Adding a second toy

Pair a second toy in the same browser session. ToyControl handles two, three, or more toys at the same time.

ToyControl can run several toys at the same time in the same browser. You add a second toy the same way you added the first. Each toy gets its own tab in the main area and its own row in the sidebar. The first one keeps doing what it was doing.

When to add a second toy

A few common cases:

How to pair the second toy

  1. In ToyControl, click the + button in the Devices section of the sidebar.
  2. Pick the second toy from the catalog.
  3. Confirm in the Bluetooth window your browser shows.
  4. The second toy appears as a new row in the sidebar with its own green dot.

Both toys are now paired. The sidebar shows a row for each:

Sidebar with two paired toys, the per-device intensity slider highlighted

What each toy gets

When you click on a toy's row in the sidebar, the main area switches to that toy's tab. Each tab has its own:

Settings are independent. Changing one toy's intensity does not change the other.

How many toys can I connect

In practice, five to seven toys per browser session. The number is set by your browser, not by ToyControl. Most users find two or three is plenty.

If you try to pair a sixth or seventh toy and the Bluetooth window does not respond, you have hit the cap. Disconnect a toy you are not using to free a slot.

Running the same script on two toys

If you want both toys to do the same thing, use Follow another device. See Making one toy mirror another. The follower keeps its own multiplier and speed range, so a vibrator can mirror a stroker with appropriate intensity for each.

Running different sources on each toy

If you want toy A on a script and toy B on a pattern at the same time, just click each toy's row and pick a source. The two sources run in parallel without interfering. Patterns and Script Player do not share state.

Test each toy

After pairing the second toy, click its row to make it the active toy. At the bottom of the screen, click Test toy. It should ramp up and back down. Repeat for the first toy by clicking its row.

This confirms both toys are responsive independently.

Disconnecting

Click a toy's row in the sidebar to disconnect it. The row vanishes. The other toys keep playing.

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