monitor_start (BCP command)¶
New in version 0.33.
Request from the media controller to the pin controller to begin monitoring events in the
specified category. Events will not be automatically sent to the media controller from the
pin controller via BCP unless they are requested using the monitor_start
or
register_trigger commands.
Origin¶
Media controller
Parameters¶
category¶
Single string value, type: one of the following options: events, devices, machine_vars, player_vars, switches, modes, ball, or timer.
The value of category
determines the category of events to begin monitoring. Options for
category
are:
events
- All events in the pin controllerdevices
- All device state changesmachine_vars
- All machine variable changesplayer_vars
- All player variable changesswitches
- All switch state changesmodes
- All mode events (start, stop)core_events
- Core MPF events (ball handing, player turn, etc.)
Response¶
None