Patent No. EP4164977 (titled "Commissioning Of A Signalization Device In An Elevator System") was filed by Kone on May 28, 2020. The application was issued on Nov 15, 2023.
Method for commissioning an elevator signalization device to a communication network of an elevator system, comprising: receiving system configuration data defining network topology and device locations; inquiring network addresses from switching devices on a port-by-port basis; associating device locations with network addresses based on port assignments; and transmitting configuration data to the associated network addresses.

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