note that the saving of the current property data may be automatically saved as old property data regardless of the selection operation.

[0066] The fourth operation item 72 is the selection of property data to be used for the update of the receiver 10. Since it has already been created by the editing operation of the terminal device 50 and stored in the storage unit 60, either directly enter the file name of the created property data or open the dialog box indicated by the downward arrow to select the corresponding property data file from the pre-registered file names.

[0067] The fifth operation item 74 has a transmission button 92 placed following the guidance "Please send the property data." When the transmission button 92 is clicked with the mouse, the file of the property data selected in the operation item 72 is sent to the receiver 10.

[0068] The sixth operation item 76 is the guidance stating "The update of the property data has been completed." When the transmission of the property data to the receiver 10 is finished, the corresponding marker 65 on the left side lights up.

[0069] The seventh operation item 78 is an item for displaying the operation confirmation result based on the property data updated by the receiver 10. Following the item name "Operation Confirmation Result", display frames for "Normal" and "Error" are placed. Depending on the received operation confirmation result, the display frame for "Normal" or "Error" lights up in a predetermined color.

[0070] The eighth operation item 80 is the save operation for the newly created property data after the update. Following the guidance "Do you want to save the updated property data?", a YES button 94 and a NO button 96 are placed. If you want to save it as new property data, click the YES button 94 with the mouse, and it will be stored in the storage unit 60. If saving is not required, just click the NO button 96. Note that the saving of the new property data may be set to be automatically saved regardless of the selection operation.

[0071] Furthermore, on the right side of the operation screen 64, an interrupt button 98, a resume button 100, and an end button 102 are provided. The interrupt button 98 is operated when it is desired to temporarily interrupt the operation of updating the property data midway. When the interrupt button 98 is operated, the state at the time of operation is saved. The resume button 100 is operated when resuming the operation interrupted by the operation of the interrupt button 98. The end button 102 is operated when finishing the operations of all operation items and closing the operation screen 64.

[0072] (Operation screen of the receiver) FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the operation screen of the receiver used for updating the property data. As shown in FIG. 4, the operation screen 104 used for updating the property data in the receiver 10 displays a plurality of markers 105 indicating the current operation state from top to bottom at the left end, and a plurality of operation items 106 to 116 are arranged from top to bottom corresponding to the markers 105.

[0073] The first operation item 106 is guidance when receiving a property data update request signal from the terminal device 50, and is a display saying "Received a property data update request. Please set the maintenance construction mode." By seeing this, the operator on the receiver 10 side performs a predetermined operation to set the maintenance construction mode on the receiver 10 which is under the control of the fire monitoring mode, thereby enabling the reading and writing of the property data stored in the receiver 10.

[0074] The second operation item 108 is an operation to read out the current property data stored in the receiver 10 and transmit it to the terminal device. A transmit button 118 is arranged following the guidance saying "Transmitting the current property data." When the transmit button 118 is clicked with the mouse, the property data stored in the receiver 10 is read out and transmitted to the terminal device 50.

[0075] The third operation item 110 is an operation item indicating the reception of new property data transmitted from the terminal device 50, and displays guidance saying "Received new property data."

[0076] The fourth operation item 112 arranges an update button 120 following the guidance of "Please update the property data". When the update button 120 is clicked with the mouse, the new property data received from the terminal device 50 and temporarily stored in the buffer area of the volatile memory is read out, and an update is performed to overwrite the current property data stored in the non-volatile memory.

[0077] The fifth operation item 114 displays the guidance of "Please set the fire monitoring mode and confirm the operation". When the left marker 105 corresponding to this lights up, the operator attached to the receiver 10 sets the receiver 10 to the fire monitoring mode by a predetermined operation. Subsequently, based on the previously shown change information of the property data, a test operation or the like corresponding to the changed part in the property data is performed, and the operation with the updated property data is confirmed.

[0078] The sixth operation item 116 arranges a normal notification button 122 and an error notification button 124 following the guidance of "Please notify the operation confirmation result". By clicking either one according to the operation confirmation result with the mouse, the operation confirmation result is transmitted to the terminal device 50.

[0079] Furthermore, on the right side of the operation screen 104, an interrupt button 126, a resume button 128, and an end button 130 are provided. Similar to the operation screen 64 in FIG. 3, the interrupt button 126 is operated when it is desired to temporarily interrupt the operation of updating the property data. When the interrupt button 126 is operated, the state at the time of operation is saved. The resume button 128 is operated when resuming the operation interrupted by the operation of the interrupt button 126. The end button 130 is operated when ending the operations of all operation items and closing the operation screen 104.

[0080] (Merits of updating property data by screen operations of the terminal device and the receiver) By the operator conversing and operating the operation screen 64 of the terminal device 50 shown in FIG. 3 and the operation screen 104 of the receiver 10 shown in FIG. 4 respectively, it becomes possible to perform online a series of processing operations associated with the update of property data, such as saving the property data before the update of the receiver 10 as old data by the terminal device 50, updating the property data of the receiver 10 with the new property data created by the terminal device 50, confirming the operation of the receiver 10 with the updated property data, and saving the updated property data (new property data). It is no longer necessary for the operator to travel back and forth between the terminal device 50 side and the receiver 10 side with a storage medium storing the property data, and the labor and time required to update the property data can be significantly reduced.

[0081] [Second Embodiment of the Property Data Management System] (Overview of the Property Data Management System) FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a second embodiment in a property data management system for a disaster prevention monitoring facility that enables the property data of a receiver to be updated from the outside via a network.

[0082] As shown in FIG. 5, the property data management system of this embodiment is characterized in that a mobile phone terminal 140 is used as a communication path for updating the property data of the receiver 10 via a network by the terminal device 50. The mobile phone terminal 140 is communicatively connected to the mobile phone network 136 via the base station 138, and further communicatively connected to the terminal device 50 via the Internet 46.

[0083] To enable communication connection with the mobile phone terminal 140, a universal serial bus known as USB is drawn out from the CPU mounted on the board constituting the reception control unit 26 of the receiver 10, and one or more USB ports 36 with USB connectors are provided on this universal serial bus, and a wireless LAN communication adapter 134 is connected to one of them.

[0084] The wireless LAN communication adapter 134 functions as an interface conversion adapter and performs conversion between a signal conforming to the USB communication protocol and a signal conforming to the wireless LAN communication protocol. For example, the wireless LAN communication adapter 134 performs conversion between a signal conforming to the standard specifications of USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 and a signal by wireless LAN communication conforming to IEEE 802.11 based on a wireless network by Ethernet (registered trademark). In this wireless LAN communication, the wireless LAN communication adapter 134 functions as a wireless LAN station and establishes a communication connection with the mobile phone terminal 140 functioning as an access point to communicate packet signals.

[0085] As the wireless LAN communication adapter 134, a small interface conversion device known as a Wi-Fi (registered trademark) dongle that is plugged into the USB port 132 can be used.

[0086] By connecting the wireless LAN communication adapter 134 to the USB port 132 of the reception control unit 26 in this way, it enables a communication connection with the mobile phone terminal 140 having a wireless LAN communication function carried by an operator on the receiver 10 side when updating property data.

[0087] Note that except for providing the wireless LAN communication adapter 134 to the receiver 10 in FIG. 5, and the terminal device 50 is the same as that in the first embodiment of FIG. 1, so the same reference numerals are given and the description thereof is omitted.

[0088] (Mobile phone terminal) FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an outline of the functional configuration of a mobile phone terminal, taking a smartphone known as a mobile phone terminal having the functions of a personal mobile computer as an example.

[0089] In FIG. 6, the mobile phone terminal 140 includes a mobile phone control unit 142, a mobile phone communication unit 144, a wireless LAN communication unit 146, a high-speed mobile communication unit 148, a GPS communication unit (Global Positioning System communication unit) 150, a camera unit 152, a SIM card 154, a display 156, a touch panel 158, a voice input / output unit 160, a USB terminal unit 162, an operation unit 164, a memory card 166, and the like.

[0090] The mobile phone control unit 142 is implemented by an LSI including a CPU, a memory, and various input / output interfaces that constitute a processor, and executes an installed program. The mobile phone communication unit 144 performs mobile phone communication according to the W-CDMA known as the third-generation mobile communication system (3G) or the IMT-Advanced standard known as the fourth-generation mobile communication system (4G).

[0091] The wireless LAN communication unit 146 performs wireless communication compliant with IEEE802.11 based on a wireless network using Ethernet (registered trademark), and establishes a wireless LAN line with the wireless LAN communication adapter 134 provided in the receiver 10 of FIG. 5 to perform data transmission. For this reason, the wireless LAN communication unit 146 has a wireless LAN communication function that functions as an access point of the wireless LAN, for example, a de-layering function.

[0092] The high-speed mobile communication unit 148 performs mobile high-speed mobile communication using Mobile WiMAX (registered trademark) compliant with IEEE802.16e. The GPS communication unit 150 performs communication for acquiring the longitude and latitude of the current position using the Global Positioning System that uses orbiting satellites.

[0093] The camera unit 152 captures an image using a CMOS image sensor and acquires a still image and a moving image. The SIM card 154 is a card that stores an IMSI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity) number, which is a number for identifying a mobile phone number. By replacing the SIM card 72, the same mobile phone number can be used in a plurality of mobile phone terminals.

[0094] The display 156 uses a display device such as a liquid crystal panel or an organic EL panel, and a touch panel 158 is arranged on the panel surface. The audio input / output unit 160 includes a microphone, a speaker, and an audio codec (Audio CODEC) to perform audio input / output.

[0095] The USB terminal unit 162 connects a connector of a digital interface for connecting appropriate peripheral devices. The operation unit 164 receives the operations of the user by a keypad or operation buttons and notifies the control unit 142. The memory card 166 is a detachable external memory and is used for external storage of various data such as images captured by the camera unit 70.

[0096] The mobile phone control unit 142 performs communication connections such as call connection, mail connection, Internet connection, wireless LAN connection, and various related controls.

[0097] In addition, the mobile phone control unit 142 is provided with a function as a property data receiver management unit 170. Actually, an application program for property data receiver management is installed in the mobile phone control unit 142.

[0098] The property data receiver management unit 170 corresponds to the property data receiver management unit 48 provided in the receiver control unit 26 of FIG. 1, and updates the property data currently stored in the non-volatile memory of the receiver 10 by overwriting it via the wireless LAN communication adapter 134 with the new property data transmitted from the terminal device 50 via the Internet 46 and the mobile phone network 136.

[0099] In addition, before updating the property data, the property data receiver management unit 170 performs control to read out the property data before the update from the receiver 10 via the wireless LAN communication adapter 134 and transmit it to the terminal device 50.

[0100] Furthermore, the property data receiver management unit 170 displays an operation screen for updating property data similar to FIG. 4 on the display 156, detects an operation input using the touch panel 158 for this operation screen, and performs predetermined control associated with the update of the property data.

[0101] (Operation of updating property data) FIG. 7 is a time chart showing the operation procedure of property data update performed between the terminal device and the receiver via the mobile phone terminal. Note that the double-line block indicates a manual operation.

[0102] First, in the normal monitoring state, the receiver 10 performs fire monitoring control by setting the fire monitoring mode as shown in step S21. When a change in property data occurs during the operation of the disaster prevention monitoring facility, an editing operation is performed to partially correct the content of the property data using the terminal device 50 in step S22, and new property data to be updated is created.

[0103] If new property data can be created in step S22, a predetermined date and time is determined, and another operator carrying the mobile terminal 140 having the function of the property data receiver management unit 170 is attached to the receiver 10 of the disaster prevention monitoring facility. In this state, when the operator of the terminal device 50 performs an update request operation for predetermined property data using the operation unit 58, the property data terminal management unit 62 detects this operation and controls to instruct the wireless LAN communication adapter 134 in step S23 to notify the mobile phone terminal 140 of the property data update request.

[0104] The property data receiver management unit 170 of the mobile phone terminal 140 displays that it has received a property data update request notification from the terminal device 50 in step S24, and then guides the setting of the maintenance construction mode that enables the update of the property data in step S25. Therefore, the operator on the receiver 10 side performs a predetermined operation to set and start the maintenance construction mode for the receiver 10 in step S26, and thereby the receiver 10 enters the control of the maintenance construction mode in which the property data can be updated.

[0105] Subsequently, the property data update unit 170 of the mobile phone terminal 140 transmits a read command for property data to the receiver 10 in step S27. The receiver 10 that receives this via the wireless LAN communication unit 134 reads out the property data currently stored in the non-volatile area of the memory in step S28, instructs the wireless LAN communication adapter 134 to transmit it to the mobile phone terminal 140, and the mobile phone terminal 140 causes the terminal device 50 to transmit the property data transferred from the receiver 10.

[0106] The property data terminal management unit 62 of the terminal device 50 that has received the property data from the mobile phone terminal 140 stores the received property data as old property data in the storage unit 60 in step S29. Subsequently, when the property data terminal management unit 62 of the terminal device 50 detects a transmission operation of new property data by the operation unit 58 in step S30, it instructs the communication unit 54 to perform control to transmit the created new property data to the mobile phone terminal 140 and instruct for an update.

[0107] The property data update unit 170 of the mobile phone terminal 140 displays the reception of new property data from the terminal device 50 in step S31. When a predetermined update operation on the operation screen is detected in step S32, it transmits a write command and the new property data to the receiver 10, and the receiver 10 receives this in step S33, overwrites and updates the current property data stored in the non-volatile memory with the received new property data.

[0108] When the update of the property data is completed, the operator of the receiver 10 performs a predetermined operation to set the operation mode of the receiver 10 to the fire monitoring mode in step S34, then performs an operation confirmation, and transmits the operation confirmation result input by the operator in step S35 to the mobile phone terminal 140. The mobile phone terminal 140 relays and transmits the operation confirmation result received from the receiver 10 to the terminal device 50 in step S36.

[0109] The property data terminal management unit 62 of the terminal device 50 receives and displays the operation confirmation result from the receiver 10. When it determines that the operation confirmation result is normal in step S37, it proceeds to step S38 and stores the updated property data (new property data) in the storage unit 60.

[0110] On the other hand, when it is determined in step S37 that the operation confirmation result is an error, the process proceeds to step S39, the old property data saved in step S29 is read from the storage unit 60, transmitted to the mobile phone terminal 140, the write command and the old property data are transmitted from the mobile phone terminal 140 to the receiver 10, the new property data that has become an error is overwritten with the old property data and restored, and again, the process of editing and updating the property data is performed.

[0111] Thus, the operation of the terminal device 50 for updating the property data of the receiver 10 is performed using the operation screen shown in FIG. 3, and the mobile phone terminal 140 displays the same operation screen as the operation screen 104 displayed on the receiver 10 shown in FIG. 4 and performs the necessary operations.

[0112] (Advantages of the Second Embodiment) In this embodiment, the receiver 10 does not perform Internet communication, but performs wireless LAN communication with the mobile phone terminal 140, and communicates with the terminal device 50 using the Internet communication function of the mobile phone terminal 140, so that a dedicated device such as a gateway device used for Internet communication is provided in the receiver 10. Or, there is no need to contract with an Internet provider, simplifying the equipment configuration when updating the property data of the receiver 10 online from the terminal device 50 and making it possible to achieve at low cost.

[0113] In particular, the frequency of changing the property data of the receiver 10 is not very high, and therefore, fixedly providing equipment for Internet communication is a great waste as equipment. In contrast, in this embodiment, it is only necessary to connect the wireless LAN communication adapter 134 to the USB port 132 of the receiver 10. When the property data needs to be updated, the operator on the receiver 10 side only needs to bring in the mobile phone terminal 140 having the function of the property data receiver management unit 170, and it is possible to easily update the property data of the receiver 10 online from the terminal device 50.

[0114] [Modification Example of the Present Invention] The above embodiment takes the update of property data for the receiver of the R-type (Record-type) disaster prevention monitoring equipment as an example, but it can also be directly applied to the update of property data for the receiver of the P-type (Proprietary-type) disaster prevention monitoring equipment that detects and alarms fires for each fire alarm line connected with on-off sensors.

[0115] Also, the operation screen shown in the above embodiment is just an example, and an appropriate operation screen can be used as needed.

[0116] Also, in the above embodiment, as shown in the operation screens of FIGS. 3 and 5, in order to proceed with the update control of property data, it requires manual operations by the operator. However, after starting the operation for updating the property data without performing manual input operations, automatic operation control may be performed.

[0117] Furthermore, the present invention includes appropriate modifications that do not impair its objectives and advantages, and is not limited by the numerical values shown in the above embodiments.

Explanation of Reference Numerals

[0118] 10: Receiver 12: Transmission Line 14: Analog Sensor 16: Repeater 18: Fire Alarm Line 20: On-Off Sensor 22: Transmitter 24: Gas Leak Detector 26: Receiver Control Unit 28: Transmission Unit 40: LAN Communication Unit 44: Gateway 46: Internet 48, 170: Property Data Receiver Management Unit 50: Terminal Device 52: Terminal Control Unit 54: Communication Unit 62: Property Data Terminal Management Unit 64, 104: Operation Screen 132: USB Port 134: Wireless LAN communication adapter 136: Mobile phone network 138: Base station 140: Mobile phone terminal 142: Mobile phone control unit 144: Mobile phone communication unit 146: Wireless LAN communication unit

Claims

1. A property data management system for a disaster prevention monitoring facility, which, when a receiver that has predetermined property data stored therein receives an abnormality detection signal from a detector connected to the receiver, outputs an abnormality alarm and performs abnormality response control including displaying the location where the abnormality has occurred and controlling predetermined equipment based on the property data, comprises: a terminal device that is communicatively connected to the receiver and instructs updating of the property data; The terminal device Prior to updating the property data, the receiver acquires the property data currently stored therein and stores it in a storage unit as old property data; Then, new property data in which part of the property data has been changed is transmitted to the receiver to instruct the receiver to update the property data, the receiver overwrites the currently stored property data with the new property data received from the terminal device to update the property data; A property data management system for disaster prevention monitoring equipment, characterized in that the terminal device stores the new property data in the memory unit if the operation confirmation result of the receiver using the new property data is normal.

2. 2. The disaster prevention monitoring equipment property data management system according to claim 1, When the terminal device receives an error notification from the receiver as a result of confirming the operation of the receiver after updating the property data, the terminal device reads out the old property data from the storage unit and transmits it to the receiver, and performs control to instruct writing back from the currently stored property data to the old property data; A property data management system for disaster prevention monitoring equipment, characterized in that the receiver is capable of controlling the currently stored property data to overwrite the received old property data and restore it to its original state when it receives the old property data and a write-back instruction from the terminal device.

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