JP2991263B2 - Reproduction equipment for microcomputer board for elevator control - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an elevator control microcomputer board, and more particularly to a remanufacturing apparatus for remanufacturing software of an elevator control microcomputer board.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when an elevator control microcomputer board breaks down, an elevator maintenance company requests a factory that manufactures microcomputer boards to remanufacture a new microcomputer board equivalent to the failed microcomputer board.

[0003]

However, even if the microcomputer board breaks down and the elevator maintenance company arranges for a factory that manufactures the microcomputer board to remanufacture a new microcomputer board equivalent to the failed microcomputer board, it is still available. It took a long time, and the non-operating time of the elevator increased, causing trouble for users.

An object of the present invention is to provide an elevator control microcomputer board remanufacturing apparatus capable of shortening the recovery time in the event of an elevator microcomputer board failure.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided an elevator control microcomputer board remanufacturing apparatus for remanufacturing an elevator control microcomputer board for controlling an elevator. An external communication device is provided, comprising at least one external communication device, a central processing unit connected to the external communication device, a storage unit for storing communication data, and a command unit for giving a command to the central processing unit. It is characterized by comprising a portable elevator maintenance device and a personal computer for storing data stored in the storage means.

[0006]

Since the apparatus for remanufacturing the microcomputer board for elevator control according to the present invention is constructed as described above, the communication apparatus of the elevator maintenance apparatus carried by the elevator maintenance staff is connected to the communication apparatus of the microcomputer board for elevator control. The control program stored in the microcomputer board can be read and stored in the storage means,
By saving the control program obtained in this way, when the elevator control microcomputer board fails, the saved control program can be immediately written to the same new microcomputer board as the failed microcomputer board. And the trouble can be dealt with promptly, so that the recovery time can be shortened.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an apparatus for remanufacturing a microcomputer board for elevator control according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a control program is read from a microcomputer board provided on an elevator control panel. The control panel 2 installed in the elevator machine room of the customer building 1 has a microcomputer board 3 for giving an operation instruction to the elevator. Inside the control board 2, a storage device 7 storing an elevator control device 5, an elevator control program, and the like are provided. External communication devices 6 are each connected to the central processing unit 4. The elevator maintenance device 8 that can be carried by the elevator maintenance staff is connected to the first external communication device 10, the second external communication device 11, the memory card connection device 12a, and the like on the elevator control device 5 side connected to the central processing unit 9. It is composed of

When an elevator maintenance worker attempts to read an elevator control program in the microcomputer board 3,
A first external communication device 10 of the elevator maintenance device 8,
An external communication device 6 of the microcomputer board 3 of the control panel 2 installed in the elevator machine room is connected via a communication line f1. The read command is issued by the simple console 1
6 is the second external communication device 11 of the elevator maintenance device 8
, A command is given by the simple console 16, processed by the central processing unit 9, and processed through the first external communication device 10, the communication line f 1, and the external communication device 6 of the microcomputer board 3. The information is transmitted to the device 4. The central processing unit 4 reads the elevator control program stored in the storage device 7, and reads the external communication device 6 and the communication line f.
1 to the elevator maintenance device 8. The elevator maintenance device 8 sequentially writes the elevator control program data sent from the microcomputer board 3 to the memory card 12 connected to the memory card connection device 12a via the elevator communication device 10 and the central processing unit 9.

Since the storage of the memory card 12 is temporary, the elevator maintenance worker takes the elevator maintenance device 8 back to the dispatch base and stores the data in the personal computer. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the block diagram. The same reference numerals are given to the same components and the description is omitted. The elevator maintenance device 8 brought back to the manual base 13 by the elevator maintenance staff is connected to the personal computer 14 via the second external communication device 11 and the communication line f2, and the elevator control device written in the memory card 12 of the elevator maintenance device 8 is controlled. The program data is stored in the storage device 15 of the personal computer 14.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram when the elevator control microcomputer board is remanufactured using the elevator control program data stored in the personal computer. The same reference numerals as in FIGS. 1 and 2 denote the same parts, and a description thereof will be omitted. . When the microcomputer board 3 of the control panel 2 installed in the elevator machine room breaks down, the storage device 1 of the personal computer 14 is prepared in advance without requesting the factory producing the microcomputer board to remanufacture the board.
5 reads out the elevator control program data stored in the microcomputer board 5, and via the elevator maintenance device 8, a new microcomputer board 1 equivalent to the failed microcomputer board 3 in which the elevator control program data is not stored.
By writing to 7, the microcomputer board for elevator control can be reproduced. Therefore, the recovery time in the event of a microcomputer board failure can be reduced as compared with the case where a new microcomputer board is ordered from a factory as in the conventional case.

In the above-described embodiment, the portable elevator maintenance device 8 configured as shown in FIG. 1 is used. However, the present invention is not limited to such a configuration. An internal storage device connected to the processing device 9 may be used. In this respect, any configuration having a storage unit may be used. Also, the portable elevator maintenance device 8 retrieves the elevator control program data stored as shown in FIG. 2 from the storage device 15 and copies it to a new microcomputer board 17. The elevator control program data may be temporarily stored in the storage means described above, and then copied to a new microcomputer board 17.

[0012]

As described above, according to the present invention, the elevator control program data is copied in advance using a portable elevator maintenance device, and when a microcomputer board failure occurs, this portable elevator maintenance Since the elevator control program data is written and used on a new microcomputer board using the device, the portable elevator maintenance device can be configured to have a relatively small storage capacity and a small size. When a failure occurs, the failure recovery time can be reduced as compared with a method of obtaining the failure from the factory.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an apparatus for remanufacturing a microcomputer board for elevator control according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram when the data of FIG. 1 is stored in a personal computer.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram when the elevator control microcomputer board is reproduced using the data stored in the personal computer of FIG. 2;

[Explanation of symbols]

 3 Microcomputer board 6 External communication device 8 Elevator maintenance device 9 Central processing unit 10 First external communication device 12 Memory card 16 Simple console

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Kenichi Morita 1-6-6 Kandanishikicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Within Hitachi Building System Service Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-3-297765 (JP, A) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) B66B 3/00 B66B 5/00 G08B 29/00

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] An elevator control microcomputer board remanufacturing apparatus for remanufacturing an elevator control microcomputer board for controlling an elevator, wherein the elevator control microcomputer board is provided with an external communication device, and at least one external communication device is provided. A portable elevator maintenance device including a central processing unit connected to the communication device, a storage unit for storing communication data, and a command unit for giving a command to the central processing unit; and a portable elevator maintenance device stored in the storage unit. An apparatus for remanufacturing a microcomputer board for elevator control, comprising a personal computer for storing data.