Otis Elevator HydroFit - Elevator Fixtures, Controls, and Features

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HYDROFIT™ Owner’s Information Manual
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The alarm button and emergency stop switch located in the car operating panel are
wired into the emergency power circuitry. When operated, an alarm bell located on
the car top sounds continuously.
Emergency Communication Devices
The choice depends on the equipment and services specified for your particular
elevator, including:
 Hands-free telephone (code-compliant).
 Intercom system (provided by other than Otis)
Fixtures
Fixtures are the components passengers use to interact with the elevator. The
passenger activates a call for the elevator car at the landing entrance or at the
elevator car operating panels. The fixtures perform additional actions that provide
feedback to the passenger. For example, a hall lantern illuminates to indicate the
car’s next direction of travel as the elevator car stops at a floor.
The information that follows describes the types of fixtures used in elevator systems.
Some of these fixtures are located at the entrance landings (hall fixtures) others are
within the elevator car (car fixtures).
Hall Panel Fixture Assembly
Hall Panels are located at the entrance landings. They contain buttons,
keyswitches, and jewels. Activation, through pressing a button or turning a key,
registers a call for the elevator to service the landing.
Car Operating Panel
The Car Operating Panel is located in the elevator car. It contains buttons for
entering destination requests, door opening and closing, and alarms (activate the
alarm bell and/or initiate a phone call). The buttons may illuminate, come in vandal
resistant versions, and have adjacent Braille markings available. The car operating
panel also contains keyswitches, jewels, position indicator, and audible signal
devices (buzzer, landing passing tone, speech synthesis, etc.).
Lantern Fixture Assembly
Lanterns are located at entrance landings or in the elevator car. They provide
passengers with a visual representation of the elevator’s next direction of travel.
Arrival of the elevator car at a landing sounds a lantern chime: once for up direction
and twice for down direction.
Position Indicator
Position Indicators are located at entrance landings and in the car operating panel.
They provide passengers with a visual identification of the car’s floor position within
the hoistway.