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---Rev 20210701 wtp
+
---Moved extraneous notes and documentation into https://pastebin.com/FcZRymGb
+I'm removing the revision notes and superfluous comments from the Draconic Reactor Monitor program, and consolidating those here.
---author: wparish@wparish.com
+
 This pastebin will be referenced from the program instead.
 
--- functions (borrowed from knPtJCjb)
+New notes added 8-6-2021
 Recent additions moved the power increase to the correcting section to do micro increases rather than the periodic 10k increases.
--- logging functions
+I've noticed at around 90-95% the temp goes up, between 8000-8500 in particular you'll start to lose containment, the
-local function getTime()
+program should shut down if it gets to 45%, however you can probably milk a little more chaos out of that last 5% if I add another
 modem and increase the high size flux gate to the injector by maybe 10k when it gets to 48%, should it get to 45 it should
-  contentSite = http.get("http://worldtimeapi.org/api/timezone/GMT").readAll()
+go ahead and scram.
-
+
-  if string.find(contentSite, "datetime") ~= nil then -- and string.find(contentSite, "localDate") == 3 then
+I've gotten the temp up to 8656 confirmed with 2,109.013 RF/t, however I'm manually tweaking the flow to the field.  that will come in
-      content = contentSite
+1.3
-  else
+
-      content = "00:00:00.00000','utcDate"
+For now the notes verbatim are below:
-  end
+
-  timePos = string.find(content,"datetime")+22
+
-  time = string.sub(content, timePos, timePos+13)
+--Rev 20210630 wtp as prev. rev didn't change anything it was the motivation for today's changes
---    if string.sub(content, timePos, timePos+1) == "PM" then
+--so the version will be held at 1.2
---        timePM = tostring(tonumber(string.sub(time,1,2))+12)..string.sub(time,3)
+--Add 50 samples of gain/loss for ~100 seconds of historical energy saturation fluctuations
---        return timePM
+--Add file io and log functions, logged a few key events (config, increase, scram)
---    else
+--Correct time function to work with 24H GMT from new source
-  return time
+--Contrary to what might be below, the config file values.cfg should now contain only two lines
--- I don't care if the time is 24H
+--fluxgate and fluxgate_out, in that order, as whatever value is reported when your modem is connected
---    end
+--Note that fluxgate out is NOT the gate to the injector, I don't mess with that one at all.
-end
+
-
+-- I'll also add the following annotation:  This program is written for a very specific reactor using
--- numeric functions
+-- 8 awakened blocks of fuel.  I haven't tested any other config.  I also expect that the primary energy core
-local function round(num, idp)
+-- hard wired (connected with cryo ducts) to the reactor will typically be between 50 and 75% full, with
-  local mult = 10^(idp or 0)
+-- a second T7 that can have energy shunted to it.  I then swap the core out of the secondary T7 energy
-  return math.floor(num * mult + 0.5) / multi
+-- core using either blood magic teleposers or thaum wand of dislocation
-end
+-- note do not put the full core in the same cube as the T7 core or it will detect it and be 'invalid'
 
--- file functions
+--Rev 20210625 wtp 1.2
--- write table to file 'path'
+-- moved to dirtcraft
-local function fileWrite(path, text)
+--Rev. 20210619 wtp
-  local file = io.open(path, "w")
+--As my previous paste could be my 'first', this one will become my 1.1 release.
-  file:write(text)
+
-  file:close()
+--Developed for use on 1.7 Infinity with Draconic Evolution 1.7.10-1.0.2h (Mym.li normal mode)
-end
+
 --I've got the main parts I wanted, the setup and considerations are detailed below:
--- get table from 'path'
+
-local function fileGetTable(path)
+--Advanced computer with a Draconic Reactor stabilizer on it's right side.
-  if fs.exists(path) then
+--Red cage lamp on top (to come on when either containment field or saturation <51%)
-    local file = io.open(path, "r")
+-- Note: neither light will light nor flash at 51%, if the last iteration left the red light illuminated it will stay
-    local lines = {}
+--       illuminated until either it drops below 51% or rises up or beyond 52% (I call this the 'transition period')
-    local i = 1
+--Green cage lamb on back (to come on with both containment field and saturation >51%)
-    local line = file:read("*l")
+--A wired modem is on the left side with a cable running up to the Tier-7 Draconic Energy Core Energy Pylon
-    while line ~= nil do
+--advanced monitors 5 wide, three tall stacked below the computer facing the stabilizer I have the flux gate on.
-      lines[i] = line
+--The Draconic Reactor is connected directly with cryotheum ducts from the stabilizer to the T7 energy 'input'
-      line = file:read("*l")
+--then the T7 energy output goes to the reactor injector.
-       i = i +1
+-- The reactor injector flux gate has a redstone signal high at 262,000RF/t and connects back to the injector in
-    end
+-- reverse containment field mode (three repeaters and a piece of redstone) using 139,700K for my mostly used reactor
-    file:close()
+-- The stabilizer flux gate to the T7 energy core is currently set at 2,010,000 though of course that took weeks and starts
-    return lines
+-- out much lower.
-  end
+-- Since the T7 fills up and the reactor essentially shuts down, I have a third flux gate 'drain' between the T7
-  return {}
+-- energy core and the injector flux gate which is also connected to a modem and wired back to the computer.
-end
+-- The idea is to allow both my use and public use to draw on the reactor up to the amount the reactor creates,
 -- but to limit the flux gate if that drain gets too high as I've found connecting a new t7 to any of those tessearcts
--- update line in file 'path' (n is line number)
+-- on that flux gate would run out the buffer for the reactor and it would ultimately fail (I lost at least one core this way)
-local function fileReplaceLine(path, n, text)
+
-  local lines = fileGetTable(path)
+-- Its worth acknowledging that the mym.li servers disable the explosion, so while losing the chaos shards hurts,
-  lines[n] = text
+-- at least you don't lose the rest of the infrastructure.
-  fileWriteFromTable(path, lines)
+
-end
+-- Changes for the 19th.
 -- Mostly cosmetic, I'm going to start by converting my print redirect output to specific monitor coordinates
--- append line of text to path
+-- also better color management, so if the saturation is gaining during the transition period I want that green
-local function fileAppend(path, text)
+-- but the draining warning should be yellow
-  local file = io.open(path, "a")
+-- the fluxgate flow override when it kicks in should be red
-  file:write(text.."\n")
+-- the normal flux gate flow set to the generation power-field drain should be green
-  file:close()
+-- I may also suppress the maxFieldStrength and maxEnergySaturation as it's static and you sort of get that from the
-end
+-- current values and their respective percentages
 -- I'm also going to shuffle around and try to put the variable definitions together in a block rather than
--- get file length for path
+-- having code intermixed in the variable initialization block
-local function fileGetLength(path)
+
-  local file = io.open(path, "r")
+
-  local i = 0
+
-  while file:read("*l") ~= nil do
+  -- functions (borrowed from knPtJCjb)
-    i = i +1
+