OC and Big Reactors

[Azrdraco 0]

Hello, 

 

I'm working on a program to run my Big Reactor (ala Direwolf20's recent CC program)

 

I started yesterday knowing very little about writing code and have managed to program the basic function which I wanted to start out with. I'm hoping to add more monitoring and adjustment functions later as I learn more, but this what I need to start off.

 

I want my reactor to shut off when the energy buffer is at 90% and restart when the buffer is down to 10%. My buffer is currently 10mil RF.

 

It works, once. If I run when the buffer is near full, it will shut down, and if I run the program when the buffer is low, it will start the reactor. It does not, however, shut the reactor back down once it is near full unless I rerun the program.

 

My question is what do I need to add in order to have this run in the background and continuously manage my reactor?

 

Here's my code: 

 

component = require("component")

 

RF_BUFFER_MAX = 9000000

RF_BUFFER_MIN = 1000000

 

for _, reactor in pairs(REACTORS) do

 

  if reactor.getEnergyStored() >= RF_BUFFER_MAX then

    reactor.setActive(false)

    print("Reactor is offline")

  else if reactor.getEnergyStored() <=RF_BUFFER_MIN then

    reactor.setActive(true)

    print("Reactor is online")

  end

end

 

Thank you for any insight that you can give!

[Molinko 43]

To simply make this loop run forever you can simply wrap up the current code in a while loop.

local component = require("component") --// just a tip. especially if running in the background,
-- if you're not sharing this variable with other programs... localize it..
 
local RF_BUFFER_MAX = 9000000
local RF_BUFFER_MIN = 1000000
local running = true -- set to false to kill the program
 
while running do
  -- your code
  for _, reactor in pairs(REACTORS) do
    if reactor.getEnergyStored() >= RF_BUFFER_MAX then
      reactor.setActive(false)
      print("Reactor is offline")
    else if reactor.getEnergyStored() <=RF_BUFFER_MIN then
      reactor.setActive(true)
      print("Reactor is online")
    end
  end -- end for / end your code
end -- end while

To run this in the background use the process api.

local process = require "process"
process.load("absolutePathToYourProgram",<>,<>,<>)-- '<>' arguments aren't necessary 

With some tinkering your program could start the process when started with a certain argument and when the process is loaded you could ask the state of your running process with another call to the program with another flag. ie: yourProgram -s //starts the process in the background; yourProgram -i //prints the state info you want from your process; pass -k or something to kill the program

[Azrdraco 0]

Thank you for your help!

 

Quick question on the process api. Is that something I should add to my init file, or include in my program above?

[Molinko 43]

edit: i need to think about it

management script:

local arg = ...
local process = require "process"
local component = require "component"
local RF_BUFFER_MIN, RF_BUFFER_MAX, running = 1000000, 9000000, false
local REACTORS = {} -- // your list of reactors in the for loop of program
local thisProcess

if arg == "-s" then
  if running then error("program already running!") end
  -- // process.load will feed this programs environment or local scope to your program, thus,
  -- // defining component and rf buffer limits in here so we can change them if we get more complex later.
  thisProcess = process.load("pathToProgram")
elseif arg == "-i" then
 -- // yadda yadda
end

--

reactor bg program:

while running do
  -- // your code
  for _, reactor in pairs(REACTORS) do 
    if reactor.getEnergyStored() >= RF_BUFFER_MAX then
      reactor.setActive(false)
      print("Reactor is offline")
    else if reactor.getEnergyStored() <=RF_BUFFER_MIN then
      reactor.setActive(true)
      print("Reactor is online")
    end
  end -- // end for / end your code
end -- // end while

i think this should work with a little testing and tweaking..