This is a guide to some notable elevator fixtures of Kone elevators.
Note that Kone had some other fixtures design before 1940s, which haven't been listed on this page.
In the 1940s, Kone had the following designs of fixtures. They are similar to 1950s Kone but there is differences.
1941 Kone car station (Credit to kaakkuri86)
1940s Kone car station without stop or alarm button (Credit to YouTube user FinnishLiftFilmer2005)
Very rare 1940s Kone car station (Credit to kaakkuri86)
1950s
In the 1950s, Kone had the following designs of fixtures.
Vintage Kone hall station & hall indicator (Credit to Flickr user ansik)
Different vintage Kone hall station & hall indicator (Credit to Flickr user Sami Oinonen)
Vintage Kone hall station (Credit to YouTube user Heritage Elevators/ATITANIC1992)
Vintage Kone car station (Credit to YouTube user Heritage Elevators/ATITANIC1992)
1960s
Black rectangular buttons
These are somple black rectangular buttons without illumination. The hall station has either one/two lamps or lamp floor indicator above the call button.
1960s Kone hall station with call registration lamps.
1960s Kone hall station with indicator (Credit to Flickr user hugovk)
1960s Kone car station which are only found in Finland.
1960s Kone Hall station with one light. (Credit to Kaakkuri86)
Solenoid (pop out) buttons
These fixtures are black solenoid buttons which latched on when pressed and pops out when the car stops on the selected floor, similar to Schindler's and Westinghouse's buttons in the 1960s. Pop-out buttons were used 1960-1971. Some Kone pop-out buttons were also used in 1950s, but all of them have been modernized, so they might have been different.
1960s Kone car station with black solenoid buttons.
1960s Kone pop out buttons (Credit to Instagram user laulu)
1968 Kone solenoid (pop-out) buttons.
Machine Room Tour! 1968 KONE "pop-out" traction elevator bonus @ Unioninkatu 24, Helsinki, Finland
1968 Kone elevator with solenoid (pop out) buttons (video: ATITANIC1992/Heritage Elevators)
1970s
Round plastic buttons
These are illuminating round white plastic buttons. The floor indicators consists of white square lenses for low-rise and small rectangle lenses for high-rise buildings. Hall lanterns consists of wedged triangular arrows and lights in orange. These fixtures were used until 1985.
1970s-1980s Kone intermediate floor hall lanterns.
1970s Kone car station with plastic buttons.
1970s-1980s Kone car station.
1977 Kone car floor counter for low-rise elevators (Credit to YouTube user Heritage Elevators/ATITANIC1992)
1960s-1970s Kone pop-out car floor counter. This was mostly for high-rise installations, but also used sometimes in low-rise buildings.
Another KONE Fast Traction elevator lift, 1981
1970s Kone elevator using round buttons in Finland (credit: Windeelv20).
White square buttons
These are larger white square buttons that lit inside. They could be provided with information above the buttons, such as an "In Use" indicator above callbuttons!
1970s Kone car station with white square buttons. the LEDs has been added later during an modernisation!
Touch-Sensitive buttons
These fixtures are touch-sensitive round button on the center of the square light. They were also used in the Kone Marryat Scott in the early 1980s.
Touch sensitive call button
Digital floor indicator
Capacity, year, serial no. KONE logo (КОНЕ, Н = Cyrillic N, pronounced 'en') in Russian.
Car Station (square halo lights up)
A disabled digital floor indicator.
1980s to 1990s
Vandal resistant (aka. SWEDEN)
These fixtures are round solid metal buttons with engraved floor numbers and symbols. There is a small red lamp above the button. They are called as KONE SWEDEN fixtures by technichians and suppliers in Sweden. Introduced in 1980, they were commonly used in Sweden up until 1985, and occacialy used after 1985 in the Scandinavian countries up until 1995.
1970s-1980s Kone vandal resistant buttons.
1970s-1980s Kone Vandal Resistant car floor counter.
M buttons
Kone M fixtures started out in 1985 and were also used in MacGregor Kone marine elevators and very few Kone Marryat Scott in England. They were also used in many modernizations during the 1980s-1990s and rarely in the 2000s. These fixtures mostly have barrel shaped and rectangular buttons with illuminating halo and digital floor indicators. Dewhurst buttons were also provided as well as landlords request[1].
Kone M fixtures were discontinued for regular elevator installations in 2001 but were still made for MacGregor Kone marine elevators and few modernizations until around mid 2000s[2] and succeed with the Kone Signalization System (also known as KSS) series.
Barrel shaped buttons
These buttons are the most common type found in many M-Series fixtures in the 1980s-1990s, and is the model simply called KONE M Button. The buttons can be black or metallic, and have illuminating halo which light up in green or red. M-Series barrel shaped buttons can be flat or slightly protrudes. In Europe, the button for main/ground floor is normally marked green and protrudes from the panel.
1980s-1990s Kone M-Series call station.
1980s-1990s Kone M-Series buttons with phone button in Singapore.
1980s-1990s Kone M-Series car station with black protruding buttons.
1980s-1990s Kone M-Series car station with black barrel buttons with green illumination halo lamp and digital-segmented display floor indicator.
1980s-1990s Kone M-Series car station in Castle Mall, Norwich (UK).
1980s-1990s Kone M-Series car station with stainless steel flat buttons.
1980s-1990s Kone M-Series overload lamp, alarm and stop button (Credit to YouTube user hissen12)
1990s Kone M-Series car station in Hong Kong (Credit to YouTube user Vincent Chong)
Rectangular buttons
Another version of Kone M-Series button is rectangular with illuminating halo. These buttons can be black, brown or stainless steel. They are mostly used in mid to high-rise Kone elevators in the 1980s-1990s.
1990s Australian/New Zealand Kone M-Series car station with stainless steel rectangular buttons.
1990s Kone M-Series car station with brown rectangular buttons.
1990s Kone car station with stainless steel M-Series buttons and electro luminescent display floor indicator at 80 Collins St in Melbourne, Australia.
1990's Kone M-Series black rectangular buttons with braille and tactile.
Kone M-Series black rectangular buttons without braille found in Bangkok, Thailand.
SKYSCRAPER EXPLORER- EPL Kone mod. Kone Hi-speed Traction Lifts @ 80 Collins St
Kone M-Series lifts in 80 Collins St in Melbourne, Australia
Touch sensitive buttons
Kone also made barrel shaped touch sensitive M-Series buttons. These buttons have a red strip lamp on the top. Sometimes the buttons have round concave surface. M-Series touch sensitive buttons are very rare.
Touch-sensitive Kone M-Series buttons with round concave surface.
Kone M-Series touch sensitive call buttons (larger version without round concave surface).
Floor indicators
Kone M-Series used digital segmented floor indicators from the 1980s until around mid 1990s. During this period, the indicators could only support 7 segments display and as the result the ground floor is displayed as "0" (zero, instead of G) and the basement floors are displayed with a negative/minus (eg. -1 for basement level one). In the late 1990s, an LED dot matrix was introduced, along with a large yellow electro luminescent display which are only found in Hong Kong, Finland, Australia and New Zealand.
Standard M-Series call station with digital-segmented display floor indicator (for one elevator).
Standard M-Series call station with digital-segmented display floor indicator (for two elevator).
Standard M-Series call station with LED dot-matrix display floor indicator (for one elevator).
Standard M-Series LED dot-matrix display floor indicator.
Typical M-Series LED floor indicator (late 1990s).
1980s-1990s Kone M-Series car floor indicator.
1980s-1990s Kone M-Series car floor indicator.
1980s-1990s Kone M-Series floor indicator (with the numbers replaced to LED) in Hong Kong.
Kone M-Series electro luminescent display floor indicator (Credit to YouTube user Alex Stanton)
Slightly different version of 1990s Kone M-Series floor indicator with working arrows. This is used in the UK. From the lifts in Castle Mall.
Another slightly different Kone M-Series floor indicator.
A rare variation of Kone M-Series LED floor indicator . This is used in Wisma Mulia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Another rare variation of Kone M-Series LED floor indicator. In some cases the numbers may scrolls.
Another rare variation of Kone M-Series LED floor indicator found in U Chu Liang Building, Bangkok, Thailand.
Hall lanterns
Kone M-Series's hall lanterns are very distinctive. Arrows were shaped into rounded triangular and light up by bulb. In later version, the lanterns comes in horizontal lines which are shaped like a triangle. Some hall lanterns are also combined with a digital floor indicator, either segments or dot matrix LED.
1980s-1990s Kone hall lanterns and floor indicator.
1980s-1990s Kone M-Series car floor indicator and lanterns above car doors.
1998 Kone hall lanterns with a LED floor indicator (Credit to YouTube user Orisa's Elevatour)
1998 Kone intermediate hall lanterns (Credit to YouTube user TG97Elevators)
1990s Kone hall lanterns and floor indicator in Island Place, Hong Kong (Credit to YouTube user vief86mo)
Custom 1990s Kone M-Series hall lanterns and floor indicator in Auckland Metro Centre, New Zealand (Credit to YouTube user Alex Ellis)
M buttons for high-rise elevators
This is another style of M-Series fixtures used in high rise elevators in the 1980's and 1990's. Buttons can be silver or black rectangular with red illuminating halo. These buttons were arranged in a vertical zig zag line. The inner floor indicators are black tall rectangular positioned vertically, with a digital segments display and a small moving dots. These dots represents the car position.
Fast 1990s KONE Elevators
1990's KONE elevators with M-Series (high rise) fixtures at The Majestic Centre, Wellington, New Zealand (video: WaygoodOtis)
Novel Elements
Novel Elements fixtures are only found in some European countries, Australia, and New Zealand. They were used in some hydraulic[3] and the earliest Kone MonoSpace[4] elevators in the mid 1990s. Buttons are rectangular with a tiny red lamp on the upper left corner of the buttons. The floor indicators are LED dot-matrix scrolling display. Novel Elements was also used in few modernizations as well[5].
Novel Elements hall call button panel for intermediate floor (credit: Jaymie Treadwell).
Novel Elements hall call button for terminal floor (credit: Jaymie Treadwell).
Kone Novel Elements hall station. (Credits to YouTube user Khup Elevators and Offtopic)
Novel Elements hall call button panel (credit: WaygoodOtis).
Novel Elements Display (Down)
Novel Elements Display (Up)
Kone Novel Elements hall floor indicator (1). (Credits to YouTube user Khup Elevators and Offtopic)
Kone Novel Elements hall floor indicator (2). (Credits to YouTube user Khup Elevators and Offtopic)
Novel Elements car buttons (credit: Jaymie Treadwell).
Kone Novel Elements car station. (Credits to YouTube user Khup Elevators and Offtopic)
Novel Elements car floor indicator (credit: Jaymie Treadwell).
1996 Kone Novel Elements car station - floor buttons (Credit: Beno)
Kone Novel Elements car floor indicator above doors. (Credits to YouTube user Khup Elevators and Offtopic)
1996 Kone Novel Elements car station - floor indicator (Credit: Beno)
Novel Elements hall lantern (up)
Novel Elements hall lantern (down)
Novel Elements car station
Series 220
This is a European version of Series 220 used in mid-1990's that is similar to American Series 220 except they have tactiles on the buttons. Not much is known as these are extremely rare.
European Series 220 call buttons.
European Series 220 car station.
Unusual Kone lift from the 90s
1990s Kone elevator in the UK with Series 220 fixtures (video: mrmattandmrchay)
Hong Kong touch sensitive buttons
These button fixtures are found in Hong Kong, China. It is unknown if they are also found in other countries. Buttons are very similar to Delta/K-Delta buttons except that they are actually touch sensitive and the door control button symbols are transparent.
Beautiful Kone Touch Sensitive Traction Elevator @Island Place Tower, Hong Kong
Kone elevator in Hong Kong with touch sensitive buttons (video: vief86mo)
Other fixtures
Some Kone elevators in the 1980s-1990s were using Dewhurst fixtures, like the US81 square buttons. Custom fixtures also existed.
Custom? 1997 Kone call station in Wisma Mulia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
1997 Kone hall lanterns in Wisma Mulia, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Sigma[6] fixtures came out in the late 1990s, mainly in the European Kone MonoSpace elevators. These fixtures have two types of buttons; white aluminum and black with tactile on the center and a curved red stripe lamp on the top. Floor indicators are LED dot-matrix displays. The inner floor indicator displays were later re-used by Kone for the Asian K-Delta fixtures. The Sigma fixtures were also used in a few MonoSpace elevators in Japan in the early 2000s[7].
Black Sigma Call Button with Keyswitch
Kone Sigma hall lanterns and floor indicator.
Kone Sigma white aluminum floor buttons.
Kone Sigma car station with black buttons (Credit to Beno - beno.org.uk)
Kone Sigma car station with black buttons (Credit to YouTube user PostTower)
Kone Sigma inner floor indicator. The Kone nameplate has been replaced into OTIS because the elevator is maintained by Otis.
Kone Sigma LED floor indicator (Credit to YouTube user PostTower)
Another version of Kone Sigma inner floor indicator.
KONE Sigma Segment Indicator
Custom Kone Sigma inner floor indicator.
KONE Ecodisc (original) at John Lewis in Norwich
2001 Kone MonoSpace lift with black Sigma fixtures found at John Lewis in Norwich, UK (video: KoneliftmanUK).
Beautiful 1999 KONE elevator in Andorra
1999 Kone elevator with Sigma fixtures (video: ATITANIC1992/Heritage Elevators)
Delta
Delta[6] started in around the late 1990s. It was Kone's common fixture between the early and mid 2000s and was available in Asia, Europe, Australia, New Zealand as well as, but extremely rare, the United States and Canada. Delta fixtures were used in new elevator installations as well as modernization. Dewhurst chassis also provided as well as landlords request, as well as an Innovation chassis on the Canadian and American Kone elevators.[1] Delta fixtures have been discontinued in around 2006[8].
Delta fixtures have three types of buttons; round, square, rectangular and oval. These buttons came out either as plain stainless steel or black (with tactile and braille) and have a red strip lamp on the top. In Hong Kong, some rectangular stainless steel Delta buttons have both tactile and braille on them[9]. Floor indicators are LED dot-matrix, but some elevators also had either yellow or white electo luminescent display (ELD). Hall lanterns are triangular and lights up in red. Some hall lanterns, especially those in the main floor have a floor indicator positioned between the two lanterns.
Delta fixtures are divided into three series.
Delta ThinLine
This is a surface mounted fixture. Hall stations are simply mounted on the wall without having to recess the wall. The modernization version of this fixture is called ReVive Elegant Thinline[10]. ReVive Elegant Thinline has both surface mounted hall and car stations.
2002 Kone Delta ThinLine call station with square buttons.
Kone Delta ThinLine call station with square buttons (Credit to Flickr user SlightlyOutOfBrussels, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license)
Delta ThinLine call station with round buttons, in New Zealand (credit to WaygoodOtis)
Kone Delta ThinLine call station with round button (Credit to YouTube user Heritage Elevators/ATITANIC1992)
Kone Delta hall call buttons found in Ming Arcade, Singapore
Kone Delta car station buttons found in Ming Arcade, Singapore
2005 Kone Delta ReVive Elegant ThinLine car station for modernization (Credit to Facebook user Raymond Zhang)
Delta SlimLine
This is a flush mounted fixture. Hall stations are flushed mounted on the wall. The modernization version of this fixture is called ReVive Elegant Flushline[11], ReVive Evergreen Flushline for historic/vintage elevators[12] and Revive Luxury Flushline[13]. Only ReVive Luxury Flushline equipped with yellow electroluminescent floor indicators.
Kone Delta SlimLine call station with round buttons.
2005 Kone Delta SlimLine call station with round golden buttons.
Kone Delta oval call station (Credit to YouTube user Eiffel Vale.)
Delta square stainless steel buttons.
Delta round stainless steel buttons found in Melbourne, Australia.
Delta round buttons, in New Zealand (credit to WaygoodOtis)
Rare K-Delta brown round buttons.
White Kone Delta round button found in Bangkok, Thailand
Kone Delta black rectangular buttons.
Delta grey rectangular buttons
Delta LED floor indicator.
Delta car floor indicator found in Bangkok, Thailand
Delta ELD floor indicator.
Delta ELD floor indicator in Hong Kong Central Library.
A full view of the panel with Delta ELD floor indicator. Buttons are using Dewhurst chassis inside the elevator. Founded in Hong Kong Central Library.
2000's Kone Delta car floor indicator (Credit to YouTube user benobve)
Kone Delta SlimLine hall floor indicator and lanterns.
2000's Kone Delta hall lanterns (Credit to YouTube user benobve)
ReVive Luxury Flushline (Delta) hall floor indicator and lanterns (Credit to YouTube user Alex Ellis)
Older Kone Delta LCD or electroluminescent indicator that has been retrofitted with KSS 570/670 style dot matrix.
Older Kone Delta LCD or electroluminescent indicator that has been retrofitted with KSS 570/670 style dot matrix.
Vandal Resistant
This is a vandal resistant version of Delta. It has a transparent digital segmented floor indicators and Kone Sigma hall lantern arrows. The modernization version of this fixture is called ReVive AntiVandal Flushline[14].
K-Delta
K-Delta is very similar to Delta (see above), mainly found in Asia and was a common fixtures in the mid 2000s. It has black square buttons with a red strip lamp on the top. The floor indicator used inside is the Kone Sigma style. For the hall station indicator, it is the same type as Delta Slimline. Dewhurst chassis were also provided as well as landlords request[1]. Kone K-Delta fixtures have been discontinued.
Kone K-Delta call station with keyswitch.
K-Delta call button (terminal floor)
K-Delta black buttons.
K-Delta black buttons.
K-Delta car station.
K-Delta hall floor indicator with lanterns (terminal floor).
K-Delta hall floor indicator with lanterns (terminal floor).
Delta/K-Delta hall floor indicator with lanterns (intermediate floor).
Horizontal Kone K-Delta hall floor indicator and lanterns.
K-Delta inner floor indicator.
K-Delta car floor indicator with arrow.
Thyman fixtures
These fixtures are using in 2000s Thyman-based Kone elevators in Thailand. It consists of LED dot-matrix floor indicator with Kone-style arrows that scroll or sometimes, fade in and out, and rectangular or square buttons. Sometimes, Delta/K-Delta hall floor indicator can also mounted instead of original hall floor indicator.
Kone with Thyman fixtures hall floor indicator. (K-Delta)
Kone with Thyman fixtures hall floor indicator. (Original)
Kone with Thyman fixtures car floor indicator.
Kone with Thyman fixtures car station with square buttons.
Kone elevators with Thyman fixtures (rectangular buttons) found in The Landmark Bangkok, Thailand.
Prince Palace Hotel, Bangkok Kone Traction Parking Elevators (Tower B)
Kone elevators with Thyman fixtures (square buttons) found in Prince Palace Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand.
Kone Traction Elevator Rajavithi Hospital - Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health
Kone elevators with Thyman fixtures (rectangular buttons) found in Rajavithi Hospital - Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, Bangkok (video: Ta Garavigo).
KSS Series
Kone Signalization System (or KSS) is the current fixtures used in almost any Kone elevator models. It is primarily used for the European market. KSS fixtures consists of plastic silver-coated buttons with orange, blue or white illuminating halos, a dot-matrix floor counter, and a directional indicator consisting of a rhombus and two trapezoids. The trapezoids are positioned diagonally with their bases facing the sides of the rhombus on both left and right; they are positioned at the bottom of the rhombus for up and placed at the top for down. This directional indicator is also in the floor counter below the dot-matrix display.[15] The KSS series fixtures currently in production are KSS-370, -500, -600, -900, -D20[16] and -D40[16] for American market and KSS-280, -305, -420, -430, -470, -520, -570[17], -620, -670, -800[17], -900[17], -970, -D20[16] and -D40[16] for Europe & Asian market.
In late 2010, Kone released the KSS-140 series vandal-resistant and KSS-130. The KSS 140 fixtures used in North America are using Innovation chassis. In Europe and Asia, Dewhurst buttons are also provided as an option as well as landlords request.[1]
KSS 130
KSS 130 fixtures are durable, vandal-resistant fixtures normally found in European countries. These fixtures have surface mounted, round silver-coated buttons with amber or red halo and look similar as Dewhurst M-10 and M-20 Series buttons. The floor indicators are amber KSS 570/670-style LED dot-matrix with a stainless steel mesh display, making them vandal-resistant looking. In addition, the arrows on the hall lanterns are transparent. There are also fixtures that is similar to KSS 570/670 except it does not have a halo instead they are bead blasted stainless steel have tactile which light up when pressed[18].
KSS 130 floor indicator. This same indicator display is also used on the KSS 140 series.
KSS 140
KSS 140 is another type of vandal-resistant fixtures. These fixtures have round grey metal buttons with grey braille plates next to them, and using the same style of floor indicators as KSS 130.
KSS 140 hall station button (Credit to Instagram user l1ft)
KSS 140 hall lanterns (Credit to YouTube user mrmattandmrchay)
KSS 140 buttons.
KSS 140 car station (Credit to YouTube user benobve)
KSS 140 buttons on an Ecodisc in Bromley, UK (photo by: The ALEX ELLIS Channel)
Kone KSS 140 Floor Indicator (photo by: The ALEX ELLIS Channel)
RARE: KSS 140 button with White LED (photo by: The ALEX ELLIS Channel)
KSS 280
KSS 280 is a relatively newer fixtures line for both European and Asian market[19], launched in 2012. These fixtures have rounded square stainless steel buttons with white illuminating halo and high-contrast segmented LCD floor indicators. There are also white square buttons with braille plates, similar to ADA-compliant fixtures. Panels are surface mounted. The call button panels have pressable bar on the top and bottom with a black chevron-shaped arrow and illuminates in white. Sometimes the black square displays on the center of the panel can be an LCD indicator as an option.
KSS 280 car operating and hall fixture panels (credit: Kone)
KSS 280 inner floor indicator (credit: Kone)
KSS 280 call button panel.
KSS 280 call button panel with segmented indicator (terminal floor).
KSS 280 call button panel with segmented indicator (intermediate floor).
KSS 280 call button panel with LED indicator (terminal floor).
KSS 280 call button panel with LED indicator (intermediate floor).
Kone KSS 280 hall station with out of service display.
Kone KSS 280 duplex hall call station.
KSS 280 buttons with white halo.
KSS 280 buttons.
Kone KSS 280 braille car station (Credit to YouTube user IDLift3000)
KSS 280 car station with different buttons (Credit to Facebook page elevaNORWAY by Daniel Sivertsen)
KSS 280 car station with braille buttons.
KSS 280 inner floor indicator.
KSS 280 car floor indicator.
KSS 280 car floor indicator.
KSS 280 floor indicator showing Mezzanine floor.
POSH KONE MonoSpace Elevator at The Kirana Hotel, Bali
Kone MonoSpace 3000 elevator with KSS 280 fixtures at The Kirana Hotel, Bali, Indonesia (video: IDLift3000)
KSS 300-400/305
KSS 300-400/305 has a distinctive look. It consists of round plastic silver-coated buttons with yellow orange halo and tactile. Call station is shaped like a lozenge and it is surface mounted. The car station inside the car is flush mounted. For main floor, the button slightly protrudes and has green illuminating halo. The floor indicators are black lozenge-shaped display with either a LED segmented or dot matrix display and and a directional indicator consisting of a rhombus and two trapezoids. KSS 300-400 is currently used for the European Kone EcoSpace[20] and EcoSpace B3. The KSS 305 is used for Kone TranSys/MonoGoods[21] elevators in Europe.
KSS 300-400 car station.
KSS 300-400 buttons
A green buttons is often used to show which floor the main exit is on.
KSS 300-400 buttons mounted horizontally.
KSS 300-400 floor indicator
KSS 300-400 floor indicator
Australian KSS 305
Similar to KSS 470, Australian KSS 305 have protruding edges to meet Australian Design requirements. Compared to Australian KSS 470 and Australian KSS 520, these fixtures are rare.
Kone TranSys MRL Traction elevator at Mt Ommaney Shopping Centre Parking Deck, Brisbane, QLD
Kone TranSys elevator using Australian KSS 305 fixtures.
KSS 420
KSS 420 looks very similar to KSS 300-400, but the car station is half-height and surface mounted. It uses the same call station design as KSS 300-400/305. Indicators are either LED segmented or dot matrix[22].
KSS 420 inside floor indicator. Notice the height of the panel does not reach the top of the wall.
KSS 470
KSS 470 is similar to KSS 420 (see above), except that the car station is full-height and surface mounted[23]. The call station has a more squarish design, unlike KSS 420. In addition, KSS 470 does not use LED segmented displays. The modernization version of this fixture is called Revive KSS 210[24] and 430[25].
KSS470 fixtures (Photo by The ALEX ELLIS Channel)
KSS470 car buttons
KSS470 with Green button for Exit Floor.
KSS470 Indicator (photo by The ALEX ELLIS Channel)
KSS 470 floor indicator (same as KSS 370 floor indicator in the American market)
Another KSS 470 floor indicator.
KSS 470 hall floor indicator (credit: Jaymie Treadwell).
Kone elevator with KSS 470 hall floor indicator in out of service mode.
KSS 470 hall floor indicator (Credit to YouTube user benobve)
Revive KSS 210 buttons.
Revive KSS 210 car floor indicator.
Australian KSS 470
KSS 470 buttons in Australia have a modified design to include a protruding edge around the button to meet Australian Design requirements. These buttons are only found in Australia.
Photo by: Jaymie Treadwell
Photo by: Jaymie Treadwell
KSS 520
KSS 520 have round plastic tactile buttons which also have halo lamp. Additionally, the floor number and symbols would lights up when the buttons are pressed. Floor indicator displays are similar to KSS 470 but the display shape is rectangular instead of lozenge[26]. The modernization version of this fixture is called Revive KSS 520[27] and Revive KSS 610[28]. These fixtures were discontinued somewhere in 2008.
Orange KSS 520
Orange KSS 520
White KSS 520 Button (Photo: Jim Woodward)
KSS 520 car station buttons (Credit to Instagram user selfish.me)
KSS 520 buttons, which only few installations in Hong Kong.
Kone EcoDisc logo usually mounted on the bottom of the elevator floor buttons panel.
Typical Revive KSS 520 buttons with orange halo (credit: Beno).
KSS 520 external floor indicator, which only few installations in Hong Kong. (As same as KSS 500 floor indicator in American market)
KSS 520 floor indicator, which only a few installations found in Hong Kong. Floor indicator set can be an intercom when you trap in the elevator (At the white circle plate). (As same as KSS 500 floor indicator in American market)
Orange KSS 520 indicator
Australian KSS 520
KSS 520 buttons in Australia have a modified design to include a protruding edge around the button to meet Australian Design requirements. These buttons are only found in Australia, as well as one recorded appearance in New Zealand.
Australian KSS 520 (Photo: Jaymie Treadwell)
Australian KSS 520 (Photo: Jaymie Treadwell)
KSS 570
KSS 570 fixtures are surface mounted fixtures. They have round or square plastic silver coated buttons with illuminating halo and tactile (amber, blue or white). Floor indicators are either LED dot-matrix (amber, blue or white) with scrolling chevron-shaped arrows or black and white LCD display. Hall lanterns also lights up in either amber, blue or white. There is also a keypad version for Kone Polaris destination dispatch called KSP 576. Kone also called these fixtures as KSS 570 Lambda[29].
KSS 570 car station with round, orange illuminating buttons.
Blue, Square KSS 570 (Photo: Jim Woodward)
KSS 470 orange LED floor indicator.
KSS 470 car station.
KSS 470 hall floor indicator (orange LED)
KSS 620
KSS 620 is similar to KSS 520. Additionally, the floor number and symbols would lights up white when the buttons are pressed. Floor indicators are usually white LED, and often comes in white-lit LCD[30], they are also white dot matrix floor indicators. In Australia, the buttons comes with protruding edge to meet with the Australian Design requirements.
KSS 620 car station.
KSS 620 LCD floor indicator (turns into white background and blue floor number and arrow when you stand on the side of the car station) (credit to Joshua Leuty)
KSS 620 LCD indicator
KSS 620 LCD indicator
Kone MonoSpace Lifts @ John Lewis, Cambridge
KSS 620 fixtures which resembles to KSS 520 fixtures. (video: Joshua Leuty)
KSS 620 dot matrix indicator.
KSS 670
KSS 670 is similar to KSS 570, except that it is a flush mounted fixture.
KSS 670 Call Button.
KSS 670 hall LED indicator with lanterns, white.
KSS 670 indicator with scrolling arrows. The LED arrows were not wired up.
KSS 670 is a flush mounted fixture.
KSS 670 Push Buttons illuminated white.
KSS 670 car station with buttons lights up in white (credit: Beno)
KSS 670 car station (credit: Maalit72)
KSS 670 car station.
KSS 670 car station with buttons illuminates in blue.
The LCD version of the floor indicator colour coordinated with the push buttons.
KONE MonoSpace Lifts @ Castle Mall Car Park 1, Norwich-0
KSS 800
KSS 800 is a fixture line for Kone Polaris/Destination destination dispatch elevators and it is sold in Asia Pacific and Europe. It is divided into two types; Stainless steel or D-design. For this fixture, the door jamb destination indicator has white LED dot-matrix with scrolling arrows and it is known as KSJ 853/863; KSJ 853 has a width of 33 mm while KSJ 863 has a width of 50 mm. All KSS 800 destination operating panels (DOPs) are surface mounted.
Stainless steel
The destination operating panels (DOPs) have black round buttons and black indicator with white LED dot-matrix. The hall and car station for this type is the KDS 300 or KDS 330 series, although the KDS 330 can only be used for the car station. There is also a Touchscreen destination panel known as KSP 858[31].
KSS 800 (KSP 833) keypad hall station (1).
KSS 800 (KSP 833) keypad hall station (2).
KSS 800 (KSJ 853) door jamb destination indicator with scrolling arrows.
Kone Polaris Traction Lifts - MNC Financial Center, Jakarta
Kone Polaris elevators with Stainless Steel KSS 800 fixtures, found in MNC Financial Center, Jakarta, Indonesia.
D-design
D-design has a similarly design destination panels as the KSS 800 stainless steel. The hall and car stations for this line are the black KSS Design (KSS D) series. The car station can be either partial (D20) or full (D40) height. There is also a Touchscreen destination panel known as KSP 978P[31].
KSS 900
KSS 900 is another fixture line for Kone Polaris destination dispatch elevators, and it is sold in Europe and Asia Pacific. The destination operating panels (DOP) consists of plastic solver coated round or square buttons and a LCD display. DOPs also comes in surface (KSP 937) or flush (KSP 947) mount, as well as a Touchscreen version known as D-Series. The car station for KSS 900 is the KSS 570/670 style.
KSS 900 (surface mounted, KSP 937) keypad hall station.
KSS 900 (flush mounted, KSP 947) keypad hall station.
Floor 23, Lift K
Ground floor only, press *
KSS900 hall floor destination indicator.
KSS 900 LCD floor indicator in the Polaris elevator. The above screen is the floor destination display. This car station is known as KSC 957 for traditional DSC configuration.
KSS 900 LCD floor indicator in the Polaris elevator found in Athenee Tower, Bangkok, Thailand.
Older KSS 900 touchscreen hall station with Dewhurst En-Pad keypad buttons. This is used in the Kone High Rise Laboratory, Tytyri, Finland.
KSS 970
KSS 970 is a flush mounted fixtures with either rounded or square flushed buttons buttons. Floor indicators are either LED dot matrix (white, amber or blue) or a full color LCD display[32]. They are often used in Kone Marine elevators in cruise ships.
Round KSS 970 fixtures
KSS 970 car station.
Round KONE KSS 970 abord the Disney Dream Cruise Ship (Photo by Alpaljl)
Closer look of the round button (Photo by Alpaljl)
KSS 970 - LED Indicator, Orange
KSS 970 - LED Indicator, White
KSS 970 - LED Indicator, Blue
KSS 570 - LCD Indicator
KSS 970 full colored LCD car position indicator.
KDS
KDS is the current fixture line used for elevators in Asia and Pacific (Australia and New Zealand) since the mid 2000s. It is a successor of both Delta and K-Delta fixtures. The current KDS series produced are -50, -220 , -300 and -330. There was also a version of KDS for modernization called ReVive, which was a combination of KSS 470, and KDS 50 and 300 fixtures[33]. Kone ReVive has been discontinued.
KDS 50
KDS 50 have surface mounted, round black buttons with red illuminating halo and a vertical black lozenge shaped inner floor indicator with either digital segments, LCD digital segments, or LED floor indicator display.
Exterior fixtures
KDS 50 hall station (Credit to YouTube user TG97Elevators)
KDS 50 simplex hall station with LED dot-matrix indicator.
KDS 50 duplex hall station with LED dot-matrix indicator.
KDS 50 duplex hall station with blue LCD indicator.
KDS 50 duplex hall station with blue LCD indicator.
KDS 50 simplex hall station with blue LCD indicator.
KDS 50 duplex hall station with blue LCD display.
KDS 50 hall floor indicator with black LCD indicator.
Kone KDS 50 duplex hall station with black LCD indicator.
Interior fixtures
KDS 50 car station.
KDS 50 car station.
KDS 50 car station with KDS 300 buttons.
KDS 50 inner floor indicator (credit: Alex Ellis).
KDS 50 LED dot-matrix indicator.
Different KDS 50 car floor indicator.
Different KDS 50 car floor indicator.
KDS 50 car floor indicator with blue LCD display.
KDS 50 black LCD digital segment indicator.
KDS 50 black LCD digital segment indicator.
Kone KDS 50 black LCD digital segment indicator.
KDS 50 blue LCD digital segment indicator.
KDS 50 blue LCD digital segment indicator.
KDS 220
KDS 220 was launched in 2016 as the latest series of the KDS fixtures line. It is mostly based on KDS 330 (see below), but KDS 220 uses a simple orange-illuminating LED digital segmented display for the floor indicators. Buttons are surface mounted and can be either black or stainless steel with orange illumination. For the landing fixtures, the floor indicator is integrated with the call station. A regular KDS 300 wheelchair side panel can also be used along with this fixture as an option[34].
KDS 300
KDS 300 is the most common fixture series found in Asia and often Australia. They have either square or round buttons and can be either flushed onto the panel or just surface mounted. These fixtures have a choise of five illuminating lamps; red, blue, white, green, or orange. These fixtures are also used for the Polaris elevators as KSS 800's stainless steel finishing.
Sometimes, Dewhurst chassis are also provided by owner's request[1]. STEP buttons are also possible to be mounted on a KDS chassis[35], but they are extremely rare.
Flushed square KDS 300
Kone KDS 300 car station.
Kone KDS flush mounted square buttons with red illuminating halo.
KDS 300 flush-mounted square buttons.
KDS 300 flush mounted buttons with red halo.
Flush mounted KDS 300 buttons with blue lamp.
KDS 300 call station with flushed square buttons.
KDS 300 hall station with LCD indicator and flush mounted square buttons (with white lamp and braille)
Flush mounted KDS 300 square buttons with white lamp.
Kone KDS 300 car station with flushed square buttons (white lamp, without braille).
Flushed KDS 300 square buttons with white lamp and braille.
KDS 300 square flush mounted buttons with white lamp and braille.
Kone KDS 300 wheelchair station with flushed square buttons (white lamp, with braille).
Custom KDS300 call button panel found in W Bangkok, Thailand
Kone KDS 300 call station with flush square buttons.
Surface mounted square KDS 300
KDS 300 call station which look similar to KSS 520 and 570.
KDS 300 call button (terminal floor).
KDS 300 surface mounted square buttons with red lamp.
KDS 300 surface mounted square buttons with red lamp.
Surface mounted square KDS 300 buttons with white lamp and braille.
KDS 300 surface mounted square call button with orange lamp.
Flushed round KDS 300
Kone hall station with flush mounted round KDS 300 round buttons (with blue lamp and braille).
Single Kone KDS 300 hall station with green buttons and floor indicator.
Dual Kone KDS 300 hall station with green buttons and floor indicator.
Duplex Kone KDS 300 call station with red lamp and floor indicator.
Duplex Kone KDS 300 call station with white lamp and floor indicator.
KDS300 flushed round hall call buttons
Flush mounted KDS 300 buttons with red illuminating halo.
Kone KDS 300 flushed round buttons with blue lamp (Credit to YouTube user TG97Elevators)
Kone KDS 300 flushed round buttons with red lamp.
Flushed KDS 300 round buttons with braille and illuminating halo and number (Credit to Instagram user circleline28).
Kone KDS 300 flushed round buttons with braille.
Kone KDS 300 car station with flushed round buttons. (white lamp, without braille)
Kone KDS 300 wheelchair station with flushed round buttons. (white lamp, with braille)
KDS 300 flushed round buttons
KDS 300 flushed round buttons with blue lamp.
Flushed KDS 300 buttons with braille in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.
Surface mounted round KDS 300
KDS 300 call station with surface mounted round buttons.
KDS 300 round surface mounted call station without braille.
KDS 300 round surface mounted hall call buttons with braille and white lamp.
KDS 300 hall station.
KDS 300 hall station with LCD indicator.
KDS 300 surface mounted round buttons with red halo.
KDS 300 surface mounted round buttons (without braille) with red lamp.
KDS 300 surface mounted round buttons with braille and white lamp.
Surface mounted KDS 300 round buttons with blue lamp.
KDS 300 wheelchair car station.
KDS 300 wheelchair car station.
KDS 300 wheelchair car station.
KDS 300 AUS call buttons with LCD indicator.
KDS 300-AUS
KDS 300-AUS are round or square surface mounted buttons with braille, and slightly illuminate when they are not pressed (except for locked floors). They can also be mounted on a KONE KDS Design panel. These fixtures are designed primarily for Australia and New Zealand, but are occasionally found in other Asian countries too.
KDS 300 hall station with square KDS300-AUS buttons.
Kone KDS 300 intermediate floor hall station with KDS 300-AUS buttons.
KDS hall station with KDS 300-AUS call button.
KDS 300-AUS hall station buttons with white lamp (credit: Alex Ellis).
KDS 300 AUS LOP with LCD indicator.
KDS 300-AUS buttons with red halo lamp.
Closer look of the KDS 300-AUS buttons with red illuminating halo.
Kone KDS 300 car station with 300-AUS round buttons.
KDS 300-AUS car station buttons with blue halo.
KDS 300-AUS car station buttons with white lamp (credit: Alex Stanton).
KDS 300-AUS buttons that light up in blue and white.
KDS 300-AUS square buttons with red halo.
KDS 300-AUS square buttons with white halo.
KDS 300-AUS square car station buttons found in orchardgateway, Singapore.
Orange KDS 300-AUS square buttons.
White KDS 300-AUS square buttons.
Blue KDS 300-AUS square buttons.
LED floor indicators
These are either flush or surface mounted floor indicators with LED dot matrix display and can be red, blue, white, orange or green. They were formerly known as KDS 290.
Boxless KDS 300 exterior floor indicator.
Red KDS 300 LED floor indicator
Another red KDS 300 LED floor indicator.
Another red KDS 300 LED floor indicator.
Blue KDS300 flushed hall floor indicator.
Blue KDS 300 LED floor indicator
Another blue KDS 300 LED floor indicator.
Another blue KDS 300 LED floor indicator.
White KDS300 flushed hall floor indicator.
White KDS 300 LED floor indicator.
Another white KDS 300 LED floor indicator.
Another white KDS 300 LED floor indicator.
Green KDS 300 LED floor indicator
Orange KDS 300 flushed hall floor indicator.
Boxless KDS 300 exterior floor indicator with orange LED.
Orange KDS 300 LED floor indicator
Another orange KDS 300 LED floor indicator.
Kone KDS 300 with orange indicator and different arrow.
Sofitel So Bangkok Brand New Kone Traction Elevators
Kone KDS 300 fixtures, found in Sofitel So Bangkok, Thailand.
CentaraGrand at CentralWorld, Bangkok Kone Traction Hotel Elevators - Retake 1
Kone KDS 300 fixtures, found in Centara Grand at CentralWorld, Bangkok, Thailand.
LCD floor indicators
These indicators can be partial or full sized display with either blue or black background display, with segmented numbers and typical Kone KSS-style arrow.
Kone KDS 300 Blue LCD call station.
Partial sized blue KDS 300 LCD floor indicator.
Partial sized KDS 300 LCD floor indicator with custom display in Beijing Capital International Airport, Beijing, China.
Full sized blue KDS 300 LCD floor indicator.
Full sized blue KDS 300 LCD floor indicator.
Full sized Kone KDS 300 Blue LCD car floor indicator.
Black KDS 300 LCD segmented hall floor indicator.
Partial sized black KDS 300 LCD floor indicator.
Full sized black KDS 300 LCD floor indicator.
Full sized Kone KDS 300 Black LCD car floor indicator.
KDS 300 FCD LCD floor indicator.
Kone KDS 300 FCD LCD indicator.
Hall hanterns
Kone KDS have different styles of LED-based hall lanterns.
KDS 300 standard hall lanterns.
KDS 300 custom (?) hall lanterns found in Asia Center, Bangkok, Thailand.
KDS 330
The KDS 330 was launched in 2015 and it is slightly based on the KSS 280 fixtures. Buttons are round black with silver collar and can be surface or flushed mounted with white illumination. KDS300-AUS buttons can also be used for this fixture for various code requirements. Floor indicator uses the KSS 280 LCD segmented display, but an LED dot matrix (white or red) and a TFT LCD display are also available as an option.[36].
KDS 330 hall station with keyswitch.
KDS 330 hall station (terminal floor).
KDS 330 hall station (intermediate floor).
KDS 330 car floor indicator showing M floor.
KDS 330 call station.
KDS 330 full car operation panel.
KDS 330 wheelchair station.
Design
The KONE Design (originally called Designer series) is a stylish fixture line with either solid color or graphic pattern (and often custom design). It features a shatterproof polycarbonate panels with sleek metallic frames. The fixtures currently in production are the D20[16] and D40[16] series. These fixture sets don't have Dewhurst chassis but this chassis can found several custom installations.[1] The difference of both D20 and D40 are the height of the panel; D20 panels have partial height while D40 panels have full height. KONE Design fixture is also used for the Polaris destination dispatch elevators as car stations, along with KSS 800 D-design fixtures.
This fixture line is called Design in Europe and KDS D Design in Asia Pacific.
KSS Design
These fixtures are part of the KSS series. Buttons are flushed with illuminating halo, and have indicators with either KSS 300-400/470 or KSS 570-style LED dot-matrix. KSS Design car station can also be used for Polaris elevators as part of KSS 800's D-design finishing.
Blue Call button
Blue fixtures on a white D20 panel
Blue fixtures on a white D20 panel
KSS D20 panel with a pattern design
White Scrolling arrows indicator on a black panel
Blue scrolling arrows indicator on a white D20 panel
KDS Design
These fixtures are part of the KDS series. They are similar to the European Design series, but have the option of KDS 300-AUS buttons with braille and tactile. They have KDS 300-style LED floor indicators.
Kone KDS D Design call station.
Kone KDS Design D hall station.
Kone KDS Design D hall station with white LED floor indicators. Note the right indicator is shown out of service.
Kone KDS Design D hall station with orange LED floor indicators.
2014 Kone KDS Design hall station with scrolling arrows.
2012 Kone KDS Design hall station (Amber Red)
Kone KDS Design D hall floor indicator with white LED.
Kone KDS Design D D20 car station buttons.
Kone Design D20 car station with orange LED floor indicator.
Kone Design D D20 car station with KDS 300-AUS buttons (Credit to YouTube user Jaymie Treadwell)
Kone KDS Design D D20 car station with white LED floor indicator (Credit to YouTube user Jaymie Treadwell)
Kone KDS Design D D20 car station.
Kone KDS Design D D40 Car Station.
Kone KDS Design D D40 car station.
2012 Kone KDS Design D20 car station (Amber Red pattern)
Kone KDS Design D D20 car station with white LED floor indicator.
Kone KDS D Design D20 car station (solid color, Satin Blue)
2012 Kone KDS Design D20 car floor indicator (Amber Red pattern)
Kone KDS Design D D20 with white LED floor indicator without directional arrows.
Kone KDS Design D D40 car station with white LED floor indicator.
Kone KDS Design D D40 car station with white LED floor indicator.
Kone KDS Design D handicap car station.
Polaris Touchscreen
This is a black LCD touchscreen destination panels for the Kone Polaris destination dispatch system with similar font and arrow as the ones found in KSS 280, KDS 300 and KDS 330 signalizations. It consists of three series; KSP 858, KSP 978P and 979L[37]
KSP 858
This is a wall mounted touchscreen with 298x298 dimensions. It can also be installed with a pedestal.
Kone Polaris KSP 858 touchscreen (1) (Credits to YouTube user Sumosoftinc).
Kone Polaris KSP 858 touchscreen (2) (Credits to YouTube user Sumosoftinc).
Kone Polaris KSP 858 touchscreen (3) (Credits to YouTube user Sumosoftinc).
Kone Polaris KSP 858 touchscreen (4) (Credits to YouTube user Sumosoftinc).
Elevator E to floor 11 (Credit to YouTube user Sumosoftinc).
Elevators are out of service screen (Credits to YouTube user Sumosoftinc).
Kone Polaris KSP 858 touchscreen showing access card is required.
KSP 978P
This is a black wall mounted touchscreen with 229x448 dimensions.
KSP 979L
This is a white wall mounted touchscreen with 510x360 dimensions with mechanical keypad buttons next to the touchscreen.
Evergreen
These fixtures are designed for vintage elevator modernizations. These fixtures are made to look older. The buttons are small black buttons, with a red halo. These fixtures are only known to exist in Finland and Sweden, but they might also exist in some other countries. Originally these fixtures were launched in the early 2000s based on the Delta fixtures and marketed as ReVive Evergreen Flushline[12].
Third-party and other fixtures
These are some other variations of fixtures found in Kone elevators in different countries, especially custom-built ones. They usually have Dewhurst and other generic fixtures such as Everbright and even Shanghai STEP.
Third-party fixtures
Some Kone elevators in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong are using fixtures made by Dewhurst. A few Kone elevators in Hong Kong are also using Shanghai STEP and Everbright fixtures.
A set of Dewhurst Fixtures with braille on a control panel in a Kone elevator installed in the Hong Kong MTR stations.
A set of Dewhurst Fixtures without braille on a control panel in a Kone elevator installed in the Hong Kong MTR stations.
Dewhurst fixtures on KONE modernized elevator. These used to be common in M&S stores but this was found in Primark, Norwich. This lift was originally an Evans before modernisation in the 90s.
Brand New Kone MRL Traction Elevator @MTR Quarry Bay Station, Hong Kong
Kone elevator with Dewhurst push buttons at Quarry Bay MTR Station, Hong Kong (video: vief86mo)
Kone elevator with Dewhurst JUS91 buttons at MTR Mong Kok Station.
A set of Dewhurst Fixtures on a control panel in a Kone elevator installed in the Hong Kong Public Housing Estate blocks.
Dewhurst Jumbo buttons on an Ecodisc in a Primark store, UK
Dewhurst Jumbo buttons on an Ecodisc in a Primark store, UK
Custom fixtures
Some Kone elevators in other countries are also using custom fixtures made for the building's owners.
Kone elevators built in 2016 Public Housing Estate blocks were using large LED floor indicator were provided by their own company.
A custom Kone LCD floor indicator only seen in Hong Kong.
Trivia
The European Delta, some KSS and Asian KDS fixtures also have digital segments floor indicators as an option instead of LED dot-matrix.
There is one thing to compare between normal and modernization (Revive) version of the KSS fixtures is the round white nameplate below the buttons on the car operating panel. Normal KSS fixtures have the "Powered by Kone EcoDisc" sign while modernization (Revive) and American KSS fixtures have grey Kone logo on the EcoDisc nameplate.
This is the normal EcoDisc nameplate which is only found in standard KSS fixtures.
This is a EcoDisc nameplate which is only found in KSS Revive and American KSS fixtures.
↑Only seen on KSS-305, -370, -420, -430, -470, -500, -520, -600, -620 and -D40. KSS-130 and -140 have this feature but it work only directional indicators on the door jamb and directional indicators on the external. KSS-D20 also have this feature but it work only directional indicators on the external.
↑ 16.016.116.216.316.416.5D(number) stands for Designer Series. Although they have a same model name of the fixtures set between American and Europe & Asian market, buttons design are quite different (Due the ADA compliant (ASME A17.1) in American market).