Lift Controller Upgrades
Upgrade the brain of your lift with intelligent, non-proprietary microprocessor control systems. Eliminate phantom breakdowns, reduce tenant waiting times, achieve millimetre floor-levelling accuracy, and future-proof your asset with zero closed-protocol software locks.
Traction lifts
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Hydraulic lifts
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MRL lifts
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Duplex groups
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Part M compliant
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EN 81-20
Replace obsolete logic boards with reliable, open-protocol intelligence.
The lift controller is the central nervous system of any vertical transport asset, orchestrating dispatch logic, motor speed control, door timing, safety interlocking, and emergency communications. Over decades of constant use, original electro-mechanical relay panels or early-generation microprocessors inevitably degrade. Electrical contacts pit and weld, capacitors dry out, printed circuit boards suffer heat fatigue, and replacement parts become completely obsolete on the open market.
Upgrading your lift controller is the most cost-effective and minimally disruptive way to eliminate persistent breakdowns. By replacing only the electronic brain, whilst retaining your existing hoist machinery, counterweight assembly, and shaft guide rails, Sheridan Lifts restores smooth, dependable operation in just a few days. We fit high-specification, non-proprietary control systems that give building managers total independence, effortless fault diagnostics, and complete peace of mind.
- Eliminate Obsolescence Risk: Replace discontinued circuit boards and burning relays with modern, readily available European components.
- Intelligent Dispatch Logic: Advanced full-collective and smart group algorithms slash passenger lobby wait times and eliminate empty trips.
- Non-Proprietary Architecture: Built exclusively with open-protocol hardware, ensuring you are never locked into proprietary diagnostic tools or manufacturer contracts.
Tailored control solutions for single lifts and multi-car groups.
Whether managing a single passenger lift in a boutique office or coordinating a high-demand multi-car group in a high-rise residential development, Sheridan Lifts designs controller upgrade packages engineered for your exact traffic profile.
Replace outdated automatic push-button (APB) or down-collective relay logic on single lifts with advanced full-collective microprocessors, enabling intelligent two-way call registration, quiet operation, and clear digital fault logs
Synchronise multiple lift cars with interconnected group supervisory controllers. Smart dispatch algorithms dynamically assign the closest car to incoming hall calls, reducing passenger wait times and communal power consumption.
Combine your microprocessor controller with an integrated Variable Voltage Variable Frequency (VVVF) closed-loop drive for whisper-quiet acceleration, silky-smooth braking, and pinpoint floor-levelling accuracy.
Rapid on-site installation with minimal building disruption.
Unlike major structural overhauls that require weeks of invasive building work, a lift controller upgrade is primarily an electrical and electronic modernisation. Sheridan Lifts’ directly employed engineers can complete a full controller replacement, rewire landing fixtures, install modern shaft position encoders, and commission the system in as little as 3 to 5 days. For multi-lift duplex or triplex banks, we work on one car at a time, ensuring that your building occupants maintain continuous vertical mobility throughout the project.
Open protocol freedom and digital precision.
Comprehensive safety and emergency integration.
Typical applications
Two 1000 kg cars in a shared shaft serving eight floors, sequenced as a duplex group to cut lobby waits at peak.
Machine-room-less lift installed in a four-storey block with no plant space, commissioned before first handover.
Low-headroom hydraulic lift threaded into a listed stairwell without altering the principal staircase.
Full replacement of a 1970s lift in an occupied block, with an agreed twelve-day outage and daily resident notices.
Controller out of date?
We will upgrade it.
Book a free survey and we’ll assess your current controller.