Re: [mh] Orphan that will not die (Insteon)

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I would just factory reset everything (at a minimum the PLM) and then have
misterhouse resync all links.

I've seen this before that seemed like a good old fashioned reset fixed
everything.

On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 9:18 AM, john <jo...@to...> wrote:

> Over the years I have had many Insteon devices that failed and needed to
> be replaced.   I never thought too much about removing the old references
> from the PLM and simply removed them from the mht file.   This has created
> one orphan that mh references when I use a particular scene.   This orphan
> not stopping things from working but I would like to get rid of it.
>
> Typical log entry when scene is used:
>
> 12/23/17 01:53:48 PM [Insteon::BaseObject] $ht_scene1::set(on, )
> 12/23/17 01:53:50 PM [Insteon_PLM] Received all-link cleanup failure from
> an unkown device id: 0f0bb5 and for all link group: 05. You may want to run
> delete orphans to remove this link from your PLM
> 12/23/17 01:53:56 PM [Insteon_PLM] Received all-link cleanup success:
> obj=$ht_scene1; command=on; extra=00
>
> If I first do a "plm global - delete orphan links" no links are deleted.
>
> f I "PLM - scan PLM link table" the log output shows these references to
> the device:
>
> 12/23/17 02:00:08 PM [Insteon::ALDB_PLM] responder record to 0F.0B.B5(01)
> (d1=00, d2=00, d3=00)
> 12/23/17 02:00:08 PM [Insteon::ALDB_PLM] cntlr($ht_scene1 (05)) record to
> 0F.0B.B5 (d1=01, d2=00, d3=05)
> 12/23/17 02:00:08 PM [Insteon::ALDB_PLM] cntlr($ht_scene2 (06)) record to
> 0F.0B.B5 (d1=01, d2=00, d3=06)
>
> Now when I do another "plm global - delete orphan links" it shows 10
> deletes.   Here are just the references to this device.   It sees it as an
> orphan but the delete fails:
>
> 12/23/17 02:03:40 PM Running: plm global - delete orphan links
> 12/23/17 02:03:40 PM [Insteon::ALDB_PLM] #### NOW BEGINNING DELETE ORPHAN
> LINKS ####
>
> [snip]
>
> 12/23/17 02:03:40 PM [Insteon::AllLinkDatabase]  Deleting the following
> link on $plm because no device with deviceid: 0f0bb5 could be found
> data3 = 06; group = 06; is_controller = 1; deviceid = 0f0bb5;
>
> 12/23/17 02:03:40 PM [Insteon::AllLinkDatabase]  Deleting the following
> link on $plm because no device with deviceid: 0f0bb5 could be found
> group = 05; is_controller = 1; data3 = 05; deviceid = 0f0bb5;12/23/17
> 02:03:40 PM [Insteon::AllLinkDatabase]  Deleting the following link on $plm
> because no device with deviceid: 0f0bb5 could be found
> is_controller = 0; group = 01; data3 = 00; deviceid = 0f0bb5;
>
> 12/23/17 02:03:40 PM [Insteon::AllLinkDatabase] ## Begin processing delete
> queue for: $plm
> 12/23/17 02:03:40 PM [Insteon::ALDB_PLM] now deleting orphaned link w/
> details: controller(06), deviceid=0f0bb5, group=06
> 12/23/17 02:03:40 PM [Insteon_PLM] WARN: PLM unable to complete requested
> PLM link table update (delete record) for group: 06 and deviceid: 0f0bb5
>
> 12/23/17 02:03:41 PM [Insteon::ALDB_PLM] now deleting orphaned link w/
> details: controller(05), deviceid=0f0bb5, group=05
> 12/23/17 02:03:41 PM [Insteon_PLM] WARN: PLM unable to complete requested
> PLM link table update (delete record) for group: 05 and deviceid: 0f0bb5
>
> 12/23/17 02:03:41 PM [Insteon::ALDB_PLM] now deleting orphaned link w/
> details: responder, deviceid=0f0bb5, group=01
> 12/23/17 02:03:42 PM [Insteon_PLM] WARN: PLM unable to complete requested
> PLM link table update (delete record) for group: 01 and deviceid: 0f0bb5
>
> 12/23/17 02:03:42 PM [Insteon::ALDB_PLM] Delete All Links has Completed.
> 12/23/17 02:03:42 PM [Insteon::ALDB_PLM] However, some failures were noted
> with the following devices:
> 12/23/17 02:03:42 PM [Insteon::ALDB_PLM] A total of 10 orphaned link
> records were deleted.
> 12/23/17 02:03:42 PM [Insteon::ALDB_PLM] #### END DELETE ORPHAN LINKS ####
>
> Note:  The full logs (which can provide if they help) is a graveyard of
> devices that have went bad.
>
> Sure enough, orphan is still there:
>
> 12/23/17 02:12:18 PM [Insteon::BaseObject] $ht_scene1::set(on, )
> 12/23/17 02:12:20 PM [Insteon_PLM] Received all-link cleanup failure from
> an unkown device id: 0f0bb5 and for all link group: 05. You may want to run
> delete orphans to remove this link from your PLM
> 12/23/17 02:12:23 PM [Insteon_PLM] Received all-link cleanup success:
> obj=$ht_scene1; command=on; extra=00
>
> I have tried adding this device back in to the mht however I can't work
> with it in a way that removes it (for example, unlink it) as it appears the
> physical device is needed to do that.  The log entries reference device
> with three different groups.
>
> Any idea how I can fix this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>
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