# Freedrive switch - hardwired
**URL:** https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/freedrive-switch-hardwired/11382
**Category:** Technical Questions
**Tags:** electrical
**Created:** [January 11, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/freedrive-switch-hardwired/11382 "2021-01-11T18:41:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@nnaylor](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/nnaylor)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2021, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/freedrive-switch-hardwired/11382/1 "2021-01-11T18:41:18Z")
I’m using a CB3 and want to be able to enable the freedrive with a switch instead of the button to allow 2-handed use in positioning. This would be while programming setting waypoints and poses, not while running a program. Is there any way to do this with a hardware solution? I was hoping to wire up a switch in parallel with the button on the pendant, but can’t find where the wires go.
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### Author:  [@sam.verity-hilton](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/sam.verity-hilton)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2021, 8:42am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/freedrive-switch-hardwired/11382/2 "2021-01-12T08:42:37Z")
Hi @nnaylor,
Theres no need to wire a switch in parallel with the one on the pendant, you can simply wire a switch to an input, then head to the installation file and go to “I/O Setup” and find the input that you wired the switch to, and in the “Action” drop down menu, select “Freedrive”. That input will now act as a secondary freedrive button.
Hope this helps,
Sam
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### Author:  [@anon89767729](https://forum.universal-robots.com/u/anon89767729)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2021, 7:54am UTC](https://forum.universal-robots.com/t/freedrive-switch-hardwired/11382/3 "2021-01-16T07:54:41Z")
There is a comand Caller freedrive\_mode() which you ca-n enable that mode without presing that Button more. You can use the command with a variable and enable it when you want. More info about the command are in the script manual.
Also this free drive mode can be enabled through modbus or profinet mode.