Vertical transportation like elevator, escalator, dumbwaiter and lift systems monitoring, maintenance, repair, inspection, testing and modernization system and method
An vertical transportation elevator, escalator, dumbwaiter and lift systems monitoring, maintenance, repair, inspection, testing and modernization system and method is provided. The system and method may provide real-time information to a technician, buildings, property managers, facility managers, owners of building, building engineers, regarding the current state of the equipment, status of inspections, status of testing, repairs, modernization history of maintenance real time maintenance performed on equipment and characteristics of the equipment, and future requirements of the elevator.
1. A system for monitoring information and repairs related to vertical transportation, the system comprising the steps of:
providing an elevator, escalator, dumbwaiter or lift as the vertical transportation;
providing a data recording system; and
requiring a dual log in system wherein a building owner must log into the data recording system;
requiring a elevator, escalator, dumbwaiter or lift technician to log into the data recording system;
wherein the data recording system provides real-time information regarding the elevator, escalator, dumbwaiter or lift; and
wherein the technician updates information related to work performed on the elevator, escalator, dumbwaiter or lift once the technician is logged into the system and once the work is completed by the technician.
2. The system for monitoring information and repair related to vertical transportation of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:
connecting the data recording system to the Internet.
3. The system for monitoring information and repair related to vertical transportation of claim 1 wherein the building owner must log in to the data recording system before the technician logs into the stat recording system.
4. The system for monitoring information and repair related to vertical transportation of claim 1 wherein the data recording system requires the technician to be physically within a building being worked on in order for the technician to log into the system.
5. The system for monitoring information and repair related to vertical transportation of claim 1 wherein the data recording system requires the technician to use an IP address of a specific building being worked on in order for the technician to be able to log into the system.
6. The system for monitoring information and repair related to vertical transportation of claim 1 further comprising the steps of:
allowing an inspector to have access to the data recording system wherein the inspector may issue a pass or fail notice to a test performed on the elevator, escalator, dumbwaiter or lift.
7. The system for monitoring information and repair related to vertical transportation of claim 1 wherein the work performed by the technician is preventative maintenance, a callback, an emergency call, an entrapment check-up, a repair or a modernization.
8. The system for monitoring information and repair related to vertical transportation of claim 1 wherein the data recording system keeps track of the average time it takes a technician to complete a specific task and wherein the data recording system updates the average time to complete that task after the technician completes the task.
9. The system for monitoring information and repair related to vertical transportation of claim 1 wherein the system sends an email to the building owner once a task completed by the technician is completed.
10. The system for monitoring information and repair related to vertical transportation of claim 1 wherein the data recording system automatically notifies the building owner of an upcoming required inspection.