Re: Active home pro stopped working II

[AZ Woody <reply@here>]

It really depends on the version of windows (checking device drivers).

On XP, click start settings->control panel, then "system".  Then click
on the "hardware" tab.  Then "device manager".  Look at the stuff under
"Universal Serial Bus controllers" to start.

(That's what I see...  First time I've had my cm15a connected to windows
in over a year....  It's been on a linux box for a long time!)

First thing to try, is just plugging the cm15a to a different USB port
on your PC.

Tim Dolan wrote:
>
> "AZ Woody" <reply@here> wrote in message
> news:45f60785$0$505$815e3792@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> (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
>>>> news:45f20216.1481498390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> "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
>