"Disable Local Programming" Feechur on Insteon Dimmers/Switches

[nhoe...@sinet.ca]

I am slowly unlinking and relinking my Insteon devices to my Insteon Hub 2.  I decide to go the safe route and perform the operations via the "set" buttons on the device and hub.  Two 2477S/D switches are giving me grief - if I try to go into link/unlink mode, they beep and the LED does not flash green/red (it does not flash at all).  These switches are currently part of a scene/schedule created on the hub using the Insteon app.  The 2477D manual mentions a software feature called "Disable Local Programming" which seems a possible culprit.  

Has anyone run into the feature?  Does it result in the symptoms I am seeing?  Is there a way to reset this feature through software other than HouseLinc, or do I need to factory reset the switches?

[nhoe...@sinet.ca]

I followed the instructions at https://www.insteon.com/support-knowledgebase/2016/2/24/factory-resetting-insteon-hub to factory reset the two switches.  It is a bit tricky pulling out the set buttons - I end up removing the switch places and using a something thin and pointed, like a jeweler's screwdriver or staple remover.  

I manually unlinked the switches from the hub in both directions.  The switch link databases were now empty but the hub still pointed to the switches.  

• one switch linked as a CTRL for groups 00 and 0a
• the other switch linked as a  RESP for group 00 and also CTRL links for groups 00/01/0a

I cleared the modem database by using multiple modem.removeResponderOrController("<switch id)",<group>) and verified that there were no remaining links.  I was then able to manually initiate the linking procedure from the hub to each switch, and then from each switch back to the hub.  The switch databases now showed RESP/CTRL links to the hub on group 1 and the hub showed RESP/CTRL links to each switch.