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Re: Program crashes when enabled

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Originally Posted by Tom Line View Post
In my experience, losing the 5V light on the digital sidecar usually means you've got a bad sidecar, or you're shorting out (or both). Since you've removed all the PWM's already, do you have a spare sidecar you can try?
We do have an extra sidecar and did try to swap them out. Didn't help

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Originally Posted by Joe Ross View Post
I'm suspecting that you aren't actually powering the digital sidecar through the power connector, only through the 37 pin connector, which doesn't provide enough power to reliably run things. When you add an additional load, by turning on the relay, everything crashes.

The wago connector may be clamping on the insulation, or you may have a loose wire, or missing circuit breaker, or something like that.
When we get back together tomorrow I will check the connection.

Thanks for the help
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