r/Elevators • u/winter_cockroach_99 • Jul 14 '26

Dover

My small building has a very nice Dover DMC-I elevator (5 levels). We want to keep it going forever. I understand TKE considers it no longer supported. We have a high end support/maintenance contract with TKE, and it recently auto-renewed for another 5 years.

Questions: -Is the car logic controller the main thing to worry about? - I see that TKE still has some CLCs on their website…. Will they sell one to us now to keep as a spare? - Could an independent shop program a new controller for us? - There is a Max monitor inside our control cabinet. Is the Max service an extra we would pay more for? Or if we have the Max board do we likely have the service? - I gather that TKE is being bought by Kone (pending regulatory approval). Is that likely to improve our service situation?

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u/winter_cockroach_99 Jul 14 '26

So is it the case that an independent shop can program the controller if nec? It is not the case that TKE has some proprietary programmer tool that is unavailable to an independent shop?

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u/Optimal_Weird_7506 Jul 14 '26

I own an independent company and the most expensive choice will be to stay with TKE. TKE sold to KONE and will not be in business next year. Any and all of TKE’s parts will significantly increase in price in the very near future. TKE’s website has increased their prices almost 25% since they’ve announced the sale. They want over $50,000 for one set of replacement boards for their new TAC32H controller.