Re: Need help with my CP290

["Carl" <catogris@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

All,

Thanks for your input.  I took a snow day today and made it my mission to
figure this out.

As it happens when the PC rebuilt itself either it didn't install the
drivers for the Serial Card or they were wrong.  Regardless, I unstalled the
card, removed and re-inserted it and got the Drivers from SIIG.com and
reinstalled it.

So far so good.  I'm sending commands via the CP290 again, so unless
something else goes wrong, I'm good.

Again, thanks!  I love my X-10 toys and don't know how I'd give them up.

Carl
"Charles Sullivan" <cwsulliv@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.02.13.14.12.50.936000@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Tue, 13 Feb 2007 01:11:33 +0000, Carl wrote:
>
>> I'm new to the group and really need some help.  I've used my CP290 for
>> years and love it.  I've tried the other controllers and always went back
>> to
>> the CP290.
>>
>> My computers have always recognized the unit and I never remember having
>> to
>> install any drivers.  But over the weekend my PC crashed and I had to
>> restore it to like new out of the box.   When I tried to use the CP290 I
>> can't get any communications between the serial port and the unit.  It
>> used
>> to work on Com 4.  When I look at the Hardware Profile it indicates a big
>> yellow question mark.
>>
>> Upon boot-up the PC finds new hardware and asks for drivers.  But I have
>> none and have searched the web all weekend to no avail.
>>
>> Does anyone out there have Drivers for an XP Windows based PC.
>> (Interestingly enough I've already got a driver disk for the Macintosh
>> which
>> came with one I bought as a back up if my original ever gives up the
>> ghost)
>>
>> Please help, I can't give up my CP290 without a fight!
>>
>> Carl
>
> Most older PCs came equipped with only two COM ports.  If yours
> has four you probably have an add-on serial card installed,
> and supplied with the card when you bought it would have been a
> floppy or CD with the drivers for it.
>
> If such is the case, try to determine the card manufacturer and
> contact them for the drivers.  Or at least record the information
> stamped on the various chips on the board and it may be possible
> to locate generic drivers for those chips.
>
>