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Significantly updates the Engineering guidebook (more explicitly the Atmos section) to have a lot more relevant and useful information. Right now engineering has been getting update after update with no real change to the relevant guidebook entry. This has lead to a lot of out of date information and bad practices being prevalent in the guidebook, something that pains me to read.
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# Networking
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On the station, devices need to communicate to each other to preform their functions.
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[textlink="Air alarms" link="AirAlarms"] need to talk to their respective devices, [textlink="doors" link="Airlocks"] need to be linked to form proper airlocks, and much more.
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This is done through two systems, the Link system and the List system.
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You can use either the Multitool or Network Configurator to interact with these systems.
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You can switch between the different systems using [color=yellow][bold][keybind="AltActivateItemInHand"][/bold][/color] or by hovering your cursor over the device and using [color=yellow][bold][keybind="AltActivateItemInWorld"][/bold][/color].
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<Box HorizontalAlignment="Stretch">
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<Box>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="Multitool"/>
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</Box>
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<Box>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="NetworkConfigurator"/>
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</Box>
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</Box>
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Some devices will require access to link devices to them.
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For example, you need Atmospherics access to link devices to an [textlink="air alarm" link="AirAlarms"].
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For doors, you'll need the access level of the door you're linking to.
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## Link System
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The link system is used for explicitly linking two devices, such as linking a door to another door.
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<Box>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="AirlockExternal"/>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="AirlockEngineering"/>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="BlastDoor"/>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="SignalButton"/>
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</Box>
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Under the link system, devices have [bold]ports[/bold] that are capable of either sending or receiving signals.
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Hovering over a port using your cursor will show a tooltip that tells you what the port does.
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For example, output ports will state the conditions under which they will invoke a signal, and input ports will state what the device will do if it receives a signal.
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## List System
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The list system is used for linking multiple devices to a single primary device, such as linking multiple atmospherics devices to an air alarm.
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<Box>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="AirAlarm" Caption=""/>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="GasVentPump" Caption=""/>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="GasVentScrubber" Caption=""/>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="AirSensor" Caption=""/>
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<GuideEntityEmbed Entity="Firelock" Caption=""/>
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</Box>
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Each device has its own unique address, which is used to identify it in the list system. When you link a device to a primary device, you are adding the device's address to a list of devices that the primary device will communicate with.
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You can save a device's address to your tool by interacting with the device using [color=yellow][bold][keybind="Use"][/bold][/color].
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Once you have a list of devices saved to your tool, you can link them to a primary device by interacting with the primary device using [color=yellow][bold][keybind="Use"][/bold][/color], which will bring up a UI.
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The UI has multiple options:
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- Set: Overwrites the current list of linked devices with the devices saved on the tool.
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- Add: Adds the devices saved on the tool to the current list of linked devices.
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- Clear: Removes all linked devices from the air alarm.
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- Copy: Copies the list of currently linked devices to the tool.
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- Show: Draws a line between the primary device and all linked devices. This is useful for visualizing the area the air alarm covers.
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If you need to clear your tool, you can press [color=yellow][bold][keybind="Use"][/bold][/color] on the tool or use [color=yellow][bold][keybind="ActivateItemInHand"][/bold][/color] to bring up a list of saved devices, and then press the "Clear" button.
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</Document>
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