Arc Furnace Automation: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 19:16, 5 August 2021

<translate> This is a logic system that will automatically keep the furnace active as long as it has something to smelt.

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Setup

Previous guides for automating the Arc Furnace have had the annoying side-effect of triggering the Activate-command every time the quantity of ore in the Import-slot changes. This would result in the activation-sound playing every time one ore was processed, or 50 times for a full stack. This setup triggers once for each stack that enters the Import-slot, making the process work just as if you pressed the button yourself.

Slot Reader (Kit (Logic I/O))

In: Arc Furnace
Slot: Import
Var: Quantity

Logic Memory

Value: 0

Compare Unit (Kit (Logic Processor))

1: Slot Reader
2: Logic Memory
Out: Greater

Logic Write (Kit (Logic I/O))

In: Compare Unit
Out: Arc Furnace
Out Var: Activate

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 * [[Arc Furnace]]
-* [[Kit (Logic I/O)]] * 3
+* 2x [[Kit (Logic I/O)]]
 * [[Kit (Logic Processor)]]
+* [[Kit (Logic Memory)]]
 * Optional: [[Chutes]]
 === Setup ===
-So we just want the Arc Furnace to activate whenever content is put in. You might think you can just bind its "has input" (ImportQuantity) property to its Activate property, but sadly if you're piping content with a chute this will not work. The exact reason results from some internal game mechanisms but the gist is that the value needs to be updated after the furnace has turned off (and ImportQuantity updates slightly before that), so that's why we're adding Activate to the value.
+Previous guides for automating the Arc Furnace have had the annoying side-effect of triggering the Activate-command every time the quantity of ore in the Import-slot changes. This would result in the activation-sound playing every time one ore was processed, or 50 times for a full stack.
+This setup triggers once for each stack that enters the Import-slot, making the process work just as if you pressed the button yourself.
-[[File:Stationeers arc furnace automation v2.png|Arc Furnace Automation Logic Circuit]]
+[[File:Arc furnace auto-trigger.png]]
 Slot Reader ([[Kit (Logic I/O)]])
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 * Var: Quantity
-Logic Reader ([[Kit (Logic I/O)]])
+Logic Memory
-* In: Arc Furnace
+* Value: 0
-* Var: Activate
-Math Unit ([[Kit (Logic Processor)]])
+Compare Unit ([[Kit (Logic Processor)]])
 * 1: Slot Reader
-* 2: Logic Reader
+* 2: Logic Memory
-* Out: Add
+* Out: Greater
 Logic Write ([[Kit (Logic I/O)]])
-* In: Math Unit
+* In: Compare Unit
 * Out: Arc Furnace
 * Out Var: Activate
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