After I had posted in FB and in here, I received an email message late yesterday morning from Tyler the IT guy at CB. He mentioned going into the firestar and disabling the sensor. This would allow me to use the OWB, the downside to that is anytime I open the firebox door I would have to reset it so I could use it. After fiddling with trying to disable it from physically being at the firestar and trying from my computer I decided it would be quicker and less frustrating is I simply wire nutted the wires together. Instead of counting on my computer telling me when the water level is low, I'll have to go old school and check it once a week at the site tube. So I opened the controller, cut the wires and wire nutted them together. After about 40 minutes, water temp went from 120 to 190. I'm now heating my home with the OWB.
There are 3 other CB dealers on FB and they mentioned that CB had run into a bad batch of those sensors. They have switched suppliers, went from the plastic POS to stainless steel. I should never had that problem again.