Autonomous Independent

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Hi. We are programming the autonomous independent mode for moving and kicking. We basically have the 'moving' part down (watched the NI tutorial), but the solenoid firing of our kicker does not work.

The moving part of the autonomous independent is set up exactly like the example in the NI tutorial. We put the kicker functionality (optical sensor senses ball and fires the kicker) in the 'selectable true' case structure, but outside the motion iteration structure (that includes the watchdog). I have a hunch that the solenoid structure should be in a similar loop as well, but am not sure. I thought that any functionality within the autonomous independent vi would periodically be processed, but maybe I am not understanding the basics of how autonomous independent functions.
If anyone can explain the 'basics' that would certainly help.