Asymtek 402 Conversion to Gantry

[twinsemi]

Does anyone have any experience changing the desktop version of an Asymtek 402 (with needle sense, vision, height sense) to a gantry configuration. I already have to make a custom gantry anyway, so the availability of the 402 that has the right options is attractive. Is it different software, software configuration, or mounting?

 

[jenss8g]

You have to turn the spring in the z-head balancing most of its weight. If you want the y-arrow keys to act in the logical way, you need to change the personality parameter no. 5, "PE5,1;". This is it as far as I remember. I did it several years ago.