Patent ID: 8579089

Claim:
Method for controlling an elevator installed in a building, which elevator comprises an elevator car, which is arranged to travel in the elevator hoistway between floor landings that are at different heights, one or more ropings connected to the elevator car, preferably at least a roping, supported by which the elevator car is suspended, a hoisting machine for moving the elevator car, control means for controlling the hoisting machine, in which method these phases are performed: a) the sway data of the building is determined, which data describes the strength of the sway of the building, preferably by measuring the sway of the building or the excitation of the sway of the building, and b) the starting position data of the elevator car is determined, which starting position data contains data about the starting position of the elevator car and/or data about how long the elevator car has been in the starting position, and c) after performing phases a and b, the settings for the run speed of the next run are determined on the basis of the aforementioned starting position data and the aforementioned sway data.