Dupline 3-wire Bus for Elevators

Dupline 3-wire Bus for Elevators

Dupline 3-wire bus for Elevators

The signals and power

For all the pushbutton
Panels and Position
Indicators run on the
Same 3 wires

Dupline 3-wire Bus for Elevators

I/O-board with 2 inputs and 2 outputs

Used for the pushbuttons and lamps at

the landing stations
Small dimension for easy integration in
fixtures
2 contact inputs with built-in pulse
prolongation that ensures that even short
button activations are captured by the PLC
2 PNP transistor outputs for driving the
lamps

Dupline 3-wire Bus for Elevators

I/O-boards with 8 inputs, 8 outputs or 4 In / 4 Out

Used for the pushbuttons and lamps in

the car
Built-in pulse prolongation ensures that
even short button activations are captured
by the PLC
8 output board is used for control of the

Dupline 3-wire Bus for Elevators

The Master Module

Channel Generator Function

Serial Interface for the PLC to
exchange Dupline I/O-data
Synchronizes the Power Supply on
the 3rd wire with the Dupline
signalling

Dupline 3-wire Bus for Elevators

Interfacing Options

The Master Modules read

And write directly into the
PLC memory

Dupline 3-wire Bus for Elevators

Max Power Load

Rule no. 1
Total Current on the 3rd wire < 3.5 A
Rule no. 2
Total Current x Resistance in Common Wire
< 3.5 V

Dupline 3-wire Bus for Elevators

Max Power Load

Example
What is the max current on 100m 1.5 sq.mm.
Cable ?
100m of 1.5 sq.mm. Cable has a resistance
of app. 1.3 Ohms
Max current load = 3.5V / 1.3 Ohms = 2.7A

Dupline 3-wire Bus for Elevators

Max Power Load

How to increase max current ?

Install an additional Power Supply and a
Dupline Power Supply Coupler in the other
end of the cable
This increases the max current with a
factor of 4, because each power supply
supplies half the current in half the wire
length

Dupline 3-wire Bus for Elevators

Installation Rules

Do not connect Dupline

Common to Ground

Dupline 3-wire Bus for Elevators

Dupline Elevator Bus- Features

Easy to use
Robust and reliable
Easy to interface to PLCs
Flexible
Cost-effective

Dupline 3-wire Bus for Elevators

Dupline Elevator Bus- Benefits

Reduced installation time (up to 80-90
%)
Reduced cable cost
One-size-fits-all control panel
If a PLC is used, the cost of the Dupline
modules is to some extend compensated
by the savings on PLC I/O expansion
modules and cable

Dupline 3-wire Bus for Elevators

Our customers until now

Typically middle-sized independent
elevator
companies without own
electronics R&D
Companies using PLC for controls

Dupline 3-wire Bus for Elevators

Our competitors
The big companies, making complete
elevators or elevator controls systems,
have developed their own solutions
based on CAN or LON

- And their problems

CAN and LON are too expensive

solutions especially for the small
elevators
CAN and LON er complex bus
systems that seem to be overkill for
the simple elevators
The big companies are looking for a
Cost-effective bus solution for the

Dupline 3-wire Bus for Elevators

The trend
Elevator control systems without bus
solution are to a higher and higher
extend considered
as old-fashioned

The future
Dupline combined with CAN, LON or
Ethernet
as upper level bus could be
an opportunity
to work with the big
companies