@karnold69 I stopped using windows for my X10 control some time ago. But prior to that I know I had disabled windows driver updates and that solved issues with windows updates for me.
Another option is to use software for X10 that doesn't use X10WTI CM15A drivers.
Things that use Mochad or Mochad itself, or HomeGenie that has it's own drivers(which I use)
@Ruben-Ortiz, can you look for this path instead?
C:\Users\Andres\.TRIGGERcmdData
That's the path I see in your screenshot. Your username is Andres (not trent), so that's the path instead.
@karnold69 Windows updates in particular Driver updates are a issue for X10 If driver updating is not disabled. Windows will install the newest X10 driver which is not compatible with the USB driver for AHPSDK.exe that x10 commander uses. The fix for this is to reinstall the x10 driver found on your PC If I remember their in program files/common files/X10/drivers.
@karnold69, thanks for this info. I'm glad you've got it narrowed down. If you figure out the specific cause I'll be curious.
@karnold69, thank you for that info. That narrows it down.
The message from Alexa to the TRIGGERcmd server seems to be working fine, and the message from the TRIGGERcmd server to the agent running on your computer seems to have worked too, because we're seeing the "Command ran" message come back from the agent.
I suggest for the next troubleshooting step, you could add a log to your script, assuming you're running a script to talk to your X10 devices. Would you mind sharing your script or command here?
Assuming it's a Windows batch script, you could add a line like this to your script to add a line to a log file each time the command runs:
echo "Script ran with param %1" >> c:\scripts\x10_log.txt
Does it run fine if you run it manually from a Windows cmd prompt?
@karnold69, thank you for reporting it. You're the first to report it so far. My customer base has grown, so it's possible my servers are getting overloaded at certain times.
To help narrow down the problem, this info might help:
When it happens, do you get a "Command ran" entry in the runs list for the command?
Which method are you using to trigger the commands? For example, is it the Alexa TRIGGERcmd Smart Home skill?
If you give me a specific time when it failed, that might help too.
@hehaha, good. I'm glad you got it working. And no, no Venmo, only PayPal.
@hehaha, I'm not sure why it's not showing up in your button code. I just created a test button and it does show up in mine.
<form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post" target="_top">
<input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick">
<input type="hidden" name="hosted_button_id" value="5JHS4U8KM4QX8">
<input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!">
<img alt="" border="0" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/en_US/i/scr/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1">
</form>
Another way to see the button ID is to expand the button using the arrow on the left, or the Action pulldown on the right.
Maybe your button settings are different from mine. Did you create a "Buy Now" button?
