Sometimes I use devices only for a period of time, like plug controllers for Christmas lights. Then they are offline until the next holiday. Obtaining the device id and local key (and all the other configuration) is not simple. Homebridge will not let you comment out a device in the config. So either the device config needs to be saved to another file or as I propose, add a disabled configuration option that would allow users to disable a device but keep the config in place.
Sometimes I use devices only for a period of time, like plug controllers for Christmas lights. Then they are offline until the next holiday. Obtaining the device id and local key (and all the other configuration) is not simple. Homebridge will not let you comment out a device in the config. So either the device config needs to be saved to another file or as I propose, add a disabled configuration option that would allow users to disable a device but keep the config in place.