Abstract: A system for indicating the stop levels for an elevator car in a hoist shaft so as to transmit signals to the elevator machinery when a selected stop level is approached. Vertically aligned pins are provided projecting from the wall of the hoist shaft; at least one pin being provided for each stop level. The pins extend into the path of the arms of the a cross, fixed to one end of a shaft journaled in a box which is attached to the outside wall of the elevator car and cause the cross and shaft to rotate a quarter turn each time one of the arms of the cross engages one of the pins. The other end of the shaft carries a pinion gear which engages a movable rack connected to a linearly movable slide mounted on the elevator car. One end of the slide ends in a stairstep-like configuration, each step serving to actuate one microswitch in a transverse row of microswitches as the slide moves.