# Repairing (re-pairing) of sensor inheriting its old insights log?

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/repairing-re-pairing-of-sensor-inheriting-its-old-insights-log/82181>\
**Category:** Ideas & Suggestions\
**Tags:** insights\
**Created:** [June 12, 2023, 9:07am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/repairing-re-pairing-of-sensor-inheriting-its-old-insights-log/82181 "2023-06-12T09:07:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alexander\_Bolotin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/alexander_bolotin/32/72444_2.png) [@Alexander\_Bolotin](https://community.homey.app/u/Alexander_Bolotin)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 9:07am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/repairing-re-pairing-of-sensor-inheriting-its-old-insights-log/82181/1 "2023-06-12T09:07:01Z")

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There should always be an alternative to reinstalling (re-pairing) a “dead” sensor keeping its name, position in the tree **and its insights log data**. Otherwise the data loss can be tremendous, why is that?

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**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 9:18am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/repairing-re-pairing-of-sensor-inheriting-its-old-insights-log/82181/2 "2023-06-12T09:18:35Z")

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AFAIK you can just pair it again without removing it first.

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**Author:** ![Alexander\_Bolotin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/alexander_bolotin/32/72444_2.png) [@Alexander\_Bolotin](https://community.homey.app/u/Alexander_Bolotin)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 10:58am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/repairing-re-pairing-of-sensor-inheriting-its-old-insights-log/82181/3 "2023-06-12T10:58:35Z")

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No, this is not what I have experienced! You shouldn’t be forced to pair a “new device”, weather it’s actually a replacement or a retry with the old one. It is a question of maintaining a named role and a history in the system. If the third party manufacturer doesn’t support the _Repair_ popup menu item, the Homey system should take care of it. That’s my point…

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2023, 2:40pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/repairing-re-pairing-of-sensor-inheriting-its-old-insights-log/82181/4 "2023-06-12T14:40:57Z")

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Makes sense, but you should write to Athom about that, while we can’t adjust the firmware.

Oh from what I’ve read, the Homey Pro 2023 actually does have a device repair option for zigbee devices  
[https://homey.app/support](https://homey.app/support)