I need some help with programming pneumatics. I am trying to write a program that uses buttons on the screen to control pneumatics. However, I can’t actually get the buttons to control the pneumatics. Thanks for the help, Zachary

Here’s some sample code while(true){ //If button up pressed, activate if( Controller1.ButtonUp.pressing() ) { piston.set( true ); } //Otherwise don’t activate else { piston.set( false ); } wait(20,msec) }

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[image] ZBlackw1: uses buttons on the screen to control pneumatics He needs to use the screen to control it not the controller

Ah I see. while(true){ if (Brain.Screen.pressing()) { piston.set( true ); } else { piston.set(false); } } This would work only if you are ok with pressing anywhere on the brain to activate the piston.

I don’t know the exact code, but I have a program somewhere that has a button thing for custom sized buttons on the screen that I could dissect if you want

Yup, that would work. Eno can likely help you out if you only want a digital button trigger so you can use the rest of the screen for something else.

For now, just pressing the screen will work, but I would like to know how to make it work with custom-sized buttons in case I may need to use it in the future. Also, with the code that @thorstenl312 posted, what would I need to set up in robot config?

You would only need to initialize the brain and digital out brain Brain; digital_out piston = digital_out( Brain.ThreeWirePort.A );

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