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Re: Pneumatics Help!

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Originally Posted by J.Rivas26 View Post
This is our first year using pneumatics and we have some questions about the pressure switch. When the psi in the tanks gets to 115 the compressor turns off, so how does it turn back on? Do we need another switch to tell the compressor to turn on when it drops to around 90 psi, or is it a matter programming the pressure switch.
The pressure switch should be connected to the DIO on the digital sidecar. The pressure switch will open at around 115 psi, and close again at around 95 psi. You need to program the cRIO to turn on the compressor when the switch is closed, and off when it is open.
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