Routed Junction pipe

The Routed Junction Pipe is a block added by Project Red which has two different applications, the function as junction and as signal expansion (see Usage). The pipe is also required to craft the Routed Crafting pipe, the Routed Extension pipe, the Routed Firewall pipe, the Routed Interface pipe and the Routed Request pipe.

If the mod MineChem is installed, then you can decompose the Routed Junction Pipe with the Chemical Decomposer into different chemical compounds of MineChem.

Usage
The Routed Juction Pipe connects with all other pipes from Project Red as well as with chests and machines. If more than one chest or machine stands next to the pipe, than only one of these chests/machines is actively connected to the pipe (shown in picture 1). Using the screwdriver from Project Red by holding the crouch key, the actively connected chest/machine can be changed.

Junction
At junctions of Item Transport pipes you can put a Routed Juction Pipe, but that is not absolutely necessary. An example with Routed Junction Pipes is shown in picture 2. The different between a junction with Item Transport Pipes and a junction with a Routed Juction Pipe is the effectiveness of the transport of item:


 * At a junction with a normal Item Transport Pipe, an incoming item don't know which way it should take. For example a stone block (from a chest with Routed Interface pipe and Item Extractor chip) should be transported to the chest for stone blocks. At a junction with an Item Transport Pipe, the stone block is transported in a randomly selected pipe line, for example to the chests for wood blocks. In this case the item returns on the end of the line, reaches the junction again and an other pipe line is randomly selected. The item is reaching its proper destination only after some time.


 * At a junction with a Routed Juction Pipe (shown in picture 2 in area 3) the item is sent immediately on the correct pipe line, because the Routed Juction Pipe communicates with the other pipes and chips in the pipe system.

Signal expansion
Every pipe from Project Red (without the Item Transport pipe) communicates with each other in the transport system. These communications, respectively the signals of the pipes, have an maximum range of 49 blocks.

For example a Routed Interface pipe with Item Extractor chip inputs items from a chest into the transport system. The Routed Interface pipe communicates with every special pipe that is maximum 49 blocks from this away. Special pipes out of these range (e.g. a pipe line of 100 blocks, on the one end an Item Extraction pipe and on the other end a Routed Interface pipe) do not interact with each other. To expand this communication/signal range, you can use the Routed Juction Pipe in the middle of these line. But again, also the Routed Juction Pipe must be away maximum 49 blocks to the next special pipe.