Electric Interface Panel

The Electric Interface Panel is a block that has multiple functions.

 

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Crafting Recipe

Name	Ingredients	Recipe
Electric Interface Panel	1 x Exotronic Circuit 1 x Stone

Uses

• Transferring items between the Tardis Interior and Tardis Exterior
• Mimic texture of most blocks

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Usage

Transferring items

Items can be transferred from the Tardis interior to the Tardis exterior using pipes or cables from external mods such as:

• Buildcraft pipes
• Xnet cables

Requirements:

• Item transferring pipes or cables from external mods
• Input container block placed in the Tardis interior such as a chest. This is where the player places items to be transferred to the exterior

 

Using Buildcraft Pipes

Interior Setup

1. In the Tardis interior, place down a container block such as a chest. This will be the input source.
2. Place down an Electric Interface Panel in the interior at least 3 blocks away from the container block
3. Attach a Wooden pipe or an equivalent pipe to the container block so that it will extract items from the container block.
   1. The brown shaded part of the pipe extracts items from the block it is connected to.
   2. See the Buildcraft wiki for more information
4. Place an engine such as a Redstone Engine to the Wooden Pipe
5. Place a power source next to the engine.
6. Connect a Stone or equivalent pipes to the Electric Interface Panel and the wooden pipe.
7. Place items into the chest.

Exterior Setup

1. Place a container block at least 3 blocks away from the Tardis exterior. This is the output source.
2. Connect a Wooden Pipe or an equivalent pipe to the top block of the Tardis Exterior
   1. The brown shaded part of the pipe extracts items from the block it is connected to.
   2. See the Buildcraft wiki for more information
3. Place an engine such as a Redstone Engine to the Wooden Pipe.
4. Place a power source next to the engine.
5. Items should now transfer from the input container into the output container.

Figure 1 - Example Interior setup of using Buildcraft pipes with the Electric Interface Panel.	Figure 2 - Example Exterior setup of using Buildcraft pipes with the Electric Interface Panel.

Notes:

• Multiple input sources can be connected with pipes into the same Electric Interface Panel
• Multiple output sources can be setup on the exterior

 

Using XNet Cables

Interior Setup

1. In the Tardis interior, place down a container block such as a chest. This will be the input source.
2. Place down an Electric Interface Panel in the interior at least 3 blocks away from the container block
3. Attach any Xnet coloured connector to the container block.
4. Attach a connector cable to the Electric Interface Panel using the same coloured cable as the previous cable.
5. Place down a Xnet Controller block and connect it to the Panel-Container block network.
6. Place an power source next to the Controller and connect it to the network
7. Setup the Xnet network. See the below instructions for this sample setup.

Exterior Setup

1. Place a container block at least 2 blocks away from the Tardis exterior. This is the output source.
2. Repeat Steps 2-7 of the Interior Setup phase.

Figure 3 - Example Interior Setup of item transfer using Xnet cables. This example uses an EnderIO Stirling Generator to power the Xnet controller block.	Figure 4 - Animated instructions on setting up the Xnet network for the interior setup
Figure 5 - Example Exterior Setup of item transfer using Xnet cables. Note that an Xnet Connector block has been attached to the top half of the Tardis Exterior block.	Figure 6 - Animated instructions on setting up the Xnet network for the exterior setup

 

Mimicking block textures

1. Place down the Electric Interface Panel. 
2. Right click the panel with a block. The aforementioned block will be used up and the panel will be able to use its texture.