mpf-mc to execute a system command upon receipt of an event

[Marc Rechté]

Hi. What would be the appropriate way to make mpf-mc execute a system command upon the receipt of an event sent from mpf ?

[Alex L]

Does the MC have to be the command executor, or would shelling out from the mpf game engine work instead?

[Marc Rechté]

It seems my answer did not reach the group.

I finally wrote a new config player (mc_system_player).

Would such player be useful to the community (hence integrated into mpf-mc) ?

[Ben Tripoli]

Nice work! If I understand what you are doing is correct, then I would use it to shutdown linux with a button combo when in attract mode. Im currently having to shutdown linux with a button behind the coin door before switching off power.

[Marc Rechté]

The work is not complete to be pushed upstream (need to be reviewed by expert and need tests), but it does the job. It's on my fork https://github.com/mrechte/mpf-mc