self.machine.ball_saves.*

class mpf.devices.ball_save.BallSave(*args, **kwargs)

Bases: mpf.core.system_wide_device.SystemWideDevice, mpf.core.mode_device.ModeDevice

Ball save device which will give back the ball within a certain time.

Accessing ball_saves in code

The device collection which contains the ball_saves in your machine is available via self.machine.ball_saves. For example, to access one called “foo”, you would use self.machine.ball_saves.foo. You can also access ball_saves in dictionary form, e.g. self.machine.ball_saves['foo'].

You can also get devices by tag or hardware number. See the DeviceCollection documentation for details.

Methods & Attributes

Ball_saves have the following methods & attributes available. Note that methods & attributes inherited from base classes are not included here.

delayed_eject(**kwargs)

Trigger eject of all scheduled balls.

disable(**kwargs) → None

Disable ball save.

early_ball_save(**kwargs) → None

Perform early ball save if enabled.

enable(**kwargs) → None

Enable ball save.

raise_config_error(msg, error_no, *, context=None)

Raise a ConfigFileError exception.

timer_start(**kwargs) → None

Start the timer.

This is usually called after the ball was ejected while the ball save may have been enabled earlier.