Re: Escalators and elevators

["Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dialers in elevators have been around for over 30 years. Nothing new there.
The units inside the elevators are 2 way voice dialers. The central station
can have a 2 way conversation with the person when they pick up the
emergency phone.

As far as the trouble and alarm supervision. Those usually get installed in
the mechnical room. Most elevators & escalators are computer controlled. So
it is not far fetch to have  trouble or alarm relay outputs to trigger a
digital dialer. For that matter, you can even use a standard alarm panel to
do the same job.

The real problem that plagues the elevator industry is annual inspections.
There was a news story here in Tampa where elevators went without inspection
sometimes 3-5 years. But yet people are allowed to continue to use them. And
at that same token, if a small, well run daycare goes 1 day past their
annual fire alarm inspection, the Fire Marshal will close it down...but then
there are public schools that have non functional fire systems sometimes
going on 15 years without an inspection...stupid politics.

Jim Rojas


"Okitoki" <okyaysenturk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1132581481.476956.318660@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi to all...
>
> I just heard of a "theory" from someone that is in the escalator and
> elevator business that the newer models of these public utilities have
> diallers in them with... now get ready to hear this: Contact ID
> protocol outputs!!! They say that these communicators are ready for use
> with monitoring stations so they can monitor the activity and troubles
> that occur.
>
> Is this true? Has anyone heard of such technologies? If so has anyone
> implemented these utilities into CMS's?
>
> I must say that I am sceptical but I just wanted to ask here prior to
> contacting the elevator companies and look like an idiot!!
>
> Thanks and good luck!!
>