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How to use MPF with OSC Devices or Hardware

Related Config File Sections
hardware:
osc:
switches:
lights:

MPF can use the Open Sound Control (OSC) to interface with other software or hardware devices. As OSC messages are not standardized we define a few custom messages:

Incoming:

• /sw/switch_name with the state True or False as parameter to set the state of an OSC switch in MPF
• /event/event_name with parameters in the form key1, value1, key2, value2, ... to post events to MPF.

Outgoing:

• /light/light_name/color with the brightness of the color as float (0-1).
• /event/event_name with parameters in the form key1, value1, key2, value2, ... for all events configured in events_to_send in your osc config section.

This is an example:

hardware:
  platform: osc

osc:
  remote_ip: 127.0.0.1
  remote_port: 8000

  events_to_send:
    - player_score
    - some_non_osc_switch_active
    - some_non_osc_switch_inactive

lights:
  test_light1:
    channels:
      red:
        - number: light1/red
      blue:
        - number: light1/blue
      green:
        - number: light1/green
  test_light2:
    number: light2

switches:
  switch_1:
    number: 1
  switch_2:
    number: 2
  some_non_osc_switch:  # not an OSC switch but used for the events above
    number: 23
    platform: virtual

This example is tested to be valid MPF config. However, it is not integration tested.

hardware:
  platform: osc

osc:
  remote_ip: 127.0.0.1
  remote_port: 8000

  events_to_send:
    - player_score
    - some_non_osc_switch_active
    - some_non_osc_switch_inactive

lights:
  test_light1:
    channels:
      red:
        - number: light1/red
      blue:
        - number: light1/blue
      green:
        - number: light1/green
  test_light2:
    number: light2

switches:
  switch_1:
    number: 1
  switch_2:
    number: 2
  some_non_osc_switch:  # not an OSC switch but used for the events above
    number: 23
    platform: virtual

You need to install python-osc to use the OSC platform:

pip3 install python-osc

What if it did not work?

Have a look at our hardware troubleshooting guide.