Uninterrupted power supply managing system displays connection tree generated from connection information between interrupted power supply device and load devices received from lower controller

• US 7,181,630 B2
• Filed: 10/23/2002
• Issued: 02/20/2007
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Cao; Chun
• Application Number:
  US10/278,359
• Publication Number:
  US 20030085624A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,581 Days
• Field of Search: 713/300, 713/340, 709/202, 709/229
• US Class Current: 713/300
• 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 comprise at least two of said small UPS devices;

a communication network for connecting a plurality of said lower 10 controllers to 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;

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;

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; 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.

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 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.

6. The UPS managing system according to claim 1,

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.

7. The UPS managing system according to claim 1, further comprising:

at least a middle controller connected to said communication network;

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.

8. The UPS managing system according to claim 1,

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

wherein said higher controller repeatedly selects one of said display images corresponding to said operating state information to display the selected display image in said connection tree.

9. The UPS managing system according to claim 1,

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.

10. The UPS managing system according to claim 1,

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.

11. The UPS managing system according to claim 1,

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;

wherein said higher controller 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;

wherein said higher controller, 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 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 1,

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.