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Re: Trouble using Spike Relay

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Originally Posted by Alan Anderson View Post
The relay outputs are correct for connecting to Spike relays.

There are LEDs adjacent to the relay pins on the Digital Sidecar. When you tell the door relay (#4) to turn on forward, its associated green LED should light. Does it?

Are the Digital Sidecar's 12v and 5v power LEDs lit? Is the RSL on steady?
OK so answer me this - all sidecar LED's are green. Spike power is wired properly. Relay output light is turning on at the sidecar (using either the Compressor class or just a Relay class to turn the output on). Pump works fine when powered separately. RSL is solid orange when enabled. All this, but the pump doesn't enable. The Spike LED remains orange. I've swapped out the PWM cable, twice. No dice.

All bots are programmed in Wind River. The firmware matches the software installation.

This has happened today, twice, on two different robots (neither of which are mine). I'm not quite sure what to try next. Hopefully there is a "duh" I'm missing and someone can help me correct the problem. Should I bust out the "Persuader" and take the sidecar out behind the woodshed?
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