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How to enable "secondary playfield" flippers

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Secondary or upper flippers (e.g. on an upper playfield) are enabled and defined just like normal lower flipper.

This is an example:

#! switches:
#!   s_flipper_left:
#!     number:
#!   s_flipper_right:
#!     number:
#!   flipperUpL:
#!     number:
#!   flipperUpR:
#!     number:
#! coils:
#!   c_flipper_lower_left_main:
#!     number:
#!   c_flipper_lower_right_main:
#!     number:
#!   flipperUpLMain:
#!     number:
#!   flipperUpRMain:
#!     number:
flippers:
  lower_left:
    main_coil: c_flipper_lower_left_main
    activation_switch: s_flipper_left
    label: Left Main Flipper
  lower_right:
    main_coil: c_flipper_lower_right_main
    activation_switch: s_flipper_right
    label: Right Main Flipper
  upper_left:
    main_coil: flipperUpLMain
    activation_switch: flipperUpL
    enable_events: ball_started, enable_upper_flippers
    disable_events: ball_will_end, service_mode_entered, disable_upper_flippers
    label: Upper Left Flipper
  upper_right:
    main_coil: flipperUpRMain
    activation_switch: flipperUpR
    enable_events: ball_started, enable_upper_flippers
    disable_events: ball_will_end, service_mode_entered, disable_upper_flippers
    label: Upper Right Flipper

Additionally, we defined disable_upper_flippers as event to disable the upper flippers and enable_upper_flippers to re-enable them. This might be useful if you want to disable flippers in some mode. If you do not want them to be enabled by default remove ball_started from enable_events.


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