Network Info Panel_EN

Network Info Panel & Extender

1. Block Introduction

The Network Info Panel is the GTSWN multi-block display panel, composed of a main panel and extender panels that can be stitched into any rectangular size. It visualizes wireless grid energy trends across 8 nested time windows: 5 minutes / 1 hour / 8 hours / 24 hours / 7 days / 1 month (28 d) / 3 months (84 d) / 1 year (336 d).

• Multi-block display panel; main panel + extender panels form any rectangular size
• 8 time windows: 5m / 1h / 8h / 24h / 7d / 1M / 3M / 1Y (natural-ratio inflow chain 12→8→3→7→4→3→4)
• Uses Fritsch-Carlson monotone cubic Hermite spline for smooth rendering
• Supports per-player UUID data sharing across multiple screens
• 3 tabs: EU Network / AE Chart / AE Realtime Monitor
• Configurable screen background color, spline smoothing, display mode, etc.
• Dataset persisted; breaking the block does not lose data immediately

2. Crafting Recipes

Network Info Panel

Craft in a crafting table using a cross structure (center = Wireless Energy Monitor):

Slot	Col 1	Col 2	Col 3
Row 1	LV Sensor	Glass	LV Sensor
Row 2	Glass	Wireless Energy Monitor	Glass
Row 3	LV Sensor	Glass	LV Sensor

Materials: LV Sensor ×4 + Glass ×4 + Wireless Energy Monitor ×1

Network Info Panel Extender

Craft in a crafting table using a cross structure (center = Screen Cover):

Slot	Col 1	Col 2	Col 3
Row 1	LV Receiver	Glass	LV Receiver
Row 2	Glass	Screen Cover	Glass
Row 3	LV Receiver	Glass	LV Receiver

Materials: LV Receiver ×4 + Glass ×4 + Screen Cover ×1 (outputs 2 extenders)

Glass wildcard: The recipe uses Blocks.glass with meta=32767 wildcard, accepting both plain glass and stained glass.

3. 8 Time Windows

The Network Info Panel supports 8 time windows, each a 61-point FIFO:

Window	Points	Sample Interval	Total Duration	Source
5 minutes	61	100 ticks (5 s)	300 s	Original samples
1 hour	61	1200 ticks (60 s)	3600 s	Inflow from 5m means
8 hours	61	9600 ticks (480 s)	28800 s	Inflow from 1h means
24 hours	61	28800 ticks (1440 s)	86400 s	Inflow from 8h means
7 days	61	201600 ticks (10080 s)	604800 s	Inflow from 24h means
1 month (28 d)	61	806400 ticks (40320 s)	2419200 s	Inflow from 7d means
3 months (84 d)	61	2419200 ticks (120960 s)	7257600 s	Inflow from 1M means
1 year (336 d)	61	9676800 ticks (483840 s)	29030400 s	Inflow from 3M means

Note: The 1h / 8h / 24h / 7d / 1M / 3M / 1Y windows are triggered by the inflow counter chain, not independent sampling. Each window's sample points are computed from the mean of the last N points in the upstream window.

4. Inflow Counter Chain (Natural Ratio)

The 8 time windows are triggered via a nested counter chain with non-uniform ratios, derived naturally from the duration ratio of adjacent windows. Each level's samples are computed from the upstream window's mean:

• 5m → 1h: every 12 5m samples triggers 1 1h sample (3600s / 300s = 12)
• 1h → 8h: every 8 1h samples triggers 1 8h sample (28800s / 3600s = 8)
• 8h → 24h: every 3 8h samples triggers 1 24h sample (86400s / 28800s = 3)
• 24h → 7d: every 7 24h samples triggers 1 7d sample (604800s / 86400s = 7)
• 7d → 1M: every 4 7d samples triggers 1 1M sample (2419200s / 604800s = 4, 1M=28d)
• 1M → 3M: every 3 1M samples triggers 1 3M sample (7257600s / 2419200s = 3, 3M=84d)
• 3M → 1Y: every 4 3M samples triggers 1 1Y sample (29030400s / 7257600s = 4, 1Y=336d≈11 months)

The count chain ratio is 12 → 8 → 3 → 7 → 4 → 3 → 4 (5m → 1h → 8h → 24h → 7d → 1M → 3M → 1Y).

Natural Ratio Meaning: The "inflow trigger count" of each window equals the duration ratio of adjacent windows, so data flows naturally from short windows to long windows; the ratio is not a single uniform value but derived from duration ratios. All windows are 61-point FIFOs that drop oldest when full, no manual cleanup needed. eut/rate fields take the mean on inflow; eu/timeMs/tick take the snapshot value.

The 12th 5m point enters both the 5m set and the 1h set (the 5m set never skips a sample, keeping 61 continuous 5-second points). This preserves 5m continuity while automatically driving the longer time windows via the counter chain.

5. Spline Curve

The trend line uses the Fritsch-Carlson monotone cubic Hermite spline:

• Algorithm: monotoneCubicPath implements Fritsch-Carlson monotone cubic Hermite spline
• Monotonicity: preserves monotonicity, avoids overshoot
• Endpoints: natural end derivatives, no [0,1] hard clamp
• Smoothing parameter: 0-12

smoothing	Segments	Description
0	1 segment	Linear (no smoothing)
1-12	smoothing × 2 + 2 segments (4-26)	Smooth curve; segment count grows with smoothing

6. Display Modes

The info panel supports 3 display modes:

Mode	Name	Example
0	Normal counting	1,234,567
1	Scientific notation	1.23E6
2	Metric notation	1.23K

Metric mode details: Main display call points use 2 decimals (e.g. 1.23K, 999.00); axis Y tick labels keep no decimals (e.g. 1K) to avoid long labels; negative numbers uniformly use prefix minus (-1.23K). In scientific mode, small values (< 10000.0) auto-fallback to normal display.

From v1.5.17 the default is 1 (Scientific). If an old save already has displayMode explicitly stored, the stored value is used; new/unset panels default to scientific.

7. Multi-Screen Sharing

The dataset is bound to the player UUID; all info panels of the same player share a single copy of the data:

• UUID binding: dataset stored in WorldSavedData with ownerUUID as key
• Multi-screen consistency: multiple panels display identical data
• Sample lock: tryAcquireSampleLock global sample lock prevents duplicate sampling
• Reverse-write guarantee: after sampling, dataSet.newest() writes back to cachedEu/cachedEut, ensuring multi-screen consistency

Note: AE monitoring data is isolated by block coordinate (dimensionId:x:y:z), decoupled from the EU dataset (by ownerUUID). Each info panel maintains its own AE monitoring data independently.

8. Key Parameters

Parameter	Value	Description
GUI size	430 × 285 pixels	Config window size
Sample interval	100 ticks (5 s)	SAMPLE_INTERVAL_TICKS
Gap detection	200 ticks	MAX_CONTINUOUS_GAP_TICKS (breakpoint detection)
Dataset capacity	61	FIFO capacity per window
Extender scan range	16 blocks	rebuildNearbyScreens scan radius
WorldSavedData (EU)	gtswn_network_info_data	EU data persistence name
WorldSavedData (AE)	gtswn_ae_monitor_data	AE monitoring data persistence name

9. Configuration

All configuration items of the Network Info Panel (with defaults and ranges):

Config Item	Type / Default	Range	Description
trendLineSmoothing	int = 2	0-12	Spline smoothing
trendLineThickness	int = 3	-	Trend line width (glLineWidth)
displayMode	int = 1	0-2	Display mode (0=Normal / 1=Scientific / 2=Metric); default 1 from v1.5.17
chartBorderThickness	int = 3	1-8	Chart border thickness
chartBackgroundColor	String = ""	-	Chart background color (empty = no fill)
screenBackgroundColor	String	-	Screen background color (empty = no fill)
briefRatio	int = 28	10-80	Brief font ratio (getBriefFontScale()=briefRatio/20.0); from v1.5.17 reused by AE Chart to control brief font size
trackingWindow	int	0-7	Time window (0=5m / 1=1h / 2=8h / 3=24h / 4=7d / 5=1M / 6=3M / 7=1Y)
showBriefEnergy	boolean	-	Brief energy toggle
showBriefStatus	boolean	-	Brief status toggle
showChartEnergy	boolean	-	Chart energy toggle
showChartStatus	boolean	-	Chart status toggle
energyAxisMin / Max	String	-	Energy Y-axis range (empty = auto, 10% padding)
eutAxisMin / Max	String	-	EU/t Y-axis range (empty = auto, 10% padding)

10. Extender Stitching

Extenders automatically attach to adjacent main panels, forming rectangular screens of any size:

• Largest sub-rectangle detection: findLargestFilledRect() finds the largest fully-filled sub-rectangle containing the core
• Auto-attach: on placing an extender, it auto-detects adjacent main panels and joins their screen group
• Connection textures: 16 connection state textures screen_connected_0.png ~ screen_connected_15.png, auto-selected by neighboring blocks
• L/U-shape detach: non-rectangular peripheral extenders are auto-detached
• breakBlock rebuild: breaking any screen block triggers adjacent panels to re-detect stitching

11. Persistence

WorldSavedData

• EU data: gtswn_network_info_data (perWorldStorage), Map<ownerUUID, NetworkInfoDataSet>
• AE monitoring data: gtswn_ae_monitor_data (perWorldStorage), Map<coordinateKey, AEMonitorDataSet>

TileEntity NBT

The main panel TileEntity persists the following:

• UI config (displayMode, trackingWindow, visibility toggles, axis ranges, smoothing, etc.)
• ownerUUID (owner UUID)
• lastSampleTick (last sample tick)
• eutDataSet (local EU/t calculation dataset)
• screen (multi-block screen geometry)
• syncData (sync data)
• AE-related fields (currentTab, chartItem, chartFluid, monitoredItems, monitoredFluids, lastAESampleTick)

Item NBT (writePlacementData)

When the block is broken, the item retains the following for restoration on re-placement:

• ownerUUID + ownerName
• lastSampleTick (EU sample timestamp)
• lastAESampleTick (AE sample timestamp)
• eutMeasurementHistory (EU/t measurement history)
• chartConfig (chart configuration)

12. 3 Tabs

The info panel GUI has 3 tab buttons at the top (IDs 100/101/102) for switching display modes:

Tab	Name	Content
Tab 1	EU Network	EU trend chart & brief (5m/1h/8h/24h window switching, trend line, axes, brief area, see Module 04)
Tab 2	AE Chart	Bind AE item/fluid, dual Y-axis trend chart (see Module 05)
Tab 3	AE Realtime Monitor	Multi-item AE monitor list, 300s average (see Module 06)

Right-click Configuration

Right-click the panel with an item in hand for quick config:

• EU tab + any item: opens GUI (original behavior)
• AE Chart tab + fluid container: binds fluid
• AE Chart tab + plain item: binds item
• AE Realtime tab + fluid container: adds/removes fluid monitor
• AE Realtime tab + plain item: adds/removes item monitor