...Not to push my luck, but you wouldn't happen to have a pinout of the CM11A serial cable perhaps?
Where can I get the pinout for the CM11A cable?
The pinout is available in the CM11A protocol file in MSWord format on the ActiveHome CDROM. If you do not have the CDROM available, you can acquire it from our manuals page.
2. Serial Parameters.
The serial parameters for communications between the interface and PC are as follows:
Baud Rate: 4,800bps
Parity: None
Data Bits: 8
Stop Bits: 1
Cable connections:
Signal DB9 Connector RJ11 Connector
SIN Pin 2 Pin 1
SOUT Pin 3 Pin 3
GND Pin 5 Pin 4
RI Pin 9 Pin 2
where: SIN Serial input to PC (output from the interface)
SOUT Serial output from PC (input to the interface)
GND Signal ground
RI Ring signal (input to PC)
I ordered one of the "deals" and got what looks to be a used CM11A no cable. >:(
Thanks for the helpful information (I even clicked helpful on your post).
Geez, I hope I get a 'Helpful' too! ;DWould I forget you? ;)
You did write back and complain I hope?Of course I did! I emailed support and got a reply telling me where to download the (buggy?) CM11A software and that I would receive an email telling me when my cable would ship. Two weeks have passed with no email and of course no cable.
...I did a search on my XP for the file ahpeeprom_w.txt and could not find it anywhere....A search failed to find it for me also but I did find it at the location Charles mentioned.
...The file is generated each time you download a schedule to the CM15A with ActiveHome Pro. Download a few different schedules and you'll probably be able to figure out the protocol....It does appear to be well documented but I'd hate to try to figure it all out.
...If the file is in the directory I posted, I don't know why Windows "Find files and folders" can't find it....Turns out the "Application Data" folder is a hidden folder and apparently search doesn't search hidden folders by default. I found it with search after I told it to look in hidden folders.
...And X10 also.
A little Haiku:
Yesterday it worked.
Today it's not working.
Windows is like that.
...
...Yes, the ahpeeprom_r.txt _should be_ the decompiled uploaded eeprom image.I assure you I've never knowingly requested an upload from the CM15A. I didn't even know it was possible.
I'm not sure how this works on all versions of AHP. The last time I tried it (which was quite some time ago) I first had to manually read the binary image with the "Upload eeprom" command which would produce a ahpeeprom_r.bin file, then run the "Decompile binary eeprom file" command on this file - both of these commands were in the Help menu.
Unless you did something like this, I can only assume that it's somehow now been made automatic when you download, or perhaps AHP reads the eeprom when it's started for comparison with what was most recently written. Do the dates and times on your ahpeeprom_w.txt and ahpeeprom_r.txt files agree with either of these suppositions?
...Unless you did something like this, I can only assume that it's somehow now been made automatic when you download, or perhaps AHP reads the eeprom when it's started for comparison with what was most recently written. Do the dates and times on your ahpeeprom_w.txt and ahpeeprom_r.txt files agree with either of these suppositions?Before todays download:
...Stop and start AHP to see if that makes any difference in the ahpeeprom_r.txt (or .bin) date and time. Maybe even first try rebooting your PC - when's the last time you did that?...I haven't needed to reboot for a few days. I'll check the next time I do. I'll also check the next time AHP decides to crash. ;)