Device and method for displaying position status of lifting container

The invention discloses a device and a method of displaying a position status of a lifting container. The device comprises a system power supply and further comprises a display window, a bus communication converter circuit, a single chip microcomputer circuit, a nixie tube drive circuit, a coder interface circuit and a status signal interface circuit, wherein output ends of two communication sub boards of the bus communication converter circuit are connected with an input end of the single chip microcomputer circuit; the output end of the coder interface circuit is connected with the input end of the single chip microcomputer circuit; the input end of the nixie tube drive circuit is connected with the output end of the single chip microcomputer circuit; the output end of the nixie tube drive circuit is electrically connected with the display window and used for controlling an LED (Light-Emitting Diode) in the display window to display information; a signal end of the single chip microcomputer circuit is connected with the status signal interface circuit; and the system power supply supplies power to the coder interface circuit, the bus communication converter circuit and the single chip microcomputer circuit. According to the device, a plurality of communication lines can monitor and position the lifting container in different ways, so that positioning is more reliable and adaptability is stronger.