2021.1.1560.3 Receiver

Overview

The Beam Receiver is a component that can detect an optical (laser) beam emitted by a Beam Emitter.

A Beam Emitter projecting its beam onto a Beam Receiver, toggling an Indicator Light.

The Beam Receiver Physical component can be found under Standard Components > Beam Sensor > Receiver > Add Physical Component.

It can be accessed from the GameObject menu as well as from the Hierarchy Context menu.

A new GameObject will be created if you do not have a GameObject selected. Otherwise, the Beam Receiver will be added to the selected GameObject.

Live Data
State	Shows whether the Beam Receiver is currently active and thus whether it will detect a beam.
Output Signal	Shows whether the Beam Receiver currently detects a beam or not.
Properties
On Signal High	A UnityEvent that is fired as soon as the Output Signal of the Beam Receiver is set to “High”.
On Signal Low	A UnityEvent that is fired as soon as the Output Signal of the Beam Receiver is set to “Low”.
Control Panel
Generate Control Panel for BeamEmitter	Click this button to generate a ControlPanelInterface for the Beam Receiver.

Title	The Title of the Control Panel. Click to ping the target component in the hierarchy. Double click to edit.
Beam Receiver Properties
State	Shows whether the Beam Emitter is currently active and thus whether it will emit a beam.
Output Signal	Shows whether the Beam Receiver currently detects a beam or not.
Enable/Disable	Enables/Disables the Beam Receiver.
Target Component
Target Gameobject	The gameobject which has a standardcomponent you want the Control Panel for.
Target Component	The Component which for which a Control Panel is generated.

Assign a Beam Receiver physical component to a GameObject, or create a new one directly from the menu.
Create the desired signal events under the Properties tab.
In order to detect a beam, a Beam Emitter must also be created.
Direct the beam from the Beam Emitter at the Beam Receiver.
Objects with a Collider will interrupt the beam, changing the signal value of the Beam Receiver.