System and method for managing monitoring equipment

An equipment management system comprising:

• a monitoring apparatus to monitor equipment of a facility being monitored and retrieve operation data;
• a database apparatus in which the operation data retrieved by the monitoring apparatus is recorded;
• and
• a database client apparatus to send and receive information to and from the database apparatus via a network, display the data recorded in the database apparatus, and enter data,
• wherein said database apparatus records maintenance reference values for the equipment of the facility being monitored and said monitoring apparatus or said database client apparatus outputs a display or printout prompting an execution of maintenance work when the operation data is in excess of or close to the maintenance reference values, and
• wherein, after the equipment of the facility being monitored is serviced, an equipment operation start date is entered from said database client apparatus, a check is made based on the equipment operation start date as to whether a maintenance period is exceeded or will soon be exceeded, and a display or printout prompting an execution of maintenance work is output to said monitoring apparatus or said database client apparatus.