Patent ID: 7225972

Claim:
A setting apparatus for remote monitoring and control system, which is used for a remote monitoring and control system including an operation terminal having switches to which unique addresses are respectively set, a control terminal connected to loads to which unique addresses are respectively set, and a transmission controller which causes transmission signals to be communicated between the operation terminal and the control terminal, in a time division multiplex transmission mode, through a signal line to which the operation terminal and the control terminal are branch-connected, generates control data for controlling the loads based on monitoring data received from the operation terminal when the switches are operated, and transmits the control data to the control terminal to which the related loads are connected by relational data preset for the operated switches, and which is connected to the signal line, and generates, transmits and sets the relational data to the transmission controller so as for a plurality of loads to be controlled simultaneously by one switch are provided, the setting apparatus comprising: a fixed part fixed to a installation surface; and a portable part detachably attached to the fixed part and capable of being carried as separated from the fixed part, wherein the fixed part includes a base fixed to the installation surface and a first connector for electrically connecting the portable part to the signal line, and wherein the portable part includes an operator for allowing the addresses and the relational data to be input manually, a controller for generating the addresses and the relational data based on the input to the operator, a wireless transmission means controlled by the controller for transmitting the addresses to the operation terminal and the control terminal as wireless signals, a second connector for being electrically connected to the signal line through the first connector of the fixed part while the portable part is retained on the fixed part, a wired transmitter controlled by the controller for transmitting the relational data to the transmission controller through the second connnector, the first connector and the signal lines, a power supply for supplying power to each part of the portable part, and a housing detachably mounted on the base of the fixed part by a retainer installed on at least one of the fixed part and the portable part, for receiving the controller and the power supply and for exposing the operator to a position exposed while being mounted on the base of the fixed part.