AE2 Import Export Card

Overview

AE2 Import Export Card is an addon for Applied Energistics 2 that adds two upgrade cards for your Wireless Terminals: the Insert Card and the Export Card. These cards let you automatically transfer items between your player inventory and your ME network without needing to manually drag items around. The Insert Card watches specific inventory slots and pushes matching items into your ME system, while the Export Card pulls items from your ME system into designated slots in your inventory.

Both cards work passively while your Wireless Terminal is in your inventory and within range of your ME network. You configure which slots to watch and what items to filter, then the cards handle everything automatically on each game tick. The mod also supports fluids, Fuzzy matching, blacklist filtering with an Inverter Card, and auto-crafting with a Crafting Card. You can browse the two items this mod adds and their crafting recipes using the tabs on this page.

Prerequisites

This mod requires Applied Energistics 2 and will not function without it. Before crafting either card, you need a working ME network with storage and a Wireless Terminal or Wireless Crafting Terminal. The crafting recipes use AE2 components like Engineering Processors, Calculation Processors, an Advanced Card, and an Import Bus or Export Bus, so you should be well into mid-game AE2 progression before these cards become available.

If you have the AE2 Wireless Terminals (ae2wtlib) mod installed, both cards are also compatible with the Universal Terminal from that addon.

The Insert Card

The Insert Card monitors selected slots in your inventory and automatically pushes matching items into your ME network's storage. Think of it as a personal Import Bus that follows you wherever you go. This is incredibly useful for mining trips, where Cobblestone, Dirt, and other bulk materials can be automatically offloaded to your ME system without filling up your inventory.

When you open the Insert Card's configuration screen, you'll see your full inventory displayed at the bottom. Click any slot to toggle a checkmark on it. Any item in a checkmarked slot that matches your filter will be sent to your ME system. The filter slots along the top accept up to 18 different item types. By default, the filter acts as a whitelist, meaning only items in the filter will be imported. Adding an Inverter Card to the upgrade panel switches this to a blacklist, so everything except the filtered items gets imported.

Insert Card Upgrades

The Insert Card has 2 upgrade slots and supports two upgrades. The Fuzzy Card enables fuzzy matching on filters, allowing items to match based on damage percentage rather than exact item type. This is useful when you want to import all damaged tools regardless of their specific durability. The Inverter Card flips the filter from whitelist mode to blacklist mode, letting you specify items to keep rather than items to import.

Fluid Import

The Insert Card also handles fluids. If you have a fluid container in a selected slot (such as a filled Bucket) and the filter contains a matching fluid type, the card will drain the fluid from the container and store it in your ME system's fluid storage. This works with any item that exposes the Forge fluid capability.

The Export Card

The Export Card is the mirror of the Insert Card. Instead of pushing items into your ME system, it pulls items from your ME network and places them into designated slots in your inventory. This is perfect for keeping a constant supply of specific items on hand, like building materials, food, or ammunition. As you consume items, the Export Card automatically replenishes them from your ME storage.

The Export Card's configuration screen works differently from the Insert Card. The filter slots at the top define which items to export. When you click an inventory slot at the bottom, it cycles through numbers 1 through 18, with each number corresponding to a filter slot. This means you can map different items to different inventory positions. For example, set filter slot 1 to Torches and filter slot 2 to Cooked Beef, then assign your hotbar slots accordingly. Right-clicking a slot clears it back to unselected.

Export Card Upgrades

The Export Card has 3 upgrade slots and supports three types of upgrades. The Speed Card (called Acceleration Card in some AE2 versions) dramatically improves transfer speed from 1 item per tick to a full stack of 64 items per tick, making inventory restocking almost instant. The Crafting Card enables automatic crafting requests. When an item you've configured for export isn't available in your ME system, the card will check if it can be auto-crafted and submit a crafting job for it. The Fuzzy Card works the same as on the Insert Card, allowing fuzzy matching by damage percentage.

Fluid Export

The Export Card can also fill fluid containers in your inventory. If you have an empty Bucket or other fluid container in a selected slot and the corresponding filter specifies a fluid, the card will extract that fluid from your ME system and fill the container. With a Speed Card installed, it transfers up to a full bucket per tick instead of the default 1000 mB.

Compatible Terminals

Both cards work with the standard AE2 Wireless Terminal and the Wireless Crafting Terminal. If you have the AE2 Wireless Terminals (ae2wtlib) mod installed, they also work with the Universal Terminal from that mod. Each terminal can hold one Insert Card and one Export Card simultaneously, letting you both import and export items at the same time.

The cards only function when the terminal is in your inventory (not in a Shulker Box or other container) and when you are within wireless range of your ME network. If you move out of range, the cards pause until you return. Range is determined by your Wireless Access Point's range, which can be extended with Wireless Boosters.

Auto-Crafting with the Export Card

One of the most powerful features of the Export Card is its support for the Crafting Card upgrade. When installed, the Export Card checks whether the requested item is available in your ME system. If the item isn't in storage but has an auto-crafting pattern set up, the card automatically submits a crafting job to produce it. The card uses the CRAFT_LESS calculation strategy, which means it only requests the minimum amount needed.

This is incredibly useful for consumable items like Torches, Arrows, or food. Set up crafting patterns for these items in your ME system, configure the Export Card to keep them in your hotbar, and you'll never run out. The card checks if a crafting request is already pending before submitting a new one, so it won't spam your crafting system with duplicate jobs.