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