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Wireless Turtle

Started by Buckethead, 13 January 2014 - 11:23 PM
Buckethead #1
Posted 14 January 2014 - 12:23 AM
First, thank you in advance for your assistance. Also, I am sorry if this has been answered already. If it has, I have failed at forum searching for over an hour now.

I have a quarry program for my turtles that I really like. The only problem is that whenever I log out, or the server crashes/restarts, or if I go far enough away my base chunks unload, the program stops. It has a very nice "resume" feature, but this requires me to go find the turtle, usually in a deep, dark hole usually under water or lava.
Is there a way to mirror the turtle's ui onto a CC computer or monitor so i can wirelessly see what my turtle is doing and what its progress is?

If it matters, the program I have been using is http://pastebin.com/FrHW8x2Q

The program has several prompts and while its running it has a nice fuel meter and progress indicator I would like to be able to see.

Thanks again,
Dan
Lyqyd #2
Posted 14 January 2014 - 12:55 AM
Well, my nsh program can kind of do that. You'd have to start the program from whatever computer you wanted to monitor it from, though. There may be other APIs/programs on the forums that can do it. Normally, I'd provide help to get you going on your own, but this task is a little more complex than most.
CometWolf #3
Posted 14 January 2014 - 02:46 AM
Keep in mind that all of these solutions are limited by the range of a wireless modem, as it is not unlimited. During a storm this range could be as little as 16 blocks. Im not really sure as to wether it's the sender's range or the receiver thats the deceiding factor, maybe just the bigger of the 2? Anyways the range depends on the altitude, so a turtle deep underground could have issues reaching a far away computer. A better solution might be to have it restart on it's own.
Zaflis #4
Posted 14 January 2014 - 10:27 PM
You need to have a chunkloader, otherwise you can't travel the world while turtles are still working.
Buckethead #5
Posted 15 January 2014 - 07:42 PM
Thank you for your replies.
I do have a chunk loader, the bigger problem is server restarts. We play on an el-cheapo host. As for the range issue, I usually work multiple turtles in small grids mostly staying sub-level 40. I just wondered if there was a way to mirror my turtles gui onto a computer elswhere without getting a degree in programming. I dont know if its minecraft for the FTB pack but water and lava are really buggy. When my turtles stop in the bottom of the mine its a pain to go find and restart them.

NSH looks like it might be the solution im looking for. I'll try that. Thanks