Wrapper Snippet For Remote Peripherals

I came to the forums to share this little tidbit. I figured it could be of some use, seeing as how the modem's remoteXYZ() API didn't include a way to wrap remote peripherals.

Insert this somewhere in your script and call md.wrapRemote("name"). Make sure to setup which side the modem is on!

-- Wrap modem
--  Make sure to change the side
local md = peripheral.wrap("back")
assert(md)

-- Networked Peripheral Wrapper system
local net_mt = {}
local net_mtf = {}
function net_mtf:__call(...)
	md.callRemote(self.pname, self.name, ...)
end
function net_mt:__index(k)
	local func = {}
	func.name = k
	func.pname = self.name
	setmetatable(func, net_mtf)
	return func
end
md.wrapRemote = function(name)
	assert(net_mt)
	local wrapped = {}
	wrapped.name = name
	setmetatable(wrapped, net_mt)
	return wrapped
end

-- USAGE: md.wrapRemote("perhipheral_N")

Awesome!

Ehrum. Dunno how to break this to you, but… peripheral.wrap works fine with remote peripheral names.

Gopher is right…

GopherAtl, on 31 July 2013 - 02:24 AM said:

Ehrum. Dunno how to break this to you, but… peripheral.wrap works fine with remote peripheral names.

Wat, since when? I couldn't get it to work. :|

/wastedthread

also this is more a program that does, not a tutorial on how to