Button Panel

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Button Panel
Icon Block Button Panel.png
Function: Button panels enable you to bind block functions to buttons that ca...
DLC? Vanilla
Fits small grid
Mass: 22.2 kg
Hitpoints: 91
PCU: 5
Size: 1x1x1
Time to Build: 6 sec
Fits large grid
Mass: 194.0 kg
Hitpoints: 770
PCU: 5
Size: 1x1x1
Time to Build: 10 sec
Data Controls: [purge] (?))

The Button Panel is a functional block in Space Engineers.

It acts as a customizable command console, allowing players to assign blocks' Control Panel actions to in-game buttons. For example, you can assign the "Hangar Door-->Open" action to a button panel.

The Icon Block Sci-Fi Four-Button Panel.png Sci-Fi Four-Button Panel, Icon Block Sci-Fi One-Button Terminal.png Sci-Fi One-Button Terminal, Icon Block Inset Button Panel.png Inset Button Panel, Icon Block Button Panel Pedestal.png Button Panel Pedestal, Icon Block Vertical Button Panel.png Vertical Button Panel, Icon Block Bridge Button Panel.png Bridge Button Panel, and Icon Block Console Module Buttons.png Console Module Buttons are variants (including DLC) with different looks and sizes and the same functionality.

Usage

After you have set up a button, plauers can push it in-world to trigger the action.

  1. Hover the crosshairs over a configured button to read the action in its tooltip.
  2. Face the button until you see a highlight.
  3. Then either press F key or Left-click the button with an empty hand (0 key).

How to set up one action per button

To set up buttons to trigger block actions:

  1. Open the block list by doing one of the following steps.
    • Open the grid's Control Panel Screen, select the button block, and click Set Up Action.
    • Face any button with the crosshairs in-world until you see a highlight and press K key.
      You'll see the list of available blocks on that grid.
  2. Optionally, filter the list by typing a block name in the searchbar.
  3. Right-click a block and drag it to a Toolbar slot. An action menu opens.
  4. Select a block action from the action menu.

For multi-button panels, repeat these steps to assign actions to several toolbar buttons.

How to set up multiple actions per button

What if you want one button to trigger more than one action? Some examples:

  • one button push to switch on or off several lights?
  • one button push to close two doors and then pressurize the room?
  • one button push to open a wide Airtight Hangar Door that is made up of several segments?

In this case, you have two options:

If the blocks are of the same type and you want to trigger the same actions:

  1. First, group the blocks in the control panel.
  2. In the Button Panel's control panel, click Set Up Action. A window listing available blocks opens.
  3. In the blocks window, go to the Groups tab.
  4. From the Groups tab, Right-drag the group to the slot. An action menu opens.
  5. Select desired group action.

If the blocks are a mix of different types:

  1. Build a Icon Block Timer Block.png Timer Block on the same grid.
  2. Set up your multiple actions in the Icon Block Timer Block.png Timer Block (see there).
  3. In the Button Panel's control panel, click Set Up Action. A window listing available blocks opens.
  • In the window, Right-drag the Timer block to the slot. An action menu opens.
  1. Select the Timer block's Start action.

Who can activate the button?

The owner can share button access with anyone, or the buttons can be restricted to respond only to the block's owner, or the owner's faction.

Gallery

  • The small grid version of the button panel has only one button.
    The small grid version of the button panel has only one button.
  • The large grid version of the button panel has four buttons and a terminal port.
    The large grid version of the button panel has four buttons and a terminal port.

Construction

The large grid version is a 1x1x1 block, but the panel only takes up the lower half of one side. The large-grid panel has four configurable buttons plus a built-in Control Panel. It has mount points on four sides.

The small grid version is 1x1x1 small grid blocks in size, and takes up only half that space. It has only a single configurable button and no built-in control panel. It has mount points on five sides.

The buttons need power to work.

Recipe

Icon Block Button Panel.png Button Panel
ComponentLarge Ship/Station
Required		Large Ship/Station
Optional		Small Ship
Required		Small Ship
Optional
Icon Item Interior Plate.png Interior Plate10—2—
Icon Item Construction Comp..png Construction Comp.101011
Icon Item Computer.png Computer20—1—


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