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Hi i bought one of the new wireless pendant , i have a lathe and the x axis is reversed ,is there a file or parameter to change this?

spindle Nerd wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 10:55 am Hi i bought one of the new wireless pendant , i have a lathe and the x axis is reversed ,is there a file or parameter to change this?

Could you explain a little more what is happening and what you desire?
I have a lathe with a rear mounted tool post but admittedly I have not put the wireless pendant on it yet.
Marty

Hi Marty ,what is going on is i have a lathe with a front tool post ,when i turn the mpg wheel to the right, that is as you are looking at it ,x axis should move to the minus toward zero in x, mine moves the other direction .

It is really screwing me up , it is set for a rear tool post and not a front one we need some way to change this .

Please post a report. Zip file thank you

Here it is ,sorry

I tried inverting the signal but if you do that then your jog buttons on your , pc screen are the wrong direction and then right on the pendant .

spindle Nerd wrote: ↑Fri May 25, 2018 1:55 pm I tried inverting the signal but if you do that then your jog buttons on your , pc screen are the wrong direction and then right on the pendant .

When you jog X- does the tool move toward the part or away from the part.
When you jog Z- does the tool move toward the headstock or the tailstock?
Let's let Centroid review you Report File in the mean time.
Marty

Hi Marty, when i jog the pendant the X- jogs away from the part instead of towards the part, and the z- axis jogs towards the chuck as it should.

spindle Nerd wrote: ↑Sat May 26, 2018 11:14 am Hi Marty, when i jog the pendant the X- jogs away from the part instead of towards the part, and the z- axis jogs towards the chuck as it should.

I just wanted to be sure (MPG aside) that your machine was setup correctly. When you click/push the X- button on the VIRTUAL CONTROL PANEL, the cross slide moves towards the part.

I will put my Wireless MPG on my Emcoturn and test it hopefully tomorrow. Have much going on today.
Marty

Yes it is correct as to your drawing ,it would be pretty funny if it was not ,as i have been running it that way for over ten years ,guess i will just live with it and mark a Plus and Minus on the control.