While reading through many posts trying to sort out some new Zigbee device issues I've frequently seen advice to "hit the Configure button and Save" -- can anyone explain (or point me to docs) what that does? Thank you.
Depends on the driver.
But in general it will usually do a few things -
- Read (and sometimes write) preference parameters
- Populate state variables
Think of it is 'kick starting' all the info that the driver needs to do its job correctly. Really well designed drivers shouldn't really need a "configure" before working, as that should be done on install or update, but it is hard for any developer to catch everything.
That's where configure comes in.
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IF a device is 'auto detected' then Configure is run automagically. If the device is detected as "Device" then you'll need to pick a driver manually and hit Configure.
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Thank you @JasonJoelOld and @csteele -- I very much appreciate your help.
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