Colour touch screen
Always on, with a wizard that guides commissioning step by step: settings, diagnostics and operation without an external console.
Sodimas QI Touch, the brain of the lift
The lift controller designed and made in France by Sodimas. It drives the machine, doors, signalling and every safety device, and is the standard controller of the Residential Pack and our lifts.
- Made in France
- Colour touch screen
- Open protocol
- EN 81-20 and EN 81-50
Sodimas, French manufacturer
A family business founded in 1975 in Pont-de-l'Isère, in the Drôme region of France, Sodimas is France's leading independent manufacturer of lift equipment. Its products are distributed in around forty countries, and EUROLIFT is its export partner.
1975Company founded
30,000+Lifts designed
≈ 40Countries served
ISO 9001 · 14001Quality and environment
The advantages
Fast and reliable
Real-time multitasking operating system, 32-bit 450 MHz microprocessor, two open CAN buses.
Quick installation
Optimised “Quick Install” wiring and “Push in Twice piercing” landing connection: fewer wires, fewer errors, faster installation.
Connected
Ethernet, two USB ports, micro SD card, Wi-Fi via USB key and built-in web server: setup and diagnostics from a PC, tablet or smartphone (Windows, Apple, Android).
Preventive maintenance
Preventive and predictive maintenance data, statistics and remote supervision, compatible with Sodimas remote monitoring.
Open protocol
The lift can be maintained by any maintenance company: the owner keeps the choice of lift contractor.
Energy-saving
Only 4 W with the screen on, lighting and consumption management, eco-designed product.
Compliant
EN 81-20 and EN 81-50, EN 81-28, EN 81-70, EN 81-72 and EN 81-73; electromagnetic compatibility EN 12015 and EN 12016.
Everything is set on screen
The colour touch screen is always on. Three menus are enough: Mounting, Settings and Operations. A wizard guides commissioning step by step, with no external console, and every fault is displayed in plain words.
Connected, from site to maintenance
On site
Ethernet, two USB ports and micro SD card: parameter backup, updates and history export.
Wireless
Wi-Fi via USB key and built-in web server: setup and diagnostics from a PC, tablet or smartphone (Windows, Apple, Android).
Remote
Optionally compatible with Sodimas remote monitoring, Pilote and Sodiacom: alerts, statistics and fleet supervision.
Pilote, optional Sodimas remote monitoring
Available as an option, a box connected to the QI Touch controller continuously reports the lift status to a web and mobile platform.
- Real-time alerts: the technician is notified as soon as an anomaly is detected
- Statistics and predictive maintenance: doors, trips, unplanned stops
- Remote lift call from a smartphone
- Cloud hosted in France, in Montpellier, ISO 27001 certified
- Plug and play installation, set up by scanning a QR code; multi-brand version for other controllers
Functions
- Voice announcer, arrows, hall lantern and gong
- Firefighter, fire and priority modes
- Re-levelling and advance door opening
- Multiple doors, keypad code and access control
- Simple or advanced multiplex, 2 to 6 lifts
- CAN-bus, SAF or parallel signalling
- Open-loop, closed-loop or synchronous drive
- Hydraulic unit with solenoid, motorised or regulated valve
- Absolute, SIL 3 safe absolute or laser positioning
- Up to 40 floors on CAN bus, up to 4 m/s
Technical specifications
| Processor | 32-bit i.MX28 at 450 MHz · 128 MB RAM · 512 MB flash memory |
|---|---|
| System | Real-time multitasking operating system |
| Communication | 2 open CAN buses (250 kb/s and 50 kb/s) |
| Screen | 3.5-inch capacitive colour touch screen, always on |
| Connectivity | 1 Ethernet · 2 USB 2.0 · 4 GB micro SD card · Wi-Fi via USB key · built-in web server |
| Consumption | 4 W for the board, screen on |
| Operation | Single button, down collective, full collective |
| Multiplex | Simple or advanced, 2 to 6 lifts, with destination control |
| Floors | 40 floors and 40 doors on CAN bus · with parallel inputs: 20 floors down collective, 10 full collective |
| Speed | Up to 4 m/s |
| Positioning | Absolute, SIL 3 safe absolute or laser · direct approach · short floors from 30 mm |
| Drive | Open-loop, closed-loop or synchronous inverter · hydraulic unit with solenoid, motorised or regulated valve |
Standards: EN 81-20, EN 81-50, EN 81-1/2, EN 81-21, EN 81-28, EN 81-70, EN 81-72, EN 81-73, EN 81-80 · EMC EN 12015 and EN 12016
Sodimas declaration of conformity (January 2025): lift directive 2014/33/EU and electromagnetic compatibility; EN 81-50 § 5.15 for electronic components; protection against uncontrolled car movement as a control circuit (EN 81-20 § 5.6.7), with a 100 ms response time.
Where you find it at EUROLIFT
Residential Pack
The complete electrical package, in stock: for our lifts, for the mechanical equipment of your choice or to modernise an existing lift.
Learn more →Controllers
The controller is the heart of the lift: it drives the machine, the doors, the signalling and every safety device. We work with Sodimas and Edel, and their connected solutions.
Learn more →Modernisation
Replace the controller, wiring and signalling of a lift in service with a complete Sodimas electrical package, in stock. On request, we also supply a motor matched to the installation.
Learn more →Machine-room-less lift
The whole drive sits inside the shaft: no machine room to build, quiet operation and lower energy use.
Learn more →Lift with machine room
The geared machine sits in a technical room above the shaft. A robust, proven solution that is easy to maintain.
Learn more →LIMAX positioning
An absolute sensor on the car roof and a coded magnetic tape along the full height of the shaft: the QI Touch controller always knows the exact position and speed of the car.
Learn more →Connectivity, safety and hygiene
The connected lift: monitor and control remotely
Remote monitoring, 4G emergency alarm, calling the car from a smartphone: Sodimas and Edel solutions to reduce breakdowns and act faster, wherever the lift is.
Learn more →
Lift safety and hygiene
Safe positioning, safety gear, touchless buttons, air purification: certified Sodimas components for the safety of users and technicians, in new lifts and modernisation.
Learn more →Frequently asked questions
Is the QI Touch suitable for modernisation?
Yes. It suits new lifts as well as existing ones, and it is the controller of the Residential Pack we supply to replace old electrical equipment.
Is a special tool needed to set it up?
No. Everything is done on the touch screen, or from a PC, tablet or smartphone via Wi-Fi and the built-in web server.
Who can maintain it?
Any maintenance company: the QI Touch is built on an open protocol, so the owner keeps the choice of lift contractor.
A lift project?
Send us your drawings: we study your project and send you a detailed offer.