Web-based Elevator Management
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If you were building a system that controls elevators - allowing you to stop them, start them, shut off floors and set off alarms - where would you put it? On the web of course!
As the marketing spiel puts it, The EMS Panorama system for Otis elevators "is web-based, allowing users to access it from virtually any location".
http://www.otis.com/site/us/Pages/EMSPanorama.aspxOne could argue that good design, careful testing and competent system administration should reduce the risk of hackers turning your liftwells into skyscraper-sized games of Connect Four. But when the minimum system requirements state that 'Internet Explorer 6.1' is required - even though there never was a version 6.1 of IE - I'm not getting my hopes up.
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Nice - [url=http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7700]Elevator Action[/url] for real ....
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Now all we need to do is get Windows running in that Elevator Action machine and you're set...
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@gutch said:
But when the minimum system requirements state that 'Internet Explorer 6.1' is required - even though there never was a version 6.1 of IE - I'm not getting my hopes up.
Maybe they mean IE6 Service Pack 1? Still wrong ofcourse, but I've also seen the XP SP2 IE version reffered to as "IE 6.2"
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That's almost as bad as one of my friends' new washer and dryer with web interfaces...
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@gutch said:
The EMS Panorama system for Otis elevators "is web-based, allowing users to access it from virtually any location".
Nice. Saves you the hassle of actually playing around with the control panel.
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And here I thought web-controlled lights were stupid...
But then again, given the behavior of most elevators, having a random script kiddie play with it from the internet can only be an improvement.
