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== Description == | == Description == | ||
'''Modems''' are blocks which can be used to wirelessly transfer data between [[Console|consoles]] and [[Turtle|turtles]], using "rednet" commands. | '''Modems''' are blocks which can be used to wirelessly transfer data between [[Console|consoles]] and [[Turtle|turtles]], using "rednet" commands. | ||
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Modems can send messages to other modems located up to 64 metres away, or 17 metres during a thunderstorm.[http://www.computercraft.info/forums2/index.php?/topic/464-wireless-distance/page__hl__distance__fromsearch__1] | Modems can send messages to other modems located up to 64 metres away, or 17 metres during a thunderstorm.[http://www.computercraft.info/forums2/index.php?/topic/464-wireless-distance/page__hl__distance__fromsearch__1] | ||
| + | == Recipe == | ||
| + | {{Crafting grid | ||
| + | |A1=stone |B1=stone |C1=stone | ||
| + | |A2=stone |B2=redstone_torch |C2=stone | ||
| + | |A3=stone |B3=stone |C3=stone | ||
| + | |Output=modem | ||
| + | }} | ||
== Example == | == Example == | ||
* Place 2 consoles and add modems to them by clicking the right mouse button while sneaking. | * Place 2 consoles and add modems to them by clicking the right mouse button while sneaking. | ||
Revision as of 19:22, 17 July 2012
Description
Modems are blocks which can be used to wirelessly transfer data between consoles and turtles, using "rednet" commands. To place a modem on a side of your console, click on the console with the right mouse button while sneaking (with standard settings: holding the left shift button).
It is also possible to turn the modem on and off by typing "rednet.open ( side )" to open and "rednet.close ( side )" to close.
Modems can send messages to other modems located up to 64 metres away, or 17 metres during a thunderstorm.[1]
Recipe
Example
- Place 2 consoles and add modems to them by clicking the right mouse button while sneaking.
- Access them, and start Lua.
- Once Lua has started, type "rednet.open ("<relative location to modem, e.g. left, right>")" on both consoles.
- Check if there exists a connection: a dim, red light should be found on the modem.
- Type on one console "rednet.receive (60)". This will make the console freeze for 60 seconds, or until it has received a signal from the other console.
- Now, type "rednet.broadcast ('<your message>')" on the other console. This should send your message to all consoles connected.
- Opening the first console should show the message written on the second console.
