# Local I/O

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Local I/O is only available for the Iron Pi, and will not be displayed on 3rd party devices.
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The Iron Pi provides 8 input/output channels. Only the first four may be configured as analog inputs, but all may be configured as digital inputs or outputs:

| Channels     | Analog Input | Digital Input | Digital Output |
| ------------ | :----------: | :-----------: | :------------: |
| Channels 1-4 |       ✅      |       ✅       |        ✅       |
| Channels 5-8 |       ❌      |       ✅       |        ✅       |

On devices that support Local I/O, you'll see a **LOCAL I/O** section in the sidebar:

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Click on one of the channels in the sidebar to edit it. You'll see this view:

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From this view, you can configure the channel as an [Analog Input](/clarity-gateway/connections/local-i-o/configuring-analog-inputs.md), [Digital Input](/clarity-gateway/connections/local-i-o/configuring-digital-inputs.md), or [Digital Output](/clarity-gateway/connections/local-i-o/configuring-digital-outputs.md).


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