Ok here are the steps to try, I am assuming 2000 steps per rotation so you will need to adjust accordingly for your setup but basically its however many steps it takes to do one rev divided by 60.
1. Enable the A axis and set it to the pins you have the turret connected to for Step and Direction
2. In Motor Tuning select the A Axis and put 33.33333333 in the steps per unit box and 360 in Velocity (can go higher for this later) Not sure what you will need for accel, you will just have to mess with it to find whats best for your setup. Press save and exit motor tuning
3. Go to Config menu and then System Hotkeys and click on A++ and when the box appears press the key you wish to use for jogging. I would think maybe best to use PgUp as that should not be used by any other axis on a Lathe. Do the same for A—but use PgDn
4. Go to Config menu then General Config and make sure A is set as rotational axis. Also choose the “Rot 360 Rollover” and uncheck the “Ang Short Rot on G0” and “Rotational Softlimits”
5. Rename the attached macro to M6Start.m1s and place into your macro folder for the profile you are using, for example if you are using the standard Turn profile the folder to place it is C:\Mach3\Macros\Mach3Turn
6. You should now be able to jog the axis with the PgUp button to get to tool 1 then reverse with PgDn to lock against the pall.
7. Press Ref All button and your axis will home and A should be set to zero. Your other axis will also set to zero or if you have home switches fitted they will move to the switches and set zero (machine coords) so be aware of that.
8. You should now be able to call T0202 from MDI and the turret will rotate to tool 2 and set the tool DRO to 2.
Get ready with the E-Stop for initial testing just in case things go wrong
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