My main problem is getting pressure plates and cameras to work. I could place an entity in my LCB area and target myself, but I would rather just know how to do it without taking damage.
I'm sure you'll get the info in the videos, but for anyone who wants just a quick summary of how to do electrical, here you go:
Connecting 2 items: While holding wire tools, right click on the item power is coming FROM first, then right click on the item power is going TO. To cancel, left click.
Wiring a single camera to something like a trap or door: connect power to the camera. Next, connect the camera to the item(s) you want the camera to trigger. Anything that comes after that camera is triggered by that camera.
*Wiring a single trigger plate or other triggering device works the same as with the camera.
Wiring multiple cameras to a door or other item that you want triggered if ANY of those cameras see something: connect power to camera 1, then connect camera 1 to camera 2 (you CANNOT put anything between those cameras). Next, connect the last camera to any items you want those cameras to trigger (you CAN put things like relays after the cameras).
*Wiring multiple trigger plates or other triggering devices work the same as with cameras.
*You can use more than 2 triggering devices and mix and match triggering devices, but they must all be connected directly to one another without anything else between them. Example: you can connect trigger plate 1 to trigger plate 2 to trigger plate 3 and then to dart traps and any of the three trigger plates will set the traps off.
*If you place anything between two triggering devices, such as placing a relay between two cameras, then both cameras have to trigger at the same time (or the second can trigger during the time set to stay active on the first camera) for anything following to activate.
Note that you can only have a single active power source. This means you cannot connect two generators or solar banks to the same setup. Also, when using a battery bank combined with a generator or solar bank, only the generator or solar banks will provide power when they are active, and the battery bank only provides power when the solar bank or generator is not active. You cannot get extra power from the battery bank when the generator or solar bank is active.
You can combine different combinations of trigger setups for more complicated needs as well. For example, you can have a trap trigger when device A or device B and device C or device D trigger -- (A or B) and (C or D), or in logic: (A || B) && (C || D). To do so, connect A to B directly, then put something like a relay after B, then connect C and connect D directly to C, and then connect to the trap. You probably won't need such a complex setup, but it is possible to do.
That should answer most questions regarding wiring. Hope it helps.
