To call the elevator to your floor.
How to call an elevator to your floor.
Imagine that the elevator a is on the first floor while the elevator b is on the 4th floor.
Like the original post said it s possible under the current system to give contradictory instructions.
If your elevator is equipped with automatic on off light.
The elevator will automatically arrive at the landing.
On old relay logic elevators the control system manages the exterior requests by a network of resistors.
Open the landing door after outer ring of call button is illuminated.
Find a way to pick that lock or get a hold of a key and you re in luck 90 of the elevators from a manufacturer use the same key for same features so one key will usually work in other elevators of the same manufacturer.
Has introduced an elevator call system application for smartphones.
The elevator call system from mitsubishi electric us gives users the ability to call an elevator remotely from anywhere in the building utilizing an intuitive user friendly interface.
I ve tested it on multiple systems including older otis dover and desert models.
Locking in your floor would avoid that.
So bear in mind that any answer given is going to be subjective to one s own experience.
Many older elevators can be put into independent service mode by pressing and holding both the door close and your desired floor buttons at the same time for 5 seconds.
They are mounted 42 above the finished floor and consist of an up button and a down button that illuminate to indicate the request has been received and an elevator is on the way.
Get in the elevator pull the party trick and have your friend try to stop the elevator at his or her floor.
Although it would open the door to denial of service attacks by bored teenagers.
I would however consider it an improvement if you chose your floor as the way to call the elevator.
There is usually a keyswitch for independent service which bypasses any floor calls for the elevator in use.
If you send a request from the 3rd floor the 3e relay turns on.
The image below is just a simplified schematic of the working principle.
Each landing will have a call station button.
You might get a creaking noise if the elevator is sticking and the metal parts are trying but failing to move against one another.
If successful your elevator should go straight to your floor and bypass all other floors.
Sometimes this switch is hidden behind a locked access panel.
Call buttons are used to request an elevator.
Other operational choices your elevator will be custom built and programmed to travel from floor to floor with two stops or more.
If it skips your friend s floor you know it works.
Usually when you press an exterior call button the request is sent to the elevator which is closer to your floor.