Pneumatic

Introduction

The VEX IQ Brain can control the VEX IQ Pneumatic system using methods from the Pneumatic class. These methods allow the Brain to control the pneumatic pump and extend or retract pneumatic cylinders.

This page uses pneumatic_1 as the example Pneumatic name. Replace it with your own configured name as needed.

Below is a list of all methods:

Actions — Control pneumatic cylinders.

• extend — Extend a cylinder.

• retract — Retract a cylinder.

Mutators — Turn the pneumatic pump on or off.

• pump_on — Turns the pneumatic pump on.

• pump_off — Turns the pneumatic pump off.

• pump — Turns the pneumatic pump on or off.

Getters — Check if the solenoid is connected.

• installed — Returns whether or not a solenoid is connected to the Brain.

Constructors — Manually initialize and configure Pneumatics.

• Pneumatic — Creates a Pneumatics object.

Actions

extend

extend extends a pneumatic cylinder.

Usage:
pneumatic_1.extend(cylinder)

Parameters	Description
cylinder	The cylinder to extend: CYLINDER1 CYLINDER2 CYLINDERALL – Both cylinders

retract

retract retracts a pneumatic cylinder.

Usage:
pneumatic_1.retract(cylinder)

Parameters	Description
cylinder	The cylinder to retract: CYLINDER1 CYLINDER2 CYLINDERALL – Both cylinders

Mutators

pump_on

pump_on turns the pneumatic pump on.

Usage:
pneumatic_1.pump_on()

Parameters	Description
	This method has no parameters.

pump_off

pump_off turns the pneumatic pump off.

Usage:
pneumatic_1.pump_off()

Parameters	Description
	This method has no parameters.

pump

pump turns the pneumatic pump on or off.

Usage:
pneumatic_1.pump(state)

Parameters	Description
state	The state to set: True turns the pneumatic pump on, and False turns the pneumatic pump off.

Getters

installed

installed returns a Boolean indicating whether the solenoid is connected to the Brain.

• True — The solenoid is connected to the Brain.

• False — The solenoid is not connected to the Brain.

Usage:
pneumatic_1.installed()

Parameters	Description
	This method has no parameters.

Constructors

Constructors are used to manually create Pneumatic objects, which are necessary for configuring Pneumatics outside of VEXcode.

Pneumatics

The Pneumatic constructor creates a Pneumatic object in the specified Smart Port.

Usage:
pneumatic_1 = Pneumatic(smartport)

Parameter	Description
smartport	The Smart Port that the solenoid is connected to, written as PORTx where x is the number of the port.

# Create a Pneumatic object in Port 1
pneumatic_1 = Pneumatic(Ports.PORT1)