About lift management
Lift management consists of linking the access control system to the building’s elevators. Lift management linked to access control aims to restrict access to one or more elevators as well as to specific floors: depending on his role, the user only really needs to go to certain floors of the building and to the common areas. These tools allow, in addition to the access control function, to reinforce the security of the building by restricting and defining user access beforehand.
How does lift management work?
The objective of FDI lift management is to :
- Define in advance the accessible floors for each user
- Manage up to 110 floors per elevator
- Combine elevator management with destination control systems:
- KONE: COP (Car Operating Panel) & DOP (Destination Operator Panel)
- OTIS: EMS (Elevator Management System) and Compass; elevator control management solution
COP – Car Operating Panel
Elevator control panel
FDI reader integrated in the elevator car communicating with the KONE elevator via iPassan
DOP – Destination Operating Panel
Destination control panel
KONE interface located on the outside of the elevator telling users which elevator to use
EMS – Elevator Management System
Lift management system
FDI reader integrated in the elevator car communicating to the OTIS elevator via iPassan
Compass – Elevator Control Management Solution
OTIS interface located outside the elevator indicating to users which elevator to use
FDI uses two methods to link elevator management to the access control system:
- Elevator management with wired exits
Does not require any particular license, adapts to all types of buildings. - HLI (High Level Integration) elevator management
Enables limited cabling network, improves user experience, best suited for large scale buildings where large scale cabling operations are complex.
Focus on the management of elevators with wired exits
The purpose of elevator management with cabled exits is to authorize user and visitor access to predetermined authorized floors over a defined period of time.
Normally, one wired output is assigned per floor, and the elevator management system can support up to 110 floors.
In practice, users present their access card to the reader and then press the button corresponding to the floor they wish to reach. The elevator only starts when the user has selected a floor to which he/she is authorized to access.
The elevator only starts when the user has selected a floor to which he/she is authorized to access.
- An easy-to-use system: similar to a conventional elevator and access to the floors after presentation of the access ticket
- Shared access cards: no additional badge or card to access the elevator and floors.
Focus on integrated elevator management
Integrated elevator management involves the installation of a reader at the elevator entrance. Its main objective is to reduce wiring operations and optimize user flows by indicating which elevator to use after presenting their access ticket.
In this way, users only access the elevators that serve their floor and only the floors they are authorized to reach. The use of the elevator is even simpler since it is not necessary to press a button to access the desired floor: the elevator recognizes the targeted floor via the access ticket presented to the reader and decoded by the iPassan central unit.
The integrated elevator management allows :
- An easy-to-use system: simplified use compared to a traditional elevator with access to the floors by simply presenting the access ticket
- Shared access cards: no additional badge or card to access the elevator and floors
- Optimization of user flows: indication of which elevator to use according to the access ticket presented
What are the advantages of lift management?
The primary benefit of the LMS (Lift Management System) or EMS (Elevator Management System) is to improve the security level of the building in which the elevators and the access control solution are located. Extending access control to the elevators of a building allows to:
- Improve its overall security level by distributing accessible levels according to user roles
- Optimize user flows
- Easily manage access to doors and elevators through a single interface and access control center
- Carry out a single maintenance on the access control and management functions of centralized elevators
In the same way, the integration of the elevator management with the access control system ensures the system installer :
- Simplified commissioning: no computer knowledge required
- Quick and easy installation process: a single control panel and no input extensions required (wiring)
- Easy maintenance: single access point
As for the end users, they benefit from :
- D’un niveau de sécurité amélioré : seuls les utilisateurs habilités peuvent accéder aux étages qui leur sont attribués
- An easy-to-use system: similar to a conventional elevator and access to the floors after presentation of the access ticket
- Shared access cards: no additional badge or card to access the elevator and floors.
In which cases can lift management be used?
Elevator management can be used both in the residential and tertiary sectors for collective buildings, allowing :
- Access to dedicated floors: housing, offices, businesses…
- Flow regulation and distribution of the use of elevator cabins: company offices, commercial premises, shared accommodation in the same building
In other words, elevator management makes sense in collective buildings with private and shared spaces.
Which FDI products allow lift management?
All FDI products in the iPassan range are designed to allow the integration of elevator management into your access control system.
