{"id":21089,"date":"2026-06-04T22:05:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T22:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xgamingserver.com\/blog\/stationeers-ic10-solar-tracker-automation\/"},"modified":"2026-06-04T23:46:30","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T23:46:30","slug":"stationeers-ic10-solar-tracker-automation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xgamingserver.com\/blog\/stationeers-ic10-solar-tracker-automation\/","title":{"rendered":"Stationeers IC10 Solar Tracker &#038; Power Automation (Advanced)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Once you&#8217;ve learned <a href=\"https:\/\/xgamingserver.com\/blog\/stationeers-ic10-programming-guide\">IC10 basics<\/a>, automation is where Stationeers really opens up. This guide builds two of the most useful scripts: a solar tracker that aims a whole field of panels at the sun, and a battery-aware power manager that runs a backup generator only when needed.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dual-axis solar tracker<\/h2>\n<p>A <strong>Daylight Sensor<\/strong> reports the sun&#8217;s <code>Horizontal<\/code> and <code>Vertical<\/code> angles. Feed those to every solar panel on the network at once with a <strong>batch store<\/strong> (<code>sb<\/code>), addressing panels by their type hash:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>alias sensor d0\ndefine SolarPanel -539224550\nloop:\nl r0 sensor Horizontal\nl r1 sensor Vertical\nsb SolarPanel Horizontal r0\nsb SolarPanel Vertical r1\nyield\nj loop<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>One chip now aims a whole field. Because it uses the panel <em>type hash<\/em>, every panel you add to the network is tracked automatically \u2014 no rewiring. (Use the dual-panel hash for the larger panels if that&#8217;s what you&#8217;ve built.)<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Battery-aware power management<\/h2>\n<p>Read a battery&#8217;s charge ratio and switch a backup generator on only when you&#8217;re running low \u2014 saving fuel and preventing brownouts. Connect a battery to <code>d0<\/code> and a generator&#8217;s control to <code>d1<\/code>:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>alias battery d0\nalias generator d1\ndefine lowMark 0.25\nloop:\nl r0 battery Ratio\nslt r1 r0 lowMark      # below 25% charge -> turn generator on\ns generator On r1\nyield\nj loop<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>For smoother control, use <strong>hysteresis<\/strong> \u2014 separate on and off thresholds (e.g. on below 25%, off above 90%) so the generator doesn&#8217;t flicker on and off around a single set point. The same idea works for heaters, coolers and pumps.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why automate?<\/h2>\n<p>Automation runs continuously \u2014 which is exactly why a persistent dedicated server matters. 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