minetest-scripts/scanner

Pipeworks Lua Tube Scanner

The scanner script serves as a polyfill for the modern Digiline Detecting Pneumatic Tube Segment for use on servers running older versions of Pipeworks. It should be a drop-in replacement, so if the server is upgraded, the Lua Controlled Sorting Tube can be replaced with an actual Digiline Detecting Pneumatic Tube Segment without affecting the rest of the system.

In the current version of Pipeworks, the Digiline Detecting Pneumatic Tube Segment sends a Digiline message in table format with details of the itemstack passing through the segment. In older versions of Pipeworks, however, the segment instead sent a string representation of the itemstack. When playing on server running an older version of Pipeworks, this scanner script installed on a Lua Controlled Sorting Tube can fill in for the detecting tube, as it sends the itemstack information in table format.

Configuration

The output_direction string is the colour of output direction where all items should be sent.

The channel string is the Digiline channel to which item-passing messages will be sent.