Arc Furnace auto turn on?

[MythN7]

Is it possible to have an arc furnace auto turn on when it detects it has contents?

[MJRMatthew]

Yes with 1 logic reader 1 logic memory 1 logic compare and 1 logic writer or a logic IC housing to do the job of all four chips

The logic reader should be set to input arc furnace and variable should be importslotoccupant the memory should be set to 1 and the processor should be set to reader equals memory then the writer should be set to input logic compare and output arc furnace with the variable activate

[MythN7]

Originally posted by MJRMatthew:

Yes with 1 logic reader 1 logic memory 1 logic compare and 1 logic writer or a logic IC housing to do the job of all four chips

The logic reader should be set to input arc furnace and variable should be importslotoccupant the memory should be set to 1 and the processor should be set to reader equals memory then the writer should be set to input logic compare and output arc furnace with the variable activate

thanks ill try this. will it work with batch reading and writing for multiple?
like right now i have a 9 silo ore sorting system with 9 stackers, so that only full stacks of 50 ore go to the silo, and just 1 silo per ore type.
so if you only count the ores an arc furnace can do, that would be 7 in total i believe.
So i am trying to put an arc furnace between the stacker and silo, so i store that ingot instead of the raw ore. Since I can use those raw ingots in complex furnace as well as for crafting.

[MJRMatthew]

Not sure if a batch reader would work for a bunch of arc furnaces although if you want you could just use a batch writer to tell them all to activate to 1 then 0 repetitively and that would make it so when something comes into them they would smelt it haven't tested that but I'm sure it works activate 0 shouldn't make them spit it out

[cyberjacques]

I just read in the ImportSlotCount (I think that's what it's called) and write it to the Arc Furnace's Activate property. Every time it increments, it activates the furnace. No memory or compare needed. You don't really need the compare or memory to use the ImportSlotOccupant value either, just write it to Activate.

[MJRMatthew]

Nice simple is always better I think the furnace must just be constantly activating then if that's how you did it just so you know incase for some reason you didn't want the furnace to activate right away

[gpedro178]

Sometimes, if u lost power or the input is too cloged, the system can fail if you are reading importslotOccupant or count, instead you can make an activation spammer with a memory, a compare and a logic writer (or Batch Writer).

You set the memory to 0, then compare if the value of the memory is equal to the value of the logic writer and you set the logic writer to read from the compare and write to whatever you want to send and endless stream of 0 and 1.

Also the best method is to use an IC chip because everytime the program runs, will send the activation signal if conditions are met instead of spamming the activate and will avoid the clogging and lack of power issues.

[Wazza]

Just read "Idle" state of furnace ;)

[cyberjacques]

No, it doesn't spam Activate, it only triggers when it changes.