I installed HS2 over the top of my existing 1.7 installation, and all of my devices, events, etc appear to have come over fine. Upon starting HS2, I noticed that nothing was working - no devices could be controlled. I went to the setup/interfaces page and discovered that all of the interfaces were disabled. I enabled the CM11A/CM12A interface on the correct serial port and it completed initialization without an error. Unfortunately, still nothing will control. I also notice that I get an "Unable to Send to CM11A" error a few seconds after I try to control a device. Is there something else that needs to be setup that I am unaware of?
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I did the same sequence, with the exception that I COULD send/receive X10.
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Did you reset the com port?Originally posted by automatemeComment
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I powered down the PC completely to ensure that the port gets reset. Now, when I start HS2 I get this error:Originally posted by Rupp
8/6/2005 9:12:54 AM - Error - Initializing X10 interface X10 CM11A/CM12U: Unable to communicate with CM11A, no response to status request
This was all working fine in HS1. I made no hardware changes before upgrading. Should I try a different interface?Comment
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Did you check to see which port HS was pointing to on the Setup > interfaces tab?Comment
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Yep, It is pointing to the correct port. Here is the portion of the event log relating to this interface. Its kind of strange that there is an "Initializing X10 Plug-in:..." then an "Initializing Plug-in: X10..."Originally posted by Rupp
8/6/2005 9:12:42 AM - Startup - Initializing Plug-Ins
8/6/2005 9:12:42 AM - Info - Initializing X10 Plug-in: X10 CM11A/CM12U On COM Port 2
8/6/2005 9:12:42 AM - Info - Initializing Plug-in: X10 CM11A/CM12U
8/6/2005 9:12:42 AM - Info - Initializing CM11A/12U on COM port 2
8/6/2005 9:12:54 AM - Error - Initializing X10 interface X10 CM11A/CM12U: Unable to communicate with CM11A, no response to status request
8/6/2005 9:12:54 AM - Info - Done initializing X10 interface X10 CM11A/CM12UComment
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It certianly sounds like the CM11A is not working. Have you tried it with 1.7 again to be sure it still works? Have you tried unplugging it for a few minutes to reset it?Comment
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BTW, thanks for all of your help on this.Originally posted by Rupp
I unplugged the CM11A for 20 minutes, plugged it back in and restarted HS2. It gets through all of the initialization, but still gives an error when I try and control a device. I don't want to switch back to 1.7 yet. I'm hoping to get this working so I can fully look at HS2. I might break down and go to the Smarthome factory store and pickup a Powerlinc USB.
8/6/2005 9:18:50 PM - Startup - Initializing Plug-Ins
8/6/2005 9:18:50 PM - Info - Initializing X10 Plug-in: X10 CM11A/CM12U On COM Port 2
8/6/2005 9:18:50 PM - Info - Initializing Plug-in: X10 CM11A/CM12U
8/6/2005 9:18:50 PM - Info - Initializing CM11A/12U on COM port 2
8/6/2005 9:18:52 PM - Info - Done initializing X10 interface X10 CM11A/CM12U
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8/6/2005 9:18:53 PM - Startup - Running startup script
8/6/2005 9:18:53 PM - Info - Speak ():Welcome to Home-Seer
8/6/2005 9:18:53 PM - Warning - Error in SpeakDev: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
8/6/2005 9:18:53 PM - Info - Done with scripting
8/6/2005 9:18:53 PM - Startup - Starting scheduler
8/6/2005 9:18:53 PM - Startup - Start up complete.
8/6/2005 9:19:40 PM - Info - Device: Office Floor Lamp (H11) OFF
8/6/2005 9:21:00 PM - CM11A - Unable to send to CM11A/CM12UComment
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Rupp,
I am also having a similar
CM11A - Unable to send to CM11A/CM12U
error when the dim command is issued.
After the 1.7 upgrade the CM11A was not enabled but I soon re-set the config and com port and it now always starts up correctly and I am able to send simple ON/OFF. All the DIM functions fail though.
Any help?
Thanks
DarrenComment
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Hum.. There may be a problem with the CM11A's driver. In the old days I would suggest to go into the CM11A's options and select clear memory but I'm not sure this option is still available.Comment
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Rupp,
These are the error messages and assocaited events..if its any help..
07/08/2005 21:40:29 Info Device: Main Bedroom Main Lights (M2) Value increment by 5007/08/2005 21:40:30 CM11A Unable to send to CM11A/CM12U
Regards,
Darren
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Rupp,
I've found the issue in the script...changed from
hs.ExecX10ByName "Main Bedroom Main Lights","ddim",50
to
hs.ExecX10ByName "Main Bedroom Main Lights","dim",50
and the errors go away..
cheers,
DarrenComment
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Having a slightly different problem with the CM11A. New HS2 setup, CM11A on same COM port as 1.7 (which works fine with same CM11A), WF800 works, no error messages at startup or any other time, but I cannot control any devices on the powerline through the interface. Also VR worked at one time, now doesn't. Must be a basic setting I'm missing somewhere.WinXP, SP2, Edgeport USB COM, not much past basic HS2 install.Comment
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Had the same problem with CM11A not working after I went to V2. This used to happen all the time with the software from X10 (can't even remember the name now). Anyhow, what I had to do was:
Unplug CM11A
Remove batteries
Unplug from com port
Wait ~20 seconds
Plug in CM11A
Plug into com port
Replace batteries (if desired)
It seems that leakage from the com port can keep the memory in that thing up for quite some time.Comment
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Did everything except uplug from COM. Will try that tonight. Thanks.Comment
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