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Re: single solenoid

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Originally Posted by seanl View Post
ok were having a problem with both our solenoids were using a festo and smc. the closest we got to get them to work was with the smc. when i turn the robot on the pump goes on and the pneumatic plugged in gets extended and when i flip the switch it goes down. we want the opposite to happen. we tried switching around evey thing the wires and the tubing and we cant figure out whats wrong. and the festo we have the input on 1 and the output on 2. the light turns "on" on the festo and the relay but nothing happens we tried switching stuff on this too and nothing. any ideas?
Usually all you would need to do is switch the hoses. There are supposed to be instructions included on how to hook it up in the festo box. Also try looking at the pneumatics manual here-
http://www2.usfirst.org/2007comp/oth...s%20Manual.pdf