- For fixtures found in the United States and Canada, please refer to List of thyssenkrupp elevator fixtures (North America).
This is a list of some notable thyssenkrupp elevator fixtures that are found in different countries, excluding the United States and Canada.
Early 2000s to present
STEPMODUL
After the merger between Thyssen and Krupp, ThyssenKrupp continued producing the black STEPMODUL fixtures for few times. The buttons are often called STEP Basic.
Sometime later, ThyssenKrupp updated these fixtures; all buttons are now aluminium with blue or red illuminating halo, and the floor counter have been made larger with large round LED dot-matrix. The buttons are sometimes called STEP Classic. Some buttons may have tactile and braille, or even both. Another version comes with a blue LCD floor indicator which resembles Otis's 2000 LCD floor indicators, these indicators are often found in some European Synergy MRL elevators. These fixtures are also used for modernization of 1990s Thyssen elevators with older STEPMODUL fixtures, as the newer fixtures are compatible with the older fixtures due to the similarities with each others.
Older STEPMODUL
ThyssenKrupp older STEPMODUL call station (right) with a new STEP Module call station (left)
Thyssen/ThyssenKrupp hall floor indicators (Credit to YouTube user benobve)
ThyssenKrupp STEPMODUL floor counter with LED digital segments (Credit to YouTube user benobve)
Different STEPMODUL floor indicator (Credit to YouTube user benobve)
Newer STEPMODUL
ThyssenKrupp STEPMODUL call station, found in Apartemen Taman Rasuna, Jakarta, Indonesia.
Customized STEPMODUL hall lanterns, found in Apartemen Taman Rasuna, Jakarta, Indonesia.
STEPMODUL car station (credit: Maalit72).
STEPMODUL car station with blue illuminated buttons.
STEPMODUL inside floor indicator, found in Apartemen Taman Rasuna, Jakarta, Indonesia.
STEPMODUL floor indicator.
STEPMODUL floor indicator (credit: Maalit72).
STEPMODUL car station (Credit to Benobve - beno.org.uk)
STEPMODUL LCD floor indicator which resembles Otis's 2000 LCD floor indicator (Credit to Benobve - beno.org.uk)
STEPMODUL call station (Credit to Argusbus9432)
STEPMODUL call station (Credit to Joshua Leuty)
STEPMODUL LCD floor indicator which resembles Otis's 2000 LCD floor indicator. This floor indicator panel is on the outside on the wall (Credit to Argusbus9432)
STEPMODUL LCD floor indicator which resembles Otis's 2000 LCD floor indicator, without the floor indicator panel on the outside on the door frame (Credit to Joshua Leuty)
STEP Solid
Besides the black STEPMODUL fixtures, ThyssenKrupp also continued using STEP Solid fixtures for few times. STEP Solid are vandal resistant fixtures. These fixtures might have been discontinued.
Thyssen lifts at dron hospital in Lille (france)
ThyssenKrupp elevator with STEP Solid fixtures in Lille, France (video: benobve)
Fixtures found in Asia Pacific
STEP Module/Module Classic buttons
- Not to be confused with Shanghai STEP Electric Corporation.
These fixtures are normally found in Asia and sometimes Australia, and are mostly based on the European STEPMODUL fixtures. Unlike STEPMODUL, most of the buttons have both illuminating numbers and halo, and comes in a choice four different colors; red, blue, yellow, and green. Sometimes, Shanghai STEP PB28 buttons are also used on these fixtures, and due to their similarity with ThyssenKrupp's buttons, some elevator enthusiasts in Asia often mistaken these third-party buttons as ThyssenKrupp's buttons. These buttons are also known as STEP-C Ultrathin in the Asian market.
2015 STEP Module simplex hall call station with LED dot-matrix indicator.
2015 STEP Module duplex hall call station with LED dot-matrix indicator.
2008 STEP Module Classic hall station.
ThyssenKrupp STEP Module Classic call station.
STEP Module buttons with red halo.
2003 STEP Module buttons.
STEP Module buttons with yellow orange halo.
2015 STEP Module buttons with braille.
2016 ThyssenKrupp STEP Module buttons without braille.
2015 STEP Module handicapped panel
2008 STEP Module Classic car station with Shanghai STEP PB28 buttons.
2007 STEP Module Classic call station with Shanghai STEP PB28 buttons in Hong Kong.
2007 STEP Module Classic car station.
Jakarta - Wisma 46 ThyssenKrupp Traction Elevator (46 - 50)
2003 ThyssenKrupp elevator with STEP Module buttons in Wisma 46, Jakarta, Indonesia.
MT 42 buttons
These fixtures are made by Schaefer and provided by ThyssenKrupp. They are square buttons and have illuminating halo lamp in red, green, and blue, and sometimes braille as option.
ThyssenKrupp hall station with MT 42 buttons. Found in Shanghai Pudong International Airport Terminal 2 (Shanghai, China)
Another ThyssenKrupp hall station with MT 42 buttons. Found in Shanghai Pudong International Airport Terminal 2 (Shanghai, China)
ThyssenKrupp hall station with MT 42 buttons (Credit to Instagram user iniamirulhafiz)
Newer ThyssenKrupp hall station with MT 42 buttons.
ThyssenKrupp call station with MT 42 button.
2015 ThyssenKrupp hall call station with LED Dot-Matrix indicator and MT 42 button.
2015 ThyssenKrupp hall call station with LCD indicator and MT 42 button.
New ThyssenKrupp call station with Schaefer MT 42 button.
ThyssenKrupp Destination Selection Control keypad with MT 42 buttons.
ThyssenKrupp MT 42 buttons.
ThyssenKrupp car station with MT 42 buttons.
2016 ThyssenKrupp car station with MT 42 buttons (Blue lighting) (Credit to YouTube user Jessy Elevators).
ThyssenKrupp wheelchair station with MT 42 buttons.
Bandung, Cihampelas Walk (Carpark) ThyssenKrupp Parking Elevator
2003 ThyssenKrupp elevators with red MT 42 buttons in Chiampelas Walk (car park), Bandung, Indonesia.
2014 ThyssenKrupp car station with MT 42 buttons without braille.
2017 thyssenkrupp car station with MT 42 buttons hall station with braille.
2017 thyssenkrupp car station with MT 42 buttons car station with braille.
AN170 buttons
These are diamond-shaped buttons which resembles Hyundai's Type 40 buttons. They have both illuminating number/symbol and halo.
2016 ThyssenKrupp car station buttons with AN170 buttons.
2016 ThyssenKrupp hall station with AN170 buttons.
BA21G buttons
These are round buttons with both illuminating number/symbol and halo.
2016 thyssenkrupp call buttons with BA21G buttons.
2016 thyssenkrupp BA21G buttons with white halo.
2016 thyssenkrupp car station with BA21G buttons.
2016 thyssenkrupp BA21G buttons with red halo.
Floor indicators
ThyssenKrupp elevators in Asia Pacific uses LED dot matrix indicators. Some have scrolling arrows, while others not. Early STEP Module inner indicators are either rectangular or parallelogram-shaped, while the later ones are either octagonal or rounded rectangular-shaped. Very recently, the inner indicators were changed again; this type they are rectangular with an emergency light. A blue LCD display version, with segmented numbers, has also been recently introduced.
2003 ThyssenKrupp STEP Module Classic hall floor indicator (display inactive)
2007 ThyssenKrupp STEP Module Classic hall floor indicator.
2008 flushed ThyssenKrupp STEP Module Classic hall floor indicator.
2016 ThyssenKrupp STEP Module hall station with LED indicator and AN170 buttons. (Simplex)
2016 ThyssenKrupp STEP Module hall station with LED indicator and AN170 buttons. (Duplex)
2016 ThyssenKrupp STEP Module hall station with LCD floor indicator and MT 42 button. (Credit to YouTube user Jessy Elevators).
2016 ThyssenKrupp STEP Module hall station with LCD indicator and AN170 buttons. (Simplex)
2016 ThyssenKrupp STEP Module hall station with LCD indicator and AN170 buttons. (Duplex)
Early STEP Module Classic floor indicator display commonly found in Asia in the early 2000s (credit:
musicfreakcc)
Another early STEP Module Clssic floor indicator display commonly found in Asia in the early 2000s.
Older ThyssenKrupp STEP Module car floor indicator.
Older STEP Module car floor indicator.
2008 STEP Module Classic floor indicator.
Newer STEP Module Classic floor indicator.
2000s ThyssenKrupp Step Module car floor indicator.
Older STEP Module car floor indicator in Hong Kong.
2014 ThyssenKrupp STEP Module car floor indicator in Hong Kong. Note that which using orange LED dot-matrix indicator.
Another style of ThyssenKrupp LED floor indicator, which is rounded rectangular and has an orange LED.
Another style of ThyssenKrupp LED floor indicator, which is square
2000-2010s ThyssenKrupp STEP Module car floor indicator.
2015 STEP Module LED floor indicator with red lamp.
2014-2015 ThyssenKrupp LED indicator in Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand.
2017 thyssenkrupp STEP Module indicator with new logo. (Credits to YouTube user Jessy Elevators)
2016 STEP Module LED floor indicator with white LED.
2016 ThyssenKrupp STEP Module LCD floor indicator.
2016 ThyssenKrupp STEP Module LCD floor indicator. (Credit to YouTube user Jessy Elevators).
2016 ThyssenKrupp STEP Module LCD floor indicator.
New ThyssenKrupp elevator with LCD floor indicator.
2016 STEP Module LCD floor indicator.
Focus
Focus fixtures are mostly found in France, United Kingdom and rarely in the other European countries used for the Univers model. Made sometime in the early 2000s, these fixtures have stainless steel buttons with either yellow or blue illuminating lamp on the top left corner of the button, and emits a beep when pressed. The main floor button inside have large green star pressel with green lamp. Floor indicators are either yellow electroluminescent display or LCD display. On some early elevators, the inside fixtures are keypad-type and had electroluminescent and LCD floor indicators. Focus fixtures complies with EN 81-70.
Focus buttons (credit to Beno).
ThyssenKrupp Focus buttons.
Focus LCD floor indicator (credit to Beno).
Monochrome Focus floor indicator.
ThyssenKrupp monochrome Focus floor indicator.
Focus ELD floor indicator.
ThyssenKrupp Focus keypad car station
Focus fixtures with keypad-type buttons.
Thyssenkrupp Focus LCD floor indicator.
ThyssenKrupp Focus monochrome floor indicator.
Fixtures found in United Kingdom
These fixtures are found in the United Kingdom which consists of round buttons with tactile and illuminating halo, and floor counter with STEPMODUL-style LED.
ThyssenKrupp UK hall lanterns and indicator.
ThyssenKrupp UK round metal buttons with tactile.
ThyssenKrupp UK car station (Credit to Benobve - beno.org.uk)
ThyssenKrupp UK inside floor indicator (Credit to Benobve - beno.org.uk)
ThyssenKrupp UK inner floor indicator.
ThyssenKrupp UK floor indicator.
Spanish fixtures
These fixtures are found in Spain and Mexico. It is unknown if they are found in any other countries. The buttons are square-ish, with a braille above for horizontal or to the side for vertical, on either a normal vertical panel for car stations or a horizontal panel for car stations. These fixtures are used in Spanish ThyssenKrupp Synergy MRL elevators.
Spanish ThyssenKrupp horizontal car station (Credit to Flickr user baldiri)
Fixtures used in SynergyBLUE and EVOLUTION BLUE elevators
These are the fixtures used in ThyssenKrupp SynergyBLUE and EVOLUTION BLUE elevators which are only sold in Europe.
Blueton buttons
Blueton are push buttons used for the synergyBLUE[1] and EVOLUTION BLUE[2] elevators. These buttons are round silver polished with blue illuminating halo and tactile.
2013 ThyssenKrupp synergy BLUE car station with Blueton buttons (Credit: Beno)
Closer look of the Blueton buttons on a ThyssenKrupp synergy BLUE elevator (Credit: Beno)
STEP Classic
These buttons are identical to the newer STEPMODUL buttons; grey square buttons with red or blue illuminating halo[3].
Schaefer buttons
These buttons are made by Schaefer. They can be either MT 42 or RT 42. RT 42 buttons are round stainless steel with illuminating halo and tactile.
Floor indicators
Both SynergyBLUE and EVOLUTION BLUE elevators uses LCD floor indicators with segmented numbers. Some elevators may also using LED dot matrix indicators outside, often comes with triangular hall lanterns.
2013 ThyssenKrupp synergy BLUE car station with LCD floor indicator (Credit: Beno)
ThyssenKrupp EVOLUTION BLUE car station with dot matrix floor indicator
Top Line
Top Line (also known as Frequencedyne or Discovery) is a fixture line that is only found in Central and South America. It was first developed by defunct Brazilian company Elevadores Sûr in the 1990s, before Thyssen acquired it and was later re-produced by ThyssenKrupp. This fixture line has round stainless steel buttons with blue illuminating halo. Floor indicators are either LED dot-matrix or LCD display. Top Line fixture is divided into two series; Inox (hall/call stations) and St Steel (car operating panels). There is also an older version with small, black plastic buttons and grey number and braille plates[4]. One very unique feature is the weight indicator that lights up as more weight is in the car, just below the speaker portion. Some options are the capacitive buttons for car stations and a 7-segment display; the latter one one being remarkably similar to Schindler's HT fixtures used on the Schindler 400A elevators. Top Line fixtures might have been discontinued.
Top Line St Steel (car operating panel) buttons (credit: ThyssenKrupp Elevadores Brazil).
Top Line St Steel car operating panel (credit: elevatorbob's Elevator Pictures).
Top Line Inox call button panel (credit: elevatorbob's Elevator Pictures).
Top Line inner LED floor indicator.
ThyssenKrupp Elevator @Iberostar Parque Central Hotel, Havana Cuba
ThyssenKrupp elevator with Top Line fixtures, found in Iberostar Parque Central Hotel, Havana, Cuba (video: vief86mo).
Early ThyssenKrupp Top Line elevator panel from 2001, branded as Thyssen, La Serena, Chile.
High Protection
High Protection is a vandal resistant fixture line that is also found in Central and South America[5]. This fixture has oval shaped button plate which contains a grey braille plate and a silver round concave buttons with small illuminating lamp on the top left. Floor indicators are either LED dot-matrix or LCD screen.
High Protection buttons (credit: ThyssenKrupp Elevadores Brazil).
ThyssenKrupp Traction Elevator @Gran Hotel, Camagüey Cuba
ThyssenKrupp elevator with High Protection fixtures, found in Gran Hotel, Camagüey, Cuba (video: vief86mo).
High Protection call buttons.
ThyssenKrupp High Protection call button, Providencia, Santiago de Chile.
Soft Press
As with Top Line and High Protection fixture lines, Soft Press fixture is only found in Central and South America. It has square STEP Module/STEPMODUL buttons with illuminating halo (either red or blue) and grey braille plate[6]. Floor indicators are either LED dot-matrix or LCD screen.
Soft Press buttons (credit: ThyssenKrupp Elevadores Brazil)
ThyssenKrupp Soft Press call button, La Serena, Chile.
ThyssenKrupp Soft Press floor indicator, La Serena, Chile.
Destination Selection Control
The fixtures used in the Destination Selection Control (destination dispatch) are mostly LCD touchscreen. Sometimes a special wheelchair button is provided next to the screen to activate handicap mode. There is also a conventional keypad with Schaefer MT 42 buttons and a small LCD display.
ThyssenKrupp Destination Selection Control LCD touchscreen (1)
ThyssenKrupp Destination Selection Control LCD touchscreen (2)
ThyssenKrupp Destination Selection Control touchscreen (3)
ThyssenKrupp Destination Selection Control touchscreen (4)
DSC inner LCD floor inducator, with destination floor indicator.
ThyssenKrupp Destination Selection Control (DSC) in operation
ThyssenKrupp Destination Selection Control (DSC) in operation (video: mrmattandmrchay).
ThyssenKrupp Destination Selection Control keypad with MT 42 buttons.
Fixtures used in South Korea
- Main article: thyssenkrupp Elevator Fixtures Guide (South Korea)
"Fake Dewhurst" buttons
Like Everbright, sometimes in Australia ThyssenKrupp uses buttons that look remarkably similar to Dewhurst. However, the symbols are often different.
Generic fixtures
ThyssenKrupp elevators in United Kingdom and Hong Kong often uses buttons made by Dewhurst or sometimes Switching Components (Dewhurst's subsidiary). Also as the mention above, Schaefer MT 42 buttons can be provided for some installation, often for STEP Module fixtures, the new synergyBLUE and EVOLUTION BLUE elevators in Europe as an option. The Schaefer BudgetLine fixtures package can also be used for modernizations in Germany and some Scandinavian countries (example: Norway). In Asia, there are also ThyssenKrupp elevators using fixtures made by STEP, and they even provide a counterpart version of their STEP Module, the Shanghai STEP EB210 push buttons series.
In the 2000s, some ThyssenKrupp elevators in Hong Kong's Public Housing Estate blocks and Home Ownership Scheme blocks are still using 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 their own company). Sometimes, they may use Everbright buttons.
Dewhurst
ThyssenKrupp elevator
One of the ThyssenKrupp elevators in Hong Kong using Dewhurst Compact 2 US91-15 Fixtures. (Video By: CH Chan)
ThyssenKrupp car operating panel in a Hong Kong Public Housing Estate with Dewhurst floor buttons.
Shanghai STEP
Thyssenkrupp MRL Traction Elevator @Train Station in China
ThyssenKrupp elevator in Mainland China using STEP fixtures (Video: vief86mo)
屯門建榮商業大廈蒂森克虜柏(Thyssen Krupp)無機房升降機-0
One of the ThyssenKrupp MRL elevators using
STEP PB28 Module buttons in Hong Kong (Video By: VIncent561967)
Newly Modernized Thyssenkrupp Traction Elevator
One of the modernized ThyssenKrupp traction elevators which are using
STEP fixtures in Hong Kong. (Video: vief86mo)
Unknown STEP series buttons on a ThyssenKrupp elevator.
Other/custom fixtures
Typical installations on ThyssenKrupp elevator in a Public Housing Estate in Hong Kong.
ThyssenKrupp elevator installed in 2014 Goverment Clinic were using large LED floor indicator were provided by their own company.
ThyssenKrupp elevator with generic LCD hall floor indicator.
ThyssenKrupp elevator with generic LCD car floor indicator.
ThyssenKrupp elevator with generic LCD indicator in Pattaya, Chonburi, Thailand.
thyssenkrupp elevator with generic dot matrix numbers in Hong Kong.
沙田瀝源邨富裕樓蒂森克虜伯無機房升降機
ThyssenKrupp MRL elevators using Dewhurst fixtures. Installed in 2013 in a Public Housing Estate blocks in Hong Kong.
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