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self.machine.device_manager

class mpf.core.device_manager.DeviceManager(machine)

Bases: mpf.core.mpf_controller.MpfController

Manages all the devices in MPF.

Accessing the device_manager in code

There is only one instance of the device_manager in MPF, and it’s accessible via self.machine.device_manager.

Methods & Attributes

The device_manager has the following methods & attributes available. Note that methods & attributes inherited from base classes are not included here.

create_devices(collection_name, config)

Create devices for a collection.

create_machinewide_device_control_events(**kwargs)

Create machine wide control events.

get_device_control_events(config) → Generator[Tuple[str, Callable, int, Device], None, None]

Scan a config dictionary for control_events.

Yields events, methods, delays, and devices for all the devices and control_events in that config.
Parameters:config – An MPF config dictionary (either machine-wide or mode- specific).
  • The event name
  • The callback method of the device
  • The delay in ms
  • The device object
get_monitorable_devices()

Return all devices which are registered as monitorable.

initialize_devices()

Initialise devices.

load_devices_config(validate=True)

Load all devices.

notify_device_changes(device, notify, old, value)

Notify subscribers about changes in a registered device.

Parameters:
  • device – The device that changed.
  • notify – Attribute name which changed.
  • old – The old value.
  • value – The new value.
register_monitorable_device(device)

Register a monitorable device.

Parameters:device – The device to register.
stop_devices()

Stop all devices in the machine.