7 Floor elevator build
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2011 10:09 pm
Just finished my 7-floor elevator. The shaft only has 4 places it can stop for now but the basework is done. Just need to dig out the 3 basement floors and wire them up. Now i just hear you thinking how the hell do you do a 7-floor elevator. Well with some pretty OP mods :P
I wouldn't have even started on a project like this if it wasn't for Eloraam's Redpower
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/365 ... tone-pipe/
It really revolutionizes wiring but i can understand some of you still find it a bit overpowered. The main futures is that you are able to place it just about anywhere, you have 14 insulated cables wich you can also put into 1 cable so that 1 cable can send 14 different signals.
For me this just works awesome especially with such a complicated build, else i would have spaced it out much more and just use wireless redstone.
I also used some 1 block logic gates.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/267 ... reenshots/
The diodes from this mod (basically repeaters without delay) really really saved on delay. Even tho redpower cables can send power 255 blocks or something i still needed a lot of diodes for the one way current travel.
Last but not least Flower for making these awesome pulley's and platforms <3 {hug}
Now onto the screens
Next step will be digging out the 3 basement floors and then try to put all 7 floors to good use. I will probably start making some farms not that i really need it with TMI but this project kinda made me realize how fun building something big can be.
I wouldn't have even started on a project like this if it wasn't for Eloraam's Redpower
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/365 ... tone-pipe/
It really revolutionizes wiring but i can understand some of you still find it a bit overpowered. The main futures is that you are able to place it just about anywhere, you have 14 insulated cables wich you can also put into 1 cable so that 1 cable can send 14 different signals.
For me this just works awesome especially with such a complicated build, else i would have spaced it out much more and just use wireless redstone.
I also used some 1 block logic gates.
http://www.minecraftforum.net/topic/267 ... reenshots/
The diodes from this mod (basically repeaters without delay) really really saved on delay. Even tho redpower cables can send power 255 blocks or something i still needed a lot of diodes for the one way current travel.
Last but not least Flower for making these awesome pulley's and platforms <3 {hug}
Now onto the screens
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The maintenance shaft
You see two wires coming up, one is to collect buttonpresses and the other is for all the Block Detector signals.
Every floor has it's own color, so for instance every button to go to floor 1 has a white cable attached.
Overview of the room
On the left and right highrises i get each individual signal out of the big cable for the resseting of the RS Nor latches wich are under the highrises.
So if i press the button to go to floor 3, the RS latch of floor 3 activates and resets all other RS latches trough a pulse generator.
The middle highrise is where i check wich direction the elevator should go up or down. This is done with a lot of AND gates comparing where the lift is (block detector) and the destination.
The RS latches
The corner where is checked if the brakes need to be applied (AND gates). In the overview this is under me.
The middle high rise
The red and green wires going into the big cable on the ceiling determine up or down movement.
Inside of the elevator
You see two wires coming up, one is to collect buttonpresses and the other is for all the Block Detector signals.
Every floor has it's own color, so for instance every button to go to floor 1 has a white cable attached.
Overview of the room
On the left and right highrises i get each individual signal out of the big cable for the resseting of the RS Nor latches wich are under the highrises.
So if i press the button to go to floor 3, the RS latch of floor 3 activates and resets all other RS latches trough a pulse generator.
The middle highrise is where i check wich direction the elevator should go up or down. This is done with a lot of AND gates comparing where the lift is (block detector) and the destination.
The RS latches
The corner where is checked if the brakes need to be applied (AND gates). In the overview this is under me.
The middle high rise
The red and green wires going into the big cable on the ceiling determine up or down movement.
Inside of the elevator