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Post: I have successfully completed my first IO Pi Plus project using 14-channels for an outdoor Christmas Tree display. I have 12-channels for each "clock" position, each with a a strand of lights, one for a star, and one to turn off lights around the tree for an "attention" mode. I created several patterns to run the tree...quite amazing! I'm gearing up for next year with running 2 or more displays. I copied my Python3 program and changed the channels. Each IO pin is mapped to a single channel referenced in my program. I was sure to NOT overlap the channels on my second program. When I run the two programs at the same time, everything works without errors...almost. No errors, but there is a major issue. I don't have anything connected other than relay boards for the second display. I noticed that the timing on the first display is held constant, but I get several partial on/off flickerings. I checked the ps and top stats, and the cpu's are barely doing anything (less than 3%). I'm wondering if having two almost identical programs trying to access one IO Pi is the problem? Do I need to do something special? My program mimics the tutorial1a.py example, but uses bus.write_pin commands instead of the entire port. The two programs will write to the same buses and ports but on different pins as the channel maps are distributed across (4) 8-port relay boards...all 32-channels in use on one IO Pi+.