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[WizenedEE]

Originally Posted by thE_iyE

Thanks! Will this make it so it doesn't turn on once it goes below 95 PSI? i.e., just fill once (to save battery?)



I understood that you can put air in the tanks beforehand, but I thought it had to come from the same compressor, or at least the same type.

The compressor Start command makes the compressor turn on when it's at about 115 PSI and off when it's about 120 PSI (not sure about the actual numbers, sorry). You can also control the relay the compressor is on directly, using the relay commands (they're in the output pallet), I'm not sure how you access the PSI gauge, sorry.

On the other hand, your battery will last. Last year, our team had a hanger driven by two CIMs and the battery held up (for about one match .) We had a compressor also. There's no real reason to have it not just stay full.

Also, the rules say that you can have energy in the form of compressed air on the robot. They say nothing about how that compressed air got there. It would be easiest, though, to just turn on the robot in the pits and have it charge up. Then replace the battery if you really need to.