Wonder if anyone can help... I've searched the knowledgebase and forums, but can't find anything resembling this situation.
My Homeseer has been working fine for weeks, but suddenly stopped working yesterday. Homeseer still runs, and I can access the web interface. Commands update the Homeseer interface, but do not effect lights/appliances at all. Looking at the Homeseer log I can see an error with the message 'Port Already Open' on startup (which I assume relates to the COM port on which my CM12U resides - COM1).
I've not added any serial hardware to my system lately, or any software which uses COM ports to my knowledge. I've checked device manager and there are no reported device problems or IRQ conflicts.
I've unplugged/replugged the CM12U both from the PC and from the wall outlet - to no avail. I've restarted the PC several times as well - no good.
One thing that is different - Homeseer used to start automatically at startup and suddenly seems to have stopped. I've manually added it back into the startup but it made not difference.
Can anyone suggest any reason why Homeseer would have stopped loading at startup on it's own? (I considered the possibility that it's already running and therefore a second instance of Homeseer is using COM1, but checked and homeseer.exe is not in running processes) Secondly, can anyone suggest a way to determine if some other application has latched onto Com1? Failing that, is it possible that my CM12U is malfunctioning??
Many thanks for your advice.
Tom
My Homeseer has been working fine for weeks, but suddenly stopped working yesterday. Homeseer still runs, and I can access the web interface. Commands update the Homeseer interface, but do not effect lights/appliances at all. Looking at the Homeseer log I can see an error with the message 'Port Already Open' on startup (which I assume relates to the COM port on which my CM12U resides - COM1).
I've not added any serial hardware to my system lately, or any software which uses COM ports to my knowledge. I've checked device manager and there are no reported device problems or IRQ conflicts.
I've unplugged/replugged the CM12U both from the PC and from the wall outlet - to no avail. I've restarted the PC several times as well - no good.
One thing that is different - Homeseer used to start automatically at startup and suddenly seems to have stopped. I've manually added it back into the startup but it made not difference.
Can anyone suggest any reason why Homeseer would have stopped loading at startup on it's own? (I considered the possibility that it's already running and therefore a second instance of Homeseer is using COM1, but checked and homeseer.exe is not in running processes) Secondly, can anyone suggest a way to determine if some other application has latched onto Com1? Failing that, is it possible that my CM12U is malfunctioning??
Many thanks for your advice.
Tom
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