This is a list of elevator fixtures that are or have been made by Hitachi. Some of the fixtures listed on this page are also used in elevators made by Guangri (in China) and Yungtay (in Taiwan and sometimes China), which both companies have ties/relationship with Hitachi.
These are non-illuminating black button with white marking. The landing station used a different button, which is white and would light up orange when pressed.
Old 1960s Hitachi black buttons.
1960s Hitachi black buttons in Japan.
White Buttons
Some late 1960s Hitachi elevators had round white buttons which light up orange when pressed. The call buttons were either round or triangle.
1960s-1970s Hitachi hall station with triangle buttons.
Old 1960s Hitachi White buttons.
Old 1960s Hitachi White buttons with old "Hitachi" logo.
Different 1960s Hitachi White buttons.
1960s Hitachi white buttons.
Another old 1960s Hitachi White buttons, but the pannel design which can found in Japan.
1960s Hitachi elevator with white buttons in Bangkok.
1968 Hitachi White buttons.
Vandal-resistant buttons
A few 1960s Hitachi elevators had vandal resistant buttons with a bulb illumination in the middle. Some of these buttons had their original bulbs replaced with LED light as the old bulbs had already burnt out due to age.
Hitachi vandal-resistant buttons.
Hall station and car indicator
Hitachi had two versions of analogue indicators. One is a set of illuminating circles with the number and arrow printed on them, and another one is a set of numbers cut into the panel with a light behind them. The latter one were usually used as hall indicators above the landing doors.
1960s Hitachi hall fixtures.
Different 1960s Hitachi hall fixtures.
1960s Hitachi hall lanterns in Hong Kong.
1960s Hitachi hall station in Bangkok.
Old 1960s floor counter inside car.
Different Old 1960s floor counter inside car.
Some 1960s Hitachi elevators in Hong Kong using manual swing doors are equipped with another type of hall indicator.
Take a close look of Different 1960s Hitachi hall fixtures.
1960s Hitachi hall station in Jakarta, Indonesia.
1960s Hitachi car floor indicator.
1960s Hitachi car floor indicator in Bangkok.
Different 1960s Hitachi hall floor indicator.
1970s
White buttons
These are the same buttons as the ones used in Hitachi elevators from the late 1960s, with the letter printed on them and light up orange when pressed. The landing call buttons could be the same type as the inside or a rectangular one with a black halo. The white call buttons are usually found in freight elevators.
On elevators without an interior floor indicator (such as freight elevators and passenger elevators with limited features and specifications), the white floor buttons inside the car doubles as an analogue floor indicator, similar to some Mitsubishi elevators installed in the 1960s and 1970s. Each floor button light up as the car goes up and down, but does not illuminate when pressed. These buttons were used until around the mid 1980s for freight and vehicle elevators.
1970s Hitachi hall station. Notice the rectangular glass call button.
Different 1970s Hitachi hall station.
1970s Hitachi hall call station.
1972 Hitachi hall station in Penang, Malaysia, with different call buttons.
1970s Hitachi freight elevator hall station.
1970s Hitachi car station
Some of round buttons can find it on 1970s Hitachi passenger elevator in Hong Kong. These buttons acts as floor indicator and do not lights on when they are pressed, also open door button only.[1]
1970s Hitachi freight elevator car station.
1970s Hitachi freight elevator car station. These buttons acts as floor indicator and do not lights on when they are pressed.
1970s-1980s Hitachi vehicle elevator car station.
Rectangle buttons (B72)
These buttons protrudes from the panel and has an illuminating halo when pressed. The alarm button is red, with a white "CALL" word engraved on it. These buttons were also used in GoldStar elevators in the 1980s and possibly 1970s as well.
1970s-1980s Hitachi hall station.
Another 1970s-1980s Hitachi hall station.
Another 1970s-1980s Hitachi hall station.
1980 Hitachi call station.
1970s-1980s rectangular buttons in Hong Kong.
Another 1970s-1980s rectangular buttons in Hong Kong.
1970s Hitachi car station in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.
1970s-1980s rectangular buttons in Japan.
1970s Japanese elevator with rectangular buttons in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Wider rectangle buttons
These buttons light up entirely when pressed and has a black halo. The alarm button is white with a red "ALARM' word written on it, and placed on a white plate with the words "EMERGENCY CALL" written on it. These buttons were also used along with the touch sensitive buttons (see below) as door control buttons. In addition, the South Korea based GoldStar also used these buttons for their elevators in the 1980s, due to a technical partnership with Hitachi.
1970s Hitachi wider rectangle buttons in Hong Kong.
Touch sensitive buttons
These are square touch sensitive buttons with a wider halo that light up when touched. These buttons were also used in 1980s GoldStar elevators for the landing call buttons, but the ones used by GoldStar were actually push buttons rather than touch sensitive.
1970s Hitachi call station with touch sensitive buttons.
1970s Hitachi touch sensitive buttons.
1977 Hitachi touch sensitive buttons, note that the panel which are original design.
1970s Hitachi elevator with touch sensitive buttons in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Vandal resistant buttons
A few 1970s Hitachi elevators used vandal resistant buttons which were either round or rectangle, with a small light in the middle. Like the 1960s vandal resistant buttons, these buttons also had their original bulbs replaced with LED light due to age.
1970s Hitachi vandal resistant rectangle button in Hong Kong.
Hitachi Elevator vandal-resistant rectangular buttons in hall station.
Hitachi Elevator vandal-resistant round buttons in hall station.
Hitachi Elevator vandal-resistant round buttons.
Another Hitachi Elevator vandal-resistant round buttons.
荃灣永華工業大廈日立拉閘貨用升降機
One of Hitachi Freight Elevator vandal-resistant round buttons. (Video by: Vincent Chong)
Floor indicators
Hitachi used analogue indicators. These were either illuminating squares, circles or even numbers.
Different 1971 Hitachi hall floor indicator in Hong Kong.
1975 Hitachi hall floor indicator in Hong Kong, which using 60s Hitachi floor indicator.
1970s-1980s hall floor counter with square lenses. The lenses were installed on the transom panel above landing doors.
1970s-1980s hall floor counter with round lenses.
1972 car floor counter with round lenses.
1970s-1980s hall floor counter with square lenses. The lenses were installed on the transom panel above landing doors but the front which are different.
1970s Hitachi car floor indicator.
Another 1970s-1980s car floor counter with square lenses.
Another 1970s-1980s car floor counter with square lenses, note that the style of square lenses which are different.
1970s-1980s car floor counter with square lenses. Notice the lenses were installed on the transom panel above landing doors.
1979 Hitachi floor counter. The internal fixtures have been replaced, therefore the old indicator no longer works.
Different 1970s Hitachi car floor indicator in Japan.
屯門金滿閣日立升降機
Another 1970s-1980s car floor counter with square lenses, note that the style of square lenses which are different in Hong Kong.
1980s
First batch
These fixtures were used in many standard low to mid-rise 1980s Hitachi passenger and freight elevators. They were also used in Guangri elevators produced from the 1980s[2][3] until the 1990s[4].
Square buttons (B80)
These buttons light up entirely when pressed, and has a black halo. Some very early Hitachi Computer Control elevators installed from 1982 until around the mid 1980s used these buttons.
1980s Hitachi terminal floor call station (for one elevator). Notice that it only has direction indicator.
1980s Hitachi call station (for two elevators).
1983 Hitachi hall station in Jakarta, Indonesia (Credit to Instagram user sumosoftinc)
1980s Hitachi hall station in Hong Kong (for two elevator).
1980s Hitachi hall station in Hong Kong (for one elevator).
1980s Hitachi hall station in Hong Kong.
1980s Hitachi hall station (terminal floor).
1980s Hitachi hall station (intermediate floor).
1980s Hitachi car station in Hong Kong (credit to YouTube user: Lift Wong).
Different 1980s Hitachi car station in Hong Kong. Notice the lack of door close button and intercom speaker. Also note the in car lanterns on the door jamb.
1980s Hitachi car station in Hong Kong.
1980s Hitachi car station in Bangkok, Thailand.
1983 Hitachi car station in Jakarta, Indonesia.
1984 Hitachi car station in Liang Court, Singapore, before the elevator was modernized by Schindler in 2017. Notice the grey halo on the buttons (credit: circleline28).
1980s Hitachi car station.
1980s Hitachi car station.
A 1970s Hitachi car station in Hong Kong that has been replaced in the 1980s. The alarm button has been moved and the original button has been converted into an emergency light. The intercom speaker has been covered. The fan switch (bottom) remains.
1980s Hitachi handicap car station in Hong Kong.
Vandal resistant buttons
These are the same as the regular buttons above, except that they were entirely metal and had a small light in the middle. Some elevators installed with these buttons had their original bulbs replaced with LED light due to age. These buttons were used in Singapore[5] and Hong Kong[6]. It is unknown if they were also used in other countries.
1980s Hitachi vandal resistant hall station in Hong Kong. Notice the dotted lights used as an analogue floor indicator. The button, however, is not vandal resistant.
Floor indicators
These indicators were still analogue with illuminating squares. By the mid 1980s, a digital segments display with either red or green number began appearing[8]. On certain elevators, there are triangle lanterns inside the car which are found on both sides of the inner door jambs.[9][10]
1984 Hitachi hall floor indicator in Liang Court, Singapore (Credit to YouTube user circleline28).
1980s Hitachi hall floor counter with square lenses.
1980s Hitachi hall floor counter with square lenses'
1980s Hitachi inside floor counter with in-car lanterns.
1980s Hitachi inside floor counter with in-car lanterns in Hong Kong.
1981 Hitachi car floor indicator found in Universal House, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.
Different 1980s Hitachi analog floor counter in Hong Kong.
Typical 1980s Hitachi analog floor counter.
1980s Hitachi car floor indicator.
1980s Hitachi car floor indicator.
1986 Hitachi car floor indicator (slightly customized) in Isetan Wisma Atria, Singapore.
Typical 1980s Hitachi analog floor counter.
1980s Japanese Hitachi car floor indicator with hall call indicator inside elevators.
Second batch
These fixtures were mostly used in low to high-rise 1980s Hitachi elevators in office buildings or other luxurious buildings such as hotels or shopping centers.
Round buttons
These are push buttons with a black halo and lettering, and light up entirely when pressed. The door control buttons, however, do not light up when pressed.
1983 Hitachi round plastic up call buttons.
1983 Hitachi hall station with round plastic buttons.
1983 Hitachi round plastic car station buttons.
Wedged square buttons
These are wedge-shaped buttons with a black frame and an illuminating halo on the wedged sides. These buttons are commonly found in Japan, but very few installations in other countries also exists.
1980s Hitachi call station with wedged square buttons.
1980s Hitachi car station with wedged square buttons (white car label).
1986 Hitachi car station with wedged square buttons.
Closer look of the 1980s Hitachi wedged square buttons. Notice the half floor (level 3.5).
Round touch sensitive buttons
These are round touch sensitive buttons with a wider illuminating halo. The touch plate in the middle could be black or silver.
1979 Hitachi round touch sensitive call station (without arrow)
1979 Hitachi round touch sensitive call station (with arrow)
1984 Hitachi with touch sensitive button (terminal floor).
1979 Hitachi touch sensitive call station with keyswitch.
1983 Hitachi touch sensitive call buttons, with green light for up and red light for down.
1980s Hitachi round touch-sensitive buttons.
1984 Hitachi round touch sensitive buttons with white touch plate.
1984 Hitachi car station with round touch sensitive buttons.
1980s Hitachi round touch sensitive buttons with different font found in Amarin Tower, Bangkok, Thailand.
Square touch sensitive buttons
These are black or white square touch sensitive with an illuminating halo.
1986 Hitachi square touch sensitive buttons at Koryo Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea.
1980s Hitachi square touch sensitive buttons in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
1980s Hitachi black square touch sensitive buttons.
Floor indicators
These indicators are either analogue with illuminating circles or squares, or digital with 7-segments display.
1979 Hitachi hall station with round analog indicators in Jakarta, Indonesia.
1979 Hitachi hall indicator with round analog indicators and lanterns in Jakarta, Indonesia.
1979 Hitachi hall station with touch sensitive button and analogue indicators. The black round object is the hall lantern (unlit).
A rare 1984 custom Hitachi hall floor counter with illuminating numbers. The dots indicates non-stop floors.
Old Hitachi elevators with 1980s round touch buttons found in Amarin Tower, Bangkok, Thailand.
Hall lanterns
These lanterns are round and has an arrow in the middle. There was also a black version, with an orange arrow light up on a black background but these are very rare. These lanterns could be mounted horizontally or vertically.
1983 Hitachi intermediate floor hall lanterns.
1979 Hitachi intermediate floor hall lanterns.
1983 Hitachi terminal floor hall lantern.
1980s Hitachi hall lanterns (Intermediate floor).
1984 Hitachi hall lanterns with hall floor indicator.
1983 Hitachi hall lanterns, green for up.
1983 Hitachi hall lanterns, red for down.
1979 Hitachi intermediate floor hall lanterns.
1979 black Hitachi hall lanterns with an analogue indicator.
Mid to late 1980s fixtures (B85)
These fixtures are mainly found in Hitachi Computer Control (BUIL-ACE QUALITY 80 (AC Variable Voltage, ACVV), BUIL-ACE QUALITY 80 Series II (AC Variable Voltage Variable Voltage, VVVF), YP (ACVV), YPM (ACVV) and YPVF (VVVF)) elevators from the mid to late 1980s. They used the B85 buttons which are black square buttons encased in a black halo, and has a green or orange LED light on the side of it[12]. There was also a touch sensitive button, with a red light on top of it but this is extremely rare. The floor indicators are analogue display, with multiple red dots that flashes everytime the car moves and stops flashing when the car is idle/stationary. A few elevators, however, used a digital segments display instead. Panels were either flat or surface mounted with beveled sides. In the early 1990s, Hitachi continued on making these fixtures that comes with a redesigned interior floor indicator until around the mid 1990s.
1980s Hitachi hall station.
1980s Hitachi hall station button.
1980s Hitachi hall station with a digital floor indicator (Credit to YouTube user Orisa Pradito)
1980s Hitachi car station.
1980s Hitachi car station.
1980s Hitachi car station.
1980s Hitachi car station with replaced (?) buttons.
1980s Hitachi buttons with green lamp found in Isetan Wisma Atria, Singapore.
1980s Hitachi car floor indicator.
1980s Hitachi car floor indicator.
1980s Hitachi analog floor indicator.
1980s Hitachi digital floor indicator.
西環堅尼地城厚威閣日立升降機
Mid 1980s Hitachi Computer Control elevator found in Hong Kong which are using electronic floor indicator.
Computer Control words on the floor indicator.
1980s touch sensitive Hitachi call station.
1980s touch sensitive Hitachi buttons.
1980s Custom Hitachi car floor indicator.
Third party/generic fixtures
Some elevators installed in Public Housing Estate blocks and Home Ownership Scheme blocks in Hong Kong in the 1980s used Dewhurst fixtures, with US81 braille buttons and UL200 floor indicators. This continued until in the 1990s. Some old 1980s Hitachi elevators in some MTR (former KCR) stations in Hong Kong also used Dewhurst US81 buttons, but with the standard Hitachi analogue indicators.
Hitachi elevator with Dewhurst call buttons refurbished from 1970s elevator.
Hitachi elevator in Kwun Lung Lau (hall station) were using Dewhurst Black US81 Compact.
Hitachi elevators built in Mid-1980s Public Housing Estate blocks were using Dewhurst fixtures.
1990s
Early to mid 1990s fixtures
These fixtures are similar to the ones used in 1980s Hitachi Computer Control elevators, but have a redesigned interior floor indicator above the door, which is now larger and more angled. The indicators could be the standard "red dots" analogue (i.e. flashes when the car moves and stops flashing when the car is idle), digital segments or even an LED dot matrix. There was also a regular non-angled digital floor indicator above the car door which was mostly used in high-rise elevators outside Japan such as Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and Hong Kong. Hall and car stations were either flat or surface mounted with beveled sides.
Also by this time, Hitachi began using a new type of button known as B89. This button is square with a grey halo, beveled edges and an illuminating letter or symbol in the middle of it. The alarm button has a yellow halo and "phone" symbol, and it is found under the intercom speaker[13].
1990s Hitachi B85 call station (intermediate floor).
1990s Hitachi station (terminal floor).
1990s Hitachi station with a security switch.
1994 Hitachi hall station (with a digital indicator) in Hong Kong.
Early 1990s Hitachi hall station with analogue indicator (Credit to YouTube user Eiffel Valentino)
Early 1990s Hitachi hall station (Credit to YouTube user Eiffel Valentino)
1990s Hitachi hall station (Duplex)
1994 Hitachi hall station in Hong Kong.
1990s Hitachi hall station. The call buttons have been replaced with A05 type buttons.
1994 Hitachi car station in Hong Kong.
1990s Hitachi car station in Bangkok, Thailand.
1990s Hitachi car station designed for handicap people. This was found in Hong Kong, China.
Early 1990s Hitachi car station (Credit to YouTube user Eiffel Valentino)
1990s Hitachi car station.
1990s Hitachi car station with some non-labeled buttons.
1990s Japanese Hitachi car station in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan.
1990s Hitachi inspection control switches.
Early 1990s Hitachi direction indicators, intercom and emergency call button (Credit to YouTube user Eiffel Valentino)
1990s Hitachi intercom and direction indicators.
1990s Hitachi direction indicators showing elevator is full and going down. The door control buttons have been replaced with A05 type buttons.
1990s Hitachi analog hall floor indicator.
1990s Hitachi digital hall floor indicator.
1990s Hitachi digital hall floor indicator.
Early 1990s Hitachi car indicator, analogue display (Credit to YouTube user Eiffel Valentino)
1990s Japanese Hitachi analog car floor indicator in Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan.
1990s Hitachi 85 car floor indicator.
Early 1990s Hitachi car indicator, segmented display
Early 1990s Hitachi car indicator, segmented display
Early 1990s Hitachi car indicator, different segmented display
Early 1990s Hitachi car indicator, LED dot matrix display.
Early 1990s Hitachi car indicator, LED dot matrix display.
Early 1990s Hitachi car indicator, LED dot matrix display.
Yellow segmented car floor indicator.
Yellow segmented hall indicator.
Red segmented car floor indicator.
1990s Japanese segmented car floor indicator in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Hitachi elevators with 85 buttons and red segmented car floor indicator, found in C.P. Tower 2, Bangkok, Thailand.
Fixtures used in Japan (B89)
These fixtures are only found in 1990s Hitachi elevators Japan. They used the B89 buttons which are square buttons with an illuminating letter or symbol, a grey halo and beveled edges. The alarm button has a yellow halo plus a phone symbol, and it is usually found under the intercom speaker. Both the landing and car stations are brown and surface mounted. Floor indicators used analogue display. The interior floor indicator is integrated with the transom panel above the door, and in addition of having illuminating numbers for the car position, there are multiple red dots under the number for indicating hall calls (one for each floors). These dots light up whenever hall calls are registered on certain floors.
1990s Japanese Hitachi hall station with analog indicator.
A 1990s Hitachi car station with B89 buttons in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan.
1990s Hitachi analog floor counter in Japan.
1990s Japanese Hitachi analog floor indicator.
1990s Japanese Hitachi analog floor indicator, different style.
Mid 1990s to early 2000s fixtures
These fixtures are used in Hitachi elevators in Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong and other Asian countries excluding Japan, installed between the mid 1990s and early 2000s. They are similar to the Japanese version (see above) except that the panels are all metal instead of brown. In addition, they have different floor indicators; instead of analogue display, a segmented or LED dot matrix display is used. The interior floor indicator is integrated with the transom panel above the car door, no longer slanted downward and it is a long black display.
There were three types of buttons used in these fixtures; B85 series (Known as "Computer Control") [14], B89 series (the most common one), and A98 series[15]. A98 is a black round convex button with an illuminating number or symbol. The latter is a bit rare.
1990s Hitachi call station with B89 buttons in Hong Kong.
1990s Hitachi hall station with B89 buttons in Macau.
1998 Hitachi car station in Hong Kong, with B89 buttons and a modified intercom speaker (to comply with BFA)
1996 Hitachi car station with B89 buttons in Jakarta, Indonesia.
1990s Hitachi emergency intercom, with the B89 "phone" button under it.
Typical 1990s Hitachi interior floor indicator (with segmented display). This was found in Bangkok, Thailand.
Slightly different 1990s Hitachi interior floor indicator in Bangkok, Thailand (with LED dot matrix display)
Slightly different 1990s Hitachi interior floor indicator in Bangkok, Thailand (with segmented display)
B95 buttons
These fixtures are found in 1990s Hitachi elevators installed in Japan and other countries. They used B95 series buttons, which are rounded square buttons with an illuminating number/symbol and halo. Floor indicators are orange LED dot matrix display which resembles Mitsubishi's display. Hall and car stations could be black or just a simple steel panel.
Hitachi B95 button, used in one of the elevators at Changi Airport Terminal 1 in Singapore.
1990s Hitachi car station with B95 buttons at Changi Airport Terminal 1 in Singapore.
Japanese Hitachi handicap car station in Japan, with B95 buttons.
Glass tone buttons
These buttons are found in Japan. It is unknown if they were also used in other countries.
Hitachi with glass tone buttons call station.
Hitachi with glass tone buttons car station.
Touch sensitive buttons
These buttons are found in Japan. It is unknown if they were also used in other countries.
1990s Custom (?) Hitachi elevators with touch sensitive buttons in Asahikawa Grand Hotel, Hokkaido, Japan.
1990s Custom Hitachi elevators with touch sensitive buttons in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Fixtures used in freight elevators in Thailand
These fixtures are normally used in freight elevators in Thailand. They use either "Computer Control" type buttons or the B89 buttons. Floor indicator is on the car station, with either a segmented or LED dot matrix display.
1994 Hitachi freight elevator car station with analogue indicator.
1992 Hitachi freight elevator car station with segmented indicator.
1994 Hitachi freight elevator car station with replaced segmented indicator.
Hitachi freight elevator car station with LED dot matrix indicator.
Hall lanterns
Hitachi made different types of hall lanterns. These can be a green/red colored square blocks, orange lit rectangular blocks or round blocks with an arrow.
1990s Hitachi hall lanterns (Intermediate floor)
1990s Hitachi LED exterior floor indicator (inactive) with separate hall lanterns.
Third party/generic fixtures
Please refer to Generic fixtures section above.
In Hong Kong, Hitachi elevators installed in Public Housing Estate blocks, Home Ownership Scheme blocks and government buildings in the 1990s used Dewhurst fixtures, with US81 or US90-15 braille buttons and UL200 floor indicators (in Public Housing Estate blocks and Home Ownership Scheme blocks only). Some elevators also used Jinlix fixtures from Taiwan.
Hitachi elevators built in 1994 Public Housing Estate blocks were using Dewhurst Black US81 Compact.
US90-15 braille buttons used on a refurbished Hitachi elevator in Hong Kong Public Housing Estate (Shek Wai Kok Estate).
2000s to present
Fixtures used in Southeast Asia and other countries
These fixtures are mainly used in Hitachi elevators in Southeast Asia.
B95 buttons
These are rounded square buttons made of polycarbonate, and has an illuminating halo and number/symbol. They are the most common type of buttons used in many Hitachi elevators in Southeast Asia. These buttons are also used in Guangri and Yungtay elevators.
Hitachi call station with B95 button (terminal floor).
Hitachi car station with B95 buttons was found in Royal City, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Hitachi car station with B95 buttons.
Hitachi service cabinet with B95 buttons.
Guangri call station with B95 button, found in Tsuen Lok Building, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong.
【R02】Hitachi Elevators @ Siam@Siam Design Hotel Bangkok「Guestroom」
Hitachi with B95 buttons, found in Siam@Siam Design Hotel Bangkok, Thailand.
A05 buttons
These are the same as the B95 buttons, except that the entire button base light up when pressed. Some of these buttons also have the number or symbol raised (tactiled). Outside Japan, these buttons are often found in Thailand. They are also used for replacement of older buttons in 1990s Hitachi elevators in Thailand.
Japanese Hitachi A05 buttons call station.
2014 Hall station with Mitsubishi-style floor indicator and A05 buttons.
2015 Hitachi duplex hall call station with A05 button (Terminal floor).
2015 Hitachi duplex hall call station with A05 buttons (Intermediate floor).
Hitachi car station with A05 buttons.
Hitachi A05 buttons with some non-labeled buttons on modernized elevators.
Hitachi wheelchair station with A05 buttons.
Hitachi A05 buttons with different font found in Zenith Sukhumvit Hotel Bangkok, Thailand.
Japanese Hitachi A05 buttons.
Hitachi A05 car station buttons with tactile only found in Japan.
【R01】Hitachi Not-So-Scenic『Key-Card-E-Vators』@ GLOW Pratunam Hotel Bangkok
Hitachi elevator with A05 buttons and Mitsubishi-style floor indicators, found in GLOW Pratunam, Bangkok, Thailand.
【R03】2011 Hitachi Traction Lifts Elevators @ CentralPlaza Grand Rama 9, Bangkok「Plaza」w TRG
Hitachi elevator with A05 buttons, found in CentralPlaza Grand Rama 9, Bangkok, Thailand.
Modernized Hitachi elevator with A05 buttons, found in Zenith Sukhumvit Hotel Bangkok, Thailand.
A98 buttons
These are round convex buttons with an illuminating number/symbol.
Hitachi A98 call buttons installed at TVB City in Hong Kong
A98 call buttons with yellow orange halo found in the L.place, Central, Hong Kong.
Hitachi with A98 buttons car station.
Hitachi A98 buttons in Bangkok, Thailand.
DMD-7 buttons
These are round stainless steel buttons with an illuminating halo, tactile and braille marks.
Hitachi DMD-7 buttons with light blue halo lamp.
DMD-7 buttons (without braille) with yellow orange halo.
Hitachi DMD-7 buttons found in Changi Airport Terminal 3, Singapore
SIN Hitachi?? Lifts at a Shopping Centre in Singapore.
Hitachi elevators with DMD-7 buttons in VivoCity, Singapore (video: Alex Ellis)
TNS3 buttons
These are square stainless steel button with a silver frame. Both the halo and number/symbol light up when pressed.
Hitachi call station with TNS3 buttons (simplex).
Hitachi call station with TNS3 buttons (duplex).
Hitachi with TNS3 buttons car station.
Hitachi DFRS keypad with TNS3 buttons.
Hitachi handicapped panel with TNS3 buttons.
TNS7 buttons
These are similar to TNS3 (see above) but the tactile and braille do not light up when pressed.
DHB buttons
These are round stainless steel buttons with illuminating halo and number/symbol, as well as a frame that is made of plastic resin.
DMD3/3B buttons
These are round stainless steel buttons with an illuminating halo and number/symbol. The braille version is called DMD3B.
DMD7 buttons
These buttons are similar to DMD3 (see above) but the tactile and braille do not light up when pressed.
DTH3/3B buttons
These buttons are very similar to TNS3. The braille version is called DTH3B.
DTH7 buttons
These buttons look very similar to TNS7.
MDL7 buttons
These buttons look very similar to DMD7.
P14F-UL buttons
These are round white button with a tactile, and light up entirely when pressed, similar to P03F-UL in Japan. Outside Japan, these buttons are currently used for Hitachi OUG-ON1[16] and UAG-SN1[17] MRL elevators.
Hitachi car station with P14F-UL buttons found in Bangkok, Thailand.
Closer look of Hitachi car station with P14F-UL buttons in Bangkok, Thailand.
Hitachi handicapped panel with P14F-UL buttons found in Bangkok, Thailand.
Hitachi call station with P14F-UL fixtures.
UB15R buttons
These are round stainless steel buttons with an illuminating halo. They are currently used for OUG-ON1[16] and UAG-SN1[17] MRL elevators.
UB15R-1: Illuminating number only
UB15R-2: Tactile only
UB15R-3: Braille and illuminating number
UB15R-4: Braille and tactile
Hitachi UB15R-2 car buttons found in Bangkok, Thailand.
Hitachi UB15R-2 handicapped buttons found in Bangkok, Thailand.
Hitachi UB15R-2 call button found in Bangkok, Thailand.
Hitachi UB15R-4 buttons.
UB15S buttons
These are square stainless steel buttons with illuminating halo. They are currently used for OUG-ON1[16] and UAG-SN1[17] MRL elevators.
UB15S-1: Illuminating number only
UB15S-2: Tactile only
UB15S-3: Braille and illuminating number
UB15S-4: Braille and tactile
Hitachi UB15S-3 handicapped buttons in Samut Prakarn, Thailand. (Credits to YouTube User Jessy Elevators)
Hitachi UB15S-3 car floor buttons in Samut Prakarn, Thailand. (Credits to YouTube User Jessy Elevators)
Hitachi UB15S-3 call buttons in Samut Prakarn, Thailand. (Credits to YouTube User Jessy Elevators)
B89 buttons
A few 2000s Hitachi elevators in Thailand used B89 buttons, which were common in the 1990s. It is unknown if these buttons have been discontinued.
2000-2010s B89 buttons on Hitachi freight elevator.
2008 B89 buttons.
Red LED floor indicators
These are the same LED dot matrix display as the ones used in Hitachi elevators installed in the mid and late 1990s. The arrow on the interior floor indicator has been moved to the top of the floor number. Possibly in the late 2000s or very early 2010s, Hitachi updated the dot matrix pattern for the number and letter, which now looks rather thin than the previous one. In addition, the number would scroll and a beep would sound each time the elevator passes a floor.
2013 Hitachi hall floor indicator in Bangkok, Thailand.
2015 Hitachi hall floor indicator with lanterns (Terminal floor).
Typical 2000s Hitachi car floor indicator with LED dot matrix display.
2015 Hitachi car indicator, featuring a newer and different LED pattern.
2008 Hitachi LED car indicator. Notice the older, 1990s intercom speaker.
2009 Hitachi LED car indicator. Notice the older, 1990s intercom speaker.
Orange LED floor indicators
These LED indicators look very similar to Mitsubishi. They are commonly found in Thailand.
2010s Hitachi hall floor indicator with lanterns and orange LEDs (intermediate floor)
LCD floor indicators
These LCD indicators uses monochrome display, with a dark blue character and arrow over a light blue background. In the mid 2010s, Hitachi updated these indicators with a new interface, featuring a different arrow and typeface for the number and letter. The newer ones are not monochrome.
2015 Hitachi LCD monochrome floor indicator.
2018 Hitachi LCD car indicator with an updated interface.
2019 Hitachi LCD car indicator with an updated interface.
Hall lanterns
Hitachi makes several styles of hall lanterns. Most of these are now powered by LED lights.
Hitachi hall lanterns found in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand.
Hitachi hall lanterns with Japanese indicator in Bangkok, Thailand.
These keypads have mechanical push buttons and an indicator which can be LED dot matrix or LCD.
Hitachi Destination Floor Reservation System keypad with TNS3 buttons.
Hitachi Destination Floor Reservation System keypad with TNS3 buttons in action (Car D)
Hitachi Destination Floor Reservation System keypad in Hong Kong.
Hitachi Destination Floor Reservation System keypad in action (Choose 2/F).
Hitachi Destination Floor Reservation System keypad in Singapore.
Hitachi Destination Floor Reservation System keypad display 2->E
Touchscreen
Hitachi Destination Floor Reservation System keypad touchscreen in sleep mode.
Hitachi Destination Floor Reservation System keypad touchscreen.
Hitachi Destination Floor Reservation System keypad with handicap mode.
Hitachi Destination Floor Reservation System keypad with handicap mode. (Car J)
Destination Indicator
These destinations indicators are usually located on both sides of the door jambs inside the elevator car. They can be LED dot matrix or LCD display.
Hitachi Destination Floor Reservation System destination indicator.
Hitachi Destination Floor Reservation System LCD floor indicator.
Hitachi Destination Floor Reservation System car station.
Hitachi Destination Floor Reservation System car station.
Floor destination indicators inside the car, mounted on both door jambs.
Hitachi Destination Floor Reservation System floor destination indicator installed on door jambs.
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Hitachi Destination Floor Reservation System found in Bhiraj Tower at EmQuartier, Bangkok, Thailand
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Hitachi Destination Floor Reservation System found in Block B, St. Pauls Hospital, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong (Video by: VIncent Chong)
Turnstiles display
These are LCD indicators installed on turnstiles that tells passengers which cars they should take to get to their floors.
Fixtures used in Japan
These fixtures are found in Hitachi elevators in Japan.
B95 buttons
To be added.
A05 buttons
Hitachi hall station with A05 buttons in Tokyo, Japan.
Hitachi hall station with A05 button and analogue indicator in Japan.
Hitachi car station with A05 buttons in Japan.
P03F-UL buttons
These are round white button with a tactile, and light up entirely when pressed.
Japanese Hitachi call station with P03F-UL buttons.
Hitachi car station in Japan with P03F-UL buttons.
Japanese Hitachi car station with P03F-UL buttons.
Hitachi wheelchair car station in Japan with P03F-UL buttons.
Japanese Hitachi wheelchair car station with P03F-UL buttons.
CR35-N buttons
These are similar to P03F-UL but without tactile.
CR35-A buttons
These are flat round stainless steel buttons with an illuminating halo.
CR35-S buttons
These are flat round stainless steel buttons with tactile and illuminating number/symbol.
P03HC-UL buttons
These are similar to P03F-UL, but these ones are bigger.
Hitachi P03HC-UL call buttons in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Hitachi P03HC-UL floor buttons in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
P14MF-WL buttons
These are similar to P03F-UL/P14F-UL, but frame are made by stainless steel.
Unknown square glass buttons
These are flat square glass tone buttons which light up white when pressed.
Hitachi elevator hall station with unknown square glass buttons found in Tokyo, Japan. (Credit to YouTube user Oak TheElevator Hunter)
Hitachi elevator car station with unknown square glass buttons found in Tokyo, Japan. (Credit to YouTube user Oak TheElevator Hunter)
Hitachi elevator wheelchair station with unknown square glass buttons found in Tokyo, Japan. (Credit to YouTube user Oak TheElevator Hunter)
Hitachi elevator with unknown square glass buttons, different font in Nissay Sapporo Building, Hokkaido, Japan.
Large square buttons
These buttons look similar to Mitsubishi's version.
Japanese Hitachi elevator wheelchair station with large square buttons. (Credit to YouTube User Oak TheElevator Hunter)
Custom Hitachi buttons found in Sapporo Mitsui JP Building, Hokkaido, Japan.
Other/custom buttons
Custom Hitachi buttons found in Odori Bisse, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Custom Hitachi buttons found in Century Royal Hotel, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
LED floor indicators
These LED indicators look very similar to Mitsubishi.
Mitsubishi-style floor indicator found in Tokyo, Japan.
Japanese Hitachi car floor indicator. (Credit to YouTube user Oak TheElevator Hunter)
Japanese Hitachi LED floor indicator.
Japanese Hitachi LED hall floor indicator.
Japanese Hitachi LED floor indicator.
Japanese Hitachi car floor indicator found in Narita International Airport Terminal 1, Chiba, Japan.
Japanese Hitachi LED floor indicator above doors.
Japanese Hitachi black hall floor indicator in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
LCD floor indicators
White LCD floor indicator found in Tokyo, Japan.
Japanese Hitachi white LCD floor indicator.
Japanese Hitachi white LCD car floor indicator. (Credit to YouTube user Oak TheElevator Hunter)
Japanese Hitachi LCD hall floor indicator with security camera footage.
Japanese Hitachi white LCD floor indicator in railway stations.
Japanese Hitachi black car floor indicator in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
Other/custom fixtures
Custom Hitachi hall floor indicator found in Tokyo Skytree, Japan.
Car Hitachi car floor indicator found in Tokyo Skytree, Japan.
HF1
Hitachi HF1 Car indicator.
Hitachi HF1 Car station.
Hitachi HF1 Hall station.
Hitachi HF1 Wheelchair panel.
Fixtures used in Chinese Hitachi elevators
This section requires expansion.
These fixtures are used in Hitachi elevators made by Hitachi Elevator China in Guangzhou, China, which are found in China and other Asian countries excluding Japan. They are currently used in Hitachi MCA, LCA, HGP, HCA, UCA, LGE, HGE-Z and GS-3C elevators.
Button types:
FL-PW: Black round button with a white illuminating number/symbol.
FL-MB: Round button with a blue illuminating halo and number/symbol.
DL-PO: B95 button (known as DL-PO in China-made Hitachi elevators).
GDL-SO2: Similar to DL-PO/B95, but the button is grey and the number/symbol does not illuminate.
AL-POC: Grey square button with a yellow illuminating halo and number/symbol.
AL-POE: Grey round button with a yellow illuminating halo and number/symbol.
HL-PW: Similar to FL-PW Button but number/symbol are tactile
ML-MW: Round button with a white illuminating halo and number/symbol. The Orange illuminating version called ML-MO.
UL-MW: Similar to ML-MW/ML-MO Button. The Anti-bacterial Version Called UL-MWA.
WL-MW: Round stainless steel button with a white illuminating halo and number/symbol. The Orange illuminating Version and Blue illuminating Version Called WL-MO/WL-MB.
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HA2S01: Round button with an illuminating tactile and halo, and non-illuminating braille. The design is resembled from Dewhurst US91-15 and Everbright EB2003-RBL and produced by Shanghai BST[18].
HB218: Square button with an illuminating tactile and halo, and non-illuminating braille. The design is resembled from Dewhurst US90-15 and produced by Hunter.
Hitachi FL-PW landing call buttons.
2015 Hitachi car station with FL-PW buttons in a Hitachi MCA elevator in Indonesia.
2015 Hitachi handicap car station with FL-PW buttons.
Hitachi HA2S01 Buttons in a Hitachi LCA elevator in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong.
Hitachi HA2S01 Buttons in a Hitachi LCA elevator in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong.
Typical Chinese Hitachi LCD multimedia screen (Produced by Wabon) in Kwun Tong, Hong Kong.
2019 Hitachi HCA equipped with HA2S01 buttons and Wabon LCD multimedia screen in North Point, Hong Kong.
2024 Hitachi GS-3C equipped with HB218 buttons and Tonic LED indicator in Mong Kok, Hong Kong.
2024 Hitachi call station equipped with HB218 buttons in Mong Kok, Hong Kong.
2021 Hitachi MCA equipped with HB218 buttons and Wabon LCD screen in Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong.
Third party/generic fixtures
In Hong Kong, 2000s Hitachi elevators installed in Public Housing Estate blocks and Home Ownership Scheme blocks in Hong Kong were still required to be fitted with Dewhurst fixtures. All of them are US90-15 buttons and UL16 floor indicators (floor indicator standard continued until early 2010s, floor indicator were provided by either Vander ot Tonic). Some government buildings in Hong Kong may use US91-15 buttons but the floor indicators are the standard Hitachi types. Some elevators in private residential and commercial buildings in Hong Kong may also use other (non-Dewhurst) generic fixtures.[19].
Hitachi elevators built in 2005 Home Ownership Scheme blocks were using Dewhurst fixtures.
Hitachi elevators built in 2013 Public Housing Estate blocks were using large LED floor indicator were provided by Tonic.
Modernized Hitachi elevator car station with square type Everbright buttons in Hong Kong.
The 1980s Hitachi elevator has retorfitted with Vander LED dot matrix floor indicator and Dewhurst US90-15 call button. To comply the BFA 1997.
Home elevator fixtures
White Circle buttons
These were used in Hitachi Home elevators lineup. These fixtures are located mostly in Japan (rarely in other countries). The buttons are commonly White and circle. These buttons have an illuminating rectangle light at the top of the button.
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