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Re: Spike relays not working
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Originally Posted by Broncobot_kae22 View Post
Our spike relays are not working. I have an amber light on the relay. When button is pushed nothing happens. It is plugged in with a PWM cable to the relay port on the roboRIO. What can we do to fix this? We had a coder right the correct code for us but still nothing.
Are you absolutely, positively sure that the pwm cable is plugged in with the correct orientation and fully seated within the socket on the Spike? Seems like 90% of our troubles with Spikes can be traced to that cable.