Sorting ore from my centrifuge

[Shujinko]

Hello , I’m pretty new to this game and really suck at ic10. I want to be able to sort ores I can smelt from my centrifuge using a sorter, is there a way I can do this? I’m new to ic10 and get really confused, any help would be awesome! A lot of guides are way over my head so far.

[h_LordEC[no-VC]]

No need for IC10, though you could use it.

You just need a bunch of sorters and a computer with a Sorter motherboard all hooked up on the same data network. The computer with a Sorter motherboard installed will have a straightforward but finicky GUI which will allow you select different sorters and then select what items you want filtered by that sorter.

[Shujinko]

Originally posted by h_LordECno-VC:

No need for IC10, though you could use it.

You just need a bunch of sorters and a computer with a Sorter motherboard all hooked up on the same data network. The computer with a Sorter motherboard installed will have a straightforward but finicky GUI which will allow you select different sorters and then select what items you want filtered by that sorter.

Sweet I will try this again, for some reason when I plugged the mother board into the laptop it was being real goofy but maybe I will try an actual computer instead. Thank you!

[h_LordEC[no-VC]]

Originally posted by BearerOfCurses:

Originally posted by h_LordECno-VC:

No need for IC10, though you could use it.

You just need a bunch of sorters and a computer with a Sorter motherboard all hooked up on the same data network. The computer with a Sorter motherboard installed will have a straightforward but finicky GUI which will allow you select different sorters and then select what items you want filtered by that sorter.

Sweet I will try this again, for some reason when I plugged the mother board into the laptop it was being real goofy but maybe I will try an actual computer instead. Thank you!

I never tried putting a different motherboard in the laptop, just always used the editor board. I would assume it was acting funny because the laptop was never intended to be used with other motherboards since it can't be connected to a data network.

Now I want to try all the different motherboards in the laptop to see what will happen, haha.

[Feidry]

Originally posted by BearerOfCurses:

Originally posted by h_LordECno-VC:

No need for IC10, though you could use it.

You just need a bunch of sorters and a computer with a Sorter motherboard all hooked up on the same data network. The computer with a Sorter motherboard installed will have a straightforward but finicky GUI which will allow you select different sorters and then select what items you want filtered by that sorter.

Sweet I will try this again, for some reason when I plugged the mother board into the laptop it was being real goofy but maybe I will try an actual computer instead. Thank you!

Don't put it in the laptop. It needs to be a computer that you place and hook up to a power/logic network.

[God, owner of the Universe]

Here's a complete programming tutorial summary, and starting at 24:55 I explain how to make Logic Sorters toss out desired stuff - with example:

https://youtu.be/cZ589dhylvg?t=1495

[ждун]

you have two options. Either use a computer with sorter motherboard to programm your sorters. Or use a controller and program it with a computer or laptop to control your sorters.
For static sorting rules that don't change first option will do. For example sorting ores to silos. That rules would not change and you can simply use a computer to set up the sorters.

Particullary for your use case (sorting ores from centrifuge to silos) this should be fine.

But if you were building a complex routing system where sorting rules would change depending on different parameters, then you have to write sorting program and let a controller manage the sorters. For example if you want to sort something to one storage and when certain amount is stocked to a different storage, then you would use a logic sorter and a program that will check the quantity in stock and when certain amount is reached change the sorting rules.

Logic sorter programming is not a trivial task. It involves bit shifting for generating proper opcodes for the logic sorter. Not the easiest thing for beginning with IC10.

This video helped me to figure out how to manage logic sorters

https://youtu.be/EX018e9WzvE