Devices¶
The container for what reaches past this device to the others on the network: the Discovery list, and the groups that join it.
Fleet-scope rather than this-device, so neither System nor Network: a device's own interfaces live under Network, the devices it finds live here.
Devices
Discovers other devices on the LAN, MoonLight and WLED among them, and lists them, this one included and marked as such. The Discovery card under Devices, listening once the network is up; the list is rebuilt within seconds of boot.
addressing: How presence travels: multicast, or multicast and broadcast.addedIps: Devices that announce nothing, a Tasmota among them, by IP address, comma-separated.devices: The discovered devices; a row expands to its details.
Devices, details¶
The map¶
This device is the ringed center; lines are traffic, quiet devices sit beneath. Nodes show lights, address, version and services. Scroll zooms, drag pans, ⌖ resets; the bar shows IP and version or hides traffic. Click or Enter opens details and Identify, a blink of its lights. Everyone on the network sees it: security.
The emoji¶
Lights: 💡 LEDs, 🔆 PWM lights, 🔲 a HUB75 panel, 📺 a screen, 🧱 a ColorLight card, 🏮 Hue, 📡 sent over the network, 🎥 a video stream, 🎯 moving heads; 🛟 MoonBase holds the board. Services and traffic: 🌐 the web page, 🎛️ OSC, 🎹 RTP-MIDI, 🔊 audio sync, 🎭 Art-Net, 🎚️ E1.31, 📦 DDP, 🐙 the WLED API, which Home Assistant polls.
As many devices as memory holds¶
When memory runs short the card says "memory full", and a new device replaces the one heard longest ago, MoonLight boards kept longest.
Finding WLED devices¶
WLED lists a device only from the broadcast copy, and the copy costs the rest of the LAN next to nothing.
A network that drops multicast is detected, and the status says so (IGMP snooping).
Boards by name¶
A host setting naming a board, such as MM-S31, resolves from this list before mDNS, so the name holds where a router drops multicast. A card naming a peer shows its name beside its address.