The lifts (elevators for the americans) at work need reprogramming. Their strategy is clearly wrong.
We have three lifts at work, they all service the above ground floors, but only two go down to the basement. However, when I press the ‘Up’ button to call a lift from the ground floor, the program will bring one of the two ‘basement enabled’ lifts to me, even if the other one is already at ground level! This is clearly wrong, as the system knows I am going up and therefore letting me use the ‘above ground only’ lift, which is already at my level, is by far a better option than:
- making me wait for another one
- making me use a lift that could restrict other’s movements around the building if they want to go to the basement
The only time that I have ever got the ‘above ground only’ lift to open it’s doors is when there has been more than one lift already at ground level which, again, is wrong. the system should only offer me the ‘above ground only’ lift as it suits my known purpose of going upwards and would keep the others for people who may want to go to the basement.
The lifts are made by Kone – I wonder if it’s possible to download and patch the firmware 
November 29th, 2005 at 11:29 am
Uh! Geek?
November 29th, 2005 at 11:37 am
No, I swear… It’s not just me – Everyone complains about it, and everyone has there own stategy for dealing with it. I’ve since discovered that you can get the doors to open on the lift that only goes up, by pressing the up and the down button.