Programmatically linking new devices to the modem

[PaulWieland]

The docs say:

This is because the computerRoomEast device does not have any entries about the modem in its link database, so it won't answer queries. No way around the press-the-button dance, so we link (using the set button) the modem as a controller, and the computerRoomEast device as a responder

However this isn't true. You can link a device to a modem with a message, as long as you know the device's address.

You should first send the modem [0x02, 0x64, recordType, groupNum]
Then you send the device an extended command of cmd1: 0x09 cmd2: 0x01

Can this feature be added to insteon-terminal?

[K6TD]

On Oct 2, 2019, at 5:27 PM, Paul Wieland ***@***.***> wrote: The docs say: This is because the computerRoomEast device does not have any entries about the modem in its link database, so it won't answer queries. No way around the press-the-button dance, so we link (using the set button) the modem as a controller, and the computerRoomEast device as a responder However this isn't true. You can link a device to a modem with a message, as long as you know the device's address.

Not sure that’s true for I2S devices (aka V2). KR

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[berndpfrommer]

The insteon-terminal documentation is outdated, sorry. Somebody on the insteon terminal group pointed this out to me: it's definitely possible for a large number, if not for all insteon devices. I even added it as a feature, but not sure I ever committed the changes.