I have (2) 8'blades bought new on new boat in 2018. There are 3 ways to deploy, stomp buttons/small stick on button/lanyard.
I use our clubhouse ramp, it's private and see's very little traffic but the dock is not the best so when launching and exiting the lake I tie off at the bow and put my poles down. On Saturday I coming off the water I noticed only the starboard pole deployed. After getting my truck down to the ramp and back on my boat I played with the orange settings button on the little stick on unit, it is at the helm. No matter what I tried only the starboard pole would work.
So I go into the garage on Sunday to take a closer look and since I want to have my eyes and head as close to the bilge as I can I use the lanyard, both poles deploy? Now what I "should have done" was tried the stick on button but i did not. Going out again this Saturday and I will try, if only the starboard pole works I guess its a button problem?? The boat came with 2 of those.