More Solenoid Trouble

Technical Java
1

Hey guys! I am having trouble coding the solenoid. I want it to be so that whenever I push on the buttons on the top of the Attack 3 joystick, the solenoid opens up. The button labeled 3 on the Attack three opens the solenoid forward and the button 2 opens the solenoid backwards. However, my code does neither of this. In fact, I’m not sure if it’s the code or not, but the air only come out of hole 2 of the solenoid. If you see anything that would be affecting the situation so that it doesn’t work, let me know!:smiley: :smiley:

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/* Copyright (c) FIRST 2008. All Rights Reserved.                             */
/* Open Source Software - may be modified and shared by FRC teams. The code   */
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/* the project.                                                               */
/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

package edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.templates;



import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.DoubleSolenoid;
import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.Jaguar;
import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.Joystick;
import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.SimpleRobot;

/**
 * The VM is configured to automatically run this class, and to call the
 * functions corresponding to each mode, as described in the SimpleRobot
 * documentation. If you change the name of this class or the package after
 * creating this project, you must also update the manifest file in the resource
 * directory.
 */
public class RobotTemplate extends SimpleRobot {
    /**
     * This function is called once each time the robot enters autonomous mode.
     */
    
    Jaguar lTalon,rTalon;
    Joystick throttle;
    
    DoubleSolenoid exampleDouble;
    Joystick aimer;
    
    
    public void autonomous() {
        
    }

    /**
     * This function is called once each time the robot enters operator control.
     */
    
    public void robotInit(){
        lTalon=new Jaguar(3);
        rTalon=new Jaguar(4);
        throttle=new Joystick(1);
       
        exampleDouble=new DoubleSolenoid(1,2); 
    }
    public void operatorControl() {
    
        while(isOperatorControl() &&isEnabled()){
           lTalon.set(-throttle.getZ());
           rTalon.set(throttle.getZ());
        }
        
        if(aimer.getRawButton(3)){
            exampleDouble.set(DoubleSolenoid.Value.kForward);
        }
        
        else if(aimer.getRawButton(2)){
            exampleDouble.set(DoubleSolenoid.Value.kReverse);
        }
        
        else{
            exampleDouble.set(DoubleSolenoid.Value.kOff);
        }
    }
                 
            
}    
     
            
            
                
           


    
    
    /**
     * This function is called once each time the robot enters test mode.
     */
2

All the code that should run during teleop should be placed in the while loop.

3

So I changed it so that all the Solenoid code is in the while loop, but it still isn’t working! Do any of you guys see anything else wrong with the code?

/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Copyright (c) FIRST 2008. All Rights Reserved.                             */
/* Open Source Software - may be modified and shared by FRC teams. The code   */
/* must be accompanied by the FIRST BSD license file in the root directory of */
/* the project.                                                               */
/*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

package edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.templates;



import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.DoubleSolenoid;
import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.Jaguar;
import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.Joystick;
import edu.wpi.first.wpilibj.SimpleRobot;

/**
 * The VM is configured to automatically run this class, and to call the
 * functions corresponding to each mode, as described in the SimpleRobot
 * documentation. If you change the name of this class or the package after
 * creating this project, you must also update the manifest file in the resource
 * directory.
 */
public class RobotTemplate extends SimpleRobot {
    /**
     * This function is called once each time the robot enters autonomous mode.
     */
    
    Jaguar lTalon,rTalon;
    Joystick throttle;
    
    DoubleSolenoid exampleDouble;
    Joystick aimer;
    
    
    public void autonomous() {
        
    }

    /**
     * This function is called once each time the robot enters operator control.
     */
    
    public void robotInit(){
        lTalon=new Jaguar(3);
        rTalon=new Jaguar(4);
        throttle=new Joystick(1);
       
        exampleDouble=new DoubleSolenoid(1,2); 
    }
    public void operatorControl() {
    
        while(isOperatorControl() &&isEnabled()){
           lTalon.set(-throttle.getZ());
           rTalon.set(throttle.getZ());
        
        
        if(aimer.getY()>0){
            exampleDouble.set(DoubleSolenoid.Value.kForward);
        }
        
        else if(aimer.getY()<0){
            exampleDouble.set(DoubleSolenoid.Value.kReverse);
        }
        
        else{
            exampleDouble.set(DoubleSolenoid.Value.kOff);
        }
        }  
    }
                 
            
}    
     
            
            
                
           


    
    
    /**
     * This function is called once each time the robot enters test mode.
     */