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raspberry_pi:

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This page is reference material which explains every setting and option for this section of an MPF yaml config file. See the instructions for config files for formatting and other details. See our guide to config file examples for more examples of real configs in action.

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The raspberry_pi: section of your config is where you configure your Raspberry Pi running pigpio. See Raspberry PI (pigpio) for details.

This is an example:

raspberry_pi:
  ip: localhost
  port: 8888

Required settings

The following sections are required in the raspberry_pi: section of your config:

ip:

Single value, type: string. Defaults to empty.

IP of your Raspberry Pi. MPF will connect to this IP. Hostname does not work here.

Optional settings

The following sections are optional in the raspberry_pi: section of your config. (If you don't include them, the default will be used).

console_log:

Single value, type: one of the following options: none, basic, full. Default: none

Log level for the console log for this platform.

debug:

Single value, type: boolean (true/false). Default: false

Set this to true to see additional debug output. This might impact the performance of MPF.

file_log:

Single value, type: one of the following options: none, basic, full. Default: basic

Log level for the console log for this platform.

port:

Single value, type: integer. Default: 8888

Port of the pigpio daemon on your Raspberry Pi (in case you change it).

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