Method for setting an elevator into service mode
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsAri Kattainen, Antti Hovi
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Abstract
A method for taking an elevator of an elevator group into service mode includes entering in the input device of the elevator group a maintenance signal which comprises an elevator definition part, upon entering of the maintenance signal the elevator identified in the elevator definition part is removed from landing call allocation, the identified elevator is initiated to serve all remaining car calls and then to drive to a maintenance floor and to wait there for maintenance operation.
Claims20
A method for taking an elevator of an elevator group into service mode, comprising a succession of following steps:
- entering a maintenance signal in an input device of the elevator group, the maintenance signal comprising an elevator definition part;
- upon entering of the maintenance signal, removing the elevator identified in the elevator definition part from landing call allocation;
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- initiating the identified elevator to serve all remaining car calls and then to drive to a maintenance floor and to wait at the maintenance floor for maintenance operation.
A method for taking an elevator of an elevator group into service mode, comprising a succession of following steps:
- entering a maintenance signal in an input device of the elevator group, the maintenance signal comprising an elevator definition part;
- upon entering of the maintenance signal, removing the elevator identified in the elevator definition part from landing call allocation;
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- initiating the identified elevator to serve all remaining car calls and then to drive to a maintenance floor and to wait at the maintenance floor for maintenance operation wherein the maintenance signal comprises an ID for the maintenance process to be performed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.