V5 Pneumatics

Introduction

The VEX V5 Brain can control a V5 Pneumatics system using methods from the Pneumatics class. These methods allow the Brain to open or close the system, extending or retracting pneumatic cylinders.

You will need to manually construct the class in order for this to work.

This page uses v5_pneumatic as the example V5 Pneumatics name. Replace it with your own configured name as needed.

Below is a list of available methods:

Actions – Control pneumatic cylinders.

• open – Extend a cylinder.

• close – Retract a cylinder.

Constructors – Manually initialize and configure V5 Pneumatic Solenoid.

• Pneumatics – Creates a V5 Pneumatics Solenoid.

Actions

open

open extends a cylinder.

Usage:

v5_pneumatic.open()

Parameters	Description
	This method has no parameters.

# Extend the first cylinder
v5_pneumatic.open()

# Wait 2 seconds
wait(2, SECONDS)

# Retract the first cylinder
v5_pneumatic.close()

close

close retracts a cylinder.

Usage:
v5_pneumatic.close()

Parameters	Description
	This method has no parameters.

# Extend the first cylinder
v5_pneumatic.open()

# Wait 2 seconds
wait(2, SECONDS)

# Retract the first cylinder
v5_pneumatic.close()

Constructors

Constructors are used to manually create Pneumatics objects, which are necessary for configuring a V5 Pneumatic Solenoid.

Pneumatics

Pneumatics creates a V5 Pneumatics Solenoid.

Usage:
Pneumatics(port)

Parameter	Description
port	The 3-Wire Port that the V5 Pneumatic Solenoid is connected to: On the V5 Brain – Ports.PORTx where x is the number of the port. On a 3-Wire Expander – expander.a where expander is the name of the expander instance.

# Create a V5 Pneumatic Solenoid in Port A
v5_pneumatic = Pneumatics(brain.three_wire_port.a)