Reference ID of a deleted device - re-used?

[noopara]

If I delete a device, does the reference ID get re-used or is it gone forever?

[jhearty]

It will get reused. Sometimes not right away on the next device add, but eventually. I'm not sure why it is not always immediately reused.

[sparkman]

A zwave ID will eventually get reused. A reference ID in HomeSeer will never get reused as far as I know.

[noopara]

I am about to find out the answer as I have to delete about 50 devices and re-enter them as X10 devices.

[mrhappy]

I've not found a device reference get re-used, it just keeps on going - I suspect (and hope) that there is a routine if you get to the limit that it fills in the spaces but I don't think in practice you don't need to worry about this.

[rprade]

A zwave ID will eventually get reused. A reference ID in HomeSeer will never get reused as far as I know.

A Z-Wave node number will eventually be reused. Device Reference IDs are NOT reused until you pass 9999. Then it will start back at 1 and begin reusing unused Reference IDs. As you delete a device the Reference ID is free, but will not be reused until you have added 9999 devices. I don't know what would happen if you actually had 9999 devices.

Rich just fixed the 9999 rollover in the last HS3 release. Mine froze when it passed 9999. I only have 2038 devices, but I have been busy adding, deleting and changing devices over the last three years.

[noopara]

It looks like the Ref IDs of deleted devices do not get reused. At least the 50 or so that I deleted never got used after I created about 200 new devices.

[rprade]

It looks like the Ref IDs of deleted devices do not get reused. At least the 50 or so that I deleted never got used after I created about 200 new devices.

Like I wrote above, they do not start getting reused until device 9999 is created.

[noopara]

OK...roger that...I didn't see your post before I posted my results...