Patent · US Expired

Servicing a software-controlled elevator

US4561093A · kind A · utility

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5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 22, 1983
Grant dateDec 24, 1985
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Expiry dateFeb 22, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG05B2219/24056
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A computer-controlled system, such as an elevator, is tested by augmenting computer operation with a diagnostic device containing a computer and coded diagnostic programs that a service technician identifies through a keyboard using diagnostic test codes that appear on an overlay which contains special codes and identifiers associated with numerical displays and lights on the diagnostic device for correlating test results to the test performed according to the program.

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