Thread: Can't get pneumatics solenoids to work
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Re: Can't get pneumatics solenoids to work
I think Kevin has a good point. Is your solenoid breakout board's Wago connector wired correctly to a 24v spot on the power distribution board? Make sure the polarity is correct.

There is one other thing that is tricky. I'm not sure how the manual override for the SMC valves works. Your part number did not include the code that specifies what type there is. so maybe your valves don't have the override. But if they do I think it is a blue button sometimes that has a small slot in it. If you push it when the air pressure is available, the valve will be activated. The Festo equivalents allow a quarter turn of that slotted button which disables the solenoid completely. If it is turned on the Festo rig, the valve will not respond to electrical signals on either side.
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