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

AllLinkCleanupStatusReport

AllLinkComplete

AllLinkRecordResponse

ButtonEventReport

CancelAllLinking

ExtendedReceive

ExtendedSend

GetFirstAllLinkRecord

GetIMInfo

GetImConfiguration

GetNextAllLinkRecord

ResetIM

SendAlllinkCommand

StandardReceive

StandardSend

StartAllLinking

UserReset

X10received

X10send