Rednet (API)

2012-03-15T07:32:45Z

Ironsmith123: I just added a detail to the rednet.receive section.

The rednet API provides a simple computer networking model over RedPower bundled cables or the Wireless Modems of Computercraft 1.3.
With the table below, 'side' refers to a string that represents a side of the computer ("front", "back", "left", "right", "bottom", "top"). All message sent with rednet are and must be strings.
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
!style="background:#EEE" width="200px"|Method name
!style="background:#EEE" width="*"|Description
|-
|rednet.open( side )
|Tells the computer that the side can be used for networking.
|-
|rednet.close( side )
|Tells the computer that the side can no longer be used for networking.
|-
|rednet.announce()
|Broadcasts an empty rednet message.
|-
|rednet.send( receiverID, message )
|Sends a message to the computer using the opened sides. The receiver ID is the ID (number, not string) of the computer you're sending the message to.
|-
|rednet.broadcast( message )
|Sends the message to ALL connected and open computers.
|-
|rednet.receive( timeout )
|Sets an amount of time to wait for a rednet message input. If you wanted to have the computer wait for an input for 5 seconds, then the code would be: rednet.receive( 5 ) If you wanted it to continuously receive then don't put anything between the ().
|}
You can also handle the "rednet_message" event to receive messages without calling receive(), the arguments are the same as the receive() return values.
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