Paring Invalid device type. Device type has to be provided in hexadecimal format

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Hello,
I installed all and paired 2 Devices. But now I get this error after paring on:
Invalid device type. Device type has to be provided in hexadecimal format.

CMD

families select 0
For a list of available family commands type >>help<<.
Family 0> paring on
Invalid device type. Device type has to be provided in hexadecimal format.

Can someone help me please?

OpenHab
HomeMatic Wireless LAN Gateway

Best,
Andy

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Hey Andy,

which version of homegear are you using? I can not reproduce this… albeit I’m using the current nightly.

pi@homegear:~ $ sudo homegear -r
Connected to Homegear (version 0.8.0-2835).

Please type >>help<< to list all available commands.
> fs 0
For a list of available family commands type >>help<<.
Family 0> help
List of commands (shortcut in brackets):

For more information about the individual command type: COMMAND help

pairing on (pon)	Enables pairing mode
pairing off (pof)	Disables pairing mode
peers list (ls)		List all peers
peers add (pa)		Manually adds a peer (without pairing it! Only for testing)
peers remove (prm)	Remove a peer (without unpairing)
peers reset (prs)	Unpair a peer and reset it to factory defaults
peers select (ps)	Select a peer
peers setname (pn)	Name a peer
peers unpair (pup)	Unpair a peer
peers update (pud)	Updates a peer to the newest firmware version
unselect (u)		Unselect this device
Family 0> pairing on
Pairing mode enabled for 60 seconds.
Family 0>

Ahh, got it. You typed a space ( ) after pairing on.

Family 0> paring on 
Invalid device type. Device type has to be provided in hexadecimal format.

Just remove this or use pon.

Cheers,
p

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Actually paring on without space also produces the error message - I need to check why. The command without the typo (pairing on) works.

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LOL! Did not saw the typo, though.

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