XylotexBoard

Contributed by - slomo More information by - cradek

You can make your Xylotex board work with EMC1 by making a hardware or software change.

(For EMC2 it is even easier, see Xylotex with EMC2)

To fix in software, edit emc/src/emcmot/emcmot.c and change #undef XYLOTEX to #define XYLOTEX, then rebuild. Otherwise, you have to rewire EMC's output to match the Xylotex:

Emc expects step/dir pins as follows:

 pin 2 X direction

 pin 3 X step

 pin 4 Y direction

 pin 5 Y step

 pin 6 Z direction

 pin 7 Z step

The xylotex expects the following:

 pin 2 X step

 pin 3 X direction

 pin 4 Y step

 pin 5 Y direction

 pin 6 Z step

 pin 7 Z direction

Radio shack part #

 rs-232 serial jumper box from Radio Shack, part number 276-1403A

This will allow you to switch the pins around so the xylotex will work with the EMC software

Solder the input side to the corrosponding output pin:

 input  / output
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 solder 1 to 1

 solder 2 to 3

 solder 3 to 2

 solder 4 to 5

 solder 5 to 4

 solder 6 to 7

 solder 7 to 6

The remaining are soldered straight thru.