1.8.3 - Can't get Insteon 2843-222 to work - error in items interpretation

Hi,
I am using openHAB 1.8.3 and trying now desperately to get the Insteon 2843-222 OpenCLose Contact “3F.79.F9” working.

While start up, I am getting the error message
- invalid insteon or X10 device address: device=3F.79.F9 in items file. Must have format AB.CD.EF or (for X10): H.U

Entry in ITEMS FILE:
Contact SlidingDoorLeft “Left Sliding Door” (GF_Doors) { insteonplm = “device=3F.6A.D9:0x000049#contact” }

However the error is there.
And needless to say, the data coming in from the contacts is never being processed.
It says message being dropped - see down below.

Any help is greatly appreciated,
Anton


Error:
23:50:44.259 [DEBUG] [i.internal.GenericItemProvider:341 ] - Start processing binding configuration of Item ‘SlidingDoorRight (Type=ContactItem, State=Uninitialized)’ with ‘InsteonPLMGenericBindingProvider’ reader.
23:50:44.286 [ERROR] [steonPLMGenericBindingProvider:131 ] - invalid insteon or X10 device address: device=3F.79.F9 in items file. Must have format AB.CD.EF or (for X10): H.U
23:50:44.351 [ERROR] [i.internal.GenericItemProvider:350 ] - Binding configuration of type ‘insteonplm’ of item ?SlidingDoorRight? could not be parsed correctly.

I can see the read-out from the InsteonPLM for the PLM database, the initialization data like:
22:51:02.001 [DEBUG] [.o.b.i.InsteonPLMActiveBinding:581 ] - got msg: IN:Cmd:0x57|RecordFlags:0xA2|ALLLinkGroup:0x01|LinkAddr:3F.6F.7F|LinkData1:0x00|LinkData2:0x00|LinkData3:0x00|
22:51:02.004 [DEBUG] [o.o.b.i.internal.driver.Port :382 ] - writing (0): OUT:Cmd:0x6A|

Did you already try lower case characters?

Contact SlidingDoorLeft 	"Left Sliding Door" 	  (GF_Doors) { insteonplm = "device=3f.6a.d9:0x000049#contact" }

Try removing the device= part of the binding. AFAIK, that’s not a valid configuration and that’s what the parser is complaining about. The correct format (from the wiki)…

insteonplm="<insteon_address>:<product_key>#feature[,<parameter>=value, ...]>"

Also, will you edit your oriiginal post to trim the log file information? It’s not needed and it makes it difficult for people using mobile phones to read and respond to your question. Thanks.

Big thanks!
The hint removing “device=” is what caused the issue.
I don’t where I picked that one up and became blind overlooking it over and over again.

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