Uniterrupted power supply managing system and managing method, and electric device managing system and program

• US 20030085624A1
• Filed: 10/23/2002
• Published: 05/08/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fuji Electric Company Limited (Fuji Electric Systems Company Limited)
• Original Assignee: Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (TDK Corporation)
• Inventors: Oka, Hiroyuki, Kadoi, Hirokazu, Togashi, Fujitaka, Takano, Kazuhiko, Miyazaki, Akinori
• Granted Patent: US 7,181,630 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 307/64
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/26 Power supply means, e.g. regulation thereof for memories G11C
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/30 Means for acting in the event of power-supply failure or interruption, e.g. power-supply fluctuations for resetting only G06F1/24
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 9/00 Circuit arrangements for emergency or stand-by power supply, e.g. for emergency lighting

Abstract

An Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) managing system is described for managing a plurality of small UPS devices, the small UPS device are connected to power supply routes between wall sockets and load devices. The UPS managing system comprises a plurality of lower controllers provided corresponding to each of small UPS devices or each of groups which is comprising at least two of said small UPS devices; a communication network for connecting a plurality of said lower controllers each other; and a higher controller connected to said communication network. In addition, each of said lower controllers generates connection information between each of its corresponding small UPS device(s) and each of load device(s) which is powered by said corresponding small UPS device(s), and transmits said connection information to said higher controller. The higher controller also receives and stores said connection information from each of said lower controllers and generates and displays a connection tree which is generated from the stored connection information.

Claims

1. An Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) managing system for managing a plurality of small UPS devices connected to power supply routes between wall sockets and load devices, comprising:

a plurality of lower controllers provided corresponding to each of said small UPS devices or each of groups which is comprising at least two of said small UPS devices;

a communication network for connecting a plurality of said lower controllers each other; and

a higher controller connected to said communication network,

wherein each of said lower controllers generates connection information between each of its corresponding small UPS device(s) and each of said load device(s) which is powered by said corresponding small UPS device(s), and transmits said connection information to said higher controller, and

wherein said higher controller receives and stores said connection information from each of said lower controllers, and generates and displays a connection tree which is generated from the stored connection information.

2. The UPS managing system according to claim 1,

wherein at least one of said lower controllers is registered therein device information on said load device(s) which is/are powered by said corresponding small UPS device(s), and generates said connection information from said device information.

3. The UPS managing system according to claim 1,

wherein at least one of said load devices transmits device information on itself to said lower controller which is corresponding to said small UPS device which powers it, and

wherein said lower controller, which receives said device information, generates said connection information from said device information.

4. The UPS managing system according to claim 1,

wherein at least one of said lower controllers is joined in a housing with said corresponding small UPS device.

5. The UPS managing system according to claim 1,

wherein each of said lower controllers is registered therein destination information on said higher controller in said communication network as a transmitting destination, and transmits all of said connection information in a communication to said transmitting destination;

and

wherein said higher controller receives and stores all of said connection information in each of said communication with link information which is unique at least within a plurality of said lower controllers,

stores a link list of said link information,

generates said connection tree firstly by classifying each of said small UPS devices on said link information and said link list and secondary by classifying each of said load devices on said connection information, and

displays said connection tree.

6. The UPS managing system according to claim 5,

wherein each of said lower controllers repeatedly transmits the connection information, which consists of device information on all of said corresponding small UPS devices and all of said load devices, which are powered by said corresponding small UPS devices, and

wherein said higher controller receives and stores all of said connection information in each of said communication in a continuous memory area, which is defined at the first receiving time from each of said lower controllers and whose storage capacity is bigger than the data amount of said connection information in said first receiving time.

7. The UPS managing system according to claim 5,

wherein at least one of said lower controllers is registered therein destination information on said lower controller in said communication network as said transmitting destination, which is selected from the other said lower controllers, and

wherein said lower controller, which receives said connection information from said other lower controller(s), transmits in said communication both of said connection information on its corresponding small UPS device(s) and received connection information.

8. The UPS managing system according to claim 5,

wherein at least a middle controller connected to said communication network is provided,

wherein at least two of said lower controllers are registered therein destination information on said middle controller in said communication network as said transmitting destination, and

wherein each of said middle controller(s) transmits all of received connection information in a communication.

9. The UPS managing system according to claim 5,

wherein each of said lower controllers repeatedly transmits operating state information on its corresponding small UPS device(s) to said registered transmitting destination, and

wherein said higher controller receives and stores said operating state information and a plurality of display images each of which is associated with each of operating states of said small UPS device, and repeatedly selects one of said display images corresponding to said operating state information to display the selected display image in said connection tree.

10. The UPS managing system according to claim 5,

wherein each of said lower controllers transmits its destination information in said communication network to said transmitting destination, and

wherein said higher controller receives and stores said destination information, and when one of said small UPS device is selected in said connection tree, communicates with said selected lower controller using said stored destination information to obtain operating state information or setting information on said selected lower controller, and displays said obtained information in or with said connection tree.

11. The UPS managing system according to claim 5,

wherein each of said lower controllers transmits its destination information in said communication network to said transmitting destination,

wherein said higher controller receives and stores said destination information, and when one of said small UPS device is selected in said connection tree and setting information or control information is inputted, transmits said inputted information to said lower controller, which is corresponding with said selected small UPS device, using said stored destination information, and

wherein said lower controller, which receives said inputted information, applies said inputted information to said selected small UPS device.

12. The UPS managing system according to claim 5,

wherein each of said lower controllers repeatedly transmits operating state information on its corresponding small UPS device(s) and its destination information in said communication network to said transmitting destination,

wherein said higher controller receives and stores said operating state information and said lower controller'"'"'s destination information;

displays a first frame in which said connection tree is displayed, and a second frame in which operating state information, setting information and control information on said selected small UPS device in said connection tree are displayed by turns; and

when said setting information or said control information is inputted in said second frame, transmits the inputted information to said lower controller, which is corresponding with said selected small UPS device, using said stored destination information; and

wherein said lower controller, which receives said inputted information, applies said inputted information to said selected small UPS device.

13. The UPS managing system according to claim 5,

wherein said higher controller collects or is registered therein connection information on power supply routes between power source systems and wall sockets including at least a large UPS device, and

generates a power supply route diagram including said large UPS device(s), said small UPS devices, and said load devices.

14. An electric device managing system for managing a plurality of electric devices dispersedly installed, comprising:

a plurality of lower controllers provided corresponding to each of said electric devices or each of groups which is comprising at least said two electric devices;

a communication network for connecting a plurality of said lower controllers each other; and

a higher controller connected to said communication network,

wherein each of said lower controllers generates connection information between each of its corresponding electric device(s), and transmits said connection information to said higher controller, and

wherein said higher controller receives and stores said connection information from each of said lower controllers, and generates and displays a connection tree which is generated from the stored connection information.

15. A program for realizing on a computer which comprises a transmitting/receiving member for transmitting/receiving information to/from other computer(s), a storage member for storing information, a display member for displaying information, and an input member for inputting information:

a connection information storage means for storing, connection information between small Uninterrupted Power Supplies (UPS) device(s) and load device(s) powered by said small UPS device(s), which is received by said transmitting/receiving member, in said storage member with link information which is unique at least within all of said computer(s), and storing a link list of said link information in said storage member;

a connection tree generating means for generating a connection tree firstly by classifying each of said small UPS devices on said link information and said link list and secondary by classifying each of said load devices on said connection information, and

a connection tree display means for displaying said connection tree on said display member.

16. The program according to claim 15, further realizing:

a display image storage means for storing a plurality of display images each of which is associated with each of operating states of said small UPS device in said storage member; and

a display image selecting means for selecting one of said display images in said storage member, which is corresponding to said operating state received by said transmitting/receiving member,

wherein said connection tree generating means displays the selected display image in said connection tree.

17. The program according to claim 15, further realizing:

an operating state information collecting means for causing a communication member to communicates with said other computer, to obtain operating state information or setting information on the selected small UPS device in said connection tree, and

an operating state display means for displaying said obtained information in or with said connection tree.

18. The program according to claim 15, further realizing:

a setting/control transmitting means for, when one of said small UPS device is selected in said connection tree and setting information or control information is inputted, transmitting said inputted information from said communication member to said other computer, which is corresponding with said selected small UPS device.

19. An Uninterrupted Power Supply device (UPS) managing method, comprising the steps of:

storing connection information between small Uninterrupted Power Supplies (UPS) device(s) and load device(s) powered by said small UPS device(s), which is received by said transmitting/receiving member, in said storage member with link information which is unique at least within all of said computer(s), and storing a link list of said link information in said storage member;

generating a connection tree firstly by classifying each of said small UPS devices on said link information and said link list and secondary by classifying each of said load devices on said connection information, and displaying said connection tree on said display member.

20. A program for realizing on a computer which comprises a transmitting/receiving member for transmitting/receiving information to/from other computer(s), a storage member for storing information, a display member for displaying information, and an input member for inputting information:

a connection information storage means for storing information, which is received by said transmitting/receiving member or which is imputed from the inputting member, in said storage member as device information on the load device(s) which is powered by small Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) device(s);

a transmitting destination storage means for storing destination information on said other computer in said storage member; and

a connection information transmitting means for transmitting to said destination information said connection information between said small UPS device(s) and said load device(s), which consists of the stored device information and said small UPS devices.

21. The program according to claim 20, further realizing:

an operating state information transmitting means for repeatedly transmitting operating state information on its corresponding small UPS device(s) to said transmitting destination from said transmitting/receiving member.

22. The program according to claim 20, further realizing:

a setting/control information storage means for storing setting information or control information, which is received by said transmitting/receiving member from said other computer, in said storage member; and

a setting/control information applying means for applying the stored setting information or control information to its corresponding small UPS device.

23. The program according to claim 20, further realizing:

a deleting means for deleting said connection information transmitting means from the computer,

wherein said deleting means transmits deleting information to said other computer from said transmitting/receiving member, and thereafter deletes said connection information transmitting means.

24. An Uninterrupted Power Supply device (UPS) managing method, comprising the steps of:

storing information, which is received by said transmitting/receiving member or which is imputed from the inputting member, in said storage member as device information on the load device(s) which is powered by small Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) device(s);

storing destination information on said other computer in said storage member; and

transmitting said connection information between said small UPS device(s) and said load device(s), which consists of the stored device information and said small UPS devices, to said destination information.