Y axis switch with 2 drivers

[jmac80 (Jay Mac)]

yeah Ruida never updated the 6442 for U - rotary… just the 6445G had the pleasure of that firmware upgrade.

I’m basing my finding from this post:

Swapping Y Axis from gantry to rotary with a switch

I added a switch to top of the front panel to select which driver to use for the Y-axis. Select Gantry or Rotary. [FrontPanel2] The three wires between the drives are from the switch. Black is 5V- (Com on the SPDT switch), Red from gantry selected (ENA-), White from rotary selected (ENA-). The ENA+ on both drives are connected to 5V+. The drive is enabled when the ENA input is an open circuit. The step and direction are paralleled to both drives. [Motor%20Drivers] With this setup I can j…