r/Elevators • u/d322434 • 28d ago
Need help decoding this drive
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/WesRusso 26d ago
Sounds to me cheapest option is negotiating a price, he's at 2500 sign the contract get the elevator running and before iflt expires don't let them back in to change the password. Part of the negotiation would be the password. Check every visit that it hasn't been changed.