Canister Pilot

Canister filler & purge station for both gases and liquids.​ Canister Handler Canister Pilot can handle both regular canisters and smart canisters, for both gases and liquids. The idea is having a quicker method of filling up canisters compared to having one being filled by a regulator over a much longer period of time. From time to time our waste tank runs full and needs to be emptied, but perhaps it might be a good idea to capture and reuse the gases in the waste tank. Canister Pilot also supports being set up as a purge station. If for some reason you are also carrying canisters of water across your station, the liquid canisters are also supported in purge mode. Building and setup I have attached a number of screenshots, showing the build process for a Canister Station. The screenshots show the construction of a "Filler Station", so a place to refill your canisters. You have a choice between using a normal Volume Pump as the "filler pump" or a Pressure Regulator, though I would recommend going with the Volume Pump. To fill up a smart canister with 18 MPa at 20³C, takes about 5 minutes and 30 seconds using the pressure regulator, where the Volume Pump setup in this same configuration only takes about 25 seconds to complete. Before you start worrying about power, the script maintains the running of the pump(s) and the pipe analyser, turning them off when they are not needed. They are also configured on-the-fly by the script, so there is no issue in building them into a frame like I have done in the build screenshots. The White pipe would be your supply pipe that provides whichever gas / gas mixture or liquid you want the Filling Station to provide. The Orange pipe is the "Excess Purge" pipe, which will return whatever excess there is left after the canister has been filled. If you are not worried about accidental contamination due to inserting an incorrect canister (say your jetpack canister in your oxygen filler station - this would contanminate the oxygen!), then