Elevator Forum

Does this car have the IPD system? If it does hall calls can be locked out. Check IPD_Front_HX, per floor. True locks that floor, false not locked. Th...

Sounds like the open and close micro switch's for slow down are not wired in correctly. Is L1A grounded? Just an added thought, you cannot adjust the ...

If it going down on the final without pulling the directional relays in, it almost has to be a series field issue.

Does the building test a backup Generator. I have had similar problems, and that ended up being the cause. If so have the maintenance person park the ...

Thanks for the update. Good find.

You have lost all the original field programmable parameters. So you need to go through and re-install them. Things like the motor name plate RPM, Pul...

If you swapped the CPU the floor table and all the field programmable parameters are gone. The floor table is on a removable chip I think it is at U37...

I have never adjusted a smartrise, but have had similar problems with other control and drive systems. Usually the problem was that the KI, and KP vel...

Are you stopping the door completely then testing the force? Kinetic energy is computed by the weight of it's mass and the square of it's velocity. Pe...

The AB Drive is considered obsolete. However almost everything in there can be sent out to be repaired. Access is the best place to send bad boards. C...

Have you checked the load weighing ? Does this only happen on inspect?

Check the parameter jog adjust. both should be 100% in drive and in miprom. Also the same problem can occur if the timer's on the P and the SB relays ...

I would check the bottom rail slowdown switches. They may be mfs switches. In which case one of them may not have switched state when the magnet ran p...

Motor field coils, or the voltage to the coils. If the fields are weak, you can over speed. Or have you checked the governor with a tach? I f the 90% ...

When the car gets lost, it will throw an 83 error. It then searches down to the bottom level. The 83 should go away and the number 1 should appear. If...