Computer/Monitor Display The State (on/off) Something Is In

Hey everyone! I am generally new to ComputerCraft and I have just learned how to code very basically, and a few other things. Well, in one of my servers, I am trying to develop a factory. Sounds easy right? Well I want to be able to view stats on my whole factory from 1-3 Computers in a control room. I want the computers to display which machines are running, which lights are on and which doors are open. And by machines I mean things such as Macerators and Compressors from IC2. I use Tekkit to run these mods, so I have all mods installed in the current tekkit version. I have been searching for a way to do this, and I could not find any way at all, I hope someone can help me.

Thanks,
Snowmaster97

Checkout this peripheral (mod): ccSensors

This mod allows you to grab information about the world around you with functions only available through ccSensors.

I have never used this mod but I am sure there are some tutorials out there.

if not, check out this post: Nuclear Reactor Control Program

Hope I helped! :)/>/>

I look foward to downloading the programs from the post, but since i am using tekkit, i am hesitant to download any outside mods as i have not experimented before. I am looking for a way to code what i an looking for if possible.

You can use rednet to mannage it with a program

Maby I'll make a code for it

snowmaster97, on 12 July 2012 - 11:58 PM said:

I look foward to downloading the programs from the post, but since i am using tekkit, i am hesitant to download any outside mods as i have not experimented before. I am looking for a way to code what i an looking for if possible.

Jarle212, on 13 July 2012 - 12:45 AM said:

You can use rednet to mannage it with a program

Maby I'll make a code for it

This cannot be coded to meet the stated requirements without another mod such as the ccSensor peripheral. Adding the ccSensor peripheral mod shouldn't break anything if done correctly.

I am worried tht if i add the mod, and then tekkit gets the mod, my worlds will be destroyed, will that happen? If not i will download that immediately:D

snowmaster97, on 13 July 2012 - 01:20 AM said:

I am worried tht if i add the mod, and then tekkit gets the mod, my worlds will be destroyed, will that happen? If not i will download that immediately:D

The worst that could possibly happen is that you'd have to deal with a block ID conflict at some point down the road, which is both unlikely and easily fixed without losing any world data.

Really? I was told otherwise. Well thankyou for the info. Also, how do I go about installing new mods through tekkit? I know how to install mods woth regualr minecraft but not through tekkit.

Well, I'm fairly certain that tekkit is Forge-based, so you'd install it like any other Forge mod. Drop the mod's .zip or folder into the mods directory, just like any other Forge mod.

Lyqyd, on 13 July 2012 - 01:13 AM said:

This cannot be coded to meet the stated requirements without another mod such as the ccSensor peripheral. Adding the ccSensor peripheral mod shouldn't break anything if done correctly.

Sure it can.

"Display which machines are running".

You can count, using a redpower item detector, how many items go into and out of a machine, to determine if it is running or not.

"Which lights are on/ doors are open"
Instead of connecting switches directly to lights and doors, pass them through a computer, so the computer is aware of the state.

Seems pretty doable.

but how would i code that? i am not very good with coding.

I just tried downloading that ccsensor mod. I dragged both files into the mods folder within tekkit, and both have failed to work. now whenever i load a game, it says building terrain, then it gets about 80% done and after that it crashes. help???

kazagistar, on 13 July 2012 - 07:23 AM said:

Lyqyd, on 13 July 2012 - 01:13 AM said:

This cannot be coded to meet the stated requirements without another mod such as the ccSensor peripheral. Adding the ccSensor peripheral mod shouldn't break anything if done correctly.

Sure it can.

"Display which machines are running".

You can count, using a redpower item detector, how many items go into and out of a machine, to determine if it is running or not.

"Which lights are on/ doors are open"
Instead of connecting switches directly to lights and doors, pass them through a computer, so the computer is aware of the state.

Seems pretty doable.

Recyclers. Mass Fabricators. Pumps, where the water is used immediately from an attached chest.

Sure, you can make guesses about whether or not the machine is running. It's not going to update quickly, and it'll probably be inaccurate. And once the chunk is unloaded and reloaded, the system falls apart. These are technical limitations that just watching redstone pulses from equipment monitoring side effects of the machines in question cannot overcome.

I wasn't intending to imply that the lights/doors monitoring was problematic.

So i just need the sensors mod then. But as i said , my game glitches out and crashes on loading it.

You should probably ask for help in the ccSensors topic. I'm not sure what would have gone wrong.