Redstone Link
Redstone links enable remote transmission and reception of redstone signals, as described in its in-game ponder. When placed in factory controllers, they may be connected with other components with redstone capabilities, allowing them to interoperate with contraptions outside the factory controller.
Send |
Receive |
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Unpowered |
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Powered |
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A redstone link has 2 modes of operation:
| Send |
Sends the powered state of its incoming redstone connections to other redstone links of the same channel. |
| Receive |
Receives from other redstone links of the same channel, if any of them is powered, powers its outgoing redstone connections. |
Redstone links are distinguished with channels, which consists of 2 item types. Each channel carries a redstone signal independent from each other. Examples of distinct channels are:
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(Oak Plank, Cobblestone)
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(Oak Plank, Air)
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(Air, Oak Plank)
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(Air, Air)
After placing a redstone link on the virtual board, clicking the component opens its configuration screen.
- ❶ ❷ Channel
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Place item, or drag ghost item from JEI to set the channel of the redstone link.
- ❸ Relocate button
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Click to move the location of this redstone link on the virtual board.
- ❹ Add connection button
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Click to connect to other components via redstone. Directions of connections are decided automatically. Send-mode links may only have incoming connections, receive-mode links may only have outgoing connections.
- ❺ Mode switch
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Click to switch between send
and receive 
mode. - ❻ Confirm button
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Click to confirm settings and close the screen.