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Our member SafeLine provided the documentation of the new lift controller hardware under a free license to the NeXt group.
All schematics and the part lists are available for members under the Creative Commons license CC by-nd 4.0. The documents can be used for commercial purposes too. Based on this documents it is possible to develop your own hardware or write your own software for this device.
On May 22nd-24th the ELEVCON 2018 took place in Berlin / Germany. NeXt group was also there with a small stand, to inform the visitors of the congress about the benefits and possibilities of open source in the lift branch.
All board members were there to answer the questions of the visitors and we got a very positive feedback for the idea of open source hardware and software in the lift industry.
NeXt group provide open projects like specifications, documentation, hardware and software for elevator, escalator, tools and cloud services unter free licences. All public projects developed by NeXt group members are available for download free of charge, also for non-members and can be used also for commercial purposes. However, some projects are only available for members of the NeXt group. There are several reasons for this.
NeXt group also provide open specifications for elevator, escalator, tools and cloud services unter a free licence. An open specification can help to:
Some specifications are currently available for members only.
All NeXt group projects are or will be published under a free license. We use the following licenses in our projects.
The Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License is used for media e.g. like documentations, specifications, images or schematics.
For all open source software projects, a Contributor License Agreement (CLA) determines which additional copyright license granted to the project by the developer. This includes a disclaimer and, because of the international nature of open source projects, a clause that determines which courts should apply what right to the agreement. A patent clause, in which a developer, for example, allows the use of his patents, can be found in the CLAs. Our CLAs are based on Harmony (HA-CLA-I) Version 1.0.
NeXt group also provide open documentation of elevator or escalator devices developed and produced by members unter a free licence. An open hardware documentation can help to:
Some of this documentation is available for members only.
The connection of technical equipment to the cloud for the optimization of service and maintenance is a general trend. Elevators and escalators need regular maintenance, and cloud based lift monitoring offers many benefits.
Within the NeXt group, a working group has been set up with the goal of developing a manufacturer-independent standard for the networking of elevators and components.
The developed specifications are then released under a free license, allowing each manufacturer to integrate compatible interfaces into its products.
Software Engineer at MASORA AG
Zuzwil, Switzerland
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