Patent ID: 6845850

Claim:
A button/switch arrangement for an elevator control, comprising: a face plate; a plurality of M buttons mounted to the face plate, where M is an integer greater than one; a button actuation portion associated with each button such that each button actuation portion closes a switch to supply an output signal when a respective associated button is actuated; an N-pin connector connected with each button actuation portion for receiving the output signal from the respective button actuation portion, each N-pin connector including a plurality of N active pins, where N is an integer greater than one; an output board arrangement for receiving the output signals from the N-pin connectors and for supplying motor control signals to a motor to control movement of an elevator; and an interface board including: a T-pin connector connected with the N-pin connectors and having a plurality of T pins, where T is an integer at least equal to M×N, a first P-pin connector having a plurality of P pins, where P is an integer less than M×N, and wiring connected between the T-pin connector and the first P-pin connector for reducing the number of output signals from said M×N active pins to a maximum of P output signals for supply to said output board arrangement from said first P-pin connector to control movement of the elevator corresponding to each button that is activated.