When I attempt to connect to the machine I just get the following message and it wont do anything else, it just gets stuck. 
It worked recently then it doesnt want to work anymore.
Will try the following. https://inventables.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/2120916?b_id=9562&t=0
Sometimes Easel leaves the serial port in an indeterminate state. Try re-booting the computer to see if that clears the problem.
I had the similar problem and called for tech support. They had me go to ftdi’s latest driver version 24 or something. Instead of the 12 version on invebtables websote
The X-controller has the FTDI chip, but the Arduino does not.
Ended up updating Easel to 0.3.2 and setting the com port to manual when using Easel. This worked, however I dont know if this will work in the long term since It worked just fine with 0.2.7 last week. Ill test it again in 7 days.
