What’s new in M2CS 2.1

If M2CS 2.0 focused the changes on tools to help lift maintenance companies in their functions, 𝗠𝟮𝗖𝗦 𝟮.𝟭 aims to provide maintenance companies with tools to reach end users (neighborhood communities, residents or other users who frequently use the same lift and wish to be informed of its status). With these tools, maintenance companies that want to use them will be able to demonstrate to their customers the efficiency of their service.
 
✅ 1 – New tool for maintenance that allows you to record very quickly an intervention carried out on the lift to facilitate future cause-effect analysis.
 
✅ 2 – Tool for the neighborhood community, residents or frequent users, in the form of a web application that will allow the user to be informed of the state of the lift and the interventions carried out by the maintenance company.
 
✅ 3 – Lift usage report: journeys made, service rate, maintenance interventions, usage per floor.

  27/05/2023

 

Control system for refurbishments?

Of course!,  

The same HIDRA Crono technology with its usual features, but prepared to maintain the existing shaft installation

HIDRA Crono control system and cabin kit adapted to modernize elevators with a machine room and one or two-speed asynchronous motor with manual mechanical rescue. This set makes it possible to take advantage of the existing installation in the shaft and the flat cable (28 wires) and provides smooth movement to the lift, stop accuracy +/- 1cm (new regulations for  existing lifts in old buildings) and reduced consumption.
With all the HIDRA Chono features:
  • High energy efficiency with several options to reduce consumption at rest.
  • Parameterization of all functions with removable consoles CPU and VVVF (optional).
  • Firmware update via SD card.
  • Optional 2.8”, 5.6”, 7” and 10” TFT displays in the cabin and on the landing.
  • Optional emergency call device.
  • M2CS remote management service with the optional ARM module for IoT connection to the cloud.
Optionally, we supply the flat trailing cable with a kit of terminals and supports, the shielded power cable for the motor and shaft lighting.

  09/03/2023

 

HOW TO USE THIS ANNOYING FILTER?

In the Events FILTER tab, all the different events that each lift has registered appear and we can mark the ones we want to analyze in the other views. But there are a lot of events and we don’t know what we are looking for… THIS ISANNOYING!!!!
Let’s be calm! The M2CS wizard simplifies our work in one click by selecting the type of events we want to analyze from the drop-down menu. This action automatically marks the event categories that correspond to the type of search. And with the categories marked, we can add or remove them at ourdiscretion.
Next, we can leave all the lift subsystems marked or leave only the ones we want to analyze. And M2CS has already selected all the events that meet our search criteria. Now we select the analysis period and the last day of the period and… APPLY… After a few seconds of waiting we can choose the view that best shows us what we want to see.
+ info

  31/01/2023

 

Unboxing ARM module

Would you like to control your lift fleet from anywhere?Our ARM module allows you to remotely manage all elevators equipped with Carlos Silva control systems. In this video we show you an unboxing of our Carlos Silva ARM module.

  26/01/2023

 

10 years with HIDRA Crono

We are celebrating the tenth anniversary of the installation of the first HIDRA Crono control system in a twelve-stop neighborhood building and since then, 12,000 elevators around the world have been controlled by HIDRA Crono.
During these ten years our clients have installed elevators with HIDRA Crono control in all types of buildings and for us they all have something special, but there are some of which we are most proud of, such as the high-speed elevators installed in hospitals in Mexico; the six-fold in Switzerland in which the lifts are shared between a shopping center and a ski resort; the two elevators for shared use by people and robotic vehicles; a test tower at 4m/s; those installed in copper mines with an explosive environment and conductive dust; and elevators with Smart Building connection.Our vocation is to manufacture reliable and flexible control systems for all types of elevators, helping our customers to install elevators from simple to emblematic and together leaving a mark where no one has gone before.

  01/12/2022

 

WHAT’S THAT STUFF OF EVENTS?

An “event” is anything that happens in a lift and is recorded in M2CS. We could either not classify events or classify them by type, and each type could be a cold number or a common word… and we thought of using common words, but giving them very specific meanings… and so we came up with the 10 words in three groups:
THINGS THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN: From most to least serious, FAILURE, INCIDENT, ANOMALY and DEVIATION.
THINGS THAT WARN US OF SOMETHING: Of different origin, ACTION, ALERT and RECOVERY.
NORMALLY OCCURRING THINGS: From most to least relevant, FACT, MARK and TRACE.
In the M2CS Operation Manual we will find the description of each type of event and from the EVENTS tool in LIFT MAINTENANCE, we can filter by each of these events and from different views to focus our attention on what we are trying to find.

  04/01/2023

 

Merry Christmas

On behalf of the entire Carlos Silva team, we want to send you our best wishes for happiness and prosperity for 2023. Our goal for the new year is to continue working to offer you the best products and services.Between December 24 and January 1, we will be at your disposal for any questions on December 27 and 29 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.+info:https://www.carlos-silva.com/index.php/en/empresa_eng/

  14/12/2022

 

What’s a scheduled task?

A scheduled task is the way we tell M2CS to notify us when either condition A or B occurs:A) The lift has made the trips we have scheduled.B) Or the days we have programmed have elapsed.
At all times we can see how this task is progressing in the ALERTS section and the color indicates whether it has exceeded 75% (AMBER) or 100% (RED).And we can decide to restart the task with the same values or wait for the task to expire and indicate it to us in the lift icon on the main LIFTMAINTENANCE screen or, if we want, generate a notice by e-mail.
If we associate to this M2CS scheduled task our list of actions to be carried out when it is fulfilled, we will have a way of organizing our maintenance actions conditioned to the real activity of the lift or to the time elapsed since the last action carried out.

  08/12/2022

 

V Sectoral conference on elevation, “The Elevator, the key to Mobility and Accessibility”.

 This week, Josep Corrons Neira (general director), Miguel Angel Castillo (technical director), were at the V sectoral Conference on elevation, “El Ascensor, key to Mobility and Accessibility”.

During the Conference, Miguel Angel Castillo, presented the M2CS Carlos Silva solution on remote sensing and accessibility in elevators.
https://www.carlos-silva.com/index.php/telegestion/

Congratulations to the FEEDA team for the organization, it was a great day, thanks for having us!

 
 
 

  01/12/2022

 

“SIZE MATTERS”

New 7” and 10” TFTs by Carlos Silva

100% compatible with HIDRA Crono and KDT Evo control panels

Main features:

✓ Floor indication and elevator states
✓ Direction arrows
✓ Company logo
✓ Customizable texts on screen
✓ Photo and video playback
✓ Images per floor
✓ Audio playlists
✓ Next direction Gong
✓ Acoustic indication of call made
✓ Weather information *
✓ News RSS feeds *
✓ Streaming video *
✓ Possibility of horizontal or vertical mounting
✓ Low consumption mode
✓ Display settings are made from the control pannel menu and remotely from M2CS
✓ Changes in multimedia content are made through an application compatible with Windows and IOS using a USB flash drive or remotely *
✓ 7” TFT size: 115x190mm
✓ 10” TFT size: 170x253mm

*Display will require internet connection via LAN

Check availability

  05/10/2022

 

Using templates

Hundreds of events put us on the track of what is happening in the lifts we maintain; hundreds of lifts are experiencing the passage of time; and if we do not choose our mail notices carefully, we can be faced with an endless inbox of incoming mail. In addition, we need to make the most of our resources by carrying out maintenance tasks that consider the actual time of use and stress of each lift and the lifespan of its various mechanical parts. How can M2CS help us?
The answer lies in the M2CS templates of notices and tasks:
1) Select the basic notices and the specific lift events you want to accurately monitor.2) Set the time patterns and/or operations (tasks) that you want to synchronize your maintenance activity with.3) Create templates for different types of lifts and apply these templates to all lifts… and let M2CS work for you.

  16/11/2022

 

Event notice

In addition to the generic notices already seen in previous articles, M2CS can send specific notices by email when certain events occur that we have marked in the MAINTENANCE / CONFIGURATION / LIFTS portal.
 
Of all the possible events that are generated in the lift, we can mark all those that appear in the lift configuration window. But for our own good, we should limit the impulse to select many events to send notices, if we do not want M2CS to flood us with dozens of notices from different lifts. This is therefore an option that should be used sparingly and only if we are interested in detecting events relevant to our maintenance process.
 
We must remember that, whether they send a notice or not, the events of the last four months will be in M2CS and we will be able to analyze them with the M2CS event analysis tools.
   

  09/11/2022

 

Backup… what for?

M2CS has a backup copy of the lift parameters and at any time, the lift parameters can be restored from the previously made copy.
The backup copy includes the parameters of the control CPU and theparameters of the VVVF frequency converter.
Its main use is when the CPU or VVVF needs to be replaced, and although this does not usually happen, if it does, it saves many hours of testing and adjustment to make the lift operational again. It is advisable to keep the backup up to date, as over the years we may change the parameters to meet new requirements of the lift users.
By means of the “Outdated backup” alert, M2CS notifies us of changes in parameters with respect to the last copy and if we have configured the notification by mail, we will also receive the notice by this means. To remove the alert from the list, we will have to replace the changed parameters and compare them again, or we will have to make a new backup

  26/10/2022

 

CRITICAL PARAMETER?

In M2CS, a critical parameter is one that is related to compliance with a regulatory requirement, and therefore its modification may result in non-compliance. In the parameter menu of the M2CS console, these parameters can be recognized by the “danger” icon.
Authorized personnel may need to modify any of these parameters for various reasons and if this happens, M2CS will generate the corresponding alert, which will be reflected as a red triangle in the lift icon and the corresponding text in the alert window.
If we have also checked the notice checkbox in MAINTENANCE / CONFIGURATION / LIFTS or in the template used, if we are a user with permission, we will also receive an e-mail indicating the modification of the parameter.
To deactivate this alert, we only have two options:
1) Reset the parameter to its initial value.2) Make a backup copy, thus confirming the change made.

  18/10/2022

 

FAULT FREQUENCY NOTICE

We all know that temporary faults appear in a lift, some of them almost imperceptible in their first manifestations, but as time goes by they are repeated more frequently and can finally end up in a breakdown that leaves the lift without service and requires urgent intervention.
A slack in a door or a friction in the door guide; slippage in the traction cable; contactors with symptoms of wear; leaks in a valve of the hydraulic unit; etc. are perceived by the users as delays or micro stops, but they do not suspend the service.
With the fault frequency alert visible on the lift icon and its corresponding notice by e-mail, we can make M2CS alert us when the number of faults per hour and per day exceeds the value that we set in M2CS MAINTENANCE / CONFIGURATION / LIFTS / FAULTS PER (hour and day) and FAULT FREQUENCY NOTICE (if in addition to the alert, we also want to receive the notice by e-mail).

  04/10/2022

 

WHAT IS A “NOTICE” ON M2CS?

An M2CS “notice” is always an e-mail to a user registered in the Lift Maintenance account. And to receive notices, in the user’s configuration tab we must enter their email address and we must also tick the “Receive notices” checkbox.
From that moment on, the user will receive notices from the group or groups of lifts to which that user has access, according to their user privileges. On the other hand, in the configuration of each lift, we must tick the checkboxes of the notices that this lift will send, starting with the 2 basic ones: “Immediate notice for being out of service” and “Notice of frequency fault”.
We can automate the configuration of the notices in each lift by means of the notice templates (see M2CS operation manual https://www.carlos-silva.com/index.php/download/m2cs-operation-manual/).

  28/09/2022

 

Carlos Silva renews the agreement with FEEDA

Carlos Silva renews the agreement as a collaborating partner with FEEDA Federación Empresarial Española de Ascensores, an agreement that was established last July 2021. This first year of collaboration has allowed Carlos Silva to be closer to the future technological needs posed by the FEEDA partners.

Our company’s firm commitment to the IoT environment for lifts positions M2CS as a benchmark in lift telemanagement, allowing companies in the sector to have a control and prevention environment for their lift fleet.

  22/09/2022

 

HOW TO CONFIGURE M2CS?

With a maintenance company account and once the three steps for registering the ARM module have been completed, the lift to which it is connected appears in M2CS and it is no longer necessary to do anything else, neither in M2CS nor in the lift control panel.
From that moment on, M2CS puts in your hands all the monitoring capacity, all the flexibility to adjust the lift and its future historical evolution in the form of classified and dated events.
And if you want to get the most out of M2CS, you can explore the different e-mail notices, from the basic ones for change of status and fault frequency, to the notices for programmed tasks that you can create yourself using templates applicable to your different types of lifts, all described in the M2CS operation manual.

  06/09/2022

 

BAD CONNECTION = POOR SIGNAL

Wave propagation is subject to physical constraints, just like the braking capacity of a car or the drag of an aircraft. Technology allows us to reach the physical limits, but never exceed them, and if the ARM module is located in a place with a poor telephony signal (low altitude, underground…) or with obstacles to its propagation (cabinets or metal frames…), the connection will be bad or erratic.
Is it possible to see the SIGNAL LED amber or even green, and have connection problems? Yes. This indicates that the ARM is receiving enough signal from the telephony antenna, but because of the location of the ARM, its signal is not propagating correctly in the opposite direction.
M2CS shows the final signal level of the ARM, if it achieves connection, or indicates that the ARM is disconnected from M2CS (even if it is powered). And in case of connection problems, we can only ask you to please install the ARM in a place with a good signal (amber or green SIGNAL LED) and, moreover, more than 1m away from metal surfaces (cabinets, frames, the lift car itself…)

  30/08/2022

 

WHO WATCHES THE WATCHERS?

M2CS is an anonymous service offered by Carlos Silva SAU to any lift maintenance company. And following our privacy policy (see M2CS Terms of Use – https://www.carlos-silva.com/index.php/en/telemanagement_eng/), M2CS offers each company its own Private Lift Space (PLS) in which to define its users and incorporate its lifts. And no one outside this PLS can access it, not even Carlos Silva SAU.
From Carlos Silva SAU we carry out remote technical tasks on the connected ARM modules and their SIM cards. But under no circumstances can we access the lifts in the PLSs of the maintenance companies. This is because of our privacy policy and because we have developed M2CS under this premise.
And the only way foreseen in M2CS for our technical assistance team (TAS) to access a specific lift, is by invitation from an M2CS user of the company concerned. This user must have privileges for the lift in M2CS and, in addition, must know the PIN of its CPU (see p17 of the M2CS Operation Manual – https://www.carlos-silva.com/index.php/download/m2cs-operation-manual/). The invitation does not reveal the PIN and is valid for 72h only.

  03/08/2022

 

HOW TO TAKE AN ELEPHANT OUT OF ITS BOX? 

This is sure to be a complicated task for which it will be essential to read the instructions first, at least once.
Although incorporating a lift into M2CS is a lot easier, it still seems easier after reading page 3 of the M2CS Operation Manual. It requires 3 steps using both portals.
 
 
FROM THE ARM MODULE MANAGEMENT PORTAL (ARM):
1 – Register the ARM module with its serial number (NS) and PIN.2 – Create the lift in M2CS (if it does not already exist). Associate the registered ARM to this lift and choose the maintenance ID for this lift.
FROM THE LIFT MAINTENANCE PORTAL (M2CS):
3 – Validate the registration with the administrator PIN of the CPU of thecontrol panel of the lift to be validated.And please keep the ARM and CPU PINs in a safe place.
 
 

  27/07/2022

 

Two portals and one destiny

M2CS has two portals with different functions, but with a single objective: The efficient maintenance of a whole fleet of lifts, managed remotely and conveniently.
ARM Module Management Portal: It concentrates the management of the ARM routers; their registration with NS and PIN; the registration of the lift to which the ARM will give life within M2CS; the assignment of the maintenance company for that lift; and the management of the M2CS service period linked to each ARM. The account has a single user manager, responsible for and guardian of the door keys to M2CS: The PINs of each ARM.
Lift Maintenance Portal: Each maintenance company or different branches of the same company create Private Lift Spaces (PLS). Each PLS has its initial administrator user and this, in turn, creates other users with different profiles (Administrator, Supervisor, Technician or Basic); it creates groups of lifts under maintenance and assigns operators to each group. Within each PLS, the Administrator (or Supervisor) configures M2CS in the way that best suits and helps the planning of their internal company management.

  19/07/2022

 

Is it necessary to download then APP?

M2CS, with its two distinct portals, is a 100% web-based application and does not require any downloads. Moreover, it is always up-to-date and accessible from any Internet terminal. You only need to find the addresses (URL) on our website www.carlos-silva.com in the Telemanagement section.
There are several ways to get to a web page quickly and browsers facilitate this task. But sometimes, what browsers store in the memory of our devices can give us some unpleasant surprises, and it is preferable to erase their memory often, thus losing the stored pages.
To avoid having to repeat the search for URL addresses, the best option is to add the two M2CS and ARM portals to the home screen of your smartphone and to the desktop or favourites of your PC. These are three steps that you will not have to repeat and will allow you to access the Lift Maintenance Portal and the ARM Module Management Portal quickly and conveniently. More details can be found in the M2CS operating manual.

  13/07/2022

 

It looks like a pizza, but it’s not

Never has such a familiar package enclosed something so useful. It’s not a pizza. It contains an ARM and is a router designed for M2CS, with functions specialized in the virtualization of our lift control systems. If you find it, do not hesitate: Register it in M2CS and install it in the lift using what you find in the box, and please put it in a place with good signal and away from metal cabinets or frames. By doing this, you will have created a virtual (digitized) lift in M2CS that will move like the real lift and will record the same activity. And even if you’re not looking at it, the virtual lift will follow the real one continuously, as long as the ARM is connected. This way, you can use the powerful tools and help for commissioning and maintenance that M2CS puts at your fingertips at any time. And all from a device with an Internet connection and a verified browser like Chrome, Firefox or Safari

  06/07/2022

 

Global M2M network for elevators

M2CS is the first global lift remote management web platform; within the reach of any maintenance company; designed with the sole objective of facilitating the commissioning and maintenance of lifts with our control systems; and totally independent of the remote alarm system used.The M2CS server can host tens of thousands of lifts and collect millions of telemetry data (events) generated by any action (user calls, door and motor movements, signal status, transient anomalies, incidents, faults, failures, breakdowns, etc.).You can monitor lifts; use the settings console; configure and receive email notices; and easily analyze telemetry data uploaded to the cloud (events). From anywhere; with a mobile terminal, Internet connection and verified browser (Chrome, Firefox or Safari); and without the need to download any resource-consuming APP.

  29/06/2022

 

NEW CATALOG 2022

With more than fourty years in the elevations sector, Carlos Silva SAU consolidates its vocacion as a leading company in engineering and manufacturing of flexible and customizable control solutions, applied to the vertical transport of people and loads. We offer all configurations required by the market, based on modular, stable and innovate technology.
At Carlos Silva we continue to renew ourselves every day and, on this occasion, we are glad to present our new catalog for 2022, where you will find all the news as well as extensive information about our company and our products.

https://www.nuestrocatalogo.es/CARLOS_SILVA/WebView/

 

  14/06/2022

 

NAYAR SYSTEMS AND CARLOS SILVA ADD THEIR KNOW-HOW TO INTEGRATE THE PLATFORMS AND UNIFIED THE REMOTE MANAGEMENT NETWORK OF ELEVATORS

 

Nayar Systems and Carlos Silva have joined their technological knowledge to offer users of net4machines Smart Control visibility of lifts already integrated in Carlos Silva’s M2CS telemanagement platform and access to M2CS without having to change the web application. In this way, Nayar Systems expands its remote elevator management network, incorporating those already integrated into our M2CS remote management network. Nayar Systems has established compatibility with its own technological solutions, thanks to the know-how transfer agreement of our

As a result of this integration, our clients will have an alternative way of reaching our M2CS platform, from a remote management platform such as net4machines Smart Control, not as specialized as M2CS, but broader and with more facilities to incorporate elevators controlled by different manufacturers..

In the words of Josep Corrons, CEO, Executive of Carlos Silva, he indicates: “With our control panels and our modular pre-installations, we have always wanted to facilitate the installation and maintenance of elevators. That was the only reason to create our M2CS telemanagement platform and all its tools. And we would not be consistent if we did not recognize in Nayar a collaborator with whom we share this same objective”.

The union of the technology companies Nayar Systems and Carlos Silva makes all the benefits of lift telemanagement available to each user, betting on extracting the maximum possible performance from all the information generated in an installation and guaranteeing its clients that they can have a IoT facilities park, with interconnected smart elevators.

In the words of Ricard Bou, Strategic Accounts & Projects Director of Nayar Systems: “In general, when a maneuver of any brand is connected to our platform, its maintainer receives alerts every time errors occur. If the connected elevator that presents the problem has a Carlos Silva maneuver, thanks to the platform integration work we have carried out, the elevator operator will be able to access the maneuver through our net4machines Smart Control platform, which facilitates safe access to the corresponding maneuver in M2CS. From now on, any net4machines Smart Control customer will be able to have an overview of their entire connected park, including the elevators integrated in Carlos Silva’s M2CS.”

Both Nayar Systems and Carlos Silva will have products marketed by both companies to provide their respective clients with everything they need for integrated remote management of their elevators under maintenance

ABOUT NAYAR SYSTEMS

Nayar Systems is a technological engineering company created in Spain fifteen years ago, with a current presence in 31 countries around the world, and physical offices in Spain and China. The company is a benchmark in the elevation sector and an expert in offering industrial Internet of Things solutions, establishing itself as a partner and technology provider for companies that wish to carry out technological evolution and achieve operational excellence. A benchmark in the elevator IoT sector, Nayar Systems makes its expert technological knowledge in elevators and industrial systems available to third-party companies, offering quality IoT products and services that make life easier for people and corporations. For more information on Nayar Systems, visit: www.nayarsystems.com.

ABOUT CARLOS SILVA

Carlos Silva S.A.U. is an engineering dedicated to the development and manufacture of control panels and complete modular pre-installations, intended for the vertical transport of people and cargo. With an international geographical scope with a presence on five continents and a professional career of over forty years, the company is a benchmark in offering comprehensive personalized solutions in the elevation sector. For more information about Carlos Silva, visit: www.carlos-silva.com

 

 

  04/05/2022

 

VISIT OF THE EUROPEAN ELEVATORS GROUP G.A.E.

Carlos Silva had a very special visit, the Grupo Ascensoristas Europeo G.A.E, a group of small and medium-sized companies in the elevator sector. The group has 20,000 installations under maintenance and 1,500 new-build and refurbishment installations per year. The G.A.E group works with the largest construction and engineering companies installing the full range of elevators, escalators and other vertical and horizontal transport installations.

The day began with the presentation of the Gesil SL group by Sandra Silva, director of the group, and a presentation of Carlos Silva SAU by Josep Corrons, director of the company, outlining values, objectives and indicative figures.

Next, we had the technical presentation of our HIDRA Crono and KDT Evo product families by Miguel Castillo, technical director, emphasizing key aspects and strong points regarding the installation and maintenance of said products.

To conclude the products part, we presented our M2CS elevator remote management tool by Xavier Soret, technical manager of the M2CS platform. This remote management platform covers all the expected aspects of remote management and is focused on the casuistic analysis of operating information to facilitate preventive and predictive maintenance.

After the presentation part, we made a visit to our facilities showing live all our engineering and production processes, all our automated management, from the reception of the order to its packaging and dispatch, focusing on the control processes and verification of compliance with customer specifications.
The visit has ended by offering a catering in our Hall, where we ended the day enjoying a pleasant talk.

It was a pleasure having you with us, we hope to see you again very soon!

 

 

  17/03/2022

 

NEW CAR TOP BOX FOR HIDRA Crono

At Carlos Silva SAU we have redesigned the inspection box and improved important aspects for installation companies (easier to install) and maintenance companies (clearer and with better access):

✓ More integrated elements: emergency light, power socket and alarm push button.

✓ Electronic redesign of the board to simplify the location and connection of the wirings.

✓ Optimized solution for EN81-20 and EN81-21 installations.

✓ Fully automated internal wiring with ePlan with consequent improvement in supplied electrical documentation.

✓ Maximum connectivity with the different external elements 100% plug&

✓ Same physical shape of the box, respecting size and fixings.

At Carlos Silva SAU we have always been committed to providing the sector with technologically advanced solutions that simplify installation and maintenance processes, and this is another step forward in that strategy.

 

 

  10/01/2022

 

NOTE ON ARM MODULE FIRMWARE UPDATE

ARM module firmware updates are related to connectivity options with Vodafone or other roaming operators and, as users, you are unlikely to see any changes except in the form of improved performance. In no case do these updates affect the elevator information or how this information is displayed on M2CS.

The update process takes place at the time of validation of the module and will take a few minutes, during which you cannot disconnect the ARM module and should ensure the maximum possible coverage, taking into account the NOTE ON CONNECTIVITY.

Some M2CS enhancements may require firmware upgrades to ARM modules already installed. If this happens, M2CS will tell you if any ARM module needs to be updated and to update it to the latest firmware version available, simply re-validate the ARM module and follow the M2CS instructions.

To force a new validation:

1) Enter ARM Module Management.

2) From the LIFTS tab, delete the maintenance identifier; save; re-enter the maintenance identifier; and save again.

3) Go to Elevator Maintenance and validate the ARM modules pending validation.

 

  20/10/2021

 

CONNECTIVITY NOTE FOR USERS OF ARM MODULES

We have received several reports of ARM-M2CS connectivity problems and in most of them, we observed the ARM module installed inside metal cabinets and frames. This practice prevents theft of the module, but very negatively affects its emitted RF signal.

We strongly urge you to follow the instructions in our installation guide about moving the module a minimum of 1m away from metal surfaces, power cables and other interfering equipment, and this includes inside metal cabinets. Note that under very favorable coverage conditions, the module may be able to operate attached to or even inside a metal cabinet, but more often than not, under these conditions, it will not have good connectivity. Therefore, it is not enough for the SIGNAL LED to be AMBER or GREEN, the module must also meet the above distance conditions.

We remind you that if the supplied 5 meter cable is not enough, we can supply a longer cable. And if you do not get good coverage, you can also use an Ethernet connection if available.

NOTE: The indication on the SIGNAL LED of the ARM module is only indicative and measures the signal received by the module emitted from the communications tower of the telephone operator. This indication is only valid if the module is located in free space, since we assume that if sufficient signal is received from the tower, the tower will also receive sufficient signal from the module. But if you place the module near metallic surfaces or even inside metallic cabinets, it is possible that the module receives enough signal, but it is very likely that the metallic structure prevents the signal emitted by the module from reaching the antenna of the communication tower, making communication impossible. In addition, the lower the signal level, the greater the effect of atmospheric conditions.

  20/10/2021

 

CARLOS SILVA IS A COLLABORATING PARTNER OF FEEDA

We are pleased to announce that Carlos Silva, SAU is a 21/22 collaborating partner of the “Federación Empresarial Española de Ascensores”.

 

https://www.feeda.es/socios-colaboradores/
https://www.feeda.es/feeda-crece-en-el-sector-de-la-elevacion-de-la-mano-de-los-socios-colaboradores/

  21/09/2021

 

WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 40th ANNIVERSARY!!!

Thank you for trusting us all this time!

  07/04/2021

 

GUIDE FOR THE RENEWAL OF ARM MODULES

If you already have ARM modules, follow the steps in the video to manage the renewal of your ARM modules.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g10HXkDN6o0

  25/01/2021

 

CARLOS SILVA

Carlos Silva – Personalizaed, full package solutions, for elevators/platforms.

Click on the image to the left to see the full ad.

  12/01/2021

Training in Carlos Silva, S.A.

Since the beginning of the year CARLOS SILVA S.A. teaches training courses for the new EVO controller. This controller is specially designed for the management of platforms for people with reduced mobility and home lift.

The EVO controller incorporates the latest advances in technology, fully parameterizable, remote control, modular pre-installation, module with PLC functions etc.
  29/01/2020

Software PLC

From firmware version 5.0 of Hidra Crono controller and firmware versión 1.0 of KDT-EVO controller, an optional PLC (Programmable logic controller) feature allows for the implementation of special functions in a fast and easy way.

With this functionality is possible to provide the lift of practically any specific requirements of the installation without the need of external elements of control and additional wiring.
For further information about this feature, please visit the following link.
  27/11/2019

Twitter in our elevators

From now on, HIDRA Crono and KDT Evo installations, using the M2CS telemetry, may offer to their customers the possibility to make their lifts interact with Twitter social media.

This functionality of the CARLOS SILVA’s controllers, will allow his twitter followers to learn curious facts about the elevators that until now nobody had asked.

This will change the perception users have about elevators, from being unknown to became a device with a technological advanced artificial intelligence.

We encourage you to follow @halllift01, in Twitter, interact with it, and help us improve its AI…

  07/10/2019

Online access to frequency inverter parameters

With our future version 9 of HIDRA Crono firmware, our customers will be able to read and write drive parameters using our web-based telemetry platform, M2CS.

This new functionality will considerably ease the maintenance of elevators, since all the adjustment can be done remotely by qualified personnel without the need of displacements.

In addition, it will allow to create a backup of the drive parameters, and save them remotely, either in the cloud or PC. This will enhance a quick restore to a new drive in the event of a possible future replacement.

  07/10/2019

Carlos Silva will be present at INTERLIFT 2019 – The World of Elevators

Interlift is one of the most important worldwide elevators fairs.

The exhibitors present the latest innovations in products and technologies for elevators.

From Tuesday 15 to Friday 18 October 2019, Germany, Augsburg (venue: Messezentrum Augsburg)

You can find us in l hall 1 – stand 1141

  05/02/2019

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