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+--[[
+    Quantum Beacon
+
+A script that runs on computers connected to an AE quantum ring to ping their
+status back to a central computer.
+]]
+
+local SEND_CHANNEL = 100
+local RECEIVE_CHANNEL = 101
+local NODE_NAME = "TMP"
+local TRANSMIT_INTERVAL = 15
+
+local function getPeripheralOrWait(name)
+    local p = nil
+    repeat
+        p = peripheral.find(name)
+        if p == nil then
+            print("Error: Couldn't find an attached peripheral with name \"" .. name .. "\". Attach one please.")
+            os.pullEvent("peripheral")
+        end
+    until p ~= nil
+    return p
+end
+
+-- We consider a foreign quantum link to be connected if we detect crafting
+-- CPUs on the network, since subnetworks shouldn't ever have these.
+local function meSystemConnected(meBridge)
+    local craftingCpus = meBridge.getCraftingCPUs()
+    return craftingCpus ~= nil and #craftingCpus > 0
+end
+
+while true do
+    local modem = getPeripheralOrWait("modem")
+    local meBridge = getPeripheralOrWait("meBridge")
+    local packet = {
+        node = NODE_NAME,
+        date = os.date("*t"),
+        online = meSystemConnected(meBridge)
+    }
+    modem.transmit(SEND_CHANNEL, RECEIVE_CHANNEL, packet)
+    os.sleep(TRANSMIT_INTERVAL)
+end