Serial1 and wemo binding possible incompatibilty

Hi everyone!
Last week I set up an always-on computer running openHAB2 as the hub for my home automation. I set up 2 wemo LED bulbs and they worked great. Now I’m trying to connect an arduino via serial over USB. Unfortunately, whenever I try to install the serial1 binding it gives an error in the log and promptly uninstalls the add-on. What I find weird is that the error is to do with the wemo bulbs. Below is the error, any help is appreciated.

02:54:08.648 [ERROR] [o.discovery.WemoLinkDiscoveryService] - Failed to get endDevices for bridge 'wemo:bridge:Bridge-1_0-23152xxxxxxxxx' java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not call WeMo at org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.wemo.internal.http.WemoHttpCall.executeCall(WemoHttpCall.java:41)[182:org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.wemo:0.9.0.201612221226] at org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.wemo.discovery.WemoLinkDiscoveryService.startScan(WemoLinkDiscoveryService.java:135)[182:org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.wemo:0.9.0.201612221226] at org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.wemo.discovery.WemoLinkDiscoveryService$WemoLinkScan.run(WemoLinkDiscoveryService.java:283)[182:org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.wemo:0.9.0.201612221226] at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source)[:1.8.0_111] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(Unknown Source)[:1.8.0_111] at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(Unknown Source)[:1.8.0_111] at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(Unknown Source)[:1.8.0_111] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)[:1.8.0_111] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)[:1.8.0_111] at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)[:1.8.0_111] Caused by: java.io.IOException: java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException at org.eclipse.smarthome.io.net.http.HttpUtil.executeUrl(HttpUtil.java:236)[111:org.eclipse.smarthome.io.net:0.9.0.201612221226] at org.eclipse.smarthome.io.net.http.HttpUtil.executeUrl(HttpUtil.java:130)[111:org.eclipse.smarthome.io.net:0.9.0.201612221226] at org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.wemo.internal.http.WemoHttpCall.executeCall(WemoHttpCall.java:37)[182:org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.wemo:0.9.0.201612221226] ... 9 more Caused by: java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException at org.eclipse.jetty.client.util.FutureResponseListener.get(FutureResponseListener.java:109)[67:org.eclipse.jetty.client:9.2.19.v20160908] at org.eclipse.jetty.client.HttpRequest.send(HttpRequest.java:655)[67:org.eclipse.jetty.client:9.2.19.v20160908] at org.eclipse.smarthome.io.net.http.HttpUtil.executeUrl(HttpUtil.java:219)[111:org.eclipse.smarthome.io.net:0.9.0.201612221226] ... 11 more