Scanner #

This mod adds a machine that can read and write books.

Usage #

Configure the node by setting a digiline channel and send it a table with the format {command="command", ...}. The node has eight slots, each of which can hold either one book or one written book.

For each of the following commands, the keys slot and slot1 can be used interchangably.

Whenever data is written to a book, the author of the newly written book will be the one who placed the scanner that made it. This is to avoid forgeries.

Read #

{
    command = "read",
    slot = 1 through 8
}

A message will be sent back on the same channel containing the contents of the book as a table with fields title, author, pages (number), and text.

Write #

{
    command = "write",
    title = "title",
    text = "book contents"
}

This will overwrite any data already present in that slot. text has a limit of 40,000 characters.

Copy #

{
    command = "copy",
    slot1 = 1 through 8,
    slot2 = 1 through 8
}

If slot1 is empty or contains an empty book, no data will be written to slot2. Otherwise, this will overwrite any data already present in slot2.

Swap #

{
    command = "swap",
    slot1 = 1 through 8,
    slot2 = 1 through 8
}

This will also work if either slot is empty.

Clear #

{
    command = "clear",
    slot = 1 through 8
}

This will clear any data from a written book and replace it with an empty one.

Eject #

{
    command = "eject",
    slot = 1 through 8
}

This will eject the book out of the left side. Note that the scanner will accept items from both the left and right.