"That part is discontinued."
The manufacturer has stopped making the board, or has closed altogether — so there's nothing to order.
✓ What we doWe reverse-engineer the board and build a working equivalent that fits and behaves like the original.
When a control board is discontinued and the maker's tool is gone, most companies quote you for a whole new lift. We don't. We rebuild the obsolete part, build the tool that talks to your lift, and get it running again — safely, and for a fraction of a full replacement.
A lift can be mechanically sound and still get written off because one small electronic board is out of production. Here's what usually goes wrong — and how we keep your lift running instead.
The manufacturer has stopped making the board, or has closed altogether — so there's nothing to order.
✓ What we doWe reverse-engineer the board and build a working equivalent that fits and behaves like the original.
The maker's diagnostic tool is dead, discontinued, or costs thousands just to hire for a day.
✓ What we doWe use our own handheld tools that plug straight into the lift, so we can read the fault and fix it on site.
Floor buttons (LOP) or the panel inside the car (COP) fail, and the matching spare no longer exists.
✓ What we doWe rebuild the Landing and Car Operating Panels — buttons, indicators and the boards behind them.
The easy quote is a full replacement or modernisation — weeks of downtime and a very big bill.
✓ What we doWe keep your existing lift, fix the part that failed, and save you most of that cost.
You own the lift — you shouldn't be forced to throw it away over one small board. Reverse engineering is how it stays working.
Four simple stops — nothing goes near your lift until it's proven on the bench.
Book a callout with the lift's brand and what it's doing. We come and see it.
We study the original part, decode how it works, and confirm what needs rebuilding.
We build the replacement part — or the tool that drives it — and prove it works before it leaves the bench.
We fit it, commission it and certify it with Malta's engineers — safety first, lift back in service.
Plain benefits above, hard engineering here. This is the actual toolset we use to keep obsolete lifts alive — and why "we speak to any board" isn't just marketing.
Our handheld tools talk to lift controllers over their own data networks — reading live data, faults and I/O straight off the bus.
CAN bus & serial — the lift's internal data network.We reverse-engineer discontinued controller cards and landing boards, matching the original's function, pinout and behaviour.
Pinout — the map of what each connector pin does.Landing and Car Operating Panels remade to fit and work like the originals — buttons, indicators and the boards behind them.
LOP — the buttons on each floor. COP — the buttons inside the car.When the maker's service tool is dead or costs thousands, we build our own console to configure, test and fault-find on site.
Console — the service tool an engineer plugs in to talk to the lift.We capture and decode the controller's own messages, so we find the real fault fast instead of swapping parts and hoping.
Decode — read the controller's data and understand what it means.Rebuilds keep the full hard-wired safety chain intact and are commissioned with Malta's engineers, in line with EN 81 lift-safety practice.
EN 81 — the European standard for lift safety.Every board and lift we work on is owned by our client or serviced under contract, with permission — this is right-to-repair service engineering on equipment you own, done safely and legally in Malta.
Tell us the brand and what's failed. We'll see if we can reverse-engineer a way to keep it running — before you spend on a whole new lift.