(19)
(11) EP 1 151 952 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
12.03.2003 Bulletin 2003/11

(43) Date of publication A2:
07.11.2001 Bulletin 2001/45

(21) Application number: 01304091.0

(22) Date of filing: 04.05.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: B66B 1/34
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 05.05.2000 GB 0010743

(71) Applicant: Read Holdings Limited
Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland TS20 2AQ (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Belshaw, David c/o Global Control Technology Ltd.
    Stockton-on-Tees Cleveland TS20 2AB (GB)

(74) Representative: Leach, John Nigel et al
FORRESTER & BOEHMERT, Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22
80336 München
80336 München (DE)

   


(54) Lift control system


(57) A control system for a lift system having a lift car and a lift motor to move said car between a plurality of floors, wherein the control system comprises a plurality of control nodes, one of said control nodes comprising a lift controller, said control nodes being communicatively connected by a communication means, said lift controller being operable in response to messages received from others of said control nodes by said communication means to operate said lift motor, wherein the communication means comprises a serial connection.






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