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US 2026/0054961 A1Published application
Control network management
AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsMatti Laakso, Mikko-Ville Määttä
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AssigneeKone Corporation
InventorsMatti Laakso, Mikko-Ville Määttä
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According to an example embodiment, a method (200, 200′) for managing access to a control network of a people flow system (101) is provided, where the people flow system (101) includes a passenger conveyor system (101) and a conveyor system controller (110), where the site control network (105) communicatively couples the conveyor system controller (110) to a network coordinator (120) and to one or more further apparatuses (130), the method comprising: admitting (202), by the network coordinator (120), the one or more further apparatuses (130) to the site control network (105) via carrying out a respective pairing procedure with each of said one or more further apparatuses (130) based on a predefined shared secret; adding (204), by the network coordinator (120), a respective device identifier, ID, of each further apparatus (130-k) to a list of apparatuses admitted to the site control network (105); transmitting (206) said list from the network coordinator (120) to an external entity (110, 150) for storage therein; and creating (208, 208′), following a loss of site network control information in the network coordinator (120), a restored site control network (105′) in one of the network coordinator (120) or the replacement network coordinator (120′), said creating (208, 208′) comprising receiving (208a, 208a′) said list from the external entity (110, 150); and automatically admitting (208b, 208b′) an apparatus to the restored site control network (105), provided that said apparatus has its device ID included in said list and has a knowledge of the predefined shared secret.
A method for managing access to a site control network of a people flow system that includes a passenger conveyor system and a conveyor system controller, where the site control network communicatively couples the conveyor system controller to a network coordinator and to one or more further apparatuses, the method comprising:
An apparatus for managing access to a site control network of a people flow system that includes a passenger conveyor system and a conveyor system controller, where the site control network communicatively couples the conveyor system controller to the apparatus and to one or more further apparatuses, the apparatus arranged to:
A control system for managing access to a site control network of a people flow system that includes a passenger conveyor system and a conveyor system controller, where the site control network communicatively couples the conveyor system controller to a network coordinator apparatus and to one or more further apparatuses, the control system comprising:
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