Control device, control method, and control program

A control device for controlling air-conditioning of a room containing equipment, the equipment being capable of drawing outside air to cool down an interior of the equipment, comprising:

• a storage portion for storing operating information indicating that it is abnormal if the equipment is placed in a non-operating state, or that it is not abnormal even when the equipment is placed in the non-operating state;
• a temperature measurement portion for measuring a temperature of air drawn by the equipment;
• a detection portion for measuring a flow speed of air drawn by the equipment;
• a movable system including the temperature measurement portion and the detection portion;
• a driving system for moving the movable system toward an intake port side of the equipment;
• and
• a control portion for controlling the driving system to measure the temperature or the flow speed of air drawn by the equipment to control the air-conditioning based on a measurement result, the control portion being configured to:
• determine that the equipment is drawing air by comparing the measured flow speed to a reference value;
• control the air-conditioning to decrease the temperature of air drawn by the equipment when the measured temperature is higher than a reference temperature, and the equipment is drawing air at a flow speed of at least the reference value;
• output a warning to a user when the operating information indicates that it is abnormal if the equipment is placed into a non-operating state, and the equipment is not drawing air at a flow speed of at least the reference value;
• and
• maintain a control state of the air-conditioning when the operating information indicates that it is not abnormal if the equipment is placed into a non-operating state and is not drawing air.

A control method for controlling air-conditioning of a room containing equipment capable of drawing outside air to cool down an interior of the equipment, comprising:

• measuring a temperature of air drawn by the equipment;
• detecting whether the equipment is drawing or exhausting air;
• controlling the air-conditioning based on the measured temperature and whether the equipment is drawing or exhausting air;
• and
• storing operating information indicating that it is abnormal if the equipment is placed in a non-operating state or that it is not abnormal even when the equipment is placed in the non-operating state;
• wherein, if the stored operating information indicates that the equipment is placed in the non-operating state, and the detecting detects that the equipment is not drawing air, a warning is output to a user.

A computer program stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, which when executed by a computer, controls air-conditioning of a room containing equipment capable of drawing outside air to cool down an interior of the equipment, comprising program code for:

• measuring a temperature of air drawn by the equipment;
• detecting whether the equipment is drawing or exhausting air;
• controlling the air-conditioning based on the measured temperature and whether the equipment is drawing or exhausting air;
• and
• storing operating information indicating that it is abnormal if the equipment is placed in a non-operating state or that it is not abnormal even when the equipment is placed in the non-operating state;
• wherein, if the stored operating information indicates that the equipment is placed in the non-operating state, and the detecting detects that the equipment is not drawing air, a warning is output to a user.