...as continuation, i looked inside the blinkM_funcs.h and uncommented some of the debug messages, no change, still having an address problem.
here is the response, sorry it a bit of a mess
BlinkMFactoryReset
Setting I2C address...8
Verifying I2C address, sent to 'correct' address...received addr: 0x80
VerifyiBlinkMFactoryReset
Setting I2C address...8
Verifying I2C address, sent to 'correct' address...received addr: 0x80
Verifying I2C address, sent to global address...No response, that's not good
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Did it work?