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Show HN: Elevators

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Re: Show HN: Elevators

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Post by richk449 »

NetMageSCW wrote: post #417
richk449 wrote: post #392

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Interesting. I didn't realize that destination dispatch told the user what elevator to take at the time of request. (I've never used it.) Why not have active display above each elevator that says what floors it is going to when it opens?

Because it doesn’t know that until after it has completed the trip?

That explanation is entirely inconsistent with sambellll's statement that when the user clicks a floor, the display tells them what elevator to take, and that elevator is then locked into going to that floor.

Also, I don't think that destination dispatch would work if the elevator didn't commit to going to the users's floor at the point the user got onboard. It may also stop at additional floors that weren't committed to when the user entered, and it may drop floors it was thinking of going to before it picked up the user (if the user onboard isn't going to those floors), but once the user gets onboard, that floor is a hard commitment.

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Post by dsego »

LargoLasskhyfv wrote: post #412
dsego wrote: post #314

In my residential building we have two elevators, a big one and a small one, the small one can fit 3-4 people if they squeeze together, it can't fit a bicycle. And of course, they don't work independently, so if the small one is already on your floor the big one won't stop there, so if I have my bicycle with me, I need to send the small one to a higher floor first, and since people are using the lifts constantly, som…

Put the bicycle on its back-wheel, vertical?

I do that sometimes, but it's a tight fit and I might leave dirt marks.

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Post by dsego »

shmeeed wrote: post #347
dsego wrote: post #311

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In some elevators there is a stop lever for emergencies, but I found out it cleared all the selected floors as well. So in my building if I've made a mistake or a kid selected all the floors, I can just flip the stop toggle and reset everything.

OMG, this brings out memories about that oh so tempting red stop lever I was absolutely NOT allowed to touch as a kid. I haven't remebered that for decades..

One time our neighbor forgot her phone and activated the stop in the small elevator just as the doors were closing and it started going down. It stopped but already moved down and got stuck between floors. We were inside with our small child and it was not pleasant. Luckily, after resetting the switch and pressing some buttons, the elevator continued on its way.
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