Right nowy Xtool D1 non-extended is set up normally and the x axis is left and right and the y axis is up and down.
I want to rotate the machine 90 degrees to the left. However, I want the software and machine to still act as if the orientation of the x axis is still left and right like it was and the y axis is still up and down.
As it stands, if I move the gantry using the left and right button, it’s moving up and down because I rotated the machine.
This is easier than having to turn everything in my head to figure out print orientation
This might be possible, especially if you’re comfortable with hardware modification but you may lose some of the addressable area of your machine.
What complicates this is that xTool prevent GRBL configuration changes from being implemented and written to memory. Although it occurred to me that this might be because nobody has tried this with the “firmware upgrade” switch enabled.
You might be able to get away with just swapping the X and Y connectors at the controller. Typically this could lead to a situation where direction of left and right or up and down get reversed. Instead of resolving this in software you could swap the orientation of the connector to reverse direction.
That should fix the XY orientation. However, the controller will still think of the dimensions of X and Y in their original position. You’d have to artificially limit the work area in LightBurn to have the lesser of X and Y for both dimensions.
Also, not sure if you use homing but that would likely be out of the picture.
If you could get configuration writes to work that would make this trivial.
Yes, but because of the manufacturers firmware restrictions it’s as if we can’t make the screen image stay sideways after being turned off and on again.
A custom firmware would probably be the way through. The microcontroller (ESP32 variant) is assigned driver-pins for the motor controls and input pins for limit switches in the firmware. These aren’t likely to be user accessible. Physically swapping the wiring and moving limit switches may get you to a place where Y becomes X and X becomes Y but the axis dimensions might not survive an on-off cycle.
You’re right - This may be worth testing. The precise behaviour of that switch is somewhat unclear to me.
Ya and getting X-Tool staff to answer any emails or any correspondents for that matter is like trying to win the 7 digit lottery with only picking one number.
