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  1. #1
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    Looking for how to set Keyboard Command for Z axis

    Can anyone list the steps to assigning the Z axis to a keyboard key? I am assuming there is not one by default.

    Thanks
    Keith

  2. #2
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    You can jog the Z with page up and page down.
    You can hit the Tab key to fly out the jog control as well. Not sure what else you might want to do with the Z.
    Lee

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    Config > Hotkeys
    Gerry

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  4. #4
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    Thx Lee, that will do fine. I had always been tabbing it and using the mouse which was quite a pita.

    Gerry, ya I saw the hotkey section under config but the "scan code" numbers were throwing me and I didnt want to mess anything up. I would like to know how to assign hotkey though if you can explain the "scan code" numbers and how they work with a particular key?

  5. #5
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    Probably more then you ever wanted to know about scan codes.
    http://www.quadibloc.com/comp/scan.htm

  6. #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by LockTech View Post
    Thx Lee, that will do fine. I had always been tabbing it and using the mouse which was quite a pita.

    Gerry, ya I saw the hotkey section under config but the "scan code" numbers were throwing me and I didnt want to mess anything up. I would like to know how to assign hotkey though if you can explain the "scan code" numbers and how they work with a particular key?
    Don't have it in front of me, but you don't need to know the scan code. You just click the key you want to use and it fills in the code for it automatically.
    Gerry

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