state = {
  lastMessage = nil,
  target = 4   -- change this to your monitor computer's id
}

util = {
  send = function(msg, force)
    if msg ~= nil and state.lastMessage ~= msg or force then
      print("Sending message: "..msg)
      rednet.send(state.target, msg)
      state.lastMessage = msg
    end
  end,
  sendSerialized = function(msg, force)
    if msg ~= nil then
      util.send(textutils.serialize(msg), force)
    end
  end,
  hasItems = function()
    for i = 1, 16 do
      if turtle.getItemCount(i) > 0 then
        return true
      end
    end

    return false
  end,
  dropItems = function()
    for i = 1, 16 do
      if turtle.getItemCount(i) > 0 then
        turtle.select(i)
        turtle.dropDown()
        sleep(.5)
      end
    end
    turtle.select(1)
  end
}

local scanner = peripheral.wrap("left")
rednet.open("right")

while true do
--  print("Checking aspects")
  local aspects = scanner.getAspectsDown()
  -- print the aspects
  for k,v in pairs(aspects) do
    print(k..": "..v)
  end

  if next(aspects) == nil then
    util.send("none")
  else
    util.sendSerialized(aspects)
  end

  if util.hasItems() then
    print("Dropping items in to crucible.")
    util.dropItems()
  end

  sleep(1)
end