Bsi bs en 00627 1996 (1999)

BRITISH STANDARD

Specification for data
logging and monitoring
of lifts, escalators and
passenger conveyors

The European Standard EN 627:1995 has the status of a
British Standard

BS EN
627:1996


BS EN 627:1996

Committees responsible for this
British Standard
The preparation of this British Standard was entrusted to Technical
Committee MHE/4, Lifts, hoists and escalators, upon which the following
bodies were represented:
Associated Offices Technical Committee
Association of District Councils
British Broadcasting Corporation
British Lift Association
British Railways Board
British Retail Consortium
British Telecom plc
Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers
Department of the Environment
Department of Trade and Industry

Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications and Plumbing Union
Engineer Surveyors’ Section of the MSF
Health and Safety Executive
Independent Engineering Insurers’ Committee
Institution of Electrical Engineers
Institution of Environmental Health Officers
Institution of Incorporated Executive Engineers
Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Institution of Plant Engineers
Lloyd’s Register of Shipping
London Underground Ltd.
National Association of Lift Makers
Post Office
Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation

This British Standard, having
been prepared under the
direction of the Engineering
Sector Board, was published
under the authority of the
Standards Board and comes
into effect on
15 April 1996
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The following BSI references
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standard:
Committee reference MHE/4
Draft for comment 92/70281 DC
ISBN 0 580 25128 4

Amendments issued since publication
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BS EN 627:1996

Contents
Committees responsible
National foreword
Foreword
Text of EN 627:1995
List of references

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BS EN 627:1996

National foreword
This British Standard has been prepared by Technical Committee MHE/4 and is
the English langage version of EN 627:1994, Specification for data logging and
monitoring of lifts, escalators and passenger conveyors, published by the
European Committee for Standardization (CEN).
EN 627 was produced as a result of international discussions in which the United
Kingdom took an active part.
Cross-references
Publication referred to

Corresponding British Standard

EN 81-1

BS 5655 Lifts and service lifts
Part 1:1986 Safety rules for the construction and
installation of electric lifts
Part 2:1988 Safety rules for the construction and
installation of hydraulic lifts
BS EN 115:1995 Safety rules for the construction and
installation of escalators and passenger conveyors

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EN 81-2a
EN 115:1995
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Undated in the text

A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a
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Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity
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Summary of pages
This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and ii,
the EN title page, pages 2 to 6, an inside back cover and a back cover.
This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had
amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on
the inside front cover.
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EUROPEAN STANDARD

EN 627

NORME EUROPÉENNE
August 1995

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 91.140.90

Descriptors: Lifts, escalators, passenger conveyors, warning systems, remote supervision, defects, data recording, data codes,
numeric codes

English version

Specification for data logging and monitoring of lifts,
escalators and passenger conveyors

Règles pour l’enregistrement de données et la
surveillance des ascenceurs, escaliers
mécaniques et trottoirs roulants

Regeln für Datenerfassung und
Fernüberwachung von Aufzügen, Fahrtreppen
und Fahrsteigen

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 1995-07-13. CEN members
are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which
stipulate conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national
standard withour any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
standards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any
CEN member.
The European Standards exists in three official versions (English, French,
German). A version in any other language made by translation under the
responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the
Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.
CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and
United Kingdom.

CEN
European Committee for Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation
Europäisches Komitee für Normung
Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart 36, B-1050 Brussels
© 1995 All rights of reproduction and communication in any form and by any means reserved to CEN and
its members.
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EN 627:1995

Foreword

Contents

This European Standard has been prepared by
Technical Committee CEN/TC 10, Passenger, goods
and service lifts, of which the secretariat is held by
AFNOR.
This European Standard shall be given the status of
a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by
February 1996, and conflicting national standards
shall be withdrawn at the latest by February 1996.
This European Standard has been prepared under a
mandate given to CEN by the European
Commission and the European Free Trade
Association, and supports essential requirements of
EC Directive(s).

According to the CEN/CENELEC internal
regulations, the following countries are bound to
implement this European Standard: Austria,
Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Foreword
Introduction
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Scope
2
Normative references
3
Definitions
4
Data logging
5
Monitoring and reporting
6
Hardware
Annex A (normative) Tables
Table A.1 — Code number allocation
Table A.2 — Fault codes for lifts
Table A.3 — Event codes for lifts
Table A.4 — Alarm code for lifts
Table A.5 — Fault codes for escalators and
passenger conveyors
Table A.6 — Event codes for escalators and

passenger conveyors

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Introduction
The provisions for data logging and monitoring
contained in this standard are distinct from the
safety requirements laid down in EN 81-1, EN 81-2

and EN 115.
The standard describes methods of, and systems for,
registering information with regard to the status of
the lift, escalator or passenger conveyor
installation. This information is intended as an aid
to servicing and may be applied to single or multiple
installations.

1 Scope
This European Standard specifies the fundamental
characteristics of data logging and monitoring
systems for lift, escalator and passenger conveyor
installations.

2 Normative references
This European Standard incorporates by dated or
undated reference, provisions from other
publications. These normative references are cited
at the appropriate places in the text and the
publications are listed hereafter. For dated
references, subsequent amendments to or revisions
of any of these publications apply to this European
Standard only when incorporated in it by
amendment or revision. For updated references the
latest edition of the publication referred to applies.
EN 115:1995, Safety rules for the construction and
installation of escalators and passenger conveyors.
EN 81-1, Safety rules for the construction and
installation of lifts and service lifts —
Part 1: Electrical lifts.

EN 82-1, Safety rules for the construction and
installation of lifts and service lifts —
Part 2: Hydraulic lifts.

3 Definitions
For the purposes of this standard the relevant
definitions of EN 81-1, EN 81-2 and EN 115,
together with the following definitions, apply:
3.1
alarm
the monitoring of the operation of the emergency
alarm device specified in EN 81-1 and EN 81-2

3.3
event
any occurrence within an installation, envisaged in
the installation design, which is not a malfunction
but which may cause a degradation of, or
interruption to, the normal operation of the
installation
3.4
fault
a malfunction within the installation which may
cause a degradation of, or interruption to, the
normal operation of the installation
3.5
installation
one or more lifts which operate as a group, a single
escalator or a single passenger conveyor
3.6

monitoring equipment
equipment connected to, and which interrogates,
the data logging equipment for the purpose of
displaying fault and/or event information derived
from the data recorded by the data logging
equipment
3.7
on-site equipment
equipment connected to the installation or the data
logging equipment connected thereto via dedicated
communication links not shared with other
installations or equipment

4 Data logging
The faults, alarms and events recorded by the data
logging equipment shall be identified by the
relevant code numbers listed in Table A.1 to
Table A.6 and the time and date of occurrence. The
first two digits of the code number shall be used for
the fault/alarm/event family and might be
sufficient. A further two digits, shown as two
asterisks in Table A.2 to Table A.6, may be allocated
for the sub-identification of faults, alarms or events.
These codes shall not be used for any other purpose.
NOTE One malfunction, or event, in the installation may result
in several codes being recorded.

The recorded time and date shall be that dictated by
the data logging equipment’s internal clock.

3.2
data logging equipment
equipment which extracts and records by time and
date, either permanently or temporarily, or both,
data relating to the operation availability of an
installation, i.e. faults, alarms and events

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5 Monitoring and reporting

6 Hardware

5.1 All the communication equipment associated
with the installation shall carry the appropriate
approval and, as far as possible, be located within
the bounds of the installation.
The monitoring equipment can be located in the
machine room, outside the machine room (a remote
point) or in both.
5.2 The on-site equipment shall be capable of
automatically communicating the faults, alarms
and events selected from the Table A.2 to Table A.6.
5.3 The on-site equipment shall be capable of
communicating with one or more remote points.

5.4 It shall be possible to communicate with the
on-site equipment from a remote location in order to
produce the current status of the installation and
obtain a data read out.
A security system, e.g. password, shall be provided
in order to control the communication link.
Should a fault or alarm occur during a readout the
fault or alarm shall override the read out.
5.5 Several installations may be connected to a
central point via a single communication link.
5.6 If a communication link is not kept under the
control of the data logging installation, a minimum
amount of data shall be maintained at source. This
minimum amount of data should be at least the ten
most recent reports (a total of faults, alarms and
events).

6.1 Back-up shall be provided to maintain data for a
minimum period of 8 h.
6.2 If the signal of the emergency alarm device
specified in EN 81-1 and EN 81-2 is communicated
via the data logging and monitoring equipment, the
alarm function transmission capability shall be
maintained for a minimum of 1 h after a power
supply failure.
6.3 Connection or failure of the data logging
equipment shall not compromise conformity of the
installation to the safety rules specified in the
relevant European Standards.

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Annex A (normative)
Table A.1 — Code number allocation
Lifts
Table no.

Fault
Alarm
Event

Used

a

Reserved

Table A.2 00-13
Table A.4 90
Table A.3 40-46

14-24
91-94
47-54

Escalators and passenger conveyors
b

Optional

25-39
95-99
55-59

c

Table no.

Useda

Table A.5 60-64
—
—
Table A.6 75-78

Reservedb

65-69
—
79-84

Optionalc

70-74
—

85-89

a

Codes which are prescribed in Table A.2 to Table A.6 of this standard.
Codes which are reserved for future additions to this standard.
c Codes which are available for use freely outside the allocated used and reserved codes of this standard.
b

Table A.2 — Fault codes for lifts
Code No

Faults

00**

No faults recorded

01**

Safety circuits interrupted

02**

Lock circuit interrupted whilst running

03**

Failure of normal door closing sequence

04**
05**

Car stopped outside door unlocking zone
Stuck call button

06**
07**
08**
09**

Lift failed to start
Low voltage on the lift logic supply
Not allocated
Failure of the self-test procedure

10**

Run-time limiter operated

11**
12**
13**

Position lost
Excessive temperature of drive system
Failure of normal door opening sequence

Explanatory notes

All faults in the data logging equipment have
been cleared
Any safety switch open (e.g. slack rope,
overspeed, door lock, etc.)
Break in landing or car door safety circuit
while lift is running (tipped lock)
Door failing to close within a defined
parameter
Any car or landing call which continues to
remain registered, after the car has stopped
at that floor, for more than a specified time
Power supply unit out of specification
Failure of car movement by an automatic call
at regular interval if fitted
Next floor door zone not seen within specified
time (see 10.6.2.2 of EN 81-1 or 12.12 of
EN 81-2)
Lift position re-set occurred
Door failing to open within a defined
parameter

Table A.3 — Event codes for lifts
Code no.

Events

40**

No events recorded

41**
42**
43**
44**

Main lift supply switched off
Inspection control mode
Fire service mode
Data logging OFF

45**

Car preference mode

46**

Emergency power operation

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Explanatory notes

Car returned to normal service or all events
in data logging equipment cleared
Mains supply not available

Records when data logging is inhibited and
when engineer is on site (see 90**)
The operation of the lift is such that it does
not respond to landing calls

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Table A.4 — Alarm code for lifts
Code no.

90**

Alarm

Alarm button pressed

Explanatory notes

Not inhibited by 44**

Table A.5 — Fault codes for escalators and passenger conveyors
Code no.

Faults

Explanatory notes

60**

No faults recorded

All faults in the data logging equipment have
been cleared

61**

Safety circuit interrupted

Any safety switch open (e.g. step sag,
handrail brake)

62**

Control voltage failure

63**

Comb switch operated

64**

Excessive motor temperature
Table A.6 — Event codes for escalators and passenger conveyors

Code no.

Events

Explanatory notes

75**

No events recorded

Escalator returned to normal service or all
events in data logging equipment cleared

76**

Main supply switch off

Mains supply not available

77**

Inspection control mode

78**

Emergency stop operated

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List of references
See national foreword.

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