Wired Data Plate? Non persistant data transferrer?

[cpf]

In my quest for fully automated trains, I ran into the problem of sending data from trains to switches, cranes, etc... With some well placed grabbers you can generally get 2 data transferrers to line up, but only 1/4 of the time, with the train stopping

Would it be possible to have a (hopefully still 2 way) data transferrer bar/plate? Trains running at (very) high speeds could pick up or send data to switches (etc...) while on the move.

Also: I haven't looked into the LUA for this, but could all the outputs of the data transferrer go to 0 when it looses the read link to a corresponding D.T. ?


Not sure if this is possible, but hey


-cpf

[andy1976uk]

What's wrong with Wire radio or satellite dish?

[InfectiousFight]

Yeah, Satellite dish is perfect unless you need two-way communication. In which case, you could just put another satellite dish in.

[tomb332]

Yup thats what the dishes were made fore. Making communication easyer when things were either really far apart or when they are moving fast.

[adb]

You could also do this with the area readers in Wire Keycards >_>

[cadde]

You can also put the data transfer part on a horizontal axis, no-collide them and have a plate where data transfer should end.

******** /^^^^^^^^\**** <== TRAIN FFS!
****** /____________\
-> - <- OO****** OO******|

Where...

"->" is the track sender/receiver
"<-" is the train sender/reciever
"|" is a plate to prevent transfer beyond that point.


Remember to no-collide with everything on the transmitters and stop plates.

[cpf]

You could also do this with the area readers in Wire Keycards >_>[/b]

Where are those, I&#39;ve never seen them

Thanks works

Now about the non-persistent values...