How to syncronize two Digitakts via MIDI?

Hello,

I want to syncronized two Digitakts (version 1.30B) - A (master) & B (slave) - via MIDI.

Configuration

A: Clock Send Transport Send Prog Cn Send
B: Clock Receive Transport Receive Prog Cn Receive

I use the Elektron patterns (PRESETS, unchanged) to test the behavior.

First I do not push the PLAY button.
I select pattern A01 (SUBAQUATIC) of A.
Next I select A02 (RUSHING) of A.
B follows the pattern change.

Again I select pattern A01 (SUBAQUATIC) of A - B follows.

I hit the PLAY button.

A & B are playing pattern A01.

Next I select A02 (RUSHING) of A.
After some pages, A switches to pattern A02.

B is not following the pattern change!
After a bar B switches to A02!

How can I fix this?

Thank you.

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What are the Settings for both Tracks in the Scale menu (FUNC + PAGE)?

Check the CH.LEN and M.LEN settings.

CH.LEN (Change Length) controls for how long the active pattern plays before a cued or chained pattern begins to play. This setting is important when, for example, you set M.LEN to INF. If you do not make any CH.LEN setting, the pattern plays infinitely, and the next pattern is thus not cued. By default a cued pattern change happens at the end of the pattern (CH.LEN set to OFF).

M.LEN (Master Length) controls the number of steps the pattern plays before all tracks restart. An INF setting makes the tracks of the pattern loop infinitely, without ever being restarted. Note that this setting also affects for how long the active pattern plays before a chained pattern starts playing. The CH.LEN parameter overrides this if its parameter value is less than the M.LEN value.

Thank you for your reply…

Pattern A01 (SUBAQUATIC, 98 BPM):

CHLEN: 64
MLEN: INF

Pattern A02 (RUSHING, 123.4 BPM):

CHLEN: OFF
MLEN: 128

For both Digitakts I have changed the values to:

Pattern A01 (SUBAQUATIC, 98 BPM):

CHLEN: 64
MLEN: 128

Pattern A02 (RUSHING, 123.4 BPM):

CHLEN: 64
MLEN: 128

But it shows the same behavior.

The BPM of the slave (Digitakt B) varies (± 0.5).
Maybe this is the problem!