>This appears to work until the .Connect() call :
>
>ox = CREATEOBJECTEX("PowerPhone.CachStandard.API.TRAPIClass","")
>lcserver = '127.0.0.1'
>lnport = 5000
>? ox.Connect(lcserver,lnport) && this returns error Unknown name
>
>but I know connect is a method of TRAPIClass...what's up with that?

Open it up in the Object Browser and make sure they've actually exposed that method. If they have, it's possible that the method is overloaded on the .NET side (eg. more than one set of parameters for the same method). The object browser should help you figure that out as well - it's possible you just need to pass in a few extra parameters.