Communications system for conveyance system

A conveyance system comprising:

• an elevator car;
• a local gateway configured to communicate with a remote system over a communications network;
• at least one module in communication with the local gateway;
• the at least one module including at least one of:
• a sensor module mounted to the elevator car, the sensor module including a sensor configured to detect a condition at the elevator car and a processor configured to perform local processing of data from the sensor at the sensor module, the local processing comprising determining car location or determining faults;
• a car level module mounted to the elevator car, the car level module including a location sensor configured to detect a location of the elevator car relative to a landing and a processor configured to perform local processing of data from the location sensor at the car level module, the local processing comprising computing a distance and direction of car movement needed to level the elevator car with a landing;
• a light presence module mounted to the elevator car, the light presence module including a light sensor configured to detect a light level in the elevator car and a processor configured to perform local processing of data from the light sensor at the light presence module, the local processing comprising determining if a sensed light level is greater than a threshold;
• and
• an operating panel module mounted to the elevator car, the operating panel module including a user interface and a processor configured to perform local processing of data from the user interface at the operating panel module, the local processing comprising processing an input into a format usable by a system controller.