Independent Service and Manually Controlling a Schindler MT Hydraulic Elevator

(May 2012) In this video, we see 2 operation modes of a Schindler MT: Independent Service (Hospital Service) and Dead Man's Control.
Filmed in Patton Hall, Virginia Tech.
Type: Hydraulic
Capacity: 2500 lbs
Speed: 125 feet/min
Installed: 1996

[@elevatorswithESH]

Awesome demonstration! I talked to a security guard at Willow bend one day about two of the elevators being broken and she explained that she even knew how to do the dead man’s control which I was surprised. I told her I know that trick as well.

[@kdmq]

Could you imagine if you were doing this 30 floors up and the elevator had to go down to the lobby at levelling speed?

[@plushbatfan]

Do you like Elmo?

[@Undercoverelevator212-s2n]

If you disrupt the door or push door open while it's closing in HE, it will reopen, but it will cancel out the call(s) too.

[@viktorosipov1174]

Nice motor sound by the way

[@Jamestube8439]

Rare indicator placement on this elevator, according to tkefan29 since I found an indicator placement similar to this one.

[@sionspeaks]

THIS ELEVATOR HAS TWO PAIRS OF DOORS!

[@homeguestunton]

Spammer.

[@sionspeaks]

@@homeguestunton SHUT UP!

[@homeguestunton]

@@sionspeaks No you’re actually the one.

[@homeguestunton]

Also that’s a signal slide door not a center-opening door.

[@itskingboy189]

lol this video still gets comment’s

[@msj191961]

It's an MT. RT buttons are round.

[@Anjasomc]

Love the dead man's control!

[@tmoney3857]

Anjasomc P P

[@thewildeeper]

Patton Hall, as stated in the description

[@UltimateManager]

The BEST Motor Ever!

[@Jamestube8439]

Yeah, it would make a weird sound where it would get loud then quiet and over and over again

[@SamSitar]

nice demonstration. that fan sounds like an engine.

[@AlabamaElevators]

Sam Sitar ikr

[@upanddownadventures]

It is called Hand Service.

[@ElijahMagniez]

Cool awesome demo.

[@seanjuth]

dieselducy hand is for elevator tech to access the hoistway

[@ElevationStationProductions]

For future reference: the notch on the key lines up with the arrow on the lock.

[@Jamestube8439]

Maybe you know, what's the purpose of hand service.

[@ARelevators]

@@Jamestube8439 idk either i wanna know

[@Jamestube8439]

@@ARelevators I figured it out, it's used for moving the elevator to a certain spot for inspection or something like that, it has been discontinued on Schindler Elevators Today.

[@CenTexElevators489]

No wonder Schindler got rid of their "Hand" mode, and one reason why the older American Schindler elevators had confused controllers, was because their hydraulic controllers were called "MPH," and their traction controllers "MPT."

[@seanjuth]

CaptainElevator42189 hand mode is now called hoistway access today

[@EWPA14]

sean juth That’s not entirely true.

[@Jamestube8439]

What's hospital service? By the way that was one interesting motor.

[@SG118P]

Jamestube 8439 ???

[@RainbowManification]

Elevators installed in hospitals have a special mode to allow medical responders to get to emergencies faster. A user puts there key in, the nearest elevator is taken out of service and responds. The elevator also moves at maximum operating speed as opposed to normal speeds which is much slower.

[@efrost8504]

the elevator was in hand service

[@utility_tristin]

Don't try the stop switch in the Mariott Marquis in New York Bad Idea you might GO ALL THE WAY down at leveling speed you been in stuck in there for a while

[@Jamestube8439]

Did you try it?

[@Undercoverelevator212-s2n]

Schindler's fire service is a bit different: The chime is disabled like Dover and ThyssenKrupp, however, instead of a buzzer/beeper going off, the floor passing chime repeatedly sounds until the door slowly opens. It's kinda like nudging the elevator.

[@upanddownadventures]

And it is not exactly independent service: You don't have to hold the button down to close the door. This might be called code blue service.

[@Undercoverelevator212-s2n]

Code Blue Service requires constant pressure on the D/C button too.

[@dellcl]

Maybe you shouldn’t be screwing with something you have absolutely no clue as to how it works.

[@kennygaia9974]

Nice

[@patrickselevators7446]

i seen this video before

[@pamespela6728]

MT

[@lukewilson1092]

Luke