make sure that if you are trying to place the worktable and power/control unit in a single room, that the worktable appears in a yellow box when placing the power/control unit.
The yellow box does denote linking the items.
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i dont get the yellow box around the work table but when i am placeing my generator/control unit it apears to be animated but when it is placed it doesnt do this also when i look at it in the normal play mode it has a red flashing lighting bolt, does this have any bareing on this
you need a better power generator, check your Mid level crafting table to get the turbine fir tech, not sure about magic one.
It does sound like a power problem, although from the OP there should be plenty to keep a single work table going.
Cyber_Ninja, is your base nothing but the entrance room and an Oversight Centre with the Power/Control Unit and a work table in it? If you go into edit mode the room/item strip along the bottom will have two little bar displays on its top right, showing available and used power and control. If you hover the mouse over this to get the numbers for both, what do they show?
Re. boxes, yellow ones do indicate items linked to the (blue-boxed) selected item, but that only applies to relationships between main items and auxiliary items (e.g. teleports and teleport beacons, power generators and addons). Storage units and their power/control sources don't count as linked in this respect, so there won't be yellow boxes when you select either.
i dont get any power it always say 0 power/control even though i have just got a 200k generator & and the basic mainframe, i even checked with the supergroup registra incase i need to pay the bills up front, but says there are no outstading payments so that cant be it i dont think
Edit: looking at the generator it says its unpowered yet it stats it doesnt need anything to run, do i need to pay maintence like you do in SWG
Hmmmm - this isn't a base you've just got back into after a long time with no use, is it? If you have 200k generators and mainframes it's clearly not the solo player startup I'd originally assumed... 
There seems to be a tendency (bug? feature?) for bases that aren't used for a while to "turn off", and when someone goes back into them nothing works for 24-48 hours despite everything looking like it should.
If that is the problem, past history suggests it'll come right of its own accord after a day or so.
hmm i have been playing with it for the past day or so il give it another 24 hour and see if that helps it, the base is an old private one i use to put all my villians in. if waiting another day doeesnt help i will update this post
thanks for the help Standoff, Landrig & TsumijuZero its much appricated
Check the base rent is up to date too!
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Just wondering - did the base inexplicably spring to life after a while?
yhea as you said standoff, was just my impatiance
Not impatience - why it behaves like it does is a mystery, and even if it's intentional there's not the slightest clue to let you know it'll magically come right in a while.
Anyway, ta for the update and happy building!
my Combo Power and Control Unit dosent seem to give me my control or power, looking at what power a work table needs it should easy power many but i cant power one and they are the only two things i have other than some deco in the enterance room, do i need to link them or something of the like.
thanks for any help given.