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DDP and WARLS: the two protocols almost nobody outside the WLED world knows
Say "LED control over a network" and most people think Art-Net or sACN. Both come from the entertainment industry, both are standardized, both run on big stages. DDP and WARLS live in a different corner. They grew up in the WLED and hobbyist community, barely show up in lighting-console manuals, and still have good reasons…
Max Walter
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July 17, 2026
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DDP and WARLS: the two protocols almost nobody outside the WLED world knows
Say "LED control over a network" and most people think Art-Net or sACN. Both come from the entertainment industry, both are standardized, both run on big stages. DDP and WARLS live in a different corner. They grew up in the WLED and hobbyist community, barely show up in lighting-console manuals, and still have good reasons…
July 17, 2026
Max Walter
Art-Net or sACN: which protocol for your LED control?
Anyone who controls digital LED strips over a network runs into two names sooner or later: Art-Net and sACN. Both carry the same lighting data over ordinary Ethernet networks, and both are supported by software, controllers and consoles across the industry. And both keep raising the same question during setup: which one do I pick?…
July 16, 2026
Max Walter
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