Devices keep reappearing

My Veralite seems to be running slow and less responsive. I have gone through and attempted to delete devices, apps and scenes I do not use. A couple questions:

[ol][li]I am seeing some files on the Vera related to these old devices/apps. Should the delete device process clear out all files? For example, I see json and xml files such as the D_IntellifloPump.json even though I no longer have this device or app installed.[/li]
[li]Should these files remain on my Vera? Are they taking up system resources such as CPU and Memory? Should I remove them to improve performance?[/li]
[li]Some devices (such as X10 devices created by a now deleted & disconnected CM11A device) continually reappear after luup engine restarts. I’ve deleted the parent CM11A device which created these and disconnected the CM11A from the USB port…but they just keep reappearing. Anyway to get rid of these?[/li][/ol]

No.

Should these files remain on my Vera? Are they taking up system resources such as CPU and Memory? Should I remove them to improve performance?

No. Not significantly. No.

Some devices (such as X10 devices created by a now deleted & disconnected CM11A device) continually reappear after luup engine restarts. I've deleted the parent CM11A device which created these and disconnected the CM11A from the USB port....but they just keep reappearing. Anyway to get rid of these?

Yes. Delete them with an HTTP request, see http://wiki.micasaverde.com/index.php/Luup_Requests#device

For example:

http://ip_address:3480/data_request?id=device&action=delete&device=5

Thanks for the guidance. The http delete command returned OK and deleted the devices, but they reappear after a Luup engine reload…so same result as manually deleting them.

Did you not exclude the CM11A from the ZWave network before physically removing it?

Did you try the HTTP request on the CM11A device itself?

[quote=“akbooer, post:4, topic:193202”]Did you not exclude the CM11A from the ZWave network before physically removing it?

Did you try the HTTP request on the CM11A device itself?[/quote]
CM11A is not a Z-wave…it’s X-10 Powerline device. So I just deleted the device and detached it from the Vera (USB). Since the CM11A device is no longer in my vera, I can’t be sure what device # it was, so can’t issue a delete command via http. The CM11A no longer appears in my devices, just the child devices.

Yes, of course, USB or serial connection. The remaining child devices should have a parent attribute with the ID of the missing parent. It must still be around in some form if the children keep reappearing. Try to delete that device number with HTTP (as long as it is not 0 or 1!!)

Some particularly obstinate devices require a delete-reload-delete-reload cycle in quick succession (before the user_data checkpoints itself) in order to finally purge them.

Thanks! This did the trick. I found the parent id in all the children that keep reappearing per your suggestion. I then deleted the parent via the http command (got OK response). Child devices now stay deleted after luup restarts and vera reboot.

Many thanks!

Excellent news! Glad you have it sorted at last. Thanks for the feedback reporting success so that others in the community can benefit.