# Controlling an array of wLED devices (analog)

**URL:** <https://wled.discourse.group/t/controlling-an-array-of-wled-devices-analog/7635>\
**Category:** Integrations\
**Created:** [March 1, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/controlling-an-array-of-wled-devices-analog/7635 "2023-03-01T16:53:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrStein99](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/drstein99/32/3994_2.png) [@DrStein99](https://wled.discourse.group/u/DrStein99)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/controlling-an-array-of-wled-devices-analog/7635/1 "2023-03-01T16:53:24Z")

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My ceiling is 5m x 5m (30 square feet). I wired 5 ANALOG strips down the rails of my drop ceiling. Basically, it pretty much behaves as 1 single RGB LED on each ESP-12 controller, that is 5m (15 feet) long.

I tried Hyperion, and LEDfx. Between the both of them - have issues commanding all the strips in sequence together without some hiccup. The software like designed for using individual addressable strips, which I do not have - just want to control 5 long analog led’s.

When I “sync” the leds between one wLED master controller using the wLED android app, the other 4 wLED strips appear to mimic what the first one does, but is no where in sync. I can not also get the strips to behave as an array of 5.

Is there a different other software package I can explore to control or sequence an array of wLED devices?

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**Author:** ![tonyno](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/tonyno/32/242_2.png) [@tonyno](https://wled.discourse.group/u/tonyno)\
**Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/controlling-an-array-of-wled-devices-analog/7635/2 "2023-03-03T21:24:05Z")

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Look into virtual LEDs/DDP. You pick one ESP as the main and then add the others to it just like directly-attached LEDs.

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**Author:** ![DrStein99](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/drstein99/32/3994_2.png) [@DrStein99](https://wled.discourse.group/u/DrStein99)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/controlling-an-array-of-wled-devices-analog/7635/3 "2023-03-04T23:03:05Z")

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I have tried. It only allows to link up to 3 boards. I have 5. The led array will never go past 3 pixels. I even tried linking the 3rd board to the last 2, and that gets messy - to say the least.

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**Author:** ![tonyno](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/tonyno/32/242_2.png) [@tonyno](https://wled.discourse.group/u/tonyno)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2023, 2:10am UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/controlling-an-array-of-wled-devices-analog/7635/4 "2023-03-05T02:10:55Z")

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Not aware of a limitation. 8266?

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**Author:** ![DrStein99](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/drstein99/32/3994_2.png) [@DrStein99](https://wled.discourse.group/u/DrStein99)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2023, 4:20pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/controlling-an-array-of-wled-devices-analog/7635/5 "2023-03-06T16:20:02Z")

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Are you asking if I am aware of a 8266 limitation? Now that you mention it, I imagine there has to be something, since it has less math speed compared to an ESP32.