Sync AP Mode

Questions
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Hi

First of all… awesome project! Big thanks to the developers.

I am currently building pois. And I need multiple Wled controller to sync with each other (at least two).
It would be awsome if I do not need a seperate AP.

What if tied:
1st Wled controller boots directly into AP-Mode
2nd Wled controller connects to 1st controller with a fixed IP address.
That seems to work → when I connect to the 1st one via smartphone I can see the 2nd one in the “Instance List”.
But when I change color on the 1st controller it does not change color on the 2nd one.

Sync one the 1st is activated.
The ports for syncing are the same.
Checkboxes for sync are activated on both.

Did I miss something?
Is it possible that the ports are blocked when the controller is used in AP-Mode?

Thanks Matthias

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Only one should be sending out. All others should be receiving the sync. There is an arrow to indicate direction of the sync (if I recall correctly). The one you are connecting to via web interface should have the arrow pointing OUT, and the others should have an arrow pointing IN.

I hope that is all you need. I read through what you’d done already, and it seemed correct except perhaps the arrow to indicate which direction sync was to happen.

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Hi huggy
thanks for your reply but I have not found an arrow indicator.
There is just the button “Sync all devices to this one”.
This button is activated on the first controller and deactivated on the second.

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Last night I went looking and I didn’t see the arrows either.
There was a button to [not] accept sync inputs. Make sure that is set to not accept sync inputs on the wled instance you are controlling.

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Did you ever solve this? Testing at home with 3 units, the AP unit will not sync or be sync’d.

To reproduce:

  • Setup: Have three WLED instances on three devices. Set one unit, “controller”, unit to AP mode, hosting its own AP. Add the other 2 “peripheral” devices to the controller’s AP. On the controller’s interface, select Sync.
  • Expected behavior: All three units would sync to the controller.
  • Actual behavior: No sync is occurring.

It DOES work when using the non-Controller device to sync:

  • Setup2: On Peripheral 1, select Sync.
  • Expected bahavior: All three units would sync to Peripheral 1.
  • Actual behavior: As expected. All three units including Controller sync to Peripheral 1.