Saved programs and ISY Back-ups

[Zellarman]

I erroneously restored my ISY w/o exporting my programs. After rebooting, w/ a recent back-up, I imported programs that were exported a few months ago. I've been working through a host of linking issues, AND editing programs as necessary. It seems that for whatever reason, device and scene names in some programs have changed. My questions are: What are the programs actually referring to when they read a device name? Do they refer back to the device names or are the addresses associated w/ those names already embedded in the programs at the time of exporting. I ask this because between the two different dates of the Back-up and the exporting of programs, devices have been moved and renamed. I wish I could remember which formerly named device moved to where, but I don't, so I can't even be sure if this is the issue, I'm just searching for an explanation, and hoping to resolve some of the 'bizzare' issues that I'm having.

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi Zellarman,

 

All programs refer to addresses of devices and NOT names. So, even if you have renamed and moved them to different scenes, they should automatically be reflected.

 

This said, however, if you have replaced a device with a new device, you will see an Unknown in the programs referring to a device that no longer exists.

 

With kind regards,

Michel

I erroneously restored my ISY w/o exporting my programs. After rebooting, w/ a recent back-up, I imported programs that were exported a few months ago. I've been working through a host of linking issues, AND editing programs as necessary. It seems that for whatever reason, device and scene names in some programs have changed. My questions are: What are the programs actually referring to when they read a device name? Do they refer back to the device names or are the addresses associated w/ those names already embedded in the programs at the time of exporting. I ask this because between the two different dates of the Back-up and the exporting of programs, devices have been moved and renamed. I wish I could remember which formerly named device moved to where, but I don't, so I can't even be sure if this is the issue, I'm just searching for an explanation, and hoping to resolve some of the 'bizzare' issues that I'm having.