Mitsubishi Destination Oriented Allocation System

GT Mitsubishi NEXIEZ DOAS — Set of 4 Mitsubishi NEXIEZ-MR elevators using the DOAS system.

Destination Oriented Allocation System (or Destination Oriented Prediction System, DOAS, DOAS-S, known in Japan as ELE-NAVI^[1]) is Mitsubishi Electric's destination dispatch system. It was launched in 2002 alongside the ΣAI-2200 elevator group control system, as an optional feature for the latter. In 2010, the system was upgraded with the ΣAI-2200C group control system.

Like any other destination dispatch system, DOAS-S allocates passengers to cars depending on destination floors. When a passenger enters a destination floor, the hall operating panel indicates which car will serve. Because the destination floor is already registered, the passenger does not need to press the car button. Furthermore, dispersing passengers by destination prevents congestion in cars and minimizes time. With DOAS-S, the passenger enters the destination floor in the elevator lobby and then boards the assigned elevator, and the rest are completely automatic. The system has the advantages of reducing travel time and enhancing usability for passengers in halls and in cars.

DOAS-S is also available for the modernization of existing/older Mitsubishi Electric elevator installations^[2]. Note that the system does not apply to the modernization of existing elevators from manufacturers other than Mitsubishi.

Description

Like other destination dispatch systems (excluding Schindler's), DOAS has two hall arrangement configurations:

Hybrid: Hall operating panels are installed only on the busiest floor such as the main floor or a restaurant floor, while other floors have conventional call buttons. It is generally useful for improving traffic leaving from the busiest floor and heavy up-peak traffic. Handicap mode is supported only on the main floor where keypads are present.

Full: Hall operating panels are installed on all floors. This configuration is useful for improving more complex traffic conditions in the building. Handicap mode is supported.

Security gate integration

DOAS keycard reader — DOAS turnstile terminal in Plaza Office Tower, Jakarta, Indonesia.

DOAS can also be integrated with security gates to reduce congestion in the elevator lobby and improve building security. When the card is tapped onto the reader found in the security gate, the destination floor will be instantly registered and the person can go straight to the elevator without having to enter his/her destination again in the elevator lobby. An RFID card for the elevator can be linked with the building security card to allow a movement in the building with a single card. It blocks out access to unauthorized person if the card is passed over from one person to another. It is very similar to Schindler PORT.

Handicap voice announcements

When the handicap/accessibility mode is available and activated, automated voices will be played to guide visually impaired people. However, they did not meet the Hong Kong's "Design Manual - Barrier Free Access 2008 (BFA 2008)" standard which was revised in September 2015^[3] for destination dispatch until The Quayside in Kwun Tong is completed in 2019. Some of the known voices heard in Mitsubishi DOAS are:

Version for other countries:
- Enter the destination floor desired - after the handicap button is pressed.
- (Number) floor, the floor selected is not available - after entering the desired floor but outside the group serving.
- (Number) floor, the floor selected is not accessible, please re-enter the destination floor. - after entering the desired floor but the floor is locked^[4].
- (Number) floor, please take Elevator (X) - after entering the desired floor and the elevator car assigned.
Version for the United States:
- Choose floor (the range of the floors serving in this group), swipe card or enter desired floor^[5] or presenting credential^[6]^[7] - after the handicap button is pressed.
- (Number) floor, the floor selected is not available - after entering the desired floor but outside the group serving.
- (Number) floor, the floor selected is not accessible, please re-enter the destination floor. - after entering the desired floor but the floor is locked.
- (Number) floor, please take Elevator (X), (the word of the relevant Alphabet) - after entering the desired floor and the elevator car assigned.
Version for Hong Kong:
- 請拍卡，或撳掣輸入你所要去嘅樓層 (Cantonese), 請刷卡，或按鍵登記你所要去的樓層 (Putunghua), Swipe card or enter your destination floor (English) - after the handicap button is pressed.^[8]^[9]
- 升降機喺你所選擇嘅樓層不停 (Cantonese), 電梯在你所選擇的樓層不停 (Putunghua), The floor selected is not accessible (English), 請再次拍卡，或撳掣輸入你所要去嘅樓層 (Cantonese), 請再次刷卡，或按鍵登記你所要去的樓層 (Putunghua), Try your registration again (English) - after entering the desired floor but the floor is locked.^[9]
- (Floor number in Cantonese), (Floor number Putunghua), (Floor number in English), 請搭(X)號升降機 (Cantonese), 請乘坐(X)號電梯 (Putunghua), please take lift (X) (English) - after entering the desired floor and the elevator car assigned.^[8]

Applications

DOAS is currently available as an optional feature in the Mitsubishi NexWay, NexWay-S (Series IP/AP Version 2, Series-IP and Package R), NEXIEZ-MR, NEXIEZ-MRL and Elenessa Series-IP Version 2. It is also available for modernization of existing/older Mitsubishi elevators with ELEMOTION (for low to mid rise) and NexWay Modernization (for high speed high rise) solution. Note that DOAS for modernization only applies for older elevators manufactured by Mitsubishi, not by other manufacturers.

In Japan, it is available in Mitsubishi AXIEZ and NEXCUBE elevators. In the U.S., it is only available in Mitsubishi Diamond HS (it was previously available in the North American Mitsubishi GPM-III until 2018).

Notable installations

Main article: List of notable Mitsubishi DOAS elevator installations

Trivia

The Hong Kong-based elevator enthusiast site "hkelev.com" claims that DOAS works faster than Schindler's Miconic 10 and PORT systems.^[10]
The first set of Mitsubishi elevators with DOAS system to be documented among the elevator enthusiast community was by Vincent561967, located in Gloucester Tower, The Landmark, Central, Hong Kong^[11].
DOAS is the second type of destination dispatch system installed in Hong Kong^[10] and Indonesia.
The first DOAS elevators with DOAS-integrated security gates (turnstiles) in the world was installed in ThePlaza Office Tower, Jakarta, Indonesia in 2009^[12]^[13].

The latest DOAS/ELE-NAVI system won the Good Design Award (award number 18G090811) in 2018^[14].
- The touch screen was also awarded by the Good Design Award (award number 14G080681) in 2014^[15].

Image gallery

Destination operating panels

Main article: List of Mitsubishi elevator fixtures

Pre-programmed button panel

This panel is no longer in production; with having been discontinued in 2014. As a result only older DOAS installations have this type of panel.

Keypad

Touchscreen LCD

Hall lanterns, elevator identifier and floor destination indicators

Car interiors

Video gallery

中環置地廣場告羅士打大廈三菱高速升降機

Ocean Financial Centre-MITSUBISHI DOAS(Destination Dispatch)Elevator(1F-43F)

Mitsubishi DOAS Traction Elevators at UOB Plaza, Jakarta (Lift High C)

Notes and references

↑ 三菱エレベーター行先予報システム｢ELE-NAVI（エレ・ナビ）｣新製品発売
↑ 告羅士打大廈升降機更新工程(#12 另加怡和大廈更新工程)
↑ "Design Manual - Barrier Free Access 2008 (BFA 2008)" - Corrigendum (September 2015), Buildings Department, HKSAR, China.
↑ EPIC FAIL Mitsubishi DOAS Lift - ALL FLOORS LOCKED
↑ Retake - Amazing Mitsubishi DOAS Elevators @ Undisclosed, not Location, Irvine, CA
↑ If the card reader is provided.
↑ Mitsubishi DOAS (Destination Dispatch) Elevators - San Francisco, California
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 [1]
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 [2]
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 hkelev - Destination Dispatch system
↑ 中環置地廣場告羅士打大廈三菱高速升降機
↑ PT. Mitsubishi Jaya Elevator and Escalator - Short Profile and History (PDF)
↑ ThePlaza Office Tower, Jakarta: High-speed Mitsubishi DOAS Elevator (High)
↑ Destination Oriented Allocation System [ELE-NAVI] - Good Design Award (Archived)
↑ Destination oriented allocation system(DOAS) (Touch panel type hall operating panel) - Good Design Award (Archived)

External links

Destination dispatch elevator
Main article	Destination dispatch
Systems by manufacturers	AGILE (TK Elevator, formerly DSC) • Compass / CompassPlus / Compass 360 (Otis) • Destination / Polaris (Kone) • Destination Oriented Allocation System (DOAS) (Mitsubishi Electric) • Destination Selection Control (DSC) (thyssenkrupp) • Destination Selecting System (Hyundai) • EZShuttle (Fujitec) • FIBEE (Hitachi) • FLOORNAVI (Toshiba) • Miconic 10 (Schindler) • The PORT Technology (Schindler) • SchindlerID (Schindler)

[1] 三菱エレベーター行先予報システム｢ELE-NAVI（エレ・ナビ）｣新製品発売

[2] 告羅士打大廈升降機更新工程(#12 另加怡和大廈更新工程)

[3] "Design Manual - Barrier Free Access 2008 (BFA 2008)" - Corrigendum (September 2015), Buildings Department, HKSAR, China.

[4] EPIC FAIL Mitsubishi DOAS Lift - ALL FLOORS LOCKED

[5] Retake - Amazing Mitsubishi DOAS Elevators @ Undisclosed, not Location, Irvine, CA

[6] If the card reader is provided.

[7] Mitsubishi DOAS (Destination Dispatch) Elevators - San Francisco, California

[DOAS_BFA-8] 8.0 ^8.1 [1]

[DOAS_BFA2-9] 9.0 ^9.1 [2]

[hkelev_DOAS-10] 10.0 ^10.1 hkelev - Destination Dispatch system

[11] 中環置地廣場告羅士打大廈三菱高速升降機

[MJEE-12] PT. Mitsubishi Jaya Elevator and Escalator - Short Profile and History (PDF)

[13] ThePlaza Office Tower, Jakarta: High-speed Mitsubishi DOAS Elevator (High)

[14] Destination Oriented Allocation System [ELE-NAVI] - Good Design Award (Archived)

[15] Destination oriented allocation system(DOAS) (Touch panel type hall operating panel) - Good Design Award (Archived)

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