FACILITIES CONTROL DEVICE AND FACILITIES CONTROL METHOD
A facilities control device includes control point acquiring means for acquiring control point data for monitoring and controlling the operation of the facilities equipment; monitoring interval setting means for setting monitoring intervals depending on the types of the control point data; control point data monitoring means for comparing the previous-cycle value and the present-cycle value of control point data to monitor whether or not there has been a change within the monitoring interval; and monitoring result notifying means for providing notification in the event that that there is a determination that there has been no change in control point data within the monitoring interval.
1 . A facilities control device for monitoring the operation of equipment within a facility, comprising:
a control point data acquiring device acquiring, at predetermined intervals, control point data for monitoring and controlling the operation of equipment;
a control point data monitoring device comparing the previous-cycle value and the present-cycle value for the control point data acquired by the control point data acquiring device, and for monitoring whether or not there is a change over a specific monitoring interval; and
a monitoring result notifying device providing notification when there is a determination by the control point data monitoring device that there has been no change in control point data within the monitoring interval.
2 . The facilities control device as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising:
a monitoring interval setting device setting a monitoring interval for each type of control point data.
3 . The facilities control device as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising:
a monitoring result notifying device displaying, on a monitoring screen, information for each equipment, ranked in order by the length of time over which the previous-cycle values and the present-cycle value have matched.
4 . A facilities control method for monitoring the operation of equipment within a facility, comprising the steps of:
a control point data acquiring step, acquiring, at predetermined intervals, control point data for monitoring and controlling the operation of equipment;
a control point data monitoring step, comparing the previous-cycle value and the present-cycle value for the control point data acquired in the control point data acquiring step, and for monitoring whether or not there is a change over a specific monitoring interval; and
a monitoring result notifying step, providing notification when there is a determination in the control point data monitoring step that there has been no change in control point data within the monitoring interval.
5 . The facilities monitoring device as set forth in claim 4 , further comprising the step of:
a monitoring interval setting step, setting a monitoring interval for each type of control point data;
wherein, in the control point data monitoring step, monitoring is performed as to whether or not there is a change in the monitoring point data within the monitoring interval set in the monitoring interval setting step.
6 . The facilities monitoring device as set forth in claim 4 , further comprising the step of:
a monitoring result displaying step comprising the steps of:
receiving a notification from the monitoring result notifying step, and
displaying information for each equipment on a monitoring screen, ranked in order by the length of time over which the previous-cycle values and the present value have matched.