Maintenance control panel for controlling displacement movements of an elevator car of an elevator system, wherein the maintenance control panel comprises: at least three buttons including an activation button and two direction buttons including a downward direction button and an upward direction button; wherein each of the buttons has a safety chain input, a safety chain output and an actuation element which can be displaced in an actuation direction from a non-actuation position and, when the actuation element is displaced in the actuation direction beyond a first actuation position, each of said buttons transitions from a non-actuated actuation state to a first actuated actuation state in which an electrical connection between the safety chain input and the safety chain output is closed so that a part of a safety chain of the elevator system that extends through the button is closed; wherein the downward direction button and the upward direction button each have a first control output and are each configured such that, in the first actuation state, a first actuation signal which correlates with the first actuation state is output at the first control output; wherein at least one of the buttons is designed as a two-stage button and - has the first control output and a second control output, - is configured such that, in the first actuation state, a first actuation signal which correlates with the first actuation state (B 1) is output at the first control output and no actuation signal is output at the second control output, and - is configured such that the actuation element can be displaced in the actuation direction beyond the first actuation position into a second actuation position, and such that, when the actuation element is displaced in the actuation direction beyond the second actuation position, the two-stage button transitions into a second actuated actuation state in which the electrical connection between the safety chain input and the safety chain output is closed, the first actuation signal which correlates with the first actuation state (B 1) is output at the first control output, and a second actuation signal which correlates with the second actuation state is output at the second control output. at least three buttons including an activation button and two direction buttons including a downward direction button and an upward direction button; wherein each of the buttons has a safety chain input, a safety chain output and an actuation element which can be displaced in an actuation direction from a non-actuation position and, when the actuation element is displaced in the actuation direction beyond a first actuation position, each of said buttons transitions from a non-actuated actuation state to a first actuated actuation state in which an electrical connection between the safety chain input and the safety chain output is closed so that a part of a safety chain of the elevator system that extends through the button is closed; wherein the downward direction button and the upward direction button each have a first control output and are each configured such that, in the first actuation state, a first actuation signal which correlates with the first actuation state is output at the first control output; wherein at least one of the buttons is designed as a two-stage button and - has the first control output and a second control output, - is configured such that, in the first actuation state, a first actuation signal which correlates with the first actuation state (B 1) is output at the first control output and no actuation signal is output at the second control output, and - is configured such that the actuation element can be displaced in the actuation direction beyond the first actuation position into a second actuation position, and such that, when the actuation element is displaced in the actuation direction beyond the second actuation position, the two-stage button transitions into a second actuated actuation state in which the electrical connection between the safety chain input and the safety chain output is closed, the first actuation signal which correlates with the first actuation state (B 1) is output at the first control output, and a second actuation signal which correlates with the second actuation state is output at the second control output. - has the first control output and a second control output, - is configured such that, in the first actuation state, a first actuation signal which correlates with the first actuation state (B 1) is output at the first control output and no actuation signal is output at the second control output, and - is configured such that the actuation element can be displaced in the actuation direction beyond the first actuation position into a second actuation position, and such that, when the actuation element is displaced in the actuation direction beyond the second actuation position, the two-stage button transitions into a second actuated actuation state in which the electrical connection between the safety chain input and the safety chain output is closed, the first actuation signal which correlates with the first actuation state (B 1) is output at the first control output, and a second actuation signal which correlates with the second actuation state is output at the second control output.