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Problem with Moon Mining & Reacting
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Caroline Rex
Viziam
Amarr Empire
#1 - 2013-05-15 19:29:36 UTC
Hi everybody ;)

I've recently set up a medium control tower to mine a moon. I found one with Silicates and Evaporite Deposits, so i set up a Reactor with the needed Blueprint to react it into Ceramic Powder.

Now, I've tried to set everything up, gt everything linked up correctly. But whenever i make the arrangements and hit "apply", 1 Mining array changes it's mined material to "none", so the whole process gets F**ked up. I tried it many times, added a Coupling array, but nothing seems to work.

i'm pretty sure i'm missing something quite obvious here. Here's a link with pictures, to show what I've been doing. ignore the Coupling Array in this one.
Skorpynekomimi
#2 - 2013-05-15 20:08:10 UTC
Don't you need to mine into a silo first?

Economic PVP
Tau Cabalander
Retirement Retreat
Working Stiffs
#3 - 2013-05-15 21:09:54 UTC  |  Edited by: Tau Cabalander
It looks as though the material for the harvester may not be properly set. This can only be done if the harvester is offline.

As for the links:

1. Click on 'Clear' links.
2. Click on 'Apply'.
3. Click on 'Fuel' tab and then back to 'Production' tab and make sure all links are clear.
4. Drag Silicates harvester output on right to reactor input on left, and drop.
5. Drag Evaporite Deposits harvester output on right to reactor input on left, and drop.
6. Drag Ceramic Powder reactor output on right to silo input on left, and drop.
7. Click on 'Apply'.
8. Click on 'Fuel' tab and then back to 'Production' tab and make sure all links are still set.
Raban Sardipan
Imperial Academy
Amarr Empire
#4 - 2013-05-15 22:13:24 UTC
Skorpynekomimi wrote:
Don't you need to mine into a silo first?


No
Susan Lynn
Perkone
Caldari State
#5 - 2013-06-02 13:50:37 UTC
I am heaving exactly the same issue with the same reaction, I have tried everything including placing coupling arrays in between the harvester and reactor...

Tried onlineing after creating links and hitting apply. All I get is: Online - Staring Up and then after some minutes one of the moon harvesters rejects the Silicates. Or if I online the harvesters first and then create links one of the harvesters ( always the same one mining silicates ) "rejects" the material.
Mwaheed S0n
Perkone
Caldari State
#6 - 2013-06-04 08:49:48 UTC
Checking out your setup, the only thing I can think of is--when you were choosing the type of your moon harvester, did you pick from a window that listed your moon's materials?

The process can take about 2 hours to start up, so I have no idea over what time frame this is taking place as well (or your POS ticker).

My process is listed below for a simple reaction:

1. Anchor 2 moon harvestors, one simple reactor array, and one silo (add reaction into the reactor array). I'd place these within 2,500m of each other just for good measure.
2. Manage POS -- go to processes, select type for harvester 1 as Silicates, click OK from the Window and Apply.
3. Select type for harvester 2 as Evaporite Deposites, click OK from the Window and Apply.
4. Select type for silo as Ceramic Powder, click Apply.
5. Click Apply again just for good measure
6. Drag links from each harvester into its respective position for the simple reaction, then drag the simple reaction output to the silo.
7. Click Apply. Click Apply again for good measure.
8. Online each of the two harvesters, the reactor, and the silo. Going back to manage should see them as Online--Starting Up.
9. Nothing will happen until your POS ticks at its starting time. Example: you set up your POS at 12:36 and your calendar event says your POS will run out of fuel on such and such date at 18:36. xx:36 is your POS tick time.
10. Do not offline anything within a minute or two of your POS tick time since you may lose out on a reaction/yield.
11. It typically takes two POS ticks for a harvester/reaction to get going, so be patient and ensure that hovering over each of your arrays in the Manage > Processes tab says everything is correctly linked, etc.
12. Offline to remove materials and be sure to online it before you leave.