[Big Reactors] Help with on/off system

[GreenZombie]

I've been having my own latch problems for the last couple weeks. Using a project red Toggle latch.

Sometimes I'll find the state is "backwards". I can only assume that the trigger goes below (25% in my case), trips the latch, briefly goes above it, goes back down below 25%, and trips it again (is my best guess)

Does this make any sense?

If you use a toggle rather than a latch with a reset I'm sure sync errors are a real possibility.

 

[asb3pe]

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certainly if you were concerned about efficiency you'd be building a tad larger than 3x3x4.

At any rate... I actually prefer the control rod trick for my reactors. But then I build them large enough that my average draw keeps the control rods above ideal insertion.

Well I'm playing a GregTech pack where you seem to be eternally stuck in "early game" mode... and reactor blocks take plenty of steel... so making big BigReactors is pretty much out of the question (until eternity passes). The good thing is, for early game, I only need BigReactor RF to run my Forestry Multifarm, and since I have plenty of extra RF left over from my 3x3x4, I also use it to run my AE storage system. That leaves all my steam to be used for GregTech and it is working out very well for now.

The control rod trick has been a blessing. I learned about it months ago, used the trick in my Direwolf world, and then promptly forgot about it until I read this thread the other day. So now I'm using it again and it is soooo convenient.

 

[Pyure]

If you use a toggle rather than a latch with a reset I'm sure sync errors are a real possibility.

I'm using a Toggle...Latch.

Can you clarify? What's a better option?

 

[ratchet freak]

I'm using a Toggle...Latch.

Can you clarify? What's a better option?

a set-reset latch (commonly known as a RS-latch) set when low and reset when high

 

[Pyure]

I believe the mod has one of those too, I'll try that, thanks

 

[Pyure]

Sadly, even with documentation, I'm clearly too indumbnified to figure this out. Can anyone walk me through how it should work?

Specifically, I want to start feeding a tank when its <25% full, and stop feeding it when its 75% full. Its an RC tank reporting its fullness via BC Gates on structure pipes.

I typically just use a T-Latch and a NOT gate, but the same setup doesn't work.

 

[MDoN]

Anyone wanna play DW20 Pack with me? I can host a server

 

[ratchet freak]

Sadly, even with documentation, I'm clearly too indumbnified to figure this out. Can anyone walk me through how it should work?

Specifically, I want to start feeding a tank when its <25% full, and stop feeding it when its 75% full. Its an RC tank reporting its fullness via BC Gates on structure pipes.

I typically just use a T-Latch and a NOT gate, but the same setup doesn't work.

it's easier to test with buttons so you understand the mechanics of the latch.

output of the 25% goes into the set and the output of the 75% goes into the reset, then the output that comes on when the 25% is on should be connected to the input of the reactor

 

[Pyure]

it's easier to test with buttons so you understand the mechanics of the latch.

output of the 25% goes into the set and the output of the 75% goes into the reset, then the output that comes on when the 25% is on should be connected to the input of the reactor

Looking at http://projectredwiki.com/wiki/RS_Latch under Logic, do I want mode 1 or mode 2?

 

[ratchet freak]

Looking at http://projectredwiki.com/wiki/RS_Latch under Logic, do I want mode 1 or mode 2?

doesn't matter though with mode1 you can use the input from the 25% as the input to the reactor because the latch will then keep it on after it gets pulsed

 

[Pyure]

I only ask because the output i'm using didn't flip off the signal when we hit 75%.
Dunno if its because a) i didn't initialize the state properly, b) I'm using the wrong output, or c) I'm using the wrong mode (which you say isnt the case)

 

[rhn]

I only ask because the output i'm using didn't flip off the signal when we hit 75%.
Dunno if its because a) i didn't initialize the state properly, b) I'm using the wrong output, or c) I'm using the wrong mode (which you say isnt the case)

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Isnt the redstone wire perhaps forming a self holding latch by powering the 25% gate and thereby the RS latch with redstone signal? It looks like the wire is connecting to the gate. You probably dont want that to happen. Try and isolate all the wires/signals better. Use isolated cables also for everywhere where it is not supposed to propagate redstone signal to the block it is attached to/occupying.

 

[Pyure]

I checked earlier, tht wasn't the case. While the gate can accept a signal, it doesn't pass it along (unless that's the condition: RS signal = RS Signal)

 

[ratchet freak]

I only ask because the output i'm using didn't flip off the signal when we hit 75%.
Dunno if its because a) i didn't initialize the state properly, b) I'm using the wrong output, or c) I'm using the wrong mode (which you say isnt the case)

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You need to mirror the latch so the input that lights up when inbetween triggers (both sensors are not outputting) is that state of the reactor and lose the not gate

 

[Pyure]

You need to mirror the latch so the input that lights up when inbetween triggers (both sensors are not outputting) is that state of the reactor and lose the not gate

Screw it The jargon here is above my head and I can't make it work. Back to manual manipulation it is, hurray?!?

 

[rhn]

Screw it The jargon here is above my head and I can't make it work. Back to manual manipulation it is, hurray?!?

Honestly, I often find it SO much easier to just write a tiny CC script doing what you want and plob down a cheap Computer, than having to deal with too many redstone circuits.

 

[ljfa]

Honestly, I often find it SO much easier to just write a tiny CC script doing what you want and plob down a cheap Computer, than having to deal with too many redstone circuits.

or a Rednet controller Which one would be more complicated to use?

 

[rhn]

or a Rednet controller Which one would be more complicated to use?

I honestly find the PRC more complicated to use as certain functions cannot run more than one at the time etc. like the EQUAL function. In a CC script I can have as many if's and elseif's as I want

 

[ljfa]

I honestly find the PRC more complicated to use as certain functions cannot run more than one at the time etc. like the EQUAL function. In a CC script I can have as many if's and elseif's as I want

I guess it depends on the situation. I find computers easier to use for timing stuff, while the PRC might be easier for stuff like "output = 3*input - 2"

 

[rhn]

I guess it depends on the situation. I find computers easier to use for timing stuff, while the PRC might be easier for stuff like "output = 3*input - 2"

Yeah if all I needed to do was manipulate redstone strengths, then I would(and do) probably use a PRC too.