The Substation brings power engineering for large stations: a transformer series from 10 kW to 1 GW with losses, temperature, fans and protection, a grid stabiliser with a capacitor bank, switchgear made of incoming and outgoing bays on a busbar of its own, a control desk with a live network diagram and four distribution boards from the switch box to the main distribution cabinet. Every device has its own model. All model labels, displays, buttons and device names appear in German or English, depending on the game language.
Overview
| Device | Power | Size | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Transformer | 10 kW | wall, 1 × 1 m | separate a small network |
| Medium Transformer | 100 kW | 1 × 1 m, 1.2 m high | local network |
| Large Transformer | 500 kW | 2 × 1.5 m, 2.1 m high, 4 fans | plant and base network |
| Power Transformer | 10 MW | 3 × 2 m, 3.1 m high, 8 fans | power plants |
| Generator Transformer | 100 MW | 4 × 3 m, 4.2 m high, 5 fans | between power plant and grid |
| Grid Coupling Transformer | 1 GW | 5 × 4 m, 5.2 m high, 12 fans | couples GW grids |
| Grid Stabiliser | 250 kW, 10 MJ | cabinet 1 × 0.5 m, 2.2 m high | evens out wind and solar power, bridges dips |
| Incoming Bay, Outgoing Bay | – | 1 × 2 m, 2 m high | switchgear on the busbar |
| Control Desk | 50 W own use | desk 1.5 × 1 m with monitor | network diagram, remote control, E-STOP |
| Switch Box | – | wall, 1 × 0.5 m | 1 input → 4 outputs with switches |
| Small Distribution Board | – | wall, 1 × 1 m | 1 → 4 with miniature circuit breakers |
| Sub-Distribution Board | – | wall, 2 × 1 m | 2 → 8, mains and reserve |
| Main Distribution Board | – | free-standing cabinet 3 × 1 m, 1.75 m high | 4 → 12, priorities, load shedding |
| Busbar | unlimited | 11 shapes, like a cable | backbone of the switchgear |
| Substation Fence, Line Gantry, High Voltage Sign | – | – | decoration |
The rated power of every transformer type can be changed in the LaunchPad, up to 10 GW. All devices are non-flammable.
Requirements
- Stationeers 0.2.6428, BepInEx 5.4.23.5, StationeersLaunchPad 1.0, see Installation
- Mod in the active mod pack
- In multiplayer: the server and all players
Building and recipes
| Kit | Machine | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Kit (Small Transformer) | Electronics printer, tier 1 | 10 iron, 12 copper, 2 gold, 2 silicon |
| Kit (Medium Transformer) | Electronics printer, tier 1 | 10 steel, 30 copper, 10 iron, 5 electrum |
| Kit (Large Transformer) | Electronics printer, tier 2 | 40 steel, 80 copper, 20 iron, 15 electrum, 10 silicon |
| Kit (Power Transformer) | Electronics printer, tier 2 | 120 steel, 200 copper, 60 iron, 40 electrum, 20 invar, 30 silicon |
| Kit (Generator Transformer) | Electronics printer, tier 2 | 200 steel, 300 copper, 60 iron, 60 electrum, 40 invar, 20 inconel, 40 silicon |
| Kit (Grid Coupling Transformer) | Electronics printer, tier 2 | 500 steel, 800 copper, 150 iron, 150 electrum, 100 invar, 50 inconel, 25 hastelloy, 10 waspaloy, 80 silicon |
| Kit (Grid Stabiliser) | Electronics printer, tier 2 | 20 steel, 30 copper, 20 gold, 30 silicon, 15 electrum, 10 solder |
| Kit (Switch Bay) | Electronics printer, tier 2 | 30 steel, 20 copper, 20 silicon, 8 electrum, 4 invar |
| Kit (Control Desk) | Electronics printer, tier 1 | 10 iron, 10 gold, 15 silicon, 10 copper, 5 solder |
| Busbar Bundle | Electronics printer, tier 2 | 3 copper, 1 electrum, 1 constantan, 0.5 inconel, 0.5 hastelloy |
| Kit (Switch Box) | Electronics printer, tier 1 | 4 iron, 6 copper, 1 silicon |
| Kit (Small Distribution Board) | Electronics printer, tier 1 | 8 iron, 12 copper, 2 gold, 3 silicon |
| Kit (Sub-Distribution Board) | Electronics printer, tier 2 | 12 steel, 24 copper, 4 gold, 6 silicon, 4 electrum |
| Kit (Main Distribution Board) | Electronics printer, tier 2 | 40 steel, 60 copper, 10 gold, 12 silicon, 10 electrum, 4 invar |
| Kit (Substation Fence) | Autolathe | 2 iron, 1 steel |
| Kit (Substation Accessories) | Autolathe | 5 steel, 5 iron, 2 silicon |
With the Kit (Switch Bay) the mouse wheel picks incoming or outgoing bay, with the accessories kit line gantry or warning sign. The busbar bundle is a coil like a cable and also fits the cable gun and the electrician's belt. The costs are in GameData/umspannwerk.xml in the mod folder.
Cable protection and full power
Every powered device follows the same rule as the Power Regulator:
- No connection ever carries more than 95 % of the weakest cable or fuse in its network. Other generators and consumers in that network count too. So no cable burns out.
- From networks with their own consumers a device only takes the surplus, so nothing there switches off.
- A device only hands out what is in its buffer. No energy comes from nothing, not even at 1 GW next to 50 W consumers.
| Weakest part in the network | One connection carries at most |
|---|---|
| Cable | 4.75 kW |
| Heavy cable | 95 kW |
| Super heavy cable | 475 kW |
| Extreme Cable | 9.5 MW |
| Busbar, Power Cable+, Fluix Line Unlimited | no limit |
So the generator and grid coupling transformers only reach full power on unlimited conductors. If a connected cable is weaker than the rated power, the display shows the cable limit in orange, and looking at the device says so too.
Data bridge
With the DATA button the devices of all connected networks are visible to IC10 and logic across the network border, also together with the Power Regulator. Power stays separate. The data bridge is on for newly built devices and can be switched off per device (button, IC10, console) or completely in the config. The switch box has no DATA button, there IC10 or uw bruecke switches it.
Transformers
Generators go to PRIMARY (power and data, input), consumers to SECONDARY (power, output). Arrows on the device show the direction. On the small transformer PRIMARY sits top left (cable from above), SECONDARY bottom right. All other transformers stand on the floor: PRIMARY left, SECONDARY right, both at floor level. The display is at eye level.
| Transformer | Cooling | Heating time | Special |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small Transformer | natural air cooling | about 5 min | wall device on a mounting frame |
| Medium Transformer | natural oil cooling | about 8 min | sloped control panel at the front |
| Large Transformer | fans, 2 stages | about 12 min | 4 fans |
| Power Transformer | fans, 2 stages | about 20 min | 8 fans on two radiator banks |
| Generator Transformer | fans, 2 stages | about 30 min | half the losses, enclosed phase busducts |
| Grid Coupling Transformer | fans, 2 stages | about 40 min | 35 % of the losses, fire wall, 12 fans |
Mode
| Mode | Direction |
|---|---|
| FORWARD | PRIMARY → SECONDARY (default) |
| REVERSE | SECONDARY → PRIMARY, for example to feed solar power back |
| OFF | no power |
Losses and temperature
- Losses: 1 per mille of the rated power at no load plus 0.8 % at rated load, with the square of the load. The generator transformer has half of that, the grid coupling transformer 35 %. Without power there are no losses.
- The losses turn into heat. At most 10 kW per transformer goes into the air at the device, the rest radiates away.
- Overload: up to 150 % of the rated power. Above 100 % the transformer slowly heats up.
- Fans (large, power, generator and grid coupling transformer): AUTO switches stage 1 from 60 °C and stage 2 from 75 °C. Each stage uses 0.05 % of the rated power.
- From 105 °C the transformer throttles its power instead of tripping. At 130 °C the protection trips. A reset is only possible below 90 °C.
- Hot climates (up to 50 °C ambient, for example Venus and Vulcan) and vacuum lower the continuous rating. In vacuum 40 % of the natural cooling remains, and the fans do nothing.
Protection
The transformer trips on over-temperature, on a short circuit (PRIMARY and SECONDARY on the same network) and by hand or IC10. When tripped nothing flows, the FAULT LED flashes red. ACK resets it.
Operation
| Control | Effect |
|---|---|
| Rotary switch | main switch |
| MODE | FORWARD → REVERSE → OFF |
| FANS | AUTO → off → stage 1 → stage 2 (transformers with fans only) |
| LIMIT - and + | manual limit, with Alt in fine steps; above the cable limit = none |
| PAGE < > | change the display page |
| DATA | data bridge on or off |
| ACK | reset a trip |
The display has five pages: POWER, TEMPERATURE, NETWORKS, PROTECTION, DATA BRIDGE. A dial thermometer (0 to 150 °C) and a load gauge (0 to 150 %) on the tank show the values as well.
| LED | Meaning |
|---|---|
| RUN | transformer working |
| FAULT | flashes red after a trip |
| LOAD | green, orange above 80 %, red blinking above 100 % |
| TEMP. | green, yellow from 60 °C, orange from 105 °C, red blinking shortly before the trip |
| FANS | blue blinking: fan stage 1, blue: stage 2 (transformers with fans only) |
| DATA | data bridge |
Grid Stabiliser
A cabinet with a capacitor bank: stores 10 MJ and delivers up to 250 kW (both adjustable, up to 10 GW and 1,000,000 MJ). INPUT on the left (power and data), OUTPUT on the right, both at floor level. It only charges from the surplus of the input network.
| Mode | Effect |
|---|---|
| FOLLOW | delivers what the output network needs and bridges dips at the input (clouds, calm, outage) from storage |
| CONSTANT | delivers the set point evenly, set with SET - and +; 0 = maximum power |
| SMOOTH | delivers the moving average of the input power over 120 s, turning jittery wind or solar power into an even flow |
Loss: 1 % of the output plus 0.2 % self-discharge per minute. A 10-segment charge bar next to the display shows the level, the CHARGE (green) and DISCHARGE (orange) LEDs the direction. Buttons: SET - and +, MODE, PAGE < >, DATA, ACK and the main switch. The display has the pages STORAGE, OUTPUT, INPUT and DATA BRIDGE.
Switchgear
Busbar
A square busbar duct with copper bars for power and data, without a power limit. It is built with the busbar bundle like a cable: right-click opens the shape selection (11 shapes), the mouse wheel picks. With wire cutters in the other hand a new piece merges into the matching junction; deconstruct with wire cutters as well.
End to end the busbar connects to all cables, but only one kind of cable fits in one cell. A network burns out at its weakest part: if there is a game cable or fuse in the busbar network, its limit applies. Looking at the busbar shows limit, load and the connected bays and warns about weaker parts. A destroyed busbar (welding torch or a configured limit exceeded) conducts nothing and is removed with wire cutters.
Incoming and outgoing bay
Both bays are outdoor switch bays with busbar disconnector, circuit breaker, current transformer, line disconnector with earthing switch and a local cabinet with a mimic diagram. BUSBAR at the back (power and data), LINE at the front (power), both at floor level.
| Bay | Roof | Power flows | Protection mode (PROT. button) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Incoming Bay | blue | LINE → busbar | PRIORITY (used first) or RESERVE (only covers what the priority feeds cannot, e.g. battery or emergency power) |
| Outgoing Bay | orange | busbar → LINE | LIMIT (holds the feeder at its limit) or TRIP (after 2 s of overload the breaker opens) |
- All bays on the same busbar form one plant: incoming power flows straight into the feeders, the busbar only carries the difference.
- Power only flows with breaker ON, disconnector CLOSED and earthing OFF. New bays start with disconnector CLOSED, earthing OFF, breaker OFF.
- Interlocking: disconnector only with breaker OFF, earthing only with the disconnector open, ON not onto an earthed bay. Disconnector and earthing switch move visibly.
- A short circuit (LINE and busbar on the same network) trips at once. ACK resets it.
- With
AutoWiedereinschaltunga feeder switches back on once by itself after an overload trip.
Buttons on the local cabinet: illuminated buttons ON and OFF (breaker), DISCON., EARTH, PROT., LIMIT - +, PAGE < >, DATA, ACK. The display has five pages: flow, switches, protection, busbar, data bridge. LEDs: RUN, FAULT, LIMIT (at the limit) and DATA.
Control Desk
A desk with a monitor. The control desk finds every switch bay in its data network and draws them live as a network diagram: busbar, disconnectors, breakers, earthing switches, flows and connected transformers. Green means live, grey dead, orange at the limit or hot, red blinking tripped, yellow earthed.
- Pick a bay with BAY < >, with several busbars with BUSBAR.
- Then ON, OFF, DISCON., EARTH and ACK – like at the bay, interlocked.
- Press E-STOP twice: every breaker opens.
- On a trip the beacon and the ALARM LED flash and the horn sounds until ACK.
- One connection at the back for power and data (50 W): directly to the busbar or to a network with a data bridge. A thin cable in the busbar network limits the whole plant.
Step by step
- Lay the busbar.
- Place the bays with their back (BUSBAR) on the busbar and run the LINE at the front to the power plant, transformer or consumer network.
- Set incoming bays to PRIORITY or RESERVE, outgoing bays to LIMIT or TRIP.
- Per bay: earthing OFF, disconnector CLOSED, breaker ON.
- Connect the control desk to the busbar or to a network with a data bridge.
Distribution boards
Every distribution board has inputs I (power and data) and outputs O (power), each on its own network. Arrows on the device point in or out. Power passes through a buffer: never more goes out than comes in. An output on an input network is a short circuit.
The wall boxes sit on a mounting frame 16 cm in front of the wall. They stay fully visible in a finished wall too, the cables lie on the wall as usual. Levers and display can be used while standing.
| Board | Inputs | Outputs | Protection | Display |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switch Box | I1 left | O1/O2 bottom, O3/O4 top | switches only, no tripping | – |
| Small Distribution Board | I1 top left | O1/O2 bottom, O3/O4 top | miniature circuit breakers | 6 pages |
| Sub-Distribution Board | I1 top, I2 bottom, both left | O1–O4 bottom, O5–O8 top | miniature circuit breakers, metering per output | 12 pages |
| Main Distribution Board | I1/I2 left, I3/I4 right, at floor level | O1–O6 front, O7–O12 back, on top to the ceiling | miniature circuit breakers, priorities 1–3 | 19 pages |
The switch box is meant for lights, doors and small loads: four switches and a main switch, no metering. The cable protection only limits.
Miniature circuit breakers
The small, sub- and main boards have a toggle lever with an LED per output. It trips when the output network wants more than the limit for longer than 2 s: its own limit (LIMIT button on the output page, 1 kW to 10 MW in the 1–2–5 series) or the cable limit. Lever up again means reset and on. Clicking a lever jumps the display to that output's page.
| Output LED | Meaning |
|---|---|
| green | supplied |
| yellow blinking | not enough power |
| blue | on, but no power |
| orange | at the limit |
| orange blinking | shed (load shedding) |
| red blinking | tripped or short circuit |
Sub-distribution board: mains and reserve
The SELECT button on the overview page sets the mode:
| Mode | Effect |
|---|---|
| PARALLEL | both inputs supply a share |
| PRIORITY | I1 first, I2 only covers the rest. If I1 fails, I2 takes over without interruption |
| MANUAL I1 | I1 only |
| MANUAL I2 | I2 only |
Main distribution board: priorities and load shedding
- Every input has a rank: PRIORITY, RESERVE or OFF (SELECT button on the input page).
- Every output has a priority 1 to 3 (SELECT button on the output page).
- Load shedding (SELECT button on the overview): if the power is short for more than 2 s, first the outputs with priority 3 are disconnected, then those with priority 2. Priority 1 is never shed. With 5 % margin for 10 s the groups return.
- When power is short, outputs are supplied in the order of their priority.
- Groups: IC10 or
uw gruppeswitch all outputs of one priority at once.
The cabinet is 1.75 m high and fits under a 2 m ceiling. It has no connections at the back, so it can stand against a wall. The SHED LED shows that load shedding is active.
IC10
| Device | Prefab | Hash |
|---|---|---|
| Small Transformer | StructureUwTrafoKlein | 1038222347 |
| Medium Transformer | StructureUwTrafoMittel | 16731149 |
| Large Transformer | StructureUwTrafoGross | -1771513230 |
| Power Transformer | StructureUwTrafoHoechst | 712399162 |
| Generator Transformer | StructureUwTrafoMaschine | 1160813939 |
| Grid Coupling Transformer | StructureUwTrafoKuppel | -69342696 |
| Grid Stabiliser | StructureUwStabilisator | -1611475910 |
| Incoming Bay | StructureUwEinspeisefeld | 1256556147 |
| Outgoing Bay | StructureUwAbgangsfeld | -1814949360 |
| Control Desk | StructureUwSchaltwarte | -1010030166 |
| Switch Box | StructureUwSchaltkasten | -2107604856 |
| Small Distribution Board | StructureUwKleinverteiler | -819654580 |
| Sub-Distribution Board | StructureUwUnterverteiler | -1570398503 |
| Main Distribution Board | StructureUwHauptverteiler | 491213690 |
State (all devices): 0 off, 1 ready, 2 running, 3 at the limit, 4 warning, 5 tripped, 6 conflict, 7 no cable, 8 earthed. Trip reason: 1 over-temperature, 2 short circuit, 3 manual, 4 overload, 5 earth fault. Writable addresses are marked (W). clr clears the manual limits.
Transformer
| LogicType | Meaning |
|---|---|
On | main switch |
Mode | 0 OFF, 1 FORWARD, 2 REVERSE (read and write) |
Setting | manual limit in W, 0 = none (read and write) |
Maximum | effective limit in W |
Ratio | load, 1 = rated power |
PowerActual | flow in W, negative = reverse |
PowerGeneration, PowerRequired | delivered and drawn power in W |
Temperature | winding temperature in K |
Activate | read: tripped; write 1 = trip, 0 = reset |
Error | 1 = fault |
| Address | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0–3 | flow, drawn, delivered, loss in W |
| 4 | temperature in °C |
| 5 | load in % |
| 6, 7 | rated power, effective limit in W |
| 8, 9 | cable limit PRIMARY, SECONDARY in W, -1 = unlimited |
| 10 | fan stage |
| 11 | cooling preset: -1 AUTO, 0 to 2 (W) |
| 12 | seconds to the warning temperature, -1 = never |
| 13, 14 | state, trip reason |
| 15 | mode (W) |
| 16 | manual limit in W (W) |
| 17 | display page (W) |
| 18 | data bridge (W) |
| 19, 20 | energy and losses in MWh |
| 21 | ambient in °C |
| 22 | buffer in J |
Grid Stabiliser
LogicTypes: On, Mode (0 FOLLOW, 1 CONSTANT, 2 SMOOTH), Setting (set point in W), Charge (storage in J), Maximum (capacity in J), Ratio (level), PowerActual and PowerGeneration (output), PowerRequired (intake), Activate, Error.
| Address | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0, 1 | output, intake in W |
| 2, 3 | storage, capacity in J |
| 4 | level in % |
| 5 | set point in W |
| 6 | input average in W |
| 7, 8 | seconds to empty or full, -1 = not foreseeable |
| 9 | maximum power in W |
| 10 | mode (W) |
| 11 | set point (W) |
| 12 | smoothing time in s (W) |
| 13, 14 | state, trip reason |
| 15 | display page (W) |
| 16 | data bridge (W) |
| 17 | energy in MWh |
Incoming and outgoing bay
LogicTypes: On (breaker, interlocked), Open (disconnector, 1 = open), Mode (protection mode: outgoing 0 LIMIT, 1 TRIP; incoming 0 PRIORITY, 1 RESERVE), Setting (limit in W), Maximum, Ratio, PowerActual (plus = busbar to line), Activate, Error.
| Address | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0 | flow in W |
| 1 | manual limit in W (W) |
| 2, 3 | cable limit busbar, line in W |
| 4 | effective limit in W |
| 5, 6 | state, trip reason |
| 7 | breaker (W) |
| 8 | disconnector closed (W) |
| 9 | earthing (W) |
| 10 | protection mode (W) |
| 11 | trip delay in s (W) |
| 12, 13 | generation, demand in the line network in W |
| 14 | number of trips |
| 15 | display page (W) |
| 16 | data bridge (W) |
| 17 | energy in MWh |
Control Desk
LogicTypes: Setting (selected bay), Quantity (number of bays), Mode (display page), Activate (1 = reset all), Error (horn).
| Address | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0, 1 | number of bays, number of busbars |
| 2 | selected busbar (W) |
| 3 | selected bay (W) |
| 4, 5 | total incoming, total outgoing in W |
| 6 | tripped bays |
| 7 | horn; writing 0 silences it |
| 16 + bay × 4 + 0 | state of the bay |
| 16 + bay × 4 + 1 | flow in W |
| 16 + bay × 4 + 2 | position as bits: 1 breaker, 2 disconnector closed, 4 earthing, 8 tripped, 16 incoming |
| 16 + bay × 4 + 3 | command (W): 1 ON, 2 OFF, 3 close disconnector, 4 open disconnector, 5 earthing on, 6 earthing off, 7 reset |
The bays are numbered in the order of the network diagram, starting at 0.
Distribution boards
LogicTypes: On (main switch), Mode (sub-board: mode 0 PARALLEL, 1 PRIORITY, 2 MANUAL I1, 3 MANUAL I2; main board: load shedding 0/1), PowerActual (output), PowerGeneration (intake), PowerRequired (demand of the output networks), Quantity (outputs switched on), Ratio, Activate (1 = trip all, 0 = reset), Error.
| Address | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 0 | state |
| 1, 2, 3 | intake, output, demand in W |
| 4 | mode or load shedding (W) |
| 5 | shedding stage |
| 6 | display page (W) |
| 7 | data bridge (W) |
| 8 | energy in MWh |
| 9, 10 | number of inputs, number of outputs |
| 11–13 | outputs switched on with priority 1–3; writing switches the whole group on or off (W) |
| 14 | 1 = shortage |
From address 16 come 4 addresses per input: +0 state, +1 flow, +2 rank 0 PRIORITY, 1 RESERVE, 2 OFF (W), +3 cable limit. After that 8 addresses per output: +0 state, +1 flow, +2 ON (W), +3 limit in W (W), +4 priority (W), +5 cable limit, +6 demand in the network, +7 trip reason.
| Board | first output from address |
|---|---|
| Switch Box, Small Distribution Board | 20 |
| Sub-Distribution Board | 24 |
| Main Distribution Board | 32 |
Example: switching on output 3 of the main board = put to 32 + 2 × 8 + 2 = 50.
Example: show the transformer temperature
The large transformer is named "Trafo", a small LED display "Trafo" as well. The display shows the winding temperature in °C and changes colour like the TEMP. LED on the transformer.
# Substation: transformer temperature in C, colour like the TEMP. LED
define TRAFO -1771513230 # Large Transformer
define ANZEIGE -815193061 # LED Display (Small)
define CELSIUS 273.15 # K minus C
define LUEFTER 60 # C, fan stage 1 from here
define WARNUNG 105 # C, the transformer throttles from here
define KRITISCH 125 # C, 5 K before the trip
define GRUEN 2 # Color.Green
define GELB 5 # Color.Yellow
define ORANGE 3 # Color.Orange
define ROT 4 # Color.Red
alias temp r0
alias farbe r1
alias test r2
start:
yield
lbn temp TRAFO HASH("Trafo") Temperature 0
bnan temp start
sub temp temp CELSIUS
move farbe GRUEN
sge test temp LUEFTER
select farbe test GELB farbe
sge test temp WARNUNG
select farbe test ORANGE farbe
sge test temp KRITISCH
select farbe test ROT farbe
sbn ANZEIGE HASH("Trafo") Setting temp
sbn ANZEIGE HASH("Trafo") Color farbe
j startExample: switch off priority 3 when the battery is low
The main distribution board is named "Hauptverteiler", a large station battery "Akku". If the battery falls below 25 %, the chip switches off every output with priority 3, above 50 % it switches them on again. It writes once at start and after that only on a change, so outputs switched by hand stay as they are otherwise.
# Substation: main board, priority 3 by battery level
define VERTEILER 491213690 # Main Distribution Board
define AKKU -1388288459 # Station Battery (Large)
define GRUPPE3 13 # put: group priority 3 on/off
define UNTEN 0.25 # below 25 % group off
define OBEN 0.5 # above 50 % group on
alias vt r0
alias ladung r1
alias soll r2
alias alt r3
alias test r4
lbn vt VERTEILER HASH("Hauptverteiler") ReferenceId 0
move soll 1
move alt -1
start:
yield
lbn ladung AKKU HASH("Akku") Ratio 0
bnan ladung start
slt test ladung UNTEN
select soll test 0 soll
sgt test ladung OBEN
select soll test 1 soll
beq soll alt start
put vt GRUPPE3 soll
move alt soll
j startThe second example needs exactly one main board named "Hauptverteiler" in the network.
Console commands
Console with F3. The commands act on the nearest device. uw status, uw info and uw bays work everywhere, switching only on the host or server or in single player.
| Command | Effect |
|---|---|
uw status | all devices and control desks |
uw info | nearest device in detail |
uw bays | busbars with their bays |
uw ack / uw ack all | reset the trip of the nearest device or of all devices |
uw on / uw off | main switch or breaker |
uw disconnector open / closed | disconnector of the nearest bay |
uw earth on / off | earthing switch of the nearest bay |
uw limit 2.5MW | manual limit in W, kW, MW or GW, 0 = none |
uw mode forward | transformer: forward, reverse, off; stabiliser: follow, constant, smooth |
uw setpoint 100kW | stabiliser set point for CONSTANT, 0 = maximum power |
uw cooling auto | fans: auto, 0, 1 or 2 |
uw protection trip | outgoing bay: limit or trip; incoming bay: priority or reserve |
uw bridge on | data bridge on or off |
uw temp 100 | test: set the winding temperature of the nearest transformer |
uw estop | every breaker of the nearest control desk OFF |
uw output 3 off | distribution board: output on, off, limit <W> or prio <1-3> |
uw input 2 reserve | distribution board: input priority, reserve or off |
uw operation priority | sub-board: parallel, priority, manual1, manual2 |
uw shedding on | main board: load shedding on or off |
uw group 3 off | all outputs of one priority on or off |
uw hilfe | list of commands |
The German words work too: felder, quitt, ein, aus, trenner, erder, grenze, modus, soll, kuehlung, schutz, bruecke, notaus, abgang, eingang, betrieb, lastabwurf, gruppe, vorwaerts, rueckwaerts, folgen, konstant, glaetten, begrenzen, ausloesen, vorrang, an.
Configuration
File: BepInEx\config\dominik1199.umspannwerk.cfg, or via the mod settings in LaunchPad. The server's values apply. Changes take effect at once, except SchieneGrenzeMW and HoerweiteM (after a restart).
| Key | Default | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| KabelReserveProzent | 95 | at most this percent of the weakest cable or fuse flows through a connection, 50 to 100 |
| UeberschussProzent | 95 | this percent of the surplus is taken from a network with its own consumers, 50 to 100 |
| NennKleinKW | 10 | rated power of the small transformer in kW, 1 to 10,000 |
| NennMittelKW | 100 | rated power of the medium transformer in kW, 10 to 100,000 |
| NennGrossKW | 500 | rated power of the large transformer in kW, 50 to 1,000,000 |
| NennHoechstMW | 10 | rated power of the power transformer in MW, 1 to 10,000 |
| NennMaschineMW | 100 | rated power of the generator transformer in MW, 1 to 10,000 |
| NennKuppelMW | 1000 | rated power of the grid coupling transformer in MW, 10 to 10,000 |
| VerlusteAktiv | on | off = lossless, no heating |
| VerlustLeerlaufPromille | 1 | no-load loss in per mille of the rated power |
| VerlustLastProzent | 0.8 | load loss at rated power in %, grows with the square of the load |
| TemperaturAktiv | on | off = transformers always stay cold |
| UeberlastProzent | 150 | highest load in % of the rated power, 100 to 300 |
| UeberlastDrosseln | on | throttle from the warning temperature instead of tripping |
| WarnTempC | 105 | warning temperature in °C, throttling starts |
| AbschaltTempC | 130 | trip temperature in °C |
| WiedereinschaltTempC | 90 | an over-temperature trip can only be reset below this |
| ThermischeZeitFaktor | 1 | factor on the heating time, 0.1 to 10 |
| UmgebungMaxC | 50 | highest ambient temperature the cooling works with |
| KuehlungLuftdruck | on | cooling depends on air pressure, in vacuum radiation only |
| WaermeInLuftProzent | 100 | this % of the waste heat goes into the air at the device |
| WaermeInLuftMaxKW | 10 | at most this much waste heat in kW goes from one transformer into the air |
| StabiLeistungKW | 250 | maximum power of the stabiliser in kW, up to 10,000,000 |
| StabiKapazitaetMJ | 10 | storage of the stabiliser in MJ, up to 1,000,000 |
| StabiVerlustProzent | 1 | converter loss in % of the output |
| StabiGlaettungS | 120 | smoothing time for SMOOTH in s, 10 to 3600 |
| SchieneGrenzeMW | 0 | capacity of the busbar in MW, 0 = unlimited |
| Verriegelung | on | interlocking of the bays; off = everything can be switched, ON onto an earthed bay trips "earth fault" |
| AusloeseVerzoegerungS | 2 | TRIP mode and circuit breakers: seconds of overload until the trip |
| AutoWiedereinschaltung | off | a bay switches back on once by itself after an overload trip |
| AweSekunden | 10 | pause before reclosing in s |
| Datenbruecke | on | allow the data bridge at all |
| DatenbrueckeStandard | on | data bridge switched on for newly built devices |
| HoerweiteM | 20 | hearing distance of the hum in m, scaled by transformer size |
| AlarmTon | on | control desk and devices signal trips with a beep |
| AbwurfVerzoegerungS | 2 | main board: seconds of shortage until the next group is shed |
| WiederzuschaltungS | 10 | main board: seconds with enough power until a group returns |
Multiplayer
New devices: the server and all players need the mod. The server calculates; displays, LEDs, switch positions and the network diagram are synchronised to everyone and saved with the game. See Multiplayer.
Known limitations
- A single game cable or fuse in the network limits the whole connection. GW power is only possible if the network consists entirely of unlimited conductors.
- A transformer with MW losses puts at most 10 kW of heat into the air, the rest counts as radiated. Otherwise a single air cell would overheat at once.
- In vacuum the fans do nothing, so a heavily loaded transformer runs throttled there.
- Several stabilisers on the same networks work against each other. For large grids rather set one stabiliser to a higher power in the config.
- There is no timer. Outputs and groups can be switched by IC10 with a clock or a daylight sensor.
- The data bridge links devices, not the channels Channel0–7.
Troubleshooting
| Symptom | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Cable limit orange on the display | a cable in the network carries less than the rated power | lay busbar, Power Cable+ or Fluix Line Unlimited all the way |
| Transformer only delivers 9.5 MW | Extreme Cable in the network | unlimited conductors for more power |
| THROTTLED | transformer above 105 °C | reduce the load, check the fans, cooler surroundings |
| TRIPPED: over-temperature, ACK does nothing | transformer still above 90 °C | let it cool down, then ACK |
| TRIPPED: short circuit | both sides on the same network | separate the networks: every connection needs a network of its own |
| EARTHED, bay does not switch on | earthing ON | earthing OFF, then disconnector CLOSED, then ON |
| Disconnector cannot be switched | breaker ON (interlocking) | breaker OFF first |
| Control desk: NO BAYS | bays not in the desk's data network | connect the desk to the busbar or to a network with a data bridge |
| Whole switchgear only delivers 4.75 kW | thin cable in the busbar network, e.g. to the control desk | connect the desk through a network of its own with a data bridge |
| Output LED orange blinking | load shedding in the main board | more generation; the group returns after 10 s with 5 % margin |
| Output LED red blinking | circuit breaker tripped or output on the input network | reduce the load or separate the networks, lever up again |
| IC10 cannot find a device behind the transformer | data bridge off | DATA button or uw bridge an |
| Nothing flows | main switch off, mode OFF or bay not closed | check switch, MODE and bay position |