On 12 October 2016 at 08:49, Russell Brown <russ...@lls.lls.com> wrote: > If I click 'OK' linuxcnc loads but the initial X & Y show as 4.23e+289 > and 2.95e+240 and axis.ngc is not showing in the display.
Is this one of them "Universal" milling machines, for milling entire universes? At a guess, the problem is the exponent notation, it tends to get sent into python as text, then into G-code where the "E" words confuse matters. It might be as simple as a position.txt file with bad numbers in it? -- atp "A motorcycle is a bicycle with a pandemonium attachment and is designed for the especial use of mechanical geniuses, daredevils and lunatics." — George Fitch, Atlanta Constitution Newspaper, 1916 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, SlashDot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users