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[F&S] Solar Panel Tracking

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Description

Tracks the position of the sun, at night moves to the position of the sunrise. Optionally can turn on the light at nightfall, at the beginning of the morning, turns off the light.
Works for Moon, Mars, Europa, Vulcano, and any modified suns angle.

Requirements

1 Daylight Sensor.
1 IC Housing.
1 Integrated Circuit (IC10).
1 Area Power Controller.
1 Battery Cell (Large).
At least one Solar Panel. (Supports both versions, normal and heavy panels)

IC ports description

Port

Device

Daylight Sensor (Optional not required)

Dial (Optional not required. Controls the horizontal angle of the solar panels)

Night Signal (Optional not required)

Changeable values in IC code

define SolarHorizontalAngle 0 define EveningMorningAngle 85 #90=night,85=twilight

SolarHorizontalAngle - acts like a dial if you don't want to build it
EveningMorningAngle - Turns on the light just before dark. (90+ mean sun below the horizon). You can set a value less than 90, then the light will be on until the night appears.

D1 Dial settings

You can place the panels as you like, but you need a dialer to adjust their angle. (All panels should be located at one angle.)

0: 0
1: 90
2: 180
3: 270

If you don’t want math, mount and turn the dial until the result is achieved.

D2 Night Signal

1 - At sunset and all night.
0 - At sunrise and all day.

Turns on the specified device at sunset and off at sunrise (Holds device state On or Off.). You can use any device that supports On/Off or you can use memory chip, and read value from another device.

Note

You must place the sensor in the correct position, see the pictures.
All panels should be located at one angle.

Game version support

0.2.5116.23239 05/08/2024

39 Comments

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dzlockhead 16 Aug, 2024 @ 6:09pm

Oh strange, for me it was necessary, it didn't work until I set d0 to the sensor

123 [author] 14 Aug, 2024 @ 1:00am

dzlockhead,

Requirements
1 Daylight Sensor.

IC ports description
D0 Daylight Sensor (Optional not required)

This means that it is not necessary to set the sensor on port D0 with a screwdriver, the IC will detect it automatically in the connected network. (This is sometimes necessary)

About the images, this is what the daylight sensor looked like in 2019.

A lot has changed in 5 years....

dzlockhead 12 Aug, 2024 @ 11:25am

Yep, I can confirm it still works but the daylight sensor is REQUIRED on D0, unlike what is said in the description. Also the images showing sensor direction should be said Daylight Sensor, NOT a motion sensor as pictured.

123 [author] 10 Aug, 2024 @ 7:43pm

Tested on latest version 0.2.5116.23239 all work fine.

Error on line 40, means the daylight sensor was not found.

Squama, you can adjust horizintal angle by dialer or in code. Check "Changeable values in IC code" in this page. No need rotate panels, you can place panels as you wish. (But all power outputs must be on the same side)

dzlockhead 29 Jul, 2024 @ 10:04pm

Same, error on line 40