Re: Active home pro stopped working II

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

"AZ Woody" <reply@here> wrote in message
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> 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
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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
>>
Woody,
              I don't have another port with that kind of plug..???
                      Tim fm CT