Any way to pulse requests to a logistics requester chest?

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Any way to pulse requests to a logistics requester chest?

Post by miller1003 »

First, I want to say a quick thanks to everyone who contributes to this forum. I can't tell you how many times I was stumped on a build or what have you while learning this game, and this forum was a lifesaver.

What I would like to do is trigger a set of requests to a requester chest based on some arbitrary input, but immediately clear those requests after a few ticks (basically, once bots have been dispatched). I'm trying to limit uranium fuel cell input to reactors, so what I was considering was having the reactor input requester chests receive some sort of pulse signal to request 1 cell from the network, but as soon as the bot is on its way, clear the request so the chest isn't refilled until the next trigger occurs (I'm experimenting with using steam storage tank contents as the trigger).

Also, since my bots carry 4 items at a time, I've also set up inserters to remove the 3 excess cells from the requester chest and put them back into the network, and the inserters that insert into the reactors are limited to a stack size of 1, for those that might want to point out these potential oversights.

Any thoughts on how to set this up?
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Re: Any way to pulse requests to a logistics requester chest?

Post by Engimage »

I am pretty sure that is is not a good idea to control requester chest for the purpose as you won't be able to take any precise actions by that.
I would say you should control inserters pulling items from this chest instead. You will have full precise control over amounts of items transfered.
To make a certain rate control you can make pulse signals to that inserter every say 600 ticks (or whatever you wish) to make it transfer items at a fixed rate.
I am not combinator magician yet so maybe someone can suggest how to make periodic pulses every N ticks.
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