Thanks for the reply. Yes, in the perfect world you should not ever need to edit tables. However, I am in the process of upgrading my meager system to an ISY. I have a responder that has links that need to be removed. When installing the device into the controller, the ISY now has those links so both ISY and device have the same link table data, with 3 records that I want to get rid of without resetting the device. As I have said, it is easier to edit a file than to get to the device and do a physical reset.
As I understand it "Restoring" loads the link table data from the ISY into the device, which is wrong and the same as what is in the device.
Your a right, devices do not take XML files, the link tables for the device and ISY can be saved to an XML file. This is a command within the ISY. It just seemed like if it could be Compared, Saved to a file, and Loaded from a file, I should be able to incorporate the fixed file operationally into the ISY and appropriate device. I think I am finding that there is no provision for this within the ISY.