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Reversing Pendant Direction (Mach3)
Description of the problem:
The axis is moving in the opposite direction that you are commanding with the pendant.
Solution:
To reverse the pendant direction with a Apollo III or Interpreter 1000, follow these steps (for Apollo I, see below):
1. Go to **PlugIn Control->Vital DSPMC Status**
2. Rotate the MPG and identify which channel the signal is coming in on
3. Go to **Config->Config Plugins**
4. Press the yellow CONFIG button next to the M3DSPMC Plugin
5. On the **System** tab find the _Hardware Encoder Polarity_ box
6. Reverse the polarity on the channel identified in step 2
7. Press the \[**Update DSPMC**\] button
8. Press \[**OK**\]
For Apollo I, follow these steps:
1. Open the Pokeys plugin \(similar to opening M3DSPMC plugin above\)
2. Press \[**Configure**\]
3. On the **Encoders settings** tab, check/uncheck **Invert** on Fast encoder 1
- Press [OK]