Access control system for override elevator control and method therefor
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1. A security control system for an elevator system, comprising:
- an elevator controller that controls access to floors served by one or more elevators;
an access control system that stores one or more landing matrices that define the access to the floors, the access control system providing the landing matrices to the elevator controller, wherein the access control system includes a landing matrix application programming interface (“
API”
) that accepts landing matrix objects in messages received over a security network, the landing matrix API overriding the landing matrices with the landing matrix objects; and
a security network control system that enables configuration of the landing matrix objects, and sends the landing matrix objects in the messages to the access control system over the security network.
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Abstract
A system and method for an access control system for an elevator system that overrides landing matrices that define the access to the floors in the elevator system. The system overrides the landing matrices of the access control system in response to conditions defined by security system operators, such as emergency situations, and sends the landing matrices to elevator controllers for controlling the access to the floors. In examples, the system supports configuration of vendor-neutral landing matrix objects sent to the access control system over a security network for creating new landing matrices, and overriding the contents of the existing landing matrices.
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1. A security control system for an elevator system, comprising:
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an elevator controller that controls access to floors served by one or more elevators; an access control system that stores one or more landing matrices that define the access to the floors, the access control system providing the landing matrices to the elevator controller, wherein the access control system includes a landing matrix application programming interface (“
API”
) that accepts landing matrix objects in messages received over a security network, the landing matrix API overriding the landing matrices with the landing matrix objects; anda security network control system that enables configuration of the landing matrix objects, and sends the landing matrix objects in the messages to the access control system over the security network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 26)
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15. A security control method for an elevator system, comprising:
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an access control system providing a landing matrix application programming interface (“
API”
) that accepts landing matrix objects in messages received over a security network;in the access control system, storing one or more landing matrices defining access to floors by one or more elevators; the access control system receiving the landing matrix objects from a security network control system, and overriding the stored landing matrices with the landing matrix objects; and providing the landing matrices to an elevator controller of the elevator. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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