Be aware that most hoist control button stacks include the means to activate more than one winch speed.
Some have "separate "fast" and "slow" buttons, while others have 2-stage tactile button depression.
All include the larger emergency E-STOP. Most left-right winch control requires the ability to "jog" or approach
final position slowly.
Modern motor speed control usually use inverters which can easily deliver high torque at high slip,
so can run slow, and which include the various start/stop/reverse inputs.
Addressing the safety and operation of hoists. The E-STOP circuit is now no longer a simple opening
switch in a contactor latching circuit. Dual-contact switches are used with a properly specified safety
relay. Many modern inverter controls are now fully qualified with internal circuits that provide safety
relay functions internally, and can guarantee to STOP using direct connected dual E-STOP switches.
Do not neglect the BRAKE function of the hoist. Most are automatic when the motor is powered,
BUT require a full voltage applied, and so require special attention if the voltages to the motor
are derived from a speed control inverter. In that case, the BRAKE release activation energy must
be connected separately, not simply to borrow the applied motor voltages.
Complete circuits are available free from suppliers of the rugged control switch stacks, and/or, motor
speed controllers, The best kinds come as an assembly that dangles from the hoist on a strong strain
relief chord, and the various circuits suitable are with the documentation.
I hope this helps..
Figuring out this sort of circuit from scratch, or applying a circuit derived from some study is not very
difficult, but if you are at all unsure, seek direct help. Getting these things wrong risks harm to the people
who would use it, and expensive damage when it gets moving with a poorly designed control.