Finalizing your machine

This section will discuss all the “final” steps you need to take to get your machine ready to run without you.

Most of this is unfinished: See Help us to write it. Also let us know in the forum if you have any questions about this.

• Tuning Software for Production
  • Run MPF in production mode
  • Run MPF without text UI
  • Run MPF with pypy
  • Install the latest Python version
  • Install uvloop
  • Some random hints
• Choosing a computer to run MPF
  • Single-board versus “real” computers?
  • Picking an OS
  • The checklist
    • What OS are you familiar with?
    • Do you have anything you can use now?
    • Is this a one-off machine, or are you taking something into production?
    • What are your graphics and display requirements?
  • The Bottom Line
• Choosing an OS for your final machine
• Controlling your machine & computer power on / power off
  • Computer Start-up and Shutdown Controller
    • Make it work on Linux
  • Read-only Filsystems
  • Using MPF to Shutdown a Computer
• Enabling & fine-tuning ball search
• Fine-tuning ball device timing
• Fine-tuning switches