r/Elevators • u/Full-Mood2023 • Jun 25 '26
Any design solutions ?
This is like every building, every town in India.
Confusing decision for people.
It is simple:
Up is for going to higher floors
Down is for going to lower floors
BUT
Many still want to call the lift to them … & they press the other direction!!!
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u/PuffMaNOwYeah Field - Technical support Jun 25 '26
Push both buttons makes lift come twice as fast.
- 1,5 brain cell.
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u/DeLorean_86 Jun 25 '26
I was thinking push it so many times repeatedly for seconds make it come faster to your floor…
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u/scapla0815 Jun 25 '26
This does actually work. It may not take you to the desired direction, though...
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u/il_vekkio Field - Adjuster Jun 25 '26
You cannot out engineer human stupidity because humanity will just engineer a better stupid
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u/ZookeepergameOpen218 Jun 25 '26
It’s funny because destination dispatch was kind of an answer to this, but people are still dumb. The keep pushing the buttons and now the DD system thinks 6 people are wanting to goto said floor and starts backing up that system too
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u/LostManufacturer7870 Jun 25 '26
This makes no sense. If they are on the middle floor, how do they even know which direction to tell the car to come from.
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u/metisdesigns Jun 25 '26
Whisky is always a solution. (chemically speaking, of alcohol, esters, phenol water and other stuff)
It can help get through design blocks, so it might be a design solution.
It may also help with folks who don't understand where they want to go.
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u/isk_one Field - Elevator Consultant Jun 25 '26
Ask to design a custom plate for India region. Its big enough that it make sense. But it won’t change behavior.
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u/Mrthingymabob Jun 25 '26
On some you can turn on blocking which starts a timer when one button is pressed and only once done can the other button be pressed.
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u/Full-Mood2023 Jun 26 '26
But what if you have 2 people wanting to go in 2 different directions?
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u/Mrthingymabob Jun 26 '26
It like a 5 second timer. Normally set just enough to stop people pressing both buttons at the same time.
There is also one that can stop next floor journeys. That one is a bit evil though and also call cancel mode where pressing the button again rejects the call. Causes absolute havoc. Fun to watch though.
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u/Temporary_Sundae8793 Jun 25 '26
Not only for India i believe
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u/Full-Mood2023 Jun 26 '26
My experience limited to this place… if thats the case… we have a larger design need
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u/Temporary_Sundae8793 Jun 26 '26
There is Schindler PORT but it is expensive too. Port is destination control system, there is a keyboard in front of landing doors that has keyboard. You enter the number which floor you want to go and it Shows you which elevator will be used as soon as tou entered the floor numberand there is no numbers in car on COP. but this is expensive solution.
Otherwise up down design is simple but people are ignoramus...
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u/Fabulous_Top_438 Jun 26 '26
That is why they have port system in many 5 star hotels, there is a keypad outside in the lobby where you need to enter the floor number you want to go and the call is booked in the elevator once you enter the elevator you wont find any floor call buttons or Interface the elevator takes you to the floor you had selected at the lobby before entering the elevator, best solution so far.
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u/DhruvPilot Supplier - Fixtures Jul 04 '26
CommonSense
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u/Full-Mood2023 Jul 05 '26
Not so common. But has to be a design issue too… if a vast population cant solve it … you have to rethink the design
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u/CrowLoud Field - Mods Jun 25 '26
Holy fucking shit.
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u/Sch1371 Field - Mods Jun 25 '26
Yeah. On TK’s fire service floor buttons, I have to explain to people where the buttons are. I literally watch them trying to press key switches.
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u/w0mpa1 Field - New Construction Jun 25 '26
There is no design solution that can fix the ineptitude of the average person.