The table on the left shows all the Interfaces that are currently used in my Home Automation System. They represent all physical devices in my house with which my Domotica software communicates directly. With the Buttons to the right i can enable or disable each Interface. Disabling an Interface means all communication with the hardware is shut down, so there will be no more incoming or outgoing traffic on that specific Interface.

With a constantly expanding amount of sensors, actors, devices and functionality it is sometimes necessary to temporarily disable a specific Interface. For example when i disconnect my RFXCOM LAN Interface from my network to replace a network switch, i can temprorarily disable the RFXCOM Interface to avoid any problems; and when i re-enable the Interface again, i am sure the RFXCOM Interface will be initialized to the setting i want.

This way i can avoid the need for restarting my entire Domotica application when i change something that would otherwise need a restart.