Insulated cables erroneously connecting

[Lycaonj]

Looks like insulated cables, which by their very nature are not supposed to connect to anything but uninsulated wire, are erroneously connecting to other blocks. The two I have noticed are BC gates, and the various logic gates in PR.

At least, in RP2, I don't believe insulated cables were supposed to connect to anything but bare red alloy wire. It makes sense logically, anyhow. Here's a screenshot:

[MrTJP]

They connect to anything that can emit or accept redstone current. And since any pipe can emit/receive a redstone signal (via gates) they will always connect. You can use a strip to separate them.

[Lycaonj]

But then logically the bundled wires should connect to gated wooden pipes, and they do not.

[MrTJP]

Actually, insulated wires also connect to anything just like red alloy. Bundled cables SPECIFICALLY only connect to other colors of bundled cabe (if its neutral) or to insulated.

Insulated wire actually connects and powers other things. It just doesn't power the block its sitting on.

On Jul 24, 2013, at 6:14 PM, Lycaonj notifications@github.com wrote:

Looks like insulated cables, which by their very nature are not supposed to connect to anything but uninsulated wire, are erroneously connecting to other blocks. The two I have noticed are BC gates, and the various logic gates in PR.

At least, in RP2, I don't believe insulated cables were supposed to connect to anything but bare red alloy wire. It makes sense logically, anyhow. Here's a screenshot:

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[Lycaonj]

Okay, but there is still a consistency issue here. If bundled cable is supposed to connect to anything that accepts redstone current, then they should be affecting a BC gated pipe. You can test this with the following setup, The BC gate shown is set to emit a signal when it receives one. if you flip the bottom lever, the blue lap turns on, showing a signal is being transmitted directly from the lever to the insulated wire, but the white lamp is not on, indicating there is no signal being transmitted from the insulated white cable to the gate.

If you flip the left lever, it rurns on the white lamp, as expected.

[MrTJP]

That's because in the version you are using, insulated wires don't emit red stone current directly, but still connect to things (because gates are one of the few exceptions that can use raw current from insulated wires). In the version going out tomorrow probably this is all fixed.

On Jul 24, 2013, at 6:39 PM, Lycaonj notifications@github.com wrote:

Okay, but there is still a consistency issue here. If bundled cable is supposed to connect to anything that accepts redstone current, then they should be affecting a BC gated pipe. You can test this with the following setup, The BC gate shown is set to emit a signal when it receives one. if you flip the bottom lever, the blue lap turns on, showing a signal is being transmitted directly from the lever to the insulated wire, but the white lamp is not on, indicating there is no signal being transmitted from the insulated white cable to the gate.

If you flip the left lever, it rurns on the white lamp, as expected.

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[Lycaonj]

Also, I checked the BC code, pipes do not ever connect to redstone unless there is a gate on it. Read Pipe.java

public boolean canConnectRedstone() {
    if (hasGate())
        return true;

    return false;
}

[Lycaonj]

Version + fix comment acknowledged. Previous post still up for argument :)