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Re: How do you control the length a piston will extention/retraction?

short answer yes, we do so yes.


you need a double solinoid, double solinoid. or 2 double solinoids.


I don't know the programming for this and this may be to late, but to hook it all up.

solinoid 1
You need the pressure goes in the p hole
top of clynider to the a hole
bottom of the clynider to the b hole
then you also fill the ea, and ab holes but ill get to that later.


solinoid 2.

connect tubing to the a, and b holes
plug p
leave ea, eb empty.

connecting the two

connect ea on solinoid 1 to b on solinoid 2
connect eb on solinoid 1 to a on solinoid 2

in short
connect ea on solinoid 1 to b on solinoid 2
connect eb on solinoid 1 to a on solinoid 2
connect solinoid 1 a to clynider
connect solinoid 1 b to clynider
connect solinoid 1 p to pressure source
plug solinoid 2 p
leave solinoid 2 ea empty
leave solinoid 2 eb empty


im sry this is late, i got to go back to work on our robot sry i can't post code for this, you can't reverse and you need 2 spikes good luck.
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