Reactor Computer Port

Reactor Computer Port
Name	Reactor Computer Port
Source Mod	Big Reactors
ID Name	Unknown
OreDict Name	reactorComputerPort
First Appearance	MC 1.6.4
Type	Block
Stackable	Yes (64)
Solid	Yes
Transparent	No
Affected by Gravity	No
Emits Light	No
Flammable	No
Required Tool	Any tool

The Reactor Computer Port is a utility block that can be used to monitor or control a Big Reactors multi-block reactor remotely, using a Computer.

The optional Computer Port provides the finest level of control over a reactor's operation, and is capable of querying and controlling a reactor much faster than either Redstone or RedNet. It acts like a standard ComputerCraft Peripheral.

Recipe[edit]

Lua Methods (0.4.3A)[edit]

The following methods are current as of Big Reactors 0.4.3A.

Method Name	Arguments	Return Type	Description
getConnected	None	Boolean	Returns true if the computer port is connected to a valid multi-block reactor.
getActive	None	Boolean	Returns true if the reactor is active (consuming fuel and generating power), false otherwise.
getFuelTemperature	None	Integer	Returns the temperature of the multi-block reactor's fuel, in degrees Centigrade.
getCasingTemperature	None	Integer	Returns the temperature of the multi-block reactor's casing/frame, in degrees Centigrade.
getEnergyStored	None	Integer	Returns the amount of energy stored in the multi-block reactor's internal energy buffer, in Redstone Flux (RF) units
getFuelAmount	None	Integer	Returns the total amount of fuel contained in the reactor, in milli-buckets (mB)
getWasteAmount	None	Integer	Returns the total amount of waste contained in the reactor, in milli-buckets (mB)
getFuelAmountMax	None	Integer	Returns the total amount of fuel + waste which can be contained in the reactor at one time, in milli-buckets (mB)
getControlRodName	Double: control rod index	String	Returns the user-set name for the specified control rod, as a string. String is empty if the name is not set
getNumberOfControlRods	None	Integer	Returns the number of control rods attached to this reactor. This is one more than the maximum control rod index.
getControlRodLevel	Double: control rod index	Integer	Returns an integer indicating how far the specified control rod is inserted into the reactor, range is from 0 (not inserted) to 100 (fully inserted)
getEnergyProducedLastTick	None	Float	Returns an estimate of the Redstone Flux (RF) energy generated in the past tick.	If the reactor is actively cooled, returns the amount of hot fluid produced in the past tick, in milli-Buckets (mB).
getHotFluidProducedLastTick	None	Float	Returns the amount of hot fluid produced in the past tick, in milli-Buckets (mB).	If the reactor is passively cooled, always returns 0.
getCoolantAmount	None	Integer	Returns the amount of coolant fluid contained in the multi-block reactor's coolant tank, in milli-buckets (mB)
getCoolantAmountMax	None	Integer	Returns the total amount of coolant fluid which can be contained in the multi-block reactor's coolant tank, in milli-buckets (mB)
getCoolantType	None	String or Nil	Returns the Fluid Dictionary name of the type of fluid contained in the multi-block reactor's coolant tank, or Nil if the tank is empty.
getHotFluidAmount	None	Integer	Returns the amount of superheated fluid contained in the multi-block reactor's hot-fluid tank, in milli-buckets (mB)
getHotFluidAmountMax	None	Integer	Returns the total amount of superheated fluid which can be contained in the multi-block reactor's hot-fluid tank, in milli-buckets (mB)
getHotFluidType	None	String or Nil	Returns the Fluid Dictionary name of the type of fluid contained in the multi-block reactor's hot-fluid tank, or Nil if the tank is empty.
getFuelReactivity	None	Integer	Returns the reactivity level of the reactor's fuel. 100 = 100 percent
getFuelConsumedLastTick	None	Float	Returns the amount of fuel consumed last tick, in milli-buckets (mB). Note that fractional milliBuckets can be consumed, so this can return, for example, 0.5
getMinimumCoordinate	None	Integers: Array	Returns the corner opposite from getMaximumCoordinate in x y z format
getMaximumCoordinate	None	Integers: Array	Returns the corner opposite from getMinimumCoordinate in x y z format
getControlRodLocation	Double: control rod index	Integers: Array	Returns the distance of the rod from the minimum reactor coordinate in x y z format
isActivelyCooled	None	Boolean	Returns true if the multi-block reactor is in "active cooling" mode, false otherwise
setActive	Boolean	None	Sets the reactor to be active if the argument is true, or inactive if the argument is false
setControlRodLevel	Double: control rod index, Double: insertion level (0-100)	None	Sets the specified control rod (first argument) to the specified insertion level (second argument). Insertion level range is from 0.0 (not inserted) to 100.0 (fully inserted)
setAllControlRodLevels	Double: insertion level (0.0-100.0)	None	Sets all control rods to the specified insertion level. Range is from 0.0 (not inserted) to 100.0 (fully inserted)
setControlRodName	Double: control rod index, String	None	Sets the name of the specified control rod
doEjectWaste	None	None	Instruct the reactor to attempt to eject any waste in the reactor via its access ports. The reactor will favor access ports set to Out. 1 ingot of waste will be ejected per 1000 mB currently in the reactor. If there is less than 1000 mB of waste in the reactor, nothing will happen.
doEjectFuel	None	None	Instruct the reactor to attempt to eject any fuel in the reactor via its access ports. The reactor will favor access ports set to Out. 1 ingot of fuel will be ejected per 1000 mB currently in the reactor. If there is less than 1000 mB of fuel in the reactor, nothing will happen.

Lua Methods (0.3)[edit]

The following methods are current as of Big Reactors 0.3.0.

Method Name	Arguments	Return Type	Description
getConnected	None	Boolean	Returns true if the computer port is connected to a valid multi-block reactor.
getActive	None	Boolean	Returns true if the reactor is active (consuming fuel and generating power), false otherwise.
getNumberOfControlRods	None	Integer	Returns the number of control rods attached to this reactor. This is one more than the maximum control rod index.
getEnergyStored	None	Integer	Returns the amount of energy stored in the multi-block reactor's internal energy buffer, in Redstone Flux (RF) units
getFuelTemperature	None	Integer	Returns the temperature of the multi-block reactor's fuel, in degrees Centigrade.
getCasingTemperature	None	Integer	Returns the temperature of the multi-block reactor's casing/frame, in degrees Centigrade.
getFuelAmount	None	Integer	Returns the total amount of fuel contained in the reactor, in milli-buckets (mB)
getWasteAmount	None	Integer	Returns the total amount of waste contained in the reactor, in milli-buckets (mB)
getFuelAmountMax	None	Integer	Returns the total amount of fuel + waste which can be contained in the reactor at one time, in milli-buckets (mB)
getControlRodName	Integer: control rod index	String	Returns the user-set name for the specified control rod, as a string. String is empty if the name is not set
getControlRodLevel	Integer: control rod index	Integer	Returns an integer indicating how far the specified control rod is inserted into the reactor, range is from 0 (not inserted) to 100 (fully inserted)
getEnergyProducedLastTick	None	Float	Returns an estimate of the Redstone Flux (RF) energy generated in the past tick.	If the reactor is actively cooled, returns the amount of hot fluid produced in the past tick, in milli-Buckets (mB).
getHotFluidProducedLastTick	None	Float	Returns the amount of hot fluid produced in the past tick, in milli-Buckets (mB).	If the reactor is passively cooled, always returns 0.
getCoolantType	None	String or Nil	Returns the Fluid Dictionary name of the type of fluid contained in the multi-block reactor's coolant tank, or Nil if the tank is empty.
getCoolantAmount	None	Integer	Returns the amount of coolant fluid contained in the multi-block reactor's coolant tank, in milli-buckets (mB)
getHotFluidType	None	String or Nil	Returns the Fluid Dictionary name of the type of fluid contained in the multi-block reactor's hot-fluid tank, or Nil if the tank is empty.
getHotFluidAmount	None	Integer	Returns the amount of superheated fluid contained in the multi-block reactor's hot-fluid tank, in milli-buckets (mB)
getFuelReactivity	None	Integer	Returns the reactivity level of the reactor's fuel. 100 = 100 percent
getFuelConsumedLastTick	None	Float	Returns the amount of fuel consumed last tick, in milli-buckets (mB). Note that fractional milliBuckets can be consumed, so this can return, for example, 0.5
isActivelyCooled	None	Boolean	Returns true if the multi-block reactor is in "active cooling" mode, false otherwise
setActive	Boolean: active?	None	Sets the reactor to be active if the argument is true, or inactive if the argument is false
setAllControlRodLevels	Integer: insertion level (0-100)	None	Sets all control rods to the specified insertion level. Range is from 0 (not inserted) to 100 (fully inserted)
setControlRodLevel	Integer: control rod index, Integer: insertion level (0-100)	None	Sets the specified control rod (first argument) to the specified insertion level (second argument). Insertion level range is from 0 to 100, as above.
doEjectWaste	None	None	Instruct the reactor to attempt to eject any waste in the reactor via its access ports. The reactor will favor access ports set to Out. 1 ingot of waste will be ejected per 1000 mB currently in the reactor. If there is less than 1000 mB of waste in the reactor, nothing will happen.

Lua Methods (0.2)[edit]

In Big Reactors 0.2, the Computer Port exposes the following methods to Lua.

Method Name	Arguments	Return Type	Description
getConnected	None	Boolean	Returns true if the computer port is connected to a valid multi-block reactor.
getActive	None	Boolean	Returns true if the reactor is active (consuming fuel and generating power), false otherwise.
getNumberOfControlRods	None	Integer	Returns the number of control rods attached to this reactor. This is one more than the maximum control rod index.
getEnergyStored	None	Integer	Returns the amount of energy stored in the multi-block reactor's internal energy buffer, in Redstone Flux (RF) units
getTemperature	None	Integer	Returns the temperature of the multi-block reactor, in degrees Centigrade.
getTemperature	Integer: control rod index	Integer	Returns the temperature of the control rod at the specified control rod index
getFuelAmount	None	Integer	Returns the total amount of fuel contained in the reactor, in milli-buckets (mB)
getFuelAmount	Integer: control rod index	Integer	Returns the total amount of fuel contained in the specified control rod, in milli-buckets (mB)
getWasteAmount	None	Integer	Returns the total amount of waste contained in the reactor, in milli-buckets (mB)
getWasteAmount	Integer: control rod index	Integer	Returns the total amount of waste contained in the specified control rod, in milli-buckets (mB)
getFuelAmountMax	None	Integer	Returns the total amount of fuel + waste which can be contained in the reactor at one time, in milli-buckets (mB)
getControlRodFuelAmountMax	None	Integer	Returns the total amount of fuel + waste which can be contained in a single control rod at one time, in milli-buckets (mB)
getControlRodName	Integer: control rod index	String	Returns the user-set name for the specified control rod, as a string. String is empty if the name is not set
getControlRodLevel	Integer: control rod index	Integer	Returns an integer indicating how far the specified control rod is inserted into the reactor, range is from 0 (not inserted) to 100 (fully inserted)
getEnergyProducedLastTick	None	Float	Returns an estimate of the Redstone Flux (RF) energy generated in the past tick
setActive	Boolean: active?	None	Sets the reactor to be active if the argument is true, or inactive if the argument is false
setAllControlRodLevels	Integer: insertion level (0-100)	None	Sets all control rods to the specified insertion level. Range is from 0 (not inserted) to 100 (fully inserted)
setControlRodLevel	Integer: control rod index, Integer: insertion level (0-100)	None	Sets the specified control rod (first argument) to the specified insertion level (second argument). Insertion level range is from 0 to 100, as above.
doEjectWaste	None	None	Instruct the reactor to attempt to eject any waste in the reactor via its access ports. The reactor will favor access ports set to Out. 1 ingot of waste will be ejected per 1000 mB currently in the reactor. If there is less than 1000 mB of waste in the reactor, nothing will happen.

Notes[edit]

When writing programs to control your reactor, you should always ensure that the Computer Port is actually connected. Reactors located far away may disassemble and deactivate due to chunks unloading from the world. If your reactor is not chunkloaded, make sure to call getConnected().

If a Computer Port receives a non-getConnected() call and is not connected to a valid reactor, it will throw a Lua exception back to the Computer.

Example[edit]

Assuming your Computer Port is directly behind your Computer:

 local reactor
 reactor = peripheral.wrap("back")
 reactor.getFuelTemperature()
 reactor.setActive(true)

Lua Program[edit]

Lolmer's EZ-NUKE reactor control system