General Home Automation CM17A Firecracker Software

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CM17A Firecracker Software Donald Morley 09-14-07
Posted by Donald Morley on September 14, 2007, 8:49 pm
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I have an old CM17A Firecracker that I would like to use for a very simple
application. The current Firecracker software available on the X10 site is
for the cm19a and it does not work with my old CM17a. Anyone know where I
can get the original software and drivers?


Posted by Charles Sullivan on September 15, 2007, 1:26 pm
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On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 00:49:24 +0000, Donald Morley wrote:

> I have an old CM17A Firecracker that I would like to use for a very simple
> application. The current Firecracker software available on the X10 site is
> for the cm19a and it does not work with my old CM17a. Anyone know where I
> can get the original software and drivers?

AFAIK the xfire.exe file you download handles either the CM17A or
CM19A. Can't you right-click on the PalmPad image, select the
setup option, and enter the COM port manually?

(I don't have a PC running Windows in operation right now so can't
check the xfire.exe from the website.)






Posted by Donald Morley on September 15, 2007, 2:54 pm
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I am running Vista home edition. The palm pad never shows on the screen. I
do get a setup screen, when I click on it nothing happens. Sometimes I get
a rundll32 error


Posted by Charles Sullivan on September 15, 2007, 5:33 pm
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On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:54:57 +0000, Donald Morley wrote:

> I am running Vista home edition. The palm pad never shows on the screen. I
> do get a setup screen, when I click on it nothing happens. Sometimes I get
> a rundll32 error

Most likely the software is not compatible with Vista, and possibly
not compatible with Win XP SP2 either. I recall I had it working on
a desktop under Win XP SP1 with an actual RS232 serial port, but
just tried it on a borrowed Win XP SP2 laptop with a USB->Serial
adapter. It managed to send one signal, then locked up and both
the firecracker and x10net processes had to be killed in the task
manager before it would work again (for one more shot).

A Google search for CM17A yielded several hits for freeware/shareware
programs for Windows. Perhaps one of these would work.



Posted by Donald Morley on September 15, 2007, 8:31 pm
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What you describe is exactly what is happening. Thought this would be
easy..I should have known. Thanks for your help


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