Valco Valves: Commands and Tips

The Two-Position Valve has two valve positions (A and B). The Multi-Position Valve has up to 16 valve positions (1, 2, 3, ...16).

The valve is switched to position A (Two-Position Valve) or position 1 (Multi-Position Valve) when connecting to Chromeleon.

Valve Commands and Properties

In addition to the standard commands, the following commands and properties are available (please note that the display Filter level determines which commands and properties are displayed):

 

Property

Value

Description

Direction
(Available only for the Multi-Position Valve.)

Clockwise or Counterclockwise

Direction in which the valve is switched.

FirmwareDate

 

Firmware date (read-only).

FirmwareVersion

 

Firmware version (read-only).

FlipDelay
(Available only for the Two-Position Valve.)

0 to 65.000 ms

Delay time for the Flip command.

MaxPosition
(Available only for the Multi-Position Valve.)

4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16

Maximum number of positions (read-only). The property is set on the General tab page in the Server Configuration program.

Position

A or B
1 through MaxPosition, respectively.

Current valve position.

 

Command

Description

Flip
(Available only for the Two-Position Valve.)

Switches the valve to the opposite position, waits for the time specified by the FilpDelay property, and then returns to the original position.

Home

Switches the Two-Position Valve to position A.
Switches the Multi-Position Valve to position 1.

Reset

Performs a Disconnect command, and then a Connect command.

Toggle
(Available only for the Two-Position Valve.)

Switches the valve to the other position.

 

For an overview of the Valco valves, refer to Hardware Installation  Valco Valves in the Administrator Help section.