Ok... so all seems well... Y is working, Z is working. X however is causing me grief

as previously explained X has two steppers... I have set X to be one, and A to be the other

then in mach3 set A to be the slave of X

Ive wired the stepper drivers in 'active low' so

A-----------
PUL(+5V) --- 5v feed
PUL-(pul) --- PORT 9
DIR+(5V) --- 5V FEED
DIR-(DIR) -- PORT 8

X----------------
PUL(+5V) --- 5v feed
PUL-(pul) --- PORT 3
DIR+(5V) --- 5V FEED
DIR-(DIR) -- PORT 2

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both steppers turn correctly... however I need to reverse one... so it kinda goes in the opposite direction to the way its presently going?
doesnt matter which one...

make sense?

also, obviously im using a stepper controller for each stepper... cant I just use one controller for both?