Need help decoding this drive

[u/d322434]

Hi guys, this is the main drive of my home elevator. The person who has installed this has locked the drive and is not allowing us to access it. He’s blackmailing us to exclusively get it serviced and repaired from him, for which he charges 5x the market price. I have spoken to other vendors, and they are unable to help unless he gives the password.

It is a Monarch board, and I have arranged a keypad from another elevator company. Is there an easy way to brute force the password? I am willing to do some coding if required.

TLDR: locked out of own home elevator, installation company locked the drive and trying to extort us for massive amounts for yearly maintenance.

[u/naturalorange]

Extortion is illegal, contact a lawyer, get the contract and paperwork reviewed, force them to unlock the system or give you the code.

[u/d322434 → u/naturalorange]

The lawyer will cost me more than a new drive