Gas pipe thermo sensor problems

[feralfoo]

Some nifty use of the gas pipe filter sensor in the following thread:

 

I tried doing the same thing with the gas pipe thermo sensor, and while it kind of worked it always skipped a packet, sending the sensor to -273C, causing it to flip the gas shut off valves every few packets.

Has anyone else tried getting this to work reliably?

 

[Kabrute]

post a bug report with your save attached please and thank you, that is def not intended action

[Dude42]

I've encounter the same issue in my save. Have you repported the bug yet ?

[feralfoo]

5 hours ago, Dude42 said:

I've encounter the same issue in my save. Have you repported the bug yet ?

I'm not convinced its a bug anymore and more of a pipe configuration issue. Can you post a screenshot of your pipe overlay?

 

Also no, have not posted bug.

[MidnightSteam]

There are drawbacks to this design.

1. It fails if the pipes are clogged.
2. It fails if power runs out.

It must also be designed specifically this way:

Here's a save file with my oxygen system: OxygenSystem.sav

You can simulate power outage by turning the power switch off. And remove the gas vents to simulate clogged pipes.

[Mutineer]

Put sensor 1 tie before split, so it is always full. I had this problem, sensor in split into 2 shutoffs. By idea one should be open one close depends on temperature. It works perfectly one way, but when temperature pass threshold it split stream in half because when the packet of a liquid move from the split, it becomes empty and reported -273 this opening another valve. The bug is that split is empty, not refill from the pipe. The workaround is to put sensor before the split.

[Dude42]

Thank you for your post it helped

I've been changing my build for simple thermo sensor on tempshift plate, i'll try to find an older save  to post screens

On 28/04/2018 at 8:47 AM, feralfoo said:

I tried doing the same thing with the gas pipe thermo sensor, and while it kind of worked it always skipped a packet, sending the sensor to -273C, causing it to flip the gas shut off valves every few packets.

An empty pipe give the temp gas sensor the temperature of -273c ? i'm still not convinced that it is the desired behavior.

i think the sensor should be inactive whenever there is no gaz through the pipe but maybe it is intended 

 

 

[Dude42]

I used the gaz pipe element sensor and the gaz pipe thermo sensor with an AND gate to archieve my purpose instead making sure there is gaz to check the temperature

[landromat]

yep, that's why pipe thermo censors are useless for now

[Kabrute]

you can use the thermo sensor you just have to set it to read above X and then run it through a buffer gate on a 1 second drag this way all fluids "above" temp are accepted (use a not gate to "flip" the sensor) in my testing I end up using 2 thermo sensors with an edge detector comparator arrangement just for 1 valve in trying to monitor in pipe temps. 

[rodr]

1 hour ago, landromat said:

yep, that's why pipe thermo censors are useless for now

I find they're quite useful.

42 minutes ago, Kabrute said:

you can use the thermo sensor you just have to set it to read above X

This is def the key.  I know gas comes out of my AC unit at say, 43F and I want the room to be like 70F.  I tell the thermo sensor, prior to radiator pipes, to only allow gas through if gas temp is > some value > output of AC.  Works like a charm for the most part assuming the thermo sensor isn't on an insulated pipe, each packet will wait til the temp raises greater than sensor value and carry forth.  Fiddle with settings and you can easily get the desired radiated temperature.