HOLY SCHNIKES. I am a royal duma$$. Finally got this figured out and working.

My Virtual Serial Driver on the Escient Module had my TX and RX backwards. Never have I been so close to shooting myself, and it ends up being my stupid fault for being in too big of a hurry. Holy cow what a nightmare waste of 24 hours. I think we are done on Crestron takeovers. They always seem to turn out to be ridiculous., although admittedly this one is definitely my fault. Really tired of working on this used equipment that's shelf life expired a few years ago.

Don't even get me started on the guys doorbell fon which the button was being held in place with electrical tape. He DID NOT want to buy a new one. I said, I can troubleshoot this thing for $100 an hour or you can spend $200 and buy a brand new one. He still had to think about it. I just don't understand people sometimes.