switching y axis to a to test new x slave motor

[dropgagte]

Hello
i just finnished instlling my new x slave motor but i still done't have my 4 axis board. I was wondering if I can assign the y axis to the a axis inorder to slave the motors for test in mach 3 i tried reasigning the values from y to a but could get no movement

thank you for your time
chad

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[ger21]

Just go to ports and pins > motor outputs, and disable the Y, enable the A, and use the y axis port and pin #'s

[dropgagte]

Thank you for your response. I was able to get the axis reasigned to a but when i shut mach down and restart it a will not work unless i disable a, enable y, then disable y and enable a. i got
it to run in slave mode and ran well but cant figure out why it wont keep the settings.

thank you for your help

[ger21]

Make sure that the .xml file is not read only.
Do you have a licensed version in your name?

[dropgagte]

thank you

i do have a licensed copy and it was set to read only. that should take care of it thnks again