Method for adjusting an elevator door
AssigneeOtis Elevator Company
InventorsMichael Barten, Mustapha Toutaoui
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Abstract
A method for adjusting an elevator door includes the steps of selecting an elevator door adjustment task from a task list which is provided by an elevator door controller. The elevator door controller is adapted to control the phase, voltage and torque of an elevator door motor. The controller is provided with an elevator door adjustment program which is adapted to provide a set of program prompts to a service person who inputs elevator door parameters in response to the set of program prompts. The parameters are then stored in a memory accessible to said elevator door controller the elevator door in thereafter controlled in accordance with the inputted parameters.
Claims16
A method for adjusting an elevator door, comprising the steps of:
- providing a service task prompt having a service task list of elevator door adjustment service tasks performed by an elevator door adjustment service program in an elevator door controller;
- selecting an elevator door adjustment service task from the service task list;
- inputting an elevator door adjustment parameter corresponding to said elevator door adjustment service task;
- storing said elevator door adjustment parameter in a memory of said elevator door controller;
- and
- controlling said elevator door in accordance with said elevator door adjustment parameter by adapting the phase, voltage, and torque of an elevator door motor with said elevator door controller.
The method as claimed in 10, wherein a service task of setting default parameters includes the steps of:
- requesting a default setup task;
- inputting a plurality of default parameters, said default parameters being specific to said elevator door;
- and
- updating said plurality of default parameters in the memory of said elevator door controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.