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Definition and Design of a Global Dispatcher Interface for a group of passenger lifts (elevators). The dispatcher is the component which allocates requests to travel to the most appropriate lift
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An overview of the design and development of a prototype Global Dispatcher Interface (GDI) for the control of a group of lifts. The role of the dispatcher is to assign passenger calls to the optimal lift in a group, as decided by a dispatcher algorithm. The GDI is independent of the underlying algorithm, which may be distributed remotely, and provi...
This paper presents an overview of the design and development of a prototype Global Dispatcher Interface (GDI) for the control of a group of lifts. The role of the dispatcher is to assign passenger calls to the optimal lift in a group, as decided by a dispatcher algorithm. The GDI is independent of the underlying algorithm, which may be distributed...
A generational change is taking place in building transportation systems as manufacturers and maintenance companies begin to integrate their products and services with the technologies of smart buildings and smart cities. Frequently this integration relies on the Internet of Things and cloud services. The diverse and heterogeneous nature of such co...
This paper presents an analysis of the requirements of a Global Dispatcher Interface for the control of a group of lifts. The information passed to and from the interface is defined as well as the common processing which will be executed on that information in order to generate the response.
Using recognised software development methods, requiremen...
The Internet of Things (IoT) is currently the subject of hype and is still in the process of consolidation from a number of visions of its purpose and the benefits it will bring. This paper starts with a review of the development and current status of, and motivations for, the IoT and continues with a discussion of the potential for integrating lif...
A common, open standard for communicating information associated with Elevator Systems has long been sought. Information as diverse as Configuration Details, Events and Traffic Patterns all need to be communicated and several proposals have been made. Recent developments based on eXtensible Markup Language (XML) bring new ways of expressing complex...
Automatically acquiring data from lifts involves two processes. The first is the transmission and subsequent storage of data from a remote lift installation to a central management point. The second process involves the identification of the important management information from the vast quantity of data received. This paper discusses the second pr...
With the falling prices and increasing sophistication of small computer systems the use of computers in the management of large numbers of lifts has become a practical reality. This article deals with possible changes within existing lift management situations. The planning of new installations will be covered in a future article bringing us anothe...
This paper addresses the work done in pursuit of an expert system for designing building pas-senger vertical transportation systems. The design and specification of lift systems for large buildings in a very complicated process, with a wide range of variables that need to be evaluated in order to design a system that will deliver acceptable perform...
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A open interface to a dispatcher for the control of a group of lifts is designed and demonstrated. Requirements are identified and documented including support for direction and destination call stations, a distributed dispatcher architecture and all varieties of known and anticipated dispatcher algorithms. The information passed to and from the interface is defined by the Standard Elevator Information Schema (SEIS) and as a result the interface is event-driven. A "proof-of-concept" is implemented is implemented as a RESTful interface.
