Is it possible to change the recipe in an assembly machine with the circuit network?

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Is it possible to change the recipe in an assembly machine with the circuit network?

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I like to produce big electric poles and medium electric poles automatically and save them in boxes. They both need the same material.

Do I need to setup (at least) two assembly machines to produce the different poles? Or is there a possibility to change the recipe in the assembly machine automatically i.e. based on how many poles are in a box?
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Re: Is it possible to change the recipe in an assembly machine with the circuit network?

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In vanilla, you will need the second assembler. You can circuit control how much each produces, but you can't change the recipe on the machine itself.
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Re: Is it possible to change the recipe in an assembly machine with the circuit network?

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Place an iron stick assembler inbetween two assembly machines and insert the sticks directly. It's not enough to run both of them continuously, but for building materials that's not necessary
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Re: Is it possible to change the recipe in an assembly machine with the circuit network?

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Changing receipe automatically can be done with mods only such as: https://mods.factorio.com/mod/crafting_combinator.

It often leads to over-engineered design in my games but i like those :)
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