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self.machine.digital_outputs.*

class mpf.devices.digital_output.DigitalOutput(machine: mpf.core.machine.MachineController, name: str)

Bases: mpf.core.system_wide_device.SystemWideDevice

A digital output on either a light or driver platform.

Accessing digital_outputs in code

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

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

Methods & Attributes

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

disable()

Disable digital output.

enable()

Enable digital output.

event_disable(**kwargs)

Handle disable control event.

event_enable(**kwargs)

Handle enable control event.

event_pulse(pulse_ms, **kwargs)

Handle pulse control event.

format_log_line(msg, context, error_no) → str

Return a formatted log line with log link and context.

pulse(pulse_ms)

Pulse digital output.

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

Raise a ConfigFileError exception.