Configuration system and computer program product for configuration of a control center

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11790763-B2
Application number	US-202017608121-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 6, 2020
Priority date	May 7, 2019
Publication date	Oct 17, 2023
Grant date	Oct 17, 2023

Abstract

The invention relates to a computer program product for configuration of a control center, in particular a fire alarm and/or extinguishing control center, and to an associated method. The computer program product comprises: a hardware configuration component for configuration of hardware components such as modules and/or front panel components of the control center, a logic configuration component for configuration of a functional logic of the control center, wherein the logic configuration component is designed to provide functional components. The functional components are decoupled from the hardware of the control center and embodied in such a way that reversible assignment of functional component to hardware component is made possible.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A computer program product for configuration of a control center, comprising:
a hardware configuration component for configuration of hardware components including modules and/or front panel components of the control center,
a logic configuration component for configuration of a functional logic of the control center,
wherein the logic configuration component is designed to provide functional components,
wherein the functional components are decoupled from the hardware components of the control center and embodied in such a way that reversible assignment of functional component to hardware component is made possible,
wherein the logic configuration component is designed to add and remove functional components, to connect functional components to one another and to disconnect them from one another, and to allocate properties to functional components, and
wherein the logic configuration component is designed to provide predefined combinations of functional components as locked combination components, wherein a combination component implements the logic of a complete extinguishing region.

2. A computer program product for configuration of a control center, comprising:
a hardware configuration component for configuration of hardware components including modules and/or front panel components of the control center,
a logic configuration component for configuration of a functional logic of the control center,
wherein the logic configuration component is designed to provide functional components,
wherein the functional components are decoupled from the hardware components of the control center and embodied in such a way that reversible assignment of functional components to hardware components is made possible, and
wherein the hardware configuration component is embodied to provide two representations of hardware arrangements, wherein a first representation is embodied for configuration of hardware components at a rear side of the control center and a second representation is embodied for configuration of front panel components at a front side of the control center.

3. The computer program product as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the logic configuration component is designed
to add and remove functional components,
to connect functional components to one another and to disconnect them from one another, and
to allocate properties to functional components.

4. The computer program product as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the logic configuration component is embodied to provide a representation of the functional logic, designated as logic circuit diagram, using the functional components and connections between the functional components.

5. The computer program product as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the hardware configuration component is embodied to enable the configuration of at least one, a plurality or all, of the following hardware components:
limit value module,
relay module,
control module,
loop module,
voltage output-EFD module,
fire department peripheral equipment module.

6. The computer program product as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the hardware configuration component is embodied for implementing at least one, a plurality or all, of the following functionalities:
assigning a subscriber to a hardware group,
configuring the front panel components with collective signals,
integrating a layout of the control center.

7. The computer program product as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the computer program product is embodied to provide a graphical user interface, wherein the graphical user interface presents representations of the hardware configuration component and of the logic configuration component simultaneously.

8. The computer program product as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the computer program product is designed to make all changes reversibly by the hardware configuration component and/or the logic configuration component.

9. The computer program product as claimed in claim 7 , which furthermore has a logic checking component, wherein the logic checking component is designed to check at least one, a plurality or all, of the following parameters and functionalities:
compliance with value ranges,
double allocation of group numbers,
nonsensical or incorrect interconnection of the functional components, the hardware components and/or the front panel components,
free inputs and outputs at the functional components,
hardware configuration problems.

10. The computer program product as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the computer program product is embodied to present an output of a logic checking component simultaneously with a representation of the hardware configuration component and/or of the logic configuration component in the graphical user interface.

11. The computer program product as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the computer program product furthermore has a standard conformity component, wherein the standard conformity component is embodied to check complete or partial conformity of the configuration of the control center with a desired one of a plurality of standards provided.

12. The computer program product as claimed in claim 2 , which furthermore comprises a simulation component for simulating the configuration of the hardware components and/or the front panel components, wherein the simulation component is embodied for online simulation of the configuration with inclusion of the control center and for offline simulation of the configuration without inclusion of the control center.

13. The computer program product as claimed in claim 2 , which furthermore comprises a documentation component for documenting the configuration of the control center.

14. A method for configuration of a control center using a computer program product as claimed in claim 2 .

15. A control center, comprising a communication module, wherein the communication module is embodied to receive data for configuration of the control center from a computer program product as claimed in claim 2 and to transmit data for configuration and real-time data for online simulation, to the computer program product.

16. A computer program product for configuration of a control center, comprising:
a hardware configuration component for configuration of hardware components including modules and/or front panel components of the control center,
a logic configuration component for configuration of a functional logic of the control center,
wherein the logic configuration component is designed to provide functional components,
wherein the functional components are decoupled from the hardware components of the control center and embodied in such a way that reversible assignment of functional components to hardware components is made possible, and
wherein the computer program product furthermore has a communication component for bidirectional communication with the control center, wherein the communication component is embodied for transmitting a configuration to the control center and for transmitting the configuration from the control center, wherein the communication component is embodied to carry out a version comparison with the control center, and to transmit the configuration to the control center only if the version of the computer program product corresponds at least to the version of the control center.

Assignees

• Minimax Viking Res & Dev Gmbh

Inventors

• Mandelkau Detlef
• Lippke Henning
• Selzer Keno
• Hallwass-Fedder Bernd

Classifications

• G08B25/14 Primary

  Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements · CPC title

• G05B19/0426

  Programming the control sequence · CPC title

• G08B25/003

  Address allocation methods and details · CPC title

• G08B29/12

  Checking intermittently signalling or alarm systems · CPC title

• G08B17/00 Primary

  Fire alarms; Alarms responsive to explosion · CPC title