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Unread 05-03-2011, 21:52
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Re: Compressor/Spike Default Setting = On

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Originally Posted by Gnishi2011 View Post
I'll have to check with a teammate, but I think we may have wired the Compressor Spike to the DIO instead of the relay.
The Spike should go to a Relay. The switch on the compressor should go to a DIO. Your code tells your compressor object what DIO and Relay you are on.

Mike-

Perhaps I should rephrase that.

There isn't anything wrong with going over 120, especially when you are trying to figure out why something isn't working.

And for storing at 120, you are allowed to. All your working pressure has to be 60 or below though.

As to always having the compressor on-

I dunno. Last year our compressor was pretty much running the whole time. (Before a match, during a match, during testing) and it never failed us.

Our T-Shirt cannon robot also used 2 compressors and were constantly running, operating from 80-130 PSI.