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Re: Help Solenoid Programming

(kinda) same problem bro.

We have the air compressor hooked up to a tank hooked up to a solenoid hooked up to a piston-type-firing-thing. We know the solenoid works because we can push the button, and the piston thing shoots out, then back.

I have REALLY basic code for solenoids. Basically:
I have a get ref. for solenoids outside THE loop in robot main. inside, i wired a boolean switch(i can change it to true/false on the front panel) to the Solenoid Set.vi
When we run the code, the piston thing doesn't shoot out, so it is a code error. Just like team2987 said above, a screenshot of working solenoid code would help us tremendously.

Edit(cause i know someone will tell me this): yes, everything IS wired correctly.
And I do not have any examples installed in LabView(either that, or i cant find em), so i cannot test the "solenoid with compressor example vi" and see if it works.
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