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This is a guide to the different fixtures that have been made by [[DMG]], as well as also applied to their Canadian company [[Mad]].
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This is list of different elevator fixtures that have been made by [[DMG]].
   
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==BN Dune Series==
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==Buttons==
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===BN Dune===
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DMG's BN Dune Series have curved rectangular buttons with red or blue halo lamp.
  
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These buttons have curved rectangular buttons with illuminating halo and braille/tactile plate attached with the button. The button plate can be stainless steel with an illuminating symbol or black die-cast metal. It is also possible for the button plate to be installed separately.
   
 
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47_dune_500x500.jpg|BN Dune Series
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47_dune_500x500.jpg|BN Dune illustration.
 
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==B7 Maxxi==
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===B7 Maxxi===
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The B7 Maxxi series have rounded square buttons with red, blue, or green halo lamp, and tactile legend. In America, these are branded as MAD Colossus.
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These are large sized rounded square buttons with illuminating halo and tactile legend. In North America, these buttons are branded as MAD Colossus.
   
 
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33_b7_main.jpg|B7 Maxxi
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33_b7_main.jpg|B7 Maxxi illustration.
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DMB wheelchair car station.jpg|DMG wheelchair height car station with B7 Maxxi buttons.
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Screenshot_2015-01-21-04-48-29.png|B7 Maxxi hall station (Credit to Instagram user bestwesternitalia)
  
 
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==BP Panzer==
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===BP Panzer===
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BP Panzer has metal round buttons with a tiny red lamp on the center. Much similar to Schindler's FI MXV series buttons. In America, these are branded as BP Series.
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These are round dome shaped vandal resistant buttons with a lamp in the middle. They can have square, Caesar Surround (rectangle plate with illuminating symbol, surrounding the button) or Brutus Surround (round plate, surrounding the button) braille plate. In North America, these fixtures are branded as MAD BP.
   
 
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24 BP Main.jpg|BP Panzer
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24 BP Main.jpg|BP Panzer illustration.
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27_bezel_caesar_500x500.jpg|DMG's illustration of BP Panzer buttons (left) with Caesar Surround braille plate.
 
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==BS Sherman==
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===BS Sherman===
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These are round metal buttons with illuminating halo. There are four versions of this button; one is a dome shaped button (Sherman Classic), one is a flat button (Sherman Disc), one is a projecting button (Sherman California, designed to comply with California code), and one is a concave button (Sherman Moon). They can have square, Caesar (rectangle plate with illuminating symbol) or Brutus (round plate) braille plate. In North America, these fixtures are branded as MAD BS Series.
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BS Sherman have round metal buttons with red halo lamp, and has black braille plate next to the buttons. In America, these are branded as BS Series.
  
   
 
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23_BS Main.jpg|BS Sherman
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23_BS Main.jpg|BS Sherman Classic illustration.
 
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==BL Light==
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===BL===
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These are surface mounted buttons with either single illumination (both the halo and symbol illuminates in the same color) or dual illumination (both the halo and symbol illuminates in different color). There are several versions of these buttons:
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BL Light have either round (series K), rounded square buttons (series Q), pillowed square (series F) or pillowed rectangle (series B) with red or blue halo lamp, and tactile legend for America.
  
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*'''BLS''' - round button with illuminating tactile and halo (also comes with dual illumination)
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*'''BLQ''' - square button, with illuminating tactile and halo (also comes with dual illumination), there is also a flush mounted version
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*'''BLX''' - similar to BLQ but comes with both non-illuminating tactile and braille (hence this button does not come with dual illumination option)
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*'''Unknown series''' - round button with pillowed square frame around the button, might have been discontinued
   
 
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25_BL Main.jpg|BL Light
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25_BL Main.jpg|BL BLQ buttons (with single illumination) illustration.
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Screenshot_2015-01-21-04-48-29.png|DMG Gilda Corner hall station with square BL (BLQ) buttons (Credit to Instagram user bestwesternitalia)
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Dmgbl.jpg|BL Light car station buttons with round frame (series K).
  
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Dmgbl.jpg|DMG BL BLS buttons.
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DMG blue buttons.png|DMG BL BLS buttons.
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BlueRoundBritiain.png|DMG BL BLS buttons.
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BlueRoundCab.png|DMG BL BLS buttons.
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RedRoundCall.png|DMG BL BLS button.
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RedRound Car.png|DMG BL BLS buttons.
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UnknownFixture.jpg|DMG car station with BL buttons with pillowed square frame around buttons (Credit to Flickr user mashroms, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 license)
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rubbishbuttons.png|Round DMG BL buttons with pillowed frame around the button.
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generic7.jpg|DMG BL Light car station with pillowed square frame around buttons (Credit to Beno - beno.org.uk)
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flatcall.png|DMG BL BLS button.
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FlatCarbuttons.png|DMG BL BLS buttons.
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26_BD Main.jpg|DMG BL BLS (with dual illumination) buttons illustration.
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multicolourbuttonsround.png|DMG BL BLS buttons with dual illumination.
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twocolourround.png|DMG BL BLS buttons with dual illumination.
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DMG Danak 1.jpg|DMG BL BLQ buttons (Credit goes to YouTube channel Heritage Elevators)
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DMG Danak 2.jpg|DMG BL BLQ buttons (Credit goes to YouTube channel Heritage Elevators)
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Bronze DMG car station bottom TK mod.jpg|DMG BL BLX buttons (with blue illumination) used in a ThyssenKrupp modernization in Portugal.
 
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==BD Dual Light==
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===BX Equinox===
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These fixtures consist of oval shaped buttons, with a halo that lights up. The button might be on only one side of the oval, but this is unconfirmed. This button is also available with dual illumination. These fixtures are not sold in North America.
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A lot similar to the BL Light series, but they have orange or blue braille legend for America.
  
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===BM Macro===
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These fixtures consist of round buttons (stainless steel, inox, PVD gold, black coated or bronze) with a halo that lights up and a braille on the button. It can also be dual illumination, in which the tactile illuminates in a different color. These fixtures are not sold in North America.
   
 
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silverflat.png|DMG BM Macro buttons.
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26_BD Main.jpg|BD Dual Light
  
 
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==BX Equinox==
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===BF Masquerade===
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These fixtures consist of oval shaped buttons, with a halo that lights up. The button might be on only one side of the oval, but this is unconfirmed. These fixtures look kind of like Orona fixtures. These fixtures are not sold in America.
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These fixtures consist of round buttons, with or without a braille on them, a halo that lights up, and a frame around the button that can be round (series K), pillowed square (series F), or pillowed rectangle (series B). The button can be made out of plastic, stainless steel, or PVD (brass like coating). These fixtures are not sold in North America, but have been seen imported on ThyssenKrupp LEV elevators (pillowed square frame, plastic buttons).
   
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==BM Macro==
  
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DMGHallStation.jpg|DMG BF Masquerade hall station with pillowed rectangle frame (series B), plastic button (Credit to Flickr user Tom Magliery, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license)
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These fixtures consist of round metal buttons, with a halo that lights up, and a braille on the button. The number does not light up. These fixtures are not sold in America.
  
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==BF Masquerade==
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===BR Dardo===
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These fixtures consist of round buttons, with or without a braille on them, a halo that lights up, and a frame around the button that can be round (series K), pillowed square (series F), or pillowed rectangle (series B). The button can be made out of plastic, stainless steel, or PVD (brass like coating). These fixtures are not sold in America, but have been seen imported on ThyssenKrupp LEV elevators (pillowed square frame, plastic buttons).
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These buttons look very similar to the push buttons used by [[Schindler]] on their FI GS, Linea 100 and Linea 300 fixtures. These buttons can be flushed or surface mounted, and can have dual illumination which would illuminate in a similar fashion as Schindler's Linea 100 and 300 push buttons. These fixtures are not currently sold in North America, but will possibly be sold there in the future, which would probably to be branded as MAD BL Series.
   
 
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Dardo 500x500.jpg|BR Dardo illustration.
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DMGHallStation.jpg|DMG BF Masquerade hall station with pillowed rectangle frame (series B), plastic button (Credit to Flickr user Tom Magliery, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license)
  
 
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==Caesar Surround==
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===B5Q===
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B5Q<ref>[http://www.elcom3000.com/elcom-prodotti-scheda.asp?d=PULSANTE-B5Q-7&id_articolo=2311 PULSANTE B5Q 7 - El.Com. 3000]</ref> is one of DMG's older button series which have been discontinued. These buttons are made of clean plastic which lights up entirely when pressed (if the buttons have illumination). They were also possible to be mounted on DMG's older Caprice button panels<ref>[https://elevbrochurearchive.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/p301.pdf DMG - Pulsantiera Caprice (Italian)] (archived)</ref>. DMG's B5Q buttons were also used in some [[Koppel A.W.]] elevators<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiH9p97_DlI Old Koppel A.W. Service Lift at Usmar Ismail Hall, Jakarta (Retake 1)]</ref>.
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Caesar Surround has two types of buttons; round and square metal. The round type has either halo lamp or just located on the center of the buttons. They are also similar to Mad's BP Series and Schindler's FI MXV series buttons. The square type has red, yellow, or blue halo lamp.
  
   
 
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Old DMG Button 2.jpg|DMG call station in Rome, Italy featuring a B5Q button (unlit).
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27_bezel_caesar_500x500.jpg|Caesar Surround
  
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Old DMG Button 3.jpg|DMG call station in Rome, Italy featuring a B5Q button (lit).
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Old DMG Button 1.jpg|Closer look of the DMG B5Q button being pressed.
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Old DMG Button 4.jpg|Car station in Rome, Italy featuring DMG B5Q buttons.
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Old DMG Button 5.jpg
 
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==Keyswitches==
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==Mad's fixtures for residential elevators==
  
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DMG uses Eurocylinder, KABA or VIRO Cylinder keyswitches. There is also Smart Key, which is an electronic key switch.
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==Floor indicators==
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===D13===
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These are digital floor indicators with a red LED segments display. These indicators can be square or round.
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===LED floor indicators (unknown model)===
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These LED floor indicators uses either a digital or dot matrix display. They are commonly used by Schindler as part of their FI MXB and FI MXV fixtures. It is unknown if DMG still make these indicators.
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===LCD indicators===
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DMG makes several types of TFT LCD displays for floor indicators, they are:
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*Matisse
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*Raffaello
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*Giotto
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*Raffaello and Giotto frontal mounted display
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Bronze DMG car station top TK mod.jpg|DMG Raffaello (?) LCD floor indicator used in a ThyssenKrupp modernization in Portugal.
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==Touch screens==
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DMG also makes TFT LCD touch screens known as Matisse Touch. These fixtures are also sold in North America under MAD.
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==Panels==
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===Murano Touch===
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These are touch screen fixtures made of black tempered glass. They consists of touch sensitive buttons and LCD floor indicators, and can be surface or flush mounted.
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===CUT===
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These are surface mounted fixtures made of stainless steel, with square push buttons and a vertical black trapezoid shaped display where an LCD floor indicator is shown. The design of the floor indicator display is meant to resemble the shape of the blade of a cutter, hence the name of the fixtures.
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===Venus columns===
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These are flushed mounted car stations.
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===Luna===
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These are surface mounted fixtures.
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===Elise===
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These are flushed mounted fixtures with rounded top and bottom side, and can be stainless steel, bronze or mirror.
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===Gilda Silverlight===
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These are surface mounted fixtures with rounded top and bottom side, and can be stainless steel or PVD gold.
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Bronze DMG car station top TK mod.jpg|Gold DMG Gilda Silverlight car station used in a modernization by thyssenkrupp in Portugal.
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Bronze DMG car station bottom TK mod.jpg|Gold DMG Gilda Silverlight car station with BL BLX buttons, used in a modernization by thyssenkrupp in Portugal.
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===Beetle line===
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These fixtures are similar to Gilda Silverlight, except that the rounded top and bottom sides are more rounded.
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===Brick===
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These are screwless surface mounted rectangle landing stations.
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===Gilda Corner===
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These are surface mounted rectangular fixtures with polycarbonated corners. They can be stainless steel or PVD gold.
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===Gilda metal end caps===
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These fixtures are similar to Gilda Corner, except that both the top and bottom side are fully covered by polycarbonate.
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DMG Danak 3.jpg|DMG Gilda Corner call station with BL BLQ buttons, installed by ThyssenKrupp (Credit goes to YouTube channel Heritage Elevators)
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===Traditional===
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These are flushed mounted fixtures with rounded corners. DMG also makes a version of these fixtures with a rounded top which comes in various styles.
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===Handy===
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These are surface mounted angled horizontal car stations designed for passengers on wheelchair, similar to Schaefer's angled panels. These panels can be a single or double row, and are usually fitted with B7 Maxxi buttons for accessibility reason.
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===Shell===
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These are flush mounted, water and dust proof fixtures. These fixtures uses DMG's B3 waterproof push buttons which uses PVC caps.
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===Residential elevator fixtures===
 
These are pretty basic and simple with boxless surface mounted panel, round buttons and digital floor indicator. These fixtures are normally used for residential elevators in private homes.
  
These are pretty basic and simple with boxless surface mounted panel, round buttons and digital floor indicator. These fixtures are normally used for residential elevators in private homes.
   
 
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29_LOP.jpg|Mad's Fixtures for residential elevators.
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29_LOP.jpg|An illustration of DMG's fixtures for residential elevators.
 
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==External link==
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==See also==
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*[[List of MAD elevator fixtures]] - for a list of fixtures made by their Canadian division in North America.
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*[http://www.madfixtures.com/ Official website]
  
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==External links==
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*[https://elevbrochurearchive.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/dmg-technical-catalogue-2011.pdf DMG Technical Catalogue] (2011 edition)
   
 
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Revision as of 04:00, 27 March 2020

This is list of different elevator fixtures that have been made by DMG.

Buttons

BN Dune

These buttons have curved rectangular buttons with illuminating halo and braille/tactile plate attached with the button. The button plate can be stainless steel with an illuminating symbol or black die-cast metal. It is also possible for the button plate to be installed separately.

B7 Maxxi

These are large sized rounded square buttons with illuminating halo and tactile legend. In North America, these buttons are branded as MAD Colossus.

BP Panzer

These are round dome shaped vandal resistant buttons with a lamp in the middle. They can have square, Caesar Surround (rectangle plate with illuminating symbol, surrounding the button) or Brutus Surround (round plate, surrounding the button) braille plate. In North America, these fixtures are branded as MAD BP.

BS Sherman

These are round metal buttons with illuminating halo. There are four versions of this button; one is a dome shaped button (Sherman Classic), one is a flat button (Sherman Disc), one is a projecting button (Sherman California, designed to comply with California code), and one is a concave button (Sherman Moon). They can have square, Caesar (rectangle plate with illuminating symbol) or Brutus (round plate) braille plate. In North America, these fixtures are branded as MAD BS Series.

BL

These are surface mounted buttons with either single illumination (both the halo and symbol illuminates in the same color) or dual illumination (both the halo and symbol illuminates in different color). There are several versions of these buttons:

  • BLS - round button with illuminating tactile and halo (also comes with dual illumination)
  • BLQ - square button, with illuminating tactile and halo (also comes with dual illumination), there is also a flush mounted version
  • BLX - similar to BLQ but comes with both non-illuminating tactile and braille (hence this button does not come with dual illumination option)
  • Unknown series - round button with pillowed square frame around the button, might have been discontinued

BX Equinox

These fixtures consist of oval shaped buttons, with a halo that lights up. The button might be on only one side of the oval, but this is unconfirmed. This button is also available with dual illumination. These fixtures are not sold in North America.

BM Macro

These fixtures consist of round buttons (stainless steel, inox, PVD gold, black coated or bronze) with a halo that lights up and a braille on the button. It can also be dual illumination, in which the tactile illuminates in a different color. These fixtures are not sold in North America.

BF Masquerade

These fixtures consist of round buttons, with or without a braille on them, a halo that lights up, and a frame around the button that can be round (series K), pillowed square (series F), or pillowed rectangle (series B). The button can be made out of plastic, stainless steel, or PVD (brass like coating). These fixtures are not sold in North America, but have been seen imported on ThyssenKrupp LEV elevators (pillowed square frame, plastic buttons).

BR Dardo

These buttons look very similar to the push buttons used by Schindler on their FI GS, Linea 100 and Linea 300 fixtures. These buttons can be flushed or surface mounted, and can have dual illumination which would illuminate in a similar fashion as Schindler's Linea 100 and 300 push buttons. These fixtures are not currently sold in North America, but will possibly be sold there in the future, which would probably to be branded as MAD BL Series.

B5Q

B5Q[1] is one of DMG's older button series which have been discontinued. These buttons are made of clean plastic which lights up entirely when pressed (if the buttons have illumination). They were also possible to be mounted on DMG's older Caprice button panels[2]. DMG's B5Q buttons were also used in some Koppel A.W. elevators[3].

Keyswitches

DMG uses Eurocylinder, KABA or VIRO Cylinder keyswitches. There is also Smart Key, which is an electronic key switch.

Floor indicators

D13

These are digital floor indicators with a red LED segments display. These indicators can be square or round.

LED floor indicators (unknown model)

These LED floor indicators uses either a digital or dot matrix display. They are commonly used by Schindler as part of their FI MXB and FI MXV fixtures. It is unknown if DMG still make these indicators.

LCD indicators

DMG makes several types of TFT LCD displays for floor indicators, they are:

  • Matisse
  • Raffaello
  • Giotto
  • Raffaello and Giotto frontal mounted display

Touch screens

DMG also makes TFT LCD touch screens known as Matisse Touch. These fixtures are also sold in North America under MAD.

Panels

Murano Touch

These are touch screen fixtures made of black tempered glass. They consists of touch sensitive buttons and LCD floor indicators, and can be surface or flush mounted.

CUT

These are surface mounted fixtures made of stainless steel, with square push buttons and a vertical black trapezoid shaped display where an LCD floor indicator is shown. The design of the floor indicator display is meant to resemble the shape of the blade of a cutter, hence the name of the fixtures.

Venus columns

These are flushed mounted car stations.

Luna

These are surface mounted fixtures.

Elise

These are flushed mounted fixtures with rounded top and bottom side, and can be stainless steel, bronze or mirror.

Gilda Silverlight

These are surface mounted fixtures with rounded top and bottom side, and can be stainless steel or PVD gold.

Beetle line

These fixtures are similar to Gilda Silverlight, except that the rounded top and bottom sides are more rounded.

Brick

These are screwless surface mounted rectangle landing stations.

Gilda Corner

These are surface mounted rectangular fixtures with polycarbonated corners. They can be stainless steel or PVD gold.

Gilda metal end caps

These fixtures are similar to Gilda Corner, except that both the top and bottom side are fully covered by polycarbonate.

Traditional

These are flushed mounted fixtures with rounded corners. DMG also makes a version of these fixtures with a rounded top which comes in various styles.

Handy

These are surface mounted angled horizontal car stations designed for passengers on wheelchair, similar to Schaefer's angled panels. These panels can be a single or double row, and are usually fitted with B7 Maxxi buttons for accessibility reason.

Shell

These are flush mounted, water and dust proof fixtures. These fixtures uses DMG's B3 waterproof push buttons which uses PVC caps.

Residential elevator fixtures

These are pretty basic and simple with boxless surface mounted panel, round buttons and digital floor indicator. These fixtures are normally used for residential elevators in private homes.

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ PULSANTE B5Q 7 - El.Com. 3000
  2. ↑ DMG - Pulsantiera Caprice (Italian) (archived)
  3. ↑ Old Koppel A.W. Service Lift at Usmar Ismail Hall, Jakarta (Retake 1)

External links

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