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HomeGenie Weirdness
LAF:
Saw a mention of HomeGenie in a thread here so thought I would try it. Got it communicating with the CM15A and played around a bit. Then tried to close HomeGenie and launch AHP. Got an error message saying the CM15A was not connected to the USB port. Tried rebooting, going into msconfig/services and unchecking the HomeGenie service, unplugging/replugging the USB port, de-installing HomeGenie, using Regedit to remove all the entries HomeGenie left behind, rebooting and unplugging the CM15 and battery after all those steps and, nothing worked (still got the not connected error message). Unplugging/replugging the usb port cable gave the usual connect/disconnect sounds. B:(
Finally, tried plugging the usb cable into another port. This prompted a reload of the AHP device driver and now AHP connects successfully! What the heck is HomeGenie doing here?? I was afraid it had pooched my CM15 or something.
Anyone else had a similar problem?
Tuicemen:
HomeGenie talks to the cm15 using a different driver when you installed it that driver was associated with the USB port the cm15 was plugged into. Moving the cm15 to another port caused Windows to look for drivers again.
LAF:
OK, thanks. Didn't occur to me that HG would communicate with its own driver.
bkenobi:
That's correct. I had a similar issue when I was deciding whether to switch to HG or not. Uninstalling the driver completely should allow driver detection process to occur again.
LAF:
--- Quote from: bkenobi on September 11, 2017, 12:13:07 PM ---That's correct. I had a similar issue when I was deciding whether to switch to HG or not. Uninstalling the driver completely should allow driver detection process to occur again.
--- End quote ---
Did you end up going with HG? I've taken a quick look but it appears one has to know one of the languages like Java etc to do much. I know there are wizards available that will do some of it but I can't find anything in the tutorials related to conditionals. Is it a given that they have to be done in scripts? And same for macros (or the equivalent)?
I also am not enthused about leaving my desktop on all the time so I am wondering if a Windows tablet might also suffice?
Thanks...
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