How to convert driver to parent and child

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Good point!

I'll think a bit more about that.

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New at this--but, I just recalled that commands on the device prefs menu can have parameters. So, a "createChildDevice" command with string parameter is all I'd need.

Sorry for being slow...

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Create one child device that handles the socket communication and then multiple children thar are just devices and these ask, via the parent for a command to be sent on to the X10 socket driver

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I like it! Thanks for the tips

Create one child device that handles the socket communication

I was going to do the socket communication in the parent's on/off methods. Then each child is identical, except for name and id.

Maybe just a typo?

Pretty much there.

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I saw some threads that highly recommend child devices be one of the GenericComponent types with their associated built-in drivers.

But, if I want the child devices on and off methods to call methods in the parent, I need a custom driver for the child devices, right?

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I see now--use componentOn and componentOff in the parent.

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