It doesnt matter to me if I have an LED, never mentioned it actually. I know it would be a nice indication that it is armed, but the safety thing is just so I dont pump the trigger while caring it, Ill know its armed when the toggle shield is fliped up. It is meant for a shoulder fired law launcher,...

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h168/davidvaini/c2b1.png I think I understand it now. IF the switch in my picture above, was flipped to the right, i could press the button to fire, or if I had a switch hooked up to that plugin, i could use that switch to fire.. and if I didn't have a switch hooke...

Thank you soooooooo much!

okay, I am going to try to draw my circuit but in parallel to see if I understand the concept. (I am one of those learners who learns by trying and doing.. if that makes sense) But yeah, cant wait to try your circuit out.

I don't mean to hijack this thread or anything, but here is the console I am using on my pneumatic cannon. I am using a key switch safety to actuate a relay for the firing and hydraulic circuits (top left switch is firing, top right is UP-off-DOWN control, bottom left is lighted momentary push butt...

ah I finally completely understand it now. okay cool, so like in my picture above, if I plugged in the remote switch, I would have to have the rmeote switch turned on and the fire button pressed at the same time for it to work. while parallel is one or the other need to be turned on. Right?

sweet sounds good, yeah that is a good idea thinking about it that way. Thanks for all your help and your patience. I was having a difficult time explaining what exactly I wanted it to do. While you were creating that one, I created my own alternative circuit, It doesnt have 1 plugin for both chargi...

the right most switch is the momentary push for fire, the middle switch is the optional switch as I stated above. It is where the plugin would be to allow a remote switch, or a jumper, etc... I just put a switch there since that is pretty much what is going to be there anyway. the battery is a 8.4v ...

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h168/davidvaini/basiccircuit-1.jpg see that switch in the middle that would be removable and you can replace it with a jumper to complete the circuit. You could also replace it with the two ends from a battery charger. IF and only if you plugin the charger, would y...

So i wont be able to have one plugin for the charger and the remote trigger? I have to have one plugin each? I figure there should be a way to do it if I use a on/off/on switch.. and I guess I am kinda confused what you mean by inter-lock. I wouldnt use the jumper for safety at all, id just have the...

I would have a 1 switch that would work as a safety, and then another button switch that would be the firing button. So both switches would have to be on their "On" state in order to fire the gun. There is also a 3rd "optional" switch in the middle. The optional switch could be a jumper (so no actua...

okay, I think I am finally starting to understand electronics a lot more, I have had no training whats so ever, so please excuse my ignorance on the topics. I do however try to keep an open mind and I appreciate all your guy's help. I cant wait to see dewey's new diagram after reading the different ...

here are the scenarios I want to accomplish: 1. switch 1 - switch it to the left and plugin the charger to the input and charge the battery 2. switch 1 - switch it to the middle and plugin the jumper into the input and it will not allow you to fire the cannon 3. switch 1 - switch it to the right and...

Your pictorial is actually wrong but the schematic is correct! okay, quick question, why does there have to be a diode with the solenoid? I have not had to do this before with a sprinkler valve solenoid when running a DC battery... I mean I understand so it doesnt send any EMF back, but yeah... I t...

dewey-1 wrote:Here is a schematic for the control.

now if only I could understand it

no not really, i guess I didnt explain myself clearly enough... Im going to use an on/off/on switch - not momentary. This would be for 3 different modes - 1. Charge Mode , 2.Safe Mode , 3, Firing Mode. Then additionally I will have a plugin port where I can plugin an on.off switch if I want to or pl...