ME Storage logging system using ComputerCraft

Hello. Before I ask my question i'd like to say that I am referring to the Applied Energetic mod in case you're wondering. Anyway, I way wondering if it was possible to log what comes in and out of a ME 64K storage? For example a player right clicks on an ME Access terminal and takes 64 pieces of Redstone. A ComputerCraft monitor puts it up as text saying it was taken. Vice versa with items being put in. I am wondering because this would be a good way to check if people have been taking stuff from my storage ya know?

Thank you in advance. :D/>

Yes it is possible, however it would require the computer to keep a record of everything that is in the AE network, and then periodically (say once a second) check the levels again for any differences. there will be no way for you to validate who took the items so even when you take them your program would log those items. same as any automation you have that may remove/add items along with auto-crafting etc.

Hmmm…I'm not sure offhand how the coding would work, but I'm reasonably sure you could use an OpenCC Sensors player detector and whenever a change is detected in the AE network; log the changes, the time, and the players in the area. If the player detector returns coordinates (or you combine multiple player detectors) you could just log the players near the AE terminal. If the player detector returns coordinates and facing you could probably figure out who exactly is using the terminal, even with several players in the vicinity. What you want to do should be (mostly) possible, but it would probably be a bit complex for a first project.

theoriginalbit, on 29 June 2014 - 07:43 AM said:

Yes it is possible, however it would require the computer to keep a record of everything that is in the AE network, and then periodically (say once a second) check the levels again for any differences. there will be no way for you to validate who took the items so even when you take them your program would log those items. same as any automation you have that may remove/add items along with auto-crafting etc.

How could I go about doing such a thing? I really just want to log whats coming in and out of the network to be honest :P/>

Dog, on 29 June 2014 - 07:52 AM said:

Hmmm…I'm not sure offhand how the coding would work, but I'm reasonably sure you could use an OpenCC Sensors player detector and whenever a change is detected in the AE network; log the changes, the time, and the players in the area. With multiple player sensors you could narrow it down to areas around your AE terminals. What you want to do might be possible, but it would probably be a bit complex for a first project.

It sounds good and all but is there any way you could get me started? Like you said yourself it does sound a bit complex but all I really need to know is how to log the time, item that was taken, and the date as well. You dont have to code the entire script but steering me to the right direction would be nice. :)/>

Hello. I recently posted a thread about making an AE Network manager. Nonetheless I have made a lot of progress, but I have a problem with two things and I was wondering if you guys could help me. :)/>

Now, here is the first problem. I added a feature where if the ME Controller is NOT present then it will prompt it. I'm trying to make it real-time so if it gets removed the program would notify it. I tried using 'while true do' but it just spammed "ME Controller is NOT present!"

I am trying to make it where if it does get removed then it would notify you that is has been..well removed.
here is the code:

mec = peripheral.wrap("bottom")

if (peripheral.isPresent("bottom")) then

term.setTextColor(colors.green)

print("ME Controller is present")

else

term.setTextColor(colors.red)

print("ME Controller is NOT present!")

sleep(2)

print("  ")

print("PC shutting down..make sure ME controller is present (under pc)")

sleep(5)

Now this only checks if its present once. I'm trying to make it where it would check it continuously without having massive spam of text. Could you help me?

Now for my second problem. I am also trying to setup a way to show how much bytes is left in the Network. Now normally if you have an ME storage(s) in the drive it would say it..BUT if you dont have any storages in the Drive it would just prompt saying "00". Now im trying to get it to be where if its 00 then it would say (tgegs)

heres the code:

local mec = peripheral.wrap("bottom")
local totalf = mec.getFreeBytes()
local totalb = mec.getTotalBytes()
math = mec.getFreeBytes()*100/mec.getTotalBytes()
function test(num, idp)
local mult = 10^(idp or 0)
end
term.setTextColor(colors.purple)
print("Free Space:")
if mec.getFreeBytes ==  00 then
print(totalf,0," bytes (No ME Drive Loaded)")
else
print(totalf,0," bytes")
end
print(" ")
print("Total Space:")
print(totalb,0," bytes")
sleep(0)

This doesn't work by the way. :P/> Could anyone help me?

Threads merged.

xRegret, on 30 June 2014 - 05:32 AM said:

Now, here is the first problem. I added a feature where if the ME Controller is NOT present then it will prompt it. I'm trying to make it real-time so if it gets removed the program would notify it. I tried using 'while true do' but it just spammed "ME Controller is NOT present!"

I am trying to make it where if it does get removed then it would notify you that is has been..well removed.
here is the code:

mec = peripheral.wrap("bottom")

if (peripheral.isPresent("bottom")) then

I suggest you reverse the two above statements and place them in an if statement. Wrapping before knowing if there is a peripheral there can result in errors later.

if peripheral.isPresent("bottom") then
  mec = peripheral.wrap("bottom")
  term.setTextColor(colors.green)
  print("ME Controller is present")
else
  term.setTextColor(colors.red)
  print("ME Controller is NOT present!")
  print("  ")
  print("PC shutting down..make sure ME controller is present (under pc)")
  sleep(5)
end

If you want it to check repeatedly, you'd probably want to put it in a 'while' or 'repeat' loop. To have it check while doing other things, you'll want to take a look at the parallel api

xRegret, on 30 June 2014 - 05:32 AM said:

Now for my second problem. I am also trying to setup a way to show how much bytes is left in the Network. Now normally if you have an ME storage(s) in the drive it would say it..BUT if you dont have any storages in the Drive it would just prompt saying "00". Now im trying to get it to be where if its 00 then it would say (tgegs)

heres the code:

local mec = peripheral.wrap("bottom")
local totalf = mec.getFreeBytes()
local totalb = mec.getTotalBytes()
math = mec.getFreeBytes()*100/mec.getTotalBytes()

function test(num, idp)
  local mult = 10^(idp or 0)
end

term.setTextColor(colors.purple)
print("Free Space:")
if mec.getFreeBytes ==  00 then
  print(totalf,0," bytes (No ME Drive Loaded)")
else
  print(totalf,0," bytes")
end
print(" ")
print("Total Space:")
print(totalb,0," bytes")
sleep(0)

This doesn't work by the way. :P/> Could anyone help me?

I don't know if this will solve the problem, but I did notice several things you should address…

First, please indent your code - it'll make it easier to read and edit. By indenting your code I found a function that isn't even being called. It can probably just be removed.

Second, your print statements appear to be incorrectly formatted. 'print' (to my knowledge) takes one argument - what is to be printed. If you are trying to concatenate, you would use '..' (two dots)

  print(totalf .. " bytes (No ME Drive Loaded)")

Next…even though you don't end up using your 'math' variable anywhere, you should rename it to something else if you are going to keep that part in your code. 'math' is an api and using that name for your variable essentially disables all calls to the math api for your program (if you later chose to use that api). In general it's bad practice to use api names as variable names unless you are intending to replace the api functionality.

math = mec.getFreeBytes()*100/mec.getTotalBytes()

Instead use something like…

storagePercent = mec.getFreeBytes()*100/mec.getTotalBytes()

Finally…

if mec.getFreeBytes ==  00 then

I don't know if it would make a difference, but have you tried this…

if mec.getFreeBytes == 0 then

Hope that helps :)/>

Dog, on 30 June 2014 - 06:05 AM said:

I don't know if it would make a difference, but have you tried this…

if mec.getFreeBytes == 0 then

perhaps making mec.getFreeBytes a function call might help :P/> comparing a function pointer to a number will always return false.

theoriginalbit, on 30 June 2014 - 06:07 AM said:

perhaps making mec.getFreeBytes a function call might help :P/> comparing a function pointer to a number will always return false.

*drops head in shame* … rather embarrassed I missed that…

@xRegret change this…

if mec.getFreeBytes == 0 then

to this…

if mec.getFreeBytes() == 0 then

That way you are calling the function (and comparing to its output), instead of comparing to the function pointer