# US 12,184,485 B2 · Automatic commissioning for an elevator signalization network device

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- Number: US 12,184,485 B2
- Document ID: US12184485B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/205,477
- Filed: 2021-03-18
- Published: 2021-07-08
- Granted: 2024-12-31
- Earliest claimed: 2018-10-16
- Assignees: Kone Corporation
- Applicants: KONE Corporation
- Inventors: Santtu Koskinen; Mikko Piironen; Anssi Rantamäki; Mikko Heiskanen; Ari Koivisto; Mikko Mattila
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12184485B2

## CPC

- H04L 41/0816: the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
- B66B 1/3407: {Setting or modification of parameters of the control system}
- B66B 1/3453: {Procedure or protocol for the data transmission or communication}
- B66B 25/00: Control of escalators or moving walkways (walkways of variable speed type B66B21/12; handrails of variable speed type B66B23/26; of general application G05)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- B66B: ELEVATORS; ESCALATORS OR MOVING WALKWAYS ({apparatus for raising or lowering persons on theatrical stages or the like A63J5/12} ; funicular railbound systems with rigid ground-supported tracks and cable traction, e.g. cliff railways, B61B9/00; arrangements of ammunition handlers in vessels B63G3/00; hoists, lifts, or conveyors for loading or unloading in general B65G; braking or detent devices controlling normal movements of winding drums or barrels B66D; ship-lifting devices E02C; garages for many vehicles with mechanical means for lifting vehicles E04H6/12; hoists for feeding ammunition or projectiles to launching apparatus or to loading mechanisms F41A9/00)

## Abstract

A commissioning arrangement for elevator and escalator network devices is disclosed. When the elevator network devices are connected to the elevator network they first get a unique communication address from another network element that is typically a network switch located higher in the chain of network switches. Then, using the established communication address, the network element contacts an automatic commissioning service for acquiring network configuration settings.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for changing configuration of network elements in a transportation infrastructure control network which includes an automatic commissioning service; and a core switch connected to the automatic commissioning service, said method comprising the steps of:
requesting, by the core switch, a first unique communication address and configuration settings from the automatic commissioning service;
connecting or disconnecting a network element to the transportation infrastructure control network, the network element being connected to the core switch;
receiving, at the network element, a second unique communication address from the core switch;
requesting configuration settings from an automatic commissioning service by using the second unique communication address; and
receiving the requested configuration settings at the network element.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the network element is a shaft switch.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method according to claim 1, wherein the network element is a router.

### Claim 4

A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium and comprising computer executable computer program code, wherein when the computer program is executed in a computing device, the computer program code is configured to perform a method for changing configuration of network elements in a transportation infrastructure control network which includes an automatic commissioning service; and a core switch connected to the automatic commissioning service, comprising:
requesting a first unique communication address and configuration settings from the automatic commissioning service for the core switch;
connecting or disconnecting a network element to the transportation infrastructure control network, the network element being connected to the core switch;
receiving, at the network element, a second unique communication address from the core switch;
requesting configuration settings from an automatic commissioning service by using the second unique communication address; and
receiving the requested configuration settings at the network element.