Dragon12p board using a Stepper Motor and a Solenoid

[Phantomgrahf]

Hi everyone.

I am currently working on a project where I am using the Dragon12 microcontroller to hook up a Stepper Motor and a Solenoid. I have the stepper motor currently hooked up already and I have some primitive code to run the Motor in one direction (only), continuous run. I am using the pins M1-4.
The solenoid is not connected yet.

My original idea: I want to send a signal, whether it is a switch or incoming data, to activate the solenoid on the board (which will be unlocking a cabinet), and then right at that instant move the stepper motor to open and move forward the cabinet for about 30 seconds to a minute, wait, then retract the cabinet back to its original closed position (with the same amount of turns). I have already purchased gears and I am still waiting for the right rail to work with the gear. I also am not sure where I should hook up the solenoid to?
One of my friends was mentioning a Relay, but he has a strong language and all he is saying "Don't forget the relay".

Now I was wondering if you guys could help me try to figure this out.

Here is the code I am using:

#include <hidef.h>      /* common defines and macros */
#include "derivative.h"      /* derivative-specific definitions */


void MSDelay(unsigned int);
void main(void)
{
  /* put your own code here */
 
  DDRB = 0x0F;      //PORTB0-PORTB3  as output
  DDRP = 0x03;      //PORTP0 and PORTP1 as output for 12EN=1 and 34EN=1                                  ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````
 
  PORTB=0b00000000; // start with all off
  PTP=0b00000011;   //Turn on both 12EN and 34EN Enables for 754410 chip  
 
for()
   {
 
  PORTB=0b00000011;  
  MSDelay(50);  
  PORTB=0b00000110;    
  MSDelay(50);  
  PORTB=0b00001100;    
  MSDelay(50);  
  PORTB=0b00001001;    
  MSDelay(50);  
for() {
 
  PORTB=0b00000011;  
  MSDelay(50);  
  PORTB=0b00001001;  
  MSDelay(50);  
  PORTB=0b00001100;    
  MSDelay(50);  
  PORTB=0b00000110;    
  MSDelay(50);  
}
  }
 
}

//millisecond delay for XTAL=8MHz, PLL=48MHz
//The HCS12 Serial Monitor is used to download and  the program.
//Serial Monitor uses PLL=48MHz

 void MSDelay(unsigned int itime)
  {
    unsigned int i; unsigned int j;
    for(i=0;i<itime;i++)
      for(j=0;j<4000;j++);    //1 msec. tested using Scope
  }

[Phantomgrahf]

Please help!!