After seeing a screenshot of a machine operating despite knowing this mod being installed, I had to test for myself. I knew picker dollies was used. What was done, is to place down all the beacons to be placed, such that the beacon areas overlapped an area where a machine will get placed, but leave room for a machine to slide into place, then use picker dollies to slide the target machine into place.
What is expected. Machine is disabled when slid into the range of multiple beacons, and reenabled when slid out of range.
What actually happens. Machine is not validated for beacon range when the machine itself is moved by picker dollies rather than the beacon.
I did try sliding a second beacon into range of a machine, and as expected, the machine became disabled.
Notably, sliding a machine into range of multiple beacons does in-fact disable the machine in space exploration, like it should be.