CTE Pneumatics

Introduction

CTE Pneumatic commands will only work with the CTE Pneumatic parts. You will need to manually import the CTE module in order for this to work:

from cte import *

The VEX V5 Brain can control the CTE 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 cte_pneumatic as the example CTE Pneumatics name. Replace it with your own configured name as needed.

Below is a list of available methods:

Actions – Control pneumatic cylinders and the pneumatic pump.

• extend – Extends a pneumatic cylinder.

• retract – Retracts a pneumatic cylinder.

• pump_on – Turns the pneumatic pump on.

• pump_off – Turns the pneumatic pump off.

Setters – Turn the pneumatic pump on or off.

• pump – Turns the pneumatic pump on or off.

Constructors – Manually initialize and configure the CTE Pneumatic Solenoid.

• Pneumatic – Create a CTE Pneumatic Solenoid.

Actions

extend

extend extends a pneumatic cylinder.

Usage:
cte_pneumatic.extend(cylinder)

Parameters	Description
cylinder	The cylinder to extend: CYLINDER1 CYLINDER2 CYLINDER3 CYLINDER4 CYLINDERALL – All 4 cylinders

retract

retract retracts a pneumatic cylinder.

Usage:
cte_pneumatic.retract(cylinder)

Parameters	Description
cylinder	The cylinder to retract: CYLINDER1 CYLINDER2 CYLINDER3 CYLINDER4 CYLINDERALL – All 4 cylinders

pump_on

pump_on turns the pneumatic pump on.

Usage:
cte_pneumatic.pump_on()

Parameters	Description
	This method has no parameters.

pump_off

pump_off turns the pneumatic pump off.

Usage:

cte_pneumatic.pump_off()

Parameters	Description
	This method has no parameters.

Setters

pump

pump turns the pneumatic pump on or off.

Usage:

cte_pneumatic.pump(state)

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

Constructors

Constructors are used to manually create Pneumatic objects, which are necessary for configuring a CTE Pneumatic Solenoid.

Pneumatic

Pneumatic creates a CTE Pneumatic Solenoid.

Usage:
Pneumatic(smartport)

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

from cte import *

# Create a CTE Pneumatic Solenoid in Port 1
cte_pneumatic = Pneumatic(Ports.PORT1)