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Proper way to connect a solenoid

My team is adding t-shirt cannons to our robot for the offseason, and we are using sprinkler valves as solenoids to fire them. We have little experience with pneumatics, we managed to get the compressor working with no trouble; however, we don't know the proper way to connect the solenoid so that we can fire. We tried connecting it to a Spike and switching the spike on, but it was unsuccessful. What is the correct way to do this?