SK6812 RGBW colors broken in 0.15.0 on ESP32, not ESP8266, works in 0.14.4

[trullock]

What happened?

I have two strips of SK6812s RGBWs, one lot attached to an ESP32 and one to an ESP8266

Updating to 0.15 from 0.14.4 breaks the ESP32 colors but not the ESP8266 colors

I've reverted to 0.14.4 so cant debug further at this moment but can do later

To Reproduce Bug

SK6812s RGBWs in GBR mode on an ESP32, the colors are the wrong. They are very dim, the hue isnt far off or might be right (havent fully debugged, had to quickly revert before the kids came home to see no xmas lights!)

Expected Behavior

Colors to be correct ;)

Install Method

Binary from WLED.me

What version of WLED?

0.15.0

Which microcontroller/board are you seeing the problem on?

ESP32

Relevant log/trace output

can provide later

Anything else?

Can debug further later, thought Id get this raised for everyones sake

Code of Conduct

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[willmmiles]

very dim

Try checking the brightness limiter settings. Also, if you can, please post the config from your 0.14 system; it sounds like there's either (a) a bug in the upgrade path, or (b) a setting that was previously ignored is now being correctly applied; I'd like to poke the config and see if I can work out what it is.

[trullock]

Will have a fiddle with the settings tomorrow

The animation/effect seems to be working properly, its just the "color" thats wrong. Will try and be more descriptive tomorrow

Config exported from 1.14.4:

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        1,
        0
    ],
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        "name": "WLED-HOUSE",
        "inv": "Light",
        "sui": false
    },
    "nw": {
        "espnow": false,
        "linked_remote": "",
        "ins": [
            {
                "ssid": "REDACTED",
                "pskl": 13,
                "ip": [
                    0,
                    0,
                    0,
                    0
                ],
                "gw": [
                    0,
                    0,
                    0,
                    0
                ],
                "sn": [
                    255,
                    255,
                    255,
                    0
                ]
            }
        ],
        "dns": [
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            8,
            8,
            8
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    },
    "ap": {
        "ssid": "WLED-AP",
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        "behav": 0,
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            1
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        "txpwr": 78
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}

[trullock]

And this is the config from the ESP8266 device which works on 0.14.4 and 0.15, just in case its a config issue rather than a hardware-specific bug

{
    "rev": [
        1,
        0
    ],
    "vid": 2405180,
    "id": {
        "mdns": "wled-garage",
        "name": "WLED_Garage",
        "inv": "Light"
    },
    "nw": {
        "ins": [
            {
                "ssid": "REDACTED",
                "pskl": 13,
                "ip": [
                    0,
                    0,
                    0,
                    0
                ],
                "gw": [
                    0,
                    0,
                    0,
                    0
                ],
                "sn": [
                    255,
                    255,
                    255,
                    0
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "ap": {
        "ssid": "WLED-AP",
        "pskl": 8,
        "chan": 1,
        "hide": 0,
        "behav": 0,
        "ip": [
            4,
            3,
            2,
            1
        ]
    },
    "wifi": {
        "sleep": true,
        "phy": false
    },
    "hw": {
        "led": {
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            "maxpwr": 850,
            "ledma": 0,
            "cct": false,
            "cr": false,
            "cb": 0,
            "fps": 42,
            "rgbwm": 3,
            "ld": false,
            "ins": [
                {
                    "start": 0,
                    "len": 334,
                    "pin": [
                        1
                    ],
                    "order": 0,
                    "rev": false,
                    "skip": 0,
                    "type": 30,
                    "ref": false,
                    "rgbwm": 0,
                    "freq": 0
                }
            ]
        },
        "com": [],
        "btn": {
            "max": 2,
            "pull": true,
            "ins": [
                {
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                    "pin": [
                        0
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                    "macros": [
                        0,
                        0,
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                },
                {
                    "type": 0,
                    "pin": [
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                    "macros": [
                        0,
                        0,
                        0
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                }
            ],
            "tt": 32,
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        },
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        }
    },
    "light": {
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        "pal-mode": 0,
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            "pal": 0,
            "rpc": 5
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            "tbri": 0,
            "macro": 0
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    "def": {
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        "on": false,
        "bri": 128
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            "port1": 65506,
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                "macro": false,
                "grp": 1,
                "ret": 0
            }
        },
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            "bcast": true
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        "mqtt": {
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        "ntp": {
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            "host": "0.wled.pool.ntp.org",
            "tz": 0,
            "offset": 0,
            "ampm": false,
            "ln": 0,
            "lt": 0
        }
    },
    "remote": {
        "remote_enabled": false,
        "linked_remote": ""
    },
    "ol": {
        "clock": 0,
        "cntdwn": false,
        "min": 0,
        "max": 29,
        "o12pix": 0,
        "o5m": false,
        "osec": false
    },
    "timers": {
        "cntdwn": {
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                1,
                1,
                0,
                0,
                0
            ],
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        },
        "ins": []
    },
    "ota": {
        "lock": false,
        "lock-wifi": false,
        "pskl": 7,
        "aota": true
    },
    "um": {}
}

[listlesslife]

I was having a similar problem, but my esp8266s weren't changing colors and my esp32s were fine. Rolled back the 8266s to 0.14.4 and now color changing works. 0.15.0 also knocked a couple of my esp8266s offline and they had to be reflashed via serial, but that's a different issue.

[trullock]

So, automatic brightness limiting had been turned on, turning that off solves it.

However the effects wrt segments is screwy, like its sped up. Segment 1 is ok, but the rest are not

I have a vid but cant post it here. Can DM/email

[nomonkeynodeal]

It looks like the blue channel just doesn't work for me with 15.0. I rolled back to 14.4 and it's fine.

[trullock]

0.15 now seems completely broken for me, and I can't roll back to 0.14.4. I provide the binary and seems to apply the update, but it doesnt.

Will have to get the ladders out and flash it directly I guess

[c-b5r]

I updated (OTA) 5x ESP8266 (d1 mini) with an almost identical SK6812 setup (except for the switch type). Here is the result:

• 2x updated just fine and everything worked as before
• 2x updated but the entire color setup (RGB wheel + sliders) was missing. I then switched the LED configuration to [WS2812x > apply > SK6812 > apply] and after that everything seemed back to normal.
• 1x device didn't boot after the update. I manually flashed 0.15.0 via USB and then the device came back online again with all the previous settings

[Deretour]

It looks like the blue channel just doesn't work for me with 15.0. I rolled back to 14.4 and it's fine.

Same for me. For SK6812 strips I cannot get any blue to show up. Not even when intentionally switching color order.
After reverting to 0.14.4 everything works fine again.

Affected binary: WLED_0.15.0_ESP32_Ethernet.bin
Working binary: WLED_0.14.4_ESP32_Ethernet.bin

Upgrade performed via Home Assistant.
Downgrade performed via WLED's "Manual OTA Update"

[ijspear]

@nomonkeynodeal @Deretour How many channels are you using? I think this is the same bug as reported in #4384

[trullock]

0.15 now seems completely broken for me

By freak coincidence, my PSU died of a faulty adjuster pot at exactly the same time. So 0.15 is not "completely broken" but the color/brightness and rollback issues are real

[nomonkeynodeal]

@nomonkeynodeal @Deretour How many channels are you using? I think this is the same bug as reported in #4384

Maybe. I am using four channels, but the white channel definitely worked for me.

[Deretour]

@nomonkeynodeal @Deretour How many channels are you using? I think this is the same bug as reported in #4384

Sounds familiar indeed. Except for blue instead of white. But besides that it seems exactly the same issue.
I use 2x ws2812b RGB (144 pixels each) and 4x sk6812 RGBW (70 pixels each) which totals to 6 channels/outputs.

additional info: I‘m running a quinled dig octa.

[ijspear]

@Deretour try something. Delete a channel, any channel, so you have a max of 5 channels on your Octa. Do the other strips start behaving properly when there are only 5 channels?