Elevator Forum

Pretty Ugly. I've worked on them years ago as well as the uglier TMS 500. They use to use this little terminal/ printer to get access to system inform...

One tip I can give you is that as you discover the numerous cool widget programs that make up IMS, is to use the I/O view utility. This lets you look ...

You are absolutely right. I taught the fourth year apprentice program for about three years. Most of what I saw scared me. It's not only that the tech...

The sad thing is that years ago there was a significant wage difference between what an adjuster made and a regular route mechanic made. That is not t...

Lol they use to be a fun challenge. Now they are just a pain in the ass.

The units on this job do indeed use the DSP card as the power supply for the position and velocity encoders. I am waiting for a new DSP card . That re...

I don't know about California but here in Maryland we have to do a pretest on mod and new construction jobs with a third party QEI inspector prior to ...

I may have got a handle on this one. It was weird that it kept blowing not only the same chip but the same gate. I had swapped the TC wire that you me...

Yes it does trip the governor switch. I have ordered another DSP card. I had the local board repair shop replace the optos but maybe the problem is fu...

I just recently fixed a problem almost identical to this. Symptom was the car intermittently going out on low oil. There was nothing wrong with either...

Is the car always shut down at the first floor with an up direction? Couple of ideas in addition to Scott's ideas. Check the LRA relay to see if it bu...

You may want to take a look at the nylon roller pins under the door limits while you are doing the other stuff. The four cam contact assembles in the ...

Numerous things can make a Miconic V fail a learn trip. The load weigh must be setup properly. This usually presents itself after guys fail to block c...