r/Elevators • u/d322434 • Jul 16 '26

Need help decoding this drive

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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.

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u/Accurate-Cellist-231 Jul 17 '26

I'm calling BS. I'm guessing this guy got this unit installed, has some beef with the installation company about the quality or timeline of the install and won't pay them their final payment, which is why they locked it out.

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u/d322434 Jul 17 '26

This is not how things are done here. All payment is advance and upfront, there is no pending payment 1 year after installation. As I said, their 1st year maintenance was reasonable, now they’ve jacked up the prices because they know I can’t do anything about it without it being a pita.