If Advanced Particle Collector Pre-deployed at VAB, it won't work.

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That's the origin why people think the collector won't work(as in the thread and Subreddit Discord). Even you retract and reopen it, it won't work.
In how it won't work, there are no data of karbonite if you right click on the collector. No Karbonite collected, too.
Compare to when it works