# JSON API to trigger DMX type

**URL:** <https://wled.discourse.group/t/json-api-to-trigger-dmx-type/15235>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Created:** [April 1, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/json-api-to-trigger-dmx-type/15235 "2026-04-01T17:01:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![jose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jose](https://wled.discourse.group/u/jose)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 5:01pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/json-api-to-trigger-dmx-type/15235/1 "2026-04-01T17:01:38Z")

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Hello,

Im currently in a middle of a project where I need to switch my WLED to DMX via its api. I also then want to flip it back to native WLED.

Maybe I’ve overlooked this API cmd feature, but i was wondering if this is a thing.

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**Author:** ![kilrah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/wled.discourse.group/kilrah/32/5927_2.png) [@kilrah](https://wled.discourse.group/u/kilrah)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2026, 9:37pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/json-api-to-trigger-dmx-type/15235/2 "2026-04-12T21:37:55Z")

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WLED uses DMX when it receives some, if you stop sending DMX to it it’ll resume local control.

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**Author:** ![jose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e274bd/32.png) [@jose](https://wled.discourse.group/u/jose)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://wled.discourse.group/t/json-api-to-trigger-dmx-type/15235/3 "2026-04-20T19:10:13Z")

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Perfect! Thank you.