04-07-2025, 06:13 PM
I use leader/follower a lot. Devices are Onyx Boox Max 3. Connection is via Bluetooth. I have 'load pieces and setlists', 'synchronise piece changes', and 'create temporary copies' selected but not the other options. It works great and we use it all the time.
Occasionally I'll use book mode and that also works well but a while back I had some issues with the leader/follower the next time I used it after having used book mode. I meant to post something about it at the time but I'm not sure I did. It happened again last night. I was using book mode the night before then last night I put the tablets back to leader/follower mode (by unselecting book mode before connecting) and it glitched again. The leader tablet was fine and the two follower tablets would load up the right piece (i.e. the piece chosen on the lead device) but only the first page - any attempt to turn the page via the screen or pedal failed. We disconnected the devices from each other and just each loaded every piece manually and that worked fine. We tried reconnecting via leader/follower but had the same problem.
I just gave it a try to see whether it would reproduce and the glitch isn't always the same but there always seems to be a glitch. If I connect devices in book mode then disconnect them then go back to connection via leader/follower then the leader always seems to work normally but the followers will either not be able to turn pages, or sometimes the screen will just go black and the device stops responding. Once I restart the tablet, or restart the app then it seems to work fine again. Sometimes disconnecting leader/follower and reconnecting seems to right it but not every time I think.
Guy
Occasionally I'll use book mode and that also works well but a while back I had some issues with the leader/follower the next time I used it after having used book mode. I meant to post something about it at the time but I'm not sure I did. It happened again last night. I was using book mode the night before then last night I put the tablets back to leader/follower mode (by unselecting book mode before connecting) and it glitched again. The leader tablet was fine and the two follower tablets would load up the right piece (i.e. the piece chosen on the lead device) but only the first page - any attempt to turn the page via the screen or pedal failed. We disconnected the devices from each other and just each loaded every piece manually and that worked fine. We tried reconnecting via leader/follower but had the same problem.
I just gave it a try to see whether it would reproduce and the glitch isn't always the same but there always seems to be a glitch. If I connect devices in book mode then disconnect them then go back to connection via leader/follower then the leader always seems to work normally but the followers will either not be able to turn pages, or sometimes the screen will just go black and the device stops responding. Once I restart the tablet, or restart the app then it seems to work fine again. Sometimes disconnecting leader/follower and reconnecting seems to right it but not every time I think.
Guy