The present inventions pertains to the field of
automatic control systems based on
computer technology, and essentially relates to a structured
system for monitoring and controlling the
engineering equipment in an installation, mainly a building comprising several floors. The
system includes a central
computer module with an input-
output device as well as a plurality of monitoring and / or measuring and / or control sensors and / or control devices for the units and apparatus of the
engineering equipment in the building. The module consists of a programmable computer
server station having functions, according to the
software, that provide for the centralized reception of
monitoring data through information channels within a single network protocol, as well as for the
processing of said data and for the output of control signals towards the control devices for the units and apparatus of the
engineering equipment in the building. This
system further includes controllers connected in a “star” circuit to the input-
output device of the central
computer module. Each controller has a plurality of remote input-output modules connected serially thereto, while each of said modules has a corresponding sensor or a control device connected thereto. At least one additional computer
station is connected through its input-output module to the corresponding controller that ensures, according to the
software, the local monitoring and the control of the units and apparatus in at least one
functionally independent section of the engineering equipment in the building.