Message Class

The Message class is the abstract base class for all Insteon message types. The following message types are supported:

• AllLinkCleanupFailureReport
• AllLinkCleanupStatusReport
• AllLinkComplete
• AllLinkRecordResponse
• ButtonEventReport
• CancelAllLinking
• ExtendedReceive
• ExtendedSend
• GetFirstAllLinkRecord
• GetIMInfo
• GetImConfiguration
• GetNextAllLinkRecord
• ResetIM
• SendAlllinkCommand
• StandardReceive
• StandardSend
• StartAllLinking
• UserReset
• X10received
• X10send

The Message class has the following public properties:

• bytes: Returns the message as a byte string.
• code: Returns the message hex code (i.e. 0x50)
• description: Returns a text description of the message type.
• hex: Returns a text string representation of the hexidecimal characters of the byte string.
• receivedSize: The required number of bytes in the message when it is received by the IM.
• sendSize: The expected number of bytes in the message when it is sent by the IM.

The Message class has the following public methods:

• matches_pattern: Tests to determine if the current message matches a pattern of another message. This is primarily used internally by the module to define message handling and message callbacks. See the MessageCallbacks class for more information. The matches_pattern class takes the following parameters:
  • other: The message to compare the current message to for pattern matching.