Sensors

Description

Kit (Sensors)

Constructing Options	Daylight, Motion or Gas Sensor
Properties
Stacks	5x
Recipe
Created With	Electronics Printer, Fabricator, Hydraulic Pipe Bender
Cost	3g Iron, 1g Gold, 1g Copper Hydraulic Pipe Bender has an altered recipe 1g iron instead of 3g

Sensors are used to detect different conditions of the world. They can be read by the Logic Computers as well as used when correctly configured by some devices, such as a Console with a Circuitboard (Airlock Control).

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  In-game view of daylight sensor

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  In-game view of gas sensor

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  In-game view of motion sensor

Daylight Sensor

Daylight Sensor

Construction
Placed with	Kit (Sensors)
Placed on	Small Grid, On Frames
Stage 1
Deconstruction
Deconstructed with	Hand Drill
Item received	Kit (Sensors)

The daylight sensor reports whether the sun hits the large grid the sensor is in, as well as the solar angle. Looking at the sensor will provide a tool-tip readout of this information, even when not connected to the network. The orientation of the daylight sensor is important, it will read different angle values depending on the orientation.

Update: While the Mode and SolarAngle properties described below are still available, they are being deprecated in favor of Horizontal and Vertical data properties, returning the same as their Mode counterparts.

The daylight sensor has a Mode property which can be set with logic writer and memory chip, 0 = default, 1 = horizontal, 2 = vertical. Other values will throw an index-out-of-range error in console if you mouse-over the sensor. Each mode defines a specific behavior for how the solar angle is calculated.

Modes

In default mode, the sensor will return the absolute value of the angle formed by the source of light and the normal vector of the sensor (towards which the grey/green part is facing). 0 means the source of light is facing to the sensor, 90 means it is aligned with the surface the sensor was laid on, and 180 means the source of light is in the back of the sensor. The angle is always a positive value between 0 and 180.

daylight sensor in horizontal mode

In horizontal mode, the sensor will return the angle formed by the reference vector (opposites the network connector) and the projection of the source of light on the surface the sensor was laid on. Positive values designate angles counter-clockwise when facing the sensor. The angle can be negative, ranging between -180 and +180.

daylight sensor in vertical mode

In vertical mode, the sensor measures the angle between the normal of the surface the sensor was laid on and the position of the sun.

Notes

Solar panel work using clockwise reference angles, which means depending of the situation you may have to invert the values returned by sensors' horizontal or vertical modes.

The sensor always reports an angle to a logic reader at all times.

See https://stationeers-wiki.com/Solar_Logic_Circuits_Guide for more solar panel logic discussion.

Examples

On the moon/space :

• If the daylight sensor is fixed on the floor, it will report 90 degrees at sunrise, up to 0 degrees at noon, back to 90 degrees at sunset, to 180 degrees at midnight, and back to 90 at sunrise.
• If fixed on a ceiling the cycle will be opposite, i.e.: 90 -> 180 -> 90 -> 0 -> 90.
• If fixed to an east facing wall, the cycle from sunrise is: 0 -> 90 -> 180 -> 90 -> 0.
• If fixed to a west facing wall, the cycle is opposite, i.e.: 180 -> 90 -> 0 -> 90 -> 180.
• If fixed to a north or south facing wall it will stay at 90 degrees all the time.

Other :

• If you lay a sensor on the ground, facing upwards, connector towards south,configured in horizontal mode, it will work like a compass with 0 = north, 90 = east, 180 = south and -90 = west

Data Network Properties

These are all Data Network properties of this device.

Data Parameters

These are all parameters that can be written with a Logic Writer, Batch Writer, or Integrated Circuit (IC10).

Parameter Name	Data Type	Description
Mode		0 = Default, 1 = Horizontal, 2 = Vertical (Warning! In IC Horizontal and Vertical are the other way around for some reason.)
Activate
On

Data Outputs

These are all parameters, that can be read with a Logic Reader or a Slot Reader. The outputs are listed in the order a Logic Reader's "VAR" setting cycles through them.

Output Name	Data Type	Description
Mode		0 = Default, 1 = Horizontal, 2 = Vertical (Warning! In IC Horizontal and Vertical are the other way around for some reason.)
Horizontal		Same as SolarAngle reported for Horizontal mode
Vertical		Same as SolarAngle reported for Vertical mode
Activate
SolarAngle		Probably soon deprecated in favor of Horizontal and Vertical
On

Motion Sensor

Motion Sensor

Operation
Power Usage	10W
Construction
Placed with	Kit (Sensors)
Placed on	Small Grid, On Frames
Stage 1
Deconstruction
Deconstructed with	Hand Drill
Item received	Kit (Sensors)

The motion sensor activates when a player or object enters the large grid square where the sensor is, and it will deactivate when no more players or objects are in the area.

Data Network Properties

These are all Data Network properties of this device.

Data Parameters

These are all parameters that can be written with a Logic Writer, Batch Writer, or Integrated Circuit (IC10).

Parameter Name	Data Type	Description

Data Outputs

These are all parameters, that can be read with a Logic Reader or a Slot Reader. The outputs are listed in the order a Logic Reader's "VAR" setting cycles through them.

Output Name	Data Type	Description

Gas Sensor

Gas Sensor

Operation
Power Usage	10W
Construction
Placed with	Kit (Sensors)
Placed on	Small Grid, On Frames
Stage 1
Deconstruction
Deconstructed with	Hand Drill
Item received	Kit (Sensors)

The gas sensor will report information about the gas in the current atmosphere, such as pressure, contents and temperature.

Note: Temperature is given in Kelvin, while your suit gives a readout in Celsius.

Celsius + 273.15 = Kelvin

Data Network Properties

These are all Data Network properties of this device.

Data Parameters

The gas sensor has no Input parameters, it's a read only device.

Data Outputs

These are all parameters, that can be read with a Logic Reader or a Slot Reader. The outputs are listed in the order a Logic Reader's "VAR" setting cycles through them.

Output Name	Data Type	Description
Pressure	Float	In kPa
Temperature	Float	In Kelvin
RatioOxygen	Float	The ratio of oxygen in the atmosphere. A value between 0 (no oxygen at all, or 0%) and 1 ( pure oxygen atmosphere, or 100%)
RatioCarbonDioxide	Float
RatioNitrogen	Float
RatioPollutant	Float
RatioVolatiles	Float
RatioWater	Float