[Cc 1.53][Mc 1.5.2][1.0.2] Wireless Peripheral - Use Peripherals Remotely!

(Insert clever post hook here)

This peripheral is currently a work in progress. It works, but could use improvement.
Basically, with this peripheral you can input the coords of another block, and use it as if it was directly next to the computer.
1.0.0 and 1.0.1 work with Xfel's ccCables mod as well.

Recipe:


Functions

getType() - Returns the type of the mounted block.
getMethods() - Returns the methods that the mounted block has.
call(NUL, methodName, param1, param2, ... ) - Calls a method inside the mounted block.
All three functions above will throw an exception if a block is not mounted.

mountBlock(x,y,z) - This function mounts a peripheral.
unmountBlock() - This function will unmount the mounted block.
isMounted() - This function returns true or false depending if a block is currently mounted.

API
The api is not needed, but makes things a little easier.
It makes the peripheral api automatically use the mounted block instead of the native functions.

peripheral.wrapOld()

- This function works just like the original .wrap()
Its required because when you mount a block, the original wrapping used to mount the block will become invalid.

> You must rewrap the peripheral after mounting it. <

Download Mod - MC1.5.2
Download Mod - MC1.4.7
Download API
Source Code of v1.0.2

Old versions
Version 1.0.0 - MC1.4.7
Version 1.0.1 - MC1.4.7

Changelog
v1.0.2b:
More block updates, if they are unneccessary please tell me.
Same download link, 1.0.2

v1.0.2:
Ported code to MC1.5.2

v1.0.1:
Fixed a bug with not activating the tile entity correctly.
Switched block updates from this peripheral to the mounted block.

very clever :)/> can one wireless peripheral block interact with another?

i can emagine hacking someones immibis LAN network with this

PixelToast, on 08 February 2013 - 03:02 AM said:

i can emagine hacking someones immibis LAN network with this

perfectly legitimate use of ComputerCraft

Sorry, the Wireless peripheral blocks are NOT recursive. By design the API hooks into the native peripheral functions and not into itself. Because thats an infinite loop …

gamax92, on 08 February 2013 - 04:07 AM said:

Sorry, the Wireless peripheral blocks are NOT recursive. By design the API hooks into the native peripheral functions and not into itself. Because thats an infinite loop …

gasp. wait. what happens if you set the blocks to each other? game crashing?

Nothing happens, as like i said it does not loop recursively.

ah. disappointment.

Sorry I just checked the logs and it is an interference with mystcraft. I'll remove it and retry. I get "false" every time I try to mount a block.
I can't get it to work. I just drag it to the mods folder right? I am running mc 1.4.7 with cc 1.481. Thanks in advance.
P.S. This mod looks AWESOME!!!!!! Just what I need and I'd love to get it to work. AHHH!!! Too much editing!!! :D/> AWESOME mod!!!

I'm having troubles using the wireless peripheral block and the API. Could you write an example code that wraps a monitor?

Here's what I have I so far:

local wirelessside = "bottom:cyan" --side with wireless periph block
os.loadAPI("zzperipheral") --load the wireless periph API
wireless1 = peripheral.wrap(wirelessside) --get wireless signal block
wireless1.mountBlock(158,77,266)

wireless1.clear()
wireless1.setCursorPos(1,1)
wireless1.write("Testing! Testing on remote monitor!")

HEEEELP!

You didn't rewrap the peripheral after mounting it.
Also, you should use .wrapold if you want to wrap the wireless peripheral block itself and not the mounted block.

local wirelessside = "bottom:cyan" --side with wireless periph block
os.loadAPI("zzperipheral") --load the wireless periph API
wireless1 = peripheral.wrapOld(wirelessside) --get wireless signal block
wireless1.mountBlock(158,77,266)
wirelessmon = peripheral.wrap(wirelessside)
wirelessmon.clear()
wirelessmon.setCursorPos(1,1)
wirelessmon.write("Testing! Testing on remote monitor!")

Hmm, I'm not having much luck with the API. I can't seem to output to a monitor no matter what I try. I want to make sure it works at all. How would I do it with a "call" function?

wireless1 = peripheral.wrap("top") --get wireless signal block
print(wireless1.isMounted()) --this works, gives false
wireless1.mountBlock(145,76,287)
print(wireless1.isMounted()) --this works, gives true
print(wireless1.getType()) --this works, gives "monitor"
print(textutils.serialize(wireless1.getMethods())) --this works, gives list of methods
wireless1.call("monitor",write,"testing") --this does not work, although does not give error

Thanks for the help so far.

I too am having a hard time getting this to work with monitors.
I can get it to work just fine with other periphs, but monitors don't even send back an error if you don't use call() correctly

I'll just repeat what I, and specifically highlight important points of code.

gamax92, on 12 February 2013 - 05:17 PM said:

You didn't rewrap the peripheral after mounting it.
Also, you should use .wrapold if you want to wrap the wireless peripheral block itself and not the mounted block.

wireless1 = peripheral.wrapOld(wirelessside) --get wireless signal block
wireless1.mountBlock(158,77,266)
wirelessmon = peripheral.wrap(wirelessside)

I've also edited the first post, please check there for changes.

i do a fireworks launcher this way and it works

 wireless = "top:black"
wireless1 = peripheral.wrap(wireless)
wireless1.unmountBlock()
print(wireless1.isMounted())
wireless1.mountBlock(151,85,289)
print(wireless1.isMounted())
print(wireless1.getType())
print(textutils.serialize(wireless1.getMethods()))
for i = 18,28 do
wireless1.call(nil, "launch", 7, i, 8,9)
sleep(0.01)
end

I try the call function with a monitor and nothing happens…not even an error code. I can use getMethods() and it returns the methods, but I can't use them in the call function

wireless = ("top:black")
wireless1 = peripheral.wrap(wireless)
wireless1.unmountBlock()
print(wireless1.isMounted())
wireless1.mountBlock(156,63,322)
print(wireless1.isMounted())
print(wireless1.getType())
print(textutils.serialize(wireless1.getMethods()))
wireless1.call(nil, "setBackgroundColor", "colors.blue")
wireless1.call(nil, "clear", true)
wireless1.call(nil, "setCursorPos", 1,1)
wireless1.call(nil, "write", "TESTING!")

that does nothing nor errors out with the call functions…everything else works.

BUGFIX!

Tileentity was not attached and detached properly.
Block update was switched from my peripheral to the mounted block.

Also monitors now work properly, before only a couple functions worked.
Rednet modems are also working now, before they never lit up.

woot! that fixed it…though…i'm not sure on the color range…its a number…but how high does it go? i used 10000 and didn't get an out of bounds error….i may just use your API for that periph…

Can't you just hack into anyone's crap on a Multiplayer server? :P/>

Implying the server owner is smart enough to restrict the block to a certain permission level.
Its not meant to be an OP only thing because frankly i get sooooooo much trouble with things like that and permission based systems.

Once upon a time, someone got bored. Then they thought, "Maybe I should go update that really old peripheral I made."

And then they did so.

how does one go about installing this?

gicon, on 23 October 2013 - 10:09 PM said:

how does one go about installing this?

putting it in the mods folder, like anything else c_c

So, I noticed that events wern't being sent properly. Not sure why that was but something in one of the changes I did to the code seems to have fixed this.
No massive changes occured, so the download is still the same, 1.0.2 version.
Regrab the link.