Assign sequential pod IDs from the master with NVS-stable bindings.

Replaces MAC-byte self-IDs with master allocation (1–255), slave preferred-ID reconnect, debug reset via UART/UI, and rate-limited ASSIGN to avoid ESP-NOW NO_MEM storms.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

goTool/cmd_clients_reset_ids.go

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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
+	"powerpod/gotool/pb"
+)
+
+func runClientsResetIds(sp *serialPort) error {
+	resp, err := sp.resetClientIdMap()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if !resp.GetSuccess() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("client id map reset rejected")
+	}
+	fmt.Println("client id map cleared (master map + live registry; online slaves notified)")
+	return nil
+}
+
+func decodeClientIdMapResetPayload(payload []byte) (*pb.ClientIdMapResetResponse, error) {
+	if len(payload) < 2 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("short client id map reset response")
+	}
+	if payload[0] != byte(pb.MessageType_CLIENT_ID_MAP_RESET) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpected command id 0x%02x (want 0x%02x)",
+			payload[0], byte(pb.MessageType_CLIENT_ID_MAP_RESET))
+	}
+	var respMsg pb.UartMessage
+	if err := proto.Unmarshal(payload[1:], &respMsg); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("decode: %w", err)
+	}
+	r := respMsg.GetClientIdMapResetResponse()
+	if r == nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("missing client_id_map_reset_response")
+	}
+	return r, nil
+}
+
+func (s *serialPort) resetClientIdMap() (*pb.ClientIdMapResetResponse, error) {
+	payload, err := s.exchange(byte(pb.MessageType_CLIENT_ID_MAP_RESET), "CLIENT_ID_MAP_RESET")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return decodeClientIdMapResetPayload(payload)
+}
+
+func (m *managedSerial) resetClientIdMap() (*pb.ClientIdMapResetResponse, error) {
+	payload, err := m.exchange(byte(pb.MessageType_CLIENT_ID_MAP_RESET), "CLIENT_ID_MAP_RESET")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return decodeClientIdMapResetPayload(payload)
+}