Distinguishing 6-button and 8-button KeypadLincs

[Perry The Cynic]

How can I distinguish between a six-button and an eight-button KeypadLinc device? Both claim to have eight buttons. Yes, I understand the weirdness inherent in this device. But isn't there anything that can distinguish the two cases?

Cheers
-- perry

[matt (support)]

len(dev.ledStates) should work.

[jay (support)]

Actually, that doesn't work. We'll look at getting that information into the device object at some point in the future. In the meantime, you can send the following raw INSTEON command to KPL's to check to see if it's in 8 button mode (if not, it's 6):

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>>> kpl8 = indigo.devices[1954833500] # "8 Button KPL"
>>> reply = indigo.insteon.sendRaw(kpl8.address, [0x1F, 0x00], waitUntilAck=True)
>>> is8button = bool(reply.ackValue >> 0x03 & 1)
>>> is8button
True
>>> kpl6 = indigo.devices[661601660] # "6 Button KPL"
>>> reply = indigo.insteon.sendRaw(kpl6.address, [0x1F, 0x00], waitUntilAck=True)
>>> is8button = bool(reply.ackValue >> 0x03 & 1)
>>> is8button
False

I think this should work for most KPLs except perhaps for very old ones (which didn't support getting or setting the number of buttons via the API).

[Perry The Cynic]

>>> kpl8 = indigo.devices[1954833500] # "8 Button KPL"
>>> reply = indigo.insteon.sendRaw(kpl8.address, [0x1F, 0x00], waitUntilAck=True)

Great; I'll try that.

How long does this usually take? Is there any support for sending asynchronous INSTEON commands? I assume that if I set waitUntilAck=False, I'll lose the reply altogether - or how can I get it when it arrives (and how do I match it to the request)?

Cheers
-- perry

[jay (support)]

It's usually quite fast though I wouldn't do it very frequently - also depends on the number of hops and traffic of course.

No asynchronous replies so you'll have to wait.