You have no error messages?
No, just no response
What are your serial settings? They should be 19200 (not default 9600)
yes I have 19200
Worked pretty much right out of the box for me. Have you used the USB to Serial cable converter with Vera before?
If the USB to serial converter didn’t work it wouldn’t show up as an option in the UI I believe. Since there is no error message I can’t imagine any possible issue.
Did the setup process go exactly as expected?
There still is the pinout of the serial adapter to ensure communications. Using a supported cable will ensure that no custom pinouts could cause issues. Having it show up is only the the first step.
This is the adapter I used that will connect directly without any other serial cables/adapters:
I’ve also had some issues with other serial devices of the parent not being set properly. Here would be the recommended next steps.
- Uninstall Plugin
- Swapping the usb port (to force reinstall) of the serial adapter.
- Make sure it is set 19200 and name it something like Serial_Russound
- Install Plugin
- Go back to serial settings and select your russound plugin name from the drop down list.
I have never used the USB serial converter before. The setup didn’t quite go as I expected. I had the plugin downloaded before I had the Cable, when I got the cable installed nothing showed up in the “serial port configuration” directory. I uninstalled plugin then downloaded again and then I could set the serial settings, everything seemed to be going fine but I couldn’t get any of the commands to do anything.
Yeah, sounds like a serial/USB converter issue. Which one are you using? Are you using a USB extension? I recently swapped out my USB extension cable with a known working one of greater length and it didn’t work.
The brand name is nexxtech and I am not using an extension
Now I can’t even connect to my vera anymore, the blue and orange light on the vera lite are solid and the green is flashing rapidly, wow this is becoming a mess haha, I need help.
Is your USB/Serial adapter a FTDI chip? If not I suggest you replace it with one that is.
About your Vera being unresponsive, Have you tried the usual things like cycling power and assuring that it hasn’t changed it’s IP address?
So I can connect to my vera again. However I uninstalled the rnet plugin but now In the “serial port configuration” nothing shows up. I don’t have a usb serial adaptor but rather a usb to serial port cable if that means anything. I’m not sure if that is a fdti chip.
That confuses the hell out of me.
I really think you should get a known good adapter.
haha sorry, anyway after some time passed it did show up, I set the baud rate and then downloaded rnet again, everything seemed to go right and the parent controller and the 2 audio zones appeared under my devices tab, but again, their commands wont do anything, I guess ill just have to try a new adaptor but it seemed to me that if I get this far the adaptor would not be the problem.
If you can rule everything else including your adapter out then I think you’re free to raise hell. Until you use a known good adapter you’re going to have to stick with the recommendations though.
makes sense, thanks for the help
Return that cable. Im pretty sure I bought the same brand off Amazon and it didn’t work for me either. I’ll bet that is the issue.
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I just purchased some additional Vantec USB To Serial Adapter (CB-USB20SR) cables from amazon. They have the FTDI chip and work with Vera.
Has there been any headway in IP to 232? I am getting my system in a few days and there is no way the two components can be near each other and would really love to be able to add this to my vera system.