Introducing Elevate

An Overview

Elevate is software used by designers worldwide to select the number, size and speed of elevators for all types of buildings both new and old. Elevate can also be used to demonstrate that modernizing an existing elevator installation can improve service for passengers.

Elevate’s main features.

Analysis of elevator performance in

offices hotels hospitals shopping centres residential buildings car parks mixed use buildings airports public buildings sports and leisure complexes schools and colleges. This is achieved by techniques ranging from up peak round trip time calculations through to full dynamic simulation.
Dynamic simulation incorporating a graphical display of elevators responding to passenger calls. For your clients, this provides a convincing visual demonstration of your proposals.
An easy to use Windows interface. Enter basic information for a quick analysis or comprehensive data for a detailed model.
Kinematics calculations are applied to generate accurate elevator speed profiles.
Fully comprehensive help system and online user support.
A facility to demonstrate your own dispatcher control system using Elevate Developer Interface. This facility is useful to test and develop dispatcher algorithms.

A more comprehensive list of features of the features included in Elevate is shown overleaf.

Warning! Elevate is an extremely powerful traffic analysis tool. However, it will not make the user an elevator traffic analysis expert. For details of training courses, recommended books and examples, please visit www.peters-research.com.

Versions

Depending on the Version of Elevate purchased, different features and functions will be available. This manual describes the full version of Elevate. For a summary of the features of other versions, please refer to the following table.

This manual describes the full version of Elevate. For a summary of the features of other versions, please refer to the following table.

Features	Elevate	Elevate Express
Analysis Data
Up peak analysis - assumes all people arrive at the ground floor, calculates handling capacity and interval Enhanced up peak analysis - like up peak, but you specify the target handling capacity General analysis - people can arrive at any floor - calculate up peak, two way, basement service and more! General analysis for double deck elevators - all traffic flows, but with double deck elevators Simulation - models the whole process of people being transported by the elevators Selection of control systems including conventional and destination dispatch Use Elevate to implement, test and demonstrate your own dispatcher algorithms with simulation Select Metric or U.S. (imperial) units	ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü	ü ü ü* ü* ü
Building Data
Enter floor name and floor level, up to 100 floors served per group Express zones Unlimited entrance floors at any level Single entrance floor at the lowest level in the building	ü ü ü	ü ü ü
Elevator Data
Enter number of elevators, maximum 12 per group Enter any capacity or select from standard sizes Enter door times, or allow Elevate to choose automatically based on capacity Enter any speed or select from standard speeds Enter any acceleration and jerk rate or allow Elevate to choose based on speed SELECT and SPECIFY features to help you analyse many different configurations in single run Report options to automatically reject results that do not meet your criteria Option for elevators in a group not to serve the same floors, e.g. basement service by only part of the group Option for elevators to be specified individually, e.g. different sizes and speeds in the same group	ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü	ü ü ü ü ü ü ü
Passenger Data
Enter passenger loading and unloading times Enter passenger mass Enter capacity factor Enter length of simulation run Enter stair factor Enter floor population Passengers may arrive at any floor Passengers may arrive at ground (lowest) floor only Option to mix traffic types, for example passengers, goods, porter with trolley Option to change intensity of traffic by time of day Tools to assist fast entry of common traffic flows Option to provide Elevate with a list of pasengers, and define each passenger individually	ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü	ü ü ü ü ü ü ü
Printed Output
Summary of data entered and results calculated - includes your job titles, company name and logo Select toolbar button to transfer the data and results to Excel (if installed on your computer)	ü ü	ü
Maintenance and support
Support - email (preferred) and telephone support included from date of purchase for: Maintenance - upgrades issued to the software provided at no additional charge, from date of purchase for: Option to renew maintenance and support with Peters Research Ltd at end of free period Option to purchase future upgrades from Elevator World	1 year 1 year ü ü	1 year 1 year ü ü
Available Formats
Software and manual available for download from internet Software available via Internet download with printed manual	ü ü	ü
Activating Elevate
When you purchase, we provide a key to unlock the software on our computer (plugs into USB port) When you have purchased, we provide an unlocking code which unlocks the software on your computer	ü	ü

* indicates for up peak only

Updates

If you have a current maintenance and support agreement with Peters Research Ltd, you will be informed when updates are available. To confirm that you are using the latest version, please go to www.peters-research.com/elevate8

Developer Interface

The Elevate Developer Interface provides a way of building your own dispatcher control systems into Elevate.
The Developer Interface requires you to code your control system into a Dynamic Link Library (DLL) using Microsoft Visual C++. A sample project including a basic group control system is provided to get you started (you must own a copy of Microsoft Visual C++).

When you compile the new DLL, it is placed in the directory where Elevate is installed. Then within Elevate, select the dispatcher from the Custom options in Analysis Data. All of Elevate’s simulation and analysis options are then available to use with your dispatcher.

A sample project, DispatchW, is available in the directory where Elevate is installed.

Please note that assistance with the Developer Interface is not included in the Elevate Maintenance and Support package. Support for the Developer Interface is provided on a consultancy basis.