Well I can definitely agree that if there was any possible way for TKE to accomplish this, then they definitely would. The IMS version floating around out there at other companies is a bootleg version that was essentially stolen by ex employee who figured out permanent unlock versus annual expiration like the office version that TKE field guys have. So they would absolutely call this recovering intellectual property, if they broke the bootleg version.
They constantly update Max software, even if a non provisioned unit that was lost to another company. If its powered up and has good cell phone signal, it will update .
But would the stand alone blue box Max unit have to be plugged into directly to boot the site key? I've always unplugged Max unit to plug in any IMS laptop/tablet tool. Perhaps multi group situation where you unplug one but other are connected through controller network.