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.

AllLinkCleanupFailureReport

Public properties:

• address:
• group:

Public methods:

• from_raw_message:

AllLinkCleanupStatusReport

Public properties: acknak isack isnak

Public methods: from_raw_message

AllLinkComplete

Public properties: 'address', 'category', 'firmware', 'group', ''iscontroller', 'isdeleted', 'isresponder', 'linkcode', 'subcategory'

Public methods: 'from_raw_message',

AllLinkRecordResponse

Public properties: 'address', 'controlFlags', 'group', 'isController', 'isRecordinuse', 'isSlave', 'linkdata1', 'linkdata2', 'linkdata3'

Public methods: 'from_raw_message',

ButtonEventReport

Public properties:

Public methods: 'from_raw_message',

CancelAllLinking

Public properties:

Public methods: 'from_raw_message',

ExtendedReceive

Public properties:

Public methods: 'from_raw_message',

ExtendedSend

Public properties:

Public methods: 'from_raw_message',

GetFirstAllLinkRecord

Public properties:

Public methods: 'from_raw_message',

GetIMInfo

Public properties:

Public methods: 'from_raw_message',

GetImConfiguration

Public properties:

Public methods: 'from_raw_message',

GetNextAllLinkRecord

Public properties:

Public methods: 'from_raw_message',

ResetIM

Public properties:

Public methods: 'from_raw_message',

SendAlllinkCommand

Public properties:

Public methods: 'from_raw_message',

StandardReceive

Public properties:

Public methods: 'from_raw_message',

StandardSend

Public properties:

Public methods: 'from_raw_message',

StartAllLinking

Public properties:

Public methods: 'from_raw_message',

UserReset

Public properties:

Public methods: 'from_raw_message',

X10received

Public properties:

Public methods: 'from_raw_message',

X10send

Public properties:

Public methods: 'from_raw_message',