From 5a24e962173934b4b54af22856ef9c62237f1a1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dystroyer8 <pascal.braun.pb@outlook.de>
Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2026 01:38:49 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix direct clutch output polarity

---
 README.md                   |  4 +++-
 create_andesite_display.lua | 16 ++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e50eb8a..7f54726 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ Der erste lokale Create-Produktionscontroller ueberwacht einen Zink-Nugget-Vault
 Andesite-Alloy-Vault und die per Clutch getrennte Maschinenwelle. Die beiden Vaults muessen
 jeweils direkt ueber einen aktivierten Wired Modem Full Block als Inventory-Peripheral mit dem
 Computer verbunden sein. Ein Advanced-Peripherals Block Reader zeigt auf das Stressometer der
-Maschinenwelle. Der Redstone-Ausgang `left` steuert die Clutch ueber einen Fail-safe-Inverter.
+Maschinenwelle. Der Redstone-Ausgang `left` steuert die Clutch in der aktuellen Installation
+direkt: Redstone `ON` stoppt die Welle und Redstone `OFF` gibt sie frei. Die Polaritaet ist im
+Programm ueber `OUTPUT_LEVEL_WHEN_RUNNING` konfigurierbar.
 
 Installation und erster Start:
 
diff --git a/create_andesite_display.lua b/create_andesite_display.lua
index 5579040..2d9cd0c 100644
--- a/create_andesite_display.lua
+++ b/create_andesite_display.lua
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ local REFRESH_SECONDS = 1
 local MIN_WIDTH = 28
 local MIN_HEIGHT = 13
 local CLUTCH_OUTPUT_SIDE = "left"
+-- This installation drives the Clutch directly: powered means stopped.
+-- Change to true if a redstone-torch inverter is installed later.
+local OUTPUT_LEVEL_WHEN_RUNNING = false
 local STATE_FILE = "create_andesite_state.txt"
 local DEVICE_FILE = "create_andesite_devices.txt"
 
@@ -39,8 +42,13 @@ local requestedRunning = loadText(STATE_FILE) == "RUNNING"
 local devices = textutils.unserialize(loadText(DEVICE_FILE) or "") or {}
 local capacityCache = {}
 
+local function setMachineRunning(running)
+  local level = running and OUTPUT_LEVEL_WHEN_RUNNING or not OUTPUT_LEVEL_WHEN_RUNNING
+  redstone.setOutput(CLUTCH_OUTPUT_SIDE, level)
+end
+
 -- Fail safe while peripherals are being discovered.
-redstone.setOutput(CLUTCH_OUTPUT_SIDE, false)
+setMachineRunning(false)
 
 local monitor = peripheral.find("monitor")
 if not monitor then
@@ -241,7 +249,7 @@ local function evaluate()
   local allowed = not missing and not noMaterial and not outputFull and not overstressed
   local effectiveRunning = requestedRunning and allowed
 
-  redstone.setOutput(CLUTCH_OUTPUT_SIDE, effectiveRunning)
+  setMachineRunning(effectiveRunning)
 
   local status, color = "STOPPED", colors.red
   if requestedRunning then
@@ -336,7 +344,7 @@ end
 local function safeRender()
   local ok, reason = pcall(render)
   if not ok then
-    redstone.setOutput(CLUTCH_OUTPUT_SIDE, false)
+    setMachineRunning(false)
     monitor.setBackgroundColor(colors.black)
     monitor.clear()
     center(1, "CONTROLLER ERROR", colors.red)
@@ -371,5 +379,5 @@ local function run()
 end
 
 local ok, reason = pcall(run)
-redstone.setOutput(CLUTCH_OUTPUT_SIDE, false)
+setMachineRunning(false)
 if not ok then error(reason, 0) end