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| This diagram assumes you're looking at the connector from the end that goes into the machine. Again, check with the photos many times to be sure you get this right! | This diagram assumes you're looking at the connector from the end that goes into the machine. Again, check with the photos many times to be sure you get this right! | ||
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| + | Pin 1 is black, pin 2 will be red, pin 3 will be green, pin 6 is orange, and pin 7 is yellow. | ||
| Next is the one tough part, you'll want to cut the green wire as close to the black sheathing. Then cut the red wire about in the middle and solder both green and red wires to the red wire so that you have two wire connections. See the following image: | Next is the one tough part, you'll want to cut the green wire as close to the black sheathing. Then cut the red wire about in the middle and solder both green and red wires to the red wire so that you have two wire connections. See the following image: | ||
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| + | **TODO**: We're pretty sure its possible to make this part less difficult by using the RTS (green) wire without splicing it to the 5V (red) wire and using setRTS() in the python code but we already mangled the cable before trying this. | ||
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