# Device frozen: too many patch rules? \[SOLVED\]
**URL:** https://forum.electra.one/t/device-frozen-too-many-patch-rules-solved/405
**Category:** Bug reports
**Created:** [January 19, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/device-frozen-too-many-patch-rules-solved/405 "2021-01-19T23:55:42Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@urbanspaceman](https://forum.electra.one/u/urbanspaceman)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2021, 11:55pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/device-frozen-too-many-patch-rules-solved/405/1 "2021-01-19T23:55:42Z")
I’ve seemed to have hit another limit. 😢 If I put in over 205 rules (I’m not sure of the exact number, but it’s close to that) in the patch responses node and I touch any control on the Electra, one message gets transmitted and the Electra freezes.
I’m certain this is not about a memory limit, as I erased half the pages in the preset and got the same result. I’m also fairly sure it’s not about bad JSON, because I tried different values…I was able to reproduce the problem any time I put between 200 - 250 nodes in.
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### Author:  [@martin](https://forum.electra.one/u/martin)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/device-frozen-too-many-patch-rules-solved/405/2 "2021-01-20T07:44:29Z")
Hi @urbanspaceman ,
please send me the preset that locks Electra up because of the rules. ideally the most full-blown version.
Thx!
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### Author:  [@urbanspaceman](https://forum.electra.one/u/urbanspaceman)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2021, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/device-frozen-too-many-patch-rules-solved/405/3 "2021-01-20T17:20:17Z")
I’ve sent it to you. Let me know if this is a hard and fast limit…I have to decide if I have to split the synth controls into multiple presets.
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### Author:  [@martin](https://forum.electra.one/u/martin)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2021, 5:32pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/device-frozen-too-many-patch-rules-solved/405/4 "2021-01-20T17:32:20Z")
No, not a hard limit yet. Check your PM. I am busy with it but the version send via PM should get you going.
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### Author:  [@martin](https://forum.electra.one/u/martin)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2021, 7:33pm UTC](https://forum.electra.one/t/device-frozen-too-many-patch-rules-solved/405/5 "2021-02-09T19:33:44Z")
I hope this one is resolved in 1.5