Circuit network

The picture shows a circuit network, that contains over 42 000 coal and 12 000 iron plates.

Circuit networks are a feature which enables the control of Inserters based on the amount of Items stored in all devices connected to the same network.

Even if Circuit network and Logistic network have much similarities, they are very different! The basic difference between them is, that in a logistic network everything, which is covered by a roboport pops up as content, in the circuit network only the connected chests pops up!

	Circuit network	Logistic network
scope	the connected (with red or green wire) chests and inserters	all chests and inserters covered by a roboport

Items

File:Red-wire.png Red wire	Wires used to connect smart devices to a red network.
File:Green-wire.png Green wire	Wires used to connect smart devices to a green network.
Smart chest	The most basic chest connectable to Circuit networks.
File:Provider-chest.png Active Provider chest	A chest connectable to Circuit networks and participating in the Logistic network.
File:Logistic-chest-passive-provider.png Passive Provider chest	A chest connectable to Circuit networks and participating in the Logistic network.
File:Requester-chest.png Requester chest	A chest connectable to Circuit networks and participating in the Logistic network.
File:Storage-chest.png Storage chest	A chest connectable to Circuit networks and participating in the Logistic network.
Smart inserter	The only inserter connectable to Circuit networks. The condition when the inserter is working is configurable in the menu.

Basic

File:Circuit-network-example-1.png

A basic circuit network usable to fill a chest with a defined amount of items. Watch exactly, how the red wires are connected! To connect a wire with the pole take a wire and drag it from the base of a pole to the target entity!

This is not very well documented, because it is not often used and with the ability of the smart inserter to connect also to the logistic network the best (recommended) basic usage is to switch of the steam engines during the night when you have enough power remaining in you accumulators.

Keep in mind, that the current roadmap for v0.11 plans to enhance the circuit network!

Advanced

There are several links into the forum:

• Forum article about the basic usage
• About comparison of the circuit wires with examples from the real world

Receivers

Example condition: "Work only if the count of Alien science pack is lower than 50."

Smart inserter is the only machine that can act depending on the state of the network. When it is connected to the network, it is possible to set up the condition:

• Item this condition should depend on
• Type of the condition (less then, bigger then, equal)
• Value, integral number connected with the condition.

Multiple networks

It is possible to establish multiple distinct networks of the same color. Just make sure that there is no wire connection between them and they will be treated as separate networks.

Examples

• Logic Gates, Edge Detector
• Evenly fill two item onto one lane
• Material splitters

See also

• Transport network