Why do I sometimes get a “Cannot send to comm port” error when I send two closely-spaced commands?
I am a registered user of HomeVoice® 2.0 and have installed the upgrade to version 2.1. My controller is HouseLinc. I have verified all operations of the controller with the supplied Plato software and my hardware set up seems to be fully functional. My problem is with the commands sent out the serial port (com2) to the controller. I can issue commands to the HouseLinc controller for X10 seemingly without problem, but, periodically, when two commands are closely spaced (as in multiple X10 commands in the same voice command), I receive an error: “Cannot send to comm port”. Any infrared command sent to the controller is greeted with the same error with no relation to the timing. Looking at the Watch window with the ‘Advanced’ option on, I can see the beginning of the command sent to the controller, but part of the way through the command is when the error occurs. I have turned on the logging function to trap these errors. It appears that the wrong controller is specified because the righ
