Sorry for the newbie question.
After a long hiatus, I am returning to X-10. I am now using a notebook computer that does not have a serial port, so I am using a Serial to USB converter to attach my CM11A to my usb port. Homeseer claims to find my cm11a on Com Port 3, and downloads to it, but won't control anything throught directly from the program. Then, just to make sure it was really talking to my CM11A, I unplugged it from the usb port, and restarted HomeSeer, and, lo-and-behold, it claimed to find it on port 3 again.
What I'd like to know is:
1. Can Homeseer communicate with a cm11a through a Serial to USB converter?
2. Is there a definitive way to tell whether HomeSeer is really communicating with the CM11A?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. If I don't get this up and running soon, my Wife will get pretty fed up with this stuff, as she did the last time I had problems with it (hence the long hiatus).
Thanks for reading this rambling post.
After a long hiatus, I am returning to X-10. I am now using a notebook computer that does not have a serial port, so I am using a Serial to USB converter to attach my CM11A to my usb port. Homeseer claims to find my cm11a on Com Port 3, and downloads to it, but won't control anything throught directly from the program. Then, just to make sure it was really talking to my CM11A, I unplugged it from the usb port, and restarted HomeSeer, and, lo-and-behold, it claimed to find it on port 3 again.
What I'd like to know is:
1. Can Homeseer communicate with a cm11a through a Serial to USB converter?
2. Is there a definitive way to tell whether HomeSeer is really communicating with the CM11A?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. If I don't get this up and running soon, my Wife will get pretty fed up with this stuff, as she did the last time I had problems with it (hence the long hiatus).
Thanks for reading this rambling post.
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