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Re: new festo valves

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Originally Posted by Team2340 View Post
... where you connect the solenoid valve, i understand that you connect it to the bumper on the cRio, but there are only two wires on the solenoid valve, where on the bumper, there are three prongs for signal, +, -.
I see the problem. There are two different types of Breakouts that connect to the cRIO Moduled that look very much alike. (2) Analog Breakouts and (1) Solenoid Breakout board.
  • The Breakout with 3-prongs is the Analog Breakout.
  • The Breakout with 2-prongs is the Solenoid Breakout.
The 2 wires from a solenoid connect to the two prongs on the Solenoid Breakout. The Solenoid Breakout gets attached to the cRIO Module that has the 8 tiny status lights on it. The cRIO Solenoid Module comes in slot 8.


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Oh on the other hand, for the pressure switch... where does that get hooked up? or does it at all??
The pressure switch gets wired to the signal and ground pins of Digital Input 1 on the Digital Sidecar. Do not use the power pin.
The switch itself gets attached to a fitting that allows it to be connected to the pneumatic tubing on the high pressure side.

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Sorry one last thing, is anyone using a pressure transducer?? if so what and how and where am i going to put that??
The wiring for a pressure transducer goes to the Analog Bumper.
A pressure transducer gets attached to a brass pneumatic fitting so that it can be attached to the pneumatic tubing. Usually you want to have it on the high pressure side too. The same way the pressure switch is attached.
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