James Chaney Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Just wondering what controller to use with pneumatics. I want to start using pneumatics with my Halloween props and I don't know if lor has any controller to accommodate. 24v/12v?Thanks,Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Burge Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 I think this is what you are looking for. CMB-16D-QChttp://store.lightorama.com/cmdedcca2.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Chaney Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 Thanks! I don't know if you have used this card before but can you have one side be 5 or 7 volts instead? I would think so all it's doing is switching from the input. Any insight w this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Burge Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Yes you can have different voltage on each side of the card.Here is the data sheet for this cardhttp://www.lightorama.com/PDF/CMB16D.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cenote Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 James Chaney wrote: Thanks! I don't know if you have used this card before but can you have one side be 5 or 7 volts instead? I would think so all it's doing is switching from the input. Any insight w this?another work around it you just have one or two channels at a different voltage, and you only need to turn on and off, you can always use a SSR (solid state relay) on that channel if you have a lot of 12v stuff on others and don't want to loose a side of the card just for a few channels at different voltage.Hope that makes sense...:? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Chaney Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 It does thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubado Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 You can have many different voltages if you need too. Don't hook you positive wires to the card except for 12V. You can hook the various positive voltages directly to the item to be controlled. The card controls the ground side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBullard Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 scubado wrote:You can have many different voltages if you need too. Don't hook you positive wires to the card except for 12V. You can hook the various positive voltages directly to the item to be controlled. The card controls the ground side.The LOR DC card can control 2 different voltages. The negatives (or cathodes) are switched. The postive is common (can be thought of as a positive ground or common anode)for each side of the board Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Foley Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 The various pneumatic wire frames I have built used old dishwasher water valves to control the air cylinder. Rhese are 120 volt so I could use them with the basic controllers. Slow acuatiopn is achived by pulsing the valve in the sequence. Longhorn Leghorn in the avatar is 7' tall, bends in the middle and mouth moves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shubb Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 I use a few pneumatic cylinders with 110v coils. Each channel is connected directly to the solenoid valve. If I was going to use any other voltage, I would use a SSR to fire the valve and keep the other channels for lighting.Unless, you plan on having 16 cylinders in which case I'm very interested in what your planning!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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