How to reuse a device number

[platypus]

It's 2019 and I'm using the latest version 2.3.8. A sensor gave strange values, I opened it's housing to check it and reset it locally by mistake. It was still present in the list of devices and I tried to reassign the device but I couldn't find a way to do that. It's frustrating to do all the configuration again. When I add the device as new, the next free number would be 2 but it takes 19.

[PoltoS]

You should use Replace Failed Node button in the Expert UI

[PoltoS]

If you already excluded the device from the network (on the controller side), you can not use this feature anymore

[xurg]

Reviving this in 2021... I just did a number of experiments trying to S2 authenticate one of those cheap Neo coolcam wall plugs. Turns out I don't seem to have a valid DSK and I wasted 5 node ids. That made me search this place and I'm not really getting it. Will previous node ids be recovered at one point? In my experiments I properly excluded the device after each failed attempt and it kept incrementing. Will lost node ids be used once I reach #232?

[PoltoS]

Yes, they will. Free non-allocated node IDs are re-used after 232 is used.

[xurg]

There is no Thank button, so ... thanks!