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An Atmosphere to Atmosphere Airlock is a [[Room|chamber]] that can evacuate its internal volume and refill it with either of two differing [[Atmosphere|atmospheres]] it connects. It has two or more airtight portals which all do not open simultaneously. Thus, an airlock allows passage between two the two environments without the exchange of [[Gas|gases]], [[Pressure|pressures]], or [[Temperature|temperature]] between the connected atmospheres.
 
An Atmosphere to Atmosphere Airlock is a [[Room|chamber]] that can evacuate its internal volume and refill it with either of two differing [[Atmosphere|atmospheres]] it connects. It has two or more airtight portals which all do not open simultaneously. Thus, an airlock allows passage between two the two environments without the exchange of [[Gas|gases]], [[Pressure|pressures]], or [[Temperature|temperature]] between the connected atmospheres.
  
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==Construction==
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An Atmosphere to Atmosphere Airlock can be controlled automatically by an [[Circuitboard (Advanced Airlock)]] installed inside the [[Console]]. When powered, all associated doors and vents are locked, preventing manual use. This can be a problem when power is lost. The Advanced Airlock Control will refer to the two environments that it connects as either "interior" or "exterior".
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If the "interior" door is open, then When activated the Circuitboard (Advanced Airlock) will automatically closed the interior-door and evacuate the interior-atmosphere from the airlock chamber out into/through the pipe-network attached to the interior-[[Active Vent]]. Once a total vacuum is achieved, the Circuitboard (Advanced Airlock) will replace the airlock's vacuum with the exterior-atmosphere from/through the pipe-network attached to the exterior-vent and then open the exterior-door. The reverse process is executed when the system is activated with the "exterior" door open.
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==Materials==
 
Material requirements for an minimnum Atmosphere to Atmosphere Airlock are:
 
Material requirements for an minimnum Atmosphere to Atmosphere Airlock are:
 
*  2 x portals: varients of either [[Kit (Airlock)]], [[Kit (Blast Door)]], [[Kit (Door)]], or [[Kit (Docking Port)]]
 
*  2 x portals: varients of either [[Kit (Airlock)]], [[Kit (Blast Door)]], [[Kit (Door)]], or [[Kit (Docking Port)]]
 
*  1 x [[Console]]  
 
*  1 x [[Console]]  
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*  1 x [[Circuitboard (Advanced Airlock Control)]]
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*  1 x [[Circuitboard (Advanced Airlock)]]
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*  1 x [[Glass Sheet]]
 
*  1 x [[Data Disk]]
 
*  1 x [[Data Disk]]
 
*  1 x [[Gas Sensor]]
 
*  1 x [[Gas Sensor]]
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*  1 x [[Power Controller]] (optional)
 
*  1 x [[Power Controller]] (optional)
 
*  4 x [[Pipe]]s
 
*  4 x [[Pipe]]s
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* ? x [[Cable Coil]]s
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* ?? x [[Cable Coil]]s
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==Construction==
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A minimum Atmosphere to Atmosphere Airlock can be constructed using the following instructions:
  
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==See Also==
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# Place both doors one large grid apart with the power and data ports facing into the airlock chamber's interior .
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# Using the [[Labeller]], rename each door as "Interior-Door" and "Exterior-Door" appropriately.
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    <li>[[Guide (Airlock) Atmosphere to Vaccume]]</li>
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# Enclose the six remaining sides of the airlock chamber with airtight frames, walls, or windows.
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    <li>[[Guide (Airlock) Docking Ports]]</li>
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# Place Console, Active Vents, Gas Sensor, optional Flashing Light, and optional Power Controller such that they all can be wired together on the same network including the doors' power and data ports.
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</ul>   
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# Attach enough pipes to the each Active Vent to hold the volume of the airlock chamber or pass it through to a Passive Vent placed in the "interior" or "exterior" enviroments.
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<ul>     
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# Using the [[Labeller]], rename each Active Vents as "Interior Vent" and "Exterior Vent" appropriately.
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    <li>[[Kit (Airlock)]]</li>
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# Ensure "interior" and "exterior" pipe-networks are not connected.
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    <li>[[Kit (Docking Port)]]</li>
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# Ensure the airlock's wire-network is connected to an active power supply and all devices can receive power.
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    <li>[[Kit (Mothership)]]</li>
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# Insert Circuitboard (Advanced Airlock) into the console, then place the glass sheet onto the console.
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</ul>
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# Insert Data Disk into the side slot of Console and power on the Console.
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# On the Console, scroll through the list of devices. Click to select. Click again to deselect if incorrect
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# Find and click "Exterior-Door" followed by all caps and green "EXTERIOR". NOTE: SELECT THIS FIRST!
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# Ensure the Exterior-Door's lock-indicator has turned from green to red.
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# Find and click "Exterior-Vent" followed by all caps and green "EXTERIOR". NOTE: SELECT THIS SECOND!
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# Ensure the Exterior-Door's lock-indicator has turned from green to red.
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# Find and click "Interior-Door" followed by all caps and green "INTERIOR".
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# Find and click "Interior-Vent" followed by all caps and green "INTERIOR".
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# Find and click "Gas Sensor" followed by all caps and green "SENSOR".
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# Find and click "Flashing Light" followed by all caps and green "LIGHT". (optional)
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# Toward the top left of the Console find and click "External ###Pa". Set to match the exterior-environment's typical pressure. (optional)
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# Toward the top right of the Console find and click "Internal ###Pa". Set to match the interior-environment's typical pressure. (optional)
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# Remove Data Disk from the side slot of Console.
  
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Advanced Airlock Circuit Board
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If there is an error the console screen will say so and the power light will flash yellow.
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The advanced airlock circuit board adds an additional active vent to the configuration, and must be manually configured to desired internal and external pressure. It will automatically pump down the airlock towards the side that was last open, and will re-pressurize from the side that is going to be opened.
 
  
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One passive vent connected to each Active Vent (2 total) is recommended to relieve pressure within the piping, but it not required.
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==Console Slaves==
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When additional airlock controls are desired, they can be attached using the following instructions:
  
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Setting either pressure to 0 will skip the pressurizing and speed up the cycle time, but can result in large wind currents when the door opens. Using a kit Tank, or a large amount of pipe, can increase the available gas volume and speed up pressurizing.
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# Using the [[Labeller]], rename the original console as "Master Console".
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# Place additional consoles such that they all can be wired to the same wire-network connected to the Master-Console.
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# Using the [[Labeller]], rename each additional console as "Slave Console 1", "Slave Console 2" ...
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# Insert Circuitboard (Advanced Airlock) into each additional console, then place the glass sheets onto the additional consoles.
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# Insert Data Disk into the side slot of the powered on Master-Console.
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# On the Master-Console, scroll through the list of devices. Click to select. Click again to deselect if incorrect
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# Find and click "Slave Console #" followed by all caps and green "MAKE SLAVE" for each additional console.
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# Remove Data Disk from the side slot of Master-Console.
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# Power on each additional console.
  
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Configuration and Troubleshooting
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==Troubleshooting==
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When selecting items with the data disc inserted, always select the external side items first, and then the internal side. The airlock door will turn red and the active vent will say 'locked' when they are selected. When configuring you should check that the first selected of each of these (vent/door) is actually the external side, and if not, de-select and select the other door.
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An airlock may stall if there is not enough gas available from/through the pipe-network attached to the interior or exterior vent to reach the desired pressure set within the Circuitboard (Advanced Airlock). Such stalled pressurization phases can be skipped by clicking the yellow "Cancel Pressurization" button on a console. Note that a console can often be accessed through windows if needed. As a last resort an airlock portal can be deconstructed.
  
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The airlock circuit card expects the doors to be in a certain open/close state, or it will throw an error: config. If this happens you must use the data disc to deselect the doors and play around with their open/close states, and then re-select the doors. I find leaving the internal door open, external door closed is often the state it wants.
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An airlock depressurization phase will not complete until the large grid volume in which the Gas Sensor resides is depleted of atmosphere at which time the appropriate door will open. Thus in larger airlocks, ensure there is one Gas Sensor per large grid to prevent airlock doors from prematurely opening and the resulting mixture of interior and exterior atmospheres.
  
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Basic Build Process
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If the "External ###Pa" or "Internal ###Pa" are set to 0, the corresponding pressurization phase will be skipped, speeding up the cycle time, but can result in large wind currents when doors open.
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The general build process is as follows:
 
  
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Build frames and walls
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==See Also==
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Place airlock doors with the wire connections facing inwards.
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* [[Guide (Airlock)]]
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Place console, active pressure vent and gas sensor (Sensor kit can have type adjusted with mouse wheel)
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* [[Guide (Airlock) Atmosphere to Vaccume]]
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Attention: the airlock will open as soon as the square in which the sensor resides has no air, depending on placement the airlock may open prematurely and vent the air that is left. One sensor per square works best.
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* [[Guide (Airlock) Docking Ports]]
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After placing console, insert airlock circuit board and place glass on top (have glass in active hand)
 
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Wire all power and data lines together and connect them to an active power supply.
 
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Both data and power wires for the airlocks will have to be connected.
 
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Connect pipes from active pressure vent through walls/frames to a passive pressure vent inside your base.
 
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Go to console (turn it on), put in the disk to start the configuration.
 
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Select the outer airlock door first, it's lights will turn red, click again to deselect if you got the wrong door, then select all the other components that make up the airlock: Inner Door, Gas Pressure Sensor, Active Vent. You can also select an optional flashing light, and slave the console to (receive commands from) another airlock console. Slaving is useful for really long airlocks, or for remote control of the airlock.
 
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Remove the disk.
 
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If there is an error the console screen will say so and the power light will flash yellow.
 
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Note that the airlock may get stuck during the 'pressurizing' phase if there is not enough gas to reach 100kPa inside the airlock, you may click the yellow "Cancel Pressurization" button on the console to skip this step. You can click the cancel button through the windows of the airlock, or drill out the airlock door, if there is no-one inside a stuck airlock.
 
  
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On the instruction to pressurise the airlock will attempt to pull gas from the passive vent and pressurize the airlock to 100kpa.
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* [[Circuitboard (Advanced Airlock Control)]]
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* [[Circuitboard (Airlock)]]
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* [[Kit (Airlock)]]
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Revision as of 02:17, 18 March 2019


Description

An Atmosphere to Atmosphere Airlock is a chamber that can evacuate its internal volume and refill it with either of two differing atmospheres it connects. It has two or more airtight portals which all do not open simultaneously. Thus, an airlock allows passage between two the two environments without the exchange of gases, pressures, or temperature between the connected atmospheres.

An Atmosphere to Atmosphere Airlock can be controlled automatically by an Circuitboard (Advanced Airlock) installed inside the Console. When powered, all associated doors and vents are locked, preventing manual use. This can be a problem when power is lost. The Advanced Airlock Control will refer to the two environments that it connects as either "interior" or "exterior".

If the "interior" door is open, then When activated the Circuitboard (Advanced Airlock) will automatically closed the interior-door and evacuate the interior-atmosphere from the airlock chamber out into/through the pipe-network attached to the interior-Active Vent. Once a total vacuum is achieved, the Circuitboard (Advanced Airlock) will replace the airlock's vacuum with the exterior-atmosphere from/through the pipe-network attached to the exterior-vent and then open the exterior-door. The reverse process is executed when the system is activated with the "exterior" door open.

Materials

Material requirements for an minimnum Atmosphere to Atmosphere Airlock are:

Construction

A minimum Atmosphere to Atmosphere Airlock can be constructed using the following instructions:

  1. Place both doors one large grid apart with the power and data ports facing into the airlock chamber's interior .
  2. Using the Labeller, rename each door as "Interior-Door" and "Exterior-Door" appropriately.
  3. Enclose the six remaining sides of the airlock chamber with airtight frames, walls, or windows.
  4. Place Console, Active Vents, Gas Sensor, optional Flashing Light, and optional Power Controller such that they all can be wired together on the same network including the doors' power and data ports.
  5. Attach enough pipes to the each Active Vent to hold the volume of the airlock chamber or pass it through to a Passive Vent placed in the "interior" or "exterior" enviroments.
  6. Using the Labeller, rename each Active Vents as "Interior Vent" and "Exterior Vent" appropriately.
  7. Ensure "interior" and "exterior" pipe-networks are not connected.
  8. Ensure the airlock's wire-network is connected to an active power supply and all devices can receive power.
  9. Insert Circuitboard (Advanced Airlock) into the console, then place the glass sheet onto the console.
  10. Insert Data Disk into the side slot of Console and power on the Console.
  11. On the Console, scroll through the list of devices. Click to select. Click again to deselect if incorrect
  12. Find and click "Exterior-Door" followed by all caps and green "EXTERIOR". NOTE: SELECT THIS FIRST!
  13. Ensure the Exterior-Door's lock-indicator has turned from green to red.
  14. Find and click "Exterior-Vent" followed by all caps and green "EXTERIOR". NOTE: SELECT THIS SECOND!
  15. Ensure the Exterior-Door's lock-indicator has turned from green to red.
  16. Find and click "Interior-Door" followed by all caps and green "INTERIOR".
  17. Find and click "Interior-Vent" followed by all caps and green "INTERIOR".
  18. Find and click "Gas Sensor" followed by all caps and green "SENSOR".
  19. Find and click "Flashing Light" followed by all caps and green "LIGHT". (optional)
  20. Toward the top left of the Console find and click "External ###Pa". Set to match the exterior-environment's typical pressure. (optional)
  21. Toward the top right of the Console find and click "Internal ###Pa". Set to match the interior-environment's typical pressure. (optional)
  22. Remove Data Disk from the side slot of Console.

If there is an error the console screen will say so and the power light will flash yellow.

Console Slaves

When additional airlock controls are desired, they can be attached using the following instructions:

  1. Using the Labeller, rename the original console as "Master Console".
  2. Place additional consoles such that they all can be wired to the same wire-network connected to the Master-Console.
  3. Using the Labeller, rename each additional console as "Slave Console 1", "Slave Console 2" ...
  4. Insert Circuitboard (Advanced Airlock) into each additional console, then place the glass sheets onto the additional consoles.
  5. Insert Data Disk into the side slot of the powered on Master-Console.
  6. On the Master-Console, scroll through the list of devices. Click to select. Click again to deselect if incorrect
  7. Find and click "Slave Console #" followed by all caps and green "MAKE SLAVE" for each additional console.
  8. Remove Data Disk from the side slot of Master-Console.
  9. Power on each additional console.

Troubleshooting

An airlock may stall if there is not enough gas available from/through the pipe-network attached to the interior or exterior vent to reach the desired pressure set within the Circuitboard (Advanced Airlock). Such stalled pressurization phases can be skipped by clicking the yellow "Cancel Pressurization" button on a console. Note that a console can often be accessed through windows if needed. As a last resort an airlock portal can be deconstructed.

An airlock depressurization phase will not complete until the large grid volume in which the Gas Sensor resides is depleted of atmosphere at which time the appropriate door will open. Thus in larger airlocks, ensure there is one Gas Sensor per large grid to prevent airlock doors from prematurely opening and the resulting mixture of interior and exterior atmospheres.

If the "External ###Pa" or "Internal ###Pa" are set to 0, the corresponding pressurization phase will be skipped, speeding up the cycle time, but can result in large wind currents when doors open.

See Also

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