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Remote LCD Network Script

This script takes LCD from a transmitting ship and paste it onto a LCD on a receiving ship. This allows compatibility with every script that uses LCDs with no effort on the part of other scripters. It is used for broadcasting station or drone status onto a remote bridge many kilometers away to the safety of a bunker. Drones could transmit its status to a full-sized bridge built on a station. Remote mining stations could have inventory summary’s transmitted to a master hub. A network could be setup to provide server wide bulletin boards. This script sends everything about the lcd (Font, Font Size, text) so the user won't have to set lcds up twice. The possibilities are endless!



-Laser antenna relay is now built in. See the relayTo field. This only effects people who want relays of multiple laser antennas.

-Fixed laser antenna support. See useLaser field.

1. Place a programming block on both ships.
2. Tag all displays you want to transmit to others [SEND: group name]. Group name could be anything. Spaces are ignored.
3. Tag all displays you want to receive from others [RCV: group name]. Use the same group name as the LCD you want to receive from on the other ship.
4. Go into the antenna the assign this programming block to the antenna to receive transmittions.
5. Make sure you own both ships. If not, change the broadcastMode field. (See bellow)
6. (Optional) Tag a display [LCD_RELAY] to get status updates
7. Set up timers to run this script once every second or more on both ships. (Run Program -> Start)

Run "rescan" to refresh tags and reset.

You can make the script listen to specific ships broadcast by changing the recieveFromGrid field to the name of the transmitter ship.

The broadcast modes are:
MyTransmitTarget.Owned: Your ship
MyTransmitTarget.Ally: Your factions ship
MyTransmitTarget.Neutral: Neutral peoples ship
MyTransmitTarget.Enemy: Your enemys ship
You can combine modes by adding | between each option. For example: MyTransmitTarget.Owned | MyTransmitTarget.Ally | MyTransmitTarget.Neutral

Remember to set useLaser to true if you are using laser antennas.

Note: This works with radio antenna relays but for laser antennas relays you will need to place one of this block on each relay, two if the transmission go both ways. Set the relayTo field to the name of the laser antenna to pass the message to. Assign this block to the laser antenna you receive message from. Do not make a loop with this. That break things.

Recommanded scripts to transmit:
MMaster's ALCD 2
Floor Plan Script
TIM
Whips artificial horizon

Also, on a compact drone, you can use small blocks for the LCDs so you don't take any space for extra screens.