Y axis switch with 2 drivers

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James Macleod
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Location: UK
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Laser Machine Make or Type: 80w china tank
Laser Power: 80
Laser Bed Size: 19.5 x 27.5
Home Position: TR
Control Software: LIGHTBURN
RDWorks Version: 1.01
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: 10

Hello all
Can someone have a look over my diagram and see if you can spot any issues of why this may not work please.
or could it be done a better way?
I have a chinese generic 80w laser with a ruida 6442s as shown on my diagram.

many thanks


The ENA+ on both drives are connected to 5V+
The ENA- on both drives are connected to the switch on either side. (Yellow and green wires)
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James Macleod
Posts: 4
Joined: Tue Aug 24, 2021
Location: UK
Country: Scotland
Nickname: jmac80
Laser Machine Make or Type: 80w china tank
Laser Power: 80
Laser Bed Size: 19.5 x 27.5
Home Position: TR
Control Software: LIGHTBURN
RDWorks Version: 1.01
Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: 10

And sorry I should have added:

It's for having an easy to reach switch to switch between y and rotary, without the need to get to the side of the machine (which isn’t easy to get to in my setup) and swap the green connector block over along with changing dip switches when I use the rotary.
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Gene Uselman
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Laser Bed Size: 900x1300
Home Position: TR
Control Software: LIGHTBURN
RDWorks Version: RDw .19 & Lightburn
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Ruida Controller: RDC6442
Windows Version: Win 10 Pro
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Was that rotary motor driver set up that way from the 'factory'? I have not seen a separate driver for the rotary. I was trained in Electronics back in the 1960's but I now have Covid brain [or just old brain] and am having trouble figuring out what is happening. So, normally you would just switch the green power block to the other driver if you want rotary instead of gantry movement?
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Eric Fletcher
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Location: Glendale, CA
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Laser Machine Make or Type: OMTech 100W
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Home Position: TL
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Ruida Controller: RDC6442
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James Macleod wrote: Wed Sep 01, 2021 Hello all
Can someone have a look over my diagram and see if you can spot any issues of why this may not work please.
or could it be done a better way?
I have a chinese generic 80w laser with a ruida 6442s as shown on my diagram.

many thanks


The ENA+ on both drives are connected to 5V+
The ENA- on both drives are connected to the switch on either side. (Yellow and green wires)
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Is this working for you? I'd love to do this on my machine and I also dont want to deal with swapping out the connector and making adjustments to the driver
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