diff --git a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Comm and IR/CommFactory.cs b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Comm and IR/CommFactory.cs
index eaf109ef..7556cbcd 100644
--- a/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Comm and IR/CommFactory.cs	
+++ b/essentials-framework/Essentials Core/PepperDashEssentialsBase/Comm and IR/CommFactory.cs	
@@ -115,23 +115,40 @@ namespace PepperDash.Essentials.Core
         /// <returns></returns>
         public static ICec GetCecPort(ControlPropertiesConfig config)
         {
-            var dev = DeviceManager.GetDeviceForKey(config.ControlPortDevKey);
+            var dev = DeviceManager.GetDeviceForKey(config.ControlPortDevKey);
+
+            if (dev != null)
+            {
+                if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(config.ControlPortName))
+                {
+
+                    var inputPort = (dev as IRoutingInputsOutputs).InputPorts[config.ControlPortName];
+
+                    if (inputPort != null)
+                    {
+                        if (inputPort.Port is ICec)
+                            return inputPort.Port as ICec;
+                    }
+
+                    var outputPort = (dev as IRoutingInputsOutputs).OutputPorts[config.ControlPortName];
+
+                    if (outputPort != null)
+                    {
+                        if (outputPort.Port is ICec)
+                            return outputPort.Port as ICec;
+                    }
+
+                    else
+                        Debug.Console(0, "GetCecPort: Device '{0}' does not have a CEC port called: '{1}'",
+                            config.ControlPortDevKey, config.ControlPortName);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    Debug.Console(0, "GetCecPort: '{0}' - Configuration missing 'ControlPortName'", config.ControlPortDevKey);
+                }
+            }
+            Debug.Console(0, "GetCecPort: Device '{0}' is not a valid device.", config.ControlPortDevKey);
 
-            if (dev != null)
-            {          
-                var inputPort = (dev as IRoutingInputsOutputs).InputPorts[config.ControlPortName];
-
-                if (inputPort != null)
-                    if (inputPort.Port is ICec)
-                        return inputPort.Port as ICec;
-
-                var outputPort = (dev as IRoutingInputsOutputs).OutputPorts[config.ControlPortName];
-
-                if (outputPort != null)
-                    if (outputPort.Port is ICec)
-                        return outputPort.Port as ICec;
-            }
-            Debug.Console(0, "GetCecPort: Device '{0}' does not have a CEC port called: '{1}'", config.ControlPortDevKey, config.ControlPortName);
             return null;
         }
 
diff --git a/essentials-framework/pepperdashcore-builds b/essentials-framework/pepperdashcore-builds
index b64665a6..18cb0c27 160000
--- a/essentials-framework/pepperdashcore-builds
+++ b/essentials-framework/pepperdashcore-builds
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit b64665a60ebfa8cd4dc680acccb3ef0d94cbbf82
+Subproject commit 18cb0c273eb8b750f657d74160ad82eff1b24bca