WiFI and Leader fall-through

Feature Ideas + Requests
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We’ve definitely chatted about this is person before.
The Leader/Follower functionality has been amazing for my eclectic collection of wearables and art pieces.

The problem I have is that I frequently mix and match my things, meaning I frequently have to reconfigure WiFi connections and Leaders.
This is tedious enough that I usually end up not even bothering with it.

Also, at festivals, where I frequently leave my camp, I have to choose if I want my wearables to sync with camp or with each other.

Having a priority list of WiFI networks and Leaders would eliminate the need to constantly reconfigure my PBs.
It would allow my PBs to passively sync with my camp when I return.
It would even allow me to passively sync up to different camps, as I visit them (since I’m involved and set up lights for several).

An advanced version of this would allow for anyone to connect their PB to any camps light set up think of the dance parties!!! :star_struck:

  • Have a default WiFi network baked in to the PB (i.e.: SSID: pixelbalze password: pixelblaze) that is the lowest priority
  • Have the ability to give each PB a numeric “Leader priority” value. Set your own PBs to a low/medium priority, and larger installations to a higher priority

Workarounds I’ve tried or considered:

  • Use a phone hotspot as the WiFi AP (by setting it have the same SSID and password as every other network)

    • Range is very limited
    • iOS makes that difficult with random disconnects
    • iOS prevents the host device from connecting to the devices on the hotspot meaning I can’t access the PB interface on my phone, and have to use a separate device to do so. I’ve tried workarounds to this without success
    • iOS does not allow changing the SSID of the hotspot. The only way to do so is to rename the phone itself, which is real annoying in other areas

  • Use a travel router

    • I just purchased one but have to figure out how to power it separately, and have to bring it with me everywhere (which is not always an option for wearables)

  • Have multiple PBs “leaders” with the same name

    • I don’t know if this works, or if the Leader system uses unique IDs to identify leader
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