Patent ID: 8205721

Claim:
A method for controlling a brake of an elevator, in which method: determining a plurality of optional objectives of operation for the elevator; selecting one or more of these objectives at a time to be implemented as an objective of the operation of the elevator by using selection criterion; determining brake current references for an energizing current of the brake of the elevator that differ from each other and/or brake current references for a closing current of the brake of the elevator that differ from each other, wherein an operating delay of the brake corresponding to each of the references for the energizing current of the brake of the elevator differs from each other, and an operating delay of the brake corresponding to each of the references for the closing current of the brake of the elevator differs from each other; selecting brake current reference used at any given time from the brake current references so that the selected brake current reference best corresponds to an objective of the operation of the elevator to be implemented; controlling the brake of the elevator by adjusting brake current towards the selected brake current reference.