Trying to power an Adafruit Motor Sield 2.0 with external power but doesn't work

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Hello dear people of this forums,

I've been lurking for some months now, and after researching I can't seem to find a solution of why my Arduino with an Adafruit Motor Shield on it can't be powered via an external power supply, for example a battery.

Here's a picture of how I actually plugged it:

The Output power of the battery is 12V and 2A. As you can see, it doesn't output anything as the Ampers indicator it's 0. Does anyone know any tip I should check?

I've also read the adafruit page abput how to do it but still no results, I have tried with another motor shield but same result, no power income.

Thanks om advance for reading this post.

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II see no motor connected to the shield so there is nothing there to draw any current.

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The two wires that come out from the bottom side of the shield are connected to a motor, it works with the voltage of the arduino, but I'm trying to make it work with the external power.

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If you want to power everything from the external power then you have to jumper the VIN jumper right above the power terminals. Make sure to observe the voltage callout of 5-12 V. If you go above that you might burnout the regulator on the arduino.