Icentral - Central Dispatcher; Switching Between Icue & Iview Pcs - MCi iControl User Manual

System Options

iCentral - Central Dispatcher

iCentral is the central dispatching option for iControl, providing a central point to coordinate
dispatching, parking, special operating modes, emergency power response, security, and inter-
action with existing (legacy) controls. This option is used for the most demanding systems.
With iCentral, the iCue dispatching software runs on a
dedicated Windows PC or an embedded micro controler.
You configure and interact with iCue using a Windows
XP personal computer running the iView graphical user
interface. iView is also used to connect to individual ele-
vator controllers in the iControl group. iView automati-
cally provides the correct user interface depending on
the type of control (dispatcher or elevator) you are
accessing.
The standard iCentral enclosure is a single-door cabinet
measuring approximately 28-inches wide by 23-inches
deep by 72-inches tall (71cm wide x 58cm deep x183cm
tall). The cabinet provides two fixed shelves (for a moni-
tor and a KVM switch and iCue and iView computers
respectively), a sliding keyboard/mouse tray, and a
peripherals/equipment interconnect area configured to
meet the requirements of the individual job. A typical
equipment complement includes LAN and System
Ethernet hubs, SC-ION addressable input/output
boards, serial communication bus drivers, a second
computer, and modular terminals to accommodate
machine room and hoistway field connections.
Each iCentral will administer an elevator group servic-
ing up to a design maximum, one hundred-fifty floors.
Functionally, iCue provides the kinds of interconnection
and control shown in the following illustration.
Switching Between iCue & iView PCs
The iCue PC runs the real time dispatching software that
controls the elevator group. The iView PC connects to
iCue or to individual car controls and allows you to con-
figure them using the iView application. The two PCs
share the single keyboard/mouse and monitor. Press the <
one PC to the other.
Note
Before using iView to change iCue settings, you must request and be granted write permission.
When you request write permission, you must immediately switch to the iCue PC and grant per-
mission in the pop-up dialog that appears. (This prevents remote iView connections from
changing settings without the permission of machine room personnel.)
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