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What am I supposed to do with this panel?
1 of 6: Looking down at the array of data nodes in the room in front of and below you, you'll see that the eight "L" shapes on the panel correspond to them.
2 of 6: Notice that the red data stream is coming into the bottom center node and is being routed out to the left, where it's just hitting the back of another node and not getting routed anywhere.
3 of 6: This time, the locked door you need to go through is straight ahead of you, beyond the top center node in the array.
4 of 6: So click on the node-shaped buttons on the panel to rotate the nodes so the data stream gets to the door and unlocks it.
5 of 6: There are two possible solutions (one of which is the mirror image of the other). Neither solution uses all of the data nodes.
6 of 6: Here are some simple graphic representations of the starting configuration and the two possible solutions that you can refer to if you like. To use a solution, click on the appropriate buttons on the panel until the data nodes that the stream needs to pass through are exactly as shown (the unused nodes can be turned any which way).
