ZWO EFW - worked fine, now ERRORS?

I have no idea what went south. I did some cable cleanup and maybe that caused it. But I can no longer connect the filter wheel without this error? I’m not sure, but I THINK there was a version update done prior to this error. Any ideas? I’m out of commission as is.

btw - I get the error from in SGP when connecting all equipment. Everything else connects but this error appears for the ZWO filter wheel.

I confirmed it is the latest .24 version

I have the laptop handy (out of the dome) all equipment disconnected. If I try to connect any of the equipment.
I get the normal. "connection error “error connecting to focuser etc…” from all gear.

But only when I click on the EFW - do I get this com class error I see above

no ideas?
I tried installing a older SGP - no help. Really at a loss here.