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Problem: Pneumatics Not Firing

We're having an issue with our pneumatics where our operator is pushing the button on his controller to fire a set of pneumatic cylinders, and the cylinders are not actuating. After clicking the button a few times, the cylinders finally actuate. Sometimes it takes three or four clicks, sometimes a lot more, sometimes the cylinders never fire. This happens even when we have full air pressure going to the system. We are having this problem with two systems (the ones we use the most) with one solenoid and two cylinders each. This problem started yesterday during preparation for an off-season event.

We have tried recreating the problem by just firing our systems repeatedly, but the systems run fine. The problem happens mostly while we're doing practice matches both while running motors and not.

Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!
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