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title: CFE-show-1: Show does not appear to be a valid show config

CFE-show-1: Show does not appear to be a valid show config

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This error occurs when MPF loads a show which is not a list of steps. There are two ways to add shows to your machine: either as file or inside your config. Both can happen inside a mode or machine-wide inside your global config folder.

Examples

File Shows

This is how a file show should look:

##! show: flash_red
#show_version=5
- duration: 1
  lights:
    led1: red
- duration: 1
  lights:
    led1: off

Please note that there can be only one show per dedicated show file as MPF uses the filename as show name. See Creating standalone show files for details.

Config Shows

This is how a show inside your config should look:

shows:
  flash_red:
    - duration: 1
      lights:
        led1: red
    - duration: 1
      lights:
        led1: off

See /shows/index for details.

Common Pitfalls

Multiple shows inside one file show

This is NOT valid as file show:

# INVALID FILE SHOW
flash_red:
  - duration: 1
    # [...]
flash_blue:
  - duration: 1
    # [...]

Instead you have to create two files flash_red.yaml and flash_blue.yaml.

Missing hyphen for your step

You might have missed the hyphon in front of your first step (or in front of all steps):

# INVALID FILE SHOW
#show_version=5
duration: 1    # note the missing dash here
lights:
  led1: red

The same can happen in config shows:

# INVALID CONFIG SHOW
shows:
  flash_red:
    duration: 1   # hyphen missing here
    lights:
      led1: red

This often happens with one step shows. See above for working examples.

Need more help troubleshooting?

Have a look at our Troubleshooting section. It might give you some hints for certain classes of problems.

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