Factory Gauge

Factory gauges are used for automating logistic requests and production, for their conventional usage and foundational concepts of higher logistics, see the in-game ponder. When placed in a factory controller, they operate in recipe mode.

Figure 1. A new factory gauge placed in a factory controller

Place and Monitor Item

Factory gauges need to be tuned to a logistics network before being placed in a factory controller. To do so, either interact with a stock link in the game world with the gauge in hand, or use the network selector in dashboard UI to tune to a network that is already tuned to by another gauge in the factory controller.

Once placed, the new factory gauge need to be configured with an item to monitor. You may do so by clicking on the unconfigured gauge with the item in cursor, or use the "set item" screen. Either way, you may also drag a ghost item from JEI or EMI to the filter slot.

Figure 2. "Set item" screen

If you use the "set item" screen, the item’s NBT data can be chosen to be ignored. NBT is respected by default.

Once an item is set, the gauge starts monitoring the number of this item in the tuned logistic network, and displays the count on its label.

Figure 3. A factory gauge monitoring iron ingots, for which there are 6

Recipe Settings Screen

Clicking on a factory gauge with an item set opens its recipe settings screen.

Figure 4. Recipe settings screen for a gauge monitoring iron ingots

❶ Output

The type and number of items this gauge is set to produce.

❷ Ingredients

The types and numbers of ingredients required to produce the output.

❸ Add connection button

Click to add a connection to other factory gauges or other components.

❹ Relocate button

Click to move the location of this gauge on the virtual board.

❺ Destination address

The address the ingredients will be packaged and sent to.

❻ Storage amount

The number of the monitored item stored in the logistic network.

❼ Target amount

The amount of items in storage this factory gauge is targeted to reach.

❽ Item measure

Unit of measurement of the target amount: Items/Stacks

❾ Mode of operation

How the target amount is set or determined. More Info

❿⓫⓬ Promises

Requests made by factory gauges awaiting their outputs, and options for limiting them. More Info

⓭ Reset button

Click to clear all configurations of this gauge, including the set item.

⓮ Confirm button

Click to confirm the configurations, and close this screen.

Basic Production

Beyond monitoring storage, the most basic usage of a factory gauge is to reperesent a means to produce an item. For example, suppose

Mechanical Crafting

On-Demand Production

Fluid Transport

Promise Limits

Redstone