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Update Problem and Stuttering Compressor

We just finished installing the updates for LabVIEW today but when we tried to open our robot's programing file a window appeared with an extremely long list of 'non-compatible' files. Most of these files were extremely important, including all the files that we had original programing in. Now, after fixing a portion of the programing, it won't let me build because the robot main .vi is 'broken'. This is my first year using the program so I'm not sure if it's just that I pressed something or the updates were installed wrong.

Also, we've been getting some problems with a stuttering compressor. It's supposed to shut off once it's reached 120 psi but instead it just starts to stutter. We've determined that it is a programing issue but I've followed all of the examples LabVIEW provides (including 'solenoid with compressor') so I'm not sure what's going on. So starting from the beginning, how would you set up compressor programing so that it reaches 120 psi, stops, then starts up again once the pressure drops?

Re: Update Problem and Stuttering Compressor

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Originally Posted by EddiesCouch (Post 922476)

Now, after fixing a portion of the programing, it won't let me build because the robot main .vi is 'broken'.

Click the "run" arrow on the Robot Main vi. It should present you with a list of things that it considers broken; double-click on one to be taken directly to the offending spot in the block diagram.

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So starting from the beginning, how would you set up compressor programing so that it reaches 120 psi, stops, then starts up again once the pressure drops?

Follow the pattern in the Solenoid With Compressor Example, moving the initialization and cleanup to the proper places in the competition code framework:

In Begin.vi, place a Compressor Open, telling it which DIO has the pressure switch connected, and which Relay is controlling the compressor. Wire the resulting Device Reference to a Compressor Start, then to a Compressor RefNum Registry Set, giving an appropriate name like "Compressor".

In Finish.vi, place a Compressor RefNum Registry Get, giving it the same name you gave the Set. Wire the Device Reference into the first frame of the Flat Sequence, where you will place a Compressor Stop, then a Compressor Close.

That's it. Don't open the DIO or Relay anywhere else. Let the background compressor task take care of turning things on and off as needed.