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am the new programmer,electronics, and recently elected the pneumatics guy (with no pneumatics knowledge at all).
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Wow! That is a real handfull that you've got there. How many people are on your team?, and can anyone help you at all?
I dont have any pics of our pnumatics board right now, but here are some suggestions. I am just the electronics guy, but I have worked on pnumatics too. If you know alot about electronics you should be fine. Just think of the compressor as your positive power supply.
There are tubing holders that you screw into the solenoids (which control the pistons), the pistons (which are the metal tubes that extend), and the accumulators. They look like bottle type things and store all of the compressed air. I really wish I had some pics to show you.
REMEMBER TO USE TEFLON TAPE WHEN SCREWING IN CONNECTIONS. If you dont, there wont be a tight seal and you will loose pressure.
Also remember to put on the automatic pressure release valve (look in the KOP check list to find what it is). This can be set from 0-60 psi and must be attatched before the solenoids.
Have a couple other people from your team help you. It is a really tedious job and is quite time consuming. Have them look at the pnumatics manual too.
Good luck,
Jacob