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Press 2013 Meeting CANopen Special Interest Group Lift 2013-07 read more ... CANopen Lift Plugfest - 2013-07-02 The components manufacturer of the lifts the interoperability of their CANopen-Lift products on the 2nd of July of 2013. 10 participants from Denmark, Germany, France and Sweden took part on the sixth Plugfest, hosted by CiA in Nürnberg. read more ... CANopen-Lift in der Praxis - Referenzaufzug an der Hochschule Heilbronn Die Vernetzung von realen Aufzugskomponenten mit CANopen eröffnet neue Möglichkeiten bei der Systemintegration und der Kommunikation mit Drittkomponenten. Bei der Systemintegration und der Entwicklung neuer Komponenten ist ein Referenzmodell hilfreich, gegen das die Komponenten getestet werden. Dieses kann durch Restbussimulation und durch eine reale Anlage umgesetzt werden. In diesem Aufsatz werden beide Möglichkeiten vorgestellt und neue Wege der Systemintegration diskutiert. read more ... Treffen der Marketing Gruppe Lift 01-2013 read more ... Press 2012 CANopen Lift Plugfest - 2012-09-25 PlugFest The PlugFest was an open event of the CiA, where the French company Sprinte took part for the first time. The PlugFest gave the participants the opportunity to link their products and to prove the interoperability of defined functions of the new Standard version 2.1, in small changing teams. weiter lesen ... Meeting of the Marketing Group Lift 2012-09 Meeting SMG Lift at ELFIN Am 12. September 2012 fand in den Geschäftsräumen der ELFIN GmbH das Treffen der Special Marketing Group (SMG) Lift statt. Die zentralen Themen des Treffens waren die Vorbereitung der kommenden Interlift 2013, die Erweiterung des CANopen-Lift Demonstrators, Veröffentlichungen in der Fachpresse, ... weiter lesen ... Meeting CANopen Spezial Interest Group Lift 2012-04 Energy measurement On the 25th of April of 2012 took place in Nurnberg a meeting of the SIG Lift. The French company Sprinte, which produces and develops CANopen products since many years ago, participated for the first time. After a presentation from Jörg Hellmich about the current Marketing arrangements, some new functions that should take the current stand of the normative a step further, in the future. read more ... Press 2011 Meeting CANopen Spezial Interest Group Lift 5-2011 On May 11th 2011 a meeting of the SIG Lift took place at CiA office Nuremberg. After a review of the last meeting and the comments to the new version 2.1 of the specification, there was a discussion on the submitted enhancments regarding a tunneling of messages for monitoring tools, virtual inputs for the detection of persons in the lift car and in front of the doors, new parameters for the drive unit, COB-IDs for tunneling the control messages in a group of lifts. read more ... Press 2010 3rd CANopen Lift plug fest 3rd PlugFest In this CANopen Lift plug fest, CiA members performed several communication stress tests with their devices. The purpose of these devices are still capable to provide CANopen communication services without errors even at extreme bus conditions (up to full busload, up to maximal bus lenght). read more ... CiA 417 (CANopen Lift) version 2.0 CANopen Lift version 2.0 The CANopen SIG “Lift” released the version 2.0 of the CANopen application profile for lift control systems (CiA 417). The completely re-structured specification is partly incompatible to version 1.0. In particular, the specification for some of the virtual devices such as car drive has been revised significantly. Also some PDO specifications have been updated. read more ... The standardized network for lift control systems PlugFest CANopen Lift In general, lifts are becoming more complex. An increasing number of electronic devices are installed in lift control systems so as to be able to satisfy both rising demands in regard to functionality and the requirements set forth in current standards and safety specifications. Embedded microprocessors respond to input signals or sensor data and thus generate output signals or messages, which are determined on the basis of algorithms written in the internal firmware. To make it possible for the electronic devices to work together and exchange internal information or commands they will have to be connected with each other by means of serial networks. read more ... CANopen-Safety-Chip CSC02 certified by TÜV The CANopen safety chip CSC, which was developed and overhauled by a consortium, is now available in a new version CSC02. The TÜV Rhineland Group technical standards authority has released the CANopen safety chip CSC02 for safety-oriented applications up to SIL 3 (safety integrity level) in accordance with IEC 61508 (test report 968/EL 215.02/09). read more ... Displays can do much more than showing numbers Floor display FD4 Floor display FD4 Displays can do much more than showing numbers. They support other components of the CANopen bus with memory; they even perform as interface to passengers and service engineers. You probably know all about CANopen and its individual items. You know the benefits and its limits. And now you will learn about one device which appears rather minor in the beginning and will proof to be essential and beneficial for all other components in the end: The display. Any news so far? read more ... Standardized networking for elevator components based on CiA-417 Lift Control floor indicator Technical systems are, in general, becoming ever more complex. Electronic systems – usually equipped with tiny embedded microprocessors – are implementing new functions, increasing convenience or improving system safety and reliability. Responding to signals made provided by sensors or arriving at inputs, these processors employ the algorithms written in the internal firmware to determine what the assembly actually does. The more information available about the system, the broader the basis upon which decisions can be made. read more ... Press 2009 CANopen Lift demonstrator in action CANopen-Lift Demonstrator The CANopen Lift demonstrator was jointly built by CiA members. The lift control prototype with real-life devices demonstrates the interoperability of CiA 417 compliant devices. Last year, the demonstrator was shown on the CiA booth at the Interlift exhibition in Augsburg (Germany). In addition, the demonstrator was exhibited at several German conferences as well as some company-specific events in the Netherlands and Sweden. The modular system has been designed and manufactured by the Swiss company Masora. read more ... CANopen Lift products at Interlift 2009 The CiA 417 specification defines the messages (CAN-ID and content) and all the process data in detail. The configuration parameter for drives, car doors, and I/O panels are defined in detail in CiA 417, too. The CANopen Lift specification has been reviewed entirely and was released as version 2.0 in February 2010. But some prototypes already have been shown at the Interlift 2009. The operability of CANopen Lift products is tested by means of plug-fests organized by CiA. read more ... CANopen Plugfest Results, Plans First CANopen-Lift PlugFest March saw the first Plugfest in Nuremberg and Heilbronn, as members of the CANopen lift group proved the interoperability of their devices. Two controller manufacturers (Böhnke + Partner and Weber Lifttechnik) and several suppliers of lift components (Elgo, Masora, Posital, Schaefer and Ziehl-Abegg) exchanged data via the CANopen network. As expected, some minor differences in the interpretation of the CANopen lift specification (CiA 417) were detected. read more ... Press 2007 Report - Interlift Augsburg, DE In October, the world's largest fair about elevators took place. CiA presented "CANopen Lift" on its booth. Within the four days of the fair many questions of visitors were answered and information brochures were distributed. Our member companies had the chance to meet and discuss with the CiA secretary, who is responsible for the success of the CANopen Lift specification. read more ... CANopen encoders for elevator engineering Precise positioning of the lift cabin is a vital precondition for optimized travel of the elevator. The formerly applied magnet switches with their rather big efforts in installation nowadays are more and more replaced by encoder systems. Encoders for monitoring position and speed allow any required curve of way and time. Whereas incremental encoders are perfect for measuring speed, absolute encoders are designed to fit positioning applications. read more ... CANopen lifts people Doors are closing. The synthetic voice in the lift becomes silent. The electronic devices controlling the lift start to communicate inaudibly for human beings before the lift moves the passenger to the requested floors. In the past, the embedded lift control system used proprietary networks and device interfaces. This lead either to high efforts in system integration or the lift manufacturer had to buy all electronic devices from one single manufacturer. read more ... CANopen specification for lift control systems CAN in lift control application has been used for many years by major lift manufacturing companies. In 2002 several medium-size companies decided to move to a standard higher layer protocol based on CAN. They decided to use CANopen as a basis for this standard. The goal was to have some kind of plug and play lift control system for any standard lift application. The result of the standardization work is the CANopen application profile for lift control systems CiA-417. By use of this standard it is possible to build in maximum a lift application with 254 floors and eight parallel lifts. read more ... Drive for CANopen lift Inverter Control Techniques has introduced the Unidrive SP that can be stopped in a controlled, damage-freeway - and given them the means, for example, to bring lifts safely to the nearest floor for the evacuation of their occupants. This is due to the drive’s power supply input. This feature is relevant for any equipment that needs UPS back-up - e.g. fair­ground rides and machine tools, so that it can be shut­down safely. read more ... Experiences with CANopen Lift networks Lifts Lift control applications increasingly use decentralized and distributed control systems. These control systems require communication networks that link the sub-controllers, the “intelligent” sensors and the actuators. The level of compatibility is an important issue, if you want to buy and use off-the-shelf products. read more ... Hamburg church with a view - CANopen lifts visitors Nikolai Church Hamburg At the southern end of Hamburg stand the remains of the St. Nikolai church. The gothic style church was built in the 19th century and was an architectural masterpiece of its time. It is one of the few remaining landmarks from prewar Hamburg and after heavy raids by Allied forces in 1943 it was virtually the only structure left standing in the city center. The church was left blackened with soot and partially destroyed; the ruins were left standing in order to serve as a memorial to the victims of persecution in the Third Reich. The third highest church tower in Germany spirals up to an impressive 147 m height. read more ... Lift operating panels with CANopen interface Panel Lift operating panels include control devices and display modules. The customer has to connect them with large effort via numerous parallel wires. A fast and easy installation of the operating panels is often impossible. Solutions and concepts for a direct bus connection of lift operating panels have been discussed for a long time. Partial solutions have been achieved by the definition of a standard connector assignment for the connection of car operating panels. read more ... Safe and simple - CANopen encoders for lift technology Switches and cam rails are fragile components. Mechanically fastening and adjusting them is time-consuming, moreover, adapting them to specific applications often requires many parallel switches and therefore many control inputs. However, there is a simpler and less troublesome solution: In lift technology, for instance, a position measuring system based on absolute rotary encoders can be used. read more ... Vertical transport saves energy Transportation feeds on energy. As an increasing number of people live in cities, more energy is needed for transporting them around. In the last century, the urban population has grown from 15% to 50% of the entire world population. This figure is expected to increase to 70% by the end of this century. According to research published by the United Nations, skyscrapers can lower transportation costs since less energy is used to transport people. read more ... Lift by Wire - LiftReport 2/2002 The Interlift fair in Augsburg showed us once again that the trend in the lift industry is moving towards networking components by using standard Bus systems. So, most of today’s firms offer their component parts with a CAN or LON connection. Parallel to hardware interface compatibility there were first talks at the fair about standardising protocols on the CAN Bus basis to enable the interconnection of components from various manufacturers to make up a complete lift system. read more ...