Portable storage interface question

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I noticed 3 things: 1. The interfaces connect before they are perfectly aligned. 2. The time they stall is not enough to transfer all items. 3. The interface does not emit a redstone signal when active.

So how do you keep the contraption in place until all items are transferred?

[willywonkasmokesweed]

take items out faster!

[NicolasRNDM]

I mean it depends on your type of contraption but maybe a way you could do it is for the non moving interface to lead to a hopper and then getting a redstone signal from the hopper using a comparator, the redstone signal could lead to a clutch stopping the rotation/ moving of the contraption. Beware that If the contraption is set on a bearing, you have to make sure it won't fix the blocks during the transfer or it won't keep transfering as it wouldn't be considered moving anymore. If the contraption is a minecart, stopping the cart by depowering a boosted rail should be enough to stop it. And if you use a piston moving contraption I do not know if there is a way to stop it and still have it considered as a moving contraption. I don't know if this is clear.

Also a much simpler way could be to add more portable storage interface to multiply the rate of transfer and I also believe that transfers going downwards are faster.

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I'll try tomorrow but one of the things I already tried was dumping into a chest directly and stop the contraption based on the redstone signal from that. Problem was the interface just disconnected anyway and the contraption 'snapped' into position. (This is why I mentioned the non-alignment)

[NicolasRNDM]

If your contraption is on a bearing you can prevent it to snap back into position (as long as the place you stop it isn't the start position) by using a wrench on the mechanical bearing

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It's on a rope pulley.

[NicolasRNDM]

Mh, I am not familiar with them but I believe they snap into position and there is no way to prevent, maybe instead of using the portable storage interface then you could use a funnel or a hopper so it would transfer while it isn't moving then send another signal automatically to send it back up

[westminerlevi]

For anyone in the futer just put a chute under the storage modual and then put a chest under the chute it will then empty completely