A method for verifying the brake force of an electromagnetic elevator brake includes the steps of closing the brake, supplying electrical current to the brake up to a preset verification level and determining whether there has been any movement of the elevator car being braked.

A method to communicate with a passenger in a car within a transportation system includes receiving an alarm signal from the car, and initiating a text communication session via a communication system associated with the car in response to the alarm signal.

A restoration information registration device for elevators capable of quickly registering restoration information on the elevator. The restoration information registration device for the elevators includes an operation unit that receives an operation from the outside, a storage unit that stores, when restoration information on the elevator is input by the operation on the operation unit, the restoration information, and a transmission unit that, when restoration information on a plurality of elevators is stored in the storage unit, collectively transmits the restoration information on the plurality of elevators. Accordingly, it is possible to quickly register the restoration information on the elevator.

Provided are embodiments including a system a method for performing smart beamforming for reliable and secure wireless data transmission. The can embodiments include receiving at least one parameter of an elevator car operating in a hoistway, and determining a steering angle based on the received parameters. The embodiments can also include performing beamforming of an antenna array based on the determined steering angle, and transmitting data from the antenna array based at least in part on a beamforming process.

An elevator system includes a controller; an elevator car; an elevator car controller mounted on the elevator car; a transceiver on the elevator car; an access point; the transceiver and the access point configured to provide wireless communications between the controller and the elevator car controller over a first communications path and a second communications path.

A commissioning arrangement for elevator and escalator network devices is disclosed. When the elevator network devices are connected to the elevator network they first get a unique communication address from another network element that is typically a network switch located higher in the chain of network switches. Then, using the established communication address, the network element contacts an automatic commissioning service for acquiring network configuration settings.

A method operates an elevator system that includes an elevator car, a first communication device, and a plurality of stationary second communication devices communicatively connected to the first communication device. The method includes determining car position indicators, each of the car position indicators being indicative of a position and/or a position-dependent communication condition of the elevator car relative to an associated one of the second communication devices. The method further includes, based on the car position indicator, determining a priority indicator for each of the second communication devices and, based on the priority indicators, prioritizing or non-prioritizing a communication between the first communication device and each of the second communication devices.

Methods and systems for determining elevator car locations are provided. Aspects includes operating, by a processor, a sensor to obtain tag data from a tag within a range of the sensor, wherein the tag is affixed to at least one landing of a plurality of landings in a hoistway of a building, wherein the sensor is affixed to a moving component of an elevator car operating in the hoistway of the building and analyzing the tag data to determine a position of the elevator car in the hoistway of the building.

A method and an apparatus for interchanging data between at least one sensor unit arranged in an elevator shaft of an elevator system and a monitoring unit of a service center which is locally remote from the elevator system, wherein an elevator car which moves vertically in the elevator shaft, include a first communication unit arranged at the elevator car. Data are transmitted from the at least one sensor unit to the first communication unit via a first communications network on the basis of the position of the elevator car and are stored by the first communication unit. The stored data are transmitted from the first communication unit to a second communication unit on the basis of at least one rule and are transmitted from the second communication unit to the monitoring unit via a second communications network.

An illustrative example embodiment of a method of remotely maintaining a connection status of a connection port of a passenger carrying system includes determining that the connection port is not connected to an authorized device, determining whether at least one criterion is satisfied while the connection port is not connected to an authorized device, and providing a notice to an authorized individual when the at least one criterion is satisfied and the connection port is not connected to an authorized device.