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Posted 18 June 2012 - 03:38 PM
I recently read somewhere on a forum where the users spoke about being able to use bundled cables from Redpower to communicate in pretty much the same way as a wireless modem. Is this true or even possible? Surely such materials could be used to send data long distances better than the modem?
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Posted 18 June 2012 - 03:42 PM
You can, and you don't need any change on the code. In fact, rednet was originaly used with bundled cables, since there where no modems.
Just connect the computers with bundled cable.
Warning: rednet over bundled cable can be really slow. Using modems is faster and safer, so unless you have a good reason to use cables, you shouldn't.
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Posted 18 June 2012 - 03:46 PM
Basically, wireless communications happen instantly, but wired communications are built on top of the redstone api. Thus, a wireless network can send giant text files worth of data instantly, while a wired connection is limited to a few bytes per tick at best. Unrealistic? Maybe, but so is punching trees and hovering turtle robots, so deal with it. :(/>/>
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Posted 18 June 2012 - 03:48 PM
Hmmm cause i tried that out, i entered the lua console and tried to test it out.
I made sure the rednet sides were on where the bundled cable was placed and told the computer on the right to broadcast a message using rednet.broadcast() then i entered into the computer 2 blocks to the right : rednet.receive(20).
Nothing came through?
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Posted 18 June 2012 - 03:57 PM
Try running the receiver computer first. If the message was already sent when you start receiving, you could miss it.
So, use rednet.receive() in one computer, and then rednet.broadcast("The Message") in the other one.
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Posted 30 August 2012 - 04:33 PM
Is this bundled cable protocoll documented somewhere? just wondering if we could teach redpower computers to understand rednet.
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Posted 30 August 2012 - 04:48 PM
also do not place the bundled cable on the computer as you would a modem, only next to it so it connects
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Posted 12 September 2012 - 04:21 PM
Hi,
no way to connect a bundled cable to a modem?
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Posted 12 September 2012 - 04:38 PM
I have tried… repeatedly. not possible
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Posted 12 September 2012 - 04:38 PM
Hi,
no way to connect a bundled cable to a modem?
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No, modems can only interact with computers and turtles at the moment.