ihadagoodone Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 This works on a falling edge detect triggering a counter. When the dupe enters the room to research they run over to the left of the machine to toggle that switch this brings them out of range for the motion sensor and sends a pulse to the counter for 1. When the dupe is doing the research they are in range of the motion sensor but due to some quirk of the animation the dupe doesn't trigger the motion sensor a second time. When the dupe finishes the research or runs out of radbolts, they'll leave the room which triggers the edge detect a second time pulsing the counter up to 2. the counter then turns on the radbolt collector and a single pulse generator to toggle the reset on the counter. a single radbolt gets fired into the machine and it's now reset. There's a manual toggle switch on the edge detect side to adjust the counter if dupes have to run in there for other tasks. The main thing i have to worry about is having enough radbolts in the collector to complete the research. If the collector runs out of radbolts the system will need to be cycled with the switch to fire an radbolt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihadagoodone Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 V 2.0 Moved the dupe sensor and did away with the counter. Now when the dupe is done and leaves, it sends a single pulse to the radbolt collector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boiledDupe Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 You could detect the radiation of a collided radbolt (therefore identifying that it's full), and allow dup entry. dup entry is disallowed once they leave the building Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuxSam123 Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 10 hours ago, boiledDupe said: You could detect the radiation of a collided radbolt (therefore identifying that it's full), and allow dup entry. dup entry is disallowed once they leave the building Yeah, but then you'd be wasting 50 radbolts. 11 hours ago, ihadagoodone said: Moved the dupe sensor and did away with the counter. Now when the dupe is done and leaves, it sends a single pulse to the radbolt collector. Yeah, but then the system would be wasting radbolts. 19 hours ago, ihadagoodone said: I think I'll be sticking with this one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihadagoodone Posted June 16, 2021 Author Share Posted June 16, 2021 1 hour ago, TuxSam123 said: Yeah, but then the system would be wasting radbolts. It only wastes if the dupe doesn't use all the radbolts in the system and leaves the room for downtime, which happens with both designs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yunru Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Better yet: Have a simple loop, that a radbolt only passes through if the device is full. That way you both know when the device is full, and don't waste the test bolt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orzelek Posted June 16, 2021 Share Posted June 16, 2021 1 hour ago, Yunru said: Better yet: Have a simple loop, that a radbolt only passes through if the device is full. That way you both know when the device is full, and don't waste the test bolt. I was thinking about this but it has one problem - radbolt diminishes with travel and if device is full you have nothing to send it to. I'm thinking about using second research machine to catch the stray bolt would reduce the wasted radbolts. Automation output with stored radbolts would be a nice solution to all of those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timetogetbaked Posted September 1, 2021 Share Posted September 1, 2021 Imagine how easy this would all be if the research bench had logic built in. All it needs is if radbolt is less than X, send green signal. Boom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SackMaggie Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 11 hours ago, timetogetbaked said: Imagine how easy this would all be if the research bench had logic built in. All it needs is if radbolt is less than X, send green signal. Boom. Yes, all of this is a work around the problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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