Help! :confused:

[Team2339]

What do u use to connect the solenoid valve to the Pneumatic Bumper???

[Robert Cawthon]

OK. First, what is a pneumatic bumper? Second, the air hose hooks up between fittings and the fitting screw into the pneumatic pieces. Are you looking for the fittings and couplers?

[MrForbes]

The Pneumatic Bumper is the electronic part that plugs into the cRio control system. He's asking about wiring....which I have not explored. In the past it was typical to use #18 wire to connect them, but it would be wise to read thru the pneumatics manual, the control system manual, the Robot rules, and the FRC Suggestions.

http://usfirst.org/community/frc/content.aspx?id=452

I haven't looked, because we're not using pneumatics this year....

[Russ Beavis]

It's no longer referred to as the Pneumatic Bumper - it's the Solenoid Breakout (the adapter board that plugs into the NI 9472 module in the cRIO for providing easier wiring to devices such as pneumatic valves).

You can use the 2-pin cables from your Control Kit. You should have received 5 of them in your KoP.

Russ

[JesseK]

The control system specs, pg 36 (http://usfirst.org/uploadedFiles/3-FRC%20Control%20System-Component-Datasheets-Rev-0-5a.pdf) tells you the pinouts and what to use. I'm not sure if it's recommended against or not, but I believe a 24AWG (http://usfirst.org/uploadedFiles/2009%20FRC%20Suggestions%20Rev%20A.pdf)(pg 11), 8x2, ribbon cable may also be used so long as you're very careful of polarity. Any thoughts Russ?

[Russ Beavis]

As far as I'm concerned, Rule R45.G says it all - must use 24AWG or larger wire to power pneumatic valves. I'm not terribly interested in the cable details (eg discrete wire vs. ribbon vs. connector type) as long as the individual lines are 24AWG or larger.

Russ

[Team2339]

Another question, does it matter which GPIO port the nason pressure switch is wired to?
~thank you in advance

[Mark McLeod]

None at all. Any one of them will do.