Re: Active home pro stopped working II

["Tim Dolan" <tims-pool-leagues@xxxxxxxx>]

"AZ Woody" <reply@here> wrote in message
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> (I'm sorry if this was already suggested)
> Have you tried uninstalling the cm15a stuff, rebooting, reinstall?  I've
> seen stuff get wacked out, driver wise, under windows.
>
> Maybe as a first step try a different USB port on the PC.  Windows should
> see this as "new HW" and install the driver.
>
> Check under control panel/system/hw to see if the driver is running...
>
>
>
>
> Tim Dolan wrote:
>>
>> "Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> "Dave Houston" <nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>>> "Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> >I am curious.  How can the appliance modules work
>>>> >via mouseclick in Activehome if the USB bridge is non-functional?  It
>>> seems
>>>> >to me you can either communicate with it or you can't.  What you're
>>>> >describing is something in the middle.
>>>>
>>>> I think what he's describing are the sound effects in the AHP software.
>>>
>>> My bad.  I guess it was when he wrote: "when I do it with the mouse"
>>> that my
>>> mind got clouded with disturbing images so I missed the obvious.  (-:  I
>>> don't think I've ever run Activehome on a PC that had sound, either!
>>>
>>> No doubt they added those highly useful sound effects to cover the sound
>>> of
>>> the real relays clacking.  Good programming to keep the sounds alive
>>> even
>>> though the signals aren't reaching their intended targets.
>>>
>>> Still, I suspect there's a clue in this occurring after he played
>>> circuit
>>> panel roulette and switched off multiple circuits.  A PC with a dead
>>> CMOS
>>> battery could recycle to a default state that knocked out a
>>> specially-configured USB port but that's *highly* unlikely.
>>>
>>> I'd do a file sort on the C: drive to see what's been "fingered" in the
>>> last
>>> few weeks that might be USB related.  Then I'd look in Device Mangler to
>>> see
>>> that all was OK.  Then I might plug a USB mouse into the port in
>>> question to
>>> see if it worked.  Then I might unload/reload Activehome.  If that
>>> didn't
>>> solve it, I'd Ghost the current state to DVD-R and restore from a
>>> known-good
>>> image backup.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bobby G.
>> Hi Folks,
>>               I'm back to this ng. It was recommended to go to the x10
>> group which I did. However, after registering and reading the "Read this
>> first" stuff. I still could not determine where to start.
>> I sent my symptoms to a person that had written tips. Mike, I think it
>> was.
>> I'm still where I was. Here's the situation.
>> All my x10 lights etc work via the hand held controllers and the plug in
>> controllers.
>> When I open the AHP it says I'm registered, and I see my units on the
>> screen. Then I get a screen that says "the active home pro usb interface
>> isn't connected to your computer...........
>> It is connected. I've checked that, I've removed the batteries and
>> unplugged it and still the same.
>> I can move the switches and hear them click on the screen but they do not
>> operate any units.
>> X10 is no help at all.
>> Please help me if you can.
>>                    Tim fm CT

OK,
      Thanks. I checked the control panel, hardware etc.
but I realized that I didn't know what I was looking for. What am I looking
for?
Also,  I think my AHP is a download, so I don't want to delete it. I'll look
more thoroughly for the Cd.
                 Tim fm CT