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Re: Spikes not working - URGENT

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Originally Posted by gyroscopeRaptor View Post
We are working on the robot for the 3rd of July parade and our spikes are not working. We are using one to control a compressor and one to activate a valve. We had the spike that was controlling the compressor working, but it has stopped working oddly. It has an orange light. We have tried using two other spikes for this and the valve spike, but the other two only show an orange light and do not react.

edit1: The lights on the sidecar change.
Are the PWM cables running between your Spikes and the Relay Outputs on the Digital Sidecar fully seated? Are they oriented correctly? For red/white/black cables, the black wire should correspond to the (-) pin on the Sidecar and the pin labeled "B" on the Spike.
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