Conveying installation and method of placing a conveying installation in operation

• US 8,006,822 B2
• Filed: 12/07/2006
• Issued: 08/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Inventio AG (Schindler Holding AG)
• Original Assignee: Inventio AG (Schindler Holding AG)
• Inventors: Tschuemperlin, Erich
• Primary Examiner(s): Crawford; Gene
• Assistant Examiner(s): HARP, WILLIAM RAY
• Application Number:
  US11/635,257
• Publication Number:
  US 20070080026A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,727 Days
• Field of Search: 198/322, 198/502.1, 198/571, 198/575, 187/247, 187/391, 700/213, 700/230
• US Class Current: 198/322
• CPC Class Codes: B66B 1/34 Details , e.g. call counting devices, data transmission from car to control system, devices giving information to the control system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4411 Configuring for operating with peripheral devices; Loading of device drivers

Abstract

A method for placing a conveying installation in operation, the conveying installation including several components, wherein at least one conveying mechanism, an installation control and a drive are included. A control program suitable for different installation controls contains different control functions. The control program is executed in the installation control for operation of the conveying installation. The method including the steps of: activating the conveying installation; recognizing identification numbers of components of the conveying installation; checking whether the recognized identification numbers belong to permitted component combinations; recognizing the installation control type; activating the different control functions in the control program in dependence on the recognized installation control type; and releasing the conveying installation for operation.

Claims

1. A method of starting a conveying installation which comprises several components including at least one conveying means, an installation control and a drive, wherein a control program suitable for different installation controls contains different control functions, wherein the control program for operating the conveying installation is executed in the installation control, the method comprising the steps of:

activating the conveying installation;

determining automatically by the control program identification numbers of components of the conveying installation, each component having a different identification number;

checking by the control program whether the determined identification numbers belong to a permitted component combination;

determining the installation control type based on the permitted component combination to which the determined identification numbers belong;

activating the different control functions in the control program in dependence on the determined installation control type; and

releasing the conveying installation for operation.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising loading at least one driver for the control functions into the installation control in dependence on the activated control functions.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising reactivating the conveying installation after an updating of components or control functions.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the conveying installation is an elevator installation.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the conveying installation is an escalator.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining automatically by the control program identification numbers of components of the conveying installation includes recognizing the components of the conveying installation by reading the identification numbers.

7. A method of starting a conveying installation which comprises several components including at least one conveying means, an installation control and a drive, wherein a control program suitable for different installation controls contains different control functions, wherein the control program for operating the conveying installation is executed in the installation control, the method comprising the steps of:

activating the conveying installation;

determining automatically by the control program identification numbers of components of the conveying installation;

checking by the control program whether the determined identification numbers belong to a permitted component combination;

determining the installation control type based on the permitted component combination to which the determined identification numbers belong;

activating the different control functions in the control program in dependence on the determined installation control type;

releasing the conveying installation for operation; and

after determination of the installation control type, checking which control program is stored in the installation control and whether the stored control program is valid for the determined component combination,

wherein the conveying installation is released when component combinations and control functions are permissible.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising loading at least one driver for the control functions into the installation control in dependence on the activated control functions.

9. The method according to claim 7, further comprising reactivating the conveying installation after an updating of components or control functions.

10. The method according to claim 7, wherein the conveying installation is an elevator installation.

11. The method according to claim 7, wherein the conveying installation is an escalator.

12. The method according to claim 7, wherein the step of determining automatically by the control program identification numbers of components of the conveying installation includes recognizing the components of the conveying installation by reading the identification numbers.

13. A conveying installation comprising:

at least one conveying means, and

an installation control and a drive, the installation control having a predetermined functional scope,

wherein for operating the conveying installation a control program suitable for different installation controls and containing different control functions is executable in the installation control,

wherein the components of the conveying installation have identification numbers, each component having a different identification number, and the identification numbers of the activated components is determined by the installation control when the conveying installation is activated, the control program checking whether the determined identification numbers belong to a permitted component combination, and an installation control type being settable in the control program in dependence on the permitted component combination to which the determined identification numbers belong, and the control functions contained in the control program being activatable in dependence on the installation control type, and

wherein checking is performed by the installation control as to whether the determined component combination corresponds with the activated control functions, and the conveying installation being released when the component combination and the activated control functions correspond.