User:Gnidan

Minecart Routing

Track Circuit for dual wait/release setups.

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Input/Output Signals

Output signals: releasing_left, clear_left, clear_right, releasing_right

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Input Signals: arriving_left, empty, and arriving_right

Signals in all cases mean an on signal followed by an off signal later.

arriving_left: Notifies the circuit that a track is waiting to merge from the left entrance.
empty: Notifies the circuit that the shared track is no longer in use.
arriving_right: Notifies the circuit that a track is waiting to merge from the right entrance.
releasing_left: Sent when the left entrance gains access to the shared track.
releasing_right: Sent when the right entrance gains access to the shared track.
clear_left: Sent when the left entrance circuitry has reset and is able to receive another cart.
clear_right: Sent when the right entrance circuitry has reset and is able to receive another cart

Hookup

The track circuit controls access for two entrances onto the shared track. Call one entrance left and one entrance right. On each side, there should be a roller/mechanism-operated door setup restricting access to the merge. In front of the roller should be a pressure plate to signal a minecart has "arrived".

Link the two arrival pressure plates to arriving_left and arriving_right, respectively
Link output pressure plates releasing_left and releasing_right to the door part of the roller/door setup.
Link some signal to empty. This can either be a pressure plate at the far end of the track, or,
If a shared track segment leads into another shared track segment as either the left or right arrival point, use either the clear_left or clear_right output signal to notify the preceding track that it is empty