Status line monitoring system and method of using same
First Claim
1. A system for use with a plurality of segregated groups of controls, each group of controls having corresponding status control lines indicative of the operational status of an elevator, an escalator, or the like, the system comprising:
- a series of monitor devices for monitoring the status control lines;
each one of said monitor devices corresponding to an individual one of the group of controls, for detecting operational problems associated therewith;
each one of said monitor devices having means for compiling said operational problems;
each of said monitor devices having means being responsive to the complied operational problems for diagnosing said problems to determine specific individual operational fault conditions associated with and corresponding to an individual one of the status control lines;
each of said monitor devices having means for generating fault message report information based on said operational problems, said report message identifying the diagnosed fault condition and the specific location of the operational problem.
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Abstract
A monitor system for use with a plurality of segregated groups of controls, each group having corresponding status control lines indicative of the operational status of an elevator, an escalator, or the like. The monitor system includes a series of monitor devices for responding to the status control lines. Each one of the monitor devices corresponds to an individual one of the group of controls, for diagnosing the operational problems associated therewith. A computing device is located remotely from the groups of controls, for monitoring them remotely and continuously. A plurality of individual single communication links correspond individually to one of the monitor devices, for facilitating connection selectively and individually of the monitor devices to the remote computing device.
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16 Claims
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1. A system for use with a plurality of segregated groups of controls, each group of controls having corresponding status control lines indicative of the operational status of an elevator, an escalator, or the like, the system comprising:
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a series of monitor devices for monitoring the status control lines; each one of said monitor devices corresponding to an individual one of the group of controls, for detecting operational problems associated therewith; each one of said monitor devices having means for compiling said operational problems; each of said monitor devices having means being responsive to the complied operational problems for diagnosing said problems to determine specific individual operational fault conditions associated with and corresponding to an individual one of the status control lines; each of said monitor devices having means for generating fault message report information based on said operational problems, said report message identifying the diagnosed fault condition and the specific location of the operational problem. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of using a monitor system in conjunction with a plurality of segregated groups of controls, each group of controls having corresponding status control lines indicative of the operational status of an elevator, an escalator, or the like, the method comprising:
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monitoring the status control lines; detecting operational problems on said monitored status control lines; diagnosing said operational problems associated with each one of a series of monitor devices corresponding to an individual one of the groups of controls; compiling said operational problem for diagnosing operational fault conditions; diagnosing said compiled operational problems for fault conditions associated with and corresponding to an individual one of the status control lines; generating fault message report information based on said diagnosed operational problems; said fault message report identifying the diagnosed fault conditioning and the specific location of the operational problems.
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8. In a monitoring system having a plurality of segregated groups of controls located in a corresponding plurality of remotely located buildings, each group of controls having corresponding status control lines indicative of the operational status of an elevator, an escalator or the like, the system comprising:
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a plurality of monitoring means, each monitoring means being associated with a specific one of said group of controls and having monitor computing means for receiving and sending fault messages associated therewith; at least one remotely located computing means for receiving and transmitting fault messages in response to messages received from said monitoring means; said remotely located computing means including means responsive to said messages received from said monitoring means for sending a call-in message for a service technician; said remotely located computing means having means for causing the transmission of a voice synthesizer message fault report including fault information for the service technician. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A system for use with a plurality of segregate groups of controls, each group of controls having corresponding status control lines indicative of the operational status of an elevator;
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a series of monitor devices for monitoring the status control lines and for generating fault message report information associated with said status control lines; each one of said monitor devices corresponding to an individual one of the group of controls, for detecting and determining a time delay has occurred in the closure of a monitored door switch, said door switch being coupled to an individual one of said status control lines; means for determining that said time delay has occurred beyond a predetermined period of time; and means responsive to said timing means for determining that said door switch is failing to cause a fault message report to be generated. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A system for use with a plurality of segregated groups of controls, each group of controls having corresponding status control lines indicative of the operational status of an elevator, an escalator or the like, the system comprising:
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a series of monitor devices for responding to the status control lines; each one of said monitor devices corresponding to an individual one of the group of controls for monitoring the operational problems associated therewith; each one of said monitor devices corresponding to an individual one of the group of controls for detecting an operational problem associated therewith; each one of said monitor devices including means for detecting that a detected operational problem has been corrected within a predetermined period of time; means for determining the number of times said detected operational problem has corrected itself; and means for generating a fault message report in response to said determining means generating a signal indicative of a fault condition, said fault message report being indicative of an intermittent fault condition.
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14. A system for use with a plurality of segregated groups of controls, each group of controls having corresponding status control lines indicative of the operational status of an elevator, an escalator or the like, the system comprising:
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a series of monitor devices for responding to the status control lines; each one of said monitor devices corresponding to an individual one of the group of controls for monitoring the operational problems associated therewith; each one of said monitor devices corresponding to an individual one of the groups of controls includes first means for detecting a status control line condition indicative of an elevator car moving and a closed gate switch; second means for detecting a status control line condition indicative of a door switch opening for a predetermined time only; and means for determining a clipped door lock condition has occurred in response to said first and second means. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A system for use with a plurality of segregated groups of controls, each group of controls having corresponding status control lines indicative of the operational status of an elevator, an escalator or the like, the system comprising:
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a series of monitor devices for responding to the status control lines; each one of said monitor devices corresponding to an individual one of the group of controls for monitoring the operational problems associated therewith; each one of said monitor devices having one master module for diagnosing operational problems associated with the corresponding one of the group of controls; each one of said monitor devices having at least one slave module for diagnosing operational problems associated with the corresponding one of the groups of controls; each one of said slave modules includes a plurality of input and output ports for connecting sequentially in communication one slave module with another; and
wherein one output port of an individual single slave module is connected sequentially in communication with one input port of said master module;each one of said slave modules having means for communicating through its output port the diagnosed operational problems associated with one of the groups of controls of one of the slave modules connected sequentially on its input port; each one of said master module having means responsive to a diagnosed operational problem received on its input port for determining a fault condition associated with and corresponding to a specific one of said status control lines; and each of said monitor devices having means for generating fault message report information based on said operational problems, said report message identifying the diagnosed fault condition and the specific location of the operational problem.
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