Elevate™ is software used by designers world-wide to select the number, size and speed of elevators for all types of new buildings. Elevate™ can also be used to demonstrate that modernizing an existing elevator installation will improve service for passengers.
Not everyone needs the full features of Elevate™. Elevate™ Express is the basic version of Elevate, but is still more advanced than most other elevator traffic analysis software!
Elevate’s features include:
Elevate Express’ features include:
Features |
Elevate |
Elevate
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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 | ✓ | ✓ |
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 | ✓ | |
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 | ✓ | |
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 | ✓ | |
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) | ✓ | |
Maintenance and support | ||
Support – email (preferred) and telephone support included from date of purchase for: | 1 year | 1 year |
Maintenance – upgrades issued to the software provided at no additional charge, from date of purchase for: | 1 year | 1 year |
Option to renew maintenance and support with Peters Research Ltd at end of free period | ✓ | ✓ |
Option to purchase future upgrades from Elevator World | ✓ | ✓ |
Available Formats | ||
Software available for download online | ✓ |
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Manual available to read online | ✓ | ✓ |
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 | ✓ |
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