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Smart Inserter - "Pickup All BUT"

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 3:17 am
by MiroBeero
Is there a way to setup a smart inserter to say "pick up everything "BUT" this 1 item" ?

Re: Smart Inserter - "Pickup All BUT"

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 3:24 am
by DaveMcW
Add some smart inserters ahead of it to remove the offending items.

Re: Smart Inserter - "Pickup All BUT"

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 3:31 am
by sillyfly
DaveMcW wrote:Add some smart inserters ahead of it to remove the offending items.
That is a workaround that can work in some situations, but could quickly become too cumbersome.
I see no reason why there shouldn't be an option for an invert filter. Who knows, maybe it's even planned with the additions to the circuit system in 0.13...

Re: Smart Inserter - "Pickup All BUT"

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 7:43 am
by ShizukaMiyuki
Basically you want a Blacklist and Whitelist option for the smart inserters.

Re: Smart Inserter - "Pickup All BUT"

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 9:43 am
by Phillip_Lynx
DaveMcW wrote:Add some smart inserters ahead of it to remove the offending items.
Another workaround is, place a smart inserter after it, picking up the non-desired item and feed it back to the main belt.

Re: Smart Inserter - "Pickup All BUT"

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 9:49 am
by daniel34
Related threads:
Inverse filter setting (Is not filter, take all except...) [Backlog / merge of several threads]
[Request] Inverted Smart Inserter [Backlog]

Re: Smart Inserter - "Pickup All BUT"

Posted: Fri Mar 25, 2016 2:19 pm
by mooklepticon
This is a much larger version of what you're looking for. It's not an inserter, but it's a filter solution. Using the belt layouts in here, most of the people filter out 1 item and keep that. You seem to want the opposite.

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