This doesn't seem to work with my particular combination of mods (spidertron engineer & hive spidertron among others). It's researchable, buildable, and goes into the equipment grid no problem, but it fails to have an effect. Not sure what the problem is.
If it's not a simple fix, and too specific a situation, a tip for how to tweak the code myself would be welcome.
Edit: Never mind. After a few hours it just started working after all. shrugs