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[1.6][SSP] Pocket computer unable to send or receive rednet signals

Started by ButtonSpammer, 29 March 2014 - 09:57 PM
ButtonSpammer #1
Posted 29 March 2014 - 10:57 PM
I was trying out CC 1.6 and attempted to use the new pocket computers to track my position and send the co-ordinates to a main computer.

However, it appears that I can't receive or send rednet signals from a pocket computer. I've got a video demonstrating this here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlGWMU_bzcg . It's possible I'm making some embarrassingly simple mistake but as you can see the PC is wireless and I use the exact same commands on the PC and the "control" normal computer. The normal computer sends just fine, but the PC doesn't appear to work at all.

What's really strange is that commands like "gps locate" work just fine. Sorry for wasting your time if I'm being an idiot, but this seems like a bug to me.
Lyqyd #2
Posted 30 March 2014 - 12:23 AM
I've got communications working here. I'm going to move this to Ask a Pro and suggest trying to manually open rednet by calling rednet.open("back") on the pocket computer.
Bomb Bloke #3
Posted 30 March 2014 - 07:20 AM
… and suggest trying to manually open rednet by calling rednet.open("back") on the pocket computer.

Oh hey, I see that the API no longer throws "No open sides" errors…
ButtonSpammer #4
Posted 30 March 2014 - 12:20 PM
OK calling rednet.open("back") did indeed fix the problem. Thanks a bunch!