basic pneumatic help needed

Anton · #1 10-02-2005, 14:46

can someone please tell me how to do some basic things with the pneumatic thing? like turning the compressor on/off

also, wgere do i wire all the cables?
I tried searching, but all of the posts i found assume that the reader already knows the basis and needs to know something more compliciated.

Joe Ross · #2 10-02-2005, 15:06

Have you read through pneumaticsfirst.org?

Anton · #3 10-02-2005, 15:09

hey, thanks. I'll go check it out

Anton · #4 10-02-2005, 15:24

I've been to there but I haven;t found anything about programming. are you sure there is something useful for me? or maybe I have just missed it?

Alan Anderson · #5 10-02-2005, 16:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anton

I've been to there but I haven;t found anything about programming. are you sure there is something useful for me? or maybe I have just missed it?

The "programming" consists of a single line of code. In the Buttons to Relays section of the default code, well-camouflaged among all the other copying of input switches to output relays, lies this small nugget:

Code:

  relay8_fwd = !rc_dig_in18;  /* Power pump only if pressure switch is off. */

With this line in Default_Routine(), the pressure switch wired between ground and digital input 18, and the compressor wired between ground and the FWD output of a Spike connected to the relay 8 output, you're golden.

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