SOLVED [0.17.26] curcuit controlled inserter does not work with belt

[yogg]

Hi

I don't think this is a bug, but I don't understand why it does not work.
I have a (ugly) test setup like this:

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If I turn the steam up and down on the constant combinator (red box on the left), all 8 inserters get triggered (I see the red lamp blinking on the inserters) but only the 4 chest inserters move items.
The 4 belt inserters do nothing.

Here is the code for my test setup:

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I have tested it with and without mods.
Does someone know why the belt setup does not work?

Regards,
yogg

[DaleStan]

Inserters pulling from belts need multiple ticks to locate and pick up an item. If you disable them before they manage to pick up an item, they'll just go back to idle. Inserters pulling from chests can locate and pick up an entire hand-capacity of items the first tick they're enabled.

If you want your from-belt inserters to work, you'll need to change your pulse-generator into a latch, or at least hold the pulse for several (I'd guess 3-6) ticks.

[orzelek]

Out of curiosity:
What are you trying to do?

(I have a feeling you might be overcomplicating things )

[yogg]

Thanks that explains my problem.
I think I replace the belts with chests and robots, as an easy solution.

I only want to add a single fuel cell to all my nuclear reactors if steam goes low in my tanks.

[GrumpyJoe]

I only want to add a single fuel cell to all my nuclear reactors if steam goes low in my tanks.

as this concerns alot of people, there are many many many approaches, take a look at the Energy production forum

you dont need to copy and paste, it could give you ideas to adapt for yourself

One might be, that you enable the inserter that takes the used up fuel cell with your setup
it grabs from a reactor and any machine and cargo wagon has the same properties as described above for chests, instant inserter pickup
wire in and output inserter together, read hand contents (hold) so as long as that is holding an empty cell it can enable the input one
the drawback of this is, you need to fuel it manually when starting it for the first time