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Python 3 asyncio module for interfacing with Insteon Powerline modems
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cannot easily delete aldb record from PLM #211

Open rpdrewes opened 4 years ago

rpdrewes commented 4 years ago

The del_aldb command works to delete records from non-PLM devices, by setting inuse flag to 0, but it seems to have no effect on the PLM. The records still stay inuse 1 when deleted.

I have seen references in other Issues that the aldb on the PLM is different than the aldbs on the non-PLM devices, but I'm at a loss as to how to delete records from the PLM without using button-unlinking or a full factory reset of the PLM (followed by relinking the desired devices).

Am I missing something? Thanks

teharris1 commented 4 years ago

The method for doing his is to use the PLM manage_aldb_record method. There is no way to directly manage an ALDB record in the modem. What this method requires is to set the control_code which determines the action to take on a link (not a record directly). Have a look at the doc string at the top of the method : https://github.com/nugget/python-insteonplm/blob/7a8f77455572231474b3277781fa8272e0117e70/insteonplm/plm.py#L261

teharris1 commented 4 years ago

@rpdrewes hopefully this answers your question. Let me know if it does not.