How to determine if I have a "5" five pin or "7" seven Pin Rotary for my Thunder Laser? And what is the difference?

Preface: This article covers how to determine if you have a 5 pin or 7 pin Rotary on your Thunder Laser machine

These Machines ONLY have Seven Pin Rotary Ports:

-Thunder Laser Bolt

-Thunder Laser Odin 22 and Odin 32

-Thunder Laser Aurora, Aurora Pro, any and all version whether 1.0 or 2.0

If your machine Serial number begins with a 21,22, 23 etc meaning it is a 2021 machine or newer, then you have a 7pin rotary port. You can find the serial number on the serial plate on the back of the machine that will look like this:

Visual Comparison:

Use the below visuals to compare whether you have a 5 Pin or 7 Pin Rotary

Machine Ports:

5 Pin Rotary port:

-Has only 5 male pins in a pentagon arrangement

-Has a Switch for enabling the rotary

-Screw on connector

7 Pin Rotary Port:

-Has 7 female pins in a circular fashion with a center pin

-Push Pin to release

-Push in to connect, not screws on

-No Switch

Cable Ends:

Five Pin on the Left, Seven Pin on the Right

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