Troubleshooting the SEQ5 ELWire Sequencer Kit

This is a dynamic document. It will be updated with problems and solutions as they are reported.

Problem: One or more outputs does not come on.
Solution #1:
If the outputs that do not come on are at the "high" end - output #5, or outputs #5 and #4, or outputs #5 and #4 and #3, your sequencer may be configured to have fewer than five outputs. Set the sequencer to pattern #1, which turns one output on at a time and then starts over. If the "on" segment moves immediately from the highest working output to output #1 without a period when no outputs are on, your sequencer is configured to have fewer than five outputs. Use the number-of-outputs configuration to turn them on.
Solution#2:
The nonworking wire segments may be either open or shorted, and will need to be disconnected from the sequencer and fixed. Note that it is possible for problems with one output to affect other outputs. If any output is shorted, it will prevent any other outputs from working whenever the shorted output is on. If the wire on output #5 works when the sequencer is set to pattern #1 (which turns one output on at a time), but not when the sequencer is set to pattern #5 (which turns multiple outputs on progressively from the left), the first non-working wire segment is probably shorted.

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