Thread: Pneumatics NOT Working - Help - Pictures included
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Re: Pneumatics NOT Working - Help - Pictures included
x2 on checking that the PWM cable is connected in the spike, that is REALLY easy to mess up.

Like Al points out... red wire going to GND connection on the spike? That's just asking for trouble. Like Andy points out the compressor appears to be wired in reverse too... which is a bad idea, specifically pointed out in the FRC pneumatics tutorial.

A healthy amount of self doubt might be good here. Obviously it's not hooked up right and/or the programming is not correct, otherwise it would work! I would suggest reading through any tutorials you can find, taking everything apart, then re-assembling everything while reading/following the tutorial a second (or third) time. That's what I do.
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