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Help to identify relay pins

Looking at the datasheet, you should measure approximately 150ohms on the two coil pins with a multimeter.

Without powering the coil, you should measure almost zero ohms between the common pin and the normally closed. Powering the coil you should measure infinite resistance between these two and almost zero between the common pin and normally open, and of course you should measure 5V on the normally open to the LED if 5V is connected to the common pin.

Have you tried it without the relay, providing 5V to the resistor and LED in series? Maybe the LED is bad.
 

Harald Kapp

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Your connection looks right. Try the other contact (NC). The relay should work inverse: relay on = LED off and vice versa.
One issue with this relay could be the relay contacts. This is a power relay meant to drive high current. The contact material is a silver alloy. Silver alloys will corrode over time, building a non-conductive layer of oxide over the contact. With high power loads this is not an issue as the oxide will be removed with every switching cycle due to the high current. A low load such as your LED may not be able to overcome the oxide. Try a high-power load instead of the LED to see whether this "cleans" the contacts.
Here's some background reading on this effect.
 
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